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The indefatigable Mr. Sprocket

I HAVE TALKED ABOUT QUITE a number of people in my blog.  Most of them are loved ones and friends.  Quite a handful are people who don’t really know me  personally but, nevertheless, have made (or are making) an influence in my life one way or the other.  A few are people I don’t particularly like but are interesting enough for me to waste time on.

For this particular day everybody else will have to step aside and take the back seat in favor of a person who responds to the moniker, “Mr. Sprocket.”

On why he is called ‘Mr. Sprocket’ visit Extreme Trail Riders.  There you will find the explanation, and a lot more.

Mr. Sprocket actually responds to several other names:  JED to most of us who works for and with him; Eduard/Edward (I think) to his significant other, Margarita; Dad to his kids - Paolo, Clarissa, Camille and Anton;  Ed to some friends; Jose to e-mail spammers trying to sell him anything from a Website to some weird gadgets.

When he is not riding his KTM 525 EXC bike on some roadless mountains or dried-up riverbeds he may be working on the prototype of a designer hard hat cum golf cap cum mountaineering head gear.   Apparently, Mr. Sprocket not just wears many hats.  He makes them, too.  As  a self-professed mad scientist he invents all sorts of stuff most professional scientists will not even think about inventing.  His next project, as far as I reckon, is a specially designed pair of mountaineering shoes that may just put some popular brands of outdoor shoes out of business.  Okay, maybe not.  But the science to his inventions are really compelling you’ll look forward to buying your pair as soon as he mass produces them.

Mr. Sprocket’s love for the outdoors ends neither with his extreme trail riding adventures nor his inventions of outdoor apparels.   As the consummate outdoorsman and adventurer he climbs mountains, rapels (and sometimes jumps) down buildings, water tanks, etc, shoots game;  He is a professional pilot, an advanced diver,  a champion target shooter, an archer, a fencing and arnis master;  He plays golf, badminton, ping-pong (table tennis).  Nobody knows what Mr. Sprocket cannot do, if any.

He is a lifetime Scout, just like his dad, the late Ambassador Antonio Delgado, and an advocate for the environment.  He and his wife support a number of youth-oriented and education-centric causes. 

His range of interests on the cerebral side is also quite impressive.  He can give you a crash-course on where some of the finest scotch whiskys come from as well as expertly explain the theory behind how a caldera is formed when a volcano erupts. 

By the way, he is also President and CEO of several companies, including the one that pioneered most of the breakthrough innovations in the country’s logistics industry.

He is my boss, which is perhaps why I should have started this blog entry with a full disclosure, else in the end I may be accused of being “sipsip” (sychopant).

Nevermind.  It doesn’t hurt to flatter your boss every once in a while, especially if your boss does not need to be flattered at all, and even more especially if it is his birthday.

Which brings me to the real reason I am writing this blog post.  Today is Mr. Sprocket’s birthday.

Happy birthday, BOSS!  More success, good health, and many many more adventures to enjoy.

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