After years of commuting to work by private auto, I began riding the bus to work on the first of July. I love it.
Whatcom County Transit provides bus service throughout the county and throughout Bellingham, Washington where I live. Recently they’ve increased their bus service so that along main …

I recently decided to take a CPR class with my local Red Cross. I have young children at home, so I want to make sure that I know how to do CPR in case of an emergency. I know a lot of people who have taken courses …

When we were on our last day in Malaysia, we needed to booked a bus on our way to Singapore. As a tourist, this bus company is quite famous, that’s why we immediately booked our trip here. Booking is simple, you can go to the station and buy your …

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 …

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 …

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 have been a customer of this phone company for many years. I have not always had good service from them. They were very slow in getting internet service for their customers. We have had internet service for only about 4 years. Their service men are not the brightest. …

I used Taxis Autolux yesterday to get to the Nations Medical Center. This is a taxi company which was recommended by a friend who has been living here in Brussels for the last 10 years. It seems to me that it is a reliable taxi service as I booked …

The Breeze Public Transportation system of buses in Bermuda provides outstanding service. You can get anywhere you want to on the island within minutes, and the price is reasonable, expecially when you buy the all-day pass for twelve dollars. They have a Bermuda Senior Citizen pass available for free, …

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 …

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 …

THE Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Company has failed us so much with the conventional landlines. There are four of them in our office but they are always down and out. The conventional phones are always dead and the linemen would always tell us it is due to the …

What can I say about this place? It is where me and many of my friends received our licenses/permits. Being Montebello area, this place is one of the most crowded places in the city! No joke! You can never get in without a 30-minute wait simply because everyone in …

I recently had to go to the Memorial West Hospital in Pembroke Pines. I was in a lot of pain with a cyst I had on my tailbone. I usually go here because it has relatively fast service compared to many other hospitals that I’ve visited. I went …

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 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 …

A friend of mine who lives in Calgary, Alberta, was in the middle of renovating their condo in the nearby Canmore with the intention of selling it. I wanted to see what they were doing, as I am constantly renovating my own home, and I love looking at other …

In June 2007 I purchased a Fisher & Paykel Dishwasher. It has a 2 year warranty. On the 24th June 2008 it just stopped working. I rang the call centre in order for a repair man to come out and fix it. I spoke …

When I was on maternity leave I wasn’t getting any pay from work. I decided to check with my local County Assistance Office to see if I would temporarily qualify for any type of benefits. I called and they instructed me to fill out an application online …

We had Mediacom cable tv for some seven years. At first we were happy with it but the problems began to add up. On the plus side they installed the service for free but only if the wires were easy to run -no fishing wires through walls or …

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 …

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 …

This is probably the most reliable money remittance service worldwide. My Aunts have been using it to send money for Mom; most of the time money transfer which goes directly to her bank other times my Mom has to pick it up from Western Union agents. But it’s really …

I really think FIFA should revise their ticket sales system as I have had no joy in purchasing a ticket for any World Cup game, from the very first time I gave any effort to it, right up until now.
I was initially excited to learn that I could purchase …

When I first moved into the little town that I live in it took me a while to find out who was the phone carrier. I got referred to three different companies before I ended up with ATT as the residential carrier here. I thought, ok big …

Having a fault on my telephone line on New Years Day and having reported it to British Telecom, only to be told that I would have to wait until 7th January for repair, I was very pleased when an Open Reach engineer (contracted by BT) turned up on …

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 have an older Lexus luxury sedan that rarely has problems. However, a few months ago it started to make an odd noise and I got concerned. My hubby suggested we take it in to Sun Devil Auto because they were close and had been there before for an oil …

Water is a very precious natural resource in this country as most of it is desert (the Kalahari). And, when there is not enough rainfall, I am nearly prepared for water rationing which has already happened before I arrived in the country.
Getting a water connection is not a …

As a hardcore writer, good pens are one of the most important things in the world to me. I write for hours at a time, so if there’s a pen that will lessen the cramping, rubbing, branding, chaffing, etc —“ I want it. Too often do I …

I used www.Pinlessworld.com and it has the best phonecards in the market. You can choose from their great regular phonecards which are 10% or you can buy custom call plan that has low rates and no fees at all. I made a call for ten minutes had then used …

The Homestead Roofing Company is located at 533 Goffle Rd Ridgewood, NJ 07450. The telephone number is (201) 444-2233. This is a very good company. They do great roofing work. They will actually work with you to figure out what is the best option for you. Very …

When I first moved back to Wisconsin, I felt I needed an unlimited long distance plan to help me keep in touch with relatives a long ways a way. At the time, the only packages out there, required me to take about a hundred features I would never use …

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 …

My day would always start out really stressful whenever I have to ride an MRT going to work, especially in the morning and going home. The only reason for this is the number of people trying to get in faster, and the capacity of the said services.
MRT is the …

Tired of getting calls from telemarketers urging you to switch long distance telephone plans? We certainly were so we began using Caztel’s 10-10-70 long distance services and we have never been happier!
To begin with, there is no need to sign up for this particular long distance telephone service, if …

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 …

I went to this Canada Post outlet on October 28, 2010 at 11:55 a.m. I had to send a package to Kelowna, British Columbia and I wanted to make sure that it got there safe and within the quickest amount of time, without costing me an arm and …

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 USPS postal service is the major postal service of United states.Though it is widespread and has variety of options in posts yet their service is not upto the mark.I posted one important envelope from California to Newyork.As it is very important i opted for Signature confirmation.In the …

I love Express Oil Change and it is the only place that I go to for an oil change. I love going to Express Oil Change because it is always quick and it doesn’t take to much time to get my oil changed. One thing that I …

With the proliferation of technological advancements like the internet, a lot of people are choosing to sell products online. Xend Express has established its name as a courier company providing service to a huge number of online merchants. For …

We have Charter service here in Marion NC. We experienced quite a tough time getting our cable installed in our home. It is a 50 year old home and needed to be wired correctly for it. They were not helpful at all in this process, in fact, almost acted …

Item: St. Peter Memorial Chapels
Location: Parang, Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, Philippines
My father-in-law passed away last January and the family decided to hire the services of the St. Peter Memorial Chapels. This is my first time to attend a funeral in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte and I …

Koch’s Custom Woodworking
When I looked in the yellow pages for a cabinetmaker to build a kitchen island, there were way too many choices. I ended up going with Koch’s Custom Woodworking, and I’m glad that I did! At first, I called one of the bigger companies, but …

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 …

This is another fantastic facility that caters to homeless individuals or who have simply ran out of funding on a temporary basis, that they need a helping hand. I ran to this facility on December 10, 2010, when finding myself for the first time in the city of …