cathylopez.com » Featured http://cathylopez.com sharing some random thoughts Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:43:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Moving out, moving in and moving on… http://cathylopez.com/2008/07/18/moving-out-and-moving-in/ http://cathylopez.com/2008/07/18/moving-out-and-moving-in/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:24:55 +0000 cathy http://cathylopez.com/?p=20 Mandaluyong City has been my address for two and a half years and the time came that I have to leave that place for bunches of reasons. It reminds me a lot of my first days in Manila, happy days, not-so-happy days and just ordinary days. :D I’m actually leaving my comfort zone but I have decided already. Here’s our new place:

]]> http://cathylopez.com/2008/07/18/moving-out-and-moving-in/feed/ 0 I got my first $$$ from my online freelance job! http://cathylopez.com/2008/06/04/i-got-my-first-from-my-online-freelance-job/ http://cathylopez.com/2008/06/04/i-got-my-first-from-my-online-freelance-job/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:53:08 +0000 cathy http://cathylopez.com/?p=19 I can’t describe what I’m feeling right now! The post title is true! I got it already after waiting for 8 days since I withdrew it from my PayPal account last Wednesday.

Last week, I had $32.10 for 9 hours of work I have rendered in Odesk. My payment is released in Odesk every Wednesday of the week. I transferred my earnings to my PayPal account immediately and it was successful. Odesk charged me $1 (for PayPal) for the withdrawal fee. Then I checked my PayPal account, it was there already! Next, I withdrew $30 from PayPal and transferred it to my China Bank account here in the Philippines. PayPal has its own conversion rate, it’s $1 = Php 42.9843. So, my dollars became Php 1,289.53. Again, I was charged Php 50 for transferring it to my local bank. How much was left? Php 1,239.53! ):

According to PayPal, my funds would be available after 5-7 business days. And yes it was right! I had the fund today in my ATM but with only Php 1,039.53!!! Where the hell is the Php 200? I googled for the possible answer. I read from blogs of fellow internet entrepreneurs that some banks (including China Bank, BDO, etc.) take Php 200 for the remittance fee! WTF! that’s double ): !

Anyway, I’m still happy! I’ve learned some lesson. I will withdraw my other funds in bigger amounts, I’ll just save it first. By the way, I just tried it if the transferring of funds really work! I have requested a Debit Card already from Odesk (Payoneer) to make the transaction a little faster and no bank can take again some of my money! LOL!

Ciao!

]]> http://cathylopez.com/2008/06/04/i-got-my-first-from-my-online-freelance-job/feed/ 1 Tropical Jungle Resort, Talisay, Batangas http://cathylopez.com/2008/05/12/tropical-jungle-resort-talisay-batangas/ http://cathylopez.com/2008/05/12/tropical-jungle-resort-talisay-batangas/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 03:17:23 +0000 cathy http://www.cathylopez.com/?p=36

I had the chance of seeing Lake Taal and the volcano up close when my high school friends and I went to visit our classmate in Talisay, Batangas. We haven’t seen Emelyn for almost 7 years and we really missed her so much. She was married and already had a 4-month-old son named Markus. Her husband is in Canada and she’s currently living with her in-laws while waiting for her own Visa. Her in-laws own a resort just at the back their house which is the Tropical Jungle Resort. It is frequently visited by the local and foreign tourist especially Koreans. You can do a lot of activities there. You can rent a motor boat, go to Taal Volcano and do horse-back riding going to the crater, go swimming in the pool, go fishing and catch fresh Tilapias or just stay in the cottage, take a deep breath and enjoy the beautiful scenery up front. We stayed there for 2 days and I had the chance to unwind for a while. Sometimes, you really need a break when everything in your life seems to fall apart. Lol! Thanks for the good old friends…
Take a look at some of our photos:

 

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