ACB 2nd Advance Manual Project #4: Scalar Energy: Theory & Principles

Advance Manual : 226-H Technical Presentation
Project # 4    : Presenting a Technical Paper
Title          : Scalar Energy: Theory & Principles
Delivered at   : PICPA Riyadh Toastmasters Club
Evaluated by   : CC/CL Meynard Austria
Target Norm    : Advance Communicator Bronze

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I am pretty sure; most of us here knows or at least heard about the oil crisis in 2007-2008. Prices of oil shot to almost $150 per barrel.  The feel the crippling effect when the prices of our basic commodities and utilities started to increase by hundred folds.

In the Philippines, there was a standing a joke that is it is necessary to take some medicines before going to a gasoline stations, lest you might encounter heart attack once the bill for a full-tank comes out.
In Saudi Arabia though, we didn’t feel this pain because gasoline is subsidized… and likewise our food.

Good evening fellow toastmasters and guests.

Energy!  The single most precious commodity that everyone needs in this planet!
The quest for the energy source is not new.  Even our ancient forefathers had the same problem.  During their times, the source of energy was man himself, animal, and eventually they progressed and created ingenious tool which enables them to produce energy from wood, coal, steam, hydro, and etc. 

In the 18th century, we discovered black gold – or oil as the new source of energy.  And by 19th century, scientists harness the atom which leads to the extraction of huge amount of energy via nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. Yet all of the above sources of known energy are finite and exhaustible.  Man still dream of an ultimate source of energy!

Tonight Fellow Toastmasters, let me share to you an article about Scalar Energy – dubbed as the new source of Energy for the future.  I will be discussing the theory behind it and its potential applications!

What is Scalar Energy?

Scalar Energy is a subset of the set of theories commonly known as the Scalar Field Theory.  This theory was made popular by Thomas E. Bearden a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. Army who claims to be "active in the study of scalar electromagnetics, advanced electrodynamics, unified field theory, and overunity systems".

Bearden created a big stir in the scientific community during the 1980s when he claimed that the current Maxwell’s Equation is not complete as it only considers the Vector Field component and discarded the Scalar Field Component of Electromagnetism.   Bearden further engage the scientific community when he daringly proposes an Over Unity Theory by combining the theory of Gravitation, Vector Electromagnetics, and his proposed Scalar Electromagnetics.

Before going further into Scalar Energy, let me review the basic principles behind the Vector Field Theory.   There are four equations that govern the behavior of the Vector Fields and these are commonly known as the Maxwell’s Equations.

These four equations are commonly known as the Gauss’ Law for Electricity, Gauss’ Law for Magnetism, Faraday’s Law of Induction, and Ampere’s Law.

The mathematical representations of these equations are as follows.   (see slide)

Graphical representation of the Vector Field Theory shows the tangential relationship between the Magnetic Field and Electric Field over a specific direction of propagation.  Practically all models of our energy sources were derived from this theory.  An example would be a motor which when properly controlled, generates electricity when the magnetic field is manipulated.  In the same principle, a rotor generates magnetic field when the electric field is manipulated.

Vector Electromagnetics basically defines everything that made us “modern”.  Thus when the concept of Scalar Electromagnetics was introduced, this was “snubbed” and was relegated as pseudoscience. Bearden explained that a Scalar Electromagnetic can be created when two common generated by having two oscillations anti-parallel with each other, each originating from opposite charge sources.    When the energy vectors meet, the equal frequencies cancel each other leaving a static or stationary form of energy and zero frequency.

Scalar Field Theory predicted that with the cancellation of the net direction, the electromagnetic wave will not propagate over a three dimensional space.   Imagine the waves not as running along wire or shooting out in beams, but a wave that tends to “fill” its environment.  In layman’s term, imagine these wave as heat or temperature (not direction) rather than light with direction.

