Porferio Madelo Jr

Dreamer

Porferio Madelo Jr., Ph.D, Crim.

Childhood Memoir:

Born in September 2, 1977 in the majestic province Bohol, Philippines. The second child  of the seven children of Arsenia Madelo and Porferio Madelo Sr.. He is noted as the black sheep of the family, oftentimes causing trouble in the neighborhood and in the school where his mother used to teach. He was only ten years old when his father passed away leaving the full responsibility of raising the orphans to thy mother. Despite being stubborn, he shows eagerness to learn and his early academic recognition was just one motivating factor for him to not to stop his studies. 

Photo inset was taken during the closing ceremony at Abijilan Elementary School, summer of  1988. 

Academic endeavors:

While his teachers in elementary seem to have seen a promising future ahead of him his high school teachers saw the opposite. On his second year in High School he proved his leadership and planning skills when he lead a group of Boy scouts from Tabuan National High School in a National Jamboree held in Carmen Bohol. At the culmination of this event his team bagged the second place for structural design contest using indigenous materials where he built together with his teammates a thirty (30) feet pyramid made of bamboo grass. Though he developed more skills in his high school years e.g drawing and shirt-printing, he well-nigh get expelled few months before graduating high school due to serious violation of school code of conduct after being found intoxicated while attending classes.