MISC SAVING TIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Hopefully the new year has started with you being more efficient as well as appreciating the gift of life. I diverted from the mundane posts the last time and blogged in a famous poem on life. Print it, make it a screen saver.. I know it has helped me to relook at things and just might help you to..

Moving on to the topic of this blog, saving tips.. This time I am suggesting investing in one of the time tested tools to save money. Although with an annual membership fee, the subsequent savings quickly add up and include 24 hr car breakdown support and hosts of other benefits.

Yes I am talking about the AAA card.

Even if you don't own a car, chances are you will rent one couple of times a year. Whether its a flat tyre or battery problems, their extensive network ensures timely and efficient support and is an indispensable tool when you are on the road.

For more info log onto www.aaa.com. Do remember to mention your student status because that might get you additional discounts..

More on savings next time..

Good luck

Sharad

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Quote:

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”

Edith Lovejoy Pierce

HAPPY NEW YEAR

SLOW DANCE.. A Poem .. For New Year Resolutions..

Slow Dance
by
David L. Weatherford

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Do you run through each day on the fly
When you ask "How are you?" do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores running through your head?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time to call and say "Hi"?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away...

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.

Not Just Phone Savings

While I blabbered more than once on phone savings, no one can just endlessely be a couch potato and just phone talk. You gotta go out in the real world. Entertain yourself.

Be it movies, concerts, stand up comedy, nba basketball games or driving on highway 1 in california, a student has to spend smartly and yet live it up.

It would be interesting to hear from students who have entertained themselves in traditional/creative ways and saved along as well. Or one cannot have fun without blowing wads of money. Lets share..

Write in to share your own entertainment secret and how you creatively saved $$$$$$

Cheers

Quote: "I am amazed at radio DJs today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for."

— Jasper Carrott