Archive for June, 2014

I was doing some groceries the other day and I thought Watermelons could be refreshing in this hot Montreal summer, so I bought one. It was on special for $2.99, the watermelon weighed something like 4 kilos, or about 9 pounds. That watermelon came from...

A couple of years ago, I used to have a TFSA account as part of my BMO Investor Line account. Every year I was able to move an additional $5,000 to my TFSA account. For those who do not know, a TFSA account, which stands for Tax Free Savings Account, is...

Back in 2008, I suddenly got interested in doing an MBA. I thought it would enhance my career and it will allow me to find better jobs (back then I still wanted to work for other people - not anymore). For some reason, I attended a seminar of an Executive...

A friend of mine is currently looking for a job, and so he's writing a resume. I can tell, with confidence, that 75% of his resume is pure lies, about 20% of his resume is truth mixed with lies, and about 5% of his resume is exaggerated truth. He got his...

Yesterday I was watching a documentary on Napoli (feels weird when I call it Naples), and how life is becoming increasingly hard there, and how unemployment is skyrocketing and how people are closing their shops because of the high taxes. 15 years ago,...

Recruiters are the vermin of the 21st century, they are parasites that suck blood from hard working individuals, they are hyenas that scavenge on the dynamics of every corporation out there, they are horrible, horrible creatures and they, like real...

Newcomers to Canada realize, within a few weeks, that having a credit card makes a lot of things easier of them. They can shop easier, they don't have to pay transaction fees, and they can shop online anywhere. However, with no credit history whatsoever,...

I was asked by a friend who was a bit strapped on money on what happens if he didn't pay his taxes on time for the Quebec government. I told him that the Quebec government follows the below process: If the payment is not received by April 30th for...

As I mentioned in a previous post back in February, Sony got out of the PC market, possibly forever. This news was a breath of fresh air for the makers of junk-packaged-as-laptops laptops such China's Lenovo, China's Japan's Toshiba, China's America's...

Note: This post applies to Canada and the United States. I don't know about the rest of the world. I have signed a lease on a brand new car yesterday (note: the brand is not Toyota), I thought I was getting a pretty good deal on the car. However, when...

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