8 - The Man With Many Faces

Last February 11, 2016, we were able to forget the things that make us stressed and get encouraged by Mr. Jon Santos as he visited Asia Pacific College to conduct his talk about how he was able to live his life in this world. The title of the event is “Follow your passion, I did!” that was held at the APC Auditorium. 

Jonathan Adriano Santos is born on January 18, 1966. He is known for his great satirical impersonations. Some of his most popular impersonations are “Sherap Espada” and “Krissy Aquino.” Because of him, the people he impersonates become the topic to everyone including in the social media. 

As he starts to talk about his life, he told us that impersonation was never his plan of career. He graduated in UP Diliman with the Degree of BA Economics. While studying, he got involved in many activities that are far from his course such as comedy script writing, stand-up comedy, and of course impersonation. Through his stand-up comedy and impersonation, he was able to fund scholarships to economics students. 

In his talk, he gave us 10 lessons that he learned through his experience. And these 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.

 

 The main purpose of this event is to encourage students to pursue what they really want to do in life. It is never too late to speak and decide for yourself and start again.

Source: RAM Page