Loud and Proud but Always Proving

Like what he always says, if there is one thing that UP taught him really well, that is none other than arrogance. Being a UP graduate, he is a loud and proud UPian. But don’t get him wrong. This streak of arrogance does not just end with pure loudness in terms of words.

“The problem with other UP graduates is they just brag and do nothing to prove what they brag about,” he said once. He believes that being in UP adds up to one’s confidence and arrogance but these all go to waste when nothing is done to put the words into actions and prove them.

And like what he usually tells the people around him, confidence, pride, and some amount of arrogance are actually good things as long as they give birth to actions that are powerful enough to translate goals into tangible successes.

“The problem with Filipinos sometimes is too much humility,” he even criticized. For him, awareness of one’s greatness is actually very helpful for with this begins motivation to do better. He also pointed out that Filipinos’ intense humility often cause people to just refuse when being complimented instead of being proud of their strengths in the fear of being judged as too proud or boastful. And because of this desire to please people around, instead of advancing forward, they just remain where they are.

So, he himself is not too humble and he knows that. He is proud of what he is and everything he has already achieved but like what was mentioned earlier, things do not just end here. He keeps on showing the world what he has got. Although he knows that some might be irritated by this characteristic of him thinking that he is being too much, he cares not. He does not live to please everyone after all.

“The thing is, even if you try to be humble, they are still going to judge you,” he said. So, instead of just being too humble just to please the people around, he chooses to be he loud and proud person he is.

However, apart from the things already mentioned, it is also amazing how he uses his sense of pride to inspire more people most especially the young ones. And like what he usually tells young people whenever he speaks of his numerous achievements, “I am not saying this to brag but to inspire you.” Truly, through these, people do get the idea that nothing is impossible most especially when you believe in yourself.