What a wonderful time Christmas season is! Last night we had our Christmas Celebration at a Valle Verde Clubhouse and it was well attended by the members and special guests of the Pasig Realtors’ Board. There was good food and dancing until midnight.  There was also entertainment and lots of beautiful company.

Within the past two years I have witnessed the tremendous growth of the Pasig Realtors Board (with membership doubling). It attracted a lot of well respected people of good standing in the real estate industry. Being with these people makes me very proud of being a Pasig Realtor.

The party preparation was really great. I can’t help but notice the high level of volunteerism and the superb quality of service within the board. For me, this shows the maturity and character of a lot of its members. If I may add, a good example of this volunteerism and selfless service is the work of Ms. Olive Ramos. She not only follows up everyone whenever we have activities, she goes out of her way to serve.

I remember last July, when the licensing of brokers and agents with the DTI were about to expire, she got the much needed documents for the licensing of one of my agents at the McDonald’s parking (of all places)!

Ms. Olive Ramos (center) receiving a PAREB award

Unfortunately this year, Ms. Olive’s brother died and she had to go to Chicago to attend the wake in a very short notice. I happend to be there visiting my family after attending the National Association of Realtors convention in New Orleans. By stroke of luck, even with all the different airline schedules and the choice of different carriers, her flight back to the Philippines happened to be the same as mine.

When we met at the O’Hare airport, we found out that her baggage was overweight by 10 pounds. Since I was travelling lightly, I took the extra pounds and happily muscled her heavy carry-on luggage up the overhead bins. We were seated closely so I took over the lifting.

She was so thankful to God for the coincidence, but she didn’t know that I was more thankful to God for letting me serve her back for her services to us in the board.

Now I know there is really truth to the saying “what goes around, comes around”.

Happy Holidays everyone!