I just read this article about a person named Jack Whittaker who apparently won around $315 million dollars in a US lottery called the “Powerball†which he opted to take a lump sum winning of $133 million after taxes. According to the report I read, this is the largest single winning lottery jackpot in US […]
Here was another interesting question that I was asked and it had to do about mail-in rebates. I’m sure everyone has seen them as virtually every type of retailer sells a product of some sort that offers the buyer the ability to reclaim some of their funds by mailing out a form with their purchase […]
I just saw this interesting interview that CNN did with two people in regards to their 2006 journey where a group people and themselves formed a group called “The Compact†and its intention was to go through the entire year without buying anything new aside from the essentials such as food. Apparently the motivation to […]
It looks like we are getting to the point where having a million dollars worth of assets isn’t so far fetched as most people think it is anymore. I guess that is what people would call a “paper millionaire.†Recently, headlines are everywhere about the 2007 BC property assessment where property values have went up […]
So on New Years day yesterday the family decided that we would go to a restaurant of some sort as a way to celebrate the new years together. My brother was told that in the Vancouver Fairmont Hotel there was this restaurant called Griffins that was having this brunch buffet that was suppose to have […]
While browsing around the mall recently, one of my friend was interested in buying a game and so we went to the mall. Since it is the Christmas season, almost everyone is in a shopping mode and not surprisingly the item in question was sold out everywhere. The interesting comment he made afterwards was how […]