What makes scalar electromagnetic remarkable is because of the following properties:
1.    Scalar Energy does not radiate as waves but expands outwards in circles of energy
2.    Instead of being focused in beams or running along wires, it tends to fill its environment
3.    They are unbounded and capable of passing through solid matter and implant its signature on them
4.    This energy has the capacity to carry information
5.    Scalar Energy do not decay over time or distance from their source

The first two characteristics of the Scalar Energy is obvious and may not require observations.  Characteristics 3 & 4 draw skepticism as this claims cannot be measured  but Scalar defenders claims that the current instruments were designed to measure vector properties such as frequency and wavelengths. The scientific community deeply criticize the claims of Scalar Energy that does not decay of time or distance as this will directly violates the 1st law of Thermodynamics – which is the conservation of energy, that is, the sum of all energy is zero.   The claim will create a new paradigm that the sum of all energy is infinity!

Is this possible?   Probably!

Bearden in his book Energy from the Vacuum: Concepts & Principles  claims that non observable EM energy flux can be extracted or derived from vacuum’s active virtual state.   In layman’s parlance, Bearden introduces the facet of the 4^th dimension – which is time – in the 3 dimensional space of our reality, as the source of energy.

Bearden based his claims on the original Maxwell Manuscript which includes the concept of complex numbers in the Quartenion Matrix.  He posits that the three variables x-y-z represents the Euclidian space and j as the time variable.

Using the basic properties of complex numbers

                -j -> j     is the change of time

This can also be represented as

                -t -> t  ≈  ∆t  

Note that time has no direction and is a scalar quantity, hence the equation is still in its scalar form.

The prediction of Scalar Energy  is not new.  When James Clerk Maxwell publish his work “A Treatise on Electricity & Magnetism” in 1873, Maxwell presented the principles and theory for Electromagnetics using 20 variables.  This resulted to the original 20 Maxwell Equations.

Maxwell’s student named John Henry Poynting made a breakthrough on the magnitude and direction of Electromagnetics.  His work was later known as the Poynting Vector.

Independent from Poynting, another brilliant mathematician named Oliver Heaviside co-discovered the Poynting Vector.  Heaviside further simplified the original 20 equations by dropping the number of variables from 20 to 2.  He argued that 16 equations were expressed in complex number which includes imaginary number – something that may not be manifested in a real world.  Beside, only the real numbers are observable and can be proven as truth.

Heaviside’s successfully “summarized” Maxwell’s work into four equations which now governs the now known Electromagnetic Theory.  In essence, according to Bearden, Heaviside drastically reduces and not summarize Maxwell’s work.  He throw away the Scalar portion of the Electromagnetics.

In 1905, Nicola Tesla while working on an experiment on Transverse Wave Interference in New York, he accidentally discovered the existence of Scalar Energy.   The inadvertently set the two interferometer into -180x0 degrees at each other.  Tesla notice a large absence of Transverse  Wave on the joined area of the two interferometer.  He recreated this discovery in his laboratory in Colorado and predicted the existence of the Longitudinal Wave Interference – now known as the Scalar Waves.

Tesla observed the four characteristics of this “newly found field” as follows.     (see slide)

The new discovery did not dwell in the Physics community at that time. Few years back, Tesla himself pioneered in the commercial application of the Vector Electromagnetics.  Together with George Westinghouse, they build the largest AC Power Generator of the world.  The power was used to light up the entire East Coast of the USA.

He was mocked and branded “crazy” because of his sudden departure in the widely accepted Vector Theory.  His foremost enemy Thomas Alba Edison – who just lost the DC Power Generation as a standard – accused him as a mad scientist. Tesla’s work on Scalar Field was never made known to the public.

Other independent Scalar Energy but did not understood the phenomenon.   Semyon Kirlian discovered that at very high voltage an object can emit small corona discharges.  The discharge changes as the voltage changes. 

Bearden claimed that this is a manifestation of a Scalar Wave that carries signature or information across an object.

