you [Music]
[Music]
[Music] before I begin this afternoon I would
before I begin this afternoon I would
before I begin this afternoon I would like to light a candle so it’s the smoke
like to light a candle so it’s the smoke
like to light a candle so it’s the smoke detector off yes okay thank you
detector off yes okay thank you
detector off yes okay thank you excuse me
nobody here guests why did I light a
nobody here guests why did I light a candle
candle
candle there’s no right or wrong to this
there’s no right or wrong to this
there’s no right or wrong to this question I just like to ask who here
question I just like to ask who here
question I just like to ask who here would possibly know why this is no lady
would possibly know why this is no lady
would possibly know why this is no lady light a candle birthday honey other
light a candle birthday honey other
light a candle birthday honey other guess is magic trick okay
guess is magic trick okay
guess is magic trick okay so these are good assumptions but now
so these are good assumptions but now
so these are good assumptions but now I’d like to ask you what ignites your
I’d like to ask you what ignites your
I’d like to ask you what ignites your flame your passion what motivates you to
flame your passion what motivates you to
flame your passion what motivates you to do what you do what motivates you to
do what you do what motivates you to
do what you do what motivates you to learn what you have understood through
learn what you have understood through
learn what you have understood through your lessons in school what keeps your
your lessons in school what keeps your
your lessons in school what keeps your flame burning with the world and its
flame burning with the world and its
flame burning with the world and its external factors are going against it
external factors are going against it
external factors are going against it how do you keep your flame lit so from
how do you keep your flame lit so from
how do you keep your flame lit so from the experiences that I have faced in my
the experiences that I have faced in my
the experiences that I have faced in my life sometimes when you’re young it is
life sometimes when you’re young it is
life sometimes when you’re young it is easy to get distracted in this world
easy to get distracted in this world
easy to get distracted in this world that we have today there are so many
that we have today there are so many
that we have today there are so many people there’s so many opportunities and
people there’s so many opportunities and
people there’s so many opportunities and the technology that we have sometimes
the technology that we have sometimes
the technology that we have sometimes doesn’t help us as much as we or it’s
doesn’t help us as much as we or it’s
doesn’t help us as much as we or it’s made to help us for so why am I here and
made to help us for so why am I here and
made to help us for so why am I here and why am i bringing a passion why am I
why am i bringing a passion why am I
why am i bringing a passion why am I talking about fire well that flame
talking about fire well that flame
talking about fire well that flame exists in all of us we all have a light
exists in all of us we all have a light
exists in all of us we all have a light inside and it’s what we do with what we
inside and it’s what we do with what we
inside and it’s what we do with what we have through which or we do we succeed
have through which or we do we succeed
have through which or we do we succeed we are so lucky that we live in this
we are so lucky that we live in this
we are so lucky that we live in this world and dying because we can easily
world and dying because we can easily
world and dying because we can easily communicate with one another
communicate with one another
communicate with one another sorry it was like a little spider that
sorry it was like a little spider that
sorry it was like a little spider that kind of just jumped up my nose here the
kind of just jumped up my nose here the
kind of just jumped up my nose here the good news
good news
good news what are the odds no but we are lucky to
what are the odds no but we are lucky to
what are the odds no but we are lucky to live in this world of time because in
live in this world of time because in
live in this world of time because in history women women’s voices were
history women women’s voices were
history women women’s voices were oppressed
oppressed
oppressed social races and color we’re never
social races and color we’re never
social races and color we’re never allowed in the same room but here we are
allowed in the same room but here we are
allowed in the same room but here we are today who’s from Cebu a job ok who was
today who’s from Cebu a job ok who was
today who’s from Cebu a job ok who was born in Cebu is anyone in this room not
born in Cebu is anyone in this room not
born in Cebu is anyone in this room not from the Philippines
from the Philippines
from the Philippines no one okay so all Filipino good whoa
no one okay so all Filipino good whoa
no one okay so all Filipino good whoa right no but I’m bringing these points
