A Nobel laureate’s ‘fictional’ city

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A Nobel laureate’s ‘fictional’ city
For a long time, I believed that the city of Momp?s was only a myth, said Nicholas Gill in The New York Times. “Momp?s doesn’t exist,” Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez wrote in his 1989 novel The General in His Labyrinth. “We sometimes dream about her, but she doesn’t exist.” I trusted the truth of those lines until 2008, when an acquaintance opened a boutique hotel in Garc?a M?rquez’s fictional Colombian city. Momp?s, or Santa Cruz de Mompox, as the municipality is officially known, is home to 30,000 people. Set in a river valley that’s rich in history and “ripe with romanticism,” it’s also a “perfectly preserved” colonial city.

Getting to Momp?s isn’t easy. In Cartagena, I had to catch a 4:30 a.m. seat on a Toto Express pickup truck that plowed inland for seven hours before we reached a ferry on the Magdalena River. The Magdalena explains both Momp?s’s rise and its decline: It once facilitated a booming trade in tobacco, slaves, and precious metals, but it silted up in the early 19th century, and currents shifted. Property prices are rising on hopes that Momp?s is about to be rediscovered, but mule carts still outnumber cars, and visitors frequently number in the single digits. During the day, intense heat sets a “drowsy rhythm.”

Just past dawn, I watched students walking to school and men in straw hats unloading pineapples from dugout canoes. But the city goes quiet until dark, when locals head to caf?s and booths in central plazas and bats swoop down into the streets. I hired a boat on my last day in Momp?s to explore its surroundings. “We cut through streams and wetlands, where herons flew over fields of yucca and howler monkeys slept in the trees.” The boatman pointed to high-water marks set by a 2010 flood that lasted seven months before locals brought in the Cristo Negro, a black Christ figure from a Bogot? church, and the floodwaters receded. The story sounded like a tale out of a Garc?a M?rquez novel, but in a town as “preposterously fantastic” as Momp?s, the miracle “just might not be fiction.”

The snowiest ski resort in the world
Niseko, Japan, “has quietly become the stuff of legend among the skiing cognoscenti,” said Eric Hansen in Outside. Located a 90-minute flight from Tokyo, the town on the nation’s northernmost island gets more snow each January than any other ski area in the world, and that snow is generally as dry as the finest powder found anywhere in North America. Australian skiers discovered Niseko after 9/11, when getting to Whistler in British Columbia suddenly became a challenge. Their support has kept the area in business while nearby Japanese slopes were failing, but Niseko still combines “movie-quality powder” with the laid-back vibe of a locals’ hill. Of the 48 feet of snow that fall on the town in an average year, 15 feet arrive in January. “Finding fresh powder is almost never a problem.”

My guide tells me I’m lucky when my first day of backcountry skiing is greeted by a bright sun and bluebird sky. I am, but I’m happier still when Niseko is once again “thoroughly snow-fogged,” as it can be day after day for weeks at a time. I spend most of my off-slope time touring Niseko Village, one of four base areas, then ski powder at night under the “impressive constellation of lights” of neighboring Hirafu. Natural hot springs called onsen bubble up everywhere, and I make a point of soaking my weary body at Goshiki, a “legendary” onsen—half indoor and half out—that sits at the end of one backcountry run.

Feathery snow is falling heavily as I part ways with the members of a snowboarding club I’ve enjoyed most of another day with. They were curious to hear about what it’s like to ski Whistler, but took for granted the blizzard then enveloping smaller Niseko. For a while longer, I ski alone, “poofing through fluff and leaping off pillow drops” while the flakes keep coming. “‘Aoooooooo!’ I howl, bringing my skis to a hissing stop after another half-dozen untracked runs.” I’m completely alone, and I’m beginning to believe that Niseko might just be the best ski resort in the world.

Driving North America’s most isolated road
The Trans-Labrador Highway might be “the loneliest road in the world,” said Josh Eells in Men’s Journal. A half-paved, 706-mile road that cuts across Labrador in northeast Canada, it passes through a vast wilderness so sparsely populated that a road tripper will often see no one else during a full day of driving. Built in the early 1980s to spark a commercial boom that never arrived, the two-way highway today remains “one of the last places in North America where it’s possible to be truly alone.” What’s more, the land itself is often dazzling. “In just a few days of driving, you can go from ancient woodlands to permafrost taiga to icy Atlantic fjords.”

A three-plus-hour flight from Montreal deposited me in tiny Labrador City, and soon my rental car and I were off. The land just to the east was “like an alpine valley, with shag-carpet grasslands, thickets of evergreens, and lakes the color of Darjeeling tea.” The packed-gravel road challenged my small SUV, but I made it to Churchill Falls in time to settle in for the night. By the third day, I so craved social interaction that I vowed to stop and talk to every person I passed. I talked to a Subaru driver at 9 a.m. and never saw anyone again. At one point, I stopped in front of a fox that stood in the middle of the road. He stared at me, disappeared, then popped up to my left. “He was playing with me,” so I got out until he got bored and trotted away.

Labrador’s Atlantic coastline is composed of some of the oldest known rock in the world, carved by a glacier 800 million years ago. My last day was spent pressing southward along the windswept shoreline, and it struck me that I could stop almost anywhere and walk to a patch of land no other human had ever touched. At the end of the road, the “mist-shrouded” town of Blanc-Sablon, I feasted on fresh cod and crab and considered the news that paving of the Trans-Labrador has begun again. If you hope to follow my tracks, “now may be your last best chance.”

