RACHEL ALEJANDRO: From Heartbreak to Hitmaker - The Untold Story Behind 'Paalam Na' EPISODE # 245
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And the reason why, it could have been a love letter na binasa,
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krinampol, tinapon eh, diba?
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Buti-buti mo tinapon yung letter.
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Hindi ko nalaman.
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Did you know it was going to be a hit?
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No, I didn't know that.
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Finally on Paco's Place, my good friend,
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Ms. Rachel Alejandro.
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Finally is right.
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At tagal na natin pinaplano.
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And you know what?
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Ngayon nang natuloy.
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Ngayon natuloy na.
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So, didire-diretsuhin ko na.
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Where are you based?
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Right now, for the last couple of years.
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Actually, it kind of started yung pandemic.
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My husband kasi moved to New York.
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And then, 2019 yun.
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Parang often on, balik-balik ako from Manila to New York.
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Tapos nung nag-pandemic,
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wala naman tayong work, di ba?
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Walang mga live events.
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So, medyo napatagal ako doon.
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So, since then, parang naisip ko,
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kasi 20 years na akong U.S. resident,
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pero never ko pa na-apply yung citizenship.
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So, sabi ko, sige, subukan ko na to.
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Nagkataon naman, after the pandemic,
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revenge of the concerts, di ba?
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Oo, kasi dumabi lahat, di ba?
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As in, times 10 yata ng pre-pandemic.
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Kasi talagang nasabi kang mga tao.
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So, nagkasunod-sunod naman yung mga tour, di ba?
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So, I found myself staying in New York.
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So, I work everywhere else but New York.
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So, New York is where I live.
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Pero, mayat-maya, tanggal ng gamit sa maleta,
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palit ng costume, ayan, alis na naman to go somewhere else.
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I just came from the Philippines now.
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I had a concert with my dad.
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So, one week lang ako doon.
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Jet lag ako nung pagdating ko doon.
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Ganun yata pag tumatanda.
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Para talagang ano.
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Dati, 2 to 3 days lang.
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Ngayon, hindi na eh.
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Para ako talagang,
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You know what maganda?
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You mentioned your dad.
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So, your dad, Haji Alejandro.
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Kilabot ng mga kolehyala.
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How was it like growing up,
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nasikat yung tatay mo?
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And the reason why I ask is because
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it's one thing to start your own career.
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It's another thing to start it
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sa ilalim ng shadow ng napakasikat na tao.
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So, there are pros and cons to that as you can imagine, di ba?
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Piggybacking on the popularity.
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Lalo na, a legend, di ba?
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OPM icon legend like my father.
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So, ang kagandahan lang nun is that hindi ako naging lalaki.
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Kasi, siyempre, kung lalaki tapos yung tatay mo ganun, gwaping.
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Tapos, ito yung unfortunate, di ba?
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Hindi naman ako magbabanggit kung sino-sino.
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Pero, marami kasi.
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Ang problema kasi, sometimes,
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So, kunyari, yung tatay mo, sikat, napakagaling, ang gwapo pa.
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Tapos, hindi ka kasing...
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Kasi, pogi o kasing galing, di ba?
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Hindi kasing pogi, hindi kasing galing.
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Or, ang pwede mong gawin kasi in that situation.
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So, mag-iiba ka ngayon ng genre.
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Mag-iiba ka ng...
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In my case, I didn't have to do that kasi nga,
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girly-lash naman ako.
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So, tapos, kumbaga, parang in my career naman,
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nag-ano ako, I dabbled into theater.
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Mas-mas nagkaroon ako ng acting.
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Ating career kaysa sa father ko.
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So, in that sense,
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parang I established na rin my own path.
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But, at the same time, siyempre, malaking nakatulong.
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Dahil, siyempre, I'm sure, maybe many of you out there
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watching right now,
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know that nag-umpisa ako,
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ang discovery ako ni Kuya Germs.
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And that was because, of course, narinig niya,
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anak ni Hadji kumakanta.
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So, siyempre, kung hindi naman,
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wala naman ganung background,
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I'm sure, maybe it would have been harder, di ba?
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But, did you know that...
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Did you know that you were gonna do it?
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Maliit pa ako, alam ko na.
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As in, yung mga makulit...
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Yung isa ako dun sa mga makukulit na bata na talagang
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Yung hindi magpapapigil, yung ganun.
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Ayoko na mag-aral, yung ganun ba?
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And you knew that you could sing?
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I mean, kasi nung bata pa ako,
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parang gusto ko mag-artista, gusto ko maging singer,
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pero parang gusto ko mas maging artista, yung ganun ba?
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As I grew up, siyempre, na-realize ko.
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Kasi, di ba, sometimes naman,
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na-plano natin, hindi naman necessarily
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ganun yung mangyayari.
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Mas nakilala ako bilang singer than as an actress.
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Pero that came later on.
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But you're a very good actress also.
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Thank you, thank you.
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So now, yung theater, kailan pumasok yun?
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And why did you decide to go into theater?
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Why did you pivot?
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So maliit pa ako, talagang, ano na,
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nag-start na ako sa theater.
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I was only 8 years old.
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I did The Sound of Music when I was 8.
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In fact, kagabi nga sa concert ko,
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dito sa LA, believe it or not,
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kasi itong si Jane, na ating producer,
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The Celebrant, Jane Provido,
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Tapos sabi ko sa kanya,
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do you know na my first musical,
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the first job I ever took as a performer,
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was 41 years ago.
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So nung pinanganak si Jane,
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that was when I did the,
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eto pa, kaya sobrang parang full circle nung gabi,
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nung gabi ng show.
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Kasi 41 years old si Jane,
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celebrating her birthday last night.
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Tapos in the audience,
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yung isa sa castmate ko that I hadn't seen for 41 years
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from The Sound of Music was in the audience.
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His name was Roland.
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And I was like, sabi niya,
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oh, nandyan si Roland, kasama mo siya sa The Sound of Music
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Yung talagang sabi ko, wow, that's something.
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This concert with Jane,
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yung birthday concert niya.
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First of all, hats off to you for doing it.
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Because si Jane is a mover and shaker dito sa local community.
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Max naman, mover and shaker.
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Pero what compelled you to do it?
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So I was in the Philippines na,
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I knew I was going to be in the Philippines kasi nga,
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the last time I was in Manila was April and May,
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I shot a film with Morissette,
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yung the song, Song of the Fireflies.
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Hindi pa siya napapalabas.
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So, kumbaga, parang I always try to at least go back home
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to visit my lola, to visit my family.
