When I got married last 2010, I didn’t know how changing surname actually works. As a medical doctor, I just copied other doctors who got married before me and just placed a dash (-) from my surname and to that of my husband’s surname, not knowing that there are other options available for me. …
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Money Jars (for kids to teens) – Explained from Magandang Buhay Show
Last Monday, I was invited to guest in the TV show “Magandang Buhay” in ABS-CBN. It was both nerve wracking and fulfilling experience. Nerve wracking because it was a “live show” so, to those who were able to watched the show, forgive my clumsiness and self-consciousness. Fulfilling also because after the few minutes of fame,…
Millennials and Money: Are they In Sync?
When we say Millennials, these are the people that are born from 1980-1996. This year, these Millennials will be in the range of 20s to mid-30’s. These questions came from a Millennial Reader, let’s name her Melanie. She is currently in college, passionately loving being young but still wanted to be a responsible Millennial. …
Project: Empower the Healer – a Success!
Dr. Ryan Arbie Bueno-Gusilatar and I met few years back during our internship days in medicine. Only few months before did we meet again for the second time and engage as two doctors talking about Financial Wellness where she became my client. We learned that we have the same advocacy in life, which is to…
Who Wants to be a Doctor-to-the-Barrio?
For all those who became a Doctor-to-the-barrio before, they know the meaning of this: “Once a Doctor is in public health like DTTB program, he will always have a heart in public health.” That is why many of the graduates of the program stayed in public health. But also a number of them went back…
Doctor’s Biggest Mistakes in Choosing a Financial Advisor
While becoming a doctor needs 86,000 hours or more of studying and training, there is an absolute total of zero hours of training in: business, taxation, financial literacy or financial issues related to the “business” of being a doctor. Doctors receive no training on how to choose or evaluate financial advisors which includes: Insurance agents,…
Latest Medical Board Passers of August 2015 Results and What to do next after Passing?
I can almost remember when I took my medical board exams some few years ago. The palpitations, the sleepless nights, the cramming and the feeling hopeful. My least favourite part in the exams? The waiting for the results to come out. For me, the waiting took forever. But the best part of it? The passing…
Dissecting Social Security System (SSS) It Pays to Know Your Rights and Benefits
Every month, a portion of an employee’s salary is taken out for SSS. Many people feel the deduction, but don’t really know what it’s for. So today, we’ll look at the benefits of SSS and how we can avail of them. I am a doctor, and being a medical doctor, I am trained to analyze…
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