- 5/14/2025
What if ang susunod mong bahay ay powered by AI? 🏡✨
Earl Forlales started with bamboo houses and a dream. Mula sa pagiging co-founder ng CUBO Modular hanggang sa pagiging Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree, tinutulungan niya ang mga Pilipino na makahanap at makapundar ng mura at matibay na tirahan.
Ngayong CEO na siya ng TruNorth Homes, paano nga ba niya pinagpapatuloy ang kanyang misyon sa pagtatayo naman ng AI-powered houses? Paano ba nagsimula ang kanyang interes sa sustainable housing?
Panoorin ang nakaka-inspire na kuwentuhan dito lang sa Power Talks with Pia Arcangel!
Earl Forlales started with bamboo houses and a dream. Mula sa pagiging co-founder ng CUBO Modular hanggang sa pagiging Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree, tinutulungan niya ang mga Pilipino na makahanap at makapundar ng mura at matibay na tirahan.
Ngayong CEO na siya ng TruNorth Homes, paano nga ba niya pinagpapatuloy ang kanyang misyon sa pagtatayo naman ng AI-powered houses? Paano ba nagsimula ang kanyang interes sa sustainable housing?
Panoorin ang nakaka-inspire na kuwentuhan dito lang sa Power Talks with Pia Arcangel!
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00:00The future of housing is being shaped by visionaries who build not just for today, but for generations to come.
00:06From bamboo modular homes to AI-powered housing, Earl Farlales is turning bold ideas into livable solutions.
00:13As founder of Kubo and now CEO of Two North Homes, his mission is clear, dignified housing for Filipinos.
00:20Join us as we explore how he's designing the future, one home at a time.
00:25Because I'm very interested in why you've decided on bamboo as your main material for the homes.
00:31So engineered bamboo is processed bamboo na ginawa na kong lumber and boards.
00:38So the idea there is to quickly manufacture homes and deploy them wherever they are needed.
00:43So eventually, we want to be able to help them also get to the path to home ownership.
00:48So ultimately, we understand that the Filipino dream is yung makauwi sa dream home nila.
00:55So the impact that you've made, that you've had on the housing industry at a very young age,
01:00it makes me wonder if this was something that you had wanted to do from way back?
01:07Was it something that you had wanted to do from a very young age?
01:10I was just designing houses.
01:12But I remember spending hours and hours in front of the computer doing that,
01:17only to know that fast-forward to a 29-year-old girl,
01:21yun pala yung gagawin mo sa mission.
01:23I learned early on that you're doing something for other people,
01:27and you're good at it.
01:29For sure.
01:30So what to you, does dignified housing really need?
01:33A dignified home is simply a home that you are proud to be in.
01:37It's always shelter-first.
01:40Because that's where you find refuge, solace.
01:44Kung umuwi ka araw-araw, tapos ayaw mo yung tinitiran mo, ayaw mo yung bakay mo.
01:49Parang ang hirap mangarap.
01:51Madaling mangarap kung ano gusto mong gawin.
01:54Hindi pamit yung tinitiran mo.
01:55Thank you so much for, you know, sparing time to be with us,
02:02to chat with us today.
02:03Can you tell us a little bit about TrueNorth?
02:05TrueNorth basically is a matching platform
02:07connecting verified homeowners with idle units
02:10to verified funders with idle cap.
02:13So TrueNorth restores the units into AI-enabled futuristic rentals
02:18and then rents them out to residents at less than 10,000 pesos per unit.
02:24So yung mga nagmamayari ng mga bahay po na nakatingga
02:28at gusto nilang pagkakitaan pa-upa,
02:31minamatch po natin sa mga namumukunan.
02:34So kapag ayos na ni TrueNorth yung bahay,
02:36nalagyan ng mga gamit,
02:38saan naman natin ngayon ipinapa-upa sa mga maninirahan.
02:42At yung upa ay less than 10,000 pesos.
02:44So the reason why we chose 10,000 pesos per month and below
02:48is because there are already 2.72 million Filipino renter households
02:54who are paying that amount in rent per month.
02:58They are severely underserved and very prone to rental scams
03:01because walang formal platform who is currently servicing this market.
03:07That's why we built TrueNorth to be that secured platform for them.
03:11So para itong 2.72 million Filipino households na naumupahan
03:16ay makahanap ng maganda at modernong tahanan.
03:20So isa sa main differences po ni TrueNorth
03:24is hindi din tayo naniningail ng advanced rent payment
03:29o security deposit from the residents
03:32because we recognize that for our market,
03:35for the market that we serve,
03:37for the renter households
03:38who are paying less than 10,000 pesos per month,
03:41yung one-month advance at two-month deposit,
03:45malaking pera pa rin for them.
03:47So we forego that.
03:49The residents that we accept
03:50would have to go through some kind of screening
03:53before they get accepted
03:54because there are no security deposits.
03:57So para may vetting process din.
03:59Merong vetting process.
04:01Tama po.
04:01This is a very noble undertaking.
04:05It doesn't sound so much like it's profit-driven
04:07as it is like that true service that you're offering.
04:12How do you balance out yung earning from the venture
04:16and the vision of providing good quality homes
04:21to renters at a price point of 10,000 pesos and below?
04:25I think part of the reason why we were able to come up with
04:28is business models through AI.
04:31So we fed our AI model with numbers.
04:35So those are yung numbers from homeowners.
04:40Meron tayong homeowners na may aalit ng bahay.
04:42Of course, they have amortization payments.
04:45Yung funders natin, meron silang available cash
04:49to fund renovations or restorations.
04:52And then of course, yung residents natin,
04:54meron lang din silang set number or set amount
04:57that they can pay and rent.
