Rizal Philippines
August 1, 2017
The return of a visionary
I attended a meeting today with one of the captains of the industry. He used to head a large commercial bank, was the head of a govt bank, headed the bases conversion, was president of a govt north rail. project. He celebrated his 76th birthday a month ago. I regaled at this vision statements for the bank in his office, as we were dining in his office for a CK treat. And he said nothing could beat a former govt official, a Harvard grad for being a visionary, at the age of 82. He said that the enthusiasm of the said person is infectious and the way he visualizes his project, he would seem to be only 22 years old.
Some of his outstanding achievements include: the exclusive members only Golf residential project: Highlands, then the Balesin in Quezon, an island project At Balesin, he built a resort with several themes located in 40 hectare site leaving the rest of island, 92 % as virgin forest, with 40,000 coconut trees. The themes are Bali, Phuket, St. Tropez, Costa del Sol, Toscana and native Balesin. He built the resort at a cost of P7 billion and one of the most sought after exclusive members only resort in the region: Membership sell for Gold P2.2 million 7 nights free, Diamond P4 million 14 nights, and Corporate 6 million 28 nights
There is a plan for 783 hectares members exclusive members only Alpha land Baguio where cabin homes cost P50 million each. All ready he is in Europe to buy the logs. Can you beat the guy for his visioning and entrepreneurship There will be 300 cabin log houses and 50 mountain lodges.
Alphaland Baguio Mountain Lodges
Hearing these stories makes one realize how little we dream or make our vision.
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