Palawan Pawnshop is one of the largest pawnshop and money remittance center in the Philippines. It has over 1300 branches nationwide. Palawan Pawnshop is also a partner of LBC, Tambunting Pawnshop, and SM malls in the Philippines. They offer different services such as pawning, money remittance, forex exchange,bills payment(electricity,phone,internet,load …

I had just ordered a wet suit from scubastore.com, the online website is from Spain and the Mares wetsuits are really cheaper there, so I just decided to buy a suit first to see if suits me then I would just buy more if I did like their product, …

Taking the bus in Jakarta is an adventure. There are many kinds of bus here, with different colors. I take the bus to the office, I take the orange ones, called Metromini. Wow! You would understand if you try it yourself. I don’t know …

One fine holiday morning, my mom and I decided to go to a salon for a haircut. We chose Reyes Haircutters because of it’s unique and very affordable promo. The price that was indicated in front of their salon was, you can have a haircut done for as low …

I was with Scottish Power from about 2006 to early in 2009 and I have had a couple of major problems with them that I should warn you about if you are thinking of going to them for your gas or electricity services. During the time I was …

If you are unsatisfied with your local telephone service, you might want to give Comwave a try. We did and we are certainly satisfied with the service. Comwave is different in that it uses VOIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol to provide its customers with telephone service. To use …

KSRTC - Kerala State Road Transport Cooperation, that is what it is called. The KSRTC has many vehicles it owns but mainly it is the KSRTC Buses which draw attention. At present there are mainly 5 types of buses which the KSRTC owns. They are mainly listed as:-
* Grauda …

Subway access between JFK International Airport and Manhattan has gotten much easier in the past year, with the connection of the “Air Train” directly to the Howard Beach subway station.
To get from the airport to Manhattan, get on the train that connects the airport terminals. This will take …

When working in Paddington London I normal use the London Underground system to get to and from Paddington. Paddington is on several different lines but the service I use is the Bakerloo line service from Baker Street.
I only use this service for a few stops and I even …

I have had nothing but problems dealing with the social security administration! I have had an application for disability open for over a year without getting a decision yet! I have called on numerous occasions to check the status of my claim. I am either told …

We had to use this Bus station in Kuala Lumpur when we planned to go Penang. We started from Chennai by Malaysian Airlines and reached KL International Airport at about 0730 hrs. As per the prior information we had, we looked for the Star Shuttle Bus Service at the Airport …

Recycling is not my favourite pastime, especially when there is no roadside pick up. It is time consuming, annoying, smelly, and just a hassle. I recently moved temporarily to a city that doesn’t have a roadside recycling program, at least not in my part of the city, so I …

MGE is a taxi services here around Metro Manila. Their main office is found in Caloocan City and they are, perhaps the best Taxi service provider to this time as per my experience. Having seen them line up in shopping malls, they never denied a passenger no matter how …

For my baby’s 1 month photos I decided to have them done at Target. I have heard many good things about their photo center, so I wanted to give them a shot. I was very happy with how the photos came out. They looked very professional …

I have been using hulu.com for all my television needs for approximately a year now and have always been a happy camper. Of course they did not have everything that I wanted to watch, but for a free service this was completely understandable and totally pardonable. When the …

With Christmas coming up soon, it’ll be time to get our annual family portrait again. And, once again, rather than go to an expensive photographer, we’ll just make an appointment at the Wal-mart Portrait Studio.
There are two things about the Wal-mart Portrait Studio I like. The biggest one is …

I recently moved and I used Budget Truck Rental. I was able to make my reservation online and use an online coupon to receive 10% off. The web site is very user friendly and you can reserve or just get a rate quote. They have locations …

The “Bay Bridge EZ-Pass” is anything but EZ for some of us.
I made the mother of mistakes, when I chose the convenience of purchasing my pass from my local Giant. My downhill spiral began when I asked the Customer Service Rep?!? some general questions about the pass. She told …

We feel sometimes skeptik about public E-mail providers, like Yahoo, Altavista, Hotmail, and so on. The central question is about security, and one more question is about their funcionalities. Until last week, I thought that it was not possible to receive calls for meeting at Hotmail.com, but surprisingly, I …

We take our son here quite frequently and we are always pleased with the outcome. Though a warning, it is very busy on the weekends. It would serve you well to call before hand to check on the wait time. Especially when children expected to be patient and smile …

Since our house is near at the 7 Eleven in Sampaloc Manila, I am always going there to buy some food or drink every afternoon and if I have free time I am hanging out in there to expose myself from air condition.
The place is good. It is clean …

If you are reading this review, you probably have encounter problems with Comcast as we have. This review will not cover all the problems we had with Comcast as that would take too much time. What I will cover is the things I hope others look out for so …

Enjoy Prepaid is the prepaid long distance of my dreams and it offers rates of 2.2 cents to 2.9 cents a minute in the United States (the lower rate is available if you choose to pay a fee but 2.9 works for me). For the last three years I …

I cannot remember the last time that I had a satisfactory experience with any of the Philippine national government offices since I was born. This is in stark contrast to my experience with my local government of Marikina City, where the government has made bureaucracy a little bit bearable. …

