Now, I realize how much this plan depends on one major factor: MrC’s client.  Today, MrC met with his big client who will be our first customer in order to discuss with them our plans of providing outsourcing from the Philippines.    They told him that they are thinking of outsourcing but what they are not [...]

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This week, I had experienced a mixture of emotions about my life here in the Netherlands and our plans to go back to the Philippines. The past few weeks I have realized that I have been fortunate or blessed to have such a remarkable group of colleagues at work. The company responded well [...]

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From the beginning, I have talked about our business plans here as one of the main purpose for going back to the Philippines.
Starting a business is complicated enough, and being in business with a family member such as a spouse could make things a bit more sensitive. We need to clearly define the division [...]

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There are things that I am still undecided whether I should pursue or just leave hanging. First of all, there is the Integration Program which I have not completed because my level of Dutch has not reached the minimum yet. I passed reading, writing, speaking but was quite unfortunate not to pass [...]

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This week we have made announcements to several people about our plans to go back to the Philippines. My supervisor already knows about this but this week I have asked him whether our General Manager also knows about my plans and he confirmed that the GM knows about it too. I feel [...]

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This posting is an experiment in the power of blogging. I will find out if it is possible to find someone you’ve lost touch with using a blog posting. For her own privacy, I will only use her nickname here, which is Bubbles and hope that through the story I [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, my in-laws visited and as expected, while having cup of tea our plans to go to the Philippines became one of the topics. One thing that somehow I ended up saying is that sometimes I thought I should finally have a stable place where I can call home not thinking that I will [...]

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