Soaking up San Juan’s hipster phase
San Juan is beginning to percolate, said David Amsden in Cond? Nast Traveler. Not long ago, Puerto Rico’s capital was the kind of vacation destination where “you put up with mediocre food and ignore the local culture in exchange for a lounge chair facing the ocean.” But in part because steep tax breaks for investment income are bringing in wealthy young Americans from the mainland, neighborhoods that once were best avoided now welcome after-dark exploration. In short, the city might well remind you of Brooklyn circa 1999—“scrappy but sophisticated,” briefly occupying “that sweet transitional spot” where it is “still possible to feel part of a secret, part of something new and indisputably thrilling.”

I had only been in San Juan a few hours recently when I happened upon my first happy surprise. Jose Enrique is one of the city’s most celebrated young chefs, but the easiest way to find his eponymous restaurant on a mostly deserted street in the Santurce district is simply to look for the attractive young people gathered outside, waiting for tables with cocktails in hand. The group I dined with on stools at the bar “soon felt like old friends.” Not far away, on Calle Lo?za, I passed a “whiskey pizzeria” and a small-plates restaurant operating out of a bright-yellow shipping container, and every venue was “teeming with people.” One formerly vacant lot was hosting outdoor film screenings.

Neighborhood after neighborhood seemed to be undergoing a similar transition. Puerta de Tierra, once a high-crime area, has emerged as the city’s first art and design district. The old auto-repair zone, Tras Talleres, now feels like “the street-art capital of the Caribbean, with intricate graffiti covering every other building.” One sunny day after a particularly long night of hot-spot-hopping, a friend took me to an old-school restaurant for a lunch of fried steak and plantains. Once again, “I could have been in Brooklyn, with one notable exception: Less than a mile away I was able to find a nearly empty stretch of beach, where, in the shade of a palm tree, I happily passed out.”

Exploring a German town built by violins
It was in the pretty village of Mittenwald, Germany, that I learned that my oldest companion was a fraud, said Emma John in Afar. The Alpine town of 7,000 “couldn’t have been more inviting” or its residents more knowledgeable about the subject that had brought me there: the provenance of the ancient violin I had been playing since I was 12. Mittenwald is a very musical place: “Violins were everywhere” as I made my first stroll through town. They adorned shop signs, menus, even bottles at the liquor store. But when a master luthier peered inside my violin, he was unimpressed that the label inside said “1732” and bore the name “Mathias Klotz”—the craftsman whose handiwork had turned Mittenwald into a capital of violin-making. “This is not a Mathias Klotz,” he said. And I was crushed.

Mittenwald’s varied charms helped soothe my disappointment. The town’s main  thoroughfare, the Obermarkt, is a pedestrian avenue lined with 17th- and 18th-century houses and decorated with murals depicting Bible scenes and the renowned medieval market once based there. The pinktowered town church is lavishly decorated with trompe l’oeil paintings, and though I never adapted to the almost vegetable-free local diet, I “invested a lot of time in the town’s secondary industry: bakeries.” I even found a banjo player and a violinist to play with in the evenings, and on their recommendation, I hiked one day to the Lautersee, a mountain lake where tiny flowers stud the banks with subtle color.

Eventually, I felt I had no choice but to visit the town’s violin-making museum, which held a Mathias Klotz violin that looked so unlike my own instrument that viewing it was “like staring into a stranger’s face.” But the museum’s curator had asked me to bring in my impostor, and when an expert she called in told me that my violin had indeed been made in the 18th century, “a rush of relief flooded me.” The expert wasn’t done, either. The label, he said, was authentic—produced by Klotz and granted to a contemporary luthier who was imitating him. My violin’s label turned out to be the true marvel—one of only seven in the world.

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TOP 15 SCARY CURSED OBJECTS THAT STILL EXIST
15. “Elmo Goes Insane”: “Kill James”
That’s what a talking Elmo doll began to say at random one day in Lithia, Florida. The mother was changing the batteries for her toddler’s toy when she noticed that it was saying her son’s name and instructing him to die. The “Elmo Knows Your Name” doll is supposed to plug into the computer, learn your child’s name and say “hi”.

It is definitely not supposed to learn the urge to kill. Fisher Price manufactures the dolls, and they can offer no explanation as to why this one Elmo doll is bent on wanting to kill James. They asked the family to return the doll so that it can be studied and better understood. By this point, young James had begun to repeat the phrase himself.

14. “Apologizing to Australia”
Ayers Rock is a famous natural landmark in Australia that brings in 250 thousand visitors from around the world each year. It is also home to the native Aboriginal population, otherwise known as bushmen. Unfortunately, a lot of people want to disrespect the sacred site by taking a piece of rock back home with them. And when I say “unfortunately”, I mean for the tourists, and not for the local tribes. That’s because every year hundreds of apologetic tourists mail their stolen rock fragments back to Australia.

As their letters show, a large portion of them say they have been cursed with bad luck ever since they brought the souvenir back. Complaints of family deaths, divorces, and illnesses are the top three common side effects of removing the rocks from their natural habitat. By mailing the rocks back, cursed tourists hope they can reverse the damage that they have so foolishly brought upon themselves. Even though the natives tell them not to take the rocks in the first place, tourists have been ignoring them since the 1970s. Some people just have to learn the hard way.

13. “Curse of the Irish”
Australia is not the only place with cursed rocks. The Blarney Stone in Ireland is known to bring good luck to anyone who kisses it, but this logic does not apply to the rest of the castle. If you want to take a piece of the Blarney Castle home with you, you’ll get a curse instead. Much like Ayers Rock, regretful tourists often mail their stolen stone fragments back to Ireland with letters of apology explaining how they have been cursed.

