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LENI's PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: An Insider's View
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Speaking of politics, of course you were bursting onto the scene two years ago,
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kasi almost two years na, not long after that election season starts.
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And next thing I know, because I saw you on TikTok because I found your,
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I think, may dayang algoritim. I'm sure they were putting us on each other's feet suddenly
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because probably they know we are connected or we have similar kind of interests and all.
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But anyways, I got to know that later on, you were recruited by one of the top presidential,
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I mean, let's just say Lenny, right? The Lenny campaign. And you were like the head of the
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TikTokers. Please correct me if I'm not getting it right. You were head of the TikTokers,
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you know, like new group or something behind Lenny. Can you tell us something about
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how did that transition happen? How did you go from social media influencer into,
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how should I put it, a core element of a major political campaign for the soul of the nation?
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I don't, I don't, I don't think I'm part, a core element. But, so, hindi, nag-volunteer kasi
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ko. So, I volunteered. So, nag-sign up, sign up ako, ganyan. Eh, yung isang group, mabagal,
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hindi ako nireplyan. Yung isang group, nireplyan ako. Tapos tinanong ako, what do you do?
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Go lang, go lang. I'm a food content creator. Tapos sabi ko, tapos siyempre,
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tapos nagtaka ko, sabi ko, is this how you do your orientation? One-on-one? Sabi nila, no,
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because we, tinoka namin and you have follow, you have a platform. So, let's go on board na.
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So, okay. So, I was dubbed as the first TikToker for Lenny because, because August of 2021,
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content, content na ako. Um, nirelate ko, ang, siyempre food, no? Yung favorite food ni
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Secretary Jesse Robredo ay yung inihaw sa kanto. So, gumawa ko lang inihaw sa kanto with matching,
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gyung, ganyan, with matching suka. Tapos, um, of course, sabi naman ni Ma'am Lenny, di ba,
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via osmosis mula kay Secretary Jesse yung kanyang naging, um, principles and values on leadership.
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So, sabi ko, wala nang iba pa, kundi dapat si Lenny sa dulo. Tapos, nagka-traction ganyan,
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tapos, siyempre, the entire lugaw thing. Tapos, yun na, after nun, tinanong na ako,
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would you be willing to head, uh, to form a group with TikTokers and be one of, um, parang
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the conveners for that? Sabi ko, go, go, go ahead, go ahead. Tapos, nagbuwork pa ako nito sa
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isang cafe ha. Kaya lang nahiya ako dun sa cafe kasi even in work hours, nagiexcuse ako dahil may
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meeting. Tapos, naga-rally happened. The first ever rally. Tapos, after nun, sabi ko,
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bibigay ko na lahat. Tatlong buwan lang naman to. So, I quit my job. Alam nyo ho,
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meron akong mga irrational talagang decision sa buhay. At that time, irrational siya, pero right
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now, it made sense. Leap of faith, yeah. So, yun. So, sabi ko, okay, magpo full-time na ako.
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Tapos, lumapit yung, um, digital team ni Senator Kiko, uh, ng team ni Senator Kiko,
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para tumulong tayo sa digital, um, presence, ganyan. So, volunteer for the Lenny side,
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campaign staff for Senator Kiko's side. So, both, hindi naman mahirap gawin yun kasi
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similar naman. Hindi naman magkaiba ng partido, ganyan. So, si Don. Tapos, siyempre,
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yung 100 grams na lugaw na, um, pinagtawanan, ganyan. Yeah, the lugaw makes perfect sense for
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you to come in, right? The whole lugaw. I cooked it. 100 grams na lugaw. I cooked it and proved
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that it can feed four people. Wala naman pong sinabi na yun lang yung pagkain nila for the
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entire day, sinabi lang na, um, kasya ba siya for a merienda size that's 80 to 100 grams?
