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’m a part time writer for a publication in Manila. After my manuscripts are approved they send the deed of sale contract for me to sign through express delivery mail. After signing and sending it back to them, they provide my check and send it to my adress in …

Department of Motor Vehicles is the office we go to for getting driver’s license, learners permit, state identification card, registering vehicles and more transportation-related stuff. There are many offices in different cities in different states but my review & personal experience pertains to the one located in the Sterling, …

My hats off to the very helpful people at the Rustan’s Bridal Registry Service.
They helped make this part of my wedding planning problem-free. Here’s what I love about them:
1. The department store set up a very classy room for the service. This room …

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 …

For all my landscaping needs I go to Yardworks and I have had a great experience with this company. The staff at Yardworks is very friendly and they truly seem like they enjoy helping the customer. Whenever I need anything dealing with landscaping I love being able …

My mother and I recently went to have mother-daughter portraits done at Sears Portrait Studio. We wanted to give them to my grandmother as a gift. We were actually pleasantly surprised by the experience that we had at the Portrait Studio as neither of us really likes …

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 …

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 …

In the past two years or so, the world of online dating has exploded into an entire business. Now there are countless “hookup” and “dating” sites designed solely to find one’s soulmate over the internet. Even sites not designed for matchmaking often have that potential- case in …

Spain has always been stereotyped as a country where nothing happens and everything moves on at a snails pace. This is no longer the case. On a recent visti I was most impressed with the integrated transport system that is in place.
Barcelona covers a large area ans is …

Some postal offices have a very negative reputation. But I must say that the United States Postal Service in Dearborn, Michigan never disappointed me. It has always been efficient in delivering mails and parcels in our apartment complex. When I expect a parcel, may it be from other …

In those days where you can only see water flowing at the glass panels at the hotels and department stores, Danny had it. It made his salon look expensive and intimidating. At other shops where the staff wore nice uniforms, better be prepared for the unusually high …

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 …

When I first lived here in this city, I thought that most drivers are very disciplined; I appreciated it very much that motorcycles are aligned neatly along the city streets and even in shopping areas, most vehicles and motorcycles are neatly arranged almost all the …

First time I went to this library,I was not a member yet.So we just read the book there but we could not bring some books to our place. But then my daughter registered as a member there few weeks later. She got a pass card that she can use …

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 …

DHL is a shipping company that has several options available for shipping. I have shipped and receive shipments using DHL but I wouldn’t recommend using this company. DHL does have very low rates in my opinion but I would suggest using another provider. From my experience …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

I work full time and make decent money. But, the cost of living unfortunately has risen to the point my paychecks aren’t keeping up. My wife went back to work recently to help with that. But, she hasn’t gotten a paycheck yet and we were running very low on …

I recently used Blue Cab to travel from the Port of Columbus Airport to my hotel in the downtown area. I initially found Blue Cab by walking out of the terminal into the ground transportation area and wasn’t looking for any cab specifically.
The cab was …

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 …

From the moment you walk into them, some libraries smell like libraries. That was my first impression of the Citizen’s Library in Washington, PA. Though only in it’s current building about 50 years, the library was established in the 1870s by a leading citizen of the …

Women Infants & Children Program also known as the WIC program is where women that are pregnant or have children under the age of 5 years can receive vouchers to buy healthy food. You would receive vouchers for the month that you can use at any participating store. The …

I joined Cavalier Telephone service instead of Verizon. I dropped Verizon way to expensive I was paying 80.00 per month for toll free calling and long distance calls and no internet service. I also paying for amother internet provider for $13.00 per month so total for this per month …

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 …

Just my take on the new SSS website - Totally useless. If I did not have my work taking up my whole “office hours” time of the SSS offices, I would just go there personally and inquire; but heck I need to just have a look at my balances …

I have used this street directory for over 15 years now and I must say that this still has to be the best going round. Quite simply, the quantity and quality of detail plus the concise intuitive presentation of street maps and listings allow anyone, even first timers to …

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 …

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 …

If anyone is going to get their children’s photos taken at a studio, I can not stress enough that they ought to try going to The Picture People. I have used them to photograph my children several times now and not only do they have the widest variety …

Buying Distilled or purified water in the country has been predominant ever since it got well known in some establishments. Most private houses now buy 5 gallon containers and drinks purified water because tap water has really not been clean even after you boil the water. Most of 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 …

Every year the Bass Pro Drive in Garland creates Santa’s Wonderland down in the hunting and boating section downstairs. Kids get to take a picture with Santa and they have different crafts and games on different days.
I took my three kids there tonight. I decided to do it tonight …

My husband called me at work a few weeks ago to tell me that a Uverse sales representative was at the door trying to sell us digital cable and internet service, and he didn’t know wether or not to take the man up on that deal. I told him …

Evryone is always looking for a deal when they want to make long distance calls using a calling card pin.
Speedypin.com seems like a good phone card company to use when calling long distance overseas, but with the seemingly reasonable rates comes the incredibly unreasonable and unreliable customer service.
When I …

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 …

It all started because we couldn’t get enough money to move. We couldn’t afford a truck from Wisconsin to Texas with all of our stuff. So, we decided to give most of it away. Then we would ship what we had to have and move on from there. My …

This is one of the city government recreational centers of which there are not too many out here in the city of Surrey. It is conveniently located next to the Surrey Central Sky Train station, and also to the Central City shopping, the city’s biggest and certainly the …

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 …

When we first purchased a two year plan through Nextel, we loved everything about the phones. Great customer service, phone dependability, and great customer service where just a few of the things we loved.
As we were on a budget, we didn’t buy the most expensive phones. Instead, we …

After trying to find a phone company that would give me a great price and good customer service, I finally found one in my own backyard.
Powercom doesn’t do a lot of advertising and I wouldn’t have heard about them if a friend hadn’t told me about them. But, for …

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 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 …

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 …

As mentioned in my review on AT&T, I now have only cell phone service in my home so that I may avoid QWEST and its endless little creepy fees. Do they actually think I don’t read those? Do they actually think it doesn’t matter to me that they …