Media Mail is a great service from USPS (United States Postal Service) and one I have used many times. Over the years I must have mailed out over a hundred media mail items, some in boxes and some in bubble envelopes. It’s a very affordable way to mail books, …

A couple of months ago I sent a friend a package from the USA, (as I was on vacation there) to Italy. Boy what a mistake that turned out to be. It was supposed to be gift, so I marked it as such on the field where the address …

Recently I took my mother to Camillo’s Barber Shop. I had mistakenly thought that it was a unisex place, and as it was the closest in proximity to my home, we went there.
The Italian ladie who greeted us enthusiastically in this small but spotless barbershop, informed us she usually …

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 …

I took the Apex bus from Baltimore to New York. The website had said that the Baltimore pickup stop was at the Baltimore Travel Plaza. This is a very difficult bus station to get to for someone who is not all familiar with all the MTA bus …

My family first got Charter about four years ago. It was nicely priced, and the service seemed good enough. Our package included call-waiting and Caller ID, and free long distance. We didn’t really start to notice any problems until we requested Cable be added to our plan. The date …

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 …

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. …

I have dealt with Cozy Fuels oil company for the past winter. Cozy are located in Sackville, Nova Scotia and serve the city of Halifax and the surrounding area.
I have found Cozy’s service to be exceptional. They are professional and courteous to deal with on the telephone, and always …

Chicken buses are the main form of transportation around Guatemala. You can catch a chicken bus from anywhere, to anywhere, for pennies. They are old U.S. school buses that have been retired for whatever reason, (silly little things like failing brakes) and have been sent off to work as …

My dad passed away on November 20. That was hard enough. My mother & father divorced many years ago and neither have remarried. My dad’s better half is a wonderful woman.
When he passed away, a member of the “family” had to sign paperword to release his body to …

I went back to Shaw Cable services on May 5, 2010. Not that I had the entire service cut out. It was more like I moved to another unit in the same apartment building and it took these cable guys a month to send the technician out.
They …

I recently started to ride the city bus to and from school, due to the fact that gas prices have skyrocketed out of this world. My two year old son and I went and got on the city bus and paid out little two dollar fee and sat down …

The Landmark Department Store in Makati City was one of my top choices for my wedding’s bridal registry. What attracted me to this department store was the fairly wide range of tableware and kitchen items available at reasonable prices. The store is also connected to a major appliance shop. …

House Hen’s Home Cleaning services a large bulk of PA, DE, and MD homes and businesses. They are the most tremendous and reliable house cleaning company that I have ever had. Not only is their work extremely thorough, but their customer service and customer relations is just …

Jordan I the name of the barber who usually cuts my hair at our neighborhood Barber shop located in the downtown market area of Binan Laguna. He’s been at it for almost a year now. I make sure he remembers me by my usual generous tips and his co-workers …

Water concessionaire for eastern zone of Metro-Manila and nearby towns. It prides itself as the best water supplier Manila has ever experience.
All is not well though for Manila Water Co. Inc. (MWCI) as I experience a sad incident involving their subcontractor for the town of Cainta.
It happened …

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that this service exists because I am visually impaired, and I can’t drive even with corrective glasses. But I am used to the bus systems of the Seattle area, and this completely pales in comparison. The cost of the bus systems in Seattle …

I have always had to clean my house myself, like all of the other typical mothers do. For mother’s day this year my husband got me a gift certificate to merry maids. I really can not tell you that I left my house in a mess and they did …

While most apartments in the westchester area use washing and dryer machines by service industries laundry.inc, there are many of us who think their smart card machines are easy to use but the prices are outrageously ridiculous. It cost $2.25 cents for one washing machine and $2.00 for …

On Friday February 29, I arrived home to find that a package was attempted to be delivered. I called (800)GO FEDEX to confirm that another attempt would be made the following day, because I am only available on Saturdays during daytime hours. I was reassured that Saturday is …

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 …

After living in Bellingham for thirty years, I finally found a real barber shop. I’m talking about a small shop with a real revolving barber poll, stacks of magazines, and men who come in to get a haircut.
I’ve been there twice now and have no intentions of going anywhere …

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 …

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 …

I ride the bus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and it’s very easy. A day pass is the best buy, unless you get the monthly pass, for $45.00. A day pass only costs $3.00. It’s a good deal, as the regular fare is $1.25. There are …

