Free the Philippines with Hard, Cold Brains

I play an android game on my Samsung Note. It is called World at Arms. The game is a combination of a “building” game and a war game. You busy yourself gathering income to buy buildings or weaponry, collect oil, pursue quests and battle the enemy players. Gradually, you increase your ability to earn money … Continue reading →

Biliran Island Power Proposal

Sometimes it is good to do an article that is practical – applied – rather than opinionated or political. This proposal pertains to Biliran Island but may be relevant elsewhere in the Philippines, too. It started as a bit of curiosity and evolved into a project. I suppose it is a vanity blog. You can … Continue reading →

China Is Buying America!

“China is buying America!” That is the rising nationalistic chant that has the potential of rising to a political fervor of objection about Chinese companies buying American corporations. Should America copy the Philippine model and defend her business enterprises from being purchased by potentially malicious foreigners who may conduct business in some way that might … Continue reading →

What Is YOUR Goal?

It struck me as I was calming down from another case of my wife’s clock ticking to a different beat than my own that our cultural values are hard-wired into our behavior mechanisms. After all, she and I have had this same situation arise time and time again. I consider the clock to be a … Continue reading →

Success Breeds Failure

Wake Up Call for Philippine Business Managers! Lets do some painting, say a conceptual landscape dealing with the Philippine economy. This aforesaid economy is growing nicely on a canvas of good governance and honorable intentions, pasted in a fragile way atop an unattractive mass of dark history featuring power-mongering, shady dealings and favor trading. The manufacturing … Continue reading →