MrC’s sister came by today to pick up the washing machine and the dining table.  While we were having coffee I happened to mention that we had 12 boxes for shipping and MrC added that it was 7 cubic meters all in all.   MrC’s sister’s boyfriend didn’t think it was right.  He said there was [...]

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As of today, I am recovering from having my last two wisdom teeth pulled out.   There’s been a lot of developments.  We now have a serious offer for my car.  It’s not so high but it seems fair.  The car is 10 years old and the cruise control had stopped working.  MrC just took the [...]

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Guess what, we just bought our ticket!  We have given our lease cancellation notice and we have now MrC’s immigration papers in order.    I have also regained my Filipino citizenship.  We’re definitely all set to go back to the Philippines this coming December.
I had my farewell dinner in a Wok Buffet with colleagues a few [...]

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The last time I was here was in 2002. We finally arrived here in the Philippines.We were fortunate to have an easy time at the airport. First we tried to withdraw money from the airport ATM and we spent a bit of time worrying about a completed transaction without any money coming out. [...]

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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 [...]

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I’ve been quiet for the past days but so many interesting things have happened.  First of all, I FOUND BUBBLES!  Just a few days ago MrC and I were web browsing together and we thought of searching in Facebook and there I found a name that sounds familiar, it was the name of her little [...]

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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 [...]

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This week I have a 5 day weekend! I decided to spend 1 day of these working with my husband as part of our trial phase to see and feel how it is to spend a day working with him.
Yesterday was a holiday here and it is called Queen’s Day but he wanted to [...]

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Just a quick update: The countdown to August 2008 will still be the same although now August will be the trial scouting trip instead of the actual moving trip. Since we are still waiting for confirmation on new projects that we will be working with MrC’s client by end of this month [...]

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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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