It’s been days since I posted anything. This post is more of a summary of 2008 (I had 60 posts and 93 approved comments!) and what plans I have for 2009. Posting this right here in our place in Mandaluyong gives me a sense of accomplishment that we were able to come out a plan [...]

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The past few days we have both been busy trying to research what structure is appropriate for our business and have been working on our business plan. Later, we ended up concluding that this will not be “our business” but it will only be his. The first reason is quite clear: working together is 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 to my [...]

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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 the listening test. [...]

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