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Kahit ito na nga na nag-apply na nga ako for my citizenship dito.
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And ang inaano ko nga, ang tinarget ko na was that November ako uuwi.
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So nung kinontak ako ni Jane, sabi niya,
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are you available on ganitong weekend?
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Sabi ko, nako, kakauwi ko pa lang sa Philippines, ganyan-ganyan.
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Malabo, sabi ko talaga.
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Pero parang sabi ko, sige,
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okay, gawin na rin natin, ganun-ganun.
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So nagkasundo naman kami.
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So nakahanap naman ako ng medyo affordable na flights.
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It was all about the flights.
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So nakahanap naman, and then,
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tamang-tama, may pumasok akong isa pang show dito sa US din,
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Magsaseattle ka, diba?
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Pero it's an event, company event.
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So parang at least two shows bago ako bumalik ulit to the Philippines for the holidays.
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Now, supporting the local artist,
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how important is that for you?
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Supporting the local artist.
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Alam mo ito, my cousin and I, si Nino Alejandro, we were just talking about this.
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Plano ko kasi, guys, mag-50 na ako next year.
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Matanda ka pala sa amin.
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I did not know that.
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So in a couple of months, I will be turning, in three months, I'll be turning 50.
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So gusto kong makarating ng Korea.
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Since the last time akong nagpunta sa Korea was 20 years ago.
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So hindi rin ako nakalibot.
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And I want to understand, bakit nila tayo parang milya-milya-milya na yung parang they became a soft power.
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Because of their music, because of their entertainment, telenovelas, film, nag-Oscar, best picture and all that.
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How did this happen?
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Bakit to think na di ba tayong Pilipino, iniisip ko yan eh.
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Di ba, tayo naman yung kututuusin eh.
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Sa IOM, sa mga Broadway musicals, sa mga ganyan na tayo before, before, before pa na ang galing natin maging kumanta, umarte.
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Hindi naman matatawanan din yung mga director natin.
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So sabi ko bakit, bakit tayo naunahan?
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Yun yung gusto kong maintindihan.
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What is it about it?
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Do you have an idea?
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And we were discussing this.
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It's apparently parang strategy ng gobyerno nila na suportahan talagang arts, suportahan talagang entertainment scene.
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Because that is their way to put themselves on the map.
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And because of that, yung mayaman din sila.
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Because they create that industry na talagang, as you can see, BTS talagang.
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Naman yung billion-billion na pinapasok na revenue nun.
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So gain sila, di ba? Sometimes, forward thinking lang eh.
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Speaking of BTS ah, yung chair na yan, dinonate yan ni Vince Nantes.
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Who wrote the first hit of BTS.
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He's sitting on that chair.
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Baka kailangan man ako masam-sam ko yun.
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Kaya tawag namin diyan the hit maker chair.
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He wrote Black Swan yun.
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With August Rigo.
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So do you write things on this chair also?
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Pero ano lang eh.
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Hangin doon pala.
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So you said how important is it to support the Filipino artists.
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Yun nga yung sinasabi ko.
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Kasi napaka-talented natin.
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It's just a question of, of course, maybe having somebody in the government na will have this
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strategy na sige, supportahan natin ng mga singers, actors, film, and all that.
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And really put budget into it.
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And number two, lahat din tayo.
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Dapat supportahan din natin yung sariling atin.
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And madalas din kasi nagkakaroon ng mga factions.
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Kasi gusto namin si ganito.
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Kaya sisirahan namin si ganito.
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If we were to, parang, as in, kasi like BTS, like I said nga, diba?
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Parang it's a nation of.
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Talagang atin to.
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Pero diba SB19, diba?
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Parang somehow may support din sila.
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Pero as of this taping, SB19, nag-cancel na mga shows.
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Ngayon lang gagawin.
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So, you're busy still as a singer.
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Are you still doing theater?
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Ito, well, so far, matagal na yung huli.
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But yun nga, itong film namin ni Moray set is a musical.
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How was it like working with her?
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I really enjoyed it.
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It's her first film, so introducing siya dito.
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And we had a good time.
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We had a good time.
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She's a natural actress.
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And of course, napakagaling naman.
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I mean, as far as yung mga, this generation.
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Her generation of singers.
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Diba si Regina din mentioned something about that.
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Na parang, talagang kakaiba yung singers.
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Ang kakaiba yung singing voice ni Moray.
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Ang sarap pakinggan.
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And as an actress, I was surprised that she had the depth.
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So, just to give everyone a little taste of what Song of the Fireflies is.
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So, it's the true story of kids in Bohol.
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They're called the Lobok Children's Choir.
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They were basically just kids in very, you know, meager background.
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In a town na parang never heard of, diba?
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In the middle of nowhere in Bohol.
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And may mga bata na binuulang nitong isang teacher.
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Itong character nga ni Moryseth.
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And they started joining mga competition.
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And wala silang parang audition.
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Walang elimination.
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As in, ang sa kanya lang, para enjoy lang yung mga bata.
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But somehow, may magic sila.
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And that's why it's Song of the Fireflies.
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Kasi parang pag naririnig yung boses nila, nakakaroon ng magic.
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It's kind of like that.
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So I'm so excited about it because I think it's going to be a very inspiring story.
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It's not the usual musical film.
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So it's their story about the kids' story.
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Sila, yung Lobok Children's Choir, the current Lobok Children's Choir.
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Kasi they originated in the 1980s.
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So syempre, wala. Matatanda na yung mga ano na yan.
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Yung current group.
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At may cameo na lalabas ang isang ano natin.
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We need more films na ganito eh.
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Yes. Para din, diba?
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And also because it showcases our musicality as Filipinos.
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Kasi our company, yung Culture Tane, diba?
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We produced ang Larawan.
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Yun ang main ano namin eh, is to showcase the music of the Filipinos to the world.
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Kasi hopefully, just like Larawan, sana makapasok siya sa mga international film festivals.
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Para naman makita nila.
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Kasi itong mga batang to, as in, diba parang it's as if, sabi nga ni Ellen DeGeneres, diba?
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Na parang, there must be something in the water in the Philippines.
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Yes. Kasi lahat ng tao, talented.
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Oo. At saka napaka, yung minsan, yung mga pata, diba?
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Na mga, like, well now, Jake Zyrus, diba? Doon ang galing yun.
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Na naging sumikat siya.
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Ganun eh. Because I think it's really in us.
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It's just a question of banding together as a nation and saying, you know what?