Of the five characteristics of a Scalar Energy, the claim that it does not decay over time gained the most notoriety.

In 1998, Bearden and his colleagues developed the schematics of the a machine they called Motionless Electromagnetic Generator (MEG).  They claimed that MEG can “power up” a bulb without an aid of external power source… just the MEG alone.

Years later, hobbyist and amateur physicist claimed that they have duplicated the MEG prototype with little or no modification on the original schematics.

Despite numerous publications, lectures, and claims of proof Scalar Energy – until now – is never been recognized in the Scientific Community.
Is Scalar Energy Real?  Skeptics and criticize Scalar Field theory as
•    It has no mathematical foundation – vector has Maxwell-Heaviside Equations
•    The claimed Longitudinal Waves is not observable
•    It violates the current Laws of Electromagnetics
•    No validated by refutable scientific institution
•    No commercial or “build-able” model available

If… just if… Scalar Energy is true, think of the impact it can bring to the world.
•    Free energy.  Oil will become obsolete
•    Communication signal that can cross any physical hindrance
•    Unthinkable power of Tesla Howitzers.  Ability to control weather
•    Cures diseases


In closing, let me remind you of the following scientist:
•    Isaac Newtown was initially branded crazy when he invented Calculus
•    Galileo Galilei was tried, beaten up and put under lifetime house arrest for his heliocentric model of the universe
•    Albert Einstein was ridiculed and was outcast while starting the theory of relativity
•    Max Planck during  initially had a bitter fight with Einstein because of his Quantum Theory

I believe that Scalar Energy is real!  How about you?

Back to you evening master!

ACB 2nd Advance Manual Project #3: Lights to Pixel

Advance Manual : 226-H Technical Presentation
Project # 3    : The Non Technical Audience
Title          : Lights to Pixel
Delivered at   : Toast of Comsofil Toastmasters Club
Evaluated by   : ACB/CL Salvador Villalino
Target Norm    : Advance Communicator Bronze

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Who among you here, has seen a digital camera?  Or should I say, how many of us here has at least one digital camera. It could be a Point-and-Shoot camera, a miniature camera from a cell phone or a high end one a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera.  And I would bet… all us has one way or another,  has used a digital camera.  

Good evening fellow toastmasters and guests.

How about reversing the question.  How many of us here has seen or used a film-based camera?  Let me some hands.   Gee… there are still quite a few of us who belongs to the Jurassic Era of photography. 

<<slide 2>>

Do you still remember that few years ago, camera often looks likes these… and you would carry a bunch of small rolls called films which you load to your camera before taking pictures?

And you would always make sure that every shot you made counts because you are limited to the number of film you have at hand?   Of course, we all can relate.  Besides, we are in the same age bracket.  Isn’t it?

<<slide 3>>

Lately, you may have seen some gizmos or small apparatus that take pictures but in a rather different way.  Young adult and even teenagers regularly carry a small Point-and-Shoot camera which we often called a “Digital Camera”.  Or perhaps you’ve heard people talked about taking pictures using Web-Camera.   And yes, the even cell phones has advanced so much it now carries its own power to take pictures.  Teenagers and even kids enjoyed the power of the camera phone they take many picture of themselves and post it to Friendster or Facebook.  Those small roll of films simply banished, instead it was replaced with memory cards which can hold up to thousand of pictures vs. few dozen on a film.   Perhaps, you can see professional photographers strut their latest digital SLRs to their heart’s content just to show off how expensive their cameras are!

<<slide 4>>

Amidst the advancement of technology,  have you even asked this simple question?  “How does a camera works “?   Perhaps on corollary, you may even ask “How does a digital camera works”?

Let’s take a look! The lens forms the image

In physics, an image may be formed once you put a lens between an image and a converging plane.  It is expressed as S1 – the distance between the lens and the object and S2 the distance between the lens and the imaging plane.   As per law of physics, the image will naturally appears inverted relative to the orientation of the subject.

