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		<title>The Enchantment of A Summer House</title>
		<link>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2010/05/26/the-enchantment-of-a-summer-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 05:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Issa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Philippines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anvaya Cove]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I irritate my husband with one habit.

I get myself invited to open houses – of summer houses – and I drag him with me.

For some reason, summer houses appeal to me.  I tried to enter an exclusive one once and I was turned away (not a member, no invitation from a member, no appointment to go in – how was I supposed to know it was that exclusive?).  And maybe that is where the appeal lies – it is so hard to get in (well, okay, that one time, but memories of experiences sometimes stick around longer than they are wanted).

Hard to get in but also hard to keep one.  But that is another story.

Summer houses in exclusive enclaves.  They are the playground of the rich, and when you own one, it means you have earned the right to squander money away – and squander you will because although you paid an arm and a leg for it, it is a place where you will stay maybe only 1 or 2 months in a year.

But like I said, I like them.  So yesterday, we went again to another one – in Anvaya Cove which is off the coast of Bataan, very near Subic Bay.

.... To keep reading the article, please click on the title ...]]></description>
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		<title>If You Are in Business, Why Customer Service Should be Your Priority</title>
		<link>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2010/04/30/if-you-are-in-business-why-customer-service-should-be-your-priority/</link>
		<comments>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2010/04/30/if-you-are-in-business-why-customer-service-should-be-your-priority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Issa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[High Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Resort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RCI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Timeshare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised by a frantic call from my home resort, the company where I bought my timeshare. 

They were threatened to be exposed on national television of being a scam.  Being an attorney for the leading broadcasting station, they wanted me to speak on their behalf, to do some sort of a testimony, to talk to their client and allay the client’s fears (and silence his threats).

I told them I could not.  I was not happy with them.

... To read the full article, please click on the title ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Travel: Amorita of Bohol</title>
		<link>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2009/12/06/travel-amorita-of-bohol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2009/12/06/travel-amorita-of-bohol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Issa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Philippines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alona Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amorita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ananyana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anton Diaz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bohol]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bohol Bee Farm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like hotels.

I like them so much – and traveling! – that we bought our own timeshare.  But like I said in my MoneySmarts guest post:

It gives birth to other expenses – yearly maintenance fees (which went up from P2,500 to P4,000 in the blink of an eye), RCI fees (S$150 annually –in Singapore dollars, but with the current exchange rate, it might as well be in US dollars), booking fees that could range from P2,500 (Asia) to almost P10,000 (outside of Asia). It does not include airfare, or the cost of food. The RCI hotels, although three or four stars, are almost always in the outskirts of the city – that means it is 30 minutes away from where the action is. With the cab fares we are paying, we could have had a decent room at a city hotel with dancing lights, Prada and great food at our doorstep.

But it is not all bad, as we have found out in our two years of owning one.

...To read the full article, please click on the title...]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore: Money Lessons from Far Away</title>
		<link>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2009/11/02/singapore-money-lessons-from-far-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2009/11/02/singapore-money-lessons-from-far-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Issa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything I know about Singapore, I learned from a taxi driver.

Okay, maybe not everything.

But for sure, you can get a taste of the history and the local flavor and the vibe of this fine city’s life through the eyes of he who plies the road at about S$20 per pop (that’s about USD$12).

We had the pleasure of the company of three very talkative ones.  On the way from the Night Safari back to our hotel, at 12:30 in the morning, the taxi driver told us tales.  Real tales.

And what he has told us has earned my respect for this beautifully manicured City.  There are a lot of lessons to be learned here – some on money, some on good governance, others still on not taking anything for granted. 

...To keep reading this article, please click on the title...]]></description>
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		<title>Travel, Budget Airlines and the Lilt of a Foreign Tongue</title>
		<link>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2009/09/10/travel-budget-airlines-and-the-lilt-of-a-foreign-tongue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.youwanttoberich.com/2009/09/10/travel-budget-airlines-and-the-lilt-of-a-foreign-tongue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Issa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expedia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hongkong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Priceline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travelocity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With budget airlines, you do get what you pay for.  The many mini-pleasures that you have come to expect from your friendly neighborhood airline - snacks, newspaper, blanket, magazines, drinks - they have been eliminated.  No more movies (no more screen!) and even the sanitized ear plugs (served with thongs!) for your listening pleasure – all gone.

Wait, there's more.  You cannot bring your own food (okay, you can bring it but you cannot eat it – I made this mistake once and the stewardess gave me “the look”), if you are hungry you have to buy from what they hawk (which range from noodle soups to $3 unsavory sandwiches) and piece de resistance, you sit cramped on a 1x1 semi-reclining seat for hours (are we there yet?).

Please click on the title to read on.]]></description>
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