One of these people is Linda Kelly from South Carolina. She explains that she bought a rock from Blarney Castle at a yard sale for $1. Its previous owner was a priest who had died alone and in misery. When she took the rock home, her life changed immediately, and not for the better. First, Kelly felt extremely depressed for no explainable reason at all. She also had employment problems right away even though she was usually excellent at her job.

Soon she started hanging around the house all the time and could not seem to even move. When she received a huge late notice in the mail for a bill she knew that she had already paid, she decided to mail the stolen piece of the Blarney Castle back to Ireland. She started to feel better right away and knew she made the right decision. Otherwise, Kelly was sure that she would have ended up like the unlucky priest before her.

12. “The Worst Phone Number in the World”
While this one is technically not a physical object, it is still cursed and brings bad luck to all who come across it. I’m talking about a mobile phone number that is so dangerous, nobody in the world will accept it. That’s because every single person who has been given this phone number (0888-888-888) has died. Vladimir Grashnov was the first to go in 2001.

This CEO of a Bulgarian company called Mobitel died of cancer when he was only 48. Next was a Bulgarian crime mafia boss named Konstantin Dimitrov . He was given the cursed phone number and killed by a hitman at a restaurant soon after. A cocaine drug lord named Konstantin Dishliev got the number next. He was shot outside of a restaurant immediately after. Police suspended the number for a bit to investigate, but the Bulgarian phone company decided to pull the number for good. It’s out of service for everyone’s safety.

11. “Cursed in China”
In 1974, a team of seven peasant farmers came across a priceless discovery in their small village of Yang. As they were working the earth, one of them spotted a tiny head sticking out of the ground. They could tell the object was extremely old and were afraid to touch it at first, but one of them wanted cigarette money so he broke a piece of it off to take back to town. That is where their troubles began.

The farmers told others about what they had found, and soon archaeologists came from all over to dig the relics out. In total, over 8 thousand miniature figures were recovered. These figures were made out of a clay-like substance called terracotta . This was a complete replica of the ancient Chinese army, and these figurines had been buried with the First Emperor of China to protect him in the afterlife.

They were more than 2 thousand years old and extremely valuable, but also quite cursed. The 7 peasants who found the terracotta army suffered horribly. Instead of making any money, their farmland was taken from them by the  government and their homes were destroyed to make room for government gift shops and museum exhibits. Some of the peasants died at an early age, and the rest of them now sign books in the museum for next to no pay. Almost all of their village believes that this is payback for disturbing the great Emperor’s cursed army.

10. “Robert’s in the Attic”
If you have ever watched Chucky from the Child’s Play movies, then you should know about the actual doll that inspired him. This doll is named Robert, and instead of wearing overall suspenders and having long red hair, this doll sports a creepy sailor suit, black eyes and holes all over its face. The doll’s original owner was a young boy who was also named Robert, but went by the named of Gene instead because Eugene was his middle name.

Many people believe that the sailor suit Robert wears is a real one that Gene himself used to wear. Gene loved the doll so much that he absolutely refused to part with it even after becoming an adult. Instead, the doll went with him everywhere until he died in 1974. A woman named Myrtle Reuter soon bought the property and found  Robert the doll still inside. Her 10-year-old daughter remembers that the doll was alive and she believes to this day that he constantly plotted to kill her.

She and other visitors recall hearing footsteps in the attic where Robert stayed along with giggling. He would also move to different areas of the house on his own. By 1994, Myrtle decided she had enough and donated Robert to a museum. You can view him in Key West, Florida for yourself if you ever feel like you need a new friend.

9. “King Tut Hates Your Pets”
King Tut was an Egyptian ruler who died at the age of 19. Although he did relatively little during his nine years as  Pharaoh, his cursed tomb has  made him immensely famous years after death. Here’s what happened. British explorers seem to love sticking their noses in the most haunted places in the world, and in 1891 Howard Carter figured he would continue the trend. He went to Egypt and poked around there for almost three decades until he finally came across Tut’s tomb in the early 1920s.

You would think that they opened the coffin and there Tut was, but that’s not exactly what happened. First, they opened the coffin and found a smaller coffin inside. Inside of that was an even smaller coffin, and inside of that was a third coffin that was made of gold. King Tut was inside. Lord Carnarvon accompanied Howard to the tomb and was responsible for funding the excavation.

All of his pets died and he himself died of a mosquito bite shortly thereafter. The technician who x-rayed King Tut died, a wealthy visitor who wanted to see the tomb died, and another member of Howard’s team is thought to have somehow died of arsenic poisoning. Howard himself did not die, but it is said that a cobra ate his pet canary on the same day that he found the tomb.

8.“Donna’s Doll”
Donna was turning 28 years old and going to school as a nursing student in the year 1970. Her mother got her a Raggedy Ann Doll to keep her company while she was away at college. It would soon prove to become the worst gift she had ever received. Donna and her roommate would come home to find the doll in different positions all around the house.

Sometimes its arms were folded and other times it was found learning against a chair. Sometimes the Raggedy Ann Doll would even be kneeling. If you’ve ever seen a Raggedy Ann Doll before, you’d know that it was impossible for Donna to put the doll in a kneeling position without it falling over, so they really had no idea what to make of this. Things only continued to get worse.

Somebody started leaving short messages around the house that said things like “Help us”. Her roommate’s fianc? claimed to have been attacked by the doll on two separate occasions. When Donna came home to find spots of blood on the doll’s hand and chest, she contacted a paranormal investigation team for answers. The two investigators, named Ed and Lorraine Warren, determined that the spirit of a young girl named Annabelle Higgins was to blame.

