Sunday, July 19, 2009

Reverse Culture Shock

Time flies so fast... and yeah, I have experienced all the warnings that VSO trainings told me..
so for other volunteers (and wanting to be volunteers), consider this a testimony. ^_^


so you think you'll get a red carpet welcome when you get here.. from all the hardships that you've encountered, challenges you have overcome, im sure we volunteers deserve it.. but it does not always happen.. life goes on.. others will be busy hearing your story, and will also get annoyed specially that you wont have money to make libre.


well, from my case I got the e-card from my company which will be viewed by a couple thousand of other employees.. and a chance to talk to Beth Lui and other senior execs on the "extra challenge"..


and hopefully raise awareness that volunteering indeed is not just for the Manangs or Rich kids who have nothing else to do with their money... but for skilled people also ;)


But aside from that, everything goes back to normal... parang ganto ang feeling -> GO BACK TO PROPER WORK!!!





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so before eye bugs creeps out of me, i still would like to see the bright side of life.. I went to the road less travelled, made genuine friends, lived with scarce money, yet it did seemed so much that I still got to travel, rode camels and elephants, see Taj Mahal and millimeter of Himalayas.... and lived my life to the fullest....


so I still say, even if its back to corporate reality, even if im back to my small cubicle, life is still good... so here I go spreading ripple effects of Good News..



and where did the ripple go? Here ye:


Friday, July 3, 2009

here I come Philippines kong Mahal

so I was happy stepping into the Philippine grounds! alive!!

and I talked to curious minds and I was glad to share to them what I have gone thru.

so they say, "parang Pilipinas lang"... and the continuation of the question of why didnt I helped my own country in the first place?

Actually.... I did... and I will be doing it again. That's why I went back right? To apply what I have learned from India to my own country.

Now the challenge is how do I that? Im a nobody in my own country.

hrrmmmm I dont need to be somebody to help in my own way, for ripple effects of goodness goes a long way.

here I go infecting love to everybody... may God help me. ^_^