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Working together for a more beautiful Boracay

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - January 2, 2006 - 12:00am

Boracay is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Over the last few years, an increasing number of people have built beautiful vacation homes there – so much so that Boracay’s Long Beach has become...

Working together for a more beautiful Boracay

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - January 2, 2006 - 12:00am

The Christmas tree

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - December 26, 2005 - 12:00am

I shall never forget the day I met Mang Serafin Aguilleras many years ago. He was a tall man with a shy demeanor selling these scrawny Christmas trees without a pine scent. The trees reminded me of my brother Robert....

Warm and loving Filipino service

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 23, 2004 - 12:00am

Now that Angelo de la Cruz is safely home, there is again an ongoing dilemma about our men and women who work overseas as migrants or as contract workers. To some, the $8 billion earned and remitted annually overrides...

Guild is good

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - July 19, 2004 - 12:00am

During the campaign period, a friend told me about a politician who promised that his first project would be to put a kisame (ceiling) on all public school houses. We all laughed at this ridiculous idea considering...

Let’s work together

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - July 5, 2004 - 12:00am

I have always had the greatest admiration for F. Sionil Jose, so I was thrilled when he included me in a distinguished gathering to share ideas about "Our Nation and Our Future." Over the best pinakbet...

India as a benchmark of good business

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - March 22, 2004 - 12:00am

I longed to return to India – truly a land of splendor and magnificence.

Keeping the V spirit

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - January 5, 2004 - 12:00am

I had heard story of the wild geese migration before and perhaps so have you. But when my friend Anabel Alejandrino sent it to me, I was again reminded how much wisdom there is for us to learn from nature. Something...

‘Tis the season to be bold!

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - December 29, 2003 - 12:00am

Ireally enjoy meeting up with a New York-based friend who is a very successful investor, because of his incessant curiosity about new technology. He once showed me a newly launched radiophone Internet service. "I...

From exporter of labor to exporter of service

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 25, 2003 - 12:00am

After an absolutely beautiful, never to be forgotten inaugural ceremony of the splendid Costa Mediterranea, the newest cruise vessel of the Costa Crociere fleet, I rushed to the Naples airport only to discover that...

Please Ask Me What I Know

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 13, 2003 - 12:00am

One of the great lessons my father gave me when I started working for the family business was to go around the office to visit and talk to the rank and file employees at their desks rather than calling them...

The business of asking what one must know

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 12, 2003 - 12:00am

Please Ask Me What I Know

The business of asking what one must know

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 11, 2003 - 12:00am

One of the great lessons my father taught me when I started working for the family business was to go around the office to visit and talk to the rank and file employees at their desks rather than call them up to...

The business of critical thinking

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - July 21, 2003 - 12:00am

One of the most valuable lessons I learned in college in New York was how to give and, in turn, receive a critique of one’s work. After each long pose at figure drawing class, the teacher would ask all the students...

Looking out for the Philippines

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - July 7, 2003 - 12:00am

My son Jesse was very excited when he got an A for a very challenging graduate level course he took during his last semester at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The final paper he wrote was on "Direct...

Why do we indulge in this ‘poor-me’ state?

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - March 3, 2003 - 12:00am

I was once asked by former Secretary of Tourism Narzalina Lim to be a panelist at a conference on the cruise industry in ASEAN. I was tasked to prepare a short statement about the vast opportunities for cruising...

Changing our Course

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - December 4, 2002 - 12:00am

An uncle once told me that the reason Filipinos cannot work together is that there is just too little lugao (rice soup) for all the monks. The pressure to have a bit of the perceived small bowl has contributed to...

Fast, slow, fast, slow

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - November 27, 2002 - 12:00am

Mr. Ross McBride, an educator, once explained why we sometimes have a difficult time understanding one another, or for that matter, why we are often misunderstood. He began his fascinating lecture by asking us to...

Investing in our national patrimony

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - November 13, 2002 - 12:00am

Apart from the infectious vibrancy and energy of modern Shanghai, I could not help but be overwhelmingly inspired by the city’s very deliberate focus to preserve its heritage as a cosmopolitan city. From the...

Lea & the mother lode

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - October 30, 2002 - 12:00am

NEW YORK – Lea Salonga and Filipino-American Jose Llana, playing lead roles in Broadway’s revival of the Flower Drum Song, made every Filipino in the Asian Cultural Council benefit preview organized by...

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