Browsing the archives for the money tag

Taboo – Money Making

Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/ Today’s topic: Money Making in the US The way people view and treat money is pretty much the same as back in the Romania. No matter how many money you have it’s never enough. What sets apart people with money in the US from people with money in Romania is the background. [...]

The Uber Auto Insurance

These are some tough times we’re going through. At least that’s what the media is telling us, constantly fueling the panic. In this sea of bad things and unhappy people, saving money seems like the only logical thing you can try to do to survive. One of the big expenses you have each month is [...]

The “I’m Better Than You” Syndrome

Have you ever had someone look down on you? Someone who only talks to you or stands your presence because it’s their job? I’m sure you have. You don’t have to admit it. Have you ever considered yourself better than other people? Of course you did. It’s human nature. Did you act like it? Like [...]

Modern Poverty

Here is a blog I came across by some sort of twitter magic: http://modernpoverty.wordpress.com/ Basically chilling stories about some poverty in today’s US. About what you have to put up if you’re unfortunate enough I hope that things turn up okay for the author.

Taboo – American Cars

Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/ Today’s topic: American Cars So, we all heard about American cars. What’s the deal with them, how do the Americans feel about them? Scene1: A shift is just ended at an American car factory somewhere. People are leaving home. They’ve done the job they are payed to do, the benefits are good. [...]

Sin City

Las Vegas, NV, the ultimate destination. Where you can drink, smoke and walk on the sidewalk at the same time without law inforcement being all over you. The “Sin City” where people come to let their wildest side loose and to have what they call fun while blowing away hard earned cash. As dreamy as [...]

Taboo

Looking at blogs of other Romanians in the US, I came across this blog post: http://terbea.blogspot.com/2009/07/subiecte-tabu-sau-nu-in-america.html In this post we found a list of subject that are supposed to be taboo (or very discussed). As this blog, is in the end, a really neat experiment we’ll examine each of these subjects in detail to see [...]

Coins

So my last hobby is related to coins. The 25 cent coins actually. Or the quarter. What could be so interesting in quarters one might ask. Aren’t them all the same? You’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. Actually, NO. They are not the same. Seems that the US Mint found it interesting to have [...]

The Recession – helping our kids to think

weird article on how the recession is actually helping the kids of today get more creative: http://www.toydirectory.com/MONTHLY/article.asp?id=3570 So, in other words the recession will have smarter kids as a side effect. Probably they will also learn that the lesson: “just because it’s way more expensive it doesn’t mean it’s better”. Maybe the economy has a [...]

Airports… the hotels of the recession

Now that the recession is kicking in [or that's what the media is constantly telling us effectively contributing to the mass panic] one of the best thing you can do is travel for cheap prices and see things you couldn’t afford to see before [or at least that's what I hear]. Cool, right? Except that [...]