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Ilang days ka dito sa Manila?
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Usually, I stay here for about 5 days, 6 days.
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Usually, it's a business trip.
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And I have some business where we can talk about it later.
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Yung mga ginagawa natin sa Guam at sa Pilipinas.
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I've been there for 21 years.
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Grabe, ganun katagal.
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Ever since I left in November.
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In November of 2002, then I stayed there until I have my own family there.
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Pero nung umalis ka sa showbiz, nasa pika ng career mo?
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I was still, sabihin na natin na I'm still in the thick of the fight.
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Sabihin na natin na ganun pa rin siya.
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Big decision, ha?
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You have to leave everything behind.
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Yeah, I was already going.
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I was already 29 at that time when I left.
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So, I think being a person who grew up in Laguna,
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provisional naman talaga ako.
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So, dumating yung punto na kailangan ko na mag-start ng my own family.
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So, I think doon ako nag-decide.
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Kasi nga, I entered show business naman, I was already 22.
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So, medyo molded na yung personality ko, yung life ko.
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So, nung nag-enjoy ako for 7 years,
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But the industry was really, really, really, really, I would say, nice and good to me.
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So, ganun na lang yung ginawa ko.
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Guys, kasama na natin ang isa sa mga heart-prompt nung 1990s.
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Long time no see.
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Ito talaga yung long time no see.
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Dahil 21 years ago ko pa siya huling nakita.
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Thank you, Julius.
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And sa lahat ng nanonood dito sa Unplugged.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you, Julius.
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After 23 years, my first interview.
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So, Julius, take it easy on me.
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Kaya-kaya mo yan.
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Kaya-kaya mo kasi sa Guam, very active ka rin.
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Yeah, medyo, medyo naman.
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Tell us about yung buhay mo ngayon.
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Well, I'm a family man, of course.
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My eldest is 21 and my youngest is 16.
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Both of them are in sports.
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Kaya samang tama yung background natin dito sa Greenville Ballpark.
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Kasi both of them are players.
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They're playing sports.
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Especially right now, yung daughter ko nasa volleyball din.
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Freshman naman siya, high school.
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So, hopefully, she continues it.
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Then, I've been married for 21 years to my lovely wife, Jen.
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And she is an educator in Guam.
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So, I transferred there in 2002.
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Started with just odd jobs.
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Ganoon naman lagi.
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Pag umaalis ka from the Philippines,
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then you go to a certain place, kahit sa inyan,
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mag-start ka at odd jobs.
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I started working as a...
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Nag-trabaho ko sa bangko.
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Pharmaceutical distributor.
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Nag-trabaho ko sa theater.
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Pero, right now, I'm more into media.
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Handling clients from both the mainland and the Philippines.
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And then, I also produce events.
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So, pwede natin i-discuss.
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Pwede ko i-promote sana mamaya.
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So, and then, yeah.
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Just enjoying life right now.
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Bago natin pag-usapan yung naging buhay mo,
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Gusto ko lang balikan yung nakaraan.
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Lagi karami na po papanood noon eh.
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And then, one day, bigla ka nalang nawala.
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Nawala ka nalang sa lifeline.
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Ano yung reason bakit ka umalis sa showbiz?
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Ano yun eh, natutunan ko kay Michael Jordan yan.
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You exit when you're still on top.
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No, I'm just kidding.
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Hindi, ang reason was...
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Balik pa natin further back.
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When I started in the industry in 1995,
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It was a teen brand.
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Pero I was already a college graduate.
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So, I was already 21, 22.
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Anong course nang tinuha mo?
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Nasa media ako, di ba?
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Mechanical engineering.
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Mechanical engineering.
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Graduated mechanical engineering.
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From Colegio de San Juan de la Tran, Calamba, Laguna.
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So, nag-start ako doon.
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And then, I started modeling.
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Then, after two years, I was discovered by our good friend, si John D. Lasatin.
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Nag-guess ako sa Game na Game na and the Sharon Cuneta Show at that time.
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Hindi pa, artist na doon ah?
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Hindi pa, nagmo-model pa lang ako.
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So, doon ako na-discover.
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And then, yun nga eh.
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When that started, eventually tuloy-tuloy na eh.
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Tuloy-tuloy na siya.
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Para siyang, I would say, domino effect.
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Rollercoaster ride.
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Riding the wave sa beach. Parang ganun.
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Then, for seven years, I enjoyed it.
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Had established a very respectable name.
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I have a lot of tons of friends in the industry also.
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In and out of the industry.
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And then, by the time I was 29,
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I was 29 years old.
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Umabot na ako doon sa, not really a fork road,
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pero deciding what's next.
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Crossroad talaga yun, ano?
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I love to travel.
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I went to, I'm going to Japan.
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I went to the mainland.
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I stayed in New York for a week by myself.
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Yun 29 ako, I was planning na to do a backpack trip sa Europe, Germany.
