Advice for the Young People

I originally found this at Reddit. It's very nice :)


People who are 40+ and happy with their life, what is your advice to people in their 20s?

1. Everyone is focused on themselves to care too much about their opinion of you. So fuck what they think.
2. Social media si only an illusion.
3. Zero debt is an amazing feeling. Think twice before dropping that down payment on that fully loaded 2020 dream mobile that offers nothing but looks and depreciates value quickly.
4. Falling out of love is perhaps more powerful than falling in love.
5. Use up ALL of your vacation time / sick at work.
6. Don't lose sight of the hobbies you enjoyed as a child. They will help you live as you grow older.
7. Family is not necessarily blood, but instead who you would bleed for.
8. There are just as much benefits to being a night owl as there are being an early bird.
9. Forgive yourself first before forgiving others.
10. Do not be a doormat in submission, but hold the door open in kindness.

PhilPost Rates and Postage Stamps for Penpalling

Here are the official rates by PHLPost. 

Postcards (written and stamped) can be sent:

• anywhere in the Philippines for a flat rate of 12 Pesos
• anywhere in the world for a flat rate of 15 Pesos

PhilPost says that once they stamped Ordinary Mail, they just shoot them all in the mail bin and it's ready for shipment in the next day. Your recipient will receive them in a few days.

Registered Mail comes with a tracking number that you can track online. It may take a few weeks or a month for it to be delivered because they it takes time to enter it in their system. Some people complain that it's no longer trackable once it leaves the country. The solution to that is.go to the postal website of the receiving country and track it there! 

If you have any other questions, I can try answering them in the comments below. 

Postage Stamps

Automatically, PhilPost will stamp your letters/postcards with metered stamps. See picture below.



If you want traditional postage stamps, say it ahead when you hand over your mail for weighing. The most common designs are the flowers. There are wider selections in select Post Offices. One is the Central Post Office in Manila.

You can also buy stamps from online shops like:
- Stampville (Facebook)
- Sellyo (Instagram and Facebook).