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In praise of the Philippine blog community

March 22nd, 2008 · 9 Comments

First of all, I just wanted to say that inspite of my headache today (maybe because it’s very cold here!) I am very much encouraged by all the comments I received after re-launching this blog. During the past weeks, I discovered and read a lot of blogs from people from all walks of life. [...]

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Tags: Discoveries · Interesting websites · Personal

Someone sent me flowers today

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Just a few minutes ago (around 9:00), our doorbell buzzed and I heard the man say bloemen. I thought he made a mistake and told him he might be looking for the wrong person and asked him who it was for. It sounded like my name but still I had doubts [...]

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Tags: Career · Personal

Taking a break from Work

February 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments

One would say that things happen for a reason. I am now taking my needed rest and relaxation from my stressful job (for a couple of weeks), and this has been taken cared of. One thing I can admit is that inspite of the other complains I have of this country — it [...]

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Tags: Personal

Stressed with Work Again

February 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

From the movie Office Space:

Peter Gibbons: What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Lawrence: I’ll tell you what I’d do, man: two chicks at the same time, man.
Peter Gibbons: That’s it? If you had a million dollars, you’d do two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, [...]

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Tags: Career · Personal

Our reason for considering the Philippines

February 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have a very stable but stressful job in the IT field here in the Netherlands. I am aware that I am pretty fortunate to get a job like this here in this country where it is so difficult to settle down as a foreigner — especially if you do not speak the [...]

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Tags: Musings · Personal