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Ano lang, wala lang.
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Kasi I'm a typical, typical Piscean.
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Very, ano, very in touch sa creative side.
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And then, I go around, look.
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Kung baka na-inspire ako when I see other stuff.
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I bring it with me.
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So, nung, ako naman, nung 1996, 97,
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I was part naman, ito yun naman yung Guam side, no?
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I was part naman ng launching project ng TFC.
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Which celebrating its 30th year already, right?
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So, 1996, kami yung Flames the Movie.
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Julina Magdangal, Claudine Barreto, Marvin Agustin, and the late Rico Yan.
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So, nung in-launch yung Flames Capade, kami yung nagpunta ng Guam.
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And I fell in love with the island.
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Kasi ako naman, laki naman ako kasi sa Laguna.
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Laguna, probinsyano talaga ako. Diba?
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So, nung nag-start ako doon, nakita ko siya noong 96.
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Nag-enjoy na ako.
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I fell in love with the island.
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So, pabalik-balik ka doon?
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Pabalik-balik ako doon.
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Every time I am stressed, para may burn out sa work,
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I will ask my handler, give me two weeks.
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I'll have a rest lang. Pero hindi nila alam, maalis ako.
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Puntahan ng Guam?
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Puntahan ko ng Guam.
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And then, yun nga, nagpunta ako ng New York one time.
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Sabi ko, there's only two places I wanna live.
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It's either Guam, ah no, New York.
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Because my sister lives in New Jersey na.
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And then Guam because of the island laid back feel.
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And then in 2002,
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I met my future wife there.
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I was invited for a sweet 16th birthday to serenade and escort the celebrant.
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And then, she was a friend of the brother of the celebrant.
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So, we met there.
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And yun, after a year, we dated.
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Then after another year, we, because of the distance of the relationship,
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medyan nag-decide kami, we put on a pause.
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And then, nung nag-decide na ako,
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I went there, not knowing that she was still there.
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We saw each other.
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And after a couple of weeks, we got married.
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And the rest is history, no?
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And the rest is two kids and a happy life.
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How old are your kids?
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My eldest son, Bryson, he's 21 years old, taking communications in University of Guam.
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While my daughter, Jaiden, she's a freshman right now.
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Freshman varsity player, volleyball player.
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The academy of our Lady of Grace.
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Very sporty itong mga bata ito, no?
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Na-try, na-derail lang natin sila from playing video games.
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Kasi ako naman, hindi ko naman sila dine-pride.
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They have all the console units sa bahay.
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Pero through a good friend of mine, which common friend natin,
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si Coach J, Salvador, siya yung nagpasok sa, kasi may program sila dati sa Guam,
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ng Warriors Club, basketball.
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So doon ko pinasok yung anak ko.
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And then, eventually, they fell in love with organized sports.
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Then, I thought my son, after my son, I'm done already.
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And then, my daughter started playing and she has a more busier schedule than the brother.
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Anong ano mo, pinakalast na ano mo rito, na show mo?
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If I could remember it right, if my memory serves me right, no?
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The last one was...
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Prior to 2009, 2008, we had a small reunion of the old gimmick cast.
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So we had dinner together with the production people.
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Sila Direk Loren nandun, sila Judith Bauer was still there, lahat ng mga executives namin na there.
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Then the cast was still there.
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So nagkaroon ng idea na why don't we bring back these old dogs,
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kasi i-relaunch, may lo-launch sila na bagong batch ng Star Circle at that time,
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which is, ano nga yan eh, ano nga yan, hindi na talent center eh, Star Magic at that time.
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So yun yung, I think, ang ina nga eh, gimmick 2010.
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So nag-taping ako ng a couple of days in Manila in 2009, and then na-air siya in 2010.
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So nandun ka na sa Guam yun?
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Base na ako, pinauwi lang ako.
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Pinauwi lang naman eh.
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Pero before you left for Guam, ano yung pinaka-last mo na ginawa?
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No, no, no, no, no.
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I still, I think the last movie I did was Sus Marios for Fathers.
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It's an entry for the Malena Film Festival.
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Kasama ko si Bobby Andrews.
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It was under Viva Films.
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It's co-produced, I think.
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But I was freelance na eh.
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I do projects on all networks at that time.
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And then I did movies for Viva already and starting to star in cinemas.
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Medyo mas mga seryosong movies na ginawa?
10:48.6
Oo. Kasi nga, medyo nag-anun na tayo, gumraduin na tayo doon sa Tini Bappers.
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Hindi naman talaga ako Tini Bappers ang pumasok.
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23 na ako noon eh.
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23 years old na ako.
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So you're the oldest group?
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Hindi ko isasabihin na ako pero alam ko may mas matanda sakin.
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Kaya lang hindi pa sila uma-admit until now.
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Ano mga story mo noon nung nasa peak ka ng popularity mo?
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Paano yung ginaparamdam ng mga fans yung katilang inspirations sa inyo?