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This is what we're good at. And we need to support this. Para umunlad tayo lahat.
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Para lahat tayo gain, diba?
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I think the entertainment scene is not, parang hindi, it's a resource na hindi sobrang nabibigyan ng enough.
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Hindi pa natatap, oo.
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Hindi natatap enough.
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And to think, napaka-abundant ng talent ng Filipino artist.
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Oo. Grabe. Grabe talaga. Yeah.
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So as we've seen, diba? Lea Salonga and then most recently, si Vina Morales was on Broadway.
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Yes. Here Lies Love.
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Which has ended their run recently. So I think, yeah.
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You know what people don't understand?
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Like Here Lies Love. Can you imagine? David Byrne of Talking Heads.
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Pwede naman siyang mag-tap into a different culture eh.
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Minsan nalulungkot ako dahil hindi in-embrace talaga ng lahat ng Pilipino sa Amerika yung Here Lies Love.
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Ito nga yung ano ko eh. Ito nga yung parang naiisip ko. Kasi I watched it, no?
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I was there for the opening night and then Lea was nice enough to give me a ticket for that.
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I was, and then I bought a ticket again to ano. So I watched it twice. I really, really, really enjoyed it.
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It's so much fun and unfortunately, parang some people said it was too much fun considering the seriousness of the subject.
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Which is of course, diba?
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Whatever led to the people power revolution and all of the things that happened in history that led up to that uprising.
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So parang masyado daw tin-rivialize, tin-rivialize yung ganun.
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I don't feel that because feeling ko naman hindi natin pwedeng ipakain sa global audience yung masyadong maraming detalye at kailangan naman palatable pa rin sa kanila.
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And then let the global audience do their Google search.
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That's how I felt.
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That's how I felt.
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But on the flip side, syempre yung mga supporters din ng current administration may reservation din dahil ay negative to, negative to against the Marcos.
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So parang on both sides nagkaroon ng ano eh.
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Sayag no? Maybe tiny.
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Parang naging, maybe in a way it was too polarizing, maybe that's the word, polarizing.
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So in that sense, maybe that was the thing.
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But you know what? Ang daming show sa Broadway na as in it opens this week, in two weeks sarado na ha.
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Ito nag six months, tumagal pa to.
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And honestly, ang kontrata nila talaga sa theater was only, apparently I just learned hanggang November lang pala talaga.
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So it could have been really promoted as hanggang November lang ha. Parang ganun. Manood na kayo. Parang ganun.
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I see. Any plans of doing Broadway?
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Ako may plano pero may plano kaya siya sa akin.
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Bakit hindi? You have to attract, di ba? You have to bring it.
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Correct, correct, correct. I have, you know, I've never said this before but since nandito tayo na it feels very intimate.
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Of course. Oh it is.
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Parang we can share secrets here.
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Okay, ito yung totoo niyan. I am terrified, terrified, terrified of auditions. As in I have auditioned but I feel like parang it's like pulling nails, you know.
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Kasi meron akong fear na parang if I'm being judged.
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Parang yung brain ko, parang it has this switch na parang if I'm gonna perform katulad yung show namin ni Jane, I'm there for the people.
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Parang it's not that I'm not being there, I'm not being scored, I'm not being…
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You were invited.
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I don't need to be, I was invited to perform and I'm there para sumaya sila.
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Yung mindset na yun, basta ganun yung mindset, relaxed.
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Nakakapag-joke-joke, nakakakanta ng maganda.
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Yung notes at ang mga hindi na fa-flat. Pero the minute na audition or contest, eto na may sudden you're being judged, you're being ganun, ganun, ganun.
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It's so important kasi if you get this role, magbabago buhay mo, yayamang ka.
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Yung ganun, it's gonna change your life.
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So you better sing this well, Rachel.
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So pressure yourself.
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Kaya kung matatala ka o, maliit yan eh. So kahit konting doubt, konting ano, ma-faflat yun eh.
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And ang nangyayari, you know what, it gets so bad sometimes. People don't know this, but it gets so bad sometimes that I have parang a heart attack coming on.
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I have felt… in the year 2000 when I joined the Metro Pop kasi, di ba, it was, it's not a singer competition, as you know, it's a songwriting competition.
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competition, pero ikaw yung interpreter.
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Worst yun for me because
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nakasalalay sa akin kung mananalo
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Kumbaga, he's counting on me.
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So you better not forget the lyrics.
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Walang prongter eh.
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So ito yung feeling ko. Parang,
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tapos, saan yung next line?
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Saan yung next line? Biglang, oh, lumalabas.
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So what's the next line? Alam mo, itong buong
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left arm ko, nawala ng
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feeling na parang nag-num.
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And that's what they said
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is a heart attack about to happen.
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So hindi siya masaya. This was like
19:35.3
23 years ago. Yes.
19:37.6
And that's not the first time. This has happened.
19:40.0
Like, di naman lagi. Pero
19:41.2
if it's a audition, live audition,
19:44.1
kaya kasi kaya nga ngayon,
19:44.8
thank God for the pandemic, kasi nauso ngayon
19:47.4
ng video audition. Yes, yes, yes.
19:49.6
Na pwede mong ulitin. Yes.
19:52.1
Diba? Pag nagkamali,
19:53.6
kapag ano, oh, erase.
19:55.5
Ngayon, ngayon ang uso.
19:56.8
Is it safe to say that, or safe
19:59.3
to conclude, you're too hard on yourself?
20:03.0
Or may topak lang talaga ako.
20:07.6
It's an ano, sabi nga nila,
20:09.7
maybe you need treatment.
20:11.1
Maybe you need ano. May nagsabi sa aking
20:13.2
actress, sabi niya.
20:14.1
Baka it's a form of PTSD,
20:16.4
sabi sa akin. Pero from,
20:18.2
was your dad hard on you when you were...
20:22.2
My dad's the nicest, most jolly,
20:25.0
fun dad. So wala.
20:27.7
Let's talk about your songs. Ito naman.
20:30.2
What was your first... Simulan muna natin
20:32.3
sa ano pinaka gusto mo
20:34.4
sa discography mo na kanta?
20:38.6
Hard to say. Siyempre, I'd have to say
20:40.4
Paalam na because
20:41.5
I co-wrote that with our good friend.
20:44.1
Okay. Ako hindi ako nagpunta ro'n.
20:46.2
Siya po ang nagpunta ro'n.
20:48.1
Did I open a door?
20:49.6
Of course you did.
20:53.1
Mali mo, may mangyaring show in the future.
