Monkeymode: I like to move it move it

we like to move it move it ♠_cool:

just a very short review:

rly cool to have seen so many of my pokah friends in vienna for this weekend!

always great to meet new ppl from our community. was rly a pleasure meeting all of u (btw: i remember something about romanian partaaay in bukarest .... when is it? )

friday: pool billard was great, this time i didnt lose sidebetting action muhahaha. afterwards tequilabar, later club where we pretty much pwned the dancefloor to the max! sick warmup party imo. super funny

saturday: preflop action in our restaurant was rly cool i think. good food, easy strategy talks and nice warmup. postflop action @ club was just ... APEIC! if u didnt see it with your eyes, u probably wont believe it. one of the funniest parts was probably when simo and me opened the dance floor in most sicko monkeystyle. and i mean REAL monkeystyle. just poor random dance moves. 5 random girls came to me afterwards and said it was probably the sickest thing they have seen so far in this club ♦ ♦ ♦
muhahahha, mission accomplished! ♠_love:
well yeah, whole night was great, also my special kingjulien dance was pretty epic i guess. i was standing on the separated dancing platform alongside the dj and our whole party crew was shouting from the vip area "move it move it" "go ape" "ship iiiiit" etc etc and ofc all other ppl in the club had no fkn idea what was going to happen. so i was standing there, dancing slowly to the song and everybody was looking at me and preparing their cams ... when suddenly the dj changed the song to "i like to move it move it" and the real action began ......

muhahaahas, vids & pictures will be uploaded next days. stay tuned

today i was pretty dead in the afternoon cuz i pretty much partied/drank for 36 hours

now im almost back on track and rdy for pwnage. but before pwnage action starts, i will probably go into the same mode like tln today for some hours (but i wont look at the snow, i rather check out the the pool while listening to some sicko house music cuz im at my parents house atm ). some thoughts on 2k11 to come later

so fking sick!waw have to see that movies!!lool if u come to bucharest for a sick party, schedule it nxt summer,if you d like to come to black see u also have a nice apartment to stay at ... If u come to bucharest i cant miss that...so its posibile to be killed by uni...so next summer is the sheeet:D

I love ur updates TT, can't wait to see some monkey dance video!

ok ladies, after some pokah updates lately and the LoC party review, its now time to turn to something serious ... or at least semi-serious
this is gonna be a long post. if u just like party/pokah updates, better skip that one
dont flame me cuz its just weird stuff what im writing. its my blog, let me ramble a bit

11 months of the year are over and i already exceeded my ($$$) goals for 2010, so i think its a good time to think about 2k11 and even beyond.

overall i'm satisfied with my development as a poker pro. had only pretty solid winning months and also improved many parts of my game + i think i rly reached an incredible high level of prof mindset.

there are also some poker related projects starting (book with my prof [more updates on that topic later and also in his blog] or TTT) which should be cool

however, although i wont complain about my situation, cuz i dont think many ppl can live such a great life, i have some issues to think about:

I

i feel like, if i rly want to become a highclass plr and start making 6digit months instead of 5digits, i need to focus a bit more. which would mean: group together with some other pros (probably living somewhere else than austria. i love austria and vienna, but there are so many nice (and in our winter warmer!!) places around the globe. i am convinced, working together in most parts of life (uni, job, poker) has a lot of powerrrrrrrr. although i think its great for balance to have many non poker ppl around u, a good poker environment is also essential.
however, i wouldnt group (and live) together with ppl in dont know, cuz its way too likely they're not cool enough, tilting too much or whatever. so if, i would only do it with ppl i already know.
long story short: mission philippines would be a perfect solution: (u can read all the advanategs in the thread, so i wont go into detail now)

!!!Mission Philippines!!!