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Ano sabi ko nga when I talk to younger generation of mga popular celebrities right now,
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or artists, mga nag-uumpisa.
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Our time was different because we don't have social media.
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Talagang kung nakikita kami kung kailangan kami puntahan.
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If we have a show, mall show sa Mega Mall,
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mall show kami sa Santa Lucia,
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mall show kami sa Cagayan de Oro,
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sa Davao, sa Cebu.
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Doon kami nakikita.
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And then every time, patuloy pa rin kami sa TV show namin noon time show.
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Tapos nag-aapo rin ako at that time.
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So, yun yung difference ng ano.
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And then yung peak, ano talaga, ano naman.
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And then hindi katulad din ngayon ng fan base ngayon.
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Kasi nga because of social media, may mga stalkers, may mga bashers.
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Sa amin, we could be approached naman.
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So, yun naman kami naman.
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So, you don't get affected by yung opinion ng mga tao?
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Kasi wala nga social media.
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So, masaya masaya ng time ngayon?
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Oo. Iba yung feel.
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I'm not taking anything away from the entertainment industry right now.
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But I would say hindi kami yung golden era.
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Pero I would say we're in that spectrum ng entertainment.
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Ano yung pinaka-favorite mo na show o movie na ginawa mo naman?
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Na up to now, yun pa rin ang ano?
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Nakaalala mo na talagang ito yung the best for you?
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I would say it's not a particular movie.
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Because I love working with people.
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So, every single movie, I did Ipaglaban the movie.
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I did Gimmick the Reunion.
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Gusto ko ng Lumigaya which I played a closet gay suicidal teenager.
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I did Four Fathers with a rebellious priest at that time.
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And then, yeah, medyo...
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I did a movie with Aga and Regine which that was fun
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because I was working with them.
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My very first movie was Mariana Mison's story.
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Oo, si Tito Eddie Garcia.
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When I arrived on the set, he was so professional and ready.
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Na talagang alam mo na talagang from the golden era of filmmaking.
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And then, pag kinakausap mo siya, as if really you're turning a page from a book.
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Yun, dun ako nag-excite yung mga taong nakatrabaho ko.
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And I've worked with a lot of directors also.
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A lot of great directors, great people behind the scenes.
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Sabi nga sa iyo, nung nagpunta ko sa Guam, yung natutunan ko on set,
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pag-iilaw ang nagamit ko lahat.
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So, yun ang tinay ko. Yun yung importante sa akin.
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Not a particular project but every single person.
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Of course, Gimmick would be on top because dun talaga kami hinown as talents.
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And it was more of a family.
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Si Direk Loren Joey was our Tatay Loren ng dati.
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I think, Gimmick started in 96, 97. 96.
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Then, pumasok ako almost second season eh.
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Hindi naman ako part ng original cast eh.
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Then, nag-end siya ng 98. Then, movie came out in later part of 98.
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Ano-anong roles niyo dun sa Gimmick?
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Binagawan ako ng Happy Interest.
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Nung pasok na, yung original cast kasi, ang sila ni Mylene.
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Mylene, ako, Patrick, Nico.
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Sila ni Mylene ang nagkasama sa scene.
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Then, pumasok yung batch 3 kasi sila Diego's batch 2.
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So, nung pasok nung batch 3, nag-
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I think, we were, nailagay kami sa isang number sa ASAP, nakita.
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So, ipinasok ako.
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So, ako yung naging, but initially, third wheel ni Marvin and Julina.
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Tapos, na-evolve yung kay Mylene.
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Ako yun, dun na-start yun. Nag-third wheel muna ako.
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Si Brian and Melanie.
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Wala nang scene sound ako.
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Wala kong si Jiggs. Girlfriend niya si Mylene.
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Hindi. Very close friend. Pero, yung may angulo na mayroong interest tension parang gano'n.
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Pero, kasi to, eventually, nag-parry ka doon, di ba?
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Mabait kasi. Mabait to eh.
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Nag-seminary style.
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Nag-missionary ako.
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Iyan. Tama. Tama. Tama.
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Ako naman, I was in the field of medicine kasi, medical student. Si Mylene was a nursing student.
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Pero, palagi nakawait.
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Correct. Pero, sa movie, nung lumabas yung movie, naging photographer naman ako. Nag-evolve namin.
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So, ngayon, nasa Guam na siya. Living there in Guam. Si Jay Crystal pursuing.
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I know. Very proud of my, very proud of this brother of mine.
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Kasi, he's continuing the legacy. Iyan ang maganda eh. You know, our names are the only things that we could bring with us. But, our legacy stays here.
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Hindi na. I-prime time sila eh. After nung pa rin kami. After nung Saturday kami.
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Growing up na sila. Iyan yung ano. Iyan yung parang nag-evolve to more mature set up. Yung TGIS. Kami naman, hindi nag-mature sa TV.