04:58So by knowing all those three numbers,
05:02we credited our AI model to find the optimum price or cost
05:07that you can do the restorations,
05:09price that you can set for the rent,
05:11price that you can set for the upgrades,
05:14while also, of course, delivering ROI for the funders.
05:18So I think we were very fortunate to stumble upon a business model
05:23that works, where the math works,
05:27na hindi pa rin mahal yung end price,
05:31which is the rent per month.
05:33It's still a business.
05:34We want to sustain it for the next 10, 20, 30 years.
05:37And so important it pa rin for us na it's profit generating,
05:41but because it was a priority for us
05:45to set na, okay, less than 10,000 best per month tayo,
05:48naging value engineered yung product po.
05:52Value engineering allows us to choose the best materials
05:55that aren't expensive, but would still look good
05:59and would still nasa long time.
06:01At the same time, yung decide na, okay, simple lang,
06:05pero functional, siyempre.
06:08So if they are interested to look at how the homes look like,
06:13they can go to TrueNorth.homes
06:15and see how a simple but very functional home can look like
06:19at less than 10,000.
06:21Just to clarify, so these are for renters
06:23or may option ba kayo na parang eventually rent to own?
06:27Ganyan, pwede rin ba yun?
06:28We are exploring that group or that possibility in the future.
06:35Pero sa ngayon po, we're focusing on a rent model
06:38because we first want to focus on how we can make it work
06:44for those 2.72 million renter households.
06:48So eventually, as the model evolves,
06:53we want to be able to help them also get to the path to home ownership.
06:57So ultimately, we understand na
07:00the Filipino dream is yung makauwi sa dream home nila.
07:03Dito ba?
07:04So by first letting them into a home that's dignified,
07:10kahit na paupahan pa lang,
07:11we kind of ease them in into their path to home ownership.
07:15The reason I shifted to building TrueNorth
07:18is I also found a statistic
07:19that says that there are 3.3 million unoccupied homes
07:24in the Philippines.
07:26So, sobrang eye-opening sa akin yun
07:28dahil I kept looking at the problem
07:31na 6.5 million housing backlog
07:33but then meron pala tayong 3.3 million unoccupied homes.
07:38So when I look closer,
07:40around 500,000 of those unoccupied homes
07:42are mid-end to high-end.
07:45Pero kahit na rin po natin yun,
07:47meron pala tayong 2.7 million
07:49or 2.8 million homes
07:51that are we would consider low-cost
07:53or affordable.
07:54So, bakit po ganun?
07:56Dahil meron mga buong bilin ng low-cost home
07:58na binabayarin nila through amortization
08:00na hindi naman nila natitiraan
08:02or hindi nila nagagamit
08:03dahil at turnover,
08:05wala pa siyang tiles,
08:06wala pong pintura,
08:08basic bathroom and kitchen,
08:10kailangan pong aidsin.
08:11So may gaspust pa po on top of that.
08:13So, but when we found that number,
08:16we found that it's more sustainable.
08:17So actually, use existing homes
08:20rather than creating new ones.
08:24And it's also faster po.
08:25Kasi syempre, nakatayin mo yung bahay.
08:27Kailangan na lang natin gawin.
08:28May nataga ng tiles, di ba?
08:30Pinturaan ang maayos,
08:32nagyan ang furniture.
08:33So, dun po mapasak po si 3-Nord.
08:36But Earl, this wasn't your first
08:38parang venture or foray into housing.
08:42Because we do know that
08:43when you were named Forbes 30 under 30,
08:45you were manufacturing bamboo households
08:48for Filipinos with Kubo Modular Homes.
08:53Can you talk to us a little bit about that too?
08:55Di ba that started out as like an entry
08:58to a contest?
08:59Am I right?
09:00Tama po, Ms. Mia.
09:01So, Kubo Modular is a manufacturer
09:03of engineered bamboo homes
09:05here in the Philippines.
09:07So, the idea with Kubo is
09:12by manufacturing homes
09:15inside a controlled setting,
09:17inside the factory,
09:18using a material that's
09:20quickly renewable,
09:22which is engineered bamboo,
09:24that we can help solve
09:26the housing shortage.
09:28No, in po kasi,
09:29we kept hearing about
09:31this 6.5 million housing backlog
09:33in the Philippines.
09:35Up to now,
09:36you know,
09:36it's still a number
09:37that's being thrown around.
09:39Kasi,
09:39marami talagang bahay yang kailangan.
09:41So, the idea there
09:42is to quickly manufacture homes
09:44and deploy them
09:45wherever they are need.
09:47Kubo is still around
09:47under the leadership
09:49of my co-founder,
09:51Zyra Zanjani.
09:53So, I co-founded Kubo with her
09:55in 2018.
09:57So, she's my schoolmate
09:59in Ateneo.
10:00And, yeah,
10:02we decided to build Kubo
10:04to impact housing
10:06in the Philippines
10:06in a sustainable way.
10:08And because I wanted
10:10to pursue this new path
10:11to providing housing,
10:13she took over Kubo.
10:14Okay.
10:15Can I ask also about,
10:16maybe just a little bit more
10:17about Kubo?
10:18Because I'm very interested
10:19in why you decided
10:20on bamboo
10:21as your main material
10:23for the homes.
10:24I encountered bamboo
10:26from a very young age,
10:28actually.
10:28I grew up in a bahay-tubo.
10:30Tubong San Rafael Bulacan
10:32ko ako.
10:33So,
10:34dahil itatrabaho yung
10:35ang nanay ko,
10:36naiiwan ako sa
10:38lolot-lol ako.
10:39So,
10:40nakatila sila
10:41sa bahay-tubo
10:42sa bukid.
10:44So,
10:44I spent most of my
10:45childhood with them
10:46there.