right no but I’m bringing these points
right no but I’m bringing these points up because I’d like to introduce a
up because I’d like to introduce a
up because I’d like to introduce a little bit of myself to all of you
little bit of myself to all of you
little bit of myself to all of you clearly I’m half but myself and half a
clearly I’m half but myself and half a
clearly I’m half but myself and half a Papa he’s Croatian he’s a musician in
Papa he’s Croatian he’s a musician in
Papa he’s Croatian he’s a musician in the philosopher aku mama he a guy you
the philosopher aku mama he a guy you
the philosopher aku mama he a guy you see I will say oh she loves dancing
see I will say oh she loves dancing
see I will say oh she loves dancing she’s also beauty queen they both love
she’s also beauty queen they both love
she’s also beauty queen they both love music and when they have me they
music and when they have me they
music and when they have me they actually brought me the concerts while I
actually brought me the concerts while I
actually brought me the concerts while I was in my mother’s womb
was in my mother’s womb
was in my mother’s womb they loved entertainment performing and
they loved entertainment performing and
they loved entertainment performing and being around other people why because
being around other people why because
being around other people why because they love people they loved entertaining
they love people they loved entertaining
they love people they loved entertaining and they liked seeing other people happy
and they liked seeing other people happy
and they liked seeing other people happy it meant so much to them and possibly
it meant so much to them and possibly
it meant so much to them and possibly because both of their parents were very
because both of their parents were very
because both of their parents were very kind of nature both of grandparents on
kind of nature both of grandparents on
kind of nature both of grandparents on my grandparents on both sides
my grandparents on both sides
my grandparents on both sides agricultural it’s gardeners they were
agricultural it’s gardeners they were
agricultural it’s gardeners they were all but suck them all I think is a
all but suck them all I think is a
all but suck them all I think is a family and two like together it was
family and two like together it was
family and two like together it was passionately had for all the things that
passionately had for all the things that
passionately had for all the things that they do and maybe that’s why they all
they do and maybe that’s why they all
they do and maybe that’s why they all love food it’s because of the flavor
love food it’s because of the flavor
love food it’s because of the flavor that you have any book you can taste it
that you have any book you can taste it
that you have any book you can taste it and the mica I do not so what my parents
and the mica I do not so what my parents
and the mica I do not so what my parents and their careers of entertainment of
and their careers of entertainment of
and their careers of entertainment of course it’s risky at times you have to
course it’s risky at times you have to
course it’s risky at times you have to take that risk
take that risk
take that risk but they taught me that you have to try
but they taught me that you have to try
but they taught me that you have to try something new because you never know
something new because you never know
something new because you never know unless you try
unless you try
unless you try so two and a half years old they decided
so two and a half years old they decided
so two and a half years old they decided to separate and that’s when I moved here
to separate and that’s when I moved here
to separate and that’s when I moved here to Cebu and I grew up it must have been
to Cebu and I grew up it must have been
to Cebu and I grew up it must have been out it’s a little burn up guy in the
out it’s a little burn up guy in the
out it’s a little burn up guy in the boogie and all of my neighbors
boogie and all of my neighbors
boogie and all of my neighbors that I grew up there with were farmers
that I grew up there with were farmers
that I grew up there with were farmers and agriculturists were fishermen they
and agriculturists were fishermen they
and agriculturists were fishermen they didn’t have a lot but what strikes me
didn’t have a lot but what strikes me
didn’t have a lot but what strikes me most the people that I grew up with
most the people that I grew up with
most the people that I grew up with there so they were so compassionate they
there so they were so compassionate they
there so they were so compassionate they didn’t have a lot but they shared
didn’t have a lot but they shared
didn’t have a lot but they shared whatever they have to their fellow
whatever they have to their fellow
whatever they have to their fellow neighbor even though they couldn’t think
neighbor even though they couldn’t think
neighbor even though they couldn’t think that’s a sorry Side Story it’s like
that’s a sorry Side Story it’s like
that’s a sorry Side Story it’s like pretty cool more like you carry the
pretty cool more like you carry the
