by John Jonas | Oct 22, 2023 | Newsletter
All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days (November 1 and 2) are considered holidays in the Philippines. They’re not regular holidays, but special non-working holidays. It’s when most Filipinos remember their dead relatives by visiting them in cemeteries, similar to...
by John Jonas | Oct 19, 2023 | Newsletter
On Oct 30, 2023, Monday, the Philippines will be holding the Barangay and SK elections. I’ve talked about the barangay before in a newsletter way back. This is their smallest government unit, and in this election, they’ll be voting for their local executive (the...
by John Jonas | Oct 17, 2023 | Newsletter
I hired a new writer recently and I had Julia show her the ropes. One of the things they bonded over was having a home office. Apparently, a pretty home office is something a lot of OFS aspire to have. My new writer, Seagz, is working on building a beautiful,...
by John Jonas | Oct 15, 2023 | Newsletter
I went to Lake Powell a couple weeks ago. I didn’t tell anyone at work I was going. Every few weeks or months, I go on a trip and I don’t tell my team about it. And I don’t bring a laptop (I never do anymore). Not one person on my team knew I was...
by John Jonas | Oct 12, 2023 | Newsletter
One thing that makes my day is when my OFS email me pictures of their life and tell me the good things that were made possible because they work from home. I get pictures of birthdays, graduations, first homes, first cars, vacations, etc. It feels good knowing that...
by John Jonas | Oct 10, 2023 | Newsletter
Louise (a customer) on pregancy, maternity leave, and culture: We took on a cost tracking VA about 3 months ago and she is AMAZING!! She is working in with our bookkeeper VA – who is also AMAZING and they’ve been great at creating systems and processes. We...