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Alam nyo, meron tinatawag tayong proportion, diba? Kapag, kunwari, sa catering, kaya alam
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ng caterer nyo kung gaano karami yung bibilhin niya kasi ang dalawang ulam, tatlong ulam,
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apat na ulam, mas dumadami yung ulam o yung, yung choices, mas lumiliit yung portion size.
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So kapag apat limang ulam yan, matigaw 120 grams lang yan per person. Ano yun ah? Meal
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size yun. Iba pa po yung snack proportion. I'll push a little bit on this though. For
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those who didn't have the privilege of this, or critics will put it the other way, um, did you
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have a chance to interact directly with the principals, Lenny, her top campaign managers,
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and what was your, um, what was your sense? Can you tell us something about it? Sorry,
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I don't want to put you on the spot, but. No, no, it's fine. Parang weird naman, yeah.
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Yeah. Ano, um, so before we formalize the group, um, nag-Zoom meeting with mom,
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with everyone in the group, ganyan. So, everyone's so excited, nag-thank you siya,
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um, at sinabi niya talaga doon na, alam niyo, sa lahat sa atin, online kayo yung pinakabugbog,
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kasi kumbaga sa chess, kayo yung pawns eh, kayo yung musugod, kayo yung nag-ano, so nagpasalamat
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siya at sabi niya, naiintindihan ko na yung mga bugso ng damdamin, na nang-aaway tayo,
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kasi gusto talaga natin na itama yung mga mali, pero doon niya reiterate ulit yung radikalang magmahal,
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ganyan. Um, so meron naman ganun. And of course, with Senator Tico's team also, um, there are
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plenty of instances wherein there are personal interactions with the principals, and alam niyo,
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one thing that I, hindi man realize, pero ito yung talaga napatunayan ko, nung may close encounters
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ako with the principals, would be, I have supported the right candidates. Kasi, um,
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hindi po nila ipinapagawa sa mga tao yung hindi nila willing gawin. At laging hindi mo marami
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mo mararamdaman na tao-tauhan ka. Ganyan. Hindi ka muchacho. Sa kabisihan ng lahat ng yun,
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merong human side lage. Meron laging pamumusta, ganyan. So, um, ano, tawag doon,
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meron, yung tipo, si Ma'am Lenny kasi talaga. Sige lang, sige lang, express mo sari. Mahiyakin,
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ano siya, mahiyakin. Exactly. So, akala ng mga tao, suplada siya. Tapos, kasi sa mga sorties po,
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sa mga rally, kapag hindi sila umakit sa stage, kasi diba, sunod-sunod yan, ang pagitan yan,
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isang araw, dalawang araw lang. From one province to the other, so talon-talon. Pag kuwala sila sa
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stage, ang goal, mag-conserve ng energy. At syempre maraming nagpapapicture, maraming interview.
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Yeah, makes sense. Kaya po, sila nakaupo lang. Economize. Kung hindi kakausapin, hindi sila
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magsasal, kasi pagod na ko talaga. Kasi nakapag-engage. Pero pag naman in-engage mo,
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engage ka naman. Si Sir, si Senator Kiko naman, um, ano siya, yung tipo, yung type niya na
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organized ang mga bagay. Hindi niya type yung medyo mga surprise, ganyan. So, kailangan alam niya.
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Kasi pag alam niya at naiintindihan niya, kahit sa ilalim ng matinding sikat ng araw, gagawin niya.