pretty cool more like you carry the table and a thing and then move by a
table and a thing and then move by a
table and a thing and then move by a buckle when yeah anything so the people
buckle when yeah anything so the people
buckle when yeah anything so the people that I grew up there with my grandmother
that I grew up there with my grandmother
that I grew up there with my grandmother my mom his brother my uncle and my mom
my mom his brother my uncle and my mom
my mom his brother my uncle and my mom we were all very close us three together
we were all very close us three together
we were all very close us three together and the relationships that I’ve created
and the relationships that I’ve created
and the relationships that I’ve created with those people there well I think
with those people there well I think
with those people there well I think lasts a lifetime
lasts a lifetime
lasts a lifetime because when will you ever have a five
because when will you ever have a five
because when will you ever have a five year old girl walking her pet crop no
year old girl walking her pet crop no
year old girl walking her pet crop no the rocky roads or have a giant lizard
the rocky roads or have a giant lizard
the rocky roads or have a giant lizard in her living room where will you see a
in her living room where will you see a
in her living room where will you see a girl like flammable mango tree or some
girl like flammable mango tree or some
girl like flammable mango tree or some mangoes from her neighbor like I can’t
mangoes from her neighbor like I can’t
mangoes from her neighbor like I can’t borrow some that goes I hope that’s okay
borrow some that goes I hope that’s okay
borrow some that goes I hope that’s okay they didn’t really mind because we’re
they didn’t really mind because we’re
they didn’t really mind because we’re all kind of here just tried to survive
all kind of here just tried to survive
all kind of here just tried to survive anyway who began but people are
anyway who began but people are
anyway who began but people are forgiving that’s what I’ve learned from
forgiving that’s what I’ve learned from
forgiving that’s what I’ve learned from growing up there people are tender and
growing up there people are tender and
growing up there people are tender and kind and I was lucky that when I was
kind and I was lucky that when I was
kind and I was lucky that when I was around seven eight years old my mother
around seven eight years old my mother
around seven eight years old my mother met my stepfather and he’s this generous
met my stepfather and he’s this generous
met my stepfather and he’s this generous and kind loving man and I was being so
and kind loving man and I was being so
and kind loving man and I was being so hard at one point that one day I’d have
hard at one point that one day I’d have
hard at one point that one day I’d have a younger brother and he came he came
a younger brother and he came he came
a younger brother and he came he came into this world and I’m very blessed to
into this world and I’m very blessed to
into this world and I’m very blessed to have him because he’s this young man was
have him because he’s this young man was
have him because he’s this young man was growing up in a time where there’s so
growing up in a time where there’s so
growing up in a time where there’s so much technology and so many youngsters
much technology and so many youngsters
much technology and so many youngsters his age they don’t understand that there
his age they don’t understand that there
his age they don’t understand that there is more to just what they’re standing up
is more to just what they’re standing up
is more to just what they’re standing up on their screen all day so when I see
on their screen all day so when I see
on their screen all day so when I see you people because this passion is also
you people because this passion is also
you people because this passion is also singing any likes to sing and when he
singing any likes to sing and when he
singing any likes to sing and when he sings it sounds like he’s really it’s
sings it sounds like he’s really it’s
sings it sounds like he’s really it’s like an angel almost and I think it’s
like an angel almost and I think it’s
like an angel almost and I think it’s because of the heart that he hasn’t
because of the heart that he hasn’t
because of the heart that he hasn’t from what her grandmother raises to be
from what her grandmother raises to be
from what her grandmother raises to be its so eventually when my mom and my
its so eventually when my mom and my
its so eventually when my mom and my stepfather I moved here to the city and
stepfather I moved here to the city and
stepfather I moved here to the city and then I went to school to national school
then I went to school to national school
then I went to school to national school for 13 years
for 13 years
for 13 years what is this relevant well when I’m very
what is this relevant well when I’m very
what is this relevant well when I’m very blessed with to have attended that
blessed with to have attended that
blessed with to have attended that school was all the opportunities I was
