Of Giving and Generosity

In the spirit of Christmas, Nu Skin Philippines organized it's yearly Force For Good Benefit Lunch for the benefit of The CHILD Foundation held at the Museo Pambata at Roxas Blvd, Manila. 

my ticket to the event

happy children are healthy children

CHILD Foundation Inc. aids children on their health and recovery, especially those under Philippine General Hospital - Department of Pediatrics. They support an average of 600 children patients per month. That is an average of more than P700,000 monthly given to the PGH pediatrics ward. The commonly admitted cases are children suffering pneumonia, diarrhea, neonatal sepsis, meningitis, leukemia and other forms of cancer, dengue and typhoid. For more info, you may visit their site by clicking this link: CHILD FOUNDATION

Our team, Lead Global was a part of this successful event.

the beautiful women of lead Global

at the photo booth

we are all kids at heart, photo op at the helicopter

Lead Global family

Looking forward to be part of this again, next year.

gift giving

Nu Skin's Force For Good

Thank you Nu Skin for giving me an avenue to share my blessings. 
To everyone, Buenas dias!

In Being Santa Claus

Santa Claus is real through each and every one of us. I remember when I was growing up, my parents never fail to put a gift on our socks. Every year, they never fail to surprise us (although we always expect it anyway) with gifts from Santa Claus. One year, I can still recall, our local church had a project that the parents can have their gifts delivered to us by a Santa Claus riding on top of a Jeepney. I was in grade school, and even if I kind of understand that he was not the real Santa Claus, I was happy that he came to our house. In fact, I was very very happy.

Now, why am I telling you about this? Because we all need to believe in something. There is something magical in Christmas. This is a season of miracles and love and generosity. This is a holiday filled with belief. Children should always have something to believe in, because if we don't believe in something at a young age, how can we believe that something is possible when we get older. 

As young children, we all believe that everything in life is possible. We can be astronauts and scientist and even presidents. We can be superheroes, and kings and princesses. If we believe in something when we were young, it is easy for us adults to believe that our dreams are still possible. 

Santa Claus lived through my parents, our parents, when we were young, and now it is our turn to be Santa Claus for the next generation. We need to help them build their belief in miracles. Because it is true, life is filled with miracles, big and small. Life is an amazing journey that everything is possible. 

I thank my parents for teaching me to believe in an ideal world where magic happens and miracles are parts of our daily life. Now that I am grown up, I am enlisting myself as part of the Santa Claus team bringing good cheer to children (an adults, too) everywhere. Someday, my children will be part of this team too for their own children. 

This is an early Christmas greeting, but may your life be filled with the magic of the holiday season all year through. Buenas dias.

Of Blessings and Gratitude

Everyday is reason enough to be grateful. Life is truly amazing. If you cannot see the wonder and greatness of the world around you each and every minute of your life, then you are not opening your eyes.

I like celebrating Thanksgiving Day. And it is not just because of the turkey or the family dinner, but rather, I like the thought that we are reminded to give thanks. Because in honesty, we all have a lot of reasons to be thankful for. If we really look at our lives, despite the challenges and the problems and the heartaches, we are all still blessed.

I look at my life and I am amzed how God never ceases to bless me. Yes, I have been through a lot of things this year. I lost my dear grandmother, business was a bit slow, some things got out of hand and well, it was never a walk in the park. I made a lot of mistakes, was frustrated a lot of times and failed more times than I could ever hope for. But through it all, I came out strong and I am still fighting. We become who we need to be because of what happens to us.

A wise person once told me, it is not in what happens to us that determines our future, it is in how we react to what happens to us that dictates where we are going. I agree. We need to go through everything in our life because we need to grow and develop to be the kind of person we wanted to be.

I have an amazing life and my dreams are within reach. I am not there yet but I will be very soon. With that, I can never be thankful enough.

Here is to our wonderful life. Buenas dias!