Month: July 2021

Money talk 101: Managing your finances well

Money Talk 101

Dette and I were watching Big Bang Theory earlier tonight and the opening scene was Sheldon checking out Raj’s finances. He later on concluded that Raj cannot go to Comic-Con because he’s out of money. Prior to that episode, Raj decided that he would be a grown-up and stop asking for money from his father. So now, he is in deep debt, he’s homeless, and yeah, he can’t go to Comic-Con. Although I found the entire scene (and the episode in general) hilarious, if you think about it, Raj’s predicament really isn’t. Especially when you realise that that sort of thing actually happens to a lot of us.

So now here I am, writing another article on my blog, and wanting to talk about money.

Raj can't go to Comic-Con
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How to fix a garden: A pandemic project

When I was a kid, my mama and/or lola (grandmother) would always ask me to help them with gardening. This happens especially during the weekends or on weekday afternoons when I get home from school. As a kid, I hated it. I hated labouring in the garden, pulling out weed in a squatting position, and getting garden tools to and fro. It’s tedious, meticulous, and I don’t understand why there’s so much pleasure doing it. I’m pretty sure every other kid my age back then hated it as well. All we kids wanted to do was either watch TV or play with other kids in the neighbourhood ’til sundown.

Fast forward twenty-plus years and here I am, keeping myself busy on weekends and getting all hyped and excited each time the sun is out because well, wadaya know, it’s a good time to do gardening.

I’m not sure what the heck happened to me but whatever it was, I’m sure that choosing to do gardening, rather than being forced to do it, is an adulthood milestone and it 100% validates that one is a full-fledge grown mature adult. Needless to say, not only have I reached that milestone, but I’m on top of it, I’m nailing it, and yes, I’m one damn proud PlanTito – an uncle who enjoys plants, planting, and everything about gardening.

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Hello world (again)!

So this is my nth attempt at making and maintaining a blog. Hooray!

If you have been following my blog for some time now, you may be surprised with the sudden lack of content and the slight change of layout. No, you did not land on a different blog. It’s still me. You’re still reading The Weekend Warrior.

The reason why this space is practically empty at the moment is because, well, I lost all my previous data.

WHAT???!!! Yes, that’s true. Over the past week, I did the unthinkable (for any programmer/developer, at least) and I upgraded my server without actually making a backup of everything. As to why I did not think of doing that before upgrading, I have no idea.

So, here we are. I cannot promise to write more content consistently though and I’m pretty sure that you are used to not reading anything from me for a long time. But since you’re still here, might as well stick around.

Who knows? I might suddenly make something magical.

Cheerio.

PS. I just realised you can actually see an archived version of my blog, HERE and HERE.