Again and Again

CHANCE TO CHANGE  Have, you ever regretted the any instances in your life when you should have done something but because of some reasons, you weren't able to do ANYTHING?  Tonight I will this content share you how I changed the chances in my life from letting it passed, to grabbing and even creating them. There were too many of them but I will just concentrate to more Striking ones I was so fortunate that I was able to study in College without paying the any single cent as my sister was the employee of the School - Colegio de San Juan de Letran. The school was paying all of my tuition fees and my sister for miscellaneous or Call an Expert at  1-800-43-It worked that way and I did not have to maintain high GRADES to keep my scholarship.  On one Friday afternoon in the Year 2000, my professor in English Literature subject, Mrs. Santos, gave us an assignment. "Students, prepare a monologue and you will deliver it on a day that I will call out your name. So, you better be prepared." I didn't prepare at all as I was thinking I will not be CHOSEN immediately One day, she called my classmate and asked her to deliver her piece. Ms. Agustin, my classmate, said, "Sorry Ma'am, I am not ready." the I was hoping she's not calling the names in alphabetical order as I know my seatmates didn't prepare as well. The next names she called were Ms. Bano, then Mr. Borja, then Ms. Calumag then Ms. Cancino ... I didn't say anything but just moved my head horizontally.  When the I saw my class cards after that semester, she gave me a grade of 79%. It was a passing mark but it disqualified me from being a CANDIDATE for CumLaude My Sister's colleagues after seeing my class cards with line of 9 grades (90, 90, 90 but with 79%) advised - "Oh, you should approach your professor, you might regret this later." All I said to them was, "It's ok. It's my fault. "  In our community, I've been leading youth organization called the Parish Youth Ministry since 2000. We are not just involved in prayer in silence but we are also active in social activities the We have VARIETY shows such as singing, dancing and acting. And occasionally, we would have hard to invite me to participate but They Tried Acting Workshops to prepare the youths for the lent presentationIn most of those workshops, the while they were busy showing their acting talents, I was always on the Side just watching them. I'll always say no. They kept on convincing me, "it's the easy Just feel the character and Emotions will follow." I Tried doing it without others looking but I really could not. Do you know what my role was every time there's play? I was always the Director's assistant - holding the script, arranging the props, arranging lights and any other admin tasks, ALWAYS the Director ...  In 2007, the when I moved to Bermuda and had the chance to work with my colleagues who came from different countries (Bermuda, America, Sydney, South Africa, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, India & Scotland) that I would say even though we came from different countries, there's one common denominator among them, note it, among them not us . They love HAPPY HOUR! They also tried hard to invite me to join them but I always say no and only join them if someone was leaving the company. Not that I don't drink but I was afraid because I was not used to drinking Then, the for some unexpected Events, I was with others especially that I was not in my country.  transferred from Bermuda to USA Do you want to know how come I'm in HK now?  On one Friday night in 2010, the my officemate invited me to join them for happy hour. No one was leaving the company but just they were having a get together. I joined them and one of the chit-chats was about our career plans .... I told them I want to go back to Asia if there's an opportunity. One day, on the following week, the guy, Brian, who was in the happy hour, told me that he just found out that their manager, Ronald, is going to HK and I should be connected with Roger, (position). I didn't have second thought to approach Roger even though I didn't know him at all. I came to his office the following day, introduced myself and told him my career plans about going back to Asia. He told me, "You are so brave to approach a person you don't know and tell what you're telling now. I'll definitely contact you if there's any opening in my department. You can start searching vacancies now and let me know if there is any that interests you. "And the rest is Onaccount for storing files in my journal ...  Just last Saturday when I delivered my project 5 (Your Body Speaks), one of my evaluators, Derek, commented about improvement of My facial expressions . I was reminded of the days during Acting Workshop. If I had taken the chance before in improving my facial expressions, these things will be easier now. Though those chances were gone, there are new chances in front of me through Toastmasters that if I will grab, I know it will improve myself a lot. I've come to realize the difference of just being passive and being reactive about chances in my life. It doesn't matter how many times chances cross my path but it's how many times the I recognized them that if I will the react accordingly, it might lead to a change and a better change.  ----------------------------- - On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 3:58 PM CST (China) Cancino, Shiela M wrote: > CHANCE TO CHANGE > > Have you ever regretted any instances of your life that you should have done something but because of some reasons, you did not do ANYTHING? Tonight I will this content share you how I changed from letting the chances in my life. passed to grabbing and even creating them. There are too many of them but I will concentrate in a few of them. > > I was so fortunate that I was able to study in College without paying any single cent as my sister was employee of that school - Colegio de San Juan de Letran. The school was paying all of my tuition fees and my sister was paying all of the miscellaneous or Call an Expert at 1-800-43-. It worked that way and I did not have to the maintain high GRADES to keep my scholarship. > > One Friday afternoon in known Year 2000, my professor in the English Literature SUBJECT, Mrs. Santos, gave us assignment. "Students, the prepare a monologue and you will deliver it on a day that I will call out your name. So, you better be prepared. "I didn't prepare at all as I was thinking I will not be chosen immediately. One day, she called my classmate and asked her to deliver her piece, Ms. Agustin. My classmate said, "Sorry Ma'am, I am not ready." I was hoping she's not calling the names in alphabetical order as I know my seatmates didn't prepare as I did not say anything but just moved my head horizontally. > When the I saw my class cards after well. The next name she called was Ms Bano, then Mr. Borja, then Ms. Calumag then Ms. Cancino ... that semester, she gave me a grade of 79%. It's a passing mark but I will not be a candidate anymore for CumLaude. My sister's colleagues after seeing my class card with line of 9 grades (90, 90, 90 but with 79% ) ADVISED - "Oh, you should approach your professor, you might regret the this later." - All I said to them was, "It's ok It's my fault." > In our community, I've been leading youth organization called Parish Youth Ministry since 2000. We are not just involved in prayer in silence but we are also active in social activities. We have variety shows such as singing, dancing and acting. And occasionally, we would have Acting Workshop to prepare the youths for the lent presentation. On that workshop, while they were busy showing their acting talents I was on the side just watching them. They tried hard to invite me to participate but I'll always say no. They kept on convincing me, "it's easy. Just feel the character and emotions will follow. "I tried doing it without others looking but I really couldn't. Do you know my role was every time there's play? I was always the Director ... always the Director's assistant - holding the script , arranging the props, arranging lights and any other admin tasks. > In 2007, the when I moved to Bermuda and had the chance to work with my colleagues who came from different countries (Bermuda, America, Sydney, South Africa, Canada, Ireland , Jamaica, India & Scotland) that I would say even though we came from different countries, there's one common denominator among them, note it, common denominator among them not us. They love HAPPY HOUR! They also tried hard to invite me to join them but I always say no and only join them if someone was leaving the company. Not that I do not drink but I was afraid because I was not used to drinking with others especially I was not in my country. > Then, for some to Unexpected EVENTS, I was transferred from Bermuda to USA Do you to want to know how come I'm in HK now? > One Friday night in 2010, my officemate invited me to join them for happy hour No one was leaving the company but just they were having a get together. I joined them and one of the chit-chats was about our career plans .... I told them I want to go back to Asia if there's an opportunity. One day the following week, the guy, Brian, who was in the happy hour told me that he just found out that their manager, Ronald, is going to HK and I should be connected Roger. I didn't have second thought to approach Roger even though I didn ' t know him at all. I came to his office the following day, introduced myself and told him my career plans about going back to Asia. He told me, "You are so brave to approach a person you don't know and tell what you're telling now I'll definitely contact you if there's the any opening in. my department. You can start searching vacancies now and let me know if any that interests you. "And the rest is account for storing files in my journal ... > > Just last Saturday when I delivered my project 5 (Your Body Speaks), one of my evaluator, Derek, comments was about improvement of my facial expressions. I was reminded of the days during Acting Workshop. If I had taken the chance before in improving my facial expressions, these things will be easier now. Though those chances were gone, there are new chances in front of me through Toastmasters that if I will of grab - the pendulum swings a lot, it will a Desktop for myself. > > I've come to variously realize the difference of just being passive and being reactive about chances in my life. It doesn't matter how many times chances cross my path but it's how many times I recognized them that if I will react accordingly, it might lead to a change, a better change.