I went to my family's hometown yesterday. I had this idea that I was going to sell a few Human Nature products. Well, yes and no.
On the way there, I realized I had made some not very good business decision. I did not take with me key products that are useful for traveling.
Behind me sat a small family with a child about five years old, a tweener and two teens. It occurred to me that maybe they would have been interested in a bug spray since they were going to a place that was new to the kids. Well, I didn't bring any of that with me. If I did, I could have turned around and showed it to them and maybe they would have bought it on the spot. With that, I could have handed them a flyer (of which I had a few) and mentioned the other products.
On the way back, I also sat near a small family. I got to talk to the mother and decided to turn her into a dealer for me in Pangasinan.
I hope I got that right.
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Traveling Solo
I went on a solo trip for personal reasons. I went to my family's hometown to deliver some money.
You get to notice a lot of things if you are traveling alone. For instance, I noticed some new developments along the way. There were the new loading and unloading bays. Of special note was the one in Carmen in front of the new SM Mall there, the one erected where the buses used to make a stopover before going into any one of the three directions; Baguio, Dagupan or San Nicolas. I noticed too three new sylos in one of the towns in Tarlac. Then there were the progress of the road works compared to when we went home on Holy Week.
An attentive child notices a lot more. The seat behind me was occupied by a family with a little boy of maybe 4 or 5 years. He noticed that the corn was ready for harvest. He was counting the borders and declared that we were already in Pangasinan when what we actually crossed was a municpal not a provincial border. He pointed out houses that were either unusual or had a nice facade.
I had to mention the one positive thing that storm Emong did in Pangasinan. Some folks might not agree that this is positive but I really think this was a benefit. When we went home for Holy Week, we made a quick tour of the lands. The soil was dry and hard. It would be very hard to plant.
This morning, I could hardly mark our land. In a week's time, grass had grown everywhere. The area was green. Definitely, planting would be easy now.
You get to notice a lot of things if you are traveling alone. For instance, I noticed some new developments along the way. There were the new loading and unloading bays. Of special note was the one in Carmen in front of the new SM Mall there, the one erected where the buses used to make a stopover before going into any one of the three directions; Baguio, Dagupan or San Nicolas. I noticed too three new sylos in one of the towns in Tarlac. Then there were the progress of the road works compared to when we went home on Holy Week.
An attentive child notices a lot more. The seat behind me was occupied by a family with a little boy of maybe 4 or 5 years. He noticed that the corn was ready for harvest. He was counting the borders and declared that we were already in Pangasinan when what we actually crossed was a municpal not a provincial border. He pointed out houses that were either unusual or had a nice facade.
I had to mention the one positive thing that storm Emong did in Pangasinan. Some folks might not agree that this is positive but I really think this was a benefit. When we went home for Holy Week, we made a quick tour of the lands. The soil was dry and hard. It would be very hard to plant.
This morning, I could hardly mark our land. In a week's time, grass had grown everywhere. The area was green. Definitely, planting would be easy now.
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