Category Archives: Journal

I have friends who work abroad and who send money regularly back home to a sibling or two. I tell them, why not deposit that monthly amount to a savings account instead? They feel guilty if they’d do that. The … Continue reading →

An Uneventful Flight   Right after loading all our furniture and other belongings into a 20-foot container and shipping it, we took a Cathay Pacific flight from Vancouver, Canada to Hong-Kong and then another flight from Hong-Kong to Cebu. The … Continue reading →

Now that the iPhone apps I built are out there in Apple’s App Store, I get a kick out of what is now a daily ritual: counting the number of units I sold the previous day. I have been trying hard … Continue reading →

In my mind there are two big components to the big move. One is financial and the other is the logistics of the move. Several important decisions have to be made. Part of my business strategy involves setting up a … Continue reading →

I did not decide to go home just out of the blue. The fact is that I have been wanting to go home since the day my son Cris died, more than 8 years ago. I have been telling my … Continue reading →