Review: Bo Sanchez' Truly Rich seminar

I planned to sleep early on Friday night in preparation for Bo Sanchez' How to be Truly Rich seminar the next day. But then, spontaneity ruled. And so I watched Thor in the big screen with my girl buddies. The movie was fun! A must-see!

After the movie, we stayed for a few more hours talking and laughing till we decided to go home at almost 2am.   Waking up early after barely sleeping for four hours was such a struggle. But thinking that I'll be attending a half day seminar wherein the main speaker was Bo Sanchez gave me the adrenaline rush to jump out of bed and get going. I'm a big fan!

Before I left the house, I made sure that I didn't forget that little something that I wanted to give my favorite author.  

The seminar was a real treat! I could sense Bo's passion in imparting financial literacy among Pinoys. As I was listening to him talk, my vision of my future became clearer and clearer.   During the break, I was so pleasantly surprised to see that Bo has a new book! I bought the book and after the seminar, I lined up to have it autographed. After he signed the book, I handed him the little something I've been wanting to give him -- my very own book Think Rich, Yuppies!

It was such a great moment to be beside my favorite author -- him holding my book which I gifted him, and me holding his latest book. I felt so happy! Para kaming nag-swap ng books! It was an amazing feeling! :)  


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Text by Sha Nacino. Copyright © 2011 All rights reserved. Member, Bo Sanchez' Truly Rich Club

Originally posted in www.SeminarPhilippines.com
Date posted: 14 January 2011

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The Show Must Go On

I finished my work at 9pm today and I was so eager to get home and have some decent dinner. As I was rushing towards the door, our office security guard smiled at me and said "Ingat, Ma'am".

I slowed my pace as I smiled back at him. I asked how he and his family are in lieu of typhoon Ondoy. At that, his disposition changed and it seemed that his big built shrank. He was close to tears but I could sense his effort to maintain his composure as he told me about their house that was totally ruined because of flood. They were not able to save anything! Back to zero.

I could only feel sorry for him. I know that the income of a security guard is very modest. It must be really hard for him to start from scratch. And it must be equally hard for him to leave his family in their wrecked house in Fairview so he could attend to his duty in Bonifacio Global City.


But there he was. Diligently tending to his duty as one of the security guards in our building… He could have taken an emergency leave so he could be with his family, re-building their house. Then it made me wonder whether their agency gives them a privilege of taking emergency leave with pay, just like HSBC.

It's as if my heart was pierced as I was talking to Mamang Security Guard. Part of me said that I should have been more careful with my questions as I wouldn't want to put him on the spot.

To lighten up the conversation, I smiled and I asked questions with obvious answers. “At least po, okay kayo ng family nyo? Safe po kayo? To my delight, he answered in the affirmative. And that’s how our conversation ended. I left him with a smile that he initially gave me. Yes, we always have a choice to look at the brighter side of things.

As I was walking towards my newly repaired car which also stalled during the typhoon, I wished that I could do something to help Mamang Security Guard. If I had millions, I would have given him a significant amount so that he and his family could have a start-up fund. And I would have done the same to all those affected. I may not have millions but I sure have something to give. So is everyone. I revisited my closet and packed some clothes that could be donated. I also scheduled a trip to the nearby mall to buy some groceries to buy groceries for Mamang Security Guard's family and for donation to Go Negosyo's Walang Iwanan Drive.

The disaster that struck the Philippines on that fateful Saturday has sparked or rekindled love and generosityamong Filipinos. Love is in the air. Bayanihan is everywhere.

The show must go on. Ondoy might have taken a significant part of our or our kababayan’s lives but there are still beautiful things in store for each of us. Let’s keep the spirit of love and bayanihan alive.

Proud to be Pinoy!

written by Sha last 30Sep09

Compliments

Sometimes it is hard to determine whether a compliment is really a compliment or an insult.

A female officemate once told me. "You kow what? You look like Sandy Cheeks. Have you seen her? She's sooo cute!Ü"

Flattered with the word "cute", I replied. "Really? Wow, thanks ha. But who's Sandy Cheeks?"

She answered with a silly grin. "You don't know Sandy Cheeks? She's a friend of Sponge Bob."Oh well... I am not very familiar with Sponge Bob's friends but I know for sure that Sponge Bob is a cartoon character and therefore so are his friends.

I told my officemate, "Hey, how come I look like Sandy Cheeks? Do I look like a cartoon character? Is that supposed to be a compliment?"

My officemate laughed her heart out. She said, "Of course, it's a compliment. Have you seen Sandy Cheeks? Really, she's cute. She has a smiling face, like yours."

Ok, fine. That's where the compliment is. My officemate also said that she always sees me smiling. Wow, that's sweet. So whenever she says that I look like Sandy Cheeks, I laugh but I also delight at such compliment.

Speaking of ambiguous compliments...I remember when I was still in high school. A classmate of mine relayed to us that a sari-sari store lady told her that she looks young at 21. Should my classmate be flattered? She's only 14 years old then. :)