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Tarachan spending his last days at LK Shopping Center on Queen Victoria Avenue.

My Indian friend Tarachan shut shop the other day and never returned. Bismillah store now occupies what was once LK Shopping Center on Queen Victoria Avenue. Yet another business gone bad in town.

The other day, proprietors of Eduardo Martinez and Sons Ltd., a hardware store on Main Street, filed for bankruptcy after years in business. I can't imagine what goes through the mind of a body when its backbone income just slips away like that. I sympathize.

What bothers me more is that Bismillah, a business with parent outlets in San Ignacio Town, will sell the same merchandise at the same location. Folks, I like to sit back and see what I can learn from high risk business ventures like this one. I'll update you as soon as things start looking bright for Bismillah or god forbid, as shit hits the fan.