![]() You can be a lawyer or an office clerk, full-time mom or a pre-school teacher, a factory worker or a pastry chef. ![]() You can work in an office with a good salary or you can be a freelance artist with part-time gigs. ![]() It gets so confusing what kind of people we are supposed to be and you will never find out if you are doing the right thing.īut what you need to know, is that there are no right or wrong choices. “Be realistic, be fearless, go after what you love.” That’s what everyone will tell you. You will be told that the office is not a good place to grow so step back from the office table every once in a while. ![]() Soon enough, you will be encouraged to break the rules, go after that makes you happy and never settle. At least that’s what we have been told to do. This is my success because if there’s one thing I want all of you to remember is that, we are successful in our own ways.Īfter this, you will go to high school, and then college, graduate University, find dependable jobs and stick to the status quo. For over 7 years, I’ve visited over 40 countries, 100+ cities, lived with local families, spoke different languages and had a great time eating my way around the world. I chose to travel the world to see how people eat, cook, speak in a different culture that is far away from mine. After college, I did not choose to have a corporate job or live life in a chronological order. There are no monuments dedicated to me but I am living life the way I imagined it and for me, that has always been good enough. When I got invited to speak here, I got excited and at the same time, I asked myself, “Why me?” Good afternoon graduates, parents and to all the familiar faces here: mentors who appeared to me in so many helpful and impacting ways 16 years ago in Kalayaan. Due to my friends’ demands, I am publishing my speech here. It was really fun to see familiar faces, most especially when I saw them listening carefully while I am standing in the podium. Last Friday (01 April), I spoke at my elementary school’s graduation and it was one of the happiest days of my life! I never imagined, not even in my wildest dreams that I will be invited to be a keynote speaker in any of my former schools. ![]()
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