Old post: (Ilang Ilang at heart)

have chaired the YLEA years back . It's a project of my organization the Junior chamber Philippines to give awards to deserving student leaders and since its graduation times I remember how it was attending many high school and elementary recognitions and graduations rites giving these medals and certificates. I remember how I cried with the graduation speech of one student in a state University. You know the usual struggle of poor students trying to make ends meet while trying to excel in school.  I've also attended graduations from exclusive schools. My workmates have the laugh when I told them an anecdote about me attending the graduation of Westbridge High School and everyone was dressed to the nines and I was just in my jeans and the polo shirt with the JCI logo. The guard ask me if I was the caterer. Lol

It's amazing that I also could do more of my community involvement thru my company CSR. I'll be soon making a project with the indigenous people of living  in Guimaras island even if I'm not that active with my JCI organization. We just gotta do our share in our little way, with whatever time and resources we are given no matter how small we may think they are..

Anyway this was my thought on graduation:  you have to go out and change the world but there are things that should remain, like friendships and family...