January 2013 To: Balesin Members and Friends I am in Paris today, negotiating a business deal, and it is a typical winter day in Paris – cold, dreary and wet. How I wish I were in Balesin instead! As many of you know, we have just completed the first major holiday season for members and …
December 2012 To: Balesin Members and Friends Today is the first day of the new year, and I wish to greet all of our members and friends a very happy 2013. This will not be a very long letter since I am still a little bit hungover from the fabulous New Year’s Eve party that …
November 2012 To: Balesin Members and Friends Once again, it is the end of the month, and what a month it has been! Except for the first two days which I had to spend in Hong Kong, and the occasional board meetings that I have to attend in Manila, I spent the entire month on …
October 2012 To: Balesin Members and Friends Today is the last day of October and, surprise, I am not at Balesin! I had to come to Hong Kong in order to attend the wedding tomorrow of my friend Robert Kuok’s son, Hua. But I should be back in Balesin the day after tomorrow. As has …
September 2012 To: Balesin Members and Friends Today is Sunday and as usual, I am at Balesin Island. We had an Alphaland Management Committee meeting here yesterday (in which we reviewed the progress of the various Alphaland projects) together with the Balesin Management staff in which we had a detailed review of the progress of …
August 2012 To: Balesin Members and Friends Today is the last day of August and as usual, I find myself here in my office at my beloved Balesin island. August has not been a particularly kind month, weatherwise for the Philippines, and Balesin has been no exception. While the rains we have had at Balesin …
July 2012 To: Balesin Members and Friends It has been about a month since you were “inflicted” with one of my reports on Balesin. So, I thought that it is time that I try once more to infect you with my enthusiasm and zeal in creating this wonderful island paradise! You may recall that I …
June 2012 To: Balesin Members and Friends I have just returned from a two-week trip to Europe which was meant to be a holiday, but which turned out to be mostly shopping for artifacts, antiques, and ceramics for Mykonos, St Tropez and Costa Smeralda villages of the Balesin Island Club. I bought several million pesos …
May 2012 To: Balesin Members and Friends I am delighted to submit this progress report of your Club which as you know, has become somewhat of an obsession for me and where now I devote almost a third of my time. Like when I built Tagaytay Highlands, I find a great deal of satisfaction overseeing …