She had been killed and her body had been found in the exact same area where Donna now lived, except it was just a bare field back. Donna and her roommate gave Annabelle permission to live inside of the doll, and they gave it to the Warrens for safekeeping. The doll possessed by Annabelle is now in a paranormal museum owned by the Warrens, and she is still causing trouble.

According to them, one visitor in particular would not stop mocking Annabelle. He challenged her to bring him harm and she accepted. According to the Warrens, on his way home, the man hit a tree while riding his motorcycle and did not survive.

7. “The Salty Ghost”
There’s a haunted mansion in Newport, Rhode Island with two very haunted chairs. The Belcourt mansion was built in 1894 by Oliver Belcourt, who was just basically some rich guy who wanted a place to show off his huge collection of medieval stuff. Unfortunately, when you put a ton of old armor, books, and other antiques under the same roof, you sometimes wind up with a completely haunted estate.

That’s exactly what happened, and the place is now home to two old haunted salt chairs. If you are wondering what a salt chair is, it’s basically a chair that was made especially for the person who was sitting closest to the salt during meals. Salt used to be a precious resource a long time ago, and so sitting by the salt was a big enough deal that you got a special chair for it.

Apparently, whoever was in charge of the salt back then still lingers around the chairs to this day, and they don’t want to give up their position as head of the table. Visitors who sit in either the two salt chairs reportedly feel anxious, ill, or even like they are being electrocuted. One of the chairs even shot out a bolt of lightning in front of 70 witnesses, the mansion’s owner says.

Another time, a person was launched 6 feet across the room when they tried to sit down. Oftentimes, visitors who are brave enough to take a seat say that it feels like there is already somebody sitting there. There’s also a haunted helmet that screams on its own and a fixed mirror that casts a moving reflection, but we like the ghost who throws people on the floor most.

6. “The Iceman Cometh”
Otzi is the name of a prehistoric caveman who was preserved by the cold climate of the Italian Alps. Many scientists believe he was a shepherd who was murdered by other cavemen for his animal herd, which could be why his very body itself appears to be cursed and out for revenge. For whatever reason, he just can’t seem to stop killing almost everyone who disturbs him.

Otzi was discovered in 1991 by two German tourists. One of the tourists, a man named Helmut Simon, would later die in almost the exact same spot he made the discovery at years later in 2004. He fell to his death during a freak blizzard that no one had seen coming. He is far from alone.

The person in charge of the rescue team for Helmut seemed to be punished for interfering. He died of an unexpected heart attack by age 45 – just one hour after Helmut’s funeral. Otzi is believed to have claimed many other lives through accidents and mysterious illnesses. The first archaeologist who ever looked at Otzi died.

The head of the forensic team that examined Otzi died as well. The mountain climber who brought the forensic team to Otzi died. And as for the man who filmed Otzi while he was being removed from his grave . . . he lived. Just kidding. He died of brain cancer. Don’t mess with Otzi.

5. “The Hot Seat”
Daniel Awety was a 17th century English crook who liked to make counterfeit coins for a dishonest living. His illegal operation was going well until his partner in crime, a man named Thomas Busby, fell in love with his beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. This caused a riff to form between the two men, and in 1702, Thomas beat Daniel to death with the very same hammer that Daniel used to forge fake coins. Thomas was sentenced to death for his crime.

On his way to be hung, he asked to stop at the local pub for a drink. While sitting in his favorite chair, Thomas announces that this seat is officially cursed, and anyone who sits in it from this day forward will die most unpleasantly. People might have laughed it off at the time, but it seems that Thomas was not playing around. Local townsfolk say that Thomas’s curse has claimed the lives of 63 people since then, but only a small portion of them have been officially documented.

In 1967, two pilots from the Royal Air Force each sat in the chair, and they both died in a fatal car crash that same night. Years later, a brave mason decided to tempt fate and take a seat, and he, too, fell to his death that very afternoon. Other instances include a roofer who had a roof collapse from under him, a cleaning lady who soon died of a mysterious brain tumor, and a delivery man who died in a car crash just within one hour of sitting in the cursed chair. The chair is now suspended high up on a wall in a museum . . . just so nobody sits on Thomas’s favorite chair and activates Thomas’s favorite curse.

4. “The ‘Little Bastard’”
James Dean was a 1950s actor who was basically seen by many as the coolest person on earth at the time. His favorite car, however, is almost equally as famous as he was, but for completely different reasons. James Dean’s souped-up Porsche 550 Spyder was nicknamed “Little Bastard” because it looked like one mean car on the road. But even when it was off the road, it was still trouble.

When James Dean had the car in the shop to get it upgraded, for example, the car jumped off the trailer and broke the mechanic’s leg. One day Alec Guinness , who is the same guy that played Obi-Wan in the Star Wars movies, was hanging out with James Dean. He told Dean that he would be dead in that car within a week. Sure enough, Dean wrecked seven days later in a fatal accident.

But his car wasn’t through with humanity yet. The same mechanic who had his leg crushed later sold some of the parts from James Dean’s car. He sold the engine and drivetrain to two racecar drivers, and they each had two separate accidents in the same race. One overturned their vehicle and seriously injured themselves. The other hit a tree and died.

Both of “Little Bastard’s” tires were sold too, and they both blew out at the exact same time, nearly costing the driver their life. Then thieves broke into the mechanic’s garage one day to try and steal car parts. When they came across Dean’s car, they both seriously injured themselves. One managed to rip their arm wide open.

