Author · Davao City, Philippines
I'm Dandreb Lim Zagado. I write warm, practical and sometimes nostalgic books about the lives we build, the money we send home and the things we used to love.
Books
Available now Personal finance · OFW retirement
The Warm and Practical Guide for Every OFW's Dream Retirement in the Philippines
Many OFWs send millions home and still return with almost nothing saved. This book is a step-by-step rescue plan: set down the weight of being the provider, fix how money flows home, calculate your retirement number and follow a dated countdown to coming home for good.
“Hindi habang buhay abroad. You will not be abroad forever. Let's make sure that when you come home, you come home to a life, not to a problem.”
From the introduction
Coming soon Nostalgia · Pop culture
100 Iconic Brands and Products That Baffle Gen Z
Pagers, payphones, Friendster, Pop Cola and 96 more. A nostalgia field guide to the gadgets, brands and habits that disappeared almost overnight, from global icons to Philippine favourites. Read it for the memories, or read it with your kids and watch them ask the question in the title.
“Pull one of these objects out in front of a teenager and watch their face. First confusion. Then curiosity. Then the question that inspired this book: Wait… that was a thing?”
From the introduction
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Dandreb Lim Zagado
Author · Certified Public Accountant · Former OFW
About the author
Dandreb Lim Zagado is a Filipino Certified Public Accountant from Davao City with more than twenty years of experience in finance and accounting. He spent almost half of his life working abroad as an OFW, and watched the world's gadgets, brands and habits change from both sides of the ocean, often explaining them to family back home over a video call that would have cost a fortune in the payphone days.
In Hindi Habang Buhay Abroad, he shares the money lessons and systems he wishes he'd had in his first contract. In Wait, That Was a Thing?, he trades spreadsheets for nostalgia, inviting readers of every generation to laugh, remember and share the stories behind the things we used to love.
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