Nanay Nalia January 25, 2016

Monday was a good day at work. A really good day. We had a center meeting and met Nanay Nalia. She was the coolest. She sported cheetah leggings with a hole in the bum and her bright pink undies poking through. She was one woman who truly wants to succeed and thinks she can do so. She smiled a lot and did lots of hand expressions. She is a masseuse and does home service massages. From the numbers she is claiming she does pretty well. She also sells herbal medicine. Philippines version of doTerra maybe? Haha We asked a lot of questions. If she did a lot of home massages she could make bank. I thought back to the eyebrow parties and wondered if you could do something similar. It isn't exactly home service anymore but she could do more without spending so much time traveling, women could go to a home in their neighborhood which would be easier than going into town. She wouldn't have to pay to rent or own a place. And she would set up the next time the clients come that time so she would always have repeating customers. And she could sell her herbs too if she wanted. It might be hard to explain that concept and work out the logistics. We will see. Anyway, she asked us what the business secret was. She said she has figured out one of them but needed help with the other. The first she said was time management. She has managed being a wife, mother, businesswoman, and friend. David explained the second secret in Tagalog. So it is still a secret to me too. He wrote out some stuff and drew some things on a piece of paper I had brought while he was teaching her. She had us sign our autographs so she could give us some credit when she made it big. Oh and we will be using the "business secret" thing again. People love that. For example, last week I was with mentor Bennie and we walked through a neighborhood that had a few hopia factories. Apparently that is like a hopia central. I couldn't figure out why all four of the hopia factories were built right next to each other. If one person has an idea everybody thinks it is a good idea to do it I guess. Anyway, there was one hopia store that outsold the rest. Bennie said it is because they have a secret ingredient that makes theirs so much better than the rest but won't tell what it is or how it makes it better. Hopia is a cookie type thing that is thick and kind of flaky. The texture is hard to describe, almost grainy or super powdery. Not terrible but not my favorite. I have had it twice now since being here.