Back in Hong Kong, Hasan Visiting From Pakistan

Posted on : 29-08-2010 | By : mike | In : business, travel

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Back in Hong Kong, Hasan Visiting From Pakistan

Finally Hasan has made it out to visit me in Hong Kong. We spent lots of emails back and forth about when he would be visiting….making it a bit difficult to arrange my philippines trip before going to usa, but it ended up working out ok. He is only 1 of a handful [...]

Maybe Do Social Media From Phuket, Thailand?

Posted on : 25-08-2010 | By : mike | In : motivation, travel

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Maybe Do Social Media From Phuket, Thailand?

Paul Chong from a wufantuan startup met up with me tonight and mentioned this social media posting in Phuket, Thailand!
People have been noticing when I stop twittering! Awesome, social media is all about being a LIVE PERSON. A living, breathing human being. Not some RSS feed machine. And even if a [...]

How I Keep Up With Blogging

Posted on : 15-08-2010 | By : mike | In : travel

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How I Keep Up With Blogging

I have always enjoyed reflecting and recording what I do.  As I have said before, since high school I have kept a journal, and putting things down on “paper” (physical, or virtual – but I actually do prefer writing something down on a piece of paper, as it feels like I have physically created something) [...]

Does International Business Make Us More Racist, or More Aware?

Posted on : 10-08-2010 | By : mike | In : travel

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Does International Business Make Us More Racist, or More Aware?

Coming back from Philippines to China, and just passed the border into hong kong and its always a sight….its kinda sad, but i don’t get in the line where there are africans or middle eastern….because almost definitely they are going to take longer to process…and almost 75% of the time have to be interrogated by [...]

White People Need More….Things….

Posted on : 27-07-2010 | By : mike | In : philippines business, travel

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White People Need More....Things....

I started drafting this on my mobile as i sat front seat in a jeepnee heading back from the beach……maybe its the way white people are raised….but i think its true….i need more things to be comfortable then my friends around me in the philippines, maybe because I grew up with more “Extra” things in [...]

Welcome to the Philippines – Felt Like a Local This Weekend….

Posted on : 26-07-2010 | By : mike | In : philippines business, travel

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Welcome to the Philippines - Felt Like a Local This Weekend....

man, I am trying to submerse myself into the culture to learn how people live….but this past weekend took it to extremes! Marie, Jennifer, Analou and myself went on a weekend trip to Batangas. After night shift on friday night, we left around 7am, packing up light backpacks with swimsuits and a change of [...]

Living Life as a Minimalist

Posted on : 19-07-2010 | By : mike | In : motivation, travel

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Living Life as a Minimalist

my buddy James Song thought of me when he got this email and passed it along – I definitely think it fits my current lifestyle and objectives these days.  Its about just OWNING what we really need in life.  Not to be attached to personal goods.
I took a quick snapshot of me right now, I’m [...]

Travel Plan The Next 4 Months

Posted on : 07-07-2010 | By : mike | In : china business, travel

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Travel Plan The Next 4 Months

Been getting tweets, phone calls, emails since I blogged I am leaving Shenzhen. I feel the love! Its not that I am leaving FOREVER – but probably won’t be here to much these next few months. Maybe back in late November.
I am not sure if I have blogged it yet, but put [...]

On The Road Again – Life on The Road

Posted on : 03-07-2010 | By : mike | In : business, travel

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On The Road Again - Life on The Road

Just last night subletted my apartment in Shenzhen! With furniture and all….amazing…..now have 2 weeks until they move in and I have to find somewhere to LIVE…..
To Live……a home……….haha, I forgot the feeling of having a home!!
I am going to live life on the road. I have people to support me in China, [...]

Do You REALLY Want to Know Your Future?

Posted on : 28-06-2010 | By : mike | In : travel

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Do You REALLY Want to Know Your Future?

If we could know our future, our DESTINY, would we want to know? I had an interesting talk with Christal Chai at Star Prototype China last week, and meant to follow up with a post to my blog. We thought that, hey, if we could find out our destiny, what we would end [...]

Meeting Foreigners Who moved to philippines From China

Posted on : 11-06-2010 | By : mike | In : china business, travel, usa

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Meeting Foreigners Who moved to philippines From China

Why does it seem every flight to and from the Philippines is so early in the morning? Caught a few hours sleep before waking up at 5am to head to the airport. The funniest thing i have seen here that i haven’t yet run into in other travels is the male urinals along the side [...]

Guns Legal in Philippines – But Illegal in China

Posted on : 09-06-2010 | By : mike | In : travel

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Guns Legal in Philippines - But Illegal in China

Bet that title caught your attention!  Today I took a trip to the City Hall in Quezon City – it felt like a scavenger hunt going from different department, getting “revenue code” booklets (one office didn’t have them, another did – go to the 10th floor, and then go to the 3rd floor, etc) A [...]

The Buck Stops Here – Just Making Things Work

Posted on : 07-06-2010 | By : mike | In : motivation, travel

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The Buck Stops Here - Just Making Things Work

So many times we are told “sorry sir, but what you are asking for is not possible”….or other forms of “no”. Our job in life is to turn no into yes!  MAKE IT POSSIBLE.  MAKE ANSWERS, not questions.
In this blog title, i quote Harry Truman in his famous quote
” The Buck Stops Here”  – Harry [...]

I have to admit – Its Scary Sometimes….

Posted on : 06-06-2010 | By : mike | In : business, travel

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I have to admit - Its Scary Sometimes....

Just left angeles city….had dinner with bas and tess and headed to bus station….they helped me figure out which bus to take….no ticket booth, just a ton of buses lined up with signs of their destination city in the front window.
Cubao city is the closest one to my destination – quezon city – as per [...]

Weekend Visit with Charlotte, my goddaughter

Posted on : 06-06-2010 | By : mike | In : family friends, travel

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Weekend Visit with Charlotte, my goddaughter

Since arriving to the Philippines Friday morning, its been an intense, high energy few days…..first of all, I didn’t sleep the night before since I had an early morning flight I figured I would just work straight through and go directly to the airport…..definitely a rockstar style….and I caught some ZZZs in the airplane (but [...]