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Okay, so ito yung mock-up namin.
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And then kitchen.
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Pero actually sa event, siyempre yung kitchen dito na.
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Pero for now, dito mo na yung kitchen.
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Hi, welcome first customers.
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Do you have a chicken in a salad?
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Chicken in a salad, it comes with rice?
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No, it doesn't come with rice.
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Do you have brown rice?
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No, I don't have brown rice.
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I ordered one plain rice.
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Yeah, one plain rice.
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There's no plain rice.
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Oh, there's no rice.
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Do you want brown rice?
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Yeah, I want brown rice.
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Why do you want brown rice?
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Uisit, nagpapa-amerikano to si Christian.
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Si Christian nag-order ng brown rice daw.
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May brown rice daw kayo.
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May around 3 minutes per order.
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Ito yung kaldereta. Wala pa.
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Di nag-order si Christian ng kaldereta.
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So yun yung order ni Christian.
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Isn't there supposed to be like a leaf or like a pepper?
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No, no, no. It's fine.
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Ito may gravy na. Nakalimutan yung gravy kasi.
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Are you okay with the size of the...
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That's Kitty, our designer.
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Siya yung nag-design na ito.
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If you remember her.
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So she's back in Dubai because we're having a big, big food event na
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ilang months na namin pinaghahandaan.
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Ngayon, we're having a simulation here.
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Pinapractice na namin kasi para dun sa actual event, medyo hindi tayo makarak.
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Uy! Ganda, ganda, ganda.
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Dila Joanie, they arrived from Manila.
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Kitty kasi gusto niya ng mga malaking halaman.
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The garden concept for letting us use these beautiful plants.
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Si Jay lang makagawa na ito, guys.
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Dito sa Dubai, hindi muuulan.
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Of all the days, ngayon yung ulan.
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And then, tingnan mo.
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Ayan, tago. Tago sa ulan.
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What's happening here?
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Ay Lord, grabe no.
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Parang kabinte part 2 to ah.
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Kulang na lang nandito si Ninong Ry.
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Ayaw talaga kami palutuin ng simple lang na nandyan yung stars, moon.
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Palagi talaga gusto may ulan.
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Laban tayo, kuya.
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So the sun is finally out after 4 days.
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And we are ready.
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We are ready for our very first Alcercal event.
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Last year, nanonod lang kami dito.
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We were spectators and we were just dreaming na sana.
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Kasi ang ganda talaga ng event na ito.
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Sobrang prestigious.
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Ang ganda ng mga vendors.
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It's very well curated.
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Very well organized.
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So, parang everyone looks forward to this event.
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We are extremely excited.
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Kung baka gusto lang namin magkaroon sila ng good first impression about us.
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And it's about time.
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Tagal na natin dito sa Dubai.
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Ang ating kwento.
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That's our favorite French friend.
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This guy makes the best vegan ice cream in town.
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As I was saying...
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Sobrang kaming...
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We're so blessed and honored to be invited in this prestigious event.
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Honored in a sense because we're Filipinos and we want to share to them what we have.
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And our food is so much...
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Our food is like our culture.
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We're so vibrant.
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But at the same time, sometimes we're so shy.
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All the way from Manila.
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To make Dubai look like the Philippines a little bit.
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That's the kitchen staff.
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Maka-lumpit niyo ng Kitty.
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Bakla siya kung Kitty.
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Maka sinasabi niyo lang yan kasi may camera.
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Bigyan niyo pa ako kung grabe.
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Sinasabi niyo may toto.
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Kasabihin ko na niyo toto.
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Pagkadaan ko ng Facing them.
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In 30 minutes, we will be serving.
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And we will be opening our doors.
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Umuusok na yung aming griller.
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Ito, pakita ko na sa inyo.
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Daming tumitingin sa ating booth.
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Parang aliw na aliw sila sa itsura ng Pilipinas.
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Ayan, mga vendors natin.
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Ano tayong lounge area.
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Pwede tayong tumambay dyan.
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Pwede kong kumuha ng skateboard.
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Then, paso kayo sa ating sala.
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Marami tayong benta.
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Ayan, si Madam Joni.
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Si Madam Camille.
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Ayan, pakita ko sa inyo yung kitchen natin.
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Oh, narinig niya yan guys.
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It's pretty cool daw.
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We got Saul manning the drinks.
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What do you have here, Saul?
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We've got our calamansi cooler.
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So it's calamansi, a little bit of mint.
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And, uh, we finish it with some lemon as well.
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And then we got our sagot gulaman.
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What is a sagot gulaman?
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It's a typical Filipino drink that you see on the street.
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So it's like a brown sugar syrup.
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Like tapioca drink.
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Right, right, okay.
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A lot of different jelly, tapioca pearls.
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And very refreshing.
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Alright, thank you.
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That's Des Manning, our cashier.
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All the way from the Philippines.
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Hi guys, so we have...
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I didn't ask you anything.
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That's Migs over there.
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He's a very single lady, so...
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I'm still focusing right now on work, but maybe call me afterwards.
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Woah, knock down, weh.
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So yeah, that's the best guy.
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That's Lei over there.
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Later, he'll reveal his hair.
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That's Lei's griller.
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What are you cooking there?
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No, it's lechon manok.
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No, it's lechon manok.
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This is so good because...
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It's been marinated for 24 hours.
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Lemongrass, ginger, everything.
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We put in our lechon manok in the Philippines.
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But with a twist.
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This is our signage.
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Made by Jay of Machine Heads.
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And then, there's a map here.
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It should be gone by now.
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Des, turn this around.
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What hat is that, ma'am?
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How much is that?
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My Saco bucket hat is 1.
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Okay, I'll buy two.
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Oh, the good morning camera.
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Ah, good morning camera.
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The good morning towel.
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Why did it end up on the lamp?
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So, he's our first customer.
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Jacob is our first customer.
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Nightjar, barista.
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Then, the lady is our second customer.
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Saul was convinced.
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He tasted our food.
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At first, they were behind.
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Come on, give it a try.
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Because it's still early.
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But later, it's about 2 o'clock.
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That's when they'll serve the people.
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This is the low-d here.
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It's like they thought of everything.
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This is for my friend, Sahar.
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The soft serve is delicious.
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There, there's a lot of people.
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Look, there's smoke.
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Look, there's a queue, guys.
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They want to eat our food.
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I don't know what she's doing.
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But I'm dipping it.
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This guy's the man.
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This is the first time I've seen this.
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They're curious about our food.
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They're using the Kuya Hat.
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It's lunch break.
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The Hatow is over.
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Well, the morning rush is over.
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There's still an afternoon rush.
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And then, our staff is eating.
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And his shoes don't have stains yet.
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It's 7.20 and it's still non-stop.
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We ran out of Leche Manok.
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So we had to stop for a little while.
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And now, we're having Leche Manok again.
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Day 2 of our food event.
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It's been super tiring.
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But rewarding in a sense that
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we made so many people happy through our food.
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And it's really exhilarating.
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I know I keep saying this but
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as a Filipino chef,
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my heart really beats fast.
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Okay, enough with the emo, emo.
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Let's go. Here it is.
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Hey, look who I'm with.
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We're trying some of the Filipino food.
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What's up, Chef Mix?
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He's my ultimate idol, Chef Kim.
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No cameras, please.
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So guys, everyone's lining up with Kuya.
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Of course, with Chef JP.
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Okay, alright then.
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Thank you. Bye-bye.
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It's almost over, guys.
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It's almost over.
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But there's still a lot of people.
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Our event is over.
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This is the host dinner celebration.
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Everyone deserves a good meal.
