Back to the Philippines

Join me as I share my plans, thoughts and decisions regarding my return to the Philippines

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Entries from September 2008

Possible risks

April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Milestones

Mixed Feelings

April 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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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Tags: Musings · Planning

Married Couple As Business Partners in an IT Business

April 13th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Career · Musings · Personal · Planning

Some Unfinished Business

April 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Immigration · Language · Musings · Personal · Rants

Almost everyone knows about our plan now

April 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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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Tags: Milestones · Planning