Aired (April 5, 2025): Upuan na, storage pa—puwede ring gawing kabayong plantsahan?! 'Yan ang likha ng tubong Romblon na si Roberto Riano! Ang kanyang talento sa paglikha ng mga kakaibang muwebles, tiyak na kamamanghaan mo! Panoorin ang video. #GoodNews
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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