in the presence of greatness

this week, i spent a lot of time taking in from the experts...

first from ashoka VP oliver kayser.

ashoka is a network and fund for the world's best social entrepreneurs.

beside oliver is one of ayala's head honchos (since they were the ones who brought him in).

i expected more from the small roundtable, honestly. i guess since i've read up so much on this field, i know a lot about it already. *nerd*

so the afternoon was more of a reassurance than a new lesson learned. (although i did learn that poland's gov't had good stuff we could learn from... more about that later...)

i also attended the 'creativity' anniversary talk at SLAB by my idol, gilda cordero.

she started the discussion with an activity with a table we were supposed to think of as something else...

here were some of the ideas...

a kariton...

a jeepney...

an insufficient shelter from the rain...

(guy underneath is an ADB head honcho)

(his wife makes things from trash... like this necklace she made from casette tapes, plastic blob from factories, etc... but more on her another time...)

kate used it as a stage and sang 'usahay' beautifully...

massage 'table'...

the rest of the talk was a discussion facilitated by the-1-billion-peso-science-museum-in-the-fort curator maribel garcia (more on her later)...

there was a lot of discussion... but to tell you the truth, i really would have rather heard more from the goddess.

but a little bird told me she was tired... i mean she is 79... but her spirit is definitely younger than all of ours.

anyway it's an honor just the same to be among all these greats.

yun lang :)