exporting is my life. wednesday july 19, we had a repeat buyer from italy, by the name of TONUTTI ALMA, for the first time, that my sister and I discovered that the name of the company, was the complete name of the mother of christian and fabio vicario, alma tonuttim the family name being palced first. it was the first time also, that i met the father of fabio vicario, Mr. vicario. the company has existed for the past 60(sixty) years, which was originally owned by the grandmother or other of mr. vicario, and passed on to mr. vicario since around 1940's. they are a manufacturer of bags. they are focused on bags. if i remember it right, i saw in the internet, a bag from tonutti alma selling maybe about for US3,000.oo. theysell througout europe. they manufacture, import, and at the same time distribute. i really admire this italian system of doing business, that even,the children, of the family owned businessess are still guided by the the parents, even if they have family of their own already. one of the fringe benefit of this business is you get to travel with your family members and even have bonding with one another., that is why it is it is good to have a family business most specifically, exporting. our family business, was started by my parents, in 1969, 38 years ago. (this is part I of the series of this wrtie up regarding, exporting, specifically to italy, which really inspired me to have a business. wherein, they based their acumen and skills, the roman system wasy.. and one of the is the roman catholic system, wherein, it has a recorded history of about 2006 years already, since the birth of our lord jesus christ. how about, the time before jesus christ, better known as b.c. (or before christ?), belief in god has been in existence for so many years even before christ was born...the business systems of the italians ahs been patterned after this most specifically after the roman catholic system, and to quote from another italian exproter based in the philippines, that, it is quite ordinary in rome, where businesses exist for thousands of years, if you a hotellike "nicola", it it most possible that the owner of that hotel, is the family of nicola,thousands of years before passed on to the next son, next sons generation ect.., etc...and it could also be observe in their family and educational system, where they value it most. children are schooled even at conception and even if still on the mothers womb, the bonding starts already...and also their orientation that, that they graduate with a doctorate degree..., like the dal pozzos, also our buyer from the orther part of italy.,,the region of ferrara, and town of artegianato., italy, the business has its own cycle too.this time the vicarios have better business situation. we have not yet heard from the dal pozzos this time. everytime we had a meeting at hyatt regency at this time of the year about 2nd quarter,we always have a good time, with specifially fabio vicario. he is very articulate, like my daughter nikki, and anton also just like christian, a very robust, with a heavy built body.,mr. vicario, their father is also a robust man, as well as alma tonutti, their mother, with a well built physique, just like lola liling., i also observe their well to do conversation, meaning when thay talk, they talk as if all of them are in harmony, listening very well to each others opinion, respecting its others views. but its the son, fabio vicario, who takes the initiative of the majority decision, of course with all humility, of the other and father when vicario speaks, as well as when, the other speaks, the father and fabio also listen very attentively, but interact harmoniously, and the decision with the approval of the other too. i still have to learn italian and according to the father of fabio mr. vicario, it is very similar to spanish. also another pattern of the italian/spanish system is the, presence of the religious group in the philippines, a very concrete example of the strong roman catholic system in our country, please take note. roman. it is from the roman state of italy, the strongest kingdom in italy during the dark times of the papacy., thus in my opinion, the best system of handling business is the family oriented italian way, with a close family tie like the chinese, and anchored in the belief in god, like the jews of israel., but this time, with a belief in the saving power our lord jesus christ, who is the sole preserver of the kingdom of god. agai this was strengthened by the roman(italian) cahtolic system.