10:47And,
10:47I saw na
10:49bilang bahay-tubo,
10:50hindi siya malaki,
10:50around 9 square meters,
10:52pero,
10:53merong
10:54may banggera sa labas,
10:56may nakabong-bangko,
10:58na mesa,
10:59salob,
10:59kapag hapon,
11:00pwede kang mahiga.
11:01Kasi,
11:02syempre,
11:02may masarap mahiga sa kawain.
11:04Presco din.
11:05May aparador.
11:06Yung banyo,
11:07dahil bukid naman yun,
11:08bahala ka na.
11:09So,
11:09bukid na.
11:10When I went to Ateneo
11:12to study
11:12material science and
11:13engineering
11:14and chemistry,
11:15that's when I learned
11:16that bamboo
11:17can now be made
11:18into engineered bamboo.
11:19So,
11:20engineered bamboo
11:21is processed bamboo
11:23na ginuha na pong
11:23lumber
11:24and boards.
11:26So,
11:27because of that,
11:28it's fixed in dimensions,
11:30it doesn't bend,
11:31it's a very strong material,
11:33and,
11:33it's sustainable,
11:35definitely.
11:35So,
11:36when I encountered that,
11:38siguro,
11:38dunag simula yung seed
11:39ng idea for Tubo,
11:41na C-U-B-O.
11:42After college,
11:43I joined that competition,
11:45I entered
11:46that concept
11:47of Tubo,
11:48and we won
11:49a cash price
11:50of about
11:5150,000 British pounds,
11:52so that was
11:53around 3.3 million
11:54at the time.
11:55So,
11:55that's what we used
11:56to turn
11:57that idea
11:58into an actual business.
12:00So,
12:01dunag simula po
12:02yung idea
12:03on Tubo.
12:04We were very fortunate
12:05to win that competition,
12:06and that led to
12:07multiple sustainable homes
12:09being built
12:10in the Philippines.
12:11So,
12:11listening to your stories,
12:13Earl,
12:13parang I can see,
12:14I mean,
12:15it's obvious
12:15what kind of impact
12:17that you've made
12:18or you've had
12:19in the housing industry
12:20here in the Philippines
12:21at a very young age.
12:22You mentioned
12:23you're 29 years old.
12:25When are you turning 30?
12:26October po.
12:27October 7th.
12:2830 this year.
12:3030 this year.
12:31Okay.
12:32But imagine that,
12:33Earl,
12:34the impact
12:34that you've made
12:35that you've had
12:36on the housing industry
12:37at a very young age,
12:39it makes me wonder
12:41if this was something
12:42that you had
12:42wanted to do
12:44from way back.
12:47I mean,
12:47kasi siyempre,
12:48to get,
12:49you know,
12:49to even get the ball rolling,
12:50kailangan meron ka talagang
12:51pangarap.
12:51Meron kang nai-imagine
12:52na gusto mong gawin.
12:54So,
12:54was it something
12:54that you had wanted to do
12:56from a very young age?
12:58Not housing
12:59in particular yet po.
13:00As a kid.
13:01As a kid.
13:02Siguro,
13:02yung batang
13:03five-year-old
13:04Earl,
13:04kapag tinanong mo siya
13:05anong gusto niya
13:06paglilaki,
13:07sabihin niya sa iyo,
13:09civil engineer.
13:11Of course,
13:12hindi niya alam po
13:12anong ginagawa
13:13ng civil engineer
13:14bilang bata.
13:16Pero,
13:18siguro,
13:19ayan,
13:20simula kabata pa lang,
13:21gusto ko na maging
13:22some kind of engineer.
13:24Nung pumatak siguro
13:25ako ng mga 12 po,
13:26grade 6 ako noon,
13:27first time na
13:29nagkaroon ako ng
13:29computer.
13:30So,
13:31I encountered this
13:33software
13:34called
13:35Envisioneer.
13:35Yung Envisioneer,
13:36parang ano po siya eh?
13:37Parang housing design
13:38software.
13:40Pwede kang mag-design
13:41ng floor plan,
13:42ng bahay,
13:43ng 3D.
13:43And that was
13:45my very first
13:46encounter
13:46of architecture
13:47and engineering.
13:49So,
13:50when I was doing that,
13:51I didn't know
13:52exactly
13:52that that's
13:54architecture
13:54and engineering.
13:56I was just
13:56designing houses.
13:57But,
13:58I remember spending
13:59hours and hours
14:00in front of the
14:01computer
14:02doing that
14:03only to know
14:04na fast forward
14:05to 29-year-old
14:07girl,
14:07yun pala yung
14:08gagawin ko
14:08as a mission.
14:10So,
14:10siguro yun yung
14:11main inspiration
14:12kung paano siguro
14:13ako na uwi
14:14pa rin sa housing.
14:15It wasn't
14:16a traditional path
14:17because
14:17it's not
14:18engineering.
14:19I don't graduate
14:20from civil engineering
14:20or architecture.
14:22I picked
14:22the closest one
14:24from Ateneo
14:25sa Santeria Science
14:26and Engineering.
14:27I was gonna ask
14:27nila,
14:28di ba,
14:28parang at grade 6,
14:29bakit yun yung
14:30na-encounter mong software?
14:31I mean,
14:31hindi ba usually
14:32pa grade 6
14:33sa unang beses
14:33magka-computer ka,
14:34haharapin mo,
14:35I don't know,
14:35Pac-Man
14:36or may mobile legends
14:37na ba, no?
14:38I mean,
14:39how did you end up
14:39with some sort of
14:40engineering software
14:41that you played with?
14:43Brassing the internet.
14:44Kasi siyambe po,
14:45bilang grade 6,
14:46first time
14:46mong mong to computer,
14:47you go to,
14:48you know,
14:49siyambe,
14:49Google ka nag-umpisa,
14:50Yahoo pa,
14:51Yahoo pa,
14:52ako nino,
14:52nipi-brassing ka.
