Every now and then, like once or twice a year, I give a personal finance talk upon the invitation of friends. Giving talks take a lot out of me because I'm not comfortable being in front of an audience and it takes me hours and hours to come up with a presentation. But I do it just the same because I get to see my friends and it's a different kind of high to be sharing my passion to others.
These videos were taken middle of last year at a government agency where some friends worked. They invited me to give a short personal finance lecture to the agency's drivers and other employees.


What I remember most fondly about this particular lecture was the open forum at the end where one of the participants talked about his own "kayod" moments to put his kids through school. By then, his kids were already finished with their education and so he was pretty much taking it easy. You could really hear the pride in his voice and he had a positive "if I can do it, so can yo…