For example if you are taking a picture of man, the resulting image would appear as inverted man in the imaging plane.

<<slide 5>>

The phenomenon of projecting an image onto a plane is not new.  This was observed during the time of Aristotle who help develop a rudimentary Pinhole Box to observe solar eclipse.  We still use Pinhole boxes to observe solar eclipse, do we?

The application was not limited to solar eclipse.  They also notice that an image of a tree can be projected inside a Pinhole box.  However, the image disappears once the subject was taken out of focus.

The problem now is “How to record or capture the image permanently”

<<slide 6>>

For over a thousand years, the problem lingers.  In the early 1000AD, an Arab inventor Alhazen (Ibn Al-Haytham)  enhanced the design of the pinhole into a much more complex machine called Camera Obscura.    For the first time, a lens was inserted in the hole to magnify the image.  They discovered that by changing the lens, they can control the magnification of an image – make it big or make it small.

<<slide 7>>

European inventors tried to improve the design of camera obscura, which eventually became the foundation of modern camera.

Yet, the problem still lingers.  The projected image disappears once the subject is taken out of focus.

Did you know that some “ingenious” artist use camera obscura as a template for their paintings.  By tracing, they can “capture” the projected image.  

<<slide 8>>

A breakthrough happened on the hot summer of 1827.   French inventor Joseph Nicephore Niepce successfully made the first photographic image using the Camera Obscura.  Instead of tracing, Niepce thought of letting the light draw the image.   

Niepce’s photographs were produced on a polished pewter plate covered with a petroleum derivative called bitumen of Judea. Bitumen hardens with exposure to light. The unhardened material may then be washed away and the metal plate polished, rendering a negative image which then may be coated with ink and impressed upon paper, producing a print

However, Niepce's photograph required eight hours of light exposure to create and after appearing would soon fade away.

Niépce also began experimenting with silver compounds based on a Johann Heinrich Schultz discovery in 1724 that a silver and chalk mixture darkens when exposed to light.

<<slide 9>>

Joseph made several photographs but it was crude and extremely “ugly”.  Most of his works were destroyed or discarded into the waste basket.   There is only one known surviving photography made by Joseph.  This was taken from the window of his house and took more than 12 hours of exposure.

<<slide 10>>

Niepce’s intuitive idea of allowing the light to draw the image pave way to the advent of photography.  The problem shifted on how to capture the image but how to improve the quality of the captured image.   Everyone agrees that the answer lies on the type of medium to use.

Niepce’s work on metal and silver was generally categorized as heliographs.

A fellow Frenchman Louis Daguerre   found a way to minimize the exposure time to 30 minutes and to keep the image from disappearing afterwards.  Daguerre's process 'fixed' the images onto a sheet of silver-plated copper. He polished the silver and coated it in iodine, creating a surface that was sensitive to light. Then, he put the plate in a camera and exposed it for a few minutes. After the image was painted by light, Daguerre bathed the plate in a solution of silver chloride. This process created a lasting image, one that would not change if exposed to light.  This method has been known as the Dageurotype.

Other media type were also discovered.  Notable among these are:

• Sensitized paper – paper covered with silver salt solution. Invented by Henry Fox Talbot

Talbot sensitized paper to light with a silver salt solution. He then exposed the paper to light. The background became black, and the subject was rendered in gradations of grey. This was a negative image, and from the paper negative, Talbot made contact prints, reversing the light and shadows to create a detailed picture. In 1841, he perfected this paper-negative process and called it a calotype, Greek for beautiful picture.

• Tintypes

Tintypes, patented in 1856 by Hamilton Smith, were another medium that heralded the birth of photography. A thin sheet of iron was used to provide a base for light-sensitive material, yielding a positive image.

• Wet Plate Negatives

In 1851, Frederick Scoff Archer, an English sculptor, invented the wet plate negative. Using a viscous solution of collodion, he coated glass with light-sensitive silver salts. Because it was glass and not paper, this wet plate created a more stable and detailed negative.

