TRUST & CONFIDENCE: Have you ever been trusted fully from a strange friend?
By mcnathan
@mcNathan (186)
Philippines
January 25, 2019 7:50pm CST
I met a stranger from Canada, a tourist, a Lebanese Canadian citizenship who happened to trust me (unexpectedly). I was the first Filipino friend he met when I picked him up at the airport. I used to drive an Uber car before when I picked him up at the airport. We were together since day one of his two weeks vacation. Aside from visiting our city, he was scouting for a place which he was planning to invest his money for dockyard business.
We failed to find that elusive piece of lot he wanted for two weeks until he went back home. A couple of months since his vacation, he called me up and asking a favor if I could look for him a potential place for his dreamed business. That was the beginning of the FULL trust and confidence he gave to me. After a year of looking, I finally found one. He bought the property after a long period of time searching and a few months of negotiating the owner while he was still working at that time in Canada, at US$135,000. Now, the business is going on progress. He was able to form a Corporate Company in our city while he is still at Canada. This is the greatest and unforgettable achievement of my life achieved because of the unconditional trust and confidence given to me from an alien friend of mine while he is most of the time working at his home country.
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15 responses
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
He was lucky. He could have end up with a scammer or robber at that. Filipinos like you should be on every news to inspire people and not Robbed them.
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@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
hi rebel_woman ..good evening...yes..I decided to post this kind of discussion because there are lots of foreign nationals and even our own countrymen who were a victims of these opportunists and scammers. They dont care about the others whom they did this kind of bad activities for they were just thinking and securing only of themselves. They dont mind at all. This bad activities demerit us filipinos in terms of tourism industry in our country. If we could just take care and love this foreign nationals and even our own countrymen, the more our country could benefits the influx of tourist from different countries. Trust and confidence play an important role in our society so much more that we are known for our being very hospitable people.Thanks for responding anyway...good night and sweet dreams...
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 Jan 19
That is a very inspiring story. It's very rare to earn trust even from your own relatives and friends. He is a lucky guy for finding somebody like you and you are also lucky that you have met this person.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 Jan 19
@mcNathan I hope you have a restful sleep, good night.
@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
hi relcap..good evening...its true...am proud of myself for being trusted by someone not from my own race who has different customs and traditions but still he is undoubtedly invest not only his money but more on his full trust and confidence on what can i help base on my capacity to his proposed business..Thank you for responding ...sweet dreams...
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
thank you for sharing this wonderful experience. by the way, what is a dockyard business?
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
I think it's a place where ships are repaired or repainted or even fabricated.
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@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
hi hereand there and to you sunrise fan...sunrise fan is right hereandthere...dockyard is like a motor or vehicle or autoshop..only dockyard is more on fixing and detailing ships...thanks guys for participating, appreciated it really..good night everyone....
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
He's lucky to find someone like you. Nowadays, there are a lot who take advantage of the trust given to them. That's why it is hard to give full trust to strangers, and sometimes even to those who you think you already know. It's good he didn't meet those bad guys.
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@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
hi arbie bee..yes its true and I keep it that way not to break my friend's trust. Once i would do that, it is not only my own reputation will be destroyed but it includes all the Filipino cebuanos...he will tell all his friends in his country about how he been fooled by a Filipinos...How bad it would be for a Filipino living within his neighborhood...Good night and thanks for responding....
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
It is good you did not break that trust in you; and you helped him set up a business here in our country.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
@mcNathan it is a virtue; being credible is a jewel that a person has to take care of.
@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
hii @acelawrites good evening...thats something I could not afford to do it. Whatever your status in life good reputation makes anyone respectful to you and you cant be easily carried away from people whose mind setting are only of themselves without thinking of others situation. Thanks for responding and sweet dreams to you....
@ARN4567 (1061)
• Baguio, Philippines
26 Jan 19
It is not easy to put your trust to strangers especially these days and that concerns money, I supposed he felt that you are that kind of person that he can trust, and he is right...now a success formed by trust...I'm proud of you pare...or should I say Filipinos are proud of you......
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@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
Hi pareng Arnold good evening, yes you are right. Money is always a temptation becuase if you have lots of money you can do almost everything. But for me temptation is not really a sin, it can only be a sin once you will be tempted. I always be careful because my self reputation and dignities are at stake once these will be destroyed you ruin everything in your life....thanks for responding pare...good night....
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@MGjhaud (23228)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
A friend of mine shared the same story last month. His Australian boss gave him a much better offer, he jumped from being his employee to business partner. His employer(based in Australia) decided to put up a business in Cebu and my friend was task to lay the groundwork. Of course, he agreed right then and there. I was very happy for him. Such a blessing.
And to you, too.
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@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
HI joy good evening, Yes...I am glad there is another one like me who had same unforgettable experience like mine. We can really say..i am proud to be a filipino who had been given a vast and unconditional trust and confidence from someone who happened to be a stranger,thanks for responding...good night and sweet dreams to you
@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
27 Jan 19
Very nice of you to have offered help with him and gave your time and effort to assist him with his plans to invest in our country. Inam just curious about how the company was organized here. Was there a Filipino counterpart that was assigned to manage the business? Or you have become the partner already?
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@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Feb 19
hello rsa...what he did was, he created a filipino company here with some dummies as incorporators so he can acquire SEC certification..and it was all possible...it was done...right now we are buying few heavy machineries so we can start doing the land development....thanks for responding my friend...nice day ahead.....
@chavezrmc (6095)
• Philippines
27 Jan 19
That man is lucky to have found you. In all honesty it is never easy to trust someone. There are lots of scammers around online or offline world. We still have to be careful who are we going to trust.
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@allen0187 (59708)
• Philippines
22 Feb 19
You were a blessing for him.
Good for you.
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@jvincent_129 (4994)
• Philippines
4 Feb 19
It is really amazing how you find people like this. Trust must be shown vice versa and its amazing how you find a nobody and begin to trust each other. I'm sure he has benefitted from you and you can also benefit from him. And up to this point you are already more than just business partners and are now friends. You are lucky you have met someone like him.
I wished I could meet someone like him a foreigner. I know they will be helpful in the future , just to be honest.
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@mcNathan (186)
• Philippines
26 Feb 19
Hello Vin, like you before, that was one of my wishes. I just cant believe it was given to me UNEXPECTEDLY until now. God really is good and His blessings are unpredictable if you can wait patiently....thanks for responding...nice day ahead
@renicemae (4883)
• Philippines
12 Aug 19
Wow. That was really a great experience. You got a foreign friend to trust you fully. That means, you are someone trustworthy and reliable.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
•
5 Feb 19
That's great and you must of made quite an impression on your friend. Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.
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