14:53So sa Yahoo kasi,
14:55maraming mga
14:56information agad
14:57pagkapasak mo palang
14:58sa website.
14:59So I guess,
15:01I encountered
15:01an ambitionier
15:03through Yahoo
15:04and then
15:05I was led
15:06to a website
15:07where I could
15:08download the software,
15:10install it,
15:11and then play around
15:12with it.
15:12Wow.
15:13So parang,
15:14it just really
15:16parang sparked
15:16a certain interest
15:17in you?
15:18Definitely.
15:19Obo.
15:19So back,
15:20yung poster,
15:21I was drawn to it,
15:23I clicked on it,
15:24and yeah,
15:25that's how I started
15:26using Ambitioneer.
15:28And not sure
15:28if it's still around,
15:30I would check.
15:30Hahanapin natin,
15:32baka naman,
15:34after itong
15:35conversation to,
15:35mag-develop ka pa
15:36ng bagong software.
15:38I wouldn't be surprised.
15:40You, Sims,
15:41are you familiar
15:42with Sims?
15:42Did you ever play
15:43with that?
15:43Yes, definitely.
15:44Ava.
15:44There really be Sims.
15:46Ava.
15:47So yung design,
15:48designing a house
15:49and Sims,
15:50I do a lot of
15:51inspiration for that.
15:52Pero high school
15:53nga po,
15:53ano.
15:54Ah,
15:54mas matandaan na.
15:55Okay.
15:56So you've always
15:56been fascinated
15:57by houses
15:58and structures.
16:00Yes.
16:00Sabi mo nga,
16:01you thought that
16:01maybe you'd be
16:02a civil engineer
16:03or something like that,
16:04but you ended up
16:04with materials,
16:06what's it called?
16:07Materials,
16:08science,
16:09and engineering.
16:10Tapos nag-double major
16:11ka pa with chemistry.
16:12Tama po.
16:13So bakit yun yung
16:14napili mo?
16:15Yes,
16:15sa ateneo po kasi,
16:17yung materials,
16:19science,
16:19and engineering
16:19comes with either
16:21applied physics
16:22or chemistry.
16:24Nung nagsimula
16:25ateneo
16:25first two years
16:27ago,
16:27I was in the
16:28physics track,
16:29but then when
16:29they started
16:30talking about
16:30black holes,
16:32I couldn't
16:33comprehend that
16:33anymore.
16:35I shifted to
16:36something that's
16:37more concrete,
16:38which is chemistry,
16:39because,
16:39you know,
16:40when you do
16:40chemistry,
16:41if you mix
16:41chemicals,
16:42you see exactly
16:42what reactions
16:44are happening,
16:45and it felt
16:46more physical,
16:47more real for me.
16:48Bilang gusto mo
16:49mag-engineer,
16:50so something physical
16:51is what I'm going
16:52for.
16:53So I shifted
16:54to chemistry,
16:55pero ang pinaka
16:56target ko po
16:58talaga doon
16:58ay yung
16:59material science
16:59and engineering
17:00because it allowed
17:01me to explore
17:02how new materials
17:04can be developed
17:05in a way
17:06that's applicable
17:07in the industry.
17:08So hindi lang siya
17:09material development
17:10for the sake
17:12of material development.
17:13Material development
17:14for the sake
17:15of achieving
17:16certain properties,
17:17achieving certain
17:18producibility
17:20measures
17:21that you can do
17:23in a real
17:24life setting,
17:25in an industry
17:26setting.
17:27And yeah,
17:28I guess that's
17:29how I was
17:31led to
17:31engineering bamboo,
17:32turning bamboo
17:33poles,
17:34you know,
17:34random bamboo
17:35poles
17:35with different
17:35radiuses
17:36into fixed
17:38dimensions
17:39of bamboo
17:41lumber,
17:41bamboo poles
17:42that you can
17:43go in
17:43from home.
17:44You said
17:44you chose
17:45from among
17:45the engineering
17:46courses
17:47that were
17:47available in
17:48Ateneo.
17:48Available,
17:49yes.
17:50Because
17:50in Ateneo
17:51mo talaga
17:52gusto pumunta
17:52kasi di ba
17:53pwede ka
17:53mag civil
17:53engineering
17:54sa ibang
17:54school,
17:55pero talaga
17:55nakatoon ba
17:57yung,
17:58I mean,
17:59yung vision
17:59mo was
18:00dito sa Ateneo
18:01atas pipili
18:01na lang
18:01ko sa Ateneo.
18:02Well,
18:03first of all po,
18:04basta I really
18:04wanted to be
18:05an architect
18:05or civil
18:06engineer
18:06before going
18:08to college
18:08in a new
18:08target.
18:10And when
18:10I took
18:11the OCAT,
18:12those were
18:12the courses
18:13that I chose.
18:14So,
18:14my first
18:15course
18:15in UT
18:17is
18:18architecture
18:19intensive.
18:21I passed
18:22the OCAT,
18:22I passed
18:23ASET,
18:23but I was
18:24offered a
18:25scholarship
18:25in Ateneo.
18:26100%
18:26scholarship
18:27in Ateneo.
18:28So,
18:29sino ba
18:30naman
18:30magpa-pass
18:31ng opportunity
18:32na yun?
18:33So,
18:34I went
18:36to Ateneo
18:36and I'm
18:37so grateful
18:38that I did
18:39because
18:40Ateneo
18:41really has
18:41a way
18:42of teaching
18:42you
18:43how to
18:43think
18:44critically.
18:45I guess
18:45because of
18:45all those
18:46philosophy
18:46courses
18:47that we
18:48had to
18:48take.
