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 we could 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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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 much better and [...]

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Phase 0 Preparation (details of these will be discussed in succeeding posts) This has already started now. We need to research the best kind of visa we will use for our long stay. Also, we just found out that we could not officially sublet our apartment. According to our landlord we should “not let them [...]

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