Who is Rico "The ManueVoice" Sacro

Hey fellas! 👋 Rico's here, welcome to my first ever blog. 😁 

I am Rico Virtudazo Sacro, a young lad that originated in the province of Davao Oriental, but grew up in the city of Las Piñas and currently resides in the province of Cavite. So, to make the long story short, I came from a Spanish-Visayan bloodline just like most of our fellow Filipinos. And if you're truly PROUD PINOY, then you know the history already. By the way, don't assume that I can speak Castellano nor Visayan. Well, to be honest I can speak and understand a little bit Spanish, while I can enormously understand Visayan, since our mom used to talk to us in that way, but still I'm afraid to use that dialect, because I don't want to be judged by just committing a tad mistake.

On the other hand, I am an aspiring Radiologic Technologist ☢ and a campus journo for almost 5 years now. I handled the literature column in our publication during junior year and am still under the literature department. So, basically I write poems, stories, and the like. I'm also a youth servant in our church ⛪ where I embody our youth community in a wide district group of churches. Aside from being a good son, brother, cousin, uncle, brother-in-law, friend, classmate, believer, and grandfather?  Yep, I'm also a grandfather. It's because we're the very youngest members from the side of our father and it just so happened that my batch niece got a baby.

Hang on... is this part of yourself as well? ---Yeah, I think so. 😅 

Anyway, do you believe that life is a series of problem-solving opportunities according to Rick Warren? Because I do. Alright, let me share with you my "short" birthday post on Facebook, so that you can get what I mean.

P.S: It's in TagLish media, katamad mag-English eh heheh. 😄

"Pandemic has been a great challenge for all of us, especially for me. I've gained lots of empirical analysis and know the worth of collective behaviour.

'Empirical analysis and collective behaviour,' ito 'yong mga termino na kinahuhumalingan ng mga HUMSS student sa tuwing may recitation sa sociology class namin noon AHAHAH. Sa madaling salita, damang-dama lang naman namin ang pagiging social actors ng ating lipunan heheh. Sa kabilang banda, masasabi kong marami akong natamong empirical analysis/realization, sapagkat noong nagpandemya ay nasabi ko sa sarili ko na hindi ko malalamang kaya ko rin ang isang bagay, kung hindi ko naman ito susubukan at siyempre, dahil na rin sa tulak ng ating collective behaviour ay naisipan ko ring makipagsabayan sa trend, boring din kasi kapag after ng online classes ay wala kang ginagawa, saka kaunting tulong na rin sa'yo iyon financially, diba? (I'm pertaining to online job/gigs). So yeah, I've tried and I landed on the online setting where I am almost simultaneously doing teaching, while roughly listening to our online class (sorry sir, ma'am) heheh.

Ganoon pala kahirap kumita, kahit online? Subalit gayunman, kinakapos pa rin ako sa ESL teaching, kaya 'yon pati Tagalog tutoring ay pinasok ko na rin, pero wala eh. Talo ka talaga, kapag matumal 'yong mga linggo mong walang bookings AHAHAH. Kaya naman naghanap pa ako ng extra gigs (means not long-term or depende sa client mo). Ayon, pinasok ko na rin ang pagbo-voice over, translation, and transcription as well. Kung saan na-realized kong bampira pala ako AHAHAH. 🦇 (Tulog sa umaga, gising sa gabi para lang makapag-record ng solid na VO's at mas makapag-isip nang mainam, kung magsasalin man ako ng mga salita). Basta, sobrang saya, kahit na may ups and downs din. So iyon lang naman, I just felt na gawing avenue or outlet din ito to share my little experiences, while we're still together in this pandemic. Hoping that it would end in no time. Para naman sa lagom ng aking hinuha, ibig ko pong magpasalamat sa lahat ng mga bumati at babati pa lamang sa aking kaarawan. Gaya nga ng aking tinuran, "Talo ka talaga, kapag matumal 'yong mga linggo mong walang bookings." Ayon wala akong mga Kano (foreign students), VO, translation projects ngayon AHAHAH, kaya wala rin akong tangible handaan, but anyway thanks to my birthday verse for vouching the essence of good life and healthy body more than the usual food na mayroon ang isang birthday celebrator. (I reckon that it is planned, not coincidence).

So it says here: 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?"
~Matthew 6:25
Maraming salamat po Papa God, all glory belongs to You only! "

So, now... I'm going to ask you what you can infer from my short? ---testimony prior to the statement of Rick Warren? Do you think I gave up on the series of problems? I also know that life is a series of choices as well and that choice is not to stop and give up, but to continue and fight through life's obstacles. I know that I'm still young to profess this attribute of courage and wisdom, but I do believe that we have a perfect time frame from God and all this situation that I had until I turned 22 is good enough to say that I have learned something new and something quite inspiring. ☝ It shouldn't be this long, so let's call it a day for now. Stay up for the next blog, see you voicemates! 👊🎙