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Kahit pagod siya, ganoon. So, basta alam lang niya. So. Were you instrumental to dun? Kasi,
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di ba, farming and agriculture talaga yung peg ni Senator Kiko, di ba? Were you part of that
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transition, that branding and all? How important were you to that branding effort? I mean, when I
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say branding, I don't mean that pakiyut lang yan. Of course, I know he's really deeply, you know,
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committed to that cause. But yun kasi yung talagang pinakano niya, di ba? Yung advocacy niya,
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core, message niya, sorry, for his vice presidential campaign. Siguro as a group,
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as a group pinagtrabahuhan yung how are we going to make farming sexy, ganyan. Yung tipong,
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hindi siya boring, ganyan. Kaya, pero di. That's a good point. Adi yung hello, pagkain,
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goodbye, gutom. Ang actually, ang I can claim. Oo, alam ko ng sagot. Si Bongbong Marcos ang
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secretary. Now, I'm just kidding. Go ahead. Now, you're saying, yeah. No, talagang I can claim
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that came from me was the hashtag maipagmamalaki ko. So, that's your copyright? Yeah,
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maipagmamalaki ko na when they said that to, when they shared that to Sir, when they shared that to
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the Pangilinan family, they were, oh, maipagmamalaki ko. And the first time I saw that,
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it was Ma'am Sharon. It's SCP. We call her SCP, Sharon Coretta Pangilinan, who posted it on
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Instagram. So, I saw, parang, yay, nagamit yung hashtag. Sharon level. Sharon level.
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Before going to Sharon, ma'am Sharon, what was all of this all about? I have to really ask you
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because ikaw yung na-tag doon eh. Sa'yo ko, wait lang, pinapollow ko sa TikTok siya daw eh.
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Parang, ikaw yung sinisi doon. I just want to be brutally honest about it. Now, I'm not going to
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throw anyone under the bus, but what, can you give your official statement? Anong, what was it all
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this kamehameha, Dragon Ball Z all about? So, diba, sabi ni Ma'am, may lumapit kasi sa kanyang
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production team. Nasabi, Ma'am, can we shoot you for some canned shots? Like you eating lugaw
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or waving, sitting, smiling, haduken, ganyan, kamehameha, whatever. And then, that production
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group doesn't have a platform. Wala siyeng paglalandingan nung canned. Cute lang,
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pa-cute lang. Okay. So, they said, can TikTokers for Lenny help? So, na-hook in kayo. So, you can
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put your twist into the video. So, sabi naman, sure, no problem. So, dahil naka green screen,
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pwedeng ipatong, ganyan-ganyan. Tapos, may isang TikToker na naglabas. Siya yung unang naglabas
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ng video. It wasn't, I mean, from, I mean, hindi naman ito mga professional content creators at production folks.
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So, may maganda sa transition, ganyan-ganyan. So, pumutok. And then, from both sides, from all sides,
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from the opposing side to the fellow ka-campaigns who are saying, hindi ito ang branding natin,
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ganyan-ganyan. So, syempre, as leader, kailangan kong salagin. The box tops. Exactly. Sa akin.
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So, sabi ko, okay, wait. I am the, I lead the team that handles, that created this.
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For those who are saying that this is not our branding, let's remember Ocho Derecho of 2018,
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we're so boring. We bored the Filipinos to tears. Nobody won. So, if this attack actually
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gets and penetrates the outside of the bubbles that we're in, then it has, it served its purpose.
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I see. If you cringed, it's not for you. Okay, ganyan-ganyan. Okay, now, sorry, Jelai, I'm gonna push you on this.
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My concern is this, kasi of course, as a, I hate the term, poligaan is, I had to follow what
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different campaigns were doing, no? And in fairness with the Bomba Marcos campaign, I'll ask you more
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about that is, talagang, ano, he was like, kind of like a K-pop BTS almost, right? Bomber jacket,
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V-cut shirt, yung buhok nila maganda na pa ganyan, tapos medyo may pakachinito siya, like, I found that
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pretty well done. Not that I agree with him necessarily. I think people more or less know
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where I stand on, especially fake news and historical denialism and revisionism, but I found it very
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interesting. I was not surprised that it was very appealing to people. And one thing that I noticed is,
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I mean, vlogger talaga si BBM, diba? I mean, like, he's so comfortable with all of this Paul Soriano
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productions and all of that. My sense with Lenny was that she was not comfy with this. Some of this,
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I don't want to use the word kenkoy, but playful stuff, including the hadohan, like, mukha siyang,
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you know what I'm saying? Like, she didn't- Parang siyang batang- parang batang napilitan. Exactly,
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like, it's clear na she's not into it. So, all the trolls had to do was edit it a little bit,
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and it looked, like, really, like, it's almost like a sabotage, right? It didn't look like a
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plop, it looked like a sabotage, right? I was saying, kasi gusto kong tanong kanina eh,
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na-favec pa yung mga yan, yung mga nag-volunteer? Because they could be from a different side,
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and kunyari mag-volunteer, yung pala, they're throwing you on, you know what I'm saying, right?
