I Embrace My Gift of Making People Smile - Bam Petilos

(This blog is 15th of a long series of profiles on friends and acquaintances I have met in my life journey. I invited them to share my spot because I believe in synergy, where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. We are parts of the whole, and together we are indeed great!)

(Photo by Anoy Catague)

A few years ago, after a long day of facilitating a workshop, I was given a massage by my new friend Lady Bam. In that short session, I felt Bam and myself forging a connection between us that would later become spiritually intimate. I went back home to Las Vegas, Bam remained in Davao, and we maintained our connection through FB groups. A few months ago, I learned that she had launched a fragrance business and was exploring other business possibilities related to wellness. In fact, she was one of the collaborators and writers in the book Remember Who You Really Are by Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan. Prior to the launching of the book, I asked Bam a few questions and she gave me a few short, happy answers. Bam’s brevity does show her essential nature as well as her authenticity in following her dreams.

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Dot: Please tell me a little bit about yourself.

Bam: My baptismal record says I am Benjamin T. Petilos Jr. but I prefer to be called Lady Bam. I finished AB Language and Literature and I love to play volleyball. I sooo love to sing and, at times, dance. I love to recite affirmations and I know it (reciting, that is,) works. I touch a tree when I am happy, sad, or worried, and I want my beloveds to realize that nature is our ally.

Dot: And your passion and life lessons? What beautiful changes are you seeing in the world now?

Bam: I am TV host of a tele-magazine travel show and radio anchor in a station in Davao where I talk about life and happiness. I feel I am one with everyone. I embrace my gifts of healing and intuition and the gift of making people smile and laugh. That is who I am, for I am the beautiful HappyNest!!! The nest of joy and bliss. I am thankful that despite the hi-tech world, people are more aware about the mystic that is actually not mystical but just part of the unchangeable truth - that we are ONE in GOD’S LOVE.

Dot: How would you use PhP500, 000 if the universe gave it to you next week? 

Bam: Well, I will eat alone at the most expensive eat-all-you-can restaurant, and then plan about who to feed after. The most expensive here is PhP 800. I want to feed as many as I could. Part of the money will be used to pay my debts. I want to be debt-free. But really, despite my financial challenges at times, I will never ever stop helping, sharing, and extending help in any way to the needy. I want part of the 500k to be used in the project De-Clutter and Decorate. I want to beautify rooms and give people a nice place to sleep in so that their mindset will be of abundance. I won’t fix the whole house; just the room, just to awaken them and let them move.

Dot: Is there anything else that you would like to tell me? 

Bam: Well, I want to tell you that I “blame” you for me being more focused in my journey about HAPPYNEST. You are one of my favorite influences. And while it’s true that I need and want money, well, like you, it’s not my great priority. Money is just part, but not a very big part, of my amazing journey. And thank you for your wisdom. I ask for your support in the book about HAPPYNEST that I shall write soonest. We are all nests of joy. Let’s spread love and happiness.

The happy Lady Bam can be found in Facebook as Bam T. Petilos. I look forward to buying her book on HappyNest very soon! Interestingly, she partners with Evelyn Princess Villaflor-Buendia in most of her activities in Davao. See Princess in my May 25, 2017 blog. Bam and Princess welcome your purchase of the book Remember Who You Really Are.