Photography advanced considerably when sensitized materials could be coated on plate glass. However, wet plates had to be developed quickly before the emulsion dried. In the field this meant carrying along a portable darkroom.

• Dry Plate Negatives & Hand-held Cameras

In 1879, the dry plate was invented, a glass negative plate with a dried gelatin emulsion. Dry plates could be stored for a period of time. Photographers no longer needed portable darkrooms and could now hire technicians to develop their photographs. Dry processes absorbed light quickly so rapidly that the hand-held camera was now possible.

<<slide 11>>

• Flexible Roll Film

In 1889, George Eastman invented film with a base that was flexible, unbreakable, and could be rolled. Emulsions coated on a cellulose nitrate film base, such as Eastman's, made the mass-produced box camera a reality.

• Color Photographs

In the early 1940s, commercially viable color films (except Kodachrome, introduced in 1935) were brought to the market. These films used the modern technology of dye-coupled colors in which a chemical process connects the three dye layers together to create an apparent color image

• Digital Sensors

First introduced in early 1980s, digital sensor slowly gain acceptance as the medium of choice for photography.   As the advances of technology flourish, the initial problem on digital sensor eventually vanish. At present, the quality of digital sensor has reach the level of that in film and some pundits even claim it has surpass it.  If you look around, 99% of camera are powered by digital sensor: may it be phone camera, point-and-shoot up to the powerful DSLRs.

<<slide 12>>

From plates to film to the current trend in sensor and memory cards, what do you think would be the future?

Back to you evening master!

ACB 1st Advance Manual Project #4: Voltes V

Advance Manual : 226-K   Story Telling
Project # 4    : The Touching Story
Title          : Voltes V
Delivered at   : PICPA Riyadh Toastmasters Club
Evaluated by   : ACB/CL Roi Ontiveros
Target Norm    : Advance Communicator Bronze

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Opening

Have you ever had this mania over an item or items and could not explain why you have such fetish?  It could be a toy, food or perhaps a place of importance.  I do have my share too… and only one but many: sunny-side-up eggs, rubber shoes, and countless more.

Good evening fellow toastmasters! 

Allow me to share a story of a boy who had a fetish for television and cartoons.  His name was Dongkoy.

 

Body

It was one late afternoon, a typical Saturday in the province of Cotabato.

Dongkoy was still standing in the middle of the basketball field clueless of what has just happened.  With an orange dodge ball in his hands, he tried to aim for a target but there was nobody in there.  Few meters away, he watches as his playmates runs off towards his cousin’s house.  

 

“Taran-tan-taran” the familiar song filled the air! 

“Voltes-V”, his sisters shouted, and they also started running towards his cousin’s house.  The turtle-speed Dongkoy found himself running too, but he was not fast enough to gain entrance at the house.   He tried to push the dark wooden door but it was heavy and was locked from the inside.  Meekly, he knocks on the door but no one seems to hear.   His two sisters didn’t make it too, and they were squatting on the side trying to get a peek on what’s happening inside through the sliver of the door. 

“Let’s volts in”, the blurted a static voice from the TV… and follows a thunderous applause and cheer of his friends – inside the house.  Unable to contain his frustrations, he bangs the door and cried “Let me in”.   Like percussion drums, his two sisters joined in banging the door and murmuring in little voices “let us in”.   Irritated perhaps, his cousin pops up from the window and shouted “Hoy, don’t bang the door”.  

“Let us in”, Dongkoy begs.

“With your mud packed ginger feet? No way”!    His cousin then disappeared.

Dongkoy thought of washing his feet but the nearest faucet was too far he was afraid; the TV shows would be finish before he could go back.   

“If only we have slippers”, he sobbed and embraced his sisters. 

“Laser Sword”, the children shouted in chorus – from the inside.   

