Category: Random Thoughts
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Lessons from A Concentration Camp Survivor
Sharing what’s weighing on my mind. may naponood ako ww2 documentary recently and they interviewed a lady survivor of the concentration camps. She told the story of regular Wehrmacht soldiers separating her from her siblings and parents when she was little and seeing their shoes and luggage beside a pile of burnt bodies later amongst…
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Thoughts on Pre and Post Tariff Luxury Goods Prices from China
Now that Chinese manufacturers have gone ahead and exposed how luxury brands post a 90% markup on top of their products, and offer the public a chance to buy the same products directly from the factory at cost, I’ve been thinking a lot how about the repercussions and I’m listing here some of my thoughts:…
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Random Unedited Thoughts Weeks After Elections
The fam is fresh from a 3 wk vacation from Biliran. ‘Much needed’ is an understatement because the stress from the recent elections was affecting my health. What I thought was a toothache of massive proportions turned out to be teeth grinding, which I googled to be a subconscious stress related ‘coping strategy’. The pain…
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Business & Writing Priorities
I had been wracking my brain for what business to get into. The problem with me, and this has been such for a long while, is that I am able to do any number of things and naturally I would dream of wanting to make a profitable venture out of it. This has made me…
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Carlos Celdran – Ang Totoong ‘Lodi’.
On March 2008 I wrote how amazed I was at Carlos Celdran but I was one of those lazy people who couldn’t lift their asses long enough to join his tour. He found my blog post and answered with this: I joined his terrific Imelda tour and met him. I met him a few more…
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On Carlos
My first experience with Carlos Celdran was back in May 2008, when I wrote how I wanted to join one of his tours. Lo and behold he commented and told me I get on for free if I just show up. Of course I went and thoroughly enjoyed an Imelda tour around CCP, information on…
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2013
This isn’t necessarily a new year’s resolution post but probably more related to the image below, which I think is awesome.
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The Big 44 + A Baby Post
One thing’s for sure. I can’t eat what I used to when I was 34, let alone 24. I logged in a server this morning and I realized my nick ‘g33’ is 11 years old now. Pretty neat.
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Anything I Could Think About This Morning
I’ve been sick again. In fact, that’s twice now that I’ve jinxed two vacays planned by Jill due to the same sickness. I feel guilty about that, and about the fact that I’ve once again somehow screwed my health up. Believe me its frustrating, and by no means am I avoiding blame, but it just…