Next stop florida – exhausted from Puerto Rico

Posted by Michael Michelini | Sep 26 2010 | Comments (0)
Talk about a life in a fishbowl – a global fishbowl!  I’m hustling and running from country to country, state to state….its exhausting.  Wifi is non-existent (or out of my price range, sorry not paying for wifi in hotels), and blogging as I can as I setup...

Getting Excited + Nervous – USA Trip Next Week

Posted by Michael Michelini | Sep 08 2010 | Comments (6)
Man, its almost here……1 more week (next Wednesday) and I’ll be back inside US borders. Wonder what the US customs official is gonna see when he sees my last date of entry was June 2008! A little nervous, its been so long. to see friends, family,...

Back in Hong Kong, Hasan Visiting From Pakistan

Posted by Michael Michelini | Aug 29 2010 | Comments (8)
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...

Maybe Do Social Media From Phuket, Thailand?

Posted by Michael Michelini | Aug 25 2010 | Comments (6)
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....

How I Keep Up With Blogging

Posted by Michael Michelini | Aug 15 2010 | Comments (5)
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...

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

Posted by Michael Michelini | Aug 10 2010 | Comments (9)
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...

White People Need More….Things….

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jul 27 2010 | Comments (6)
Taste of various ...parts...of animals 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...

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

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jul 26 2010 | Comments (13)
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...

Living Life as a Minimalist

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jul 19 2010 | Comments (18)
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...

Travel Plan The Next 4 Months

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jul 07 2010 | Comments (13)
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...

On The Road Again – Life on The Road

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jul 03 2010 | Comments (4)
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...

Do You REALLY Want to Know Your Future?

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jun 28 2010 | Comments (13)
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...

Meeting Foreigners Who moved to philippines From China

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jun 11 2010 | Comments (10)
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...

Guns Legal in Philippines – But Illegal in China

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jun 09 2010 | Comments (20)
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 –...

The Buck Stops Here – Just Making Things Work

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jun 07 2010 | Comments (6)
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...

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