- Worked as a janitor at Greyhound and Wal-mart.
- A musician, he was the main song writer of the band Crippers Band, an unsigned band in the Philippines which released an independent-produced album. He was a member of the band until he migrated to U.S. in 2002.
- Became an Internet sensation due to his original song "We're Brothers Forever" which he sang in the audition for the seventh season of American Idol (2002) in 2007.
- He wore a metallic silver cape which, he said, was inspired by Maximus character in Gladiator (2000).
- Regularly sang as a member of the Filipino Choir at Immaculate Conception Church in Reno, Nevada.
- When he was in the Philippines, he was in dire poverty. There were times that he could not eat any meal in a day.
- Used to be a pedicab driver.
- Migrated to U.S.A. in 2002 after she was petitioned by his US-based mother.
- He was supposed to sing Elton John's Skyline Pigeon, but instead performed his originally written song "We're Brothers Forever" during the American Idol audition.
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