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Hindi nag-mature sa TV.
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Hindi nag-mature sa TV. Yung stories. Pero, nag-evolve.
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Nag-evolve siya sa movie na. Kasi, naging movie muna. Naging movie na kami. Doon kin-lose yung story sa movie eh.
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Oo. Di ba yung closing ng movie ng GAMIC. Parang may sinabi kayo na dito sa GAMIC, yung barkada walang iwanan.
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Sino mo pinatatamaan doon?
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Ah, hindi naman ako nagsabi noon.
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Ako, aksyon naman.
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Ako pa yun. Ikaw ay kinabaan.
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Hindi. Pinanood namin kasi lang TGIS yung movie ng GAMIC.
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Kasabi sa akin nila Michael, pinatatamaan ka oh.
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Parang kami din noon. Noong lumabas naman yung movie ng TGIS, the whole cast of GAMIC, nanood naman kami sa Santa Lucia noon.
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Masarap kasi yung panahon na yun. Kasi, wala pang social media eh. So, we know for a fact that we're really being followed. Hindi lang kiniklik, clickbait lang.
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Ay, grabe. Grabe yun. Those days were great.
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Sabi ko nga, pag nagsabay ang show sa Manila, TGIS, Growing Up, GAMIC, magkaibang venue, puno yan pareho.
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So, ano, very healthy yung ano, yung...
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I would not say competition eh.
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Ano eh, kasi magkakakilala din kami. Like, Bobby's from Cinderella also.
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Tapos si Bernadette, ako magka-batch.
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So, Bernadette Allison. So, ano talaga, we are...
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Oo, si Erika. Yeah, di ba?
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Grabe yun. Dami pala mga atlist na roon.
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We made the name for a good chunk of that time.
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We made a good name for ourselves.
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Everything from gimmick to TGIS, each person may kanya-kanyang identity eh.
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Different fields man lang, pero everyone almost succeeded.
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Palaking tulong ang gimmick.
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Ang sabi ko nga, kausap ko si Bernadette Allison kagabi.
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Ang TGIS, ang setup nun is, I got it from Erika na nag-uusap kami before, is magkakaibigan talaga.
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Gimmick, ah, TGIS, barkada, no?
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And because of Direk Loren.
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Para naman family, kasi tatay Loren yun.
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So kami nila, your cousin Rico, si Diat, si Marvin, si Julina, si Mylene, si G, Dominic.
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And then nag-trickle down na dun sa mga bata, sila John Lloyd, sila Kay, which nag-transpose na siya to Tabing Ilog.
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Wala na kayo doon sa Tabing Ilog.
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Oo, si Mylene nagtabing ilog pa, tsaka si Dominic ata.
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The younger ones.
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The younger ones.
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Saan ka nagpupunta nun?
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I was still here.
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Because I left 2002.
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Oo, nag-movie ka pa eh.
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Marami pa ako nagkasi.
19:02.3
Nag-venture out na ako sa different, ano.
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Naging, ano na ako, naging non-exclusive talent na I could work the different channels
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and different, ano.
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Sigla na nalang wala.
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Ina-explain mo na kung bakit kayo na wala?
19:24.3
Hanggang babay na lang yun.
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Ina-explain mo kayo kung bakit kayo na wala.
19:32.3
Saan nga mong mapanood kayo nun?
19:34.3
Watch one brunch on one news 10 to 11, Monday to Friday.
19:37.3
Kasama ko ang akin na may bahay na si Angel.
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Masarap naman nun.
19:45.3
I work with the boss.
19:49.3
Hindi pwede tumakas, no?
19:51.3
Hindi po kami nagkukumpit kay Julius.
19:57.3
Kami ni Papu nakaka-relate.
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Working with the boss.
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So, please watch us 10 to 11, Monday to Friday.
20:11.3
Anong may mga naging kaibigan mo sa showbiz?
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Dito sa California.
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Ako naman, I kept friends.
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Pero the closest that I got, like real brothers.
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If you can remember this, if...
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We're the first boy band on Philippine television.
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Which is Voice Unlimited.
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We have a segment every Saturday.
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And then, Choles Cano.
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There's five of us, actually.
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Tsaka si Mike Luis.
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In Guam, nagpa-perform ka pa rin dun?
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Nung early parts.
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Kasi minsan na-invite ka sa parties to host.
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Then mag-entertain ka.
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Pero latter part na hindi na.
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Sobrang ang dami mo pala pwede gawin.
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Nung time na nasa showbiz ka pa.
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I would say before the multimedia setup,
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I can do those things already.
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Pero when you decided to leave everything behind,
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ano yung mga pinagdaanan mo?
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Ano yung mga naglaro sa isip mo?
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Di ba parang mamimiss yung ano,
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yung ano klaseng buhay sa Pilipinas?
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Mga pamilya, yan.
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Mga tao na nakakatrabaho mo.
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Which you missed.
