Daily Life, Daily Struggle in Manila Philippines

Posted by Michael Michelini | Dec 07 2010 | Comments (11)
Maybe its not just Philippines, but Asia, or the insanity….the chaos. I see life like a beating heart….and the struggle for a human to create something out of one’s existence. To find themselves. I have blogged in April about the frustrations...

Positioning Correctly During Changing Economic Times

Posted by Michael Michelini | Dec 01 2010 | Comments (6)
I’m in a bus  on the way back from lunch heading to a government office to grab my passport with renewed work permit, then to hong kong….whipping out my laptop writing this entry.  This is how I’ve been living my life….writing up blogs, proposals,...

Bike Stolen In China…only a few days left

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 29 2010 | Comments (6)
From the day I bought this bike, I knew it was a matter of time before it was stolen…..Everyone told me, don’t leave it out of your sight….locked or not locked…doesn’t matter. bought the bike in september 2008, so its lasted me a couple...

Motivating Myself Through Starvation

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 28 2010 | Comments (2)
awesome image from iggys photos * Having trouble sleeping ,so popping open the laptop. Starvation, well, not literally…..bet it got your attention though. But I am beating on myself, pushing myself….why? I don’t want get lazy. Don’t want to get comfortable. I...

The China Dream May Not Be Over Yet…

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 24 2010 | Comments (2)
Life always works in mysterious ways…..just when I book my ticket to Philippines and figure I may not be in China every so often, I take up an offer to visit a Hong Kong domainer’s warehouse and factory operation in Dong Guan city. I met him at the PPX Domainer’s...

More Friends Weddings and Newborn Babies

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 18 2010 | Comments (20)
One friend proposing last week.  Another announcing a baby coming soon.  Good friend in Shenzhen just having his second son.  A couple getting married in China.  Life keeps on moving forward.  Now I understand the perspective of people my age…..this pressure...

After USA Trip, Made New Business, Maybe Lost Some Old Friends

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 17 2010 | Comments (8)
Been almost a week now since leaving America, and I can’t help but feel I have: a) Increased my business contacts and leads exponentially – between the networking events, face time with people I have been working with, and over all hustling around the USA in...

Taking That Return Flight to Hong Kong…

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 27 2010 | Comments (9)
Maybe my friends reading this are getting a bit frustrated with me….but now I have decided to take the flight back to Hong Kong (ie China / Philippines)  I have been thinking about this since the wedding this weekend…and I guess I have a lot of explaining...

My dream last night

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 26 2010 | Comments (0)
I think it was a few dreams together, waking up and going back to sleep I was in the Philippines, and I was on a skype phone from a room I had never been in before. I was talking to Andrew that I had given up newyorkbarstore. He was telling me its ok, and that...

The Main Thing Holding you back is YOU!

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 19 2010 | Comments (8)
As I run all over the place like crazy, of course I am getting frustrated. And some things don’t go as I planned, and I get angry – but there is a saying “A man can fail, but he isn’t a failure until he blames someone else.” – J. Paul Getty I...

What a week between Connecticut, New York, New Jersey

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 15 2010 | Comments (0)
Running around like a maniac, seriously. If I didn’t have data on my mobile to chat and check email I would be so screwed, at least my business would be, so I am fortunate to have “bitten the bullet” and gotten an unlimited data plan a couple weeks ago. Being...

Business in USA is Easy Compared to China Business

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 12 2010 | Comments (4)
I’m not gonna talk smack about China, I know how sensitive the government can be.  I think a lot of the general public and citizens in China can also agree with me, laws and regulations there make it difficult.  And man, did I get what I asked for and more...

Staying ahead of technology. Timezones. Workflows

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 06 2010 | Comments (2)
Been back in USA a bit over 2 weeks now, and being Sunday, its always my “planning and strategy day” no matter where I am in the world, Sunday is the most “calm” day, the least amount of new incoming emails, and a chance for me to catch...

More American Jobs with a Lower USD/RMB?

Posted by Michael Michelini | Sep 30 2010 | Comments (10)
Even though I’m “kinda on vacation” down in Florida with my family, I’m still keeping up with the daily news. All this news about the Chinese government artificially keeping the US dollar low versus their Chinese yuan (rmb) currency  –>...

Doing Business in China – in 1 day

Posted by Michael Michelini | Sep 14 2010 | Comments (1)
doing business in china….efficiently, effectively? Hahaha, man…..well, when u gotta cram it in, things just have to work….i am getting better (ie more patient) at this game called “doing business in china” Tried my best to prepare these 24...

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