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The Interviewer Presents Senator Cynthia Villar (Part 2)
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The Interviewer Presents Senator Cynthia Villar (Part 2) Cynthia Aguilar Villar is a Filipina politician currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. She was a member of the House of Representatives for the Lone District of Muntinlupa from 2001 to 2010 before winning a seat in the Senate in 2013, placing tenth. #MisisHanepBuhay
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Hi people of the Philippines and people of the world!
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Kaibigan, tuloy ang usap!
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If I were to ask you how much you have in cash sa wallet mo, magkano ang naman?
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But between the two of you, kayo ni Sen. Dormani, who holds the purse?
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Senator, ano po ang inyong dasan gabi-gabi?
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You're at the entrance of heaven and God is there and He says,
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My daughter Cynthia, what was the best thing you did for me?
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Kumusta po ang angsipag ngayon?
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Yung water lily, kaya ko yan naisip dahil bumabaha yung ilog namin dahil sa water lily.
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So nag-unup ako ng gagawin sa kanila and we discovered na pwede mong i-weave.
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Na mga basket, chinelas, placemat and all that.
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Naka-focus ako sa basket kasi meron kaming all day.
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Sasabihin lang nila sa amin kung ilan ang kailangan nila, yun na ipoproduce namin.
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E di sigurado na ang market.
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Yung aking mga kababaihan na yan ang hanap buhay, e di sigurado may income na.
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Ang aming kasi ngayon, yung plastic school chairs.
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Can we talk about it? Ito yun ang gagaling sa…
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Waste plastic.
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Waste plastic.
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Yung soft plastic. Kasi hindi ba tayo country na mahilig sa sachet country tayo?
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Sa sachet country tayo.
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E ang problema dyan sa sachet country, tayo rin ang one of the biggest plastic polluters sa ocean.
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And alam mo, pag nakarating yung plastic, soft plastic natin sa ocean,
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namamatay ang isda.
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Kaya ngayon, based on study, mas malaki na ang production ng isda sa aquaculture kesa sa municipal water.
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Kasi na-pollute na ang municipal water, kumukonti ang isda.
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Kaya ako naisip yung waste plastic, iprocess yan.
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Kasi para huwag naman tayo known for that.
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Lalo na tayo, we are an island.
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And ang dami natin…
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Archipelago pa.
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Oo. Ang dami pa natin mga municipal water fishermen na dependent on that for livelihood.
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So iniipo namin yan, ginagawa namin school chair, tapos pinamimigay namin sa public school at sa mga farm school.
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Naalala ko, is this part of the lakbay aral? Naalala ko yun eh.
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I have a bamboo, engineer bamboo processing center.
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Then I have this water lily, and I have a weaving center also.
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Tapos yung kitchen and garden waste composting.
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Tapos syempre yung aking farm school, they come.
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Tulad kanina, siguro 40 cadets of PMPA school dito sa Silang, they came.
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Because they're building, what do you call that, a garden in their school.
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Magtatanim na lang daw sila.
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At kung matuto yung mga cadets nila na magtanim ng magaling,
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eh di pag naging fulis sila at nadistino sila sa malalayong lugar na agriculture,
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a main livelihood, di makakatulong pa sila sa farmer.
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Binigyan ko nga sila ng seeds and fertilizer.
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Tapos sabi ko, kung ano man ang kailangan nilang machinery, sabihin nila sa akin,
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basta sumulat lang sila, bibigyan ko sila ng composting machine.
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Kasi ang kumakain daw sa kanila, 1,200 cadets.
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That can justify a composting machine para ma-recycle yung kanilang excess food.
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Maganda nga eh kasi yung head ng PMPA ngayon, anak ng farmer.
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So meron siyang point of view na makatulong.
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Kaya sabi niya, mahal din niya ang farmers.
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Kaya maganda, ako tingin ko maganda.
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I will be very supportive at gusto ko nga lahat ng kampu ganyan.
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What is the most fulfilling part about what you do?
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Kasi you must be remembered for something good, di ba?
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And you want to be remembered for this?
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Yeah, I want to be remembered for this.
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Oo na, I made a difference in the lives of farmers and fishermen
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and the poor people in our locality.
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I'm happy.
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Senador, you've served in both houses of Congress,
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pero mahal na mahal niyo po ang Las Piñas.
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Eh kasi ang father ko was mayor of Las Piñas for,
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when the war started,
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gusto gusto niya mag-mayor.
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And then nakita ko nung mayor siya, mahal na mahal niya yung mga tao.
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Honest at matapang.
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Binaglalaban ang mga tao.
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Kaya pag nare-remember ko siya,
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I always say na it's unfair for us.
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It's unfair for us.
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It's unfair for us.
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It's unfair for us.
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It's unfair for us.
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It's unfair for us.
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It's unfair for us.