Dongkoy’s two sisters were getting restless. They really wanted to watch the show.  By hook or by crook, he must find a way to get inside.  Dongkoy saw a heap of copra few meters away.  He gathered two large coconuts and used it as ledge, stood on it and bingo his head reached the window!  He smiled when saw the gleaming white screen of the TV.  He could now watch the show. Yes!

He was about to enjoy the show, but his sisters started pulling his pants, shouting “me too”.  Dongkoy tried to mount her sister on one coconut, but alas, her sister was simply too small to reach the window.  The youngest was worse.  She doesn’t even know how to stand on a coconut.  No choice, he carried his sister on his shoulder to allow her to watch the TV show.  Few minutes later, she would bring her down… just to carry the other sister and let her watch the show.   While the two sisters take turn watching the show, their telegraphic narration was more than enough to let Dongkoy imagine how the show went by.

Dongkoy didn’t bother that his hands were turning purple.  He has only one thing in his mind:  allow her sisters to watch the show… so they can talk about it, later.   An hour seems an eternity, yet with a little patience they made it through.   Their friends have started going out.  

“Nyeyeye, they didn’t see”, teased the bully kids.

Dongkoy didn’t mind.  With both sisters in each hand, he just smiled and they walked merrily along the muddy path towards home. The sisters tried to fight back, but he argued “It’s alright; someday we will have one – not black and white but big colored TV”.

Over an oil lamp that night, Dongkoy and his sisters talked about the show.   Each sister takes turns as they narrate what they saw.  Dongkoy also added characters and event – that were totally out of the show.   They associated the villains among the bully in their neighborhood. They all laugh as they realized that the story that they were sharing has transformed into a reality TV show.

They fall asleep together with big smiles on their lips.
   

Closing

Thirty five years later, Dongkoy fulfilled his promised.  He bought a forty-two inch LCD TV and had been enjoying the old copies of the Voltes-V show.  His sisters had their TVs too, and perhaps also watch old re-runs of Voltes V.

Thirty five years later, Dongkoy and his sisters still share stories – not about Voltes V but stories of their lives.   

Thirty fives years later, I realized it was not the TV that matters, but the bonding that held us together that made us supportive and strong siblings.

Back to you evening master!

ACB 1st Advance Manual Project #3: The Brothers Kuya and Bunso

Advance Manual : 226-K   Story Telling
Project # 3    : The Moral of the Story
Title          : The Brothers Kuya and Bunso
Delivered at   : PICPA Riyadh Toastmasters Club
Evaluated by   : TM Allan Carodan
Target Norm    : Advance Communicator Bronze

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Opening

Set the mood of the story

When I was just a little boy, I asked my mother what will I be.  She just look at me in the eye and smile.   “Que Sera Sera What Ever will be will be, the future’s not ours to see, que sera sera”.  

Salutation

Good evening fellow toastmasters and guests.  I bet most of us here, in one point in our lives, asked the question “what will you be in the future”.  Now, that we are old… did someone asked that question to you?  
 

Body

Introduction

Few weeks ago, a good friend of mine asked the same question.  This time, he was not talking about growing up rather he was asking about his career.  I smiled at him and instead of answering the question, I shared him a story about the brothers Kuya and Bunso.  Allow me to share the same story to you.
 

The Story

Once upon a time, there were twin young brothers named Kuya and Bunso who lives near the edge of a huge forest.  They were orphans who has no else but themselves.  The twins grew up physically strong, courageous, and more importantly they were men of good heart. Every morning, they gather wood in the forest and the afternoon, they sell it in the city.  

One day in the forest, they heard a deep cry saying “help”. They look around and found an old lady, stuck in a large rock. Without second thought, they freed the lady and put bandages on her wound.

“Thank you”! “You are very good men”.  Said the old lady.   “I am not a fairy nor a witch, I’m just an ordinary old lady and has nothing for reward”.  The two brothers just smiled and started moving to gather wood.

