APL.DE.AP named as Carson PH Independence Day Grand Marshall | TFC News Digital Exclusives
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you know, growing up in L.A.,
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when I was sponsored as a kid from the Philippines,
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you know, I went to school
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in Irvin Junior High School in Glendale.
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And the first person I met was my best friend,
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and we started Black Eyed Peas together.
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And then when I attended school in Junior High School,
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in Irvin Junior High School,
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I started meeting other Filipinos.
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And they started inviting me to Filipino House Parties.
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And, you know, that's where we actually started performing,
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in Filipino House Parties.
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That's where we started our career.
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You know, when you go to Filipino House Parties,
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there's always a performance, you know.
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There's got to be a routine dance, a girl group, a guy group,
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a DJ crew, b-boys, b-girls.
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You know? There's got to be a routine dance, a girl group, a guy group, a DJ crew, b-boys, b-girls.
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You know? There's got to be a routine dance, a girl group, a guy group, a DJ crew, b-boys, b-girls.
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And we started in Glendale,
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and then we made it all the way to Carson.
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Because you hear of Carson, you hear that's like Filipino town, you know.
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So, we've been coming to Carson
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Well, you know, not for a long time.
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I don't want to let you know my age.
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But, yeah, we've been coming to Carson for a long time.
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But, yeah, we've been coming to Carson for a long time.
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But, yeah, we've been coming to Carson for a long time.
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So, I'm very excited to be a part of it.
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So, I'm very excited to be a part of it.
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I'm a proud Pinoyan, Yucca Bayan.
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I'm a proud Pinoyan, Yucca Bayan.
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And I always try to represent our culture wherever I am.
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So, let's celebrate us
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So, let's celebrate us
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and represent our culture
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and let's have an amazing parade.
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And one of the reasons why I decided to ask Apple to be our grand marshal
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And one of the reasons why I decided to ask Apple to be our grand marshal
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And one of the reasons why I decided to ask Apple to be our grand marshal
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is because of the extraordinary work that he did
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He's recently been doing, I don't know if you've been following the news,
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but Apple was part of the U.S. Delegation Department of Commerce to the Philippines.
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President Biden is investing $1 billion in the Philippine economy,
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and Apple was part of 20, he was the only philanthropist,
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but he was part of 20 business organizations, Yahoo, Google,
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that went to the Philippines for that delegation.
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And the second thing is, he just signed, the Apple Foundation just signed an MOU,
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a Memorandum of Understanding, with the Asian Development Bank.
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That's the first time that's ever happened.
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They're going to be funding Apple's program, which is to retrofit gas cars into electric vehicles.
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I mean, you've heard that they're trying to get rid of all the jeepneys,
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but if we can save them by retrofitting them to become electric vehicles, that's Apple's agenda.
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So we want to be able to train a whole generation of students and young people
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and professionals that can maintain and sustain that transition.
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From gas guzzlers to EP, that's going to be huge.
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So that's one of the reasons why Apple will be part of it as our Grand Marshal.
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So he will actually be performing a couple of songs, hopefully, on June 8th, as part of his appearance.
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Any more questions from the crowd?
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So I guess, to you, Abs, I've always appreciated that you're like the only dude that will do a Super Bowl, a stadium show.
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They don't show up at a random.
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They don't show up at a random Filipino event.
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You'll go to, like, cook a dubbo at Hi-Fi Kitchen or go bowling with Tita Liggy, then back to another Super Bowl.
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So I guess, how do you kind of, like, treat or do you feel a different energy from when you're doing, like,
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the big major Hollywood shows versus, you know, being with the Filipino community?
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Because I feel like you've been doing this.
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I think the first time I see you live was, like, Pistahan 05, and that was, I think that was the Beautiful People days
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of Black Black Peas, if I remember, or the Love Days.
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You know, I show up to...
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Filipino events because I feel like home, you know?
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I feel like I'm back home in the Philippines with my kabayan.
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So, and, you know, that's my support system when I do, you know, do my Super Bowl.
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That's what makes me who I am.
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I think about where I'm from, my family, and my culture.
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And so, any moment to, you know, to represent.
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And, uh, uh, show, uh, uh, you know, showcase our culture, uh, I'm all about it, you know?
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Um, like, I just don't want to keep Adobo for myself, you know?
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I want everybody else to taste it.
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So, um, so I stop to spread the love and our culture, our cuisine, who we are.
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So, uh, yeah, I love being around and being there.
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Thanks for everything.
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Save the day, June 8th!
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See you in person!
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See you in person!