18:48There's
18:49a lot of
18:49practice
18:49on thinking
18:51and
18:52thinking
18:55in a way
18:55that's
18:56not only
18:57critical
18:57but
18:58something
18:58that
18:58benefits
18:59others.
19:00One of
19:00the core
19:01principles
19:01of Ateneo
19:02is how
19:03can you
19:03be a man
19:04for others,
19:05man or
19:06woman for
19:06others.
19:07So,
19:08from first
19:09year all
19:09the way
19:09to my
19:10fifth
19:10year
19:10Ateneo,
19:12that's
19:13what we
19:13always
19:14did.
19:15How do
19:16you become
19:18a man
19:18for
19:18others
19:18or
19:20a woman
19:20for
19:20others?
19:22So,
19:23because that was
19:23ingrained in me
19:24and because
19:25it's a
19:26Catholic university
19:27we were taught
19:29to do it
19:29for the
19:29great and
19:29glory of
19:30God
19:30for
19:30admire
19:31and
19:31day
19:31glory
19:31and
19:32AMDG
19:32that's
19:33the motto.
19:33I guess
19:34I was
19:34led to
19:36find a
19:37purpose
19:37after
19:37college.
19:39You graduate
19:42with the
19:43intent
19:43of
19:43finding
19:43what
19:44you
19:44will
19:45do
19:45in
19:45society
19:46that
19:46will
19:46benefit
19:46points.
19:47I think
19:47that's
19:47what
19:48Ateneo
19:48gave
19:48me.
19:49That's
19:49the
19:49education
19:50that
19:50my
19:51benefit
19:51paid
19:52for.
19:55I'm so
19:55grateful
19:56for that
19:56as well.
19:57And
19:58thankful
19:59that
19:59it was
20:00Ateneo.
20:00I was
20:01going to
20:01point out
20:02earlier
20:02I was
20:02so
20:03interested
20:03in
20:04the
20:04way
20:04you
20:04refer
20:05to
20:05your
20:05work
20:05as
20:06your
20:06mission
20:06and
20:06not
20:07your
20:07career
20:07especially
20:08when you're
20:10in your
20:1020s
20:11you're hardly
20:12thinking about
20:12mission yet
20:13at the
20:14time.
20:14It's
20:15very
20:15ideal
20:16to be
20:16doing
20:16that
20:16but
20:17usually
20:17if
20:18the
20:18work
20:19came
20:19and
20:19the
20:20money
20:21you're
20:21going to
20:21get it.
20:22But
20:23for you
20:23at this
20:24age
20:24it's
20:24already
20:24all about
20:25mission.
20:27Is
20:28that
20:28also
20:28I
20:28mean
20:28you
20:29mentioned
20:29of
20:29course
20:29that
20:30it's
20:30something
20:30that
20:30you
20:31picked
20:31up
20:31from
20:31your
20:31education
20:32but
20:32is
20:33your
20:33family
20:33also
20:34thinking about
20:36trying to
20:37find a
20:38bigger
20:38purpose
20:38in what
20:39you're
20:39doing?
20:40I
20:40believe so
20:41po.
20:41Papa
20:42was a
20:43construction
20:43worker
20:44first in
20:44Saudi
20:44and
20:45then
20:45in
20:45Dubai.
20:46So
20:46W
20:47for
20:4740
20:48years
20:48he
20:49spent
20:4920
20:50years
20:51building
20:51buildings
20:53in
20:53Saudi
20:54and
20:55then
20:5520
20:55years
20:56building
20:56Dubai
20:57Airport
20:57Dubai
20:58so
20:58heavy
20:59equipment
20:59operator
21:00I
21:02think
21:02one
21:03thing
21:03that
21:03I
21:03got
21:04from
21:04Kim
21:05is
21:06even
21:06if
21:06it's
21:06hard
21:07work
21:07if
21:07it's
21:07going
21:07to
21:08be
21:08for
21:09the
21:09benefit
21:09of
21:09a lot
21:10of
21:10people
21:11then
21:11it's
21:11worth
21:11doing
21:12and
21:12I
21:12guess
21:13building
21:13airports
21:14building
21:14buildings
21:15and
21:15not
21:15even
21:16for
21:17your
21:17own
21:17countrymen
21:17but
21:18for
21:18people
21:18who
21:19you
21:19barely
21:19know
21:20who
21:20are
21:20technically
21:21strangers
21:22but
21:22you
21:22still
21:22do
21:23it
21:23because
21:23it
21:23will
21:23benefit
21:24them
21:24I
21:25was
21:25really
21:26noble
21:26government
21:28worker
21:29she's
21:30a
21:30municipal
21:30accountant
21:31she's
21:32made
21:32for
21:32the
21:33second
21:34part
21:35of her
21:35career
21:35first
21:36part
21:36of
21:36her
21:37career
21:37teacher
21:38so
21:38college
21:39teacher
21:39so
21:40teacher
21:41and
21:42then
21:42government
21:43worker
21:44so
21:45public
21:46service
21:46so
21:48I
21:48think
21:49because
21:49I
21:50grew
21:50up
21:51with
21:51mother
21:52and
21:52father
21:53then
21:53I
21:54learned
21:54early
21:54on
21:55if
21:56you're
21:56doing
21:56something
21:56for
21:57other
21:57people
21:58and
21:58you're
21:59good
21:59at
21:59it
21:59then
22:00it's
22:00definitely
22:00worth
22:01doing
22:01secondary
22:02yung
22:04makaano
22:04yung
22:04kinikita
22:05mo
22:05or
22:06matagay
22:07paycheck
22:07secondary
22:08na yun
22:09if you
22:09enjoy
22:10what
22:10you're
22:10doing
22:11and
22:11it
22:11benefits
22:12others
22:12then
22:13it's
