Siargao — The Island Where We Fell In Love | Ep. 1 💙🇵🇭
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As a chef, I learned how to cook simply,
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yet with so much soul.
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I am who I am, because of this island.
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I was eager to meet old friends,
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and curious to see how the island has changed
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after so much progress,
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and weathering both the pandemic and a super typhoon.
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siguro mga 15 years ago,
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siya rin yung nagsalubong sa amin dito sa airport.
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Wow! Matagal na yun, sir.
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Pero nung araw, baliktad.
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Nung araw, medyo may kalakihan siya ng konti.
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Ngayon, pumayat na ng waistline.
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Tapos, baliktad naman, tayo naman yung lumaki.
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May photo pa ako sa iyo, eh.
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Nandun kami sa labat.
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Ilan taong ka na ngayon?
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Let's enjoy our buko juice.
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With this beautiful view.
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I guess when you arrive here in Siargao,
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and you pass this route,
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Welcome to Siargao.
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Ah, and then the second course,
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we are going to have some pandesal.
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Really good pandesal.
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There's two versions.
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It's called pandeserv,
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and the other one's pandekoko.
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Pandeserv, because it's shaped like a surfboard.
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Sa isang araw, ilang buko?
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Magkano yung isang buko?
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So, isang daan na.
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Iyon yung magandang araw?
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Yung mahina na araw?
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Mga 30 lang, sir.
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Pinaka-mahina na yun, sir.
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Pinaka-mahina, ah.
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Pinaka-malakas, 100.
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Okay, happy to you.
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Kainin nila ko, sir.
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Wait, I gotta take a video of this.
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Can you take my photo, babe?
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I don't think I can travel like him.
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Definitely not, babe.
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I'll need a sidecar.
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Can't apparently rent.
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Where is the human drone?
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That's hilarious.
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It's young coconut.
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That's the death dish.
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Yeah, it's like the perfect age.
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Kuya, pag ganito, ilang...
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Like, pag ganito ka young ba?
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Ilang buwan siya?
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Mga tatlong, sir.
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Malalaman mo na ba?
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Straight for the aloha.
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Kung tatlong buwan.
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Pag kinatok mo, sir.
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Ah, pag kinatok mo.
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Ito, medyo kumitang laman.
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Ito naman, medyo makapalang laman yan.
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Ibang tunog, sir.
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So, ito kumbaga mga dalawang buwan pa lang?
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Mga dalawang and a half siguro yan.
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May and a half ka pa?
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Ito kasi, ano, medyo ganyan lang ka.
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So, ito mas makapal to?
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This spot is so strategic.
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You know, it's a good pit stop.
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Alright, let's go, guys.
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So, we're entering the city proper, or the town proper, I mean, GL.
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Every day, there's something happening.
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Before, Thursday was just acoustic night, that's it.
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And it was just one bar.
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Now, every Thursday, there's like five bars doing acoustic night.
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Back in the day, though,
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you look forward to that day, or to that night.
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Oh, it's Thursday.
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And everybody's going there.
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So, you kind of like see everyone, in a way.
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So, this is the church.
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And in front of the church is where the pande-serve, pande-coco is.
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And back in the day, they would always just serve it in the morning and in the afternoon.
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Oh, hindi na nila iniinit sa harap mo.
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Quick stop at our resort, Lamari.
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And I was back out again to meet an old friend, David, a fellow cook, for a very late lunch.
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I don't feel like I'm in Siargao yet, because I'm in a car.
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But, this is my first time in Siargao.
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But, then, looking at all these people with their motorbikes and their surfboard and
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their lean bodies, okay.
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Pero for this trip, magt-tee-shirt-tee-shirt na muna tayo.
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Dati, I was one of them.
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Why do we want to wear a shirt this trip?
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My body's so embarrassing?
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This is David, the guy I was telling you about.
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We have ran out of choices.
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We haven't cooked.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Uhm, there's na carinderia.
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Should we do that?
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Mmm, pasta if you want.
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Burgers? Do you want burgers?
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You can try a carinderia.
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Carinderia, maybe.
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I think a lot of the restaurants, obviously it's holiday so they're closed.
