http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com Food & lifestyle, Business, and Real Estate opportunities in the Philippines Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:15:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mi Vida is a new video blog show that focuses on what's going on in the Philippines. This show will feature the latest gadgets, the best restaurants, the most happening spots, the coolest travel destinations, the best real estate investments, and anything and everything that will spice up your life! Follow ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/videos/mi-vida-live-the-life-you-deserve/ Have you ever felt that our state of contentment or discontentment with money stems from the lifestyle decisions we make? Simple assumption, but true. Think about it: it was fun treating your friends to a round of Friday night mojito and eating at the new restaurant on The Block, but what ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/food-and-lifestyle/financial-security-is-a-lifestyle-choice-38-ways-to-save-money-now/ When I think of where I'll be five years from now, I imagine myself living in a cozy, one-bedroom unit in a high-rise condominium. This is how I picture it in my head. Since I'll be living alone, it will be a small flat furnished with minimalist pieces ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/real-estate/high-rise-condo/ Modern Day Heroes In the Filipino Families Truth is, almost all Filipino families have an overseas Filipino worker in the family, either as close of kin or to the next degree. They are what our government dub as the modern day "heroes" as they bring to our country a profusion of ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/advocacy/save-our-%e2%80%9cnew-heroes%e2%80%9d-the-filipino-ofws-and-their-families/ Most people my age get so overwhelmed with the money they earn and the things they can buy with it. Ask any young office worker, and he or she will probably say that the first place they go to after payday is either the mall or the nearest watering hole. ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/real-estate/buying-your-first-home/ The proverbial search for the good life is what drives  countless Filipinos to greener pastures and foreign lands.  Some  succeed in their  odyssey, some return home  where their hearts belong. But whatever the reason, the Philippines is our Motherland  and images as well as memories of it will forever be etched ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/food-and-lifestyle/in-search-of-the-good-life-2/ The proverbial search for the good life is what drives  countless Filipinos to greener pastures and foreign lands.  Some  succeed in their  odyssey, some return home  where their hearts belong. But whatever the reason, the Philippines is our Motherland  and images as well as memories of it will forever be etched ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/site-news/in-search-of-the-good-life/ When I started scouring around for my second home, I wanted a condominium to simplify my lifestyle. When I told my two college kids, they protested that a condominium doesn't feel like a house. I soon relented to their idea because it is not forever that the kids ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/real-estate/buying-a-second-home/ Thirty years ago – maybe more – we have been said to be on the verge of some industrial take off or other. We were up there in the Asian economic totem pole third only to Japan and Singapore. The take off never happened. Did we run out ... http://goodnewsbalikbayan.com/business-entrepreneurship/wanted-more-pinoy-entrepreneurs/