Marvin Agustin recalls job as all-around restaurant staff
Marvin Agustin. Image: Instagram/@marvinagustin
Marvin Agustin underscored the value of perseverance amid life’s challenges, as he looked back at his experience of being an all-around restaurant staff member prior to becoming an actor and a food-business owner.
The actor-businessman took a trip down memory lane while showing through his Instagram page on Monday, June 9, a photo of him with his co-workers at the Mexican restaurant where he worked in 1995.
“This is where I learned how to respect and love all kinds of jobs,” he said in the caption.
“Each of us was an all-around staff at the time because sales were low. I remember how on a daily basis, we would rotate tasks as waiter, bartender, kitchen help, cashier, local store marketing, and even as security guards and janitor,” he recalled.
But despite his struggles from this experience, Agustin has remained fond of revisiting memories from those times.
“It feels good to have gone through and learned lessons from trying times,” he said.
Advising his followers, he continued, “So just keep on fighting. No one can defeat a man who refuses to be defeated!”
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In a 2023 interview, Agustin revealed he initially declined offers to enter show business because he was content and happy with his job as a restaurant staff. He noted that he did not want to leave his job at the time because he wanted to be the restaurant’s manager.
“‘Yung hunger na naranasan ko dati, na-realize ko na it’s a character. It’s a good trait of a human being para hindi ka tumigil sa gusto mong gawin sa buhay,” he said. “‘Yung hunger, hindi ko siya kinakalimutan.”
(I realized that the hunger I felt before is a character. It’s a good trait of a human being, for you to keep on striving for the things you want in life. I always carry that hunger with me.)
Aside from having an active acting career, Agustin is now an owner of several restaurants. /ra
