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Lui Batongbakal is the blogger behind Filipiknow.net. I chat with him on how he discovered his passion for Philippine history even if he is a Registered Nurse. Along the way, he shares how he wrestled with quarterlife crisis after his father died. He also talks about how he sustains his passion for history.

Karl Marty Balingit is the host and producer of the Filspiration Blog Podcast, which is dedicated to inspiring Filipinos here and abroad. I chat with Karl about his work as a freelancer and why he started the Filspiration Podcast.

In this episode of the Happy Yuppie Podcast, I interview Mina Esguerra, Managing Editor of Edgewise.ph. She is one of the founders of Edgewise.ph. She's a published writer who is starting to be recognized as an authority figure in the self-publishing scene here in the Philippines. Edgewise.ph started in 2009 to help young people, fresh graduates to help them get started with their career.

In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Marv de Leon, a fellow podcaster and a freelancer about his journey to freelancing and starting his own podcast. This is a double interview, so you will also learn more about me, my work, and the books I've written.

Are you idealistic and waiting for a way to channel your idealism? Then you should definitely consider joining Teach for the Philippines. What does this organization do? Listen to this episode as I interview Jerome Intia to find out.

If you want to have a financial breakthrough this year, try the 52-week Challenge popularized recently in the Philippines by Rhea Mocorro. You can save as much as PhP 68,900 for the whole year if you follow Rhea's system. Listen to this podcast episode to find out how.

The first guest ever of the Happy Yuppie Podcast, Mr. Nelson Dy is back in the show to talk about his latest book: "Career Roadmap: How to get the job you want... and love the job you hate." Listen to this episode as we talk about his book and the practical tips for yuppies contained in his book.

In episode 43 of the Happy Yuppie Podcast, I will read another chapter excerpt from my book "Start Up: Find your place. Engage the world. Sustain your life." This time, the chapter is entitled "Network Connections." It's not just about the Internet and other network connections, but rather about our relationships--our connections to other people. Learn more about the book at http://StartUpBookonline.com. Don't forget! I am giving away three (3) copies of my book. Listen to the full episode to find out how.

In episode 42 of the Happy Yuppie Podcast, I will read another chapter excerpt from my book "Start Up: Find your place. Engage the world. Sustain your life." This time, the chapter is entitled "Install your apps." It's not exactly about apps. Rather, it is more about the skills you've installed throughout your College life. Learn more about the book at http://StartUpBookonline.com. Don't forget! I am giving away three (3) copies of my book. Listen to the full episode to find out how.

Hey yuppies, welcome to 2015. As a treat to you who listen to the podcast, I am giving away three copies of my book "Start Up: Find your place. Engage the world. Sustain your life." All you need to do is to listen through the end of the episode to learn how.

After our episode on Evaluating your Year, here's another solo episode where I talk about some tips on How to Plan for the coming year. I'm sure that you have a lot of hopes and dreams for the future. So my challenge for you for 2015: Dream big. But commit to achieve your dreams actively and aggressively beginning next year. Also, I'm giving away three copies of my book “Start Up: Find your place. Engage the world. Sustain your life.” This is the book for new graduates and new young professionals. If you want to join, the instructions are simple: just listen to this podcast episode, which, by the way, is only 17 minutes long! Quite a feat! Enjoy our episode this week!

It's the end of 2014. That means it's time for some personal evaluation. How did your year go? In this episode, I give you six questions that will help you evaluate this year. These questions will help guide your thinking and your evaluation process. The insights you'll gather from this episode will also help you plan for the next year.

In this episode, I interview Mr. Massi Oracion, the Philippine Business for Education program manager for FutureYou.ph, a website dedicated to helping High School students, college students, and career-shifters plan for their career path. Along the way, we talked about the importance of minimizing the mismatch between the skills the members of the labor force possess and the skills needed by the market and industries.

It's the end of the year, which means that employees who receive a lot of bonuses (13th, 14th, or even 15th month) may need to pay extra taxes on top of the regular rate withheld by their employees. But why do we really need to pay taxes? What exemptions should we expect? To answer these questions, I chat with Mr. Mon Abrea also known as The Tax Whiz of The Abrea Consulting Group.

In this episode, I chat with Heinz Bulos of Learning Curve about the Freelance Camp Manila 2014, which is a great event for Filipino freelancers who want to learn more about freelancing and pursue a viable career in this field. We talk about the impact of the first Freelance Camp Manila, which was held last year. And WE HAVE A SURPRISE! Listen up to the end of this episode because I am giving away 3 FREE SEATS to the Freelance Camp Manila on October 18, 2014 where Celine Roque and Stef Gonzaga (whom we interviewed in episode 30) will speak at.

In this episode, I chat with Celine Roque, who is one of the authoritative voices on freelancing in the Philippines since she has been in this industry for more than 10 years. But here's the thing--she built her career, not on the bidding sites of oDesk and Elance as most Pinoy freelancers had done. Instead, she employed guerilla tactics that helped her find better projects that are better than average.

Raket.PH is perhaps the Philippines newest site for freelancers. Its model is different from oDesk and Elance, but it's definitely a great way to showcase the skills and services offered by Pinoy freelancers. Since officially launching in May, Raket.PH now has more than 9,000 users. It has been featured on ANC Alerts and also on Rappler.com. In this episode, I chat with Lyle Jover, President and co-founder of Raket.ph on its growth and on how you can sign up and maximize its services as you start your freelancing career.

This week, I'm posting my interview with Oliver Ramos, Marketing Manager of JobsDB Philippines and Mikey Cadiz, PR & Communications Officer of the same company (just a correction: in the audio of the podcast, I mistakenly referred to him as a manager) when their organization launched the "Workforce Hero Award" last August 27, 2014 in celebration of the National Heroes Day.

In this episode, I chat with Eli Avellanoza of Busyok.info to explore the job of a freelance graphic designer: how he got started while in College, and how he discovered the process of selling stock graphics to different websites and online graphic marketplaces.

In Part 4 of our Freelancing series, I interview Jay Pasana about his journey as an online freelancer--from his first year as a virtual assistant for entrepreneurs on Multiply and Sulit.com to his Virtual Assistant stint, and how he eventually transitioned to become an entrepreneur. We talk about the job and tasks of a virtual assistant, the range of income you can expect, and what you need to do to find work and become great at what you do.