Howdy folks!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far. Seeing as I haven’t done any links for a while (trust me, it’s hard to work on your blog when you are overseas in an internet cafe with sketchy internet access!), here are some interesting fellow Yakezie reads if you need to have a small distraction from work =) (Who’s really productive at work, anyway? kidding!).
As some of you may know (if you were following my random tweets on twitter), I was away in Nepal for a few weeks. It was an amazing trip- Nepal is beautiful! Next year (2011) is their “Year of Tourism” so if you’ve gotten a visa before, next year you won’t have to pay the visa fee (it costs about USD $100 for a 90 day visa, FYI).
I will promise to add some photos of my trip and any tips on saving money while traveling in that corner of the world once I become less zombie-like from sleep deprivation and time zone changes.
With the recent European crisis, let’s just say I am glad I set some stop losses and preserved some of my gains with my stocks before I left!
- Financial Samurai has a great post on what to do during the bad times (aka markets crashing again)
- Fiscal Fizzle (Wojo) is going on a blog sabbatical until mid August =( Will miss him, but hope he has a good break- well deserved.
- Early Retirement Extreme also talks about the Latte Factor and kicks is up a notch with the idea of brewing your own coffee.
- Canadian Finance Blog gives us 5 tips for Getting Back on the Credit Card Ladder (if you’ve fallen off with the current economic crunch)
- Money Funk has a fun post on not getting tricked by Infomercials (yes, the “STOP HAIR LOSS” products)
- Money Reasons has a very thought provoking post on how High Personal Integrity can harm you
- Little House talks about how She was Rich Last Sunday until life took over! =(
- Simple Life in France also has a thought provoking post questioning whether Technology and Entertainment is making us Unhappy
- Rainy Day Saver gives a personal example about the Importance of Health Insurance
Hope you enjoyed those good reads and have a great rest of the week!
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Yay! Nepal updates. I can’t wait. And if you did any trekking or stopped in villages, I want to know. . .
Thanks for the link. (and have you ever tried melatonin for jet lag?–it’s worked for me in the past).
.-= Simple in France´s last blog ..People today: ruder than ever? =-.
@Simple in France Definitely did some trekking and stopped through villages- I’ll make sure to add that to my recap for you =) Yes, have bought some melatonin for the trip and it’s fantastic (beats drugging yourself up with Gravol any day!) I should probably take some right now because I feel kind of wired and it’s midnight!
Thanks for the mention, have a good weekend!
Thanks for the mention!
I loved “Little House”‘s post about “being rich last Sunday”! I read the same book to my son when he was 6 or 7. I was a cute story, and LH did an excellent respectful parody on it! Great read if you’ve read the original children’s book
Welcome Back!!! Sounds like you had a most excellent trip! I’m looking forward to those pics! =)
@Money Reasons- Me too- it was such a cute story! I haven’t read the original children’s book- maybe it came out before my time?
@Tom- You’re welcome! Hope you have a great weekend too =)