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So we've all been super slammed.
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And this is like...
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Competition, holiday.
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So like we had our highest sales ever just two days ago.
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After lunch and catch up.
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Two straight days.
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It's a lot of people.
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How does it look compared to before?
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Uh, the roads are still the same.
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More establishments.
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Oh, hey, I know that guy.
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He's one of the photographers, pag mga magandang babae siya yan.
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In the basketball court.
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You and JP will never say no with the French.
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I think we're in business.
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Saul, follow his footsteps, Saul.
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Everyone wants a piece, right?
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Type art, everyone?
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Okay, take the first 2 pieces.
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Okay, and then the 2mm size.
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Here, in the near future, he'll bring you 2 pieces.
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Earlier, David ate yun.
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Sa ito lang, makapag الصara kayo.
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Atte ko rin atyok na toosa that say, you guys may make order ng 1 smile.
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My husband is a destacado aquí.
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completing his work.
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O bro, ano ba lahat na kayo?
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�eding pala mo siya.
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Good if you're like really hungover, tired, you want something that hits the spot, it's fast.
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That's straightforward.
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I like places that just serve one thing.
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I'll mix the soy sauce and ketchup.
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I mean, sometimes at the end of the day, you just want something simple, something that hits the spot, something that will make you feel good again.
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This is going to cloud nine.
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After lunch, we drop by Kanaway Surf School where we sort out our schedule.
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We plan surfing activities for the coming days.
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Surfing puts Siargao on the map.
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And this afternoon, there's actually too many people in the water for us to head out.
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Pero ngayon, super maraming tao.
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34 yung sa happy islanders pa lang.
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17 students. Tapos ngayon, may tatlong boat na naman naaalit.
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Our surf sesh will have to wait for another day.
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Just past the surf school, we pass by a popular barbecue place across where we used to live.
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They were so happy.
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They were so happy.
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I'm so happy also because, you know, sometimes they, you know, they, I guess sometimes when they get so busy, they maybe forget.
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But they, I just pop my head and then they're like, hey!
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No, because when we used to live here, Camila and I used to stay here.
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And every time I cook, I'd always sort of like just send them food, send food over to them.
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And or we'd buy food from them and we'd have a chat.
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One time, I had a long chat with them about, just about marinades, about barbecue.
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And now, it's two stories.
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And I told them, let's have a proper catch up tomorrow.
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We'll sit, have a beer, you know, and when it's not too hot.
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Down the road of Katangnan Barbecue is Katangnan Bridge.
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This didn't even exist when we were last here.
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But now, it's a popular spot for skaters and tourists.
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It's so many people here.
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There's a lot of people.
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So, as I said to JP, it started out like people would skate here.
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Okay, that's where there was a lot of people skating.
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And then now, it's become this attraction for everyone.
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I didn't have a space to rest because I had no room for that.
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But maybe I'll have space to sit.
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Oh, oh, that sounds fun.
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Just go down this road and go ahead.
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To thewise road, let's go.
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Come and taste the rock.
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Casita about here?
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Look, it's so beautiful.
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And then, syempre, may barbequean.
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So, yun. Pumunta kami dito.
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Dito kami kumakain. Super straightforward.
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Masarap na barbeque. Masarap yung timpla.
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Kanin, beer. Tapos, yun lang yung life.
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Ganun lang kasimple.
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And then ngayon, fast forward, I'm so happy.
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Kasi meron pa kami mga kwentuhan nights eh.
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Kasi before, nandito lang lahat ng mga lamesa.
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Kwentuhan namin about ano yung mga possibilities of this place.
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Ano yung mga dreams nila. Goals nila.
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And then, it's so nice that right now, it's happening right in front of our eyes.
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Imagine, it's actually an actual eatery.
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And then, before, dalawa lang sila.
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Ngayon, ang dami na. Buong pamilya.
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Ayun na. Ayun na siya. Tara, tara.
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Pausapin natin siya.
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Dati, ikaw lang isa.
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Ngayon, ilan na yung empleyado mo?
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Ano yata sila? Siang?
