Before my trip to the Philippines, I was a very shy boy who lacked communications skills to its max. I still remembered how difficult it was for me to talk to others specially strangers even more if they were women despite their age. We had a 75 years neighbor whom I couldn’t look straight at and say hello, to the point that she told my mother once, “your son is too shy to the point that he doesn’t even look at me while saying hello! And after greetings runs away!” 

It was after attending a leadership seminar in our university held for Mr. and Miss Goodwill of our University that I wanted to learn public speaking. The speaker in the seminar motivated me and inspired to them point that after her speech I ran to her and told her, “I want to learn to speak like you!” she introduced me to a group of professionals from different fields, whom would gather weekly and learn about public speaking. During those years and after attending many seminars on self-help, leadership and management (though I was a Dental Student) I gained confidence and started giving speeches. I even became champion in public speaking in my division.