school was all the opportunities I was
school was all the opportunities I was able to experience I competed rock
able to experience I competed rock
able to experience I competed rock climbing here in Cebu and also the
climbing here in Cebu and also the
climbing here in Cebu and also the entire Philippines I was also in the
entire Philippines I was also in the
entire Philippines I was also in the school band played guitar I thought I
school band played guitar I thought I
school band played guitar I thought I was in choir for about three years and
was in choir for about three years and
was in choir for about three years and then I joined basketball volleyball and
then I joined basketball volleyball and
then I joined basketball volleyball and lucu nice picked on volleyball football
lucu nice picked on volleyball football
lucu nice picked on volleyball football teams like leap sports ribbit but at the
teams like leap sports ribbit but at the
teams like leap sports ribbit but at the same time I was juggling performing arts
same time I was juggling performing arts
same time I was juggling performing arts as I’ve been singing and dancing and
as I’ve been singing and dancing and
as I’ve been singing and dancing and seeing people happy and that was the one
seeing people happy and that was the one
seeing people happy and that was the one thing that I really enjoyed was the
thing that I really enjoyed was the
thing that I really enjoyed was the memories that I shared with these people
memories that I shared with these people
memories that I shared with these people and the communication and when you take
and the communication and when you take
and the communication and when you take a risk you never know what the outcome
a risk you never know what the outcome
a risk you never know what the outcome could be just like the seconds next into
could be just like the seconds next into
could be just like the seconds next into the future you never know what the
the future you never know what the
the future you never know what the outcome is life can be so spontaneous
outcome is life can be so spontaneous
outcome is life can be so spontaneous sometimes but you never really know what
sometimes but you never really know what
sometimes but you never really know what would happen Saturday last week I lost
would happen Saturday last week I lost
would happen Saturday last week I lost my uncle who really taught me so much in
my uncle who really taught me so much in
my uncle who really taught me so much in my lifetime
my lifetime
my lifetime so far I’m only 19 years old so my 19
so far I’m only 19 years old so my 19
so far I’m only 19 years old so my 19 years of existence he’s taught me a lot
years of existence he’s taught me a lot
years of existence he’s taught me a lot the one thing that my mom always
the one thing that my mom always
the one thing that my mom always emphasized on was courage and kindness
emphasized on was courage and kindness
emphasized on was courage and kindness these are two traits that are so
these are two traits that are so
these are two traits that are so important they can take you so far in
important they can take you so far in
important they can take you so far in life because when your eyes to the
life because when your eyes to the
life because when your eyes to the person that you communicate with when
person that you communicate with when
person that you communicate with when you believe in the words that you share
you believe in the words that you share
you believe in the words that you share with another human being with the way
with another human being with the way
with another human being with the way that you started to talk to share your
that you started to talk to share your
that you started to talk to share your idea how do you communicate yourself
idea how do you communicate yourself
idea how do you communicate yourself whether it’s verbal or nonverbal it says
whether it’s verbal or nonverbal it says
whether it’s verbal or nonverbal it says a lot about who you are so why
a lot about who you are so why
a lot about who you are so why handle because hopefully I can help
handle because hopefully I can help
handle because hopefully I can help bring your flame to be bigger because
bring your flame to be bigger because
bring your flame to be bigger because inside all of you in this room you can
inside all of you in this room you can
inside all of you in this room you can do anything as long as you’re who you
do anything as long as you’re who you
do anything as long as you’re who you are and where you come from freely
are and where you come from freely
are and where you come from freely influences that your family wherever
influences that your family wherever
influences that your family wherever they may be right now possibly very
they may be right now possibly very
they may be right now possibly very proud of all the accomplishments that
proud of all the accomplishments that
proud of all the accomplishments that you have and also where in your journey
you have and also where in your journey
you have and also where in your journey will take you so it’s important to have
