EXCLUSIVE: Batangas Gov. Hermilando Mandanas and Atty. Angelica Chua talk about their recent wedding
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Partner siya nung legal...
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And then, it was purely professional. Mga every other month, we get to talk, ganyan.
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And then finally, nung Valentine's, naglulokohan kami.
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Nung Valentine lang ang taong ito, ha?
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2024. So, naglulokohan kami na parang, go, available ka ba? Week of Feb...
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The second week of February, ganyan.
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And then sabi niya, okay naman. Sabi ko, ayun, sabi niya, baka wala kang Valentine, ako na lang, ganyan.
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Joke lang talaga.
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Yeah, it was a joke.
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So, sabi ko, okay, ganyan.
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Tapos, parang, siguro, nag-take lang siya ng chance.
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And then, from there, we started dating.
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And then, very before that, sabi ko pala, kasi kilala niya yung mom ko eh.
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So, sabi ko, I know it will be an issue, gano'n.
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Alam ko rin yung public perception, all the pros and cons.
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So, I told him, sige, mag-ask ka ng permission sa mom ko.
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It was super game.
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Sabi niya, okay, sige.
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So, may family gathering kami.
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All my siblings were there.
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And then, my mom and my dad.
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And he asked permission to go on a date with me.
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Speaking of that attorney, ang elephant in the room naman talaga, it's no secret.
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It's the age gap.
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Ilang years po ba ang age gap?
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Ilang age, tingin mo ako?
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Ilang taon, sir, ang age gap?
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Ang age gap na 48.
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Ito yung chronological age.
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Kasi alam naman natin, iba yung medical age.
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Ang age, siyempre, depende kung may kasakit,
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kung nagkaroon pa, ang ngayon, genes.
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Sa longevity at sa quality of life din.
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Alam mo, pero ngayon, siyempre, kailangan akong magpa-medical exam.
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Every six months ako.
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Nakogalihan ko na yun.
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Gov, how did you address the age gap?
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Was it parang, was it an initial acceptance from both sides of the family?
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Or may konting adjustments po here and there?
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Dahil ang feeling ko sa age ko ngayon ay kasasabi ng doktor sa'kin na I'm between 50 to 60.
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Hindi pa ako na-opera except sa tuli, okay?
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So, hindi pa ako nag-overnight sa hospital except sa physical exam.
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Tapos yung aking mga parents, matatagal ang buhay.
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Yung mga lolo-lola.
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And sabi nga sa medical, really almost 80% of longevity and medical situation depends on the genes.
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So, you're quite confident that you can stay with her for a long time?
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Well, it's not a matter of long time.
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Dahil yan, will of God yan.
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Wala kang control doon.
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Kahit na 20 years old ka, pwede ka na lumatay.
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My wife, 14 years.
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Ang gap namin, 1-4.
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So, ang hindi ko sabihin, ang buhay ng tao, nasa Panginoon niya.
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Kaya nagdadasal tayo raw-raw.
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For attorney side?
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Of course, it's a different thing for me.
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Age gap, yun yung una kong naisip.
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Anong sasabihin ng tao.
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Nag-pros and cons ako.
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Ilang araw ako, sleepless nights.
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Nag-check ako, celebrities, age gap, yung mga tenure difference.
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So, ang laki na ng tinitinan ng mga tao.
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Tinitinan ko, pag Guinness Book of World Records, 60 yung age gap.
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So, lahat yun, tinitinan ko talaga.
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Dagtanong ako sa friends ko.
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I called my closest friends to check.
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And then, sabi nila, kung masaya ka naman, at kung okay naman sa'yo, age gap is not an issue.
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Bakit natin gagawing issue yung age gap?
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When wala naman kaming legal impediment.
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So, ako parang, it wasn't an issue.
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He was everything I was looking for.
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Kung age lang yung pag-uusapan.
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Bakit ko naman papalampasin yung opportunity na magkaroon ng someone na mamahalin ako at mamahalin ko.
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Or parang, ito yung ideal person ko, except the age gap.
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Which is also everything, diba?
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But at the same time, parang, if yun lang, napakababaw naman natin.
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Diba? Kung yun lang, hindi din.
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You seem to have a very strong and straightforward personality.
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What was the most bothersome comment that you encountered about this relationship?
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And how did you address that?
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Actually, I don't know.
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Kasi, di ako nag-check ng comment.
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So, kahit sinong basho, wala akong pakalam sa inyo.
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But kami kasi, mga kapatid ko, naglulokohan kami.
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So, I think, from sa mga comments nila, yung mga lukohan lang namin, parang, kundi-kundi ako na-prepare.
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So, parang, ang pinaka-shinishield ko lang from everything is my father.
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Because my father is very sensitive about it.
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But the moment na naging okay na sa dad ko, okay na ako.
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Wala akong pakalam, sasasabihin ng tao.
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Kasi, hindi naman nila ko kilala.
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Hindi ko naman sila kilala.
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Lahat naman tayo, may masasabi tungkol sa kahit sinupinti, pinaka-maganda, pinaka-perfect.
