From one creative endeavour to another, Baus Rufo has lived as many artistic personas as his bursts of laughter on the infectiously funny Dog Show Divas pod. 

Previously working in corporate, he’s now a full-fledged content creator who’s equally effective as an event emcee, a stand-up comic, a podcaster, and, more recently, television game show host.

Baus, 35, is undergoing a metamorphic process. 

He is embracing a kind of career transformation, evolution if you will, made possible by absorbing the difficulties unique to each pursuit he’s been so willing to try. 

As he welcomes this unprecedented boom in his life as a creative, Baus opens that he’s now, finally, living a childhood dream – a product of his unrelenting manifestation – by using the same ‘muscle’ of creativity that he has strengthened through reps. 

DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS, SAME MUSCLE

While many would consider each pursuit Baus has been into as a career ‘endgame,’ the 35-year-old “The People Have Spoken” co-host likes to think there’s always been a common link that has made it relatively easier for him to learn and jump off from.

“While these are different designations, the muscles I use, the experiences (I have) gathered, are all the same thing. I am just trying to maximize the way I apply it in everyday life,” said Baus in a pocket interview.

He says that the dabbling and experimenting through the years have been an “amazing rollercoaster ride,” but one that wasn’t at all surprising given his consistent worldview on what he’s ultimately meant to do as a creative. 

“I think the synergy and momentum, if you look at it theoretically, it’s not very surprising cos I use pretty much the same muscle whether it is standup comedy, hosting, or improv – it is me just trying to engage the audience in front of me, being able to figure out the best way to make them laugh,” the Unang Hirit host shared.

For Baus, it wasn’t a eureka moment, rather a slow but revealing process that traces its way back to his teenage years. 

“I don’t think I had this one big realization when this all clicked,” he admitted, “I feel like I have inched my way into this realization very slowly– I did theater in college, marami akong sinayaw na Pussy Cat Dolls at Christina Aguilera in high school, then I was in advertising and presented to a lot of brands, then I took up improv, and then standup comedy.”

“And eventually because I am doing it in my mid-30s, meron na akong enough data that tell me, oh these are the things that work for me, these are the things that the public like about me, and I lean into that as opposed to go against them, I build momentum from there,” Baus explained in brief his thought process in content creation like the data-driven corporate being that he used to be just years ago.

LIVING A CHILDHOOD DREAM

After meaningful shifts and turns, Baus can now confidently say he’s living a long-manifested dream.

“Yes, I feel like matagal ko na siyang pangarap, tinabi ko lang sya for 10 years, tapos ngayon na pwede pala sya ulet, nirerevisit ko lang yung childhood dreams ko,” Baus shared.

It is safe to claim that Baus has metamorphosed into what he’s always wanted to become, just spending years trying to sift through unique creative expressions to prepare himself for the best career jump in his life.

“I’ve always wanted to go for it (being in mainstream television), it just took a backseat for a decade and now I get to play again and have fun,” he added.

Baus chooses to live his days intentionally busy: “Ang hot take ngayon ay i-normalize natin ang pagiging pagod at masaya at the same time, dahil pwede yun lalo na in this economy, in this traffic, pwede kang maging masaya at pagod.”

His advice, and personal north star, is to always give our dreams a shot.

“It’s never too late, it is your God-given right to live a life that you are happy with and proud of, it is ultimately up to you if it's your last shot already, so up until sinsabi mo sa sarili mo na kaya pa, kaya mo pa.”