00:00Do you also have to go to the market every day?
00:04Is it hard for you to find a place to hang your horse?
00:09You don't have a place to hang your horse in this house?
00:13That's different!
00:15Aside from what you use to go to the market,
00:17horses,
00:20chairs,
00:21and storage are also rolled into one.
00:25It's even hotter in the farm
00:27when the netizens accepted this video
00:30which got 184 million views on social media.
00:37The one who designed this unique furniture
00:40is the very talented Tubong Romblon, Roberto Riano.
00:48Roberto told us
00:50that their horses are ordinary
00:52wherever they go
00:54and sometimes, they even disappear.
00:58It's usually rented by the neighbors.
01:01I thought of doing something new.
01:03Of course, my house has a small space.
01:05If you use an ordinary horse,
01:07you have to tie it up
01:09because if you just leave it in the yard,
01:10it will look messy.
01:12It's used for planting.
01:13After planting,
01:14it's transformed into a chair.
01:16That's what I thought
01:17that it's a good way
01:18so you don't have to tie it up.
01:21In his design,
01:22it takes less time to think
01:24where to hide it.
01:26Unlike ordinary horses,
01:28it doesn't eat space.
01:31And if the fight is just to make it stronger,
01:33it's definitely a weapon for long-term use.
01:36This is strong.
01:37I guarantee that it's strong
01:39even if the chair is heavy.
01:40It's a heavy duty.
01:42Even if this 3-in-1 design is heavy,
01:44it's not heavy in terms of price.
01:47Because of the price of 4,500 pesos,
01:50you have a functional horse
01:52and storage of plants
01:53and you also have a ceiling with free varnish.
01:58But that's not all.
01:59Aside from the 3-in-1 design,
02:01they also use it as a ladder.
02:06Your designs are really good, Roberto.
02:09And because he also works with content creators,
02:13this is his wooden tripod
02:15that he uses to make videos.
02:20Roberto's discarding of being a carpenter
02:23comes from his father,
02:25who was a construction worker.
02:27Because of poverty,
02:28he couldn't send us to school even in high school.
02:30He sent me to that company
02:32as a boy.
02:34Roberto was taught by the company
02:36and when he graduated,
02:38this is where he learned how to make furniture.
02:42I learned how to make furniture
02:43every day when I was watching the carpenters.
02:46I suggested to my boss that
02:48I can make furniture.
02:51That's how he taught me
02:53until I left.
02:55He started making furniture
02:57until he was able to build his own shop.
03:01Roberto will never forget
03:03the first customer
03:05who approached him.
03:07The first thing I made was a fishing rod
03:09that a fisherman bought.
03:11I sold it for P300
03:13because it was really cheap back then.
03:15But the store's money was not enough,
03:17so from P300,
03:19he gave it to him for only P150.
03:23Can you imagine that
03:25the first thing Roberto did
03:27for 33 years
03:29was to make a fishing rod
03:31for his 33-year-old
03:3486-year-old grandmother, Feli?
03:37He's really strong.
03:39When I was a kid,
03:40I bought this from Obe.
03:42My job was to sell fish in the village.
03:44We didn't have a place to sit,
03:46so I bought this.
03:47We only use this when we have guests.
03:50So when we have a guest,
03:52we put him to sleep in the cottage.
03:54My son sleeps here.
03:56He sleeps here.
03:58Hello.
03:59Sir, the plans have been cancelled.
04:02Sometimes, Roberto also works
04:04for a company in Antipolo
04:06that exports furniture to Italy.
04:09But this was also the turning point
04:12of his life.
04:14We only operated for a year and a half
04:17because the workers in the company
04:20that I was supplying
04:22had an accident.
04:23When I came back to Cebu,
04:25I was really gone
04:26because I was back to zero.
04:27My family,
04:28we barely have anything to eat
04:30because I don't have a job.
04:32This is where he was in debt.
04:34So when I came back here,
04:35we were just in debt.
04:37I was in debt to his family.
04:38Until the end,
04:39I didn't owe anything
04:40because I didn't pay anything.
04:42But when you have determination,
04:44where can you get up?
04:47Someone told me,
04:49Obe, do you know how to make
04:50a kitchen hanging cabinet?
04:51I said, yes.
04:52So he prepared it.
04:53There were people who saw what I did.
04:55There were also people who made it.
04:56It went on and on
04:57until I decided
04:58to open a furniture shop.
05:01And 35 years later,
05:03these abroad workers
05:05were the ones who made furniture for him.
05:08And now,
05:09he was able to provide work
05:11to his fellow workers,
05:12like Shehward.
05:13In 2021,
05:15because we are modular,
05:16I was studying at Senior High,
05:18but it was an online class
05:19and it was modular.
05:20Then I thought of working
05:22with Boss Roberto Reano.
05:23I've been here for two years.
05:25What I earn from my job,
05:27I save it
05:28because I stopped going to college
05:30after Senior High.
05:32Then I saved it
05:33so that I have money to spend.
05:35He says that his continuous experiment
05:37is what he does for his family.
05:40He has two of his three children
05:42who have already finished their studies.
05:44While for one,
05:45he continues to support them.
05:47I will work hard
05:49for my children
05:50so that they can finish
05:51their studies in college.
05:52Because back then,
05:53it was my dream
05:54to finish college.
05:55Roberto says
05:56that he will continue
05:57to create different works.
06:00And the good news is,
06:01he has a new product
06:02that he will launch
06:03that he will show
06:04in his first good news.
06:07There are cut-trays
06:08that are made of wood.
06:09Then his headboard
06:10is also made of wood.
06:11It's like when you use it
06:13during the day,
06:14it becomes a chair.
06:15Then at night,
06:16it becomes a bed.
06:17Then I thought of doing a lot more.
06:18There are cabinets
06:20that are made of money,
06:22it's like a secret.
06:23You might think it's just a drawer.
06:25That's a hit!
06:29In life,
06:30you have to be strong.
06:32Just like the designs
06:33that Roberto made,
06:34he will not give up
06:36no matter what
06:38challenges he faces.
06:53piano plays softly
07:01bass plays in bright rhythm
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