We have a vending machine here in our company pantry, and because I am not really a fan of coffees I did not enjoy much of the coffee offered in this vending machine. I was in night shift just the other night and felt the need to put …

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 …

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 …

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. …

Fedex sucks and they charge a whole lot of money. I had to send some documents and CDs for my Aunts to the States, and it cost me $36. I had to pay for 1 pound total even though my package was less than a fourth of a pound. …

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 …

On 16th Oct 2005 (Sunday), after church service, together with my elder and 3rd sisters I hailed a Transcab taxi at Lor 8 Geylang and told the driver the locatiowas Tiong Bahru. After we boarded the driver started the taxi. About 5 seconds later my 3rd sister told the …

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 …

If you like convenience, you probably like to order things on-line so you don’t have to add it to your mileage and your errands. The post office is one of my least favorite places to go. I don’t like to stand in line for stamps!
Did you know, you can …

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 …

This is my first year ever trying a tanning bed . Normally I lay out in the sun , but a friend of mine recommended Electric Sun . I tried it , and now I go atleast 5 times a week .
They have a few different beds . I …

If you ask about the cheapest way to ship a gift for someone that live in other countries, most people in Indonesia will tell you to use EMS Post service.
This is the special service from their post company. Pos Indonesia is the one that offer you this EMS service. …

The year 2009 is a blessing for Filipinos who are about to or currently dealing with Philippine Passport relevant task: application or renewal. The Department of Foreign Affairs has finally joined the bandwagon of utilizing the Internet in their operation, when they launched the online appointment system, a …

BSNL is the main telecommunications service provider in India but being a government enterprise it isn’t very efficient , the line is congested and has problem of cross connection along with many other problems so we disconnected our BSNL landline service and opted for Tata Indicom wireless walky post …

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, …

U-haul moving foam has always been my favorite way to insure my valuable goods are kept in good condition when in the process of moving. Many times when moving things like china, glasses, silverware, ect… they will get damaged in the process of moving. …

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 …

For some time, I’ve been a big proponent of utility budget plans, especially when it comes to keeping some sort of control over what you spend on your monthly heating bill.
But, after Alliant Energy managed to screw mine up, I am no longer a fan.
My wife and I bought …

A few years ago, Wisconsin followed a trend started by several other states and implemented a Do-Not-Call list to cut back on the number of calls by telemarketers.
In my opinion, it was a complete failure.
Not only do I still receive telemarketing calls, I receive just as many as …

Some people like to use a dry carpet cleaner’s company, for family convenience. I have done this. Still, the truth of the matter is, that studies within the industry of carpet cleaning, all come to the same conclusion: Extremely hot water cleans not just the top of your carpet, …

BPoste is the post office here in Belgium. The first thing I like about it is that they are really everywhere. You could go to the busy Rue Neuve and they have about 1 or 2 branches there. Each commune or town has a post office and they have …

If you have a computer and cable tv and a telephone then optimum online is the thing you should have. For less then $100.00 you can have all three hooked up to the cable and avoid all those additional charges your local phone company charges. You even …

For quite sometimes in the past, I had been a victim of the scoundrels in the Philippine Postal Service. I don’t know if these people are still existing up to now or not, but I stopped doing transactions with them because of those terrible …

If you are in the market for a cable provider, be careful if you choose RCN Cable! I have had a horrible experience with this company!
I have phone, high speed internet, and cable with this company and every month there is some type of problem. First of …

Less than two weeks ago, my family went through the arduous moving process. Money was a concern so we decided to use UHaul rather than professional movers. It was a very stress free process - probably the easiest part of the move!
They ended up not having the vehicle that …

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 …

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 …

Not long after moving to another town from where we were, we found ourselves needing a helping hand (no matter how well panned your move is, you normally find yourself broke to a certain extent when moving long distance) with groceries as we needed to pay bills.
I found myself …

A very close friend of ours will be moving here from Dearborn, Michigan to Manitoba, Canada. With the time restrictions that he have, and considering the fact that he is still expected to go to work until his last day in United States, he is quite worried with all the …

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 …

The Archibald Library is one of my favorite places to visit. For me, the library is within walking distance, and is a good reason to get outside for a healthy walk.
The Archibald library originated, in 1994. Originally, a county library, the city took control of …

I switched from one of the top provider to Vonage 2 months before.If you have good internet connection then i think it will be better to go for vonage and you can save more.It is cheaper and provides unlimited calling to long distance and local.There is also a …

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 …

In my opinion, the Dutch Post service is not like the other post service that I ever use.
Especially when you are talking about shipping an International package. The offer a normal service that can ship your package internationally with a quite cheap budget. But of course, it is depending …

I remember doing homework and school assignments at The Eva K. Bowlby Public Library in Waynesburg, PA. After 30-some years, I had a chance to revisit this wonderfully quaint converted Victorian house that sits across the street from a well-maintained small town park. Beyond the park is …

Greyhound bus service is an utter nightmare and I will NEVER travel using their services again!
I was set to take a late night bus departing from Springfield, Missouri with Springfield, Illinios as my destination. I was due to have a 45 minute layover in St. Louis where I would …

I first heard about the Wildlife Waystation from an actor friend of mine at the time. He appeared at several events and had supported the organization for some time. When he told me about it, I did some research and liked what I saw.
The Wildlife Waystation is …

Let us admit it; life is harsh, especially during these times. With the unemployment levels rising like a tsunami in North America, naturally there is also an increasing number of individuals getting displaced with no place to live. Many of them are facing eviction or their utilities …

With the opening of the school year in the last 2 weeks, it was a frenzy of endless shopping for books, stationery, clothes and shoes for my kids. Most of the time, I did not know where to go as I do not know Brussels that well despite …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 was thrilled when we moved and found that AT&T offered television services in our new area. I despise everything about the Time Warner Cable service we used to use. It cost more in different areas, the On Demand and pay per view features never worked, the serviceman arrived …

I received a call from a telemarketer one time while I was at work. She was offering a BPI Credit Cards and she says I was pre-approve. From the meaning of the term, pre-approve means I need a few documents to give and I can the big chance to …

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, …

This shuttle has its presence in most of the airports of US.We booked for this service to drop and pickup for LAX airport.Though we had our flight by 1.00 AM yet we booked the timing for 8.00PM for pickup as we are 45 miles away from …

One of my favorite animal organizations is the International Fund for Animal Welfare which continues to work on behalf of animals. I’m especially interested in their whale activities, which both nurture the creatures and fights for their survival with a variety of anti-whaling campaigns and the like.
One of …

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 …