in case i join, i wouldnt be there all the time ofc. plan would be to be at home in austria for christmas and then probably for many weeks in summer cuz our party lake here is just teeeh nutz in summer

advantage would be that i could see my family "regularly" cuz they have a house in thailand which is super close and they are there quite often. also, macao (live game action babyyy ), south korea, australia (and even vegas actually) are close. so it would be a great hub for some (asian) adventures.

appt, vegas, aussie millions ..... ofc, live poker would also be a big part of the deal ... and i would probably think about applying to team pokerstrategy etc. this would mean real poker commitment and pwnage to the fullest. ofc if some interesting business venture comes up on the way, i wont say no but priority to pokahs

ah and 1 more thing. it would be a baller life. not too many dollars needed to ship it like a pro ♦ i even want my own grinding island (like the small one on the picture! grinding there with my umbrella, non-alc cocktails and my setup ♠_grin: )

i want to call it Twisland

since JQ, GRY, Jonas and probably also Silent and TLN are moving in soo soon (january, right?), i need to think about it now. next 3 days will be lockdown deluxe. will think about + and - . any comments and ideas btw welcome, but i already feel like writing it down helps.

this way of living would be sick. probably what some/many of u are dreaming about. living in paradise, travelling around the globe (life is short and our planet is big. i think i should see many parts ... ), playing live events, pwning online pokahs, coaching a bit, partying like monkeys and enjoying life .... however, it seems very egoistic to me and i rly dunno if its fulfilling enough. sometimes it just takes me so long to come to a decision. if u ask me know, i cant come up with an answer if i rly think its not fulfilling enough. cuz actually, this starts to become a very difficult philosophical question very soon if u ask yourself some questions. its then a levelling war against u with many streets of decisions. very tough. overall i think playing games is great and ppl should overall play more games, laugh more and dont take life too serious. life itself is serious enough and everybody will have hard times. so just enjoying good moments to the max is essential imo. games are imo a good way of having fun. and its a great thing if u gather knowledge in an area and then, use that knowledge and outplay ppl. so i dont think the game itself gets boring at any time as long as u mix some games and adapt to all the different situations that come up on a daily basis.
btw: since im writing so much, i dont mind writing even more
i think poker will never die. in fact i think its getting way bigger. almost everybody i know play poker for fun. its insnane. ofc, some are taking it serious but even those plrs u can analyse and then pwn them. there are not many durrrs and junglemens out there. not even many ppl like me. its hard work to become so good. ppl dont like to work hard.

II

although this all may sound rly cool, i would have to leave vienna/austria/central europe for the most time. which means, i would not see my family and friends. which is by far the biggest consideration not to move somewhere else for longer than some weeks.
vienna is great, i have a sicko cool environment here and ofc i can alw travel from here as well. i can also play poker here as well. if i want to play more live events, i can play ept events.
i could start getting more contacts in the business world, use my ideas, take some of my money and try to start something big. some of my friends i studied with have some ideas for me, and also my family/friends know so many ppl that know ppl ..... who know im smart and i would def find some way of starting something ..... ofc, this means a lot of work, another huge project besides poker and i would probably end up not sleeping and trying to get everything done like 2008/2009 when studying so much and at the same time working on my poker career ...

in the end life is about moments. and more than that its about moments u spend with ppl u like/love. so leaving ppl u like/love doesnt sound like the smartest move to me ....

although, i rly have to say one thing (i guess i already did that but anyway). poker plrs - at least our community - are rly rly rly xtremely awesome. so im sure i would have a great time with the crew:

GRY - had already many great times with him, esp bangkok babyyyyy !!!!!,

JQ - great guy who seems to already have a very strong mindset already which is so fkn important for a longterm career,

Ivan - aka the crazy bulgarian who i think has a great attitude towards life in general ... he is overplaying 9 high though at times

Jonas - my future investmenbanking bro! let's ship the business/investment world one day sir!