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I always say na it's unfair for us
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na hindi i-continue yung kanyang work
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kasi masisira yung legacy niya sa Las Piñas.
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Kaya ako, I continue my work.
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Hindi ako, hindi ako nag-Congressman,
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nag-Senador-Congressman to benefit from it.
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I want, I want to be able to make a difference in the lives of people.
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Just like your father?
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Yeah.
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Who is your political hero?
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Na nalaman ko lamang po ngayon.
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O, kasi si Bani.
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What an influence on your life.
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O, kasi nakita ko silang dalawa.
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Ang nanay ko ang hanap buhay,
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nang hanap buhay ang tatay ko,
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politika ng politika.
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O, pero Senador Cynthia,
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kung meron kang isang political lesson
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na natutunan sa iyong ama,
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ano yun?
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If you were to articulate one?
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Tingin ko sincerity.
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Sincerity.
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You have to be sincere in what you're doing.
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Kasi pag sincere ka, hindi ka natatakot.
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Kung maminta sila, wala ka namang bad intention.
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Diba?
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Basta sigurado ka na,
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wala kang dapat ikahiya
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kasi you are really sincere in what you are doing.
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If you learned a political lesson from your husband,
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ano yan?
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Eh, ano yun eh?
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Very patient.
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Hindi nagagalit.
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Oo.
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Ako, nagagalit ako eh.
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Siya, hindi siya nagagalit.
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Mapasensya siya.
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I have to fight for what I believe.
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When you passed that law,
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you demanded that the local salt be iodized.
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Tapos kayo, mag-iimport kayo ng salt na hindi iodized.
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Ano ba yan?
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Ano bang malaking kalukuhan yan?
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Wala hong kayong laba na atrasan.
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Wala.
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Yung reclamation lang,
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hindi ba palagi akong napapalaban?
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Oo.
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Madalas, paulit-ulit.
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Oo, paulit-ulit.
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Kasi ang problema ng reclamation,
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pag na-stop mo isa, may dadating na naman.
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Right.
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You know, it only takes 10,000 per square meter to reclaim
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and the price of land in that area is 500,000 to 1 million per square.
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Eh, hindi mo mapipigil yung mahihilig.
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Oo.
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Kaya sa akin, it's a permanent struggle.
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It is.
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And it is also a permanent fight that you wage.
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Yeah.
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Alam ko yun.
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Eh, wala tayong magagawa.
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Pababayaan ko bang bumaha kami dito?
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I was warned by Secretary Singson in 2015.
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Senadora, huwag mo papayagan niyang babaha kayon
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from six to eight meters.
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And six meters, three-story building.
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Yes.
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Oo. Eh, bakit ko naman pababayaan ng bayan ko?
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Senador, yung balansi po between your public and private,
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how do you manage that?
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Wala akong problema dun eh. Kasi...
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Ah, wala?
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Wala. Kasi my husband, naranasan niya na yung buhay ko.
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Diba? So, hindi naman siya nagugulat sa aking buhay.
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My children, eh, na-train na yan.
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Isa lang ang anak ko, pinag-politik. Siya naiwan sa business.
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Sina po ito?
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Si Paolo.
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Si Paolo?
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Oo. Hindi, ayaw niya talaga ng politics. Malit pa siyang bata, sinabi ko.
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Ayaw niya na talaga?
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Ayaw niya na talaga. Kaya natuwa naman ako kasi may naiwan.
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Ngayon, siya kasama ni Manny na naiwan sa business. Dapat may maiiwan.
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Pero kayo bilang ina, Senador, somehow, do you have a favorite?
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Hindi naman. Ako, basta ang anak ko, gusto ko, susunod sa akin.
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And I think the biggest legacy that I can give them is a good education.
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Right.
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So, bata pa yan, ginaguide ko na yung education.
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And they got the best education sa akin.
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Kasi tingin ko, mas better na pamana mo education kesa pera.
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Kasi yung pera, nawawala. Ang daming anak mayaman dyan.
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Pero yung education?
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Education, it cannot be taken away from you.
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Hindi lingit sa kaalaman ng publiko, that this is very public,
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that your husband is the richest man in this country.
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Sinasabi ko naman, valuation lang yan sa stock market. Wala naman yung pera sa amin.
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And si Manny, kaya lang ginagawa yan.
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Gusto niya lang i-prove sa tao na even if you are born poor, you can be somebody someday.
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It's the lesson. Oo.
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Pero hindi naman siya mahilig sa pera.
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Ako rin, hindi ako mahilig sa pera kasi madadala mo ba yan sa hukay mo?
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Aanin mo yan? Pag namatay ka, wala rin lahat yan.
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At saka, you know, my mother trained us to be thrifty. Oo.
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Laging niya sinasabi sa amin nung bata mami,
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kayo pag kumikita kayo, ipunin nyo.
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Kasi hindi naman palaging kumikita. Oo, yun ang lesson sa kanya.