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So, I don't want to be conspiratorial, but I was saying, but, I mean, clearly, sa mukha ni Lenny,
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she's not really sold on this. So, parang napilitan lang siya, and that's the last thing you want to
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do for your principal, right? So, these are- I will not speak- when you saw the product, and,
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like, i-spread ba namin yan, i-tweet pa lang, hindi, alahanin eh, like, can you tell me about that?
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Well, I will not speak on her behalf. No, yeah, we're talking about our understanding of the
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situation. Right, but what she said on record- On her behalf, yeah. Yeah, but what she said on
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record, in one of the debates, when she was asked was, it's because it was a request, sabi niya,
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diba, na-doon ko to. Yes, yes. At yung maliit na bagay na yun, na ikatutuan ng volunteers,
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bakit naman hindi? So, there's a big possibility that she wasn't in her comfort zone when she did
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that, but she did that- Out of sense of duty, responsibility, and gratitude. No, out of sense
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of appreciation. Gratitude, yeah. It's not- and this is what I want to point out. It's not about
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her- hindi na nga niya concerned yung image, eh. Hindi rin niya nga naging concerned yung anong
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magiging tingin ng tao. Hindi nga rin niya naging concerned yung anong magiging itsura ko.
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Ang concern niya- It's a political campaign. Image matters. It's all about- let's be honest,
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this is a campaign, my friend. I mean, the Bolu-Marcos campaign were masters of image
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creation. I mean, that's my concern. And you are correct. But it doesn't make political sense to
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me. Right. And you are correct. That's why they won. I mean- Yeah, I call it performative
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populism, yeah. I'm not going to deny. And I'm not going to- alam mo yun, make excuses about it.
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It is. We are in a campaign where image matters, where the former First Lady Imelda Marcos' statement
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that perception is real, the truth is not, it's actually true. I mean, we might not agree with it.
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Yeah. It is true. It's politically true, yeah. She's the first. From a very political utility
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perspective, it is effective, right? By the way, baka akala ng mga tao. So, Chard and I,
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nag-aabot kami in UP. We both took up social- political science. So, meron kaming- Yeah,
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exactly. The reason I'm asking you is because you have a background in social sciences. So,
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it's not like you're- I'm asking you some alien questions. So, I know that you were not in a
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capacity as a political consultant. You were there as an influencer. But I'm sure you have
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your own take on this issue. Now, let me push you a little bit more. Wala. Pumayag ka na,
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ginusto mo yan. Okay. Ganito kasi. I'm not going to put words into your mouth or anything,
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but one of the criticisms I heard about the Lenny campaign from people who supported Lenny,
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you know, really good people. I mean, these are not like prima donna, you know what I'm saying?
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Na parang their sense was not Lenny, but there was a cordon sanitaire around her. There were
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people who were making her very inaccessible. I mean, I even had, I won't say which outlet,
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but one of the world's leading newspapers telling me they were always baffled by how inaccessible
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Lenny was. And I know some very good political consultants. We had very serious discussion
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with them and the diplomatic community about the state of play. And they were saying,
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there was a point na suddenly unreachable na si Lenny, na parang they feel they're being,
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you know what I'm saying? Parang gineded mo na sila. I know, I'm not sure this is the right
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thing to do, but my point is like, does this make, I mean, does this make sense? Just say it.