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The craft, I missed.
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But the other trimmings outside showbiz,
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Hindi ko na na-miss yan.
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Pero I never really cut ties with the industry.
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Every time there are visitors,
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actors and actresses or performers from Philippines,
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I tend to reach out.
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I tend to meet them.
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Kasi basically nasa radio ako.
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Mapopromote sila.
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Tutundahan sila sa akin.
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At radio anchor ka?
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Nag-radio na for about three years.
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Which is Megamix 101.9 FM in Guam.
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Pero nung time na aalis ka na ng Pilipinas,
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going to Guam, start a new life,
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paano mo pinag-isipan yan?
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Masa decided ka na?
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I bought my ticket Saturday morning.
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I left Saturday night.
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Nobody knew that I was leaving.
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Because you've been contemplating about doing it na?
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Because I am preparing myself for the next chapter in my life.
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Kasi I grew up in Laguna.
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From age na zero to twenty-one.
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Elementary, high school, college.
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I stayed in Laguna.
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My family's there.
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My mom, my dad, my siblings were there.
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Then, aged twenty-two hanggang twenty-nine, ito yung showbiz.
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So sabi ko, what's next?
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Eh ako, ganun ako, naka-plan ako after.
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I need to see myself.
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I need to see myself and I would say,
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if I was to stay for the next four ano na, yun na yun ako talaga.
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And I, hindi naman sa, I didn't see myself in the industry that long.
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Ano lang talaga, parang, parang there was a time na hindi parang,
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hindi para sa akin.
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Pero I love the industry.
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I owe a lot to the industry.
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I will not be sitting down here talking to you if not for the industry.
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Showbiz industry.
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I love, I love the reporters.
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Every single person that I work with.
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But, you know, it's, it's your, it's, yun yun.
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They're, they're, they're calling.
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Ako nga, back to zero ako eh.
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Ako nga, back to zero ako.
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I started working kasi, again, on different, different jobs.
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But I, I never got this job.
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I was discouraged because, one, I was already myself before I entered showbiz.
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And then my, the teachings of my, my parents, the training that I have from them,
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is you don't just go to a certain place just to stay there.
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If you need to, to grow and to move on, you need to do that for your, para sa sarili mo.
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Kung mag-start ka pala, ano yung pinaka mahirap na trabaho pinasok mo?
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Yung pinaka parang feeling mo, deserve ko ba ito?
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Ano ko ginagawa to?
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Ano ko ginagawa to?
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Imbis na sa Manila, na ano ko, ginagawa ko.
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Oo, lahat na access eh, di ba?
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Di ba? Pero dito, ganito trabaho ko. Ano yun?
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Hindi ko naramdaman Julius eh.
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Hindi. Kasi after that, after nine months, I have my boy eh.
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So iba na yung priority ko. Wala na yung hirap eh.
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Kasi I need to make sure that I, I'm gonna have this boy live a comfortable life.
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So wala na yung, kahit magwalis ka dyan.
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Ako, there was a time, naglinis ako ng banyo.
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Kasi, kasi I work for a theater, may nagkaroon ng some accident.
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Anong trabaho sa theater?
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I was the marketing director for the local movie theater on Guam.
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And yeah, there was one time eh, field trip, puro bata. Nagkaroon ng aksidente sa banyo.
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Eh, yung ibang staff, may tinatrabaho. Of course, nasa office ako.
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And dala ko ng mop. Linis. Naka leather shoes, naka slacks.
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Mop ka, kasi aksidente. Hindi pwedeng hindi linisin. Kasi madumi.
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Guam is a part of the U.S.
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Where are U.S. territories.
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U.S. territory yan.
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Pero nung time na nagsisimula ka pala, may mga nakakakinala sa isang Guam?
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Ano naman naging reaction nila pag nakikita ka?
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Well, nung una, hindi sila makapaniwala na I'm staying on Guam.
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Tapos, there was, ano, na time na pag nasa food court ka, kumakain ka, may papapicture pa rin.
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Pero eventually, nag-fade na yan. As years go by. Ngayon, isa na, ano na ako, fixture na ako dun.
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I was just there.
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Sabi nga nila, if you experience one super typhoon on Guam, local ka na, ay nakadalwa na ako.
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So, dun ako talaga nakatira.
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Pero pag babalik ka ng Pilipinas, like ngayon, nandito ka sa Pilipinas, may mga nakakinala pa rin sa'yo?
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Siyempre, I'm handling business. May mga ka-meeting.
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So, yung mga staff nila, younger, sa ka-meeting ko, sasabihin nila, hindi ko naman sasabihin na ako si Bojo Molina.
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Kasi, hindi ko naman nag-iugaling.
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Tapos, mamaya mo, magbe-break yung meeting, babalik, kilala ka ng mami ka at tsaka ng tita ko.
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Nandito na ako sa mami-tita.
