Millionaire by thirty?

On a whim I bought myself a copy of Doug Andrew's book "Millionaire By Thirty: The Quickest Path to Financial Independence." Despite my hobby-slash-vice of car modification, I am interested in trying to make my money grow.

I'm almost halfway through the book, and he does offer quite unconventional advice. Never have I heard of actually embracing a select amount and type of debt to make money. Unfortunately most of the tips the Andrews offer -- Doug shares writing credits with his two sons -- seems more applicable to the US than the Philippines. I have no idea, for example, if his suggestion of getting a mortgage is as tax-deductible here as it is in America.

Because of that, my feelings toward the book are mixed. Great tips, yes -- but I have no idea if they'll work here.

Things to save up for

Ever since Mav and I have been friends we've always told each other about our little "projects"---things that we wanted to buy for ourselves and stuff to keep us busy. Since she already posted her Christmas wishlist, she invited me to do the same.

I'm not sure if any of these things will come my way by Christmas this year, though, but this is the list of things I'm slowly but steadily saving up for. To cut on my verbosity I'll let the list speak for itself.

• Bride's Digo reclining sport seat and the requisite YO-Type seat rails for my Jazz.
• New tires in the 205/45 R16 size. I'm still deciding between the Bridgestone RE001 Adrenalin, Yokohama S.Drive, or the Toyo Proxes 4.
• Better speakers for the computer. I'm choosing between the Creative GigaWorks T20 or something from Altec Lansing. No more throwaway speakers, please.
  
• ATI's Radeon HD4850 or HD4870 video cards.
• Corsair's much-lauded 620HX power supply.
  
• A new compressor for the Jazz's air conditioner---mine is starting to show early signs of reliability going out the window.
• The dreaded 40,000-kilometer periodic maintenance service for the Jazz.
  
• V-Kool "Meteorite" tint.
• Hertz DSK165 component speakers.
  
• A helmet for trackday use.
• Tanabe brake pads.
• Speedlab's "power package" for the Jazz: K&N's cone air filter and Speedlab's custom headers, with tuning via Dastek's Unichip.
• Tickets for a trip to Boracay with Mav.
  

I wonder when I'll finally take that lotto jackpot...because after a few months of saving I've had to pull from the "project funds" due to unexpected dues and expenses. Sigh.