20:55.4
Iyan na nga. So we are putting it out
20:58.3
in the universe. Yes.
21:00.0
That maybe, kung may nakaka
21:02.3
rinig dyan, mga nag-iisip
21:04.5
ng ano bang magandang
21:08.2
Parang maganda ang Paco Geneva.
21:18.4
Hindi ako marunong kumanta.
21:25.4
That's your favorite.
21:28.1
Legend has it, that was a love letter.
21:32.7
Can we talk about it?
21:33.7
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:34.6
And the reason why,
21:35.7
it could have been a love letter na binasa,
21:38.3
krinampol, tinapon eh, diba?
21:40.3
But it turned out to be a hitsong.
21:42.0
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:43.3
ding dong and I were,
21:48.5
in that stage na siyempre,
21:52.7
na parang ito na yung dulong-dulong-dulo.
21:54.4
Kasi diba, mga relationship naman.
21:57.3
Awi-bate, awi-bate, abete.
21:58.7
Ito parang, it seemed na,
22:01.7
Parang ganun eh, diba?
22:03.6
So, he wrote a letter in English.
22:06.5
Kasi alam mo naman,
22:07.5
ingisera si kuya.
22:10.8
So, it was a letter in English.
22:14.6
word for word yun.
22:17.7
Yung tinranslate ko lang siya sa Tagalog
22:20.3
at pinag-rhyme ko lang.
22:22.1
Yung nais ko lang malaman mo,
22:24.8
ang laman ng aking puso,
22:26.9
baka di na mabigyan ng ibang pagkakataon
22:30.0
na sabihin ito sa'yo.
22:31.6
Literally, yun yung start ng letter.
22:34.7
I wanted to tell you this,
22:37.4
what's in my heart,
22:38.6
because I may not be given another chance to say this.
22:43.3
So, tinagalog ko lang lahat nung sinasabi niya.
22:46.7
Hanggang sa iyon na parang...
22:48.2
By the way, nung panahon natin na yun,
22:49.7
uso pa talaga ang papemel roti,
22:51.9
uso pa talaga ang...
22:53.1
Handwritten pa talaga.
22:54.6
Wala pa ngayon yung mga ano,
22:55.8
diba, nasa tablet or sa phone, ganyan.
22:58.0
Oo, ito, handwritten ito.
22:59.9
And he left it on the pillow
23:01.6
in our apartment.
23:05.7
And ang nakahanap kasi,
23:07.5
ayoko siyang makitang umalis.
23:10.5
So, I left and I stayed
23:12.4
at my tita Ria's house.
23:13.1
At I stayed at my tita Ria's house.
23:13.2
At I stayed at my tita Ria's house.
23:13.3
At I stayed at my tita Ria's house.
23:14.0
My late stepmother, tita Ria Diaz.
23:17.1
And I stayed overnight doon.
23:18.7
Tapos tumawag yung sister ko, si Barney.
23:21.1
Yung chef na sister ko.
23:25.0
Kasi she, parang every time after school,
23:27.8
Hindi niya alam na wala ako doon.
23:30.0
So, nung dumating siya,
23:31.3
sabi niya, ah, hindi pala dito natulog.
23:34.0
Nakita niya, may letter doon sa bed,
23:37.5
Tapos, tinawagan niya ako.
23:39.8
you want me to read it to you?
23:41.5
Ayun, binasa niya.
23:42.7
Iyak talaga ako ng iyak.
23:45.5
I don't think I've ever cried more in my life.
23:48.0
Binasa ni Barney yung breakup letter.
23:50.6
Sa akin on the phone.
23:52.7
Yung letter na yun.
23:54.0
So, hindi ikaw nagbasa?
23:55.2
Hindi ako nagbasa.
23:56.1
Siya ang nagbasa sa akin on the phone.
23:58.9
That's another 360, ha?
24:00.4
Parang ikaw ang lumuhod kay Geneva
24:04.1
para mag-propose on my behalf.
24:06.4
Oo nga. Bakit ba nangyari yun?
24:08.8
Bakit ba nangyari yun?
24:09.5
Kasi hindi ako naman nabigyan ng visa to go to...
24:13.5
Eh, ba't hindi mo inintay na lang bumalik?
24:17.5
Mahabag story na yan.
24:18.8
Hindi ko alam yung story na yan.
24:20.7
Hindi ko alam yung reason.
24:22.1
Alam mo kung bakit kayo nasa London, diba?
24:30.9
Sinama niya ako, diba?
24:32.2
Kasi, yeah, she had some work over there
24:34.7
and then sinama niya ako.
24:37.5
But what's not clear to me is bakit
24:39.6
yung naisip na kailangan gawin sa London
24:42.2
et cetera, et cetera.
24:43.5
Yan ang hindi ko alam.
24:44.4
But I know that she was carrying your child.
24:46.4
Yeah, I think para...
24:47.2
That much I know.
24:48.3
Para hindi ma-cheese-mease.
24:51.9
So, parang may time constraint?
24:53.8
Kasi, kasi, diba?
24:54.9
It was, it was, uh...
24:56.3
It was hidden na buntis siya.
24:58.6
So, ikaw ang nag-propose.
25:00.8
Kasi kailangan nga.
25:01.7
Siyempre kailangan, ano,
25:02.7
dal very wholesome
25:06.6
Tapos si Barney naman
25:07.3
ang nakipag-break up sa'yo
25:08.8
on Big Dog's behalf.
25:12.7
Tapos, ang iyak din niya.
25:14.5
While she was reading it,
25:19.8
Hindi ko halos maintindihan
25:20.9
yung sinasabi niyo
25:21.7
dahil iyak siya ng iyak.
25:22.4
Buta, hindi ko tinapo yung letter.
25:26.0
Hindi ko na alam.
25:27.2
Pero, ito ang ito yun.
25:29.1
Pero, yung original,
25:30.4
kasi I wrote the lyrics of Paalam na
25:32.6
on the back of a script
25:36.6
Yung mga uso noon, diba?
25:37.7
Yung drama anthology.
25:39.7
Hindi pa teleserye yung uso nung araw.
25:41.9
I wrote it on the back of the script.
25:43.3
The producer of Paalam na,
25:46.0
still has that piece of paper.
25:48.8
So, yun, handwritten.
25:50.2
Baka nga pencil written pa.
25:51.9
May mga bura-bura pa.
25:53.1
Did you know it was going to be a hit?
25:56.3
No, I didn't know that.
26:01.2
Yes, I did know that.
26:06.6
I knew it was going to win.
