December 29, 2009.Reading time 5 minutes.
To start off, allow me to greaet you a belated mery christmas and an advanced new year! Let me share with you a cool video of a mashup of the greatest hits in 2009: Life has been so busy for me lately. I just came back from a weekend vacation in the Philippines, and flying […]
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December 21, 2009.Reading time 1 minute.
It’s really amazing to see how people appreciate your work at year’s end. At least, after months of hard labour, you see that people are grateful for all the assistance you’ve extended to them. This is what made my day… A huge ass hamper from one of out biggest clients. Been smiling as I’ve lugged […]
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December 20, 2009.Reading time 6 minutes.
Trader and I visited Taiwan last weekend and gorged on its cheap eats at the Night Market. Boy, Trader was like a little boy let lose in the candy store. He LOVED everything! I took him to the cheapest place there is for terrific food. Here are our favorites: 1) Spicy Wantons (TWD40+ an order) […]
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December 18, 2009.Reading time less than 1 minute.
Evenings are spent late in the office preparing for a major conference. It’s been a few nights since I’ve last actually spent the time chatting with Trader via Skype. I get back home by midnight, take a shower, sleep by 2am and the cycle starts again when I wake up. It’s really not that bad. […]
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December 14, 2009.Reading time 6 minutes.
Have you ever been with an unvailable man? Maybe you have but just don’t know it. I’ve come back from a brief weekend stint in Taipei finding out that my friends have a knack of picking men that are somehow unavailable. Weird no? My sister-cum-best-friend has started going out with a 52-year old divorced man who […]
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December 13, 2009.Reading time 1 minute.
Trader and I just got back from a weekend trip to my ol’ country, Taipei. He was so nice to accompany me to ensure that I get my accounts in order. You know how women are. We’re everywhere and it’s great to have a guy provide some guidance. Trader was so nice. We had a […]
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December 6, 2009.Reading time 13 minutes.
As many of you know, I’ve always wanted an MBA. Ever since. It’s been my dream ever since I was in college, but I figured that I had to work 2 years or so to be eligible for the program. However, things happen as they always do. I was transferred to Taiwan to study Mandarin. […]
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December 3, 2009.Reading time 5 minutes.
As part of his workshop, Trader took a psychology test. He shared that people’s personalities are like birds, or at least, according to the person conducting the workshop. They were: The dove The eagle The owl, and The peacock You can even take the test here to see which one are you, and a brief description […]
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December 1, 2009.Reading time 2 minutes.
In Mandarin, we say “rang4.” In Tagalog, it means “pagbigyan.” In English, it’s to let someone have his/her way. Relationships have a lot of “rangs” or “gives or takes.” A couple, no matter how perfect, will have their disagreements from time to time. The only difference is who gives way first. “Pick your battles,” a […]
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