3. “No Hope for You”
The Hope Diamond is a huge 44-carat gemstone that was found in a seventeenth century mineshaft in India. According to legend, it was stolen from a group of priests who went on to put a curse on it to get their revenge. Ever since then, anyone who possesses the diamond, from historic figures of royalty to simple mailmen, has experienced great misfortune.

King Louis the 14th bought the gemstone and soon died of gangrene. All of his biological children also died except for one. One of his assistants wore the Hope Diamond for a special event. A little while later this assistant was exiled from the country. Louie the 16th was given the Hope Diamond and he supposedly let his wife wear it. She was the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, who would later have her head chopped off during the French Revolution.

The list of people who died or were injured while owning the Hope Diamond goes on and on. A Dutch jeweler was killed by his son, a Greek dealer drove off a cliff and killed himself and his entire family, a rich woman had her entire family die off one by one, and even the poor deliveryman wasn’t spared. In 1958, James Todd dropped the Hope Diamond off at the Smithsonian Museum. By 1959, he had gotten into two different car accidents. One crushed his leg, and the other gave him a head injury. His wife died, his dog died, and half his house burned down.

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100 Tips to Save Money Every Day

Being able to save money month after month is a habit that you must forge if you want to have a successful finances. In fact, saving is the first step to financial freedom.

There are many ways to start saving without necessarily sacrificing yourself. It's more about adapting to a more conscious consumerism, keeping our financial priorities clear.

The way we spend is a reflection of our values and what we consider important in our lives. If you are clear that you buy your money for real, making cuts to save should not be a problem. Cut back on what you feel does not make you happy or is of no use in your life.

There are many ways to start saving depending on your life priority, which is why I have divided these saving tips into categories to make it easier for you to decide where you want to start saving.

BUDGET TO SAVE:
1. Always have a budget for each month. A budget is the way to tell your money where it should go before you start spending it.
2. Let savings be the first thing that is debited from your salary. Automate this payment each month with your savings account.
3. Set a clear , short-term goal. Go month to month. Here I show you how to establish your savings plan.
4. Start by saving a small amount. They can be $ 10 or $ 20. The important thing is to create the habit . A good system is the 52-week challenge, where you start saving a small amount of money and gradually increase the amount.
5. Create a savings system that works for you. You have your own particular way of doing things, different from others. Try the savings method that suits your personality first and see if it works over the course of a month.
6. Don't save to save, save because you plan to do something with your money. When you have your plan, call it "saving for ...": studying, traveling, paying debts, etc.
7. Always have a shopping list with you to avoid buying what you don't need. Sometimes your memory plays bad pasts on you so always write what you are going to buy. Organize that list in order of importance, first what you need most and then what you can expect. This will allow you to be more aware of your priorities when it comes to spending, postpone purchases that are not urgent and distribute your money in a more equitable way. Important tip: buy only what is on your list.
8. Pay in cash . If you have a credit card, don't go out with it. Cards in general create the illusion of not losing money. When you pay in cash you really see how the money goes out of your hands so it is easier to control expenses.
9. Limit the temptation to spend out of your budget with an allowance. Allocate a percentage of your salary to spend on what you like, either weekly or monthly, in this way you enjoy but without harming your finances.

CREATE A CHALLENGE TO SPEND LESS:

10. Create a month without expenses, I mean a month where you only spend what is necessary.
11. If you find it too difficult, try weekends or entire weeks at no cost.
12. Choose a certain product that you are not going to buy for a certain time. If you are a compulsive person to buy something, then start this challenge. The money you spent on it you can save.
13. Postpone your shopping. If you're really tempted to buy something, save it for another day or apply the 48-hour rule. You will discover that after this time you have forgotten or you have lost the desire. With this you learn to control your emotions and do not allow them to control your decisions. It's like when you have a fight with your partner and in order not to offend her, you prefer to speak when the mood has calmed down.
14. Stay away from your spending triggers. Cancel your subscription from all the places or web pages that encourage you to buy. Delete your username and password and the history of the page.
15. Reduce your time on social networks as they encourage you to copy other people's lifestyle and ambition more than you need. If you did my challenge for a month without expenses, you would realize how little you need to be happy.
16. Reduce your cell phone plan.

MAKE MORE MONEY:
17. Try to earn more money. The best way to grow your savings is by generating more income. You can start by selling items you don't use, working overtime, renting a room in your house or giving private lessons. There are many options, choose the one you like the most.
18. Stop accumulating items and sell what you no longer use. Having more stuff doesn't make you richer. Sell the clothes, appliances and belongings that you do not use.
19. Negotiate the prices of what you buy. In our Latino culture it is a normal habit. Don't feel sorry and offer a lower price, any discount is a sweetheart for your wallet.

20. Check your bank accounts and see what extra expenses your bank is making. If you see that your type of account charges you too much, find out how another type of account you can have or how you can reduce these charges. For example, when reviewing what they charged me in a year I almost fainted. When I went to the bank, they offered me a type of account that does not charge for debit card maintenance but for ATM withdrawals. Since then I make only one withdrawal per month and I have been freed from monthly maintenance costs.
21. Rent a room in your house, the garage or your car.
22. Share your car with other people and charge the "fare".

