my boss loved the speech i wrote! :)

this is the speech i wrote for my boss for her turnover as Pres. Noynoy's appointee to spearhead the Land Transportation Office...
she said she loved the speech and said that i write good. (goosebumps all over me when she said that)
and she used it on her first day at work during the flag ceremony.
its just so awe-inspiring hearing her deliver this speech that i wrote for her. :)
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LTO ASSISTANT SEC. VIRGINIA TORRES
Department of Transportation and Communication
Land Transportation Office

[greetings to the honoraries and other guests present....]

I would want to thank the people who came here today to witness the beginning of my task as the new new Assistant Secretary. I thank you because I know that you are one with me in this goal to make the Land Transportation Office commit itself to excellent public service. The enormity of my task is already at hand, but everyone's presence here today - from the familiar faces up to the ones I am yet to get acquainted with - gives me enough courage to go on and accept this huge challenge.

It may sound as a cliche, but this moment, this scene that I am having is truly beyond my wildest dreams. It never occurred to me before that this moment will be possible - that one day, I will be able to rise from the ranks and be tasked to spearhead this office's vision of a well-developed transport system. But God gave me this for a special purpose and I have no option to decline. So from this day forward, I am already submitting myself to the duty of serving the people and the country through a well-functioning transportation.

I hope you all agree when I say that the Land Transportation Office plays a vital role in our country's progress. The accessibility of roads, the enforcement of traffic rules, and the 100% compliance of people to these rules are all contributing factors toward a progressive transport system and economy. Truly, the importance of this department cannot be overstated.

And with that being said, allow me this honor to introduce you to the "NEW LTO". In recent years, we have been plagued by accusations of corruption and malfunctions that taint the name of our good office, in more ways than one. Standing in front of our nation's commander-in-chief during this turn-over exercise, I commit to the task of eradicating this unbecoming image. Let us take a halt from the misunderstood image and pave the way towards clean and efficient public service.

As the new Assistant Secretary of Land Transportation Office, I will spearhead this drive to enforce the law of transport fair and square - no-in betweens, no honorary exemptions. The New LTO shall commence the drive towards clean and unadulterated public service.

There are two simple things that I want this NEW LTO to pursue - these are Transparency and Availability.

Transparency, I believe, is the core value of public service. Together with my colleagues who are here today, I am already committing this office to ensure that all transactions are geared towards transparent and clean public service. President Noynoy Aquino exemplified this drive towards change during his inaugural speech. as i quote "Walang lamangan, walang padrino, at walang pagnanakaw. Walang wang-wang, walang counter-flow, walang tong. Panahon na upang tayo ay muling magkawanggawa." This strong statement will also be the be-all and end-all of this office - we will strive to ensure that all actions are based on legality and clean and honest public service.

The next thing that this NEW LTO shall pursue is ACCESSIBILITY. I am giving my 100% commitment of my availability on this office. There will be no such thing as an elitist leadership. With my term as the Assistant Secretary, I will ensure of everyone's accessibility of my service. This department's hierarchy shall just serve as task organization - in the end, it will all boil down to this department's collective effort towards excellent and honest service. I will be one with you - because from the district office clerks up to this department's assistant secretary, we are LTO. We all function as one from the point-of-view of the observing public.

I am committing to the immediacy of the "NEW LTO" image. There should be no honeymooning period in this trying time. And with that, I commit to immediate, time-specific, and realistic action plans.

Indeed, the road towards these goals I mentioned are ready to be taken. It is a great honor for me to take the first step forward to this familiar road. There will be bumps and curves along the way, but with the right attitude, clean conscience, and dedication to the core value of public service, the road will come clean in the end.