AN ADDED INSPIRATION: Sen. Manny Villar received the “People of the Year 2008” award from HSBC CEO Mark Watkinson and Stargate chairman Choy Cojuangco during the People Asia magazine’s awards night held at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel. Villar, a “self-made man”, began as a fish vendor in Navotas and Tondo. As a young boy, he helped his mother peddle fish and other seafood and later parlayed P10, 000 capital into a multi-billion conglomerate.