If you are anything like me then you are looking for a way to keep gas prices from slamming you in the wallet. Since I travel a lot this is something that I feel more than most and I have been searching for a way to make the raising …

This is how much I dislike AT&T: I now have only cell phone service in my home, so that I may avoid land line usage and thereby AT&T (same for QWEST, but I’ll get to that in another review). The land-line long distance service was more trouble …

I used to work night shifts for a call center here in the Philippines after I graduated from college. The shifts I got usually started at 3 am, and would last until 12 pm. I didn’t have a car back then, and I didn’t want to bother my dad …

Aqua Mactan Water Refilling station which is located in S. Osmena st., Gun-ob Lapu-Lapu City Cebu is my favorite mineral water distributor in the country. Aside from the fact that Aqua Mactan has a great product, they also have a great customer service team and overall a great organization …

For me talking on the phone I use up a lot of credit instantly, especially when it comes to texting.
When they first introduced the Turbo Charge I went to it straight away cause I know it would be perfect for me.
The only downside is to keep the well earnt …

I purchase sewing notions on a regular basis; therefore, you can imagine my surprise when I discovered this well kept secret that the Wal-Mart on Archer Road had a sewing department and all this time I had been driving thirty minutes away to purchase sewing notions.
I had never shopped …

This Sun City post office is close to my house so I sort of have to go there because it is convenient. However this place often has longs lines and the clerks seem to be very slow at doing there jobs. Don’t get me wrong, they are very friendly …

Eight AM today, I was scheduled for biometric finger printing. I am applying for my green card and change of status. It was a long way to drive from our house going to Kentwood. We left the house at around 6:15 in the morning, we have …

Do you need quick and fast courier service in Indonesia? Why don’t you try Tiki Courier service? As far as I know, they have great service when it come to deliver your goods or stuffs from one city to another city in Indonesia. Not only between the cities, they …

There are probably more than a thousand Caltex Gas Stations in Metro Manila but there is one that definitely stands out: The NAIA Caltex Gas Station at the Corner of the Domestic Airport Road and Coastal Road in Pasay City. Not only is it hard to miss coming from …

I have never taken a bus to travel anywhere before until I decided to do so a few months ago. I called the Phoenix, Arizona terminal to purchase my tickets over the phone however had such a problem with understanding the representative, that I drove to the terminal to …

Halifax and it’s surrounding cities are considered Halifax Regional Municipality, a mid-size city all put together. If you live in the HRM and you don’t have a car, you best have lots of patience! Our public transit system, Metro Transit, is awful. Bus Drivers will often fly by bus …

I have been with quite a few services, such as Direct TV and Mediacom. Down in the area of Florida that I live in we have Brighthouse (which is a property of Time Warner). I moved here a year and a half ago and I had never even heard …

Located in the heart of Landenberg, PA, Tree Tops Animal Rescue seeks to rescue homeless and newborn animals each and every day. Simply by viewing www.treetopsanimalrescue.org, one can plainly view the many animals who have been helped by Tree Tops, and the many animals who are still …

The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) supplies electricity to the entire nation and is a government entity. It gets a part of its electricity supply from neighboring South Africa as well as Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
As I was in a place before where there was no electricity, I was …

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 …

I’ve been a customer with this company since 1988. I’ve watched it go from Southern Bell to BellSouth and now to AT&T. Every year it costs more to maintain my phone services and I seem to get less and less.
We are 3 miles from town and still …

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 …

I used Fedex shipping services for the first time about a week ago to ship a package of food from New York to Texas for my girlfriend and I must say this is the best shipping experience I have ever had with any company. I was able to pay …

My friend took me and my 9 month old baby to The Picture People at the Deptford Mall in Deptford NJ. I heard good things about them so I was excited. This was our first time taking my daughter to get professional pictures. We went to …

The FCC hired The Geek Squad to help people in America with the transition from analog to digital TV. This was announced in early June of 2009. The Geek Squad is part of the Best Buy chain. They do home service for computers and such, only …

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 …

Telephone is considered a valuable communication instrument, that is why it is not new that for Filipinos, we never miss to have one at home. For us, we had once a PLDT landline telephone line, postpaid telephone, our bills reaches at least P600.00, which is the minimum monthly payment …