September 23, 2008 – 12:30 pm
I officially closed my Royal Bank Savings account today after about 10 years of banking with RBC. I have moved on to Citizens Bank, a subsidiary of VanCity based in Vancouver. Here’s why:
No Fees:
Because I am no longer a student, RBC wanted to start charging me $10 a month to keep my account. Or, they [...]
June 21, 2008 – 2:44 pm
With the many expenses of our trip this summer, Rita and I are trying our best to spend our money wisely. When it comes to food, this expense can make or break the bank. You can either spend hundreds of dollars on fast-food and restaurants, or you can budget your money at the grocery store [...]
May 2, 2008 – 1:46 pm
I received my cell phone bill from Rogers today and I was charged an extra $24 for using 80 extra minutes over my weekday limit! Considering I already pay ~$45/mo. for my plan and all of the company’s stupid fees I was pretty upset. Without hesitation I called Rogers and was connected with a billing [...]
April 21, 2008 – 11:57 am
Tired of not knowing where all your money disappears to? Spending too much on things you really don’t need? These are some of the things that I have been trying to stop lately and creating a budget seems like a pretty good way to do it. How exactly does one go about creating a budget? [...]
April 7, 2008 – 12:01 am
One year ago today I signed up for a virtual world called Weblo. At the time the site was just getting started and I thought it would be a good time to get in on some deals. The basic premise of the site is that everything in the real world is up for grabs in [...]
March 30, 2008 – 10:52 pm
Just a few moments ago I signed up for a high-interest savings account with Citizens Bank. With an interest rate of 3.5%, their Ultimate Savings Account offers the average person a great way to set money aside when they don’t have enough to invest in something larger like a mutual fund but want to have [...]
March 14, 2008 – 2:34 am
Do you ever feel like you just need to get a grip on your life? Are you frustrated because you have too much debt, too little time, and just aren’t realizing the dreams that you want to realize? Join the club.
It seems like the majority of people I talk to have something that they want [...]
January 31, 2008 – 6:28 am
Have you ever asked yourself this question? Do you ask it on a monthly/weekly/daily(!) basis? Well, I have begun to ask myself this very question and decided that I better get in-check with my finances. Since I wrote my post called 6 Reasons to Track Your Finances, well, I haven’t tracked my finances. Why? 2 [...]
January 23, 2008 – 11:13 pm
I went to the library yesterday at school and I had to take out an article that was on reserve. I got it from the service counter, took it upstairs and read it. These items that are on reserve are only allowed to be booked out for 2 hours at a time. I was done [...]
January 8, 2008 – 3:59 pm
Last month I wrote a post called Threat to US National Security in which I mentioned that News companies these days are not focused on reporting actual news. Instead they are interested in making as much profit as possible. The result is dumbed-down coverage and avoidance of anything that may hurt the feelings of their [...]
October 25, 2007 – 11:23 am
This is probably no surprise to anyone, but Canada is run by a bunch of children. I was reading in the paper today about a discussion in the House (like Congress in the US) over product price differences. As you may know, our graceful loon has overpowered the not-so-tough bald eagle in the marketplace. Yet, [...]
October 1, 2007 – 1:43 am
In one of my classes, a mini assignment was to choose any material symbol that represents change and examine it materially as well as symbolically for about an hour. We were to describe the symbol’s significance generally and with regard to change. I chose a cell phone. Here is my analysis:
The [Cell]phone as a Symbol [...]
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