Capt. Arlan Pacis, a pilot who who flies international routes for a popular airline, is a farmer at heart. He finds growing fruit trees very enjoyable, even if it is only in containers which he grows in a vacant lot in Paranaque City. His Vietnam pummelos which he bought a couple of years back are already fruiting. His Star Ruby makopa has already produced a lot of fruits, according to him during a phone conversation. 

He is looking for planting materials of the hybrid durian from Malaysia that has been fruiting at the Teresa Orchard & Nursery. Unfortunately, all the more than 50 grafted seedlings of the same were all bought by a grower from Davao. We told Capt. Pacis that we are going to multiply more of the Malaysian hybrid and we can reserve some for him.

He plans to develop a fruit farm in his hometown in Ilocos Norte.