I have bad news for European visitors and Filipinos who travel to and from Europe and the Philippines.  We have lost our last direct flight service to Europe: the  Manila Amsterdam KLM direct flight will end by April, 2012. The main reason for KLM’s decision is the high taxes and exorbitant fees imposed on them [...]

[Read more →]

I was just wondering if anyone would like to attend my first-ever organized meetup this month here in Metro Manila (location announced later). If interested please email me at admin @ backtothephilippines . com Regards, Mixxy

[Read more →]

I have secured a free pass to the following events and will be blogging about this in the next few days. Food and Drinks Asia 2010 14th International Exposition on Specialty Foods, Delicatessen, Confectionery, Beverages, Beers Wines and Spirits in conjunction with Food Franchising Asia 2010 14th International Exposition on Food Franchising and Business Systems [...]

[Read more →]

Today, after months of rehearsing it over and over in my mind I finally have the guts to resign from my job. After all, it’s inevitable. I told first the HR and then my manager. We just interviewed someone yesterday and today after hearing from them that they are ready to hire that guy I [...]

[Read more →]

There you go! After getting approval from my employer for a 3 week holiday we finally did it! Yesterday evening we bought our roundtrip tickets to Manila.  We will be there from the last week of August to mid-September.   As mentioned earlier, this will be our investigation trip and also the first time my husband [...]

[Read more →]