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Happy Things #30

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Binge Galore

Ang daming magagandang series na lumabas nitong January! May mga times na wala na kaming mapanood ni Kenneth (evening routine naming mag-couch potato), pero this time ang daming options!

  • Can This Love Be Translated?
  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
  • Shrinking (season 3!)
  • Frieren (season 2!)
  • Bridgerton (season 4)

Lahat yan sabay namin papanoorin ni Kenneth except Bridgerton (hindi sya fan) kaya nasimulan ko na sya kahapon. Episode 2 pa lang ako at okay naman sya. Mala-Cinderella ang istorya.

Ang pinapanood namin ngayon ay Can This Love Be Translated? Maganda naman. Kaso minsan, nakaka-frustrate yung subtitles kasi parang hindi sya na-itranslate ng maayos to English. Lalo na dun sa isang scene na yung sinabi nung bida, hindi akma dun sa ginawa nya. Kaya may times na naguguluhan kami ni Kenneth, tapos ip-pause muna namin para i-decipher yung words.

Can this show be translated??

New Colours

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What I Spend in a Week | Marty Obscene

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Before we go to the weekly breakdown, Best Buy and Bye-Bye of the week muna:

Best Buy

Si Cashew, bigla na lang hindi kumakain nung wet food nya. Samantalang dati, marinig lang nya yung pagbukas ng delata ng cat food, tatakbo na papalapit sakin tapos ingaw na ng ingaw. Sobrang worried ko kasi hindi raw magandang sign yung walang ganang kumain. May sakit daw pag ganun. Pero, ganado pa naman syang kumain nung dry food nila. Basta lahat normal except sa hindi nya pagkain ng wet food. I’m confused.

Since meron syang gingivitis, na-research ko na meron daw palang type of wet food na masakit for them. Kaya mas okay daw yung purée or mousse type, para hindi na nila kelangan nguyain. Pero bakit yung dry food kinakain nya? Diba mas masakit yun?? Pero ito ang sabi:

Okay, good to know. So in short (haba ng kwento 😂), kinakain na nya yung bagong wet food. As in simut sarap! I’m so happyyy 🤍

$2.60 per pouch

Bye-Bye

Nung Saturday, down yung mood ko, so niyaya ko si Kenneth na manood ng sine. Sakto discounted yung movie tickets buong January. Out of curiosity, ang pinili ko ay Marty Supreme. Bukod sa crush ko dati si Timothée, maganda raw talaga yung film. Tapos nalaman ko pa na dalwang best actor awards na yung nakuha ni Chalamet, so mas na-curious ako.

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2025 Money Wrapped

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Kahit luhaan ako sa mga gastos namin, I am equally excited to look at our last year’s spending because I have now gained clarity. Since nagkaron ng major changes sa aming 2025 expenses, mas alam ko na ngayon yung i-eexpect for 2026. Nung naka-apartment pa kami, kasama na sa monthly rent namin yung utilities, kaya hindi kami sanay na nagbabayad ng tubig at kuryente. Ngayon, based on the monthly averages, alam ko nang kelangan naming mag-allot ng extra $250 every month.

Ang daming adjustments na nangyari last year. Lumaki yung housing costs namin because of the mortgage, tapos ang dami pang nadagdag na bayarin (home insurance, property tax, utilities). Bukod pa dun, nawalan ako ng income nung August. Kaya ang malaking bottomline ng lahat ng ito ay: kailangan ko nang makahanap ng trabaho STAT.

Natuwa akong gawin yung mga graphics this year. Favorite ko yung ‘Money Wrapped’—tingnan nyo mamaya hehe. Just like before, I’ll start with a snapshot of our average monthly spending, then show the numbers after.

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Q3 Expenses | As Expected

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It’s time for the quarterly report!

Just like last time, I’ll start with the percentages of our monthly average expenses, then move on to the detailed breakdown of the numbers. Looking at last quarter’s average (left), there were definitely changes.

EXPENSE BREAKDOWN

Again, I’ve highlighted the highest and lowest expense for each month:

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Paycheck Routine

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I have a very complicated budgeting system, so I won’t go into every detail. I have an expense tracking app, an Excel file, and I track every cent—if you ask me how much we paid for our Instapot back in 2019, I could tell you (it’s $67.19). In short, it’s a whole thing (but it’s an obsessive-compulsive’s dream).

Today, I just wanted to share what I do during paydays. I remember our abundant months when I’m not waiting for paydays to arrive. Back when I was confident that if I forgot to allocate funds to our different money buckets, I know that our bank account had enough money to cover all the auto-debited bills. Oh how I miss those days.

June 2013 (this is my old app, I use Money Lover now)

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Q2 Expenses | Wala Pa Bang Itataas??

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It’s time for the quarterly report! Akala ko talaga magiging proud ako sa quarter na ‘to pero hindi pa rin talaga tumitigil ang mga gastusin. Anong quarter kaya kami makakabawi??

Just like last time, I’ll start with the percentages, then move on to the detailed breakdown of the numbers.

EXPENSE BREAKDOWN

Again, I’ve highlighted the highest and lowest expense for each month:

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What I Spend in a Week | Coloured Book Covers

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It’s time to go back to one of my regular monthly posts. Dahil kahit malungkot tayo, tuloy pa rin ang paggastos—parang mas magastos pa nga pag malungkot.

Before we go to the weekly breakdown, Best Buy and Bye-Bye of the week muna:

Best Buy

This book is so interesting

SOBRANG nag-eenjoy ako dito sa bago kong e-reader. Dahil alam nyo naman na mahilig akong mag-annotate ng books, annotating e-books is the next best thing. Tapos (finally!) may kulay na yung book covers ko. Ang unsatisfying pag nakikita ko yung black and white covers sa Kindle ko noon. Parang hindi binibigyan ng justice yung graphic designer.

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Q1 Expenses | Magastos Months

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A quarter of the year has passed! Bilis! So instead of the usual weekly spend post, it’s time for our quarterly report. Looking at our numbers always excites me, which is why I’m looking forward to do this overview. Just like last time, I’ll start with the percentages, then move on to the detailed breakdown of the numbers.

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What I Spend in a Week | Fun & Games

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Medyo napagastos tayo nitong week na ‘to pero okay lang, masaya naman. But first, the best buy and bye-bye of the week:

Best Buy

We’re having so much fun playing this board game: Sky Team. It’s a two-player co-op game where you play the pilot and co-pilot with the objective of landing the plane safely with no casualties. I read that a real pilot was consulted in the development of this game, and that it’s so well-made, it won several awards already—I’m not surprised. Ang dami ring possible scenarios, plus may upgrades pa na pwedeng idagdag dun sa basic board (already included in the box) para hindi nakakasawa. Meron din syang separate expansion pack (Sky Team Turbulence) pero mukang hindi pa namin sya kelangan anytime soon since ang dami pa naming hindi nata-try na scenarios.

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2025 Game Plan

Another year, another game plan. I’m so happy I don’t feel rushed to finish this post. I think dati meron akong nafi-feel na, “Dapat ma-finalize ko na ‘to bago matapos ang January.” But not this year. Bago ako pumunta sa theme at sa mga gusto kong ma-achieve this year, I will check first kung anong success rate ng 2024 game plan ko…

Okay, out of the 12 goals I set, I was able to achieve 7! I’m not aiming for perfect. Basta more than half okay na ko dun.

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