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Like shucks, I'm not sure this is the right, but you see, I care. I care. That's why I'm saying
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this because I know there are people that are saying, tapos ng 2022, let's just zip it, shut
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up and move forward. But how can you move forward if you do not understand what the hell happened?
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Because you're never going to win again, if you don't understand what happened,
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what went wrong in 2019, 2022, because it can happen over and over again. So for me,
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not because I'm a political scientist or historian or whatever per se, that I keep on going back to
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what happened in 2022, but because for me, it's important that the opposition draws the right
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lessons because I'll be brutally honest, Jello, Lenny can still become easily a senator in a few
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years, also with Kiko, and she could easily be a top contender for 2028, if there'll be a third or
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fourth party na malaswin. I'll just spell it out. I think Tulfo could run, and I think Tulfo could
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make the race very interesting with Sara and Lenny could be in the mix. So for me,
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Lenny is still competitive, she's still in the race, but it's important that they draw the right
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lessons. And one of the things that I hear from people who are not, kaya ganito, I'm sorry,
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here we're getting a little bit sensitive now, but that's why I made a distinction between
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pure pink and quote-unquote dilaw. Iba pa yung dilawan, iba na yan, that's a derogatory term,
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but dilaw meaning really the classic base that went for Mar, for Kiko, etc. But there are many
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who voted for Lenny, who didn't vote for your other principal, for Kiko, because Kiko is more
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associated with Liberal Party. So let's just call them pure pink. And a lot of these pure pink
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people, pure not necessarily just because the other side is impure, I'm just saying they're
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in the first time vote, is that their feeling is there was also some whiff of elitism going on,
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not with Lenny per se, but people around her or something like that. I'm sorry I'm doing this.
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No, I'm not sorry. I really have to, because it's not like Jello, I didn't reach out to people for
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proper conversation, but I know there are many people there who behind the scenes are very honest
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with me, but they don't want to be on the record talking to me, because they know what I'm going
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to do. I'm going to go and, teacher talaga ako eh, deba? Explain mo sa akin. Explain this concept.
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Right? So I really, I'm going to be like a thesis advisor, right? Anong nangyari dito,
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dito sa methodology part, deba? Parang ganun eh. So the teacher in me, thanks for being, like,
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what do you have to say to those people who say there was some whiff, not with Lenny per se,
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because I know Lenny, as a fact, I met her. She's a super nice person. Not that others are not nice.
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I mean, I met Bombo Marcos, I met Duterte, all of them, Isko, of course. But can you tell us
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something about that? Whatever you're comfortable telling us. Yeah, go ahead.
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And this is, and this is from my firsthand experience.
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Yes, exactly. That's why I'm asking.
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Let me put it this way. It's when you are
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protecting something that is so valuable. Kasi pa, deba, her brand of governance
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and leadership provided hope for a lot of Filipinos. And parang the people who are
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the people who are around her would kind of like to protect that hope, which in an embodiment,
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in the embodiment is her. Ganyan yun. I am sure there is no intention to become elitist.
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There's no intention to become very exclusive. There's no intention for her to not to be
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reachable by media outlets or by or by whatever, whoever party, right? It's more of,
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number one, from a logistical perspective, campaign season is so crazy that every minute
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counts. Ganyan. Yun tipong travel time, pinaplano yan. So yun tipong mga natatagalan,
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kunwari, because there's an extended interview, medyo nadi-discourale the entire day. Kasi
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sunod-sunod. Okay, let me push back on this because, okay, I'm sorry if I'm doing this to
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you, but you don't have to answer it. Ganito kasi, some people are saying, okay, like Lenny has time
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to do interviews with, I have no idea, OG Diaz or with influencers and showbiz people and all, but
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there's a sense that she didn't have enough time dealing with, I'm not talking about myself per
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se, but dealing with really high quality journalists who are going to push her, probe
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her. You get what I'm saying? The sense was, is this protection or this is over-insulation or
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what's going on? Is this a lack of, you don't have to answer it, by the way. I'm just saying
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this because this is a conversation, right? A long-form is not me just asking you questions,
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I'm also sharing my point of view. That's one thing. The other thing is we live in the age of
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populism. So today I made another bombshell tweet, Sabiko, today populism is the only game in town,
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it's just a question of variety. Are you going to be a polite populist, a progressive populist
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like Bernie Sanders, or are you going to be a tatay style populist, right? So on and so forth.
