A Commencement Speech
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If the name Danny Ignacio sounds familiar to you, then he should because Danny is the top honcho of Eton Properties. The moment you meet this person you can sense a warmth in him, unpretentious and gentle, Danny sent me an email one day that carries the following words:
Dear Francis,
Please find attached my graduation speech at La Salle Canlubang yesterday. As you can see, I drew a lot of inspiration from your books, newspapers columns and speeches. Thank you for the opportunity to have met a great person like you.
Best regards,
Danny
With his permission, I am featuring his speech because there is such a depth of wisdom and lessons to be learned:
Court Humor
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I laughed so hard when I came across this material as they are (supposedly) things people actually said in court. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did. Enjoy!
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to the deposition notice I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Attend “I’m INSP!Red!”
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The seminar will be on April 2 from 9am to 5:30pm featuring 4 of the country's top inspiring speakers: James Lafferty of P&G, Butch Jimenez, Anthony Pangilinan and Francis Kong at Rockwell Cinema. For further inquiries call 687-2614 or 09178511115.
Dog-gone Life Lessons
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I am a dog person.
Some people love cats, I love dogs.
Do you know that the great Winston Churchill of England did not have dogs or cats as pets but he raised pigs? One day a reporter asked him: “Mr. Churchill, some people have dogs and some people prefer cats but why do you raise pigs for pets instead?” And the wily and witty statesman replied, “Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us and only pigs treat us as equals.”
Tragedy Into Blessing
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Johnny is in the midst of a long dry spell in Las Vegas. Lost all of his money gambling. Eventually he gambles away all his money and has to borrow a quarter from another gambler just to use the men's toilet. Now you have to understand that using the toilet facilities require putting a quarter into the slot. This is why he borrowed a quarter. Now guess what. Johnny finds a stall that happens to be open and pockets the quarter.
Believing that his luck has finally changed, he puts the quarter in a slot machine and hits the jackpot. He takes his winnings and goes to the blackjack table and turns his modest winnings into a million dollars.
No Regrets
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At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sport of canoe racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-man canoe race was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man by the name of Bill Havens. As the time for the Olympics neared, it became clear that Bill's wife would give birth to their first child about the time that the US team would be competing in the Paris games. And so Bill found himself in a dilemma.
Should he go to Paris and risk not being at his wife's side when their baby was born? Or should he withdraw from the team and remain with his family?