22:14what
22:15you're
22:15fault
22:16to do
22:16that's
22:16your
22:17mission
22:18so
22:19Earl
22:20do you
22:20have a
22:20family
22:21of your
22:21own
22:21already
22:21no
22:22not
22:22yet
22:22okay
22:23so
22:24the
22:24reason
22:25I'm
22:25asking
22:25is
22:25because
22:26we
22:26have
22:27talked
22:27about
22:27the
22:28things
22:28that you're
22:28doing
22:28and you have
22:31so much
22:32ahead of
22:32you
22:33there's
22:34a lot of
22:35you're going to do
22:35for sure
22:36there's a lot of
22:37landas
22:37that you're going to do
22:38but
22:39already
22:40you've made
22:40such an
22:41impact
22:41such a
22:41legacy
22:42but
22:42you know
22:42when the
22:43time comes
22:43that you
22:43have
22:44your
22:44own
22:44family
22:44already
22:45and
22:45your
22:45own
22:46children
22:46what
22:47kind
22:47of
22:47legacy
22:48do you
22:48want
22:49to leave
22:49I think
22:49that's
22:49a difficult
22:50question
22:51difficult
22:53to answer
22:53when you're
22:5329
22:54I want
23:03to be
23:04remembered
23:05as
23:06the
23:06man
23:08or the
23:08guy
23:08who helped
23:08because
23:09I grew
23:10up
23:10relying
23:11on people
23:12who helped
23:13me
23:13so from
23:14elementary
23:15all the way
23:16to college
23:17I was a
23:18scholar
23:18so
23:19if
23:20people
23:20didn't
23:21help me
23:21go through
23:22my education
23:23I wouldn't be
23:24where I am
23:24so
23:25I owe it
23:26to them
23:26to be
23:27the same
23:27man
23:28willing to
23:29help
23:29others
23:30so
23:30that's
23:31how I
23:31see
23:31my
23:32journey
23:33from
23:33elementary
23:34all the way
23:34to now
23:35being a
23:36scholar
23:36all the way
23:37and
23:37hopefully
23:38I'll have
23:39my own
23:39scholars
23:40kapag kaya ko
23:41na magpaaral
23:41but
23:44yes
23:44I want
23:45to be
23:45remembered
23:45as someone
23:46a man
23:47who helped
23:47this is so
23:48inspiring
23:49Earl
23:49I'm going
23:50to make
23:50sure
23:51that I'm
23:51going to
23:52this episode
23:53to inspire
23:54him
23:54to
23:55get
23:56him
23:56because
23:56he's
23:56college
23:57so
23:57this is
23:58the right
23:59time
23:59to be
23:59listening
23:59to everything
24:00that you're
24:00saying
24:01and hopefully
24:02be inspired
24:03to do the same
24:04on a lighter
24:05note
24:06this is
24:06more easy
24:07to answer
24:07what kind
24:08of home
24:08would you
24:09build
24:09for your
24:09family
24:10you always
24:11ask an
24:11architect
24:11or an
24:12engineer
24:12that
24:12what kind
24:14of
24:14home
24:14do you
24:15want
24:15to be
24:15for yourself
24:15definitely
24:16a Japanese
24:19inspired
24:19bamboo
24:20home
24:20so
24:21my
24:21girlfriend
24:21were already
24:22exploring
24:23designs
24:24for a
24:25future
24:25home
24:25so
24:27you're
24:27going to be
24:28a family
24:28hopefully
24:30yes
24:31hopefully
24:31yeah
24:33definitely
24:34a Japanese
24:35inspired
24:36bamboo
24:36home
24:36definitely
24:37with
24:38Filipino
24:40Bajkubo
24:41elements
24:42given
24:43that's
24:43what I
24:43did
24:44for
24:44most of
24:45my
24:45career
24:46so far
24:46she's
24:47half
24:47Japanese
24:48so
24:49hence
24:50the
24:51Japanese
24:51story
24:52you
24:52will
24:52put
24:52both
24:53principles
24:54of
24:54design
24:55together
24:56in
24:56the
24:56dream
24:58home
24:58home
24:58it's
25:00quieter
25:04the
25:05pace
25:06of
25:06life
25:06slower
25:07as well
25:09and
25:09yeah
25:10I want
25:11to
25:11live
25:12here
25:12build my
25:13time
25:14happy
25:25to
25:25I
25:25would
25:25be happy
25:26to
25:26Miss Pia
25:26so
25:28Earl
25:28because
25:29you've
25:29spent
25:29so much
25:30of your
25:30work
25:31since
25:32graduating
25:32from
25:32college
25:33into
25:33building
25:34dignified
25:35homes
25:35providing
25:36dignified
25:36homes
25:37for
25:37the
25:37Filipinos
25:38so
25:38what
25:38to
25:38you
25:39does
25:39dignified
25:39housing
25:40really
25:40mean
25:40for
25:41me
25:41Miss Pia
25:42dignified
25:43homes
25:43simply
25:43a
25:44home
25:44that
25:44you
25:45are
25:45proud
25:46to
25:46be
25:46in
25:46either
25:47you're
25:48proud
25:48to
25:48own
25:48you're
25:49proud
25:49to
25:49rent
25:49because
25:50that's
25:51where
25:51everything
25:52else
25:52roots
25:53from
25:53kapag
25:54umuwi
25:55ka sa
25:56bahay
25:56na
25:56comfortable
25:57ka
25:58masarap
25:58kirahan
25:59you're
26:00proud
26:00to
26:00own
26:01it
26:01proud
26:01to
26:02live
26:02in
26:02it
26:02everything
26:03else
26:03always
26:03it's
26:04always
26:05shelter
26:05first
