February 11, 2016 – A well-known
personality visited our school Asia Pacific College and filled our auditorium
with jokes and laughs with his impersonations, but more than that he shared us
his life’s greatest lessons.
Jon Santos as we commonly know him is one
the greatest personalities in the Philippine industry known for his comedic and
satiric acts that gave Filipinos somehow a break from the problems of everyday
life. He has parodies of almost all controversial and/or famous personalities
like Vilma Santos, Cory Aquno Mike Velarde, the 2016 Presidentiables and even
the the President itself Pres. Benigno Aquino III. He is born on January 18 1966 and a graduate of
University of the Philippines-Diliman with the degree BA in Economics. Mr. Jon
Santos is a gay and I think everyone has knowledge of that but what is surprising
is that he raised in a family of military men. He’s father is a soldier and his
mother is a daughter of a general and his grandfather is a valedictorian of the
Philippine Military Academy, but what is even more surprising is that he was
accepted easily, well maybe that’s because his family loved him so much. 
Jon Santos spoke in front of the Rams in
his talk entitled, “Follow your passion, I did!”. When he
is on the stage he just told us his story in a very natural way. It is like he
is just talking to his friends and he crack up jokes from time to time so that
we will be alive. I remember the part where in he cracked a long joke with everything
about the English grammar and what makes it even funnier is that he recited it
with the voice of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago. The joke lasted for about a
minute and everyone was just laughing at that time. As he continue his story he
keeps on saying that it will be a lot easier if he just do impersonating rather
than telling his story. but he also said that he is glad that APC invited him
as Jon Santos and not a impersonated personality, he said that others might
just invite as other person.
Mr Jon Santos compressed his life’s lessons in just 10.
And here they are:
1.Listen.
2. All learning will enrich you.
3. Learning what you love will make you even richer, make you the richest person.
4. Knowledge is everything.
5. Win the war before you fight it.
6. Adjust, adopt, evolve
7. This is all rootless strategy.
8. Always be grateful.
9. You are never alone in your journey. You are always going to be pilgrims.
10. Love yourself and then let go of yourself. Lose yourself because it’s the only way to live.
3. Learning what you love will make you even richer, make you the richest person.
4. Knowledge is everything.
5. Win the war before you fight it.
6. Adjust, adopt, evolve
7. This is all rootless strategy.
8. Always be grateful.
9. You are never alone in your journey. You are always going to be pilgrims.
10. Love yourself and then let go of yourself. Lose yourself because it’s the only way to live.
Mr. Jon said that
in normal occasions he is not that funny as everybody thinks and he is not cracking
up jokes if it is not prepared. But when I met personally I felt an aura of a
person who’s happy and free. Well what you can expect from someone who followed
his dream and ignore those who do not like him.
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