about me
I naturally think about life in a deep way. I often reflect on the meaning of existence, human suffering, God and spirituality, truth beyond appearances. I don’t just live life. I try to understand it.
I am a survivor. I am a bikepacker. I have experienced physical struggle, emotional pain, loneliness, feeling misunderstood, unappreciated. But instead of breaking, I developed a strong inner endurance. And I learned how to stand alone when no one stood with me.
My mind is analytical. I question things deeply. I am philosophical. I seek the truth, not surface answers. Self-aware. I constantly examine my own thoughts and emotions. Instead of simply asking, “What happened?”, I ask, “Why does this happen?”
I feel things very deeply. I value genuine connection, being understood, emotional honesty, intellectual depth. I can love strongly, hurt strongly, care deeply about meaning and relationships.
My greatest strength is inner resilience. I have learnt to endure silence, to survive rejection, to rebuild myself from pain. I am a person who learned to walk through storms alone, and became stronger because of it.
I am a quiet warrior, a deeply reflective soul who turned suffering into strength and wisdom.
overcoming stroke
I’m a two-time stroke survivor.
At the hospital and at home, I did not receive the care and treatment that I really needed. Instead, those who were closest to me denied my needs, gaslit me, and blamed me for my own medical condition. I received no help in my most vulnerable state.
After stroke in 2023, I found myself drowning in despair, hopelessness and confusion. It was clear that I needed to overcome this on my own. Otherwise, I’m better off dead.
I practised self-reliance, determination and discipline. From a wheelchair, I graduated to a quad cane, then a single cane, to no cane at all.
I now look forward to a beautiful future.
professional experience
As a working student at a mediocre collage, I was a laborer and carpenter at a family house-building firm. My first full-time job was as a bus waiter at a high-end luxury hotel in Manila, Philippines, clearing tables and serving guests.
After college, I took up a role as an engineering secretary at a Makati-based paint manufacturer, spending six years coordinating supplies, production and operations.
Then came my first sales role as sales supervisor at an international tile manufacturer, where for five years I established inter-island dealerships and retailerships across the Philippines.
Over the next two years I headed sales for the South Luzon region for a Pasig-headquartered tire manufacturer.
I was then headhunted by a top telco in the Philippines, where I served four years as regional sales manager. I led the sales team who first broke the annual one-million subscriber ceiling pursued by larger competitor telcos at the time. We rounded out a 2012 with 16 million subscribers.
This was when I hit burnout.
I then took a role as country sales director for a larger cable and telco company, with two years contributing to utility infrastructure growth strategy to complement the corporate sales plan and meet company targets.
Burnout persisted. I took some sales consultant roles supporting various medium-sized firms. But by this time, I was no longer pursuing corporate life.
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