12/11/2025
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ โฑ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ
What if all you had left was โฑ10,000 in your pocket? What would you do with it?
Would you buy food to fill your familyโs table? Would you purchase new clothes for your childrenโs Christmas parties?
Or maybe treat yourself, after all, itโs your hard-earned money, something you can always earn again someday.
But for our celebrant, he took a different kind of gamble.
Not in casinos.
Not in betting games.
Not in chance.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ.
With his final savings, he placed an advertisement in a major newspaper to promote a humble training center he founded, an act of faith that would soon change countless lives.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ.
The road was never easy. There were trials, sleepless nights, and moments of uncertainty. But he pressed on, unstoppable, driven, and purposeful. He believed in his vision and poured every ounce of his heart into it.
That vision took form as the Makati Science Technological Institute of the Philippines, which would later give birth to institutions such as Lyceum de San Pablo, Lyceum Technological College, and other schools that will flourish in the future.
These institutions opened doors to deserving students, those who dream big but lack the means to afford high-cost universities.
They stand as beacons of opportunity, growth, and transformation.
His journey reminds us that great things often begin in the humblest ways. That faith, perseverance, and purpose can turn a small beginning into a lasting legacy.
Because of him, many have found their paths: Engineers, teachers, flight attendants, policemen, public servants, and dreamers who now stand tall because one man believed in the power of education.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ โฑ๐ญ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ณ๐๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป.
He is our president.
Our visionary leader.
A son, a father, a husband, a friend, a mentor.
But above all, an unstoppable dreamer.
๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฟ. ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ.
And today, we celebrate not just his birthday, but the story of how one dream, and one last โฑ10,000, changed lives forever.
Happy Birthday, Sir Eric!
May your vision continue to inspire us all to dream bravely, work passionately, and build legacies that last a lifetime.