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So in the age of populism and digital information, accessibility, relatability
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is far more important than it ever was. It's no longer the time that you have Emmanuel Quezon
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there giving a beautiful speech, Janza, you know what I'm saying? And then we just, he's the guy,
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no, now people want to feel you, touch you, relate to you. You get what I'm saying? It's the age of
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fall of idols. It's the age of influencers. Even politicians are like influencers. Tatay Digong was
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a classic influencer slash, I mean, our current president is a part-time blogger, right? Or some
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would say the other way. Travel blogger, Magellan Jr., right? So my sense is, again, you don't have
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to answer this. This is just my point of view. You can disagree with me a hundred percent, no
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problem at all, Jello. My sense was her campaign was being run as if it's 2016, not 2022, right?
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And it makes sense because the person who ran it was the person who also ran it in 2016, right?
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Anyway, you don't have to answer this. I just had to get this out because I want to be honest. I
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want to be honest with my audience that, you know, I have my strong analysis, not just opinion on
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this situation. And I hope some people are listening here so that, you know, they can draw
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the right lessons so that there's a hope for the opposition, because if there's no opposition,
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there's no democracy. It's as simple as that for me, whether it's an opposition or not.
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Ganun lang naman yung stance ko. Now, I think we went well beyond what we thought. It's already
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one and a half hours. Wait lang, mayroon lang akong isisingit. Di ba, you talked about populism.
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Yeah, please go ahead. Go ahead.
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Alam mo, for our Gen Z audience, and it's a loose translation, of course, forgive me for this,
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but it's a loose translation. But populism is clout, clout-chasing. In its most latent and
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relevant sense, it's clout-chasing when, ano ba, magkakainterest ba sa'yo yung mga tao?
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Uy, magalit si Christian Esguerra sa atin na ayaw niya ng clout-chaser daw.
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Yan ang kaibigan natin yan.
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Oh, I love Christian and his show.
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I know, I know. He has a lot. No, I'm just saying, si Christian sometimes drops these lines
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about clout-chasers. Ako naman mas practical, okay? My point is, you cannot do good unless you
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have the power to do good, right? So you have to make sure you can get clout.
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I mean, you may be saying all the right things, but if you have 10 followers, para ke?
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Exactly.
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That's it, yeah. It's a wrap. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I really appreciate you
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joining us today. I thought it's just going to be 30-45 minutes twice that time.
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Oh, believe me, my friend. Remember when we had coffee, it was so biten. We just-
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I know, which also happened to be Starbucks. So maybe we have to get sponsors now for our talks.
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But that just means, dapat we do more of this hopefully later this year. Hopefully more in
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person. Let's do proper ones and all. Ang dami pang pwedeng pag-usapan. Of course, not only
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elections and politics, there's so much more. I want to talk to you more about what- because
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ako, my new advocacy that I'm working on is Adobo Diplomacy. I want to push the DFA,
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the Philippine government to be more active in promoting the Filipino food,
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drawing lessons from the Thai campaign, drawing lessons from the campaigns in Malaysia.
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You can count on me on that.
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Exactly. So you are definitely the good partners I have in mind.
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Char, can I just say that- and I want to do this publicly, right? I really do appreciate
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the kind of- the brand of journalism and thought processing that you are advocating for.
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It is a journalism that's trying to always be fair, but is not afraid to be biased to the truth.
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Right.
