Inspiring stories on Life & Style

MANILA, Philippines - At times when things go amiss and everything seems bleak, one turns to Somebody Up There for help; yet there are also those who become depressed and helpless who will resort to self-destruction.

Watch Q-11’s Life and Style with Ricky Reyes today at 10 a.m. and you will realize that hope springs eternal.

Two real-life dramas will inspire the hopeless.

On WE (Women Empowerment) hosted by Mayor Marides Fernando, the story of an Overseas Filipino Worker named Rosemarie will be told. She fell in love with a Japanese national who left her when she got pregnant. Back in the country, the brave woman met a Filipino who married her and eventually became the father of her child. Rosemarie is now a jeepney operator with a loving husband and two children on her side.

Due to poverty a man who did not finish college found it hard to get employment and became a bum. After taking up motorcycle repair under the Tesda scholarship grant, he is now a successful mechanic. Watch his story in TESDA BIDA.

Host-producer Ricky Reyes will interview Ryza Cenon and KaBlog host Buddy Mercado about their graduation and decision to put on hold their college studies.