LIVING THE BEDAN LIFE
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS – CLASS 2011
SAN BEDA COLLEGE, MENDIOLA, MANILA
4:00 PM, FRIDAY, 1ST APRIL 2011

SALUTATION

REVEREND FATHER ABBOTT, FATHER RECTOR, DEAN JUANILLO, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION, FELLOW BEDANS, MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2011: MAGANDANG HAPON SA INYONG LAHAT.
IT IS A GENUINE PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK TO THE PLACE WHICH LAUNCHED MY OWN JOURNEY IN LIFE – A JOURNEY OF PREPARATION AND DISCOVERY.

I’M ALSO DELIGHTED BY HOW WELL BOTH OUR SENIOR AND JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAMS DID IN LAST YEAR’S NCAA. WE MUST BE CHAMPIONS AGAIN IN 2011!
BUT I MUST ADMIT THAT WHENEVER I STEP THROUGH THE MAIN GATE INTO THIS PLAZA MONTSERRAT, I STOP BEING YOUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, AND REVERT TO THE YOUNG MAN WHO GREW UP WITHIN THESE WALLS. SO TODAY, AS I LOOK UPON YOUR YOUNG FACES, I CANNOT HELP BUT LOOK BACK TO MY OWN TIME IN SAN BEDA, AND REFLECT ON WHAT IT DID TO HELP ME WITH MY LIFE. Continue...