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Five years ago, ikaw lang mag-isa.
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Kami lang. Kami lang mag-akati.
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Dalawa lang kayo. Dito.
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Ngayon, may second floor na.
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Ang dami mo, mga pamangkin mo lahat?
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Oo. Pamangkin ko, kapatid ko, pingsan ko.
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Mga kami-kami lang.
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Kami, ang ganda naman panoorin to.
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Yung asawa ko, si Camille.
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Nalala mo yun, ano?
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Isang babae lang dinala ko dito.
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Oo, isa lang talaga.
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Siyempre, isang...
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I just brought one girl here.
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Of course, you know, for the best barbecue,
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I had to take Camille here.
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We actually had a freedom spot right here.
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Bigyan ko sa kanila.
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You guys want rice or...
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Ngayon talagang dami tao para ako dito.
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Parang naging parte na ng kanilang buhay, kumbaga.
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Parang part na ng ulam sa bahay, yung barbecue niyo.
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Mas mura kasi dito eh.
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Sige ng massive barbecue di ba?
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Nakakatuwa kasi mga puti nagugustuhan nila yung barbecue natin.
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Ganoon pa rin yung timplan nyo.
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Ang last kong pumunta dito.
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Ngalagay, hindi nga.
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Example sa isang araw, ilang kilo naman ako yung...
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O, may ano siguro, 50 kilos.
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Sa isang araw, ilang kilo naman ako yung...
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ano yung pinaka best seller?
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may nagwento sa akin yun
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na sabi niya yung kagandahan dun
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sa katangtan barbecue
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iba iba yung lasa daw
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parang kumakain ka ng sariwang isla
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ito sariwang baboy
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parang hindi siya
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pumasok sa freezer
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ay hindi talaga yan sir
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yan ang pasok sa freezer
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yun yung kagandahan sa isang busy na kainan
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kasi palaging bago
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grabe napansin ko ikaw pa rin talaga
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hindi ko sila pinapabayaan
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ako talaga ang mag
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hirap na eh kumakain tayo
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so bantay sarado ka
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kahit na yung iba
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kami lang talaga ang gumagawa
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proud na proud ako sa inyo
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pinalaki niyo siya
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minahal niyo siya
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tayong negosyente gano'ng gagawin natin
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habang mata bata pa rin
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sige nang sige pa
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anong year kayo nagstart?
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nagluto luto tayong karinderiya ng 16
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18 na tayo nagumpisa tayo
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oo magtara magbarbeque tayo
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kasi napagod na rin kami sa karinderiya
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sabi ko ibahin natin wala naman tayong asinsu
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3 years tayo ng karinderiya wala naman tayong asinsu
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magbarbeque naman tayo
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nung nagbarbeque kayo
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agad agad ba nag click o hindi?
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mga 1 year siguro
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after 1 year ano yung may nangyari ba na
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bigla nagustuhan yung mga tao
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kasi parang yun ako kami
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parang binak din kami nung mga
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binento nila sa mga kaibigan nila
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mag boom na kagad kami nung
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And now, it's back.
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Resilience. There. Yan. Resilience. That's the word.
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Yun yung nakakahanga sa inyo kasi lumaban.
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Hindi nag-surrender.
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Pasalamat nga rin kami.
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Pasalamat rin kami sa iyo.
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Kaya alam mo, kahit hindi na kayo magsasabi na nagpapasalamat kayo,
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ramdam ko naman nagpapasalamat kayo eh.
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Kasi ang dami niyong pinadalang pagkain eh.
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Pero para sa akin, kahit hindi na kayo magpasalamat,
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yung fuck lang na binigay niyo yung oras niyo sa akin,
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at saka binakain niyo yung mga kaibigan ko.
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Maraming maraming salamat.
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Congratulations. More power.
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And sana makapahinga na kayo.
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Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye.
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Bye-bye, bye-bye.
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Thank you. Galing-galing.
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Reconnecting with the island and my friends here has been so good for the soul.
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And there's still so much more to come.
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Stay tuned for the next episodes as we discover Sierra Gala's magic.
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Maraming salamat.
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Maraming salamat sa inyo.
