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Three Things a Couple Should Never Fight About | Relationship Advice

relationship advice with Renzie Baluyut.

A friend and I were having coffee the other night, and she was opening up the fact that, while her relationship with her current boyfriend is generally alright, they usually end up quarreling.  This usually happens when she has to go out of town, attend to some clients, or work on a photo shoot.

Now, as far as relationships go, I think I have a fairly good idea of what works and what doesn’t.  While I am enjoying a very happy eight-year love affair with my girlfriend/fiancee, my current view on relationships has been shaped by a number of ex-girlfriends, numerous dates both successful and disastrous, as well as stories from other friends.

So here’s what I think: if there’s anything you, as a couple, shouldn’t be fighting about, it would have to be these three things:

1.  Work,
2.  Friends,
3.  and Money

Let’s get into all three in greater detail, shall we? Continue reading “Three Things a Couple Should Never Fight About | Relationship Advice”

Buy and Sell in the Philippines – Online!

Website-hopping with Renzie Baluyut. One of the first orders of business for me coming back to the Philippines is looking around to check prices on all kinds of things- groceries, fast food items, PCs and laptops, even pieces of real estate. Not only because I had wanted to see how things (and by things, I […]

Living Solo: Spare Change All Over the Place

from the Bachelor Living notes of Renzie Baluyut. If you’ve been living on your own for a while, you’ve probably developed this knack of keeping all your spare change in a little container- or in my case, several. It’s almost like clockwork: everytime I come home, I empty my pockets of pretty much everything in […]

Globe Pisses Me Off Once Again

Renzie rants about terrible service. For those of you who have been following this blog regularly, you might remember a time a few months back when I had a really bad experience with Globe.  You can read that story here, just so you have an idea what I’m talking about. To give you a quick […]

The Philippine Culture of Dependence

Here’s what I think: the reason why we have so many poor people in the Philippines is that our society has a pervasive culture of dependence and patronage. It is uncommon for Filipinos, I believe, to take an active part in challenging the status quo, and be more involved in carving out a fortune for […]