26:06because
26:06that's
26:07where
26:07you
26:07find
26:08refuge
26:09solace
26:09kung
26:10umuwi
26:11ka
26:11araw-araw
26:12tapos
26:12ayaw
26:13mo
26:13yung
26:13tinitiran
26:14mo
26:14ayaw
26:14yung
26:14bahay
26:15mo
26:15para
26:15ang
26:16hirap
26:16mangarap
26:17so
26:17one
26:17thing
26:18that
26:19we're
26:19pushing
26:19for
26:19also
26:20at
26:20True
26:20North
26:20is
26:21we
26:21want
26:22to
26:22be
26:22designing
26:23the
26:23home
26:23for
26:24dreams
26:24I
26:25believe
26:26that
26:27you
26:27know
26:27Filipinos
26:27are
26:28naturally
26:28born
26:28dreamers
26:29that's
26:30why
26:30we
26:31have
26:31all
26:31we
26:32have
26:32very
26:32different
26:33kinds
26:33of
26:33artists
26:34and
26:34I
26:35think
26:35if
26:35you
26:35live
26:36or
26:37if
26:37you
26:37go
26:37home
26:37to
26:38a
26:38dignified
26:38home
26:43mangarap
26:43what
26:44you
26:44want
26:44to do
26:44in
26:45your
26:45life
26:45because
26:45you
26:46don't
26:46have
26:46to
26:47turn
26:47it
26:47you
26:48don't
26:48have
26:48to
26:49stop
26:50your
26:50pisa
26:52or
26:52you
26:53don't
26:54have
26:54a
26:54paddock
26:54or
26:54your
26:56paddock
26:56so
26:57when
26:57your
26:58home
26:58it's
26:59easier
26:59to
27:00think
27:00of
27:00the
27:00next
27:01thing
27:01which
27:02is
27:02what
27:03should
27:03I
27:03do
27:04with
27:04my
27:04purpose
27:05what
27:05can I
27:05do
27:05with
27:06my
27:06life
27:06where
27:07am
27:07I
27:07called
27:07to
27:08So
27:08this
27:09time
27:09we're
27:09going
27:09beyond
27:10the
27:13Confessions
27:13of
27:14an
27:14Icon
27:14where
27:14we
27:15sit
27:15down
27:15with
27:15legends
27:16and
27:16talk
27:17to
27:17them
27:17and
27:17ask
27:17them
27:17the
27:18questions
27:18that
27:18others
27:19are
27:19afraid
27:19to
27:20ask
27:20Hi
27:23Earl
27:23let's
27:24get
27:24down
27:24to
27:24it
27:25yes
27:25let's
27:26do
27:26it
27:26what
27:26is
27:26one
27:26thing
27:27people
27:27always
27:27get
27:28wrong
27:28about
27:28you
27:29I
27:29think
27:29it's
27:30that
27:31I
27:31know
27:31I
27:32figured
27:33everything
27:33out
27:33I
27:34haven't
27:34I
27:35also
27:35trying
27:36to
27:36find
27:36my
27:36way
27:37yes
27:38I'm
27:38building
27:38businesses
27:39to
27:40help
27:41impact
27:41people
27:42in terms
27:42of
27:42housing
27:42but
27:43I'm
27:44finding
27:44my
27:44path
27:45so
27:45I
27:46don't
27:46know
27:46where
27:47I
27:47want
27:52to
27:52go
27:52to
27:52provide
27:53people
27:53unified
27:54homes
27:54and
27:55I'll
27:56find
27:56my
27:56way
27:57there
27:57What's
27:57the
27:58first
27:58thing
27:58you
27:58do
27:58the
27:58moment
27:59you
27:59wake
27:59up
27:59I
28:00pray
28:00I
28:00always
28:01thank
28:02God
28:03for
28:03another
28:04morning
28:04waking
28:05up
28:05every
28:05day
28:06is
28:06always
28:06another
28:06chance
28:07to
28:07do
28:07something
28:08good
28:08and
28:08if
28:10you
28:10want
28:11to
28:11pursue
28:11a
28:11mission
28:11first
28:12you
28:12have
28:12to
28:12wake
28:12up
28:13so
28:14yeah
28:15I
28:16pray
28:16thank
28:17God
28:17for
28:17the
28:17opportunity
28:17What is
28:18one
28:19non-negotiable
28:20feature
28:20you think
28:21every
28:22home
28:22should
28:22have
28:23good
28:23design
28:24not
28:24a
28:25feature
28:25it's
28:26more
28:26of a
28:26principle
28:27but
28:27definitely
28:27good
28:27design
28:28it's
28:28well
28:28thought
28:29out
28:29it's
28:29well
28:30thought
28:30at
28:30home
28:30it
28:31becomes
28:31comfortable
28:32it
28:32becomes
28:33a
28:34home
28:34not
28:34just
28:35a
28:35house
28:35have
28:35you
28:36ever
28:36encountered
28:36a
28:37failure
28:37that
28:38turned
28:38into
28:38a
28:39blessing
28:39I
28:40wouldn't
28:40call it
28:40a
28:41failure
28:41but
28:41having
28:42built
28:42Kubo
28:43before
28:43transitioning
28:44to
28:44True
28:44North
28:45really
28:45taught me
28:46a lot
28:46of
28:46things
28:47how to
28:48build
28:48a
28:48business
28:48how to
28:49design
28:50homes
28:50and
28:52now
28:53that
28:53we're
28:53working
28:53on
28:54existing
28:54homes
28:55I
28:55think
28:55the
28:55path
28:56to
28:56our
28:57mission
28:57is
28:57going
28:57to
28:57be
28:58easier
28:58and
28:59it's
28:59not
28:59a
28:59failure
28:59but
29:00it
29:01taught me
29:01a lot
29:02and
29:02I
29:02consider
29:03it
29:03a
29:03very
29:03big
29:03best
29:04of
29:04Kubo
29:05modular
29:05If you
29:06weren't
29:06in-housing
29:07and
29:07engineering
29:07what do
29:08you think
29:08your
29:08job
29:08would
29:09be?
