Posts tagged #philippines (4)
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The Philippine Central Bank Hiked Rates, and the Peso Hit a Record Low the Same Day (Oct 22)
On October 22, the day the BSP (the Philippine central bank) raised rates by 0.5 points, the peso hit a record low of 63.52 to the dollar while the yen climbed to ₱4,044 per ¥10,000. What it means for currency exchange and prices when you earn in yen and live in pesos.
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My Japanese ID Card Sat at the Embassy for 2 Months While the Official Tracker Said "Being Issued"
If you live abroad and are waiting for a My Number card (Japan's national ID card), the official status page can say "being issued" while the card is already at the embassy. How an email to my ward office revealed it had arrived on August 12, and what to check.
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I Let AI Shop for Nespresso Pods. The Cheapest Flavor Expired in 3 Days
I let AI handle everything from comparing Nespresso-compatible capsules up to just before checkout, and the cheapest one, Colombia, would have expired before it arrived. Here are the Japan vs. Philippines price comparison and how I split the work when AI shops for me (I type the CVV myself).
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I Built a Market Price Site Without Writing a Line of Code. The AI Mistook Eggplant for Eggs, and I Nearly Misread a Correlation
I had AI (opencode and Muse) build Presyo Bantay, a site that turns the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) price PDFs into Metro Manila market price charts with USD/PHP correlations, without writing a line of code myself. Imported rice in Las Piñas tracked USD/PHP with a 1–2 week lag at r=+0.92.
