Because we are late in greeting you and we also knew that 96 of

your friends greeted you on time, heres our simple message to you.
28 Random Things About Kuya Ben
1. He is a middle child (and me too). Thus, he knows about the
middle-child syndrome and he himself validated almost all what
the syndrome has to say.
2. He has a brother named Bob and they were classmates since
elementary. Bob is younger than him but better than him in
academic standing. Haha
3. Although Bob topped higher in acads than him, he was more
sikat because of his active involvements in extra-curricular
activities.
4. One of the most memorable activities he joined was when he
performed a certain katutubo folkdance where he actually
slaughtered a chicken on stage.
5. He was a former member of Ateneo Dignos. Yes, the sikat dance
group of Ateneo de Naga. Haha!
6. While being active in Dignos, he was serving his term as
Supreme Student Government President. Paano?
7. He was a suki of all student leadership and awards program.
Name it, he has it
8. He graduated class valedictorian in Ateneo.
9. He worked in Megaworld and he didnt like it.
10.

He had a girlfriend that we havent met.

11.
When he stares at you with his tantalizing eyes and cute
smile, something is melting in you. haha
12.
He feels comfortable putting powder on to his kili-kili and
all over his body.
13.
He loves long drive but he struggles whenever he has to
get a card in toll gate. Sometimes, he has to get his upper body
out of the car window to pull out the card. Haha.

14.
He has a dream of putting up a business, sort of a
commercial complex along Concepcion in Naga City. He even
likes to re-arrange the business districts in Bicol.
15.
If not the commercial complex, he thinks of developing
newlook or newluk or nyoluk or whatever kind of fish that
sort of variation of Dangit of Cebu.
16.
Whenever he goes for a vacation, he will not leave the
place without visiting the church and the market.
17.
When he speaks, he finds the best words to say and
thorough in explanation. Articulate!
18.
He has a timeline when he will get married. The only
missing is the bride. As he said.
19.
I first met him in Krispy Kreme The Fort when he and the
AYLC alumni did a mentoring session a night before our
interview. He was skinnier then. Haha.
20.
He went to Boracay twice. The first time, he got drunk. The
second time (with April, Marvin, and Me), he got drunker by
cheap Tequila. Haha
21.
He appreciates morena celebrities. The likes of Bianca
Gonzalez and Nikki Gil.
22.
23.

He wanted to grow lychee.

He is a good listener.

24.
He is a goal-oriented person and sees himself vividly of
what he will become in the future.
25.
He is really the icon of Project POGI. Haha! Seriously,
working with him in Project POGI gave us opportunity to become
closer not only as colleague in TOSP but deeper as a friend, as
kuya.
26.
He is the foundation of TOSP Bikol. Without him we could
never reach this far. Without him, we could have chosen our own
private lives. He always gives us reason to always give back and
go back to the organization that continuously molding us.

27.
He is leaving in few days from now to study abroad. As he
always said, he needs to equip himself so he can serve better the
community when he go back.
28.
April and I are in denial that he is leaving and that we will
miss him for 2 years, and that we dont know how to move
forward in Project POGI, and that we hope that we can spend
quality time before he leaves.
Thank you, Kuya Ben, for the friendship. Wishing you a happy, happy
birthday!
Love,
April and Di