29:09Probably
29:09something
29:10in
29:10graphic
29:11design
29:11or
29:12maybe
29:12web
29:13design
29:13and
29:13something
29:14I
29:14also
29:14enjoy
29:14doing
29:15and
29:15I
29:16think
29:16it's
29:16also
29:16a
29:16functional
29:17career
29:17if ever
29:18because
29:19designing
29:20information
29:21will help
29:21people
29:22communicate
29:22You said
29:23that's
29:23something
29:24you enjoy
29:24doing
29:24so that
29:25means
29:25you also
29:25do
29:25web
29:25design
29:26now
29:26I
29:27always
29:27do
29:28the
29:28websites
29:28of
29:29my
29:29companies
29:29I
29:30designed
29:30Kubo
29:31modular
29:31website
29:32before
29:32I
29:33also
29:33designed
29:34Kronos website
29:34right now
29:35I
29:36definitely
29:36enjoyed
29:37it
29:37super
29:37enjoyed
29:38it
29:38and
29:39I
29:39hope
29:39people
29:39like
29:41it
29:41and
29:41they
29:42get
29:43to
29:44young
29:45fast
29:45which
29:45is
29:46whether
29:46you're
29:46a
29:46home
29:46owner
29:47you're
29:47a
29:47funder
29:48or
29:48you're
29:48a
29:49resident
29:49I
29:50hope
29:50they
29:51can
29:51use
29:51the
29:51website
29:51to
29:52really
29:52engage
29:54Is there
29:55a quote
29:55or mantra
29:56that has
29:57guided
29:57you
29:57throughout
29:58your
29:58work
29:58so
29:58far?
29:59It's
29:59not
29:59mine
30:00it
30:00came
30:01from
30:01Ateneo
30:02Ad
30:02Mayor
30:03and
30:03De
30:03Gloria
30:03for
30:04the
30:04great
30:04glory
30:05of
30:05God
30:05I
30:06think
30:06with
30:07anything
30:07I
30:07do
30:08I
30:09want
30:09to
30:09make
30:10sure
30:10that
30:10it's
30:11for
30:11his
30:11glory
30:11and doing
30:13it
30:16and
30:16no
30:16rules
30:17describe
30:17the
30:18kind
30:18of
30:18housing
30:19with
30:19design
30:19and
30:20build
30:20so
30:20we
30:20know
30:20it'll
30:21be
30:21Japanese
30:22inspired
30:22what
30:23else?
30:23I
30:24think
30:24other than
30:25Japanese
30:26and
30:27Filipino
30:27inspired
30:28with
30:28engineered
30:29bamboo
30:30as
30:30the
30:31main
30:31material
30:31maybe
30:32AI
30:33enabled
30:33as
30:34well
30:34so
30:34our
30:35true
30:35north
30:36homes
30:36are
30:36AI
30:37enabled
30:37so
30:38we
30:39allow
30:39our
30:39residents
30:40to
30:41use
30:42an
30:42astro
30:42app
30:43we
30:43call
30:44it
30:44an
30:44astro
30:45so
30:45say
30:45astro
30:46helps
30:47them
30:47pay
30:48for
30:48bills
30:48and
30:49rent
30:49get
30:50upgrades
30:50so
30:51that's
30:52one
30:52thing
30:52also
30:52that's
30:53unique
30:53to
30:53true
30:54north
30:54you
30:54can
30:54upgrade
30:55your
30:55home
30:55for
30:57me
30:59AI
31:00enablement
31:00in my
31:01own
31:01home
31:02would
31:02allow
31:02me
31:03to
31:03easily
31:04search
31:04for
31:04things
31:05the
31:06tasks
31:07that
31:07I'm
31:07doing
31:08and
31:09do
31:10more
31:10good
31:10in
31:11the
31:11world
31:11so
31:11AI
31:12enabled
31:12home
31:13when
31:13you
31:13hear
31:13the
31:13word
31:14legacy
31:14what's
31:14the
31:15first
31:15image
31:15that
31:16comes
31:16to
31:16mind
31:17legacy
31:18that's
31:18another
31:19difficult
31:19question
31:20you're
31:21happy
31:21people
31:22just
31:23top
31:24of
31:24mind
31:24happy
31:25people
31:25when
31:26the
31:26day
31:26comes
31:26that
31:27they
31:27remember
31:27me
31:28and
31:28they're
31:28happy
31:29about
31:29it
31:29happy
31:30talking
31:30about
31:30me
31:31then
31:31I
31:31think
31:32I've
31:32left
31:33a
31:33good
31:34legacy
31:34thank you
31:36so
31:36much
31:36for
31:37our
31:37conversation
31:37today
31:38so
31:38inspiring
31:39I
31:41really do
31:41hope
31:41that
31:42our
31:42listeners
31:43and
31:43viewers
31:44also
31:44learn
31:45so much
31:46from you
31:46as much
31:47as I
31:47did
31:47thank you
31:49so much
31:50thanks for
31:50sharing
31:51it's really
31:52I'm serious
31:52when I say
31:53that I'm
31:53going to
31:53make sure
31:54that my
31:54daughter
31:54and her
31:55blackmates
31:56that they
31:56all listen
31:56to this
31:57thank you
31:58thank you
32:00so much
32:01Earl
32:01thank you
32:02Miss
32:02Pia
32:02thank you
32:03for having
32:03me
32:04it's a
32:04great
32:04honor
32:04to be
32:05interviewed
32:06by you
32:06thanks
32:07Earl
32:08thanks for
32:09listening
32:09and thanks
32:10for
32:10watching
32:10don't
32:10forget
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