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I hope that's clear. Sa mga nanonood po sa atin, tanggalin natin yung konsepto na ang mga
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giorno ay dapat laging neutral. I call it value zombie. Alamin nila ang katotohanan at magsasandig
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sila or kihilig sila sa katotohanan. And I appreciate you, my friend, for that. Also because
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you are able to make political thinking sexy and exciting. So kudos to you on that.
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Thank you. Hopefully we can make farming sexy, cooking even sexier. I look forward to working
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with you and a lot of our common friends and colleagues. Thank you so much, Chef Jello,
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for joining us. Please follow Chef Jello as he enters his second year as a content creator.
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May this be just the beginning of a thousand years of great content. No, because Jello,
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let's be honest. You and I are not going to do everything right. And ako, you know,
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thank you so much for your kind comments. Pero alam ko minsan, talaga balaura din ako.
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My hope is, Jello, that a younger generation will watch me and say,
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if Richard can do it, I can do it better. And I would love to see people doing it even better
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than me because I'm just, you know, I'm just grasping in the dark here. Let's be honest
29:08.9
about it. I think many people are surprised I suddenly became a vlogger, right? I'm suddenly
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doing this because, you know, I used to teach, I used to work in the mainstream media, and this
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is a whole new world to me. But thanks to people like you, Jello, I feel less lonely. I feel
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inspired. And just the other day, I was telling my mga ka-meta, ka-yamis na nababurnout na ako
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because politics is really tiring. I mean, ako, I'm still talking about what happened in 2022.
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People want to move on, right? But that's my job. I need to understand what happened so that I can
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move forward. But at the same time, tao rin ako. Of course, I'm looking for inspiration, something
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yummy, right? Including great food. You want to do firing? Let's do firing. Yeah, actually, I do,
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I do. I have some videos I can show you. I'm better in semi-automatic than pistol. I don't
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know why. Okay, let's do that. I know a place. Yeah, sure, sure. All right. No, but thank you
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for having me. Yeah, yeah. You're talking about cooking, right? You're talking about cooking,
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right? No, I saw what you did, right? I also do MMA and all if you want to join me sometimes,
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you know, basic boxing, muay thai, ganun. Yeah, because one of my goals for 2023 is, I know,
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healthy lifestyle. Too sweet and be healthy. Yeah. Thank you so much, Chef Jello. God bless you
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and hope to see you soon. I mean, literally in person and send my regards to your dad,
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your family, your kids, lovely family, your wife. Really appreciate it.
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Annabelle is saying, thanks, Chef, for sharing your deeper thought with me, of course. Thank
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you so much. Joining us from, I think, Australia. Yes, journalism should be biased. The truth,
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facts, keep going. Thank you so much for it. Also, very thankful to
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us. So, yeah, also super thankful. So, yeah, people are loving it. I'm really happy and you
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can check it yourself. Of course, the comments, suggestions, feel free to directly engage them,
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invite them over, post and repost and tag me. So, expect a final version of this podcast to
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come out in the coming days. Okay. Oh, my God. It's the first time that I'm going to
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appear in and be heard in Spotify. Yes. Congratulations. This is it. Yeah. So,
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thank God. Our podcast is also going strong. I think we did pretty well in the 96-7 percentile
31:39.2
in the world. I know. We want to do better this year. Yeah. We want to do a fully better.
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You shared the insights and it's pretty impressive. No, but thank you. Thank you. I
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really enjoyed our time talking with each other and hoping that our audience was able to pick up.
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So, thank you so much, Charles. Thank you. God bless you. Good evening to all of you.
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To your followers, you have a giveaway, right? Yes, yes. In February, please visit my page.
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February. That's Chef Jerry Guzan on Facebook and TikTok and Instagram. I'll be having a lot
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of announcements, giving away some prizes from our partner brands. So, exciting, exciting times.
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Congratulations, Chef. God bless you. More power to you and looking forward to tasting your yummy,
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yummy, yummy stuff soon. God bless you. Let's go. Talk to you soon.
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Magandang gabi.