26:09.3
Nung naano na siya,
26:11.5
nominate na siya for the awit.
26:13.9
For Song of the Year.
26:16.0
Very, very strong feeling.
26:17.2
Kasi I was in the States, eh.
26:19.1
I forget what I was doing.
26:22.1
Pero nag-iwan ako ng, ano,
26:23.8
ganun ako ka-confident,
26:26.2
na nag-iwan ako ng, ano,
26:28.4
acceptance of a speech.
26:32.7
Ina-attract mo talaga, diba?
26:35.2
attract, claim it.
26:36.6
So, I wrote the speech.
26:37.4
I gave it to him na.
26:39.3
nung nanalo kami,
26:40.8
binasan niya yung speech.
26:45.7
those things that,
26:46.8
that happen in our lives,
26:49.1
silver lining yun, eh.
26:51.1
That's a silver lining.
26:53.6
Knowing what you know now,
26:55.8
do you believe that everything
26:56.8
really does happen for a reason?
27:01.6
there are days that I think about that,
27:04.3
wow, this happened
27:05.7
because ganito pala.
27:10.4
when things make sense
27:11.5
and then there are times
27:12.6
when things don't make any sense
27:14.0
and they don't have,
27:17.6
bakit ba ito nangyari?
27:18.5
There's no answer really.
27:20.5
So, I'd say yes or,
27:23.0
depending on the,
27:26.2
Pero in the case of,
27:27.4
itong particular thing,
27:29.9
I don't think any other,
27:32.4
unuusong-usong ngayon yung multiverse,
27:35.9
dito sa universe na to,
27:37.6
hindi kayo naghiwalay.
27:39.3
dito sa universe na to,
27:41.5
At nag-asawa siya ng iba.
27:43.2
At ikaw nag-asawa.
27:44.2
I don't see another universe,
27:47.0
especially for Ding Dong.
27:50.3
in a universe na hindi niya naging asawa si Jessa,
27:53.9
hindi niya rin naging anak si Jada.
27:55.7
And that could not be.
27:57.3
That could not be.
27:58.7
Because there's no universe that,
28:05.3
If we are all accounted for.
28:06.6
Because as you've seen,
28:07.6
she is the best of both parents.
28:13.2
parang meant that she is here on earth.
28:17.0
everything had to happen for that to happen.
28:22.0
And perfect yung,
28:23.6
yung ganda ni Jessa,
28:25.2
yung itsura ni Ding Dong,
28:26.9
yung talent nung dalawa,
28:28.6
in-instilled doon sa bata.
28:31.2
And multiplied by tenfold.
28:33.9
She writes her own music,
28:35.3
she plays instruments.
28:39.3
from the very, very beginning,
28:40.5
sinabi ko na sa kanya.
28:42.1
I see her as becoming
28:43.3
a big global superstar.
28:46.5
kung swertehan lang.
28:49.3
kayong dalawang mag-asawa,
28:51.0
supportahan nyo na yan.
28:52.4
Take it all the way.
28:54.9
Nakikano na kayo dyan.
28:56.3
pag-golf-golf na lang.
28:58.1
Kung ako may anak na gano'n.
29:01.9
Speaking of kids,
29:06.2
Dahil nasa golden girls na tayo.
29:08.4
Pwede ba yung ito yung tawag ng adoption?
29:10.7
Pwede ka mag-adopt ng 18 years old
29:16.8
syempre ikaw marami.
29:19.2
Marami kang hinahatid sundo.
29:22.0
Isa akong school bus.
29:22.5
Isa akong school bus.
29:25.7
At least yun lang ang consequence ko sa mga...
29:28.4
Pero blessing naman.
29:31.0
you've been, ano.
29:37.2
parang as time went by,
29:38.7
busy, busy, busy.
29:40.7
Priorities lang naman to,
29:42.2
And you wake up one day,
29:43.8
Matanda na pala ako.
29:46.8
time just flew by.
29:51.5
life happens while you're,
29:54.1
May ganun quote eh,
29:55.5
while you're busy making plans
29:56.9
or something like that.
29:58.1
You don't see it,
30:01.0
In my husband's case though,
30:02.6
he's not fond of having kids.
30:05.4
itong napang-asawa ko...
30:06.8
So nagkasudu kayo dalawa.
30:08.5
Well, in my case,
30:11.6
Parang nandun pa rin siya
30:16.1
Tapos nung pandemic,
30:20.0
pag wala kang anak
30:21.0
during the pandemic
30:22.0
and isa kang singer,
30:24.5
mawawalan ka ng hope
30:27.2
oh ano na ngayon?
30:29.7
Did you elaborate?
30:30.9
Yeah, can you elaborate
30:32.6
It got really, really dark.
30:34.6
And iyak lang ako
30:36.1
kasi parang there was
30:37.2
no end to the tunnel.
30:39.3
There was no light
30:40.2
at the end of the tunnel
30:43.3
tapos talagang may mga realization
30:45.0
na did I make a mistake?
30:46.7
Kasi if I'm not a singer,
30:50.6
yes, I'm a daughter,
30:53.4
let's say you guys na,
30:55.0
I'm sorry but I have to get up
30:57.9
kahit anong mangyari,
30:59.2
kailangan maggawa ako
31:00.3
ng breakfast para din
31:01.3
sa mga gagong to eh.
31:02.4
Gusto mo o ayaw mo?
31:03.5
Gusto mo o ayaw mo?
31:04.3
I have to pick you up,
31:05.0
you have to get up, di ba?
31:08.7
parang of the same as yesterday,
31:10.2
ay gano'n na parang
31:11.8
wala kang ginagawa.
31:13.5
nakapadyama sa bahay.
31:15.2
Tapos hindi mo alam
31:17.0
It wasn't a financial burden eh.
31:20.3
because we're okay
31:22.0
because my husband naman
31:24.0
He never stopped working
31:26.2
hindi naman ako magastos na tao.
31:28.4
but it was more yung purpose.
31:30.8
I guess yung tinatawag na purpose.
31:32.9
Why am I even here?
31:35.3
ano nang silbi ko
31:38.2
kung hindi ako nanay,
31:45.0
washed over me na,
31:46.9
bakit ba hindi ako nag-anak?
31:48.8
Because I'm selfish.
31:51.6
Ito namin mga gano'n.
31:53.5
Parang ginanong-ganong ko
31:54.6
yung sarili ko talaga.
31:55.7
Yun yung mga iniiyakan ko.
31:59.9
Come on, di ba na?