“Wait”, the old woman called.  “I may not grant you a wish but I have something that could be interest to you”.  “Deep down the forest is a kingdom ruled by an evil king.  Free the people, save and marry the queen, and be a righteous king”.

The brother just look at each other, shrug their should, and continue walking.

That night, Bunso asked his brother.  “Kuya, do you believe on what the old lady said”?

“I don’t know, maybe it is true, maybe it is not”. “Nobody knows”.  “Even if it is true, I am not keen on taking my life into an unknown. Besides, I am already happy here”.

A long silence followed.   

“Kuya, I want to try”. 

“Then, let’s prepare for your journey”, Kuya answered.

That morning, the two brother embrace tightly as they say good bye to each other.  

“Be strong Bunso, be brave, and always believe in yourself”.  “Take my sword and protect yourself”.

And the journey begun.

Bunso travelled deep and far into the forest.  He encountered beasts of different kinds.  He slay a dragon, swam murky rivers, and killed crocodiles and snakes.  Until finally, he reached the wretched kingdom.   He didn’t waste time.  He start working on winning the hearts of populace, rally the people, and they overthrow the wicked king.  He married the queen and he ruled as a righteous king.

For forty years, the kingdom saw peace, abundance and extravagance.  But as he grow older, his heart became corrupt and he became wicked.  He ordered all his sons killed - because he was so greedy to gave up the thrown.  Little did he know, one of his son survived.  The young prince became the champion of the people and they overthrow him.

His son said “I will am not like you father, I will not kill you but you are vanished in this kingdom”.

Alone in the road, the old man was in shambles and in tears.  He is now paying for his sins.  With nowhere else to go, he decided to back to his old house.  

The road back home is now easier. Gone are the lions and dragons and no more deep rivers to cross.  But the old house still looks the same.  And his brother, though still alive, is already very old just like him.

They embrace and cried out of happiness.  Kuya prepared a sumptuous meal – the recipe courtesy of TM Richard – and they eat and drunk ‘till sundown.

That evening, asked his brother “Kuya, what happened to you when I left”.

Kuya answered. “I continued with my life: gather firewood, sell it to the city, visit some friends and then one day I met a young lady who became my wife”.  “We have children – whom has left the house because they started they own live somewhere, and my wife passed away few years ago”.  My life has been easy and simple.  I was happy, though.

“How about you, Bunso?”, Kuya asked.

Out of his slumber, Bunso told his adventure with glee and excitement.  His old muscle flexes as he narrate his adventure with the wild beast in the forest; his eyes sparkle as he narrate his first days as a king; and with tears, he recounted the last days when he became a wicked king and was vanished in the kingdom. 

“I failed, Kuya”.  He sobbed.

 “No my brother, you did not”.  Kuya interrupted.  “You may have lost a kingdom, your family, your name, but you have many things that I don’t have”.   “You made a choice, you experience an adventure, you have all the memories that I could only dream of”.  
 

Moral of the Story

Fellow Toastmasters, who are you in the story?  Are you the adventurous Bunso or the complacent Kuya? 

Me? I am definitely the personality of Bunso.  Twenty five years ago, I took my first steps of adventure and I am still walking in that path. I don’t know what will the end of this journey but one thing is for sure, I have lots of memories to remember!

Walking in the path of Kuya is not a bad choice.  That is his choice and he was happy with it.

To TM Jestrel , TM Lady, TM Neriss,  “You went up to the stage and participate, while I – we – just stayed in the sideline and watch as an audience”.  An experience you can treasure forever.

To my friend who asked me about the future of his career, … it is always your choice.  Don’t be afraid to make a decision. 

Fellow Toastmasters, did you made your choice in life?

In parting, I’d like to leave this quote from Aristotle.  “Twenty years from now, you will regret the decision you didn’t make more than the bad decision you made”

Back to you evening master!