Sef Gonzales was born in 1980 in Baguio , Benguet , Philippines to Teddy Gonzales , a lawyer , and his wife Loiva who had married in 1977 . In 1983 , his sister Clodine was born . After the 1990 Luzon earthquake destroyed the family 's home and business , a newly built 40-room hotel ( from which Gonzales was rescued from the rubble by his father ) , the family emigrated to Australia . The family settled in Sydney , and by the late 1990s , Teddy had requalified as a lawyer , set up a successful law firm , began working as an immigration lawyer , and purchased a plot of land in North Ryde
1990 Luzon earthquake
1990 Luzon earthquake
Sef Gonzales