32:00.9
I'm sure in your case also,
32:02.3
maybe it was scary for you
32:03.4
because we didn't know
32:04.7
what we were gonna do
32:08.4
It was very scary.
32:11.2
But in the Philippines,
32:12.5
they took it a whole notch higher
32:15.2
because the restrictions
32:19.2
it reopened way later pa
32:22.1
Kaya may nakabukas na kayo,
32:23.1
nakakulong pa rin.
32:25.5
So, I didn't spend
32:26.7
the first part of the pandemic,
32:29.5
so papasok na yung friend natin.
32:31.5
So the first part of the pandemic,
32:33.3
nasa New York ako.
32:37.6
The following year,
32:39.8
di ba yun ang tawag nila
32:44.5
Geneva and I decided
32:45.9
na ma-lockdown together.
32:48.7
Kasi naisip namin,
32:49.9
might as well mag-bonding,
32:53.0
So, wala nang gagawin,
32:58.7
Alam mo kung bakit?
33:00.1
Kasi tumira siya sa akin.
33:03.6
yung tatay ni Jen,
33:06.7
So, yun din yung reason
33:08.4
hindi na muna kami uuwi doon.
33:10.4
Tapos, tamang-tama,
33:11.2
oh, samahan niyo ako,
33:11.9
wala akong kasama,
33:13.6
So, it was in between
33:15.5
the Broken Marriage Vow.
33:16.5
So, ikaw, si Jen,
33:20.1
Tsaka yung helper ko,
33:22.8
Yung Broken Marriage Vow,
33:24.3
the teleserye that I was filming
33:28.0
So, nastuck ako sa Pilipinas,
33:30.7
Na hindi ako makauwi
33:33.1
I have to finish the teleserye.
33:34.8
Hindi ako pwedeng basta umulid
33:35.9
dahil pag umuwi ako,
33:38.3
quarantine na naman
33:43.6
So, wait, wait, wait na lang
33:45.5
hanggang mag-resume,
33:46.5
ganun, ganun, ganun.
33:47.3
Tapos, naisip nga namin,
33:48.8
oh, dito na lang kayo.
33:49.8
So, she spent maybe
33:50.7
2 and a half weeks,
33:54.6
doon talaga magkakasubukan
33:59.9
Wala kayong ibang nakikita
34:01.4
kundi yung isa't isa.
34:03.4
bawal lumabas ang baguets.
34:05.6
Binawal ng Pilipinas
34:06.7
lumabas ang batak
34:09.2
Hindi pwedeng lumabas
34:11.5
So, kahit gusto namin
34:13.5
gusto namin mag-ano,
34:14.2
minsan, mabilisan lang,
34:15.4
maglalakad lang kami,
34:16.2
magjo-jogging kami sa labas,
34:20.3
So, imagine talagang,
34:21.4
oh, saan tayo pupunta?
34:24.0
kain na lang tayo.
34:25.7
Kahit dalawa ni Geneva,
34:26.6
yung friendship nyo,
34:29.4
It's over 20 years, yeah.
34:31.6
More, more, more.
34:33.5
that was the 90s.
34:36.4
We're talking maybe 25 years.
34:38.5
Kasi yung ka-age ni, ano,
34:42.3
Kasi she was pregnant
34:43.3
at that time, di ba?
34:45.4
Yun yung start nun.
34:51.1
was a true test of friendship.
34:53.3
So, ano conclusion
34:55.1
sa friendship nyo?
34:56.2
Na pwede pala talaga
34:57.0
kaming ma-stack together.
34:59.0
Feeling ko kung kami dalawa
35:00.0
yung stuck for two weeks,
35:01.2
wala na kami together.
35:05.2
Pwede pala kaming,
35:06.3
kung naging gay kami,
35:07.7
pwede pala kaming
35:08.3
maging mag-asawa.
35:13.4
I'm very, you know.
35:15.4
fire and ano kami, di ba?
35:17.0
Combination kami.
35:19.6
pag tinignan nyo kayong
35:20.5
dalawa on the surface,
35:21.8
iisipin nila ikaw yung palaban,
35:23.8
siya yung tahimik.
35:28.5
may ugaling ano eh.
35:31.6
Maria Clara, di ba?
35:36.8
I have a manly, ano.
35:39.0
pero pag kausap na kayong dalawa,
35:41.6
parang sa kanya ka mapapa,
35:44.9
we're a good combination.
35:45.7
Even on stage, guys.
35:46.7
Ito pinromote, no?
35:50.5
Inaayos ko lang yung
35:51.2
green card ni Geneva.
35:53.2
Para, para tuloy-tuloy na to,
35:55.5
Parang matuloy-tuloy natin.
35:57.8
we're a good combination on stage
36:00.5
a very different energy.
36:02.6
as you say, di ba?
36:04.0
So, she's super fun.
36:06.6
She's kikai, kalog,
36:08.8
And she'll go to the audience.
36:10.1
Pamaya kakandung na dun
36:11.1
sa isang audience.
36:15.4
Ako yung nagpa-plano.
36:16.4
Ako yung nagla-line up
36:18.4
Ako yung kausap sa kontrata.
36:21.2
And then, she's my charm.
36:22.7
She's my lucky charm.
36:24.4
Kaya, everywhere we go,
36:25.6
I think we're very blessed
36:27.8
parang ang ganda nung,
36:29.5
whenever I'm weak,
36:33.0
At pag lasing ako,
36:34.2
siya nag-aalaga sa akin
36:37.6
Ikaw, you're ate.
36:38.4
Di ba kaming malasing
36:41.4
to the same degree.
36:43.6
Kailangan may isang,
36:45.0
ano ba yung designated driver,
36:48.5
Ikaw ang ate niya, di ba?
36:59.8
I don't see any reason
37:01.8
wala kang purpose.
37:05.8
How do you want to be remembered?
37:11.8
Ano yung susunod na balik
37:12.8
ng Here Lies Love?
37:14.8
No, kasi di ba yun yung nga
37:18.8
People always say,
37:19.8
bakit yun ang title ng
37:21.8
Because that's an actual quote
37:22.8
from the first lady.
37:26.8
yung quote from the first lady.
37:30.8
I would prefer to have,
37:31.8
parang instead na,
37:33.8
the First Lady of the Philippines.
37:34.8
Here Lies Love lang
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daw ang gusto nyo.
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kung bakit yun yung title.
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how do you wanna be remembered?
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Before you answer that,
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naisip ko lang, di ba?
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Hindi ka pala nagtatrabaho sa New York.
