"Even ants can build castles...what's your excuse?"

I was born in Mindanao at Butuan City where the Balangay Festival is celebrated every May 19th of the year. My mother was a stay-at-home mom and my father was a tricycle driver. I’m the 2nd child of the family with an elder brother and younger sister. We used to live in a small “Kubo house”, too small that we have to sleep all together in one room.

My brother used to gang up on me – and I mean that literally! He would tease me and make me cry… so I’ll admit he was not my favorite person on the planet. On the other hand, my younger sister has no excuse too from my brother’s cruelty, so I have to protect her against him every time he would gang up on her.

In the year 2007, I was only in 2nd-year high school at that time when my father died due to cardiac arrest. Not too soon, in the year 2014, my mother died in stage 5 breast cancer. A lot of circumstances happened when we lost our parents at a very young age but God’s not dead, not a single day he let us starve to death. My brother works in a wood company while I work in a photography business. At the age of 22, I pursue college and decided to move out of the house to become a working student. But after a year in college, sadly, I had to stop because I’m not satisfied with the compensation I got from working 8 hours a day like I can’t even buy my own bathing soap. I then traveled to Cagayan De Oro City to look for a better opportunity and I wasn’t wrong, for I am living here now for almost 3 years happy and satisfied.


My dream in life is to become a Civil Engineer, look for a job that suits my career and buys my own house with a wide lawn for my pets. Aside from that, I always dream of helping random strangers and do some charity on a poor family like I’ll sponsor one of their kids' education. Of course, my siblings aren’t out of the picture, I'll help them first before helping anyone else.

I believe that failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong. My motivation in life is basically

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