HAVIN’ a good life is akin to eating good food, and when it comes to good food Pinoys abroad really hunger after for our own cuisine and there’s no question about that. Imagine your miles and miles away from your native land and for how many years you haven’t eaten one of Pinoys magnificently-terrific cuisine such as mouth-watering adobong baboy and superb seafood dish sinigang na bangus.
         Sounds really lip-smacking, right? If you can’t get hold on to your stomach at this instant, kabayan, I know a place where you can give pleasure to your superficially desires on Pinoy cuisine, go and backpack your things and look for the Kainan sa Won-Won located at 2^nd floor, Chung Shan North Road, Section 3, Won-Won Building, Taipei City.
         Ate Guy, hailed by her cohorts, is one great successful Pinay-married-to-Taiwanese who is productively having the best of her life cooking for her kababayan great Pinoy dishes that will clinch the notion of “pati pangalan makakalimutan sa sobrang sarap ng luto”.
         Ate Guy is Florence Wang in real name and the sole possessor of the booming carenderia that started way back in June 19, 2000, “Dati dry goods and phone cards ang binebenta ko, then nag-switch sa karenderia,” reveals ate Florence who is a certified Noranian. Ate Florence also adds that she also sell some assorted beauty and cosmetics products such as Avon, Ecosway, Leonardo's, Nathasia and others.
         Rose Canete, a long-time assistant and key helper at the place says that ate Guy’s Carenderia is really flourishing with more patronizing and pleasing customers every weekend. “Masarap kasi magluto si ate kaya halos lahat ng luto niya nagugustuhan ng mga tao, lalong-lalo na ang papaitan, dinuguan, paksiw na bangus at sinigang na bangus at baboy. Ilan lang yan sa mga luto niya meron ding  pakbet, ginisang ampalaya, bopis, pritong isda, palabok, spaghetti, sopas, ginataan monggo, tortang-talong, menudo at marami pang iba,” she enjoyable informs.
         Sundays and special occasions are the tough and stressing days both for Rose and ate Lisa, a valiant and modest ate Guy’s assistant cook. “Minsan marami pang order si ate ‘pag may okasyon tulad ng birhtday at ‘pag may mga party kaya halos ‘di na ‘yan makaundagaga sa pagluluto. Katulong niya ang mabait niyang asawa na laging sumusuporta sa kanya at ang isa ko pang kasama sa partime na si Lisa, kasama ni ate sa pagluluto sabado pa lang ng gabi,” recounts Rose.

ANOTHER Pinay-married-to-Taiwanese is not only a successful entrepreneur but also an avid admirer of Lipa City Mayor Vilma Santos. Her friends used to call her ate Vi because of her evident following to the multi-awarded actress turned dependable public servant.
         Ludy Chang, otherwise known as Ate Vi is a competent bowler and a skilled Mary Kay beauty consultant as well. If your looking for a variety of novelty items and a lot of affordable gift items, ask for it and she’ll have it just for you. Her place is at Room 237, 2^nd floor, #25, Chung Shan North Road, Section 3, Won-Won Building, Taipei City. With Leah Paray around, a diligent and dependable Overseas Filipino Worker and her charismatic store assistant, production gets well during the store hours, especially on Sundays where most of the Pinoys as well as the lakwatseros in Taipei City get out for their spare time.
        Definitely don’t sprint onward to Ate Vi’s Sari-Sari store every Monday, you’ll absolutely never find her because that is her own spare time taking her laurels and splendor rests. Unlike ate Guy, a proud Kapuso ate Vi is not quite a good cook but she’s unquestionably a cool and groovy salesperson most especially when it comes in marketing numerous kind of telecommunication cards as well as gadgets and its accessories. In other words, ate Vi is more conversant when it comes to information technologies.
        There you have it, two enormous and eminent winning Pinoy abroad entrepreneurs ate Guy and ate Vi, who strived tough to show the whole world that Filipinos are really worth inspiring. To the best of my word…”’ika nga, ‘pag Pinoy, saan man, kahit anuman, buo ang loob at matibay ang damdamin kaya kahit anong laban, pinagwawagian…” Like ate Vi and ate Guy who paved their different ways in achieving their dreams despite the fact that their miles away from their own families, friends and as well as their own native land, a worthy to be saluted as great heroes of our times. Tagumpay nila ate Vi at ate Guy, is simply a victor for every Pinoy abroad.