WHO HAS NOT SEEN STAR WARS:
THE FORCE AWAKENS (MOVIE)?
Over the Christmas holidays a lot of people were talking about the recently released Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie. The anticipated release of this movie was tremendous. Any science fiction fan and lovers of great stories alike could not wait for the movie to be shown. I have to admit that it was an exciting movie to watch. A new chapter of the Star Wars series was revealed to us and sets the stage for possible interesting plot lines. New generations of fans are being created while maintaining and satisfying the appetite of the die hard original fans. After finally seeing the movie my entire family gave it a “thumbs up”. To us, the hype was justified. The day after seeing the movie it made me think about PBUSA (Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA). The fact that the new year was coming- thoughts about the upcoming year was inevitable.
For PBUSA , I was thinking about, like Star Wars, a new chapter has been revealed. One of the new topics of that chapter for PBUSA is the NEXTGEN. Things within this part of PBUSA are slowly unfolding that will hopefully prove to be amazing. Slowly but surely the young professionals are starting to take an active part in the organization. Current PBUSA NextGen members like Jacqueline Ferrer , Neil Estrada, Dean Lawrence Mandapat and Jesse Mandapat have begun to contribute their precious time to get this organization moving to its goal of consistently being an agent of change for the community of Pangasinanses here in the United States as well as in the Philippines.
Over the Christmas holidays, specifically at the PBUSA holiday party, an act of generosity was made by another PBUSA NEXTGEN member, Christine M. Celestine,, the managing partner of the BACKLINE GROUP along with the company’s other managing partner, Jorge Rodriguez, have generously donated $500 to PBUSA. This was an unsolicited donation. It was unfortunate that she could not attend the event but she was well represented by Jorge Rodriguez and his wife Neisha Hallum Rodriguez. Neisha is a director for Backline Group. It certainly was a great gesture. Whether it’s something small like participating in discussions in the the PBUSA Facebook page to something very significant like this act of generosity, everything matters in the spirit of support for the PBUSA NEXTGEN. Even if small but done consistently, these various gestures, services etc. will someday add up to something magnificent.
Like the movie, Star Wars, the stage is set for what exciting things are up ahead for PBUSA. I hope that we all continue to support the NEXTGEN. As current members, we need to fully grasp that to maintain and thrive on what has been established. We need to care, participate and contribute whatever talents you may have.
In the world of Star Wars, I would say “May The Force Be With You”. We all know that GOD is the true force so I will end by saying MAY GOD BLESS US ALL AND PBUSA!
BE WELL, BE THANKFUL AND BE GREAT!
FERDINAND “ BONG” SORIANO