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Diba? So, ngayon, nakakapaglakad ako sa mall freely. Right now, wala naman nakakapaglakad.
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Paminsan-paminsan meron. Pero pag may nakakakilala, yan.
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Nakakatawa pa rin, di ba?
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Pag-insan-minsan, di ba?
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Oo. Pero kasi, nandito na tayo sa point of our careers na,
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we don't need that much attention, eh. Diba?
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May makakilala, makakong-recognize, okay lang.
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Pero yung, ano na eh, nabuild na natin yun in the years. Kaya, very ironic, di ba?
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Nung nag-artista ko, yung first two, three years mo, you will try your very best to be known.
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Appeal ka sa TV show, radio program, punta ka ng mall shows, everything.
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After that, pag kilalang-kilala ka na, maglalakad ka sa mall, nakakap ka, nakashades ka,
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naka-headphones ka para hindi ka makakilala. So, very ironic.
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Tinry mo maging kilala, tapos after a couple of years, magtatago ka naman bigla.
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What's the point?
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Yeah, di ba? Pero ganun talaga eh. It's like that.
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So, now you're working as what? Anong business mo ngayon?
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I work for, eh, I have my own advertising, small advertising, kumbaga, gig. Ganun.
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But I work also with a lot of people on the market.
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In terms of production, I have, right now, since 2021, we've built three Blind My Studios.
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And I'm working with, shout out to sa mga partners ko, si Gary Encarnacion, aka DJ Cure of Megamix 101.9.
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Si Duke Urbano, which is the nephew of the late Jun Urbano, Mr. Shully.
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And then si Robert Adrian, he's a 30-year-old millennial na talagang, I admire the young people right now.
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On their talents and visual detail nila sa mga videos and everything.
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So, I work with those guys. And then, I also have, yun nga, sa advertising, I handle clients from the Philippines.
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And then, may mga production I'm bringing in. Hindi ko pa pwedeng sabihin eh. Pero nag-agree na kami na we're bringing in this very big tattoo convention.
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From the Philippines, by November of 2024, sa Guam.
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So, yung company mo ang naghahadal ng mga events?
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YouTube is one of their events here.
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It's a car show slash live show.
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It's a Nissan event here. So, you can see, we have our own stuff here. Some new cars here.
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So, yeah. These are things that are happening on Guam. See you there.
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Paano pagbiglang may kumonta ka sa'yo at gusto ka rin punin sa teleserye? O kaya sa isang movie sa Pilipinas, open ka sa ganun?
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Well, it happened naman eh, before.
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Especially, they still have my contacts on social media. Mag-reach out sa akin yung mga casting managers or casting directors.
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Pwede ka ba? Sabi ko, okay, pwede naman. Walang problema.
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Ganon katagal yan? You need to stay here for 2 to 3 months. Sabi ko, hindi ako pwede. 2 to 3 weeks lang. 2 weeks ako, max.
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2 weeks max. Pwede yun. And then, that's a vacation for me already.
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So, parang mas bagay ka sa pelikula siguro. More than mga teleserye.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Diba, mga shoot.
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Pero, I never close my doors on that thing. It's just that, yun nga lang, may mga, there are certain things that you need to prioritize.
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And then, may mga commitments ka rin na hindi mo pwedeng iwanan basta-basta. And me, I promise myself when I was, when I will have a kid, magkakaanak ako, gusto ko nakatutok ako. Hands on ako.
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Kano ka talagang nag-travel sa Pilipinas?
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After the pandemic, when it opens, almost every month or every other month.
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Every month na dito?
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Why? Ano meron sa Pilipinas?
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Kasi, there's a lot of relationships that I'm building again.
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Halimbawa, we're planning to do a volleyball tournament this coming June for the school ng daughter ko. It's on high schools. So, we're, I think, we're gonna try this facility.
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Kasi, pumasok ako dito. Ang ganda nitong lugar na ito. Yung Gameville ballpark. Sabi ko, kumpleto na dito.
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So, a shout-out sa owners. Baka naman pwede kami dito.
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Approved na raw. Approved na raw.
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And then, we're, yeah. Ayun. Then, yun nga. If I could mention some brands, okay lang?
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Go ahead. Go ahead.
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I opened up the satellite office of SMDC on Guam. I handled that.
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And then, also, I handled the media business of the medical city. Because they have a referral office in Guam. So, ako yung nag-handle ng media nila. Media buy.
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Commercials, interviews. So, nandun na. Like, last, last year, we did a commercial. My family. And we did a commercial for, ano, for medical city.
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So, pag may mga project na pwede rin sa Pilipinas, pwede mong dalhin doon sa...
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Oo. Kasi in 2008, we were the very first production outfit that was allowed by ASAP in 2008. Yung pinakauna nilang international setup.
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Sa Guam yun, 2008. I was involved with that. Thank you to Mr. Johnny Manacan. And then, si Tita Mariol and the late Deo Endrenal na inalaw kami mag-mound there.