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So, na-brainwash kami doon.
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Sa two of you, kayo ni Sen. Manny, who holds the purse?
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Yung pera ng kumpanya namin, professionally managed.
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So, may public company kami, hindi pwedeng galawin yun.
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Yung dividendo, hindi naman niya binibigay sa akin.
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Binibili niya ng lupa. Mahilig bumili ng lupa.
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So, wala kaming nakukuha ng dividendo sa kanya.
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Ako naman, may sarili akong income.
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Yun ang minamanage ko well. Oo, para sa sarili ko.
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Hindi kami nag-uusap sa pera kasi I don't want to depend on him
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and he doesn't want to depend on me.
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Oo. Oo, hindi namin pinag-aawal.
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So, Sen. Tristincia, if I were to ask you how much you have in cash sa wallet mo, magkano ko ang laman?
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Usually, meron akong P50,000 sa wallet ko.
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Okay. Dahil?
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Every day. Kasi palagi may nahingi.
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Para naman hindi nakakaya na pagbukas ng wallet, walang pera.
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Kasi pag nag-simba ka, magbibigay ka sa church.
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Diba? Pag meron nagkasakit, bibigyan mo.
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So, I have P50,000 sa wallet every day.
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May bisyo mo kayo?
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Ano ba yung bisyo?
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Yung mahilig sa alahas?
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Hindi. Wala, wala talaga. Wala, wala.
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Kaya nga, I don't need money.
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I don't, ano.
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Ako po, I need.
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Sobra pagka-brainwash ng nanay.
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Oo.
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Sa akin, wala eh.
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Hindi ako ano, ano lang.
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Yung regular.
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You buy shoes, you buy bag. Yung ganun lang.
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Pag wala na ako magawa, nandito na ako.
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Binabantayan ko yung mga empleyado namin kung nagtatrabaho.
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Nandito ako eh.
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Kung nililinis ang aking garden.
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Tapos eh, inaalagaan yung mga kabayo.
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Ito yung caretaker ng horse namin.
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Umitim na ng umitim.
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Bakit mahirap mag-alaga ng kabayo?
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Because he's a sensitive, like a human.
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They have booty, may food para sa kanila.
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And then for the food natin, may dieted sila.
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Then 80% of food nila is weeds, mga damo.
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And then 20% is yung feeds nila po.
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May specialized feeds sila to complete the diet.
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Paano nabago ang inyong buhay ng inyong mga apo?
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Siguro one of the reasons why I built this children's farm
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is dahil gusto sa dalawa kong apo.
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Kasi yung apo ko, mahilig nakahot.
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I was naka-boots.
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Tapos sabi nung pinsa niya, anak ni Marks, anak ni Camille,
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Oh, you're a cowboy.
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Sabi niya, no, I'm not a cowboy, I'm a farmer.
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Oh!
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So nag-brainwash ko na.
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Eh di yung apo ko, hindi niya ipagbibili tong farm ko kahit wala na ako
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kasi he's a farmer.
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Hindi siya, he's a cowboy.
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Kailan mo kayo pinakamasaya?
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Siguro with my family.
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Kaming magkakasama, natutuwa na ako nun.
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Every Sunday we see each other, happy na ako nun.
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Senator, ano po ang inyong dasal gabi-gabi, araw-araw?
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So we pray for our good health, di ba?
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Lalo na pagkatapos ang pandemia.
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And then we pray that our children will be okay, di ba?
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Hindi sila mapapahamak and our grandchildren, yun lang naman eh.
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Peaceful and tama.
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Sa mga taong hanggang ngayon ay patuloy na naniniwala at sumusuporta po sa inyo,
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anong nais niyo pong sabihin?
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Eh ako naman, hindi ko sila pababayaan eh.
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If you don't want to serve them, don't run for public office, di ba?
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Kaya ka nagra-run for public office, you're expected to serve.
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If you don't want to serve, why will you run for public office, di ba?
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They just keep quiet and stay at home, di ba?
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Kaya makakaasa sila na pag ako eh kumuha ng position, I will do my best to serve them.
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Sa mga taong ayaw ho kayo?
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May mga reasons sila eh, di ba?
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I cannot please everybody.
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Basta ako gagawin ko kung ano tama.
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At ilalaban niyo ho?
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Ilalaban.
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Huling katanungan, Senador.
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And I always ask this.
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You are at the pearly gates, you are at the entrance of heaven, at naroon ang Panginoong Diyos.
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He says, my daughter Cynthia, what was the best thing you did for me?
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Wala naman akong ginawang masama na ikahihiya mo God.
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I've done my best. Maybe I'm not perfect, but I've done my best.
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If there is a word that would describe Cynthia Villar, anong salita po yun?
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Hardworking na matapang.
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Senador, maraming salamat.
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Maraming salamat.
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Thank you.