will take you so it’s important to have
will take you so it’s important to have that passion because that passion will
that passion because that passion will
that passion because that passion will drive you to persevere there any
drive you to persevere there any
drive you to persevere there any difficulty you may be facing you have to
difficulty you may be facing you have to
difficulty you may be facing you have to be patient because sometimes in that
be patient because sometimes in that
be patient because sometimes in that moment it might not be it for you but
moment it might not be it for you but
moment it might not be it for you but life is all about learning it’s all
life is all about learning it’s all
life is all about learning it’s all about growing so reflect and always
about growing so reflect and always
about growing so reflect and always appreciate the people and the lesson but
appreciate the people and the lesson but
appreciate the people and the lesson but you have to take in your life and lastly
you have to take in your life and lastly
you have to take in your life and lastly pray because when you talk to the
pray because when you talk to the
pray because when you talk to the universe when you talk to your ancestors
universe when you talk to your ancestors
universe when you talk to your ancestors they may not be there physically with
they may not be there physically with
they may not be there physically with you but they’ll always be there with you
you but they’ll always be there with you
you but they’ll always be there with you so it’s even Cassie Cassie not jitna
so it’s even Cassie Cassie not jitna
so it’s even Cassie Cassie not jitna they’re always there with you wherever
they’re always there with you wherever
they’re always there with you wherever you go that’s why when you trip and you
you go that’s why when you trip and you
you go that’s why when you trip and you follow you is get back up on your knees
follow you is get back up on your knees
follow you is get back up on your knees so be passionate persevere be patient
so be passionate persevere be patient
so be passionate persevere be patient have the courage and the kindness to be
have the courage and the kindness to be
have the courage and the kindness to be vulnerable and connect to anyone and
vulnerable and connect to anyone and
vulnerable and connect to anyone and don’t forget to pray because I mean oh
don’t forget to pray because I mean oh
don’t forget to pray because I mean oh oh is always there with you so with that
I want you all to go home today and I
I want you all to go home today and I want you to ask yourselves
[Music]
[Music] what do you live for
what do you live for
what do you live for what makes your life worth living
what makes your life worth living
what makes your life worth living because my experience from the
because my experience from the
because my experience from the opportunities of the iPod my life is
opportunities of the iPod my life is
opportunities of the iPod my life is worth living because it makes me happy
worth living because it makes me happy
worth living because it makes me happy to see my family happy when they seem
to see my family happy when they seem
to see my family happy when they seem I’m hosting an event or an I’m striking
I’m hosting an event or an I’m striking
I’m hosting an event or an I’m striking on the catwalk and the designer says
on the catwalk and the designer says
on the catwalk and the designer says that the dress or whatever I was wearing
that the dress or whatever I was wearing
that the dress or whatever I was wearing was sold it makes me happy to know that
was sold it makes me happy to know that
was sold it makes me happy to know that I’ve done my part and journey miserable
I’ve done my part and journey miserable
I’ve done my part and journey miserable and seeing all the people there excited
and seeing all the people there excited
and seeing all the people there excited with me I felt like it was a room full
with me I felt like it was a room full
with me I felt like it was a room full of but other than something to spare me
of but other than something to spare me
of but other than something to spare me nervous it’s not warm and that’s because
nervous it’s not warm and that’s because
nervous it’s not warm and that’s because when you let yourself go and you’re just
when you let yourself go and you’re just
when you let yourself go and you’re just who you are people will connect the back
who you are people will connect the back
who you are people will connect the back and at the end of the day we’re all here
and at the end of the day we’re all here
and at the end of the day we’re all here in your feel emotions so I’d like you to
in your feel emotions so I’d like you to
in your feel emotions so I’d like you to ask yourselves what do you live for
ask yourselves what do you live for
ask yourselves what do you live for I know what makes your life worth living
I know what makes your life worth living
I know what makes your life worth living thank you
thank you
thank you [Music]
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