Back in the Matrix

by Rob on January 13, 2010

Well that went quickly – I’m back in Canada. Two weeks in the Philippines – and barely a wasted day.

Some highlights – taking Rose ice skating at Mall of Asia (a happy disaster), spending the night at Rose’s family’s home (it DOES get cold at night in the Philippines – who knew?), a day trip to Pundakit, and watching Rose win an impromptu drinking competition (Rose is so petite that she gets goofy after 1 drink, so luckily for both her and I it was a single glass challenge).

After taking the plunge and marrying someone with so many differences, I thought by now I would have found something to make me question my sanity, or at least something that was mildly irritating. I’m happy to report that no such irritation exists, and my sanity, at least in this respect, is not in doubt. Rose, you’re the girl for me!

Only one lowlight – the journey there. Thanks to the ultra tight security at YYZ on December 27th, my barely bearable 24 hour trip was turned into a hellish 49 hour ordeal. More on this later. At least I got a business class upgrade for the first of my 3 legs back, and got to fly 2 hours earlier on the last leg. That my suitcase didn’t come along for the enhanced ride was barely noticed.

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Back to the Philippines

by Rob on December 21, 2009

Lucky me, I will be travelling to the Philippines again over New Years. There’s plenty to look forward to – I’ll be investigating a(nother) business opportunity, but to be honest, the main reason I’m going is to be with my new wife, Rose.

For those who missed the news, we were married on 9/9/2009. The requirements for Canadian Immigration have now been completed, so we’ll be filling out a whole bunch of forms which will be submitted upon my return. Then the clock starts. People have joked that we should have a pool for when Rose will get her permanent residency here in Canada. Stay tuned for an announcement :)

Of course, there will be some time for San Miguel and his friends during my trip. I’m lucky to have made some great expat friends in the Subic area, which is where Rose and I will be staying.

Inum tayo!

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Pigs get Slaughtered

December 21, 2009

Sorry Cogeco, your attempts to get me to buy cable twice for my house have failed. I was going to have to move to Bell TV eventually (gotta get GMA when Rose gets here), but you forced my hand. Instead of have one cable subscription, you now have zero from my home.
Stop being greedy!

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The Blog is Back.

December 21, 2009

It’s been gone for 9 months, thanks to an ill-fated career move that severely limited my freedom of speech. It sounded like a great idea, but turned out to be a nice waste of a year. I’m going on holidays just after Christmas, so I’ll have lots of time to update this blog with all [...]

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How many IM programs do you run?

December 25, 2008

We’ve all heard of subscription creep, or at least experienced it. $50 a month for internet, $35 for the phone, way too much for cable, a few magazine subscriptions, the list goes on and on. But what really got me the other day was IM creep. I was talking to a friend in [...]

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