TLN - what comes to my mind first: write a RL book! but on a serious note: exceptional poker skills and mindset, i think should be a good matchup cuz i play def. totally differently than him. i think tho that he is underestimating other poker plrs a bit (me as well imo), and overestimating his skills but maybe he is the next isildur, who knows.

and yeah, ofc u also get to know other ppl whereever u are, and those might also be nice ... but still, my friends & family in vienna > all. so it would be brutal

but then on the other hand, i wouldnt be away forever ofc. after 2 years of sicko baller mega monsta pwnage deluxe monkey poker life and earning millions, i might start to calm down and start my own kebab store in vienna and life an easy life .... lol, actually unlikely, but u never know

III

i also feel bad living the sicko baller lifestyle only longterm cuz its just so fkn unfair und unsocial. i mean too many ppl out there who have a poor life (i dont mean ppl who work 8-5 and earning 2k in austria. those ppl dont work hard enough to make their lives exceptional). i mean ppl who never rly got a real chance
i know it doesnt make sense, but i would feel worse living the sicko baller lifestyle i think. although it doesnt make their life better or worse if i live the sicko baller or the 9-5 2k per month lifestyle.
but who knows, maybe one day i get my own thatch hut in africa and coach/teach kids maths, english, physics .... and ofc pokah ♦

IV

if i rly follow the sicko-poker-pro & travelling around the world path, i have one more problem. dunno how to put it into words ... i will try to (i guess rio has an opinion on that, didnt we talked about it in bangkok (yeah u know the 1 day we didnt have sicko action, but ordered (!!) food from mcdonals)

after all, poker is just a game. its like being a professional darts/pool billard player. ofc, we give ppl some kind of adrenaline-kick, its entertainment for them. but for the most party, we use our skills to take their moniez and we dont rly create wealth or help anybody (although life consist of moments and i think we give them some joyful moments and many of them have a ton of fun when sucking out, but dont rly care when losing, cuz they subconsciously expect to lose anyway. they just dont like losing it too fast, thats boring then ....

i think - and yeah it might sound a bit arrogant and i might overestimate my skills - i am wasting my potential. i think i am very critical to myself and i know i have many big leaks. especially in close relationships, its just part of the game to make mistakes. maybe i make even too many, but still, im aware and i rly try to improve. in rl its just way more difficult than in a game environment. overall im a nice person tho. i only wanna increase the lifeEV of ppl who need to /want to have contact with me sometimes it doesnt work unfortunately

but that being said, i think i could pwn the business world. i rly think - even tho i am not so intelligent as ppl like TLN, nor do i have a dad who is president and i dont have a degree from harvard but just a random one - i would beat most ppl out there. im not over intelligent, but im a sick fighter. if a headhunter one day finds this blog and reads this, i can just advice him to hunt for me. i am a true sicko imo.
but ofc, i dont want to work my ass off for an consultant agency (also not sure how much wealth im rly generating there) ... rio will agree with me about that i guess ♦
but what i mean, ppl like me should start a business, try to find something that helps the world and offering your employees the coolest workplace out there.
ofc making money is not a bad thing. i can make millions, but i should use my potential for more than "just playing a game".
and yeah, coaching ppl and helping them to live a better life, is a way of helping ppl i guess. but its not rly a lot that im contributing to the world.

actually i wanted to think about these topics around christmas, but since MP already starts so soon, i rly need to think about it now - so guys, wait some days before u give away my place i cant just say no now, at least i have to think some days about this option. although i think its unlikely im going to join, but there are def. some good reason to do so.

another benefit would be personal development i think. living some time with different cultures def broadens your mind and helps to think outside the box for some crazy new business ideas
lol i could actually write so much more, but i guess i will leave it with what for now. next days i will think about my gameplan for next year and will try to identify the best line.
the good thing is, i can only win ♦ there is no "bad" solution. maybe i have to mix things up a bit and i dont see the picture clear enough today. maybe i have to bring all my friends to my island in asia .. easy game ♦
hopefully i didnt sound too negative. i love my life, but still, i always want more and think about what to change to make it even better. i mean, purpose of life is imo to find the purpose of life ..... i just need to change up my lines a lot over the next 75 years to find the treasure

jonas gave me one advice today ... "follow your heart"
easier said than done sir, but i will try to

ah yeah, its def possible i did overlook some major aspects, just let me know for those who read all that stuff hahahah.