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So, there were 33 artists, 80 people.
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Ang sakit sa ulo pero masaya. Ang very fulfilling sa akin is Mr. M asked me to open the show.
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So, after opening the show on stage, welcome everyone. I enjoyed this 3-hour spectacle of dance and performances. And welcome ASAP 2008.
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So, nasa kita ako ng stage. Naglalakad ako pabalik while the artists are passing me on the side. It was more of a full circle on my end.
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At that time, dati nandun ako sa stage magpa-perform.
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Oo. Isa ka doon sa mga perform.
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Oo. So ngayon, ako naman yung producer. And believe it or not, after I did that, I went to a room. I cried. Kasi full feeling.
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Mumanik lahat po. Yung mga members. And a lot of things have happened, di ba, sa bansa natin. Sa ABS-CBN. We lost Deo. And we lost a lot of artists. And we lost our franchise.
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Ano nag-reaction mo nung nawala ang ABS?
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Ang concern ko is, the artists will survive eh. Kasi ano yan eh, we're the end product eh. I'm worried about yung mga taong nagtatrabaho behind. That's supporting their families.
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Na nagpapaaral, nagsusuporta ng magulang. Na all of a sudden, wala silang trabaho. And it was, the entire island has it. Di ba? The entire archipelago of the Philippines.
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Kasi ang reach talaga is very wide. So ang naging, ang unang reaction ko is, why did it happen? Kasi ang dami apektado. Hindi lang yung immediate employee eh. The families underneath those individual employees.
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So, if sinabi lang, how many was unemployed? 11,000. Oo. 11,000 times 3. So the 33,000 people affected. Or more. Saka ano, pati livelihood ng mga nasa kalikid. Correct.
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Oo. Nag-shutdown lahat yung aral.
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Di ba? Yung pa, di ba? And more. Di ba?
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Lifestyle sa Guam, anong buhay ng mga tao ro'n? Especially ng mga Pilipinas? Laid back. Very laid back. Pag masipag ka, you'll be very good there. Pag medyo tatamad-tamad ka naman, there's the support of the government, love of government to the people.
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But ano, nakakabata. Hindi ka ba tatamad? Kasi walang traffic eh. Walang traffic.
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Walang traffic. No traffic. Walang traffic, yeah. What about the... Pollution, wala. Kasi island kami.
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Ay, yung ano, yung mga expenses? We're not as, yung cost of living is not as high as Hawaii. Okay. Walang sales tax. So, alimbawa, bili ka ng glasses mo. Kung ano yung impression yan on the rack, yun ang babayaran mo. Parang Texas. Walang state tax.
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Ano lang talaga, very, very, I would say, ang Guam is 10 years behind Philippines. Something like that. Behind Philippines? Parang gano'n lang. On setup of lifestyle. Lifestyle, oo. Pero yung accessibility, kasi ngayon naman, lahat napapanood mo na. Yeah. Lahat nabibili mo na online. So, wala nang boundaries talaga. Pero sabihin mo on things that we have here, grabe dito. Masaya dito.
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May mga ano doon, showbiz personalities doon na rin nakatira, aside from you?
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Nung dumating ako doon, nando si Luigi Alvarez, brother ni Gio. Okay. Then, I think ako, si Raven Villanueva was staying there for a while also. Right now, Jay Martin is there. Ah, si Jay Martin. Who else? Valerie Concepcion got married to a local guy there. So, yun na yun. Yun na yun. Showbiz industry na.
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Life lessons. Anong natutunan mo sa iyong buhay?
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Now, living in Guam. Anong mga...
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Natututo pa rin ako until now, eh.
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Ah? Still learning?
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Ano, ano, yeah. Realization for me is keeping people close to you. Yung mga nakatrabaho, kahit sino yan.
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Kahit sinong nakatrabaho mo, maybe nakatrabaho mo siya, they're doing something na hindi mo gusto. Just let it be.
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Keep... Yung importante is your connection to people. Ayun sa akin, ever since.
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And I've learned that from my dad also. My dad is a politician before sa Laguna. My real last name is Punong Bayan.
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Are you related to the, ano, to the feed box?
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Nung time na yun, kinlame namin kasi sikat, eh.
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So, yun na yun. Pero, we were, yun nga, lumaki ako sa Kabuyaw, Laguna.
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My dad was a counselor for, I think, 20 years. And I passed to the EDSA Revolution also.
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Pero, yun nga. Ano sa akin?
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So, yung lessons, value friendship, value family, spend time, take care of your health, and do not give up on your kids.
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Especially right now. I remember talking to my mom and we were discussing about communication gap.
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Actually, hindi yun ng gap, eh. Kasi yung parents nowadays, yun yung ayaw nila nung parents.
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Kaya yung mga bata, yun yung tinuturo nila ngayon, eh.
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Yung ayaw nung mga parents.
