About MobyScooter.Com
and Me

Welcome to MobyScooter.Com. This page is about MobyScooter and me.

You might be interested to know who I am and how this website came about.

Unboxing a Mobility Scooter

A Little Background About Myself

I am Romeo Urqueza and I just retired recently. I have work most of my life in manufacturing, especially in the pharmaceutical industry. The last global pharmaceutical company I worked with decided to close down its operation five years ago. I, and the majority of the workforce were made redundant, and in my case, after twenty years working with the company.

Still young to retire, I decided to continue working. But this time, any job in a different industry.

I landed a job in warehousing in a family owned business supplying medical aids for the disabled and the elderly.

Mobility scooters one of them.

It was also the time when my mother was losing her mobility. She was gradually losing her eyesight, and with it, her ability to move around in and outside of the house.

Loss Of Independence

Through my mother, I witnessed first hand how difficult and frustrating it is to lose your independence. Being a very independent woman, her helplessness brought her bouts of self pity and depression. She eventually lost her sight.

The doctor decided not to operate on her because of her age.

And my line of work helping the disabled and the elderly to regain their independence did not helped her much.

Decision Time

After lots of thoughts and considerations, I decided to retire. That was six months ago.

I started working at an early age, so considering and finally taking the plunge to retire was daunting.

What will you do in retirement? You will get bored. Some well meaning friends quipped. Some were happy that I am joining them in retirement.

I am glad I did.

My retirement allows me to pursue a previous interest- building a website. Though I have started learning about building a website while I was still working, time has been my biggest constraint. So nothing came into fruition.

The next question is, what topic will my website be about. Will I just continue on the topic of my previous website, or build on a new topic?

The case of my mother, and my experience working with people with disabilities and the elderly have given me enough reasons to believe that I have taken the right topic- this website about mobility scooter.

This time I am sure about the website I am building...and why. They say you can figure out the how when you are clear about the why.

I know in my heart that this website about mobility scooter is where I can be of most help. Especially for the almost marginalized members of the community, the disabled and the elderly. Regaining some lost freedom due to disability and health issues will greatly add to the quality of their daily lives.

It is my hope that I can extend to you the help that I was not able to give my mother...to help you find your mobility again.

Sincerely,

Romeo

PS. This About Page is the second page I have published after the Homepage. I will keep updating this page as I progress in building the website. 22/09/2024