I and II: The poker life may not be entirly "fullfilling" but it is alot more fullfilling than the 9-5 ppl who make 2K per month. You worked hard and earned your sicko life so its your right to enjoy it any way that makes your happy. I think you should stay in Vienna and go visit the guys in Philliphines occassionally, Family+Friends>Sicko lifestyle imo.
III: Again u earned your money. If u want to denote a % of your profit to charity go ahead but its your money and u hae no reason to feel bad/
IV: Its hard to succseed to buisness. I dont see y u want to persue buisness when u r making so much money at poker. Although u r good at poker and RL smart, there are no gurentees that u will secseed a buisness. The only benefit of buisness imo is that it is considered more "noble" by society. Sure poker is just a game but there is nothing wrong with being a pro at a game that requires high intelligence. Sure u r taking money from ppl due to your higher inteeligence but they r degenerate gamblers who would lose their money at other casino games if u werent taking it from them. You r much noble than a CEO who exploits basically slave labor in 3 world countries or a buisness owner who gives himself a payraise while laying of employees.
The purpose off life is imo to be happy with the the way that u r living.
btw sorry for rambling as well.

Nice post, your dreams are pretty much mine, albeit your much closer to achieving yours than me xD. Grind some fkin $$$$$ then start up rly sicko business and make $$$$$ why you sleep. I share your ideas on living this sicko lifestyle, is it rly fair? I duno, but if I was shipping the $$ I would still feel good about myself because I would most likely be doing alot of good with my money aswell as living a sicko life. Its just like everything else, about being balanced.

If u rly think living in phillipines is going to be better for your game than staying at viena, go for it.

Family and friends are ofc important, but u can visit them and keep talking with them its not like u are gonna die for a year. And anyway, its just one year.

I think u are too young (i dont know ur age,but id guess no older than 25-26?) and still have plenty of time to run the business u want. So, while poker gives u tons of $$$, why not accept it?

About helping other ppl (coaching), its always good because u are indirectly helping the people they help with the wealth they get, more if u coach 3rd world countrie's players

Oh btw a phrase that I read some time ago when a guy asked about an important choice in his life, this advice was rly clever:

When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin.

you suddenly know what you are hoping for.

I ve just read the post. Wow, actually we are more alike in things than i thought before rly liked it, even though i dont remember most of it by now, having just finished Anyway, i rly share the kind of urge to do sth productive and helpful tow society and not live just egoistically in a lavish lifestyle, getting drunk every other day and banging girls while getting sober.

For me, the priority is abs to get the best i can get at poker and take as many devoted ppl with me along the way. I think it's rly gratifying to look back and see that we (u in particular) have already changed lifes of many drastically. I rly like extremes. Ofc u might know this For poker fe, besides the normal coachings, free advises, discussions, supportive chats etc, i think the value of a role model is also appealing to the masses. When we look fe on Durrrr, how he became famous- i think just ppl getting to know him, many young ones, it changed their life, he inspired so many to go in his footsteps (me included). Similarly, I rly want to change the sofar quite narrow viewpoint of public on poker esp in Slovakia. I think this is also rly motivating, to know, that ppl look up to u, and u shouldnt dissapoint em. It gives poker also this other dimension of playing it for esentially inpiring others.