SAVE MONEY ON PURCHASES:
23. Avoid shopping in season. Shop before or after special dates to take advantage of discounts, bad last-minute decisions, crowds and overall stress.
24. If you are going to buy something you need, look for promotions or discount dates. You can also use coupons.
25. Don't buy when you're under stress, worried, or upset just because you feel better.
26. Always compare prices and don't buy in the first place you see.
27. Cash purchase. Do not pay in installments or using the credit card. In addition, you can receive a discount for paying in cash.
28. If you prefer to pay with your credit card for the points or miles you accumulate, make purchases at a single installment so as not to lose money on interest.
29. Buy in online stores. Some are cheaper. They save you time, stress, being tempted to buy what you don't need.

SAVE MONEY ON FOOD:
30. Based on your weekly menu, have a shopping list. Never go out without your list: you will end up buying what you don't need and going to the supermarket many times.
31. Don't go to the supermarket for just an item or two because you end up buying on impulse or on a whim what you don't need.
32. Eat more natural and less processed foods.
33. Avoid fast foods and constantly eat at restaurants.
34. Budget what you eat at home and outside.
35. Find the cheapest supermarket in your area. Personally, I prefer market places because their products are cheaper (since there are fewer intermediaries and the rents paid by locals there are lower).
36. Eat less meat and more plant protein. Legumes (beans, lentils, chickpeas, peas, etc.) are a great protein if you combine it with a cereal (rice, oatmeal, quinoa, etc.)
37. Immediately freeze your leftovers for any other day (that you don't want to cook).
38. If you have a large family, try to buy in large quantities or where they sell wholesale.
39. If you must eat at work, pack your food either lunch or snacks.
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SAVE MONEY ON HOBBIES:
40. Download free books on the internet.
41. Visit the nearest library and read their books.
42. Go to the movies on discount days.
43. If you like liquor, look for Happy Hour at your favorite bars.
44. TAttend free cultural events in your city such as art exhibitions, concerts, or tours.
45. Go on an ecological walk or bike through the green areas of your city.
46. Drop cable TV. Head over to Netflix (zero commercials) or dedicate yourself to reading more.
47. Turn your hobby into a business: sell your crafts; advises others on how to dress well; play your guitar in local bars etc.
48. Go on vacation or visit tourist sites in low season.
49. Make a potluck with your friends. Each person must bring a plate for all the guests.

SAVE MONEY ON BEAUTY:
50. Buy generic brands. Some offer the same benefits as expensive maraca products.
51. Use more natural products. The kitchen is a great source of beauty products since your skin is a second mouth.
52. Buy a large jar of virgin coconut oil. It serves as a hair treatment, cream for the body, hands and face, epilator cream, makeup remover, intimate lubricant, cream for breakouts as well as being used in the kitchen.
53. Make a spa at home with natural products.
54. Do your manicure and pedicure at home.


SAVE MONEY WITH PEOPLE:
55. Stay away from people who motivate you to spend just to satisfy the pleasure of the moment. Instead, surround yourself with people who share your interests and who understand your priorities.
56. Discuss your savings goals with the most important and closest people to you.
57. Talk to your partner and children about the importance of saving and set goals together.
58. If you have children and you go out with them, explain to them before leaving home that they are not going shopping and what is the purpose of the outing.
When you prepare your son for what is coming, he will be more clear about how he should behave (I told you, I was a primary school teacher). Remember not to give in to his tantrum and constantly talk to him about the difference between luxuries and necessities.
59. Spend more time with your children instead of buying more toys or electronics to compensate for your presence.
60. Have free dates with your partner: a glass of wine watching the stars, a walk through the city, a night of massages, etc.

SAVE MONEY MINIMALISM:
61. Buy what you need and you are really going to use it. Give what you buy a shelf life instead of just buying.
62. Exchange objects such as books, music, accessories or clothes that you do not use with your acquaintances or friends.
63. Buy good quality products that last a long time.
64. Have a combinable closet . Handle certain basic clothes. This will save you money and time when dressing.
65. Have as few appliances and objects at home as possible. Stick with those that are useful for various purposes.
66. Live in a smaller place, especially if you live alone or with a partner.
67. Keep your house tidy and free of unnecessary objects and you won't need to pay someone else to clean it.
68. Repair the objects or clothes that still work instead of rushing out to buy something new.
69. Think that what you have does not define you . He aspires to be instead of having.

SAVE MONEY HABITS:
70. Analyze what makes you happy. You will see how your expenses are reduced.
71. Live healthy and exercise frequently. It saves you money on medical treatments and focuses your mind on the positive.
72. Be very clear that it is on your list of needs and wants.
73. Write what you want to do with your money and how you want to get the most out of it. When you have your goal clear, you save on useless expenses that are not in accordance with your life project.
74. Turn off the TV , this reduces the time exposed to commercials and all kinds of shopping triggers.
75. Get together at home with friends, instead of going out frequently.
76. Do not compare yourself with others. Just because someone has more than you does not mean that they are happier or live better. There will always be someone who has less or more than you.
77. Every weekend, schedule your expenses for the next seven days.
78. Check your budget constantly.
79. Check your utility and bank invoices in case of errors or excessive charges for expenses that you have not related.
80. Keep the bills to pay in a visible and orderly place so you don't forget to pay them on time.
81. Use a piggy bank to save change or turns. You will be surprised at how much you can save.
82. Before buying ask yourself: Do I need it or want it? Do I have something similar at home that fulfills the same function?
83. Think positive about money , trust that you can be part of the abundance that exists in the universe.
84. When you get extra money , save it instead of rushing out to spend it.
85. Cut your bad habits like smoking, drinking, buying the lottery or any addiction you have.