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bilang Ola Fasadet.
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you can never can tell.
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You can never can tell.
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I've only been living here
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for a couple of years now.
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medyo mabagal ako eh,
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getting acclimated to,
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in the beginning,
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syempre wala naman akong friends
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parang nakakalungkot din,
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na walang friends.
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Although I'm very happy with my,
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kahit kaming dalawa lang mag-asawa,
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yung asawa ko actually
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yung lagi nagsasabi sa akin.
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you don't really live in New York
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if we don't have friends
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na magkaroon na tayo ng friends
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na masasabi mo na
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you're a New Yorker na talaga.
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that has happened.
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That has happened.
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we met a few people,
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na mga taga New York
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and we started hanging out with them.
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a few of my friends from the Philippines
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moved to New York.
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yung mga best friends ko,
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some of them moved.
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si Jeffrey Hidalgo
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is in the Philippines.
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since tapos na yung strike,
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yung actor strike ng SAG,
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sana magkaroon ng mga
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more opportunities
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to do some acting projects.
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hindi natin nabalikan.
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Are you ready to audition?
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tatapangan natin.
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I have a feeling,
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I need to talk to someone.
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ano ba yung mga breathing exercises na?
39:38.8
Wala ka naman issue sa rejection,
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talagang dinidibdib ko yung
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pag hindi ko nakuha.
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pag hindi ko nakuha yung part,
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you do naman magaling yung isa,
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yung kaibigan natin.
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Tsaka mabilis mag,
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kaya hindi ko nakuha yan kasi,
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may mas magandang dadating sis.
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nakatingin lang ako sa kanya,
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pag gumagano siya,
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saan mo nakuha yan?
40:18.8
she's also had quite a
40:20.8
Been through a lot.
40:21.8
Been through a lot.
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Because of COVID,
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she's always full of light.
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maganda yung ganoon,
40:42.8
maganda yung combination namin.
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Kasi ako yung nag-iisip,
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parang dati pag sinabi mo,
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Kaya yun, 3 months, no?
40:58.8
Do you think you would
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be less hard on yourself?
41:05.8
Alam mo, I'm already
41:06.8
less hard on myself.
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yan, yung show namin,
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Tumapak ako ng stage
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Naka-off yung mic.
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bago ako nagka-mic.
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if I was a less seasoned,
41:23.8
baka narattle na ako nun.
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may mga ganun na ako na
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things can go wrong
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in a performance.
41:31.8
what the performance
41:33.8
And because it's for
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the joy of others.
41:36.8
Wala akong expectation.
41:40.8
sabihin sa kanila,
41:43.8
Sinabi ko yun kagabi.
41:48.8
when I did a concert in
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nasira yung zipper
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Wardrobe malfunction.
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Wardrobe malfunction.
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pagpasok ko pa lang,
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hindi pala na zip up
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diba ang zipper sa likod
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kailangan parang nilalak?
42:04.8
Nilalak, binababa.
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pagpasok ko pa lang,
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naramdaman ko ng bumuka.
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Hinawakan ko ngayon.
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nakahawak akong ganito
42:17.8
Hindi na ako nakasayaw.
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tumakbo yung kanta.
42:21.8
may track yun eh.
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Hindi naman na sift.
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most performances,
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lalo na if it's a big song,
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Hindi naman yan puro
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kung ano lang yung naka-
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yung banda na nandiyan.
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Lalo na mga dance music.
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May mga other sounds.
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So, tumakbo yung track.
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Hindi ko na nagawa.
42:43.8
A more seasoned Rachel Alejandro
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would have been able to say,
42:51.8
nasira yung zipper ko ah.
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Hindi ko ginawa yun.
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Nawala yung voice ko.
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nakahawak ako dito.
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Folk arts theater.
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Kinanta ko yung song.
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Parang nakita ko yung,
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yung scene ng mga taong
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nakatingin sa'kin sa folk arts
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kling, kling, kling, kling.
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Yung buong pamaharap mong
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nasisira sa harapan mo.
43:20.8
And after that number,
43:23.8
Zinip up yung ano.
43:26.8
Nilagay yung mic.
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Hindi naman nag-work yung mic.
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So exit na naman.
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hindi na ayaw ko nang lumabas
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ng dressing room.
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Hinahatak nila ako.
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Umiiyak ako doon.
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Umiiyak na wala ang voice.
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they coaxed me out.
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Lumabas ako ulit.
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Wala akong boses, guys.
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if I had been the person I am now.
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What that show might have been like
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if I just stopped
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And to this day, naalala ko.
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And I'm feeling like,
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You needed that maturity.
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and you know this,
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stardom and success
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doesn't come to us later in life
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when we are already
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and we are already confident.
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It usually happens
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when we're young.
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And we're unprepared
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such as wardrobe malfunction.
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We usually are unable to,
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parang deal with it.
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Kasi kung confident ka,
44:47.8
Kung pwede ko lang ulitin,
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kung pwede lang bumalik.
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Yun yung mga babalikan ko.
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Hindi, kasi totoo.
44:55.8
It reminded me of my own
44:56.8
wardrobe malfunction.
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Hindi, kasi binabalikan natin
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Oo, anong nangyari?
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Isin mo, yung zipper mo
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bumagsak mag-isa.
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Yung sakin din, diba?
45:04.8
Bumaba yung zipper ko.
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Kung hindi bumaba yung zipper ko,
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Ngayon pa lang na-guess.
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Ang slow on the uptake.
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Slow, slow, slow.
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Kung hindi bumaba.
45:17.8
But at the same time,
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ito naman yung segway ko.
45:20.8
Ito yung segway ko naman.
45:23.8
It had to happen.
45:24.8
Because then, hindi mo marirealize
45:27.8
Every time you go back
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to the folk arts.
45:30.8
And that happened.
45:31.8
Na may mga lumulto na ngayon.
45:32.8
Na may mga lumulto na ngayon.
45:36.8
The reason why you're able
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to do what you do now
45:39.8
is because that thing
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At those starting up.
45:52.8
Do natin ilanding.
45:53.8
What's your advice?
46:02.8
This advice kasi doesn't
46:05.8
iba-iba naman ng artist.
46:07.8
May mga artist na,
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Maging professional kayo.
46:13.8
sobrang taas nung standard
46:14.8
na inanok ko sa sarili ko.
46:16.8
kailangan naman ganun eh.
46:20.8
ang mga concerts na ginagawa ko,
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mga Janet Jackson,
46:25.8
ganun yung style eh.