Anyway, i got lost of what i wanted to say now, and i dont want to get lost in ur essay above :P, so i ll just finish some random thoughts here:

what volrath said is rly nice. i knew abt it, but exaclty now that i ve imagined i would toss such coin, i rly wanted to see myself there in the house. From all options to go abroad this is clear no1 now. However, I rly need to find out what is the best for me regarding my carreer. I think society deffo helps actually - its rly boring in Bratislava, when we are just 2 in the flat, so bigger group of ppl surely should help in having positive mood, diverse activities etc, to feel good to play. Tho, my goal is pretty clear: to attack NL5k as soon as i feel good abt my game.

In the next few weeks therefore, i need to figure out for myself, if i am able to do it there in Phili, or some other option would be more effective. Even if i wouldnt think its the most effective tho, i think for a period of ~6months i could join coz i rly like all of u guys. (Tho i dont rly know JQ)

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Nice long post TT

Ship it! Life!

And what happen with the plan to go to Marbella? thats the best place in europe, sun, sea, golf...close to everything, and it still Europe, not Asia. You can come home easily anytime, or friends going to you...Are you sure this would fulfill you to live in Asia? If you really have this tough on your mind that you dont wanna promote your lifestyle so hard, well, there you will see loads of poor ppl i guess... ofc the place is beautifull and cheap, but still...

another short tought: if you plan to do a real business soon, you have to consider that than you wont have too much time for poker. Building up something from scratch eats time and energy. If i would be in your place i would play now for a few year, and around 30 starting some businees. But only if you feel really deep inside that you want it... you can start to make and international poker school ♦

Okay, I'm gonna try to respond as well, but as TLN said, I already forgot so much of your post while just having read it ♦

I also want to say that your ideas are again so similar to mine and I will tell what are my + and - :

++: - it will be hugely beneficial for my game, in our cz grindweek I really felt the power of playing together, it will also be a lot easier to have some analysis and strategy talk there. Also we are going to rent a pretty nice mansion with sport courts as well (and golf court nearby ), to get in the best shape possible (and have some fun as well)
- Weather is sick: for me this is also a ahuge +, I just can't handle winter anymore it seems ♦. Today I walked outside (-5C) and I really died :P.
- Lots of things in Asia are close: Singapore, Macau, Thailand, Japan, CHina, Indonesia, also Australia is kinda close (wouldnt say Vegas is close tho ). For me this is also very important cause I want to play live poker in Macau fairly often (challenge durrr and the businessmen ) + travel and see a lot of these countries as well cause it will be very nice to meet all this people from a different culture because having a western business-mindset only is not gonna be enough to be the best.
- I believe that in this area we can find lots of good businesses to invest in or even to work in ourselves cause I believe that the risk/reward ratio in these countries is higher than in Europe. For me personally it would also feel more fulfilling to start something in a poorer country cause either you help the people by offering a service that gives them more value than before or you will offer jobs so they can support their families. A problem might be that we don't know any1 there yet, but as seen in the PI blog, there are lots of pokerstrategists as well. They will also have contacts etc..

--:- I won't see my belgian friends on a regular basis: but ofc I don't go there for 1year fulltime, I will probably come back at least once, probably twice (we only leave in january, so we still celebrate christmas+newyear with our relatives). Also you can see your family in Thailand pretty often as well and flight arent thaaat expensive so you can go back to vienna 4-5 times a year if you want. Skype is also a good alternative (I will also still have meetings with an investment club I'm in here).
- Not as fulfilling as creating value for other people: for me acquiring $$ now is very important because a) I love poker and its so great I can earn a lot of $$ while playing it b) money now is much more worth than money in 10 years etc because of the concept of compounded interest (which you probably know;) ), so I rather make 15k/month now than 2-3k for several years and then 20k after 10-15 years. I need this money to accomplish my long term plans of trying to help as many needy with it as possible (does sound a bit philanthropic but just helping people to give them knowledge or an income to maintain their families is already a huge thing for me). So for investing in this or even have a company that can create this, i need money. This mission PI is an excellent incentive for me to reach this goal while still having lots of fun with nice people.

This post already became pretty long, but I can say so much more about it :P.

