The D Spot

Saving money is not easy, especially if you’ve never done it before and you’re used to spending all your income in a month. There are a lot of ways to save money, but the most effective ways are those that you can easily do. Here are some of the best ways to save money: Manage [...]

Raising your metabolism will help you to reduce weight faster. There are certain types of food that are quite low in calories but difficult to break down, resulting in your body burning more calories when digesting them thus helping you to lose weight. These are called metabolism-raising foods or negative calorie foods. Some of these [...]

It is never a good idea to take something that does not belong to you—whether it is a pair of sunglasses your friend accidentally left at your home, a little snack you could have easily pilfered from the store, or even the words and ideas of another author. It is often a universal line of [...]

Of all the subjects in school, math is traditionally the hardest to teach. Unless a student has an aptitude or interest in numbers and the logical problem solving involved in using mathematical equations to get the answers, teaching math will always be challenging to teachers in school, tutors, and parents. Some kids are just lucky [...]

Whether you are working in an office or in the comforts of home, improving work performance and doing the best you can should be a continuous process. Work performance is affected by how you handle yourself, your job, and how you deal with other people in your job. Here are a few tips to improve [...]

Despite Ondoy, despite Haiti, and despite Chile which lately experienced an earthquake with an 8.8 intensity in the Richter scale and the upcoming tsunamis in Hawaii and the Pacific basin…life has to go on. We commiserate with our brothers and sisters in Chile (and still with them in Haiti), and  maybe send our national contingent, [...]

After super typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, those affected have been focused on picking up the pieces of their lives, with restoring order and peace in the country being the main priority of our authorities. People who have been experiencing almost flu-like symptoms are ignoring their illness, treating it just like any other colds or flu, [...]

I am repeating here an article written by Gwendolyn So, a former officemate, an experienced flood victim, who has tried and tested advice on how to deal with flooding at home. Unbeknownst to many, my family and I are experts when it comes to flooding. By this I mean that for almost 10 years when [...]