The lights came up. The music began. One by one, the athletes walked onto the stage at last weekend's Batangas Bodybuilding Championships, each carrying months of sacrifice, discipline, and determination in pursuit of victory. To the audience, they looked like any other lineup of competitors. But among them stood one athlete fighting a battle far greater than the one unfolding under the stage lights. Ross De Castro wasn't just competing against the other men beside him. He wa