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Entries from December 2009

Freedom is a double edged sword

February 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Warning: Explicit Nagging and Ranting may be found in this posting.
I would be a hypocrite to admit that I am all happy happy joy joy during these days.  But the truth is, I may be experiencing some sort of reverse culture shock.  In a way, I am quite shocked to realize that I have not [...]

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Tags: Career · Getting Settled · Personal

The Office

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

I am happy to announce that (1) this blog is now ONE year old and (2) we now have an office in Mandaluyong!  Just over a year ago, we were just dreaming and planning about this and now it seems that we are indeed going as planned.
The office we found is right next to where [...]

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Tags: Milestones

A Visit to the Philippine Social Security office (SSS)

February 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Today I visited my local neighborhood SSS. I had lost all my documents related to my former life here, and that includes my SSS number.  If not for the China Bank officer asking for it when I opened a bank account I would not have even remembered about this.  Anyways, after 12 years of not [...]

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Tags: Philippine Government Experiences

Wanted: Office Space

February 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment

MrC is on the verge of closing a new contract with his clients.  With this contract, we would be using three web developers.  We eagerly anticipate the outcome of the talks in the Netherlands with the client.  As of now, they are evaluating the offer.  This new project for the same client will somewhat be [...]

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Tags: business

Got Gasul?

February 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments

We have been out of LPG for more than a week.  Last week, it seemed like the whole city ran out of LPG.  We looked around and called every single possible place we could find Petron Gasul but no luck at all.  They said they all ran out of stock.  Could it be really true [...]

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Tags: Discoveries · News · Philippine Facts