Anyways, just my mirrion cents about this

LOOOCKDDOOOOOOWWNN

Wow.. Incredible post sir! Reading it just made me think about all those things myself.. Though my position is like totally different than yours, i can see myself thinking about those topics being in ur shoes.

Anyway. I dont know how valuable my opinion might be considering i would love you to join

But still some thoughts:

We are not talking 10 years here. Its one year. Or who knows, maybe after 6 months we decide for some change. Your family + friends wont forget about you. They will still be there and even though its basicaly on the other side of the world its still one day of travelling, so you can always see everyone tomorrow if you decide to ♦ ( ofc its not +ev considering the price for the flight etc )

So.. its not like you decide to run away from your home + family + friends and leave it all behind just like in some B-class movie.

I also doubt i could spend my life living on the beach drinking coctails near the pool.. It may sound like the total dream but after some time it will become boring and not fullfiling at all.

But then again, this sort of life would be shortterm. It would be about enjoying the most of it. Enjoying everything that this option can offer.

You DONT have to decide today or tomorrow if you choose to be a
1.baller who only takes money from gamblers and parties
2.Sick bussiness man who wants to bring good to all of people
(hope those options dont sound too black-and-white, i just want to make it short)

You can go for the second option anytime in the future. And who knows, maybe in a year or two you gonna have more possibilities, your friends will be in better positions and your parents will know more people who know people.

The topic about whether to bring something to the society or to keep winning $ .. I think we could talk days about this.
Your point of view is different for sure as you earn lot of $ already for quite some time now and so the thoughts about helping the society in some way are probably stronger for you than for most people who read your blog.

Its funny. I thought about the same thing on our way home from Vienna and i was like: "hmmm.. if i live such life for a year im gonna feel so bad ( just thinking about my parents working 8 hours every day to simply live their lives ).. damn after that im gonna have to go to Afghanistan for a year and help the small kids there"

So ye, i understand your thoughts. But again, we are not talking about switching into baller $ spending style for the rest of the time.

For me personally the MP is a great chance. Im obviously the biggest fish of the crew. I can learn so much from everyone. I want to take my game to new level, climb up limits, make challenges, play sick volume, analyze together etc etc. Im not ready to help the society yet i might be in few years, who knows

I've been thinking about that living abroads stuff as well. I mean I love my life where I am currently (nice, solid sized city in the center of Finland), I've got my friends here, I've got uni here, I don't have my family nor the sun during winters. I rlyrly love sun (and my family, obv). If I move abroads, I lose friends, family relationship doesn't change basically at all (300km is ~the same as 3000km imo) but I get sun. Doesn't sound like a supersolid plan. Obviously baller lifestyle comes along with moving abroads which at least sounds awesome, yet don't know how it actually is.

My solution to find out wtf I really want is to get to a trip 4-6 weeks during spring with a few friends. Gonna go to asia, prolly mostly in thailand and figure myself out while having some sicko fun. Also, I rly don't have a clue how grinding and asia are fitting together... It's not impossible that I can't grind the same way there as I can here. Plan for me is just to buy a one way ticket and see how it goes.

Can't give you any awesome tips, just wanted to let you know that other people are stressing with the same issues.

@JQ: Sharing a rediculously big amount of your thoughts from that post. With the exception that 6+ months of pokerflat right now is waaay too soon for me. I'm just nl100 fish trying to move up...

I like all the things that have been said by now. I also agree that you should live the sicko life for 6-12 months in Phili and then settle down a bit, look for a women maybe (to start a family) and start businesses. It will be -ev for friends & family, for your health a bit maybe, but i think you will learn a lot from this (relatively short) experience, then you can imagine now. I am 90% sure you should go for it. I also don't like leaving my friends and family but i am positive that you'll gain a whole lot more then just staying in Vienna and then you can settle down as i said before. Just go for it PRO!

Find whatever/whoever it is you love. Do it/them. Problem solved.

