To those who know him, Marco’s mind is like a slightly cluttered but brightly lit room—a perfect space for quiet contemplation. This inner stillness is especially unique in a vibrant and bustling country like the Philippines.
He is a Senior Backend Systems Architect in the fast-paced online gaming industry. While the job sounds cold and purely logical, his experience has made him uniquely sensitive. He once co-designed and successfully launched a complex real-time data processing system, ensuring that massive amounts of information flow with precision and speed through unseen networks. This taught him to appreciate “connections,” the “subtle errors within a system,” and the “fleeting currents of humanity” hidden behind the data.
Instead of speaking out loud, his observations on human relationships, on how time slips away with every click and swipe, and the silent emotions behind the screen—all prefer to take refuge in his writing. The process is sometimes like navigating a data maze: challenging, yet it ultimately brings clarity.
Off the clock, he is a father to two young daughters and a husband. He loves to sit on his balcony with a cup of authentic Filipino coffee, listening to the distant city sounds or just the hum of an old air-conditioner. It’s in these quiet moments that the subtle details he captured during the day finally come out to speak with him.
His writing, then, is like a quiet nook beside the digital clamor—a silent space hoping to resonate with others who, like him, quietly observe the world.