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Yung mga parents noon sa parents nila. So, ito, hindi mag-connect ngayon. So, you need to bridge that gap.
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What about, I mean, people undergoing parang a dilemma or in the crossroads of life or in the crossroads of a career, anong payo pwede mo ibigay sa katina?
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You cannot do it alone. You need to talk to people. That's the reason why.
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Kasi pag tinanalvision mo na ikaw lang, there's only two things that would happen.
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Tama yung decision mo.
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You're mapapasama ka or something.
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So, getting comments from people, especially the people, yun nga, yung hard love, yung tough love, is the one who cares for you.
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So, kung sinasabi lang, ayaw nila ito para sa'yo, hindi ibig sabihin, no, ayaw talaga nila.
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It's because they pass through that stage already.
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And parang, makinig ka lang.
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Yun nga, yun, especially sa mga youth right now.
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Learn how to listen.
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Because your parents and the elders are listening to you right now.
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Because most of the time, we're adjusting na eh.
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Dati, before, di ba?
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Noon tayo, saan kayo papasok?
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O sabi ng tatay ko, dyan sa school na yan, dyan sa college eh.
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Ngayon, pakikinggan mo yung mga bata.
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They want to go here, they want to go there.
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Anong course? Nursing! Mga Pinoy eh, nursing ka!
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Ay ngayon, hindi, gusto ko maging social media, IT.
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Social media person.
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E wala naman tayong ganyan noon ah.
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Pero you have, you have to.
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The youth right now has to listen because, ah, to the elders.
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Ah, because they went through something already.
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But it doesn't mean that it's always right.
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You can always contest.
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But, having a conversation, learning from each other.
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We learn from each other.
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Yun lang yung mapapayo.
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Sometimes it's okay to make mistakes, di ba?
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Kaya nga tayo natututo eh.
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So if you chose this path, nagkamali tayo,
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you can always go back to where we started.
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And the best time to make mistakes?
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when you're still staying with your parents.
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Pag ikaw na, bahala ka na sa buhay ako, di ba?
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You just learn it from—
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Because we as parents, made our mistakes.
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Uy Mga ì•„ì§ gusto nga i-shoutout before we go?
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Okay, so family, of course to my loving wife Jenn,
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thank you for all the trust and the the- the the the the ...
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I would say the self- klima.
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all the love that you've given me.
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To my two kids, Jaden and Bryson,
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pursuing what you want.
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Yung nanay ko, she's 84, mag-85
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na siya this year. Nay, wag matigas
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ang ulo. Then, my sister, si Alma
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and Roma also. And then,
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my entire friends in Guam,
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also in the Philippines, shout out sa lahat.
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Kilala nyo na yung
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mga sarili nyo, but nabanggit ko
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kanina yung three blind mice. And then,
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Ngayon lang kasi ko na-interview ulit.
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Di ba? Ano nga ba yung morning show
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Dati kasi may shout out.
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Misa nakakalimutan mo lahat.
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I know one of the most important person
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in my life na talagang
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hindi ko nakakalimutan.
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Kung saan ako, is John D.
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If not for John D.
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during that game na game na TV show
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and the Sharon Connetta show, which he
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was a writer, I won't be
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can never say, I can never
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kumbaga say, thank you enough
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to him. And then,
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the entire family and then friends
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also. Julius, thank you so much. Thank you!
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Thank you so much. And to Tin-Tin, hi!
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See you. Ang sarap nyo.
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Ito yung nami-miss ko. Kung tinanong mo,
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kung ano yung nami-miss ko, ito yung nami-miss ko.
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Thank you. Thank you so much.
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wala akong pampera,
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pamasahe ko, hingin ko pa sa asawa ko.
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Pero hindi ako nahihiya.
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Hindi ko pinakahiya yung
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pinagdaanan ko na nawalan ako
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nawalan ako ng friends,
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lahat naman ng mga nawala,
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binabalik ni God ngayon.
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buo yung family ko ngayon.
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Parang doon ko nasubukan
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na iba pala talaga
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So, how? Syempre, God.
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How did your kids take it
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nung nawalan sila ng little?
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Sister. Tapos nakikita nila
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how affected you were. Although sabi mo
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kanina, you put up a strong
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front mo. Tapos pag wala na sila,
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tsaka kanda lang kuminiyo.
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They never knew what you were
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really going through.
42:31.9
Minsan, nanguhuli nila ako
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booty conda at yung
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Julius and Tintin
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para sa pamilyang Pilipino
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would like to thank the following.
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Pure Gold. Sa Pure Gold, always
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David Salon. Whoever you are,
42:50.7
whatever you do, David Salon
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brings out the best in you.
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Raja Travel Corporation.
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With you on your journey.
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Bida si baby sa alagang
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Cupid's Cologne Love Mist.
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To order, message
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tonybbabaw at gmail.com
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Enagic from Japan.
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Kangen Water Machine.
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Goldmine Rice. From farm