LEARN ABOUT MANAGING YOUR MONEY:
86. Read more about personal finance.
87. Listen, read, and talk to people who are good at handling their money.
88. Visit your bank and ask about the different savings accounts they have and how you can earn some money with them.
89. Automate the payment of your invoices and what else you can so that they are deducted from your bank account.
90. Join Facebook groups whose theme is saving.

SAVE MONEY WITH INSURANCE:
91. Have good health and car insurance. When emergencies come, you won't have to sacrifice your savings or go into debt.

SAVE MONEY WITH DEBTS:
92. Seek to refinance your debts and achieve a lower interest . You can also collect all your bank debts in one to save money, reduce time and create payment facilities.
93. Pay off small debts quickly. Then, the money you used in them, use it to pay your major debts.
94. Or for your biggest debt first since you save money on interest.

SAVE MONEY WITH TAXES:
95. Pay your taxes on time to avoid charging interest. When you pay before the deadline you can earn a discount.

SAVE MONEY WITH TECHNOLOGY:
96. Download document editor from google drive instead of paying for Microsoft.
97. Buy technological devices according to your needs, not mega machines that you only use to surf the internet.

SAVE MONEY WITH HOME:
98. Don't have 20 toiletries at home. Have a multipurpose one, vinegar or bleach are enough
99. Fabric softener is not necessary. Choose your laundry soap better, it is enough.
100. Maintain your appliances properly.

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Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities in Asia 2019
Asia is the full of beauty and natural resources containing continent. Asia has a lot of beautiful places to visit. It is the largest continent of the World. Asia has all the four seasons and its climate is always very good. The countries which are in Asia also have benefits due to its natural resources. Asia is full of cultural and rich in natural resources, it has many beautiful countries and cities. Here is for your interest going to share top 10 most beautiful cities in Asia 2019.

10. Beijing, China

Starting Top 10 most beautiful cities in Asia 2019 from Beijing, China, Beijing is unarguably one of the most visited places in the world. Beijing is the capital of China and every year millions of people come to this beautiful city, a fast changing metropolitan city of old and new. Beijing has unique beauty and is a sleepless city, you can easily have or find something at any time for you whatever you like. A great number of tourist attractions and historic sites are present in the city of Beijing. Beijing has the huge list of beautiful places among all those few of them are mentioned here. Beautiful places of Beijing: Forbidden City, Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, Summer Place, Minq Tombs, Temple of Heaven, Hutong Tour, Lama Temple, Capital Museum, Beihai Park.

9. Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei is a beautiful city of Taiwan, this city is full of interesting spots and exciting places to visit. Tourists from all over the world come to visit this city reason it has beauty, coastal valleys and vast and amazing green forest. It has lot of attraction and natural places that has the outstanding views. Here is some beautiful and must see places of Taipei. Beautiful places in Taipei: Ximending, Read House Theater, Dadaocheng, Dalongdong, Sun Yat-Sen,The Memorial Halls, The Grand Hotel, Shilin Night Market, Taipei 101, Xinyi Shopping district, Zhongxiao Road, Presidential Palace, 2/28 Peace Park, National Taiwan Museum, Longshan Temple and surrounded market, Beitou Hot Springs, Martyr Shrine, Building Chiang Kai-shek Memorial.

8. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur is a city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur is a city of rapid socio-economic and cultural development. This city serves as an iconic symbol of the country’s future as well as the future of the region. Every year Kuala Lumpur received huge number of tourists due to its unique and outstanding places. It has the big list of its beautiful places among all those places few of them are mentioned here. Beautiful places in Kuala Lumpur: Petronas Twin Towers, Menara KL Tower, Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Batu Caves, Bejraya Time Square Mall, Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Sunway Lagoon Theme Park, Aquaria KLCC, Jalan Alor, Central Market.

7. Seoul, South Korea

Seoul is another amazing and stunning city with the full of beauty and attractions, there is a plenty things to see, literally hundreds of tourist attractions is in the city. Here are the beautiful and amazing places of Seoul. Beautiful places in Seoul: Gyeongbokgung, Myeongdong, Dongdaemun, N Seoul Tower, Cheong Wa Dae, Changdeokgung, Itaewon, Jongmyo Shrine, By Subway, Eerland.

6. Shanghai, China

Shanghai is the city of China, Shanghai has the plentiful attractions, and there are huge range of museums, colonial architecture, theaters, gardens, religious building, parks and shopping areas. In short Shanghai has a lot of visiting places that attracts the tourists and every beauty lovers. Among all those paces few of them are showing here. Beautiful places in Shanghai: The Bund, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, Nanjing Road, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Disneyland Park, People’s Square, Shanghai Zoo, Madam Tussauds Wax Museum, The Jade Buddha Temple, Yu Garden.

5. Hong Kong

Hong Kong is really one of the best places to visit, it has plenty of beautiful places that attractions everyone, Hong Kong has he attractions including a range of bays, museums, islands, parks, religious buildings and landmarks. Hong Kong is the most developed city of China. Beautiful Paces in Hong Kong: Victoria Peak, Ocean Park, Disneyland Park, Victoria Harbor, Bank of China Tower, Discovery Bay, Kowloon Walled City Park, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre, Cheung Chau Island.

4. Doha, Qatar

Doha is the city of Qatar, Qatar is the Middle Eastern Islamic country. This city Doha named one of the 7 New Wonders cities in the world. This city is having the plenty of beautiful places, spectacular modern buildings and the cultural heritage, a lot of amazing and attractive places capture your attraction and force you to visit his city again and again. Here are the some visiting paces in Doha. Beautiful place in Doha: Museum of Islamic Art, The Corniche, Aspire Park, Katara Cultural Village, State Grand Masjid, The Pearl-Qatar, Sheikh Faisal Bin Qasim Al Thani Museum, Islamic Cultural Centre (FANAR), City Centre Mall, Sealine Beach Resort.

3. Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is the capita of Japan, this city is famous for its attractive locations and amazing and beautiful natural scenes that capture the heart of the visitors. This city is one of the beautiful cities in the world. Here is the name of the most visiting places in Tokyo. Beautiful places in Tokyo: Sensoji, Nakamise, Meiji Jingu, Imperial Palace & East Garden, Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Disneyland & Disney SEA, Kabukicho, Ginza, Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo Tower.

2. Dubai, UAE

Dubai is in UAE, the city of high rises and vast shopping malls, this city has transformed itself as one of the developed and fast moving cities in the world. Dubai has the large number of visiting places to see, if you are going to visit this city you need such a time because it has long list and attractive places for you that you never want to miss it. Among all those beautiful places here some paces are mentioned for you. Beautiful paces in Dubai: Burj Kalifa, Dubai Museum, Dubai Creek, Jumeirah Masjid, Palm Island, Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, Atlantis Hotel, The Dubai Fountain, Burj Al Arab, Ski Dubai.

1. Singapore

In the list of Top 10 most beautiful cities in Asia 2019, Singapore is one the top Rank due to its beauty and a lot of attractions, for the rich person Singapore has been described as a playground, it is absolutely right because Singapore has the lovely and most attractive places in the Asia. Singapore is the most beautiful cities in Asia and it has more than high-end shopping malls, luxury hotels and many more that increase its beauty and demand. Singapore is the heaven for the tourists due to its splendid and outstanding visiting paces. Here are few name is going to share with you. Beautiful Places in Singapore: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Flyer, Garden by the Bay, Merlion Statue- Merlion Park, Fountain of Wealth, Henderson Waves Bridge, Chinatown, Changi Chapel and Museum, Singapore Zoo, Sentosa Island.

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Dream Interpretation About Snake
Dream interpretations according to ancient texts related to dreaming interpretation of snakes with the meaning of dreams. And hit the lucky numbers from dreaming of seeing snakes as follows:

Dream interpretation snakes strap
Dream about a snake tying a search term, a garter snake, a snake, a slithering snake
meaning
Dreaming that a snake is strapped or slithering around the body, guessing that if you are single, you will meet your soulmate suddenly Notice that the dream If the snake bites the height of the body, such as strangling the neck, strangling the waist, the soulmate is lower than if it is a family member. In that dream, if you hold hands with the snake's body, you will receive a fortune as a son or a stray fortune, floating from a big gamble.

Dream interpretation of snake bites
Dreamed that a snake bites a search term, snake bites, snake bites, snake bites legs, snake bites head.
meaning
Dreaming that a snake bites, predicts that an enemy of the opposite sex will be malicious. or get favored by neighbors If the snake bites low It is a little misfortune, if the bite is high, it will be very bad. or otherwise will be ill due to travel accidents

Dream interpretation of seeing a cobra
Dream of seeing a cobra, search term, cobra, snake, snake bite
meaning
Dreaming of seeing a cobra predicts that hidden love may be revealed. If anyone has an affair or love that is hidden they may be caught.

Dream interpretation of seeing a python
Dreaming of seeing a python, a search term, a python, a snake, a slithering snake, a large snake
meaning
Dreaming of seeing a python predicts that there is a chance to find love that may be your true mate. And this love must endure in order to be successful.

Dream interpretation of seeing a king cobra
Dreaming of seeing a king cobra, a search term, a king cobra, a snake, a snake bite, a slithering snake
meaning
Dreaming of seeing Jong-Ang predicts that hidden love may be revealed. If anyone has an affair or love that is hidden they may be caught.

Dream interpretation of seeing a green snake
Dreaming of seeing a green snake, a search term, a green snake, a snake, a slithering snake
meaning
Dreaming of seeing a green snake predicts the beginning of a new relationship. It could be a new friend or a new lover.

Dream interpretation of catching a snake
Dreaming of catching a snake, a search term, catching a snake, a snake
meaning
Dreaming of catching a snake predicts that you may have a secret crush on someone. Or you may secretly like someone.

Dream interpretation of killing animals
Dream of killing animals, search terms, kill animals, kill snakes, kill cows, kill buffalo, kill tigers, kill snakes, kill dogs, kill pets, kill mad dogs, kill mad dogs
meaning
Dreaming of killing animals such as cows, buffaloes or domestic pets, predicting that they will be in trouble. because of the loss of love or family members in the house If you dream that you kill a poisonous animal such as a snake, a mad dog or a tiger, predict that you will be out of luck or a malicious enemy will defeat us if it is a case that will win.

Dream interpretation of the naga
Dreaming of seeing a Naga, a search term: naga, dragon, big snake, serpent, witness
meaning
Any woman dreaming that Naga or dragon or serpent comes to strangle us, guessing that who is single will get a partner. or get fortune from adults.

Dream interpretation of seeing a dragon
Dreaming of seeing a dragon, a search term, a dragon, a serpent, a serpent, a big snake
meaning
Dream of seeing a dragon or a serpent According to their own views in the house, predict that they will receive the patronage of an adult. or will receive a fortune by taking a risk.

Dream interpretation of a hole
Dreaming of a search word hole, a hole, falling into a pit, a snake pit, a snake pit
meaning
Dream of walking into a snake pit or the hole has broken tiles At the bottom of the hole, guessing that you will be out of luck or get out of disease or will suffer and have good fortune.

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