46:31.8
nineties pa lang,
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ganun na yung mga concert
46:40.8
roll with the punches ka,
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marunong kang sumalo.
46:45.8
May mga artists din naman na
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kulang din sa disiplina.
46:50.8
I think you have to find
46:54.8
be hard on yourself.
46:57.8
be as much as a perfectionist.
46:59.8
at the same time,
47:00.8
learn to forgive mistakes
47:01.8
and roll with the punches.
47:03.8
it also defines you.
47:07.8
Na how you pick yourself up.
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yung like I said,
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alam mo kung sino humahatak sa akin
47:11.8
dun sa dressing room
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it doesn't matter.
47:20.8
It doesn't matter.
47:22.8
they bought the tickets
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because they wanna see you.
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It doesn't matter
47:26.8
that things went wrong.
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Just get out there.
47:32.8
the next song was
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have you found your happy medium?
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I'd like to think so.
47:41.8
I'd like to think so.
47:45.8
para ko na yung ano eh,
47:46.8
dahil nga sa experience,
47:49.8
there in the palm of my hand.
47:51.8
Napapaikot ko na yan.
47:56.8
I'm very happily married.
47:57.8
I'm also glad I heard that you are too.
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Para biglay sa akin,
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para po tay last question.
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I just met your wife kanina.
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And you said nga that you're very happy.
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I'm very happy for you pa ako.
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I'm very happy for you.
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we've been married for 12 years.
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My husband's Spanish.
48:29.8
ang challenge naming mag-asawa is that
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he wants to move here,
48:34.8
Madaling mag-asawa yun eh.
48:35.8
He loves to move.
48:44.8
eh that's why nga nung pandemic,
48:45.8
believe it or not,
48:49.8
at nagtitigan kami
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it was the kind of thing na
48:57.8
hindi rin siya pumapasok,
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nagkasubukan din yung relationship
49:06.8
can make or break you.
49:07.8
It can make your marriage
49:11.8
Kasi dun ko na-realize na
49:15.8
Kasi siya yung sumalo sa akin
49:17.8
during my lowest moments
49:21.8
But he was there.
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He just listened.
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He just let me cry.
49:27.8
he kept saying na parang,
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just do what you love.
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We don't have any
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financial obligations.
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We don't have children.
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Wala tayong problema dun.
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Ang ano mo na lang is
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find something that makes you happy.
49:41.8
It may not be money making
49:45.8
that's not possible right now.
49:47.8
Because you are a singer
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and there's no work
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for you right now.
49:50.8
And that's something
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you have to accept.
49:58.8
anong nangyari sa'yo nung pandemic?
50:03.8
nagkasubukan kami
50:05.8
dun ko na-realize na
50:06.8
nasa akin yung mga anak ko,
50:07.8
nasa akin yung asawa ko,
50:11.8
And I realized that
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we are able to live well.
50:14.8
We are able to live by faith.
50:17.8
Na okay lang yung sa mga kids,
50:19.8
okay lang kay Jaja na
50:20.8
ito lang ang meron natin,
50:25.8
we've done it in such a way
50:28.8
na hindi niya ako,
50:30.8
hindi niya ako pinapressure,
50:31.8
hindi ko rin siya pinapressure.
50:36.8
Does Jaja have a day job?
50:38.8
I don't know about her kasi.
50:41.8
Parang walang day job.
50:44.8
Ako naman, I'm doing the podcast.
50:46.8
Oh, I see, I see.
50:49.8
pero during the pandemic.
50:52.8
So, siya ang ano,
50:53.8
but that must have been also hard.
50:56.8
the exposure and all that.
50:57.8
I know certain medical...
50:58.8
Hindi mo alam na pag umuwi siya,
51:00.8
may COVID ba or...
51:01.8
Oh, yun na nga eh.
51:03.8
Yeah, it was hard.
51:04.8
Some people nga, di ba,
51:05.8
decided to isolate themselves.
51:07.8
If they could, di ba?
51:09.8
Which was also another,
51:10.8
that was hardship.
51:11.8
And of course, Filipino nurses,
51:13.8
God bless you, guys.
51:14.8
Mga heroes natin.
51:15.8
Kasi talagang grabe.
51:17.8
na talagang they,
51:19.8
I know every night,
51:21.8
kasi sa New York, ganun yan eh.
51:23.8
it would come on na,
51:24.8
ting-ting-ting naman.
51:25.8
Tinabang-aarang New York, di ba?
51:28.8
We were the first, ano,
51:31.8
So, it got better fast,
51:32.8
kasi it was handled properly.
51:36.8
oh, tuloy lang, sige.
51:37.8
At saka, ito yung narealize ko.
51:39.8
This was actually why the fear also,
51:41.8
kasi di ba, nung umpisa,
51:42.8
parang we were so fearful
51:43.8
of going out and stuff.
51:45.8
But the statistics showed that
51:47.8
it was the people that were staying home
51:49.8
at nawala ng trabaho
51:50.8
na sila yung mga nau-ospital.
51:52.8
Apparently, those that had purpose,
51:54.8
yung mga bus drivers,
51:55.8
yung mga MTA workers,
51:57.8
yung mga trained,
52:01.8
of course, marami pa rin nurses na.
52:02.8
In fact, I know that
52:03.8
there was a huge amount of,
52:05.8
parang percentage-wise,
52:06.8
ng mga nurses na Filipinos
52:08.8
that really succumbed to the virus.
52:10.8
Pero ang napansin ko,
52:11.8
it didn't necessarily
52:12.8
mean na nasa labas ka,
52:13.8
that you're not staying home,
52:14.8
na you are less likely
52:16.8
to be seriously affected.
52:18.8
Apparently, it's not.
52:19.8
It's your own health.
52:21.8
maybe your frame of mind as well.
52:23.8
Your mindset, correct.
52:26.8
Kaya biglang nung nalaman ko yun,
52:28.8
Kasi nung una talagang,
52:30.8
hindi ako lumalabas ng bahay.
52:33.8
Well, eventually,
52:35.8
sana wala na ganun.
52:37.8
At sana makabalik na si Geneva
52:39.8
para matuloy na yung show natin.
52:45.8
Ladies and gentlemen,
52:46.8
Miss Rachel Alejandro.
52:53.8
Don't forget to like, subscribe,
52:55.8
follow her on social media.
52:56.8
I'll post links to her Spotify account
52:59.8
para you can listen to the songs also.
53:03.8
Happy birthday, Jade Provido.
53:05.8
As we're taping this,
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it's her birthday.