Nice post. Could do with some polishing though ('my prof'? Mrsjb might have something to say about that!).

Go to the Philippines for a while. You friends and family will still be there when you get back. You're only young once. Make the most of it.

Originally posted by gedwashere91
Find whatever/whoever it is you love. Do it/them. Problem solved.

Find whoever you love, do them, problem solved - aha good advice sir

yoyo TwiceT, i see many people giving their inputs and i would also like to share my point of view. your post is a really really lengthy, but somehow people just like to read them,(including me).

i think it is essential then whenever we are faced with a tough decision, we list down the key factors influencing the decision. evaluate both decisions via these criteria, and the one with the higher score wins, easy game.

doesn't help? well....ok. i think your decisions pertains to life, since the decision will be life changing. so lets deal with a question on life.
what is the purpose of life?
thats actually not very important. what's more important is
what is YOUR purpose of YOUR life? what are they? to be best poker player? to be filthy$$$ rich? to lead a balla lifestyle? to have a happy family? to help as many poor people as possible?
it's probably somewhere between. hmm, how can we define that. ah the word is freedom- to be able to do what we want to do when we want do do it. the purpose of your life is to be free.
well obviously sounds wrong. so whats the reason why we want freedom?
well because it makes us happy(lets use a simple term here).
so now the purpose of your life is to be happy!
think about every goal you have - best poker player. happy? yes filithy rich. happy? yes, happy family. happy? yes. so on so on...
so the basis of our decision solely relies on being happy!(ofc there is more complex discussions to this happiness e.g. future happiness vs current happiness)

ofc some people are going to disagree with me. e.g. pastor says his purpose of life is to spread the word of god. i say that his purpose of life is still to be happy because spreading the word of god makes him happy(ok not exactly happy but lets just use the easy word you get my point). if he's restricted in achieving his purpose, he's not going to be happy. and if he's not happy spreading the word of god, then he's no longer going to consider it as his purpose in life(unless he's super brainwashed)

the point is, now that you(if not you, definitely me) know your purpose in your life, isn't making decisions much easier? at the end of the day, you put everything into facts and figures. how can one compare having family love to $?
so think about which choice will make you a happier person.

well if the above doesnt help with making a better decision for this, i'm sure it will for many many other decisions one will face in future.

well if the above doesn't apply to you, at least it does apply to me! please let me know your alternative POV(hence possibly superior) if you disagree.

anyhow, i feel that Philippines will definitely be a good fun, with friends, good environment, new experience etc.
i would like to add to joenaes' point of traveling. Traveling in the region is so cheap on budget airlines. i've seen promo deals(very often) as low as $40 from singapore to phuket two way inclusive of airport charges and tax. regular deals are around $200. while economy class costs about $500 onwards.

my plans is to tour asia from 2011 June onwards(unless some unlikely business shit crops up locally), so it will be very cool if we can monkey party the region.

as for what was said in BKK, i really can't recall exactly what you are referring to, please refresh my memory, maybe i got drunk on coke and fries

Well, first i want to say that you are really inspiring bomb for me, and ofc for the others. I want to say thank you Your blog helps to many people to charge their batteries.
About a decision, i think that even for you it's such a nice opportunity to make your game more excellent. And ocf to help other team guys to be better players. The experience they can get from you is very valuable, no doubts about it.. And that way you generate the goodness to the world too. And i think this life experience in philipins should be very beneficial for you.Who knows, maybe you're not ready to be a business man yet. Change environment is often good thing experience-wise. As I read somewhere - at the end of the life you'll regret not for the things that you done, but for the things you didn't done, but you could. We can discuss about this for hours.. I know that leave friends & family is hard, but it's like a secondment, you'll be back stronger and wiser
GL!

You have to make the right choice. As long as you don’t choose, everything remains possible. Each of these lives is the right one! Every path is the right path. Everything could have been everything else and it will have just as much meaning.