Dayhanara Chie

09/08/2026

16/01/2026

The same God who made the sunrise, paints the sunset. 🌅✨

29/12/2025

Thank you!.🫶

14/11/2025

“Teacher, I’ve read so many books… but I’ve forgotten most of them. So what’s the point of reading?”

That was the question of a curious student to his Master. The teacher didn’t answer. He just looked at him in silence.

A few days later, they were sitting by a river, suddenly, the old man said:
“I’m thirsty. Bring me some water… but use that old strainer lying there on the ground.”

The student looked confused. It was a ridiculous request. How could anyone bring water in a strainer full of holes?

But he didn’t dare argue.

He picked up the strainer and tried.
Once. Twice. Over and over again…

He ran faster, angled it differently, even tried covering holes with his fingers. Nothing worked. He couldn’t hold a single drop.

Exhausted and frustrated, he dropped the strainer at the teacher’s feet and said:
“I’m sorry. I failed. It was impossible.”

The teacher looked at him kindly and said:
“You didn’t fail. Look at the strainer.”

The student glanced down… and noticed something.
The old, dark, dirty strainer was now shining clean. The water, though it never stayed, had washed it over and over until it gleamed.

The teacher continued:
“That’s what reading does. It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember every detail. It doesn’t matter if the knowledge seems to slip through, like water through a strainer…

Because while you read, your mind is refreshed.
Your spirit is renewed.
Your ideas are oxygenated.
And even if you don’t notice it right away, you’re being transformed from the inside out.”

That’s the true purpose of reading.
Not to fill your memory…
but to cleanse and enrich your soul.

22/10/2025

From 20 Pesos to a Billion-Dollar Empire — The John Gokongwei Story

Before he became one of the richest men in the Philippines,
John Gokongwei Jr. was just a teenage boy who lost everything.

At 13, his father died suddenly — leaving his family bankrupt and homeless.
The mansion was gone.
The cars were gone.
Even their family business collapsed overnight.

He had two choices: give up… or grind.
He chose to grind.

With only ₱20 pesos and a bicycle, he sold peanuts, soap, and candles in the streets of Cebu.
Every day, he rode for hours, sweating under the sun — just to earn a few centavos.
But he never complained.
He just kept going.

That same boy who once sold goods on a bike…
Would later build JG Summit Holdings — the parent company of Cebu Pacific, Robinsons, URC (Jack ‘n Jill), and more.
From 20 pesos… to a billion-dollar legacy.

John Gokongwei didn’t just build businesses —
he built himself through struggle.

He proved that:

Your starting point doesn’t define your ending.

You can lose everything, but if you keep your mindset strong, you’ll recover it all — and more.

Don’t wish for easier days, build stronger grit.

Because the truth is, success doesn’t happen in comfort.
It happens when you refuse to quit.

“I’m not afraid to fail. I’m afraid not to try.”
— John Gokongwei Jr.
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26/09/2025

Pag nag RETIRE ka, NEGOSYO bagsak mo.
Pag nag abroad ka, NEGOSYO parin bagsak mo. Kaya habang maaga pa NEGOSYO ang ISIPIN mo.😉

02/09/2025

𝟏𝟎 lessons from the book
𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤

1. 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤
Whenever you say something, live by it. Let people know you as a person who does what he says he will do. Always walk your talk.

2. 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧
No matter whats going on, always have a plan in life. Plan for the year. Plan for the next 2 years. Plan for the next 5 years. And plan for the next 20 years. Have a plan.

3. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐀 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟
Create a unique identity with what you do. Make sure you are known for doing something unique. Don’t get involved in what everyone is doing. Do something special.

4. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬
A clever man learns from his own mistakes, but a wise man learns from others’ mistakes. Learn from the mistakes of others. Study how others made errors and commit to avoiding them.

5. 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞

Be optimistic. Be positive. Share positivity with your colleagues, your friends and your acquaintance. The right attitude will attract you the right people to your life.

6. 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞
Smile when it’s getting tough. Smile when it’s hell. Smile no matter what.
And what sort of smile? Friendly, genuine—make sure it extends to your eyes—sincere, frank, honest, open, happy.

8. 𝐁𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥
At work you should retain your cool at all times and, no matter what, never ever lose your dignity. If there’s an office costume party, you can laugh and joke with everyone else, but let them do the dressing up. You remain apart from all that office nonsense.

8. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥
You can keep your regional accent; that’s not the problem. Look at why we speak—it is to communicate, to convey information—rather than how we speak. Speaking well means getting information across clearly and effectively. It doesn’t matter how you speak, but it does matter that you speak clearly

9. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬
You can’t afford to lose sight of your long-term goal for a second. For you there is no time off, no downtime, no loung-ing around time, no slipups, no mistakes, no accidental deviations from the script.

You have to become like a master criminal—they lead incredibly law-abiding lives because they can’t risk breaking a tiny law in case it draws attention to themselves and the really big crimes get revealed—and watch what you say and what you do.

10. 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟—Strengths and Weaknesses
If you are going to be a winner, you have to be incredibly objective about yourself. A lot of people can’t do this; they can’t turn the spotlight on themselves objectively enough or brightly enough to see themselves as others see them. And it’s not just how others see us; it’s also how we see ourselves. We all carry a mental image of ourselves—what we look like and sound like, what makes us tick; how we work—but how realistic is this image?

Thank you for reading.