Inspirational Story: A Speech from a Guest Speaker

This speech was happen during my high school graduation. Our speaker was Mr. Ramoncito Paden. He told us about his life story from a very poor to a very rich life. His father was farmer and his mother was an ordinary housewife. They lived in a simple life. He said his father was a “lassenggo” and doesn’t care about their life. He wants to escape the life he had but he couldn’t for the reason that they were a “family”. In order to improve their life, he used to sell vegetables together with his mother in their barrio. He studied very hard and graduated “valedictorian” in his elementary years. During his high school he was enrolled in a private school (which is also my alma mater) runned by the Religious Sisters of Mercy. He got a scholarship until 4th year. He said during their graduation, he was happy and at the same time sad. He was happy for he graduated as “salutatorian” and sad for his parents could not afford to send him to college. He was not able to study for years. So he decided to go to his aunt in Manila, who was rumored to be a rich. With courage, he went to Manila without a ticket from a ship. He was with the animals in the ship during travel time. During meal time, he used to eat the chicken’s egg. Arriving in Manila, he was so surprised that his aunt was just a maid of a rich man. Knowing that situation, he was so hopeless. He then became a “boy” of a rich man. The rich man know that Ramon wants to go to college. The rich man helped him to pursue his studies. Mr. Paden was then enrolled to a university in Manila with the course of Computer Engineering. He graduated, landed a good paying job and now He is working in Canada. He stated in his speech, that “Patience is really a virtue that one must possess”.