A Cher transport service is one of the local buses companies that services metro manila commuters. They, I believe are the first to have this big buses in the city; more people actually ride in this bus and would even wait patiently just to be able to ride in …

2 months ago, Sky Cable Bacolod installed a new equipment to every television which is registered to their system, this equipment will make sure that no illegal connections will be made by any subscriber. Illegal connection is a very common issue here in the Philippines, usually this is …

The 2A bus from Kidderminster to Bewdley is one which I make use of on a regular basis, and for the most part I use the service provided by First (even though I am not a great fan of their lack of interest in long-established local brands such as …

The Millhopper public library is one of my favorite libraries to visit in Alachua County. The staff is always friendly, helpful and resourceful; the library is relatively quiet, unless it is Thursday which is preschool day; and they have undergone a renovation a couple of years ago which have …

Going to the cleaners is something we all must do at one time or another. No matter how gentle some detergents are, some items simply have to be dry cleaned.
The number of cleaners can vary by neighborhood. Most shop around until they find the one that suits their needs.
I …

I have had an Alltel phone plan for three years and they are a very good company as I far as I am concerned. I live in Michigan and have service in Northern MI and live in the Detroit area where I also have great service. I …

I am reviewing the Comcast services that are provided to my area, which is actually Anderson, Indiana. However, the company is based in Muncie, Indiana, which is about twenty minutes away. We were all recently customers of Insight Digital, which offered internet, cable, and phone services all in one. …

I have had the need to go to Rent A Center in the past few years. Rent A Center has very good customer service. The people that work there are friendly, helpful and know what they are talking about. They have some nice furniture there, of course it depends …

Since 1920s Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT) has been the leading provider of diverse range of telecommunications services in the Philippines. Aside from landlines, PLDT expanded their services thru providing wireless services; internet services and even prepaid phone cards. The competitions such as Globe Telecoms and Bayan Tel …

One of the most renouned places in the United States to have children and families photographed, is Olan Mills. I have had several group photography sessions at Olan Mills photography studios in both Delaware and Pennsylvania, and have always been pleased with the services. The photographers are …

I was starting my own work from home business and wanted to have my room dedicated to an home office. So I often seen the ads for the Closet World advertisement stating that they can transform your room or office location to satisfy your needs and that is exactly …

Whenever someone hears that I have my Social Security Number, they could not believe it, especially in my case. I am a Filipina and they could not believe it because they said that it is not easy to get a Social Security Number.
I got my SSN before …

Trans BSD is a private regular bus service connecting Jakarta and Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD), a district to the south-west of Jakarta. There are three service lanes from BSD i.e. to Ratu Plaza, Kota Railway Station, and Pasar Baru (all are in Jakarta).
Traveling from BSD to one of the …

Every so often I get the urge to clean my closets and other rooms of the house, collecting items that I don’t want anymore but that are still in good shape. I pack them in boxes and bags, setting them aside. I know that the Purple Heart will call …

Perrott’s Perfect cleaning Service has been in business for 2 years now, and they are a wonderful cleaning service. I have used the service a few times in the past, and plan on using them for my car detailing and window washing, as soon as the weather warms up. …

For the past four or five years, my family had our phone service through Comcast Cable Company. Even though the fact that our home phone and cable services were bundled together in one package was convenient at the time that we signed up for services, after a period …

my son is 2.6 year old-total naughty brat!!i tried taking many photographys of him but with little success.they were good but none that i can frame!so i decided to take him to studio k.my son never even liked to enter it but with great difficulty i took him in …

As part of my father’s seventieth birthday present, my siblings and I pitched in to send my dad to San Francisco, California. We wanted to make it a surprise, so I thought it would be neat to present him with a professional-looking booklet containing trip information that I would …

The Lost Sock is a coin operated Laundromat in Walkertown, NC. It has been years since I visited an Laundromat and the experience was actually quite pleasant. The facility was very clean. I expected to find soap powder build up or liquid soap spills on the …

I have never been one who is big on tatoo’s and piercings but for the sake of my around town reviews, I decided to get my tongue pierced, which by the way absolutly disqusted my husband and my mother. I choose to go to Red Queen Tatoos and Piercings. …

This year was my first year doing taxes by myself so I was understandably a bit nervous about the process. To a newcomer to the taxes ordeal, they can seem very ominous and unwieldy. After doing some research, I decided to try Turbo Tax to complete my tax returns …

Last 5 August 2008, I attended a very special occassion and I took quite a number of photos of my family and friends. I am using a camera with 8.1 megapixels and as I have viewed in my computer and through the digital camera screen, I can really say …

I used Access USA as a mail forwarding service when I could not have my products delivered to my home address. I like this service a lot because it does what it promises to do. First of all, a mail forwarding service brings your delivered goods to your temporary …

Greyhound bus services are present all over the US and they are one of the main sources of bus transportation for people looking to travel from one major part of the country to another.
My experience with it was travelling from Anderson,South Carolina to Silver Spring, Maryland.The ticket for the …

The city of Mississauga’s community center is now offering even more recycling/garbage bins - this one separates biohazardous materials from the rest. They already have the blue bin which is for juice box and such, the white box for paper and whatever, and the green one is recently new, …