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Naku, laging may sasabihin yung tao.
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So, ako, wala talaga akong pakalaman.
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Parang, mga lukohan namin, mga kapatid ko, ganito.
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Lahat babaeng kapatid ko, kapat sila.
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So, sila, parang,
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Atay, pag nag-aana kayo, baka paglabas na, puti na rin yung buhok.
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So, ako, parang, kami nga, nag-joke kami ng gano'n.
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So, kahit anong ilagay niyo dyan,
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20 years or no, nasa courage pa ako.
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Puti na ang buhok.
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And do you get offended, no?
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With those kinds of jokes, okay lang sa inyo?
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Well, wala naman.
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Not even joke, it's a statement of a fact.
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Nakilala ko siya, was seven years.
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Puti na yung hair niya.
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Hindi ko siya nabuta na black yung hair niya.
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So, pag nakita ko ng old photos niya,
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Istudyante pa ako sa lasal.
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Bumutuwa talaga ako.
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As in, gano'n, pag kung nakilala nila kami,
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kung nakita nila yung love story niya,
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kung na-play nila yung AVP namin,
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they would know na it's true love.
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Newlyweds talaga yung energy.
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Gov, another, not naman criticism,
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but an observation sa love story niyo is that
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to some, it seemed too fast.
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You started dating in February,
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and then may ikakasal na.
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What led you to that decision?
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Well, actually, prayer.
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I just prayed about it.
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What were your prayers?
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Well, if this is the right person,
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which I think it is.
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You asked for a sign?
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You know, faith is a matter of really believing something
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that you have no evidence.
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Well, of course, faith, as you know,
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is a virtue, which is a gift from God.
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Hindi mo ma-de-develop yan.
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Pareh ng mga punctuality, honesty, prudence.
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Ang pagka-faith, as you said, comes from God.
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Parehang hope, parehang love.
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Galing lang yan sa panginoon.
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Gov, it's no secret you're already 80 years old.
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You've met your fair share of people around the world.
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But bakit po si attorney ang nag-stand out?
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Paano po ba nasasabi ng isang Governor Mandanas na,
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ah, ito na yung the one, ito na yung dadalin sa altar?
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Alam mo, pag tunay na, you know, you define love,
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Because if you can define love, love is God.
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So if you could really define it, then it's not love.
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Love is something that you cannot define.
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It's something that you cannot set limit.
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That is true love, of course.
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It's not defined by the beauty of a person,
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the age of a person.
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You just relied on your feelings, on your gut instinct.
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No, it's just depending upon one's faith.
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At yun, hindi mo makukuha.
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So ganun lang yun.
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It's an additional love.
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Kita mo, maraming in love, after one month, naghihiwalay.
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So that means it wasn't true.
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That's why ang prayer natin, laging parang sa our Father,
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give us this day, ano yun, our daily bread.
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Kailangan araw-araw talaga.
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It's very easy to make a decision to have a girlfriend,
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or to get married, hindi ba?
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But kita mo yung mga celebrity sa ibang bansa, lalo na sa Las Vegas.
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In love sila, they get married now, the next day, divorce na.
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So, I mean, to get the real kind of love, talagang dasa lang kailangan mo.
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And everyday, it has to be sustainable.
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And you cannot sustain it if you don't pray.
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So, Gov, paano po yung proposal?
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Was there a lightbulb moment na, ah, kailangan ko na mag-propose today?
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Or kailangan ko na bumali ng singseng?
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Tell us about the proposal. How did it happen?
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Well, nag-uusap kami, if you're going to get married,
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una, kailangan natin, because of the purpose of marriage,
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well, you should be open to having children.
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And to be able to educate them.
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That is the whole idea.
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Kailangan namin usapan, medyo ayaw niya talagang magkana.
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Bakit? Bakit, attorney?
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Well, ayaw. That's it.
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I mean, it's a matter of decision. Ayaw magkana.
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So, sabi ko, tapos na tayo, unless pwede bang pag-isipan mo.
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Oo. So, nung una, sa first date namin, yun, ano na kami,
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terms and conditions na kami, kailangan daw, religious ako.
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He's very religious. Araw ako nagsisimba, kailangan ko mag-grocery.
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Araw ako nagsisimba, kailangan ko mag-grocery.
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Pag hindi mo ginawa yan, hindi ka, talagang hindi mo kaya.
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For a millennial, that's a very hard adjustment, ha?
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Exactly. And then, sabi niya, of course, he wants children.
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Ako, for the longest time, ayoko magkaroon ng anak.
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Gusto ko magpaalaga ng pamangkin, pero ayoko ng anak.
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So, ako parang, parang hindi ko yata, ayoko yata.
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So, sabi niya, sige, pero pwede pa rin tayong mag-date.
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Sabi niya, sige, okay lang. So, second date, sabi ko, ayoko talaga.
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Baka hindi ko kaya yung araw-araw.
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Araw na simba. But it's very hard for me.
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Ayokong gawin siya just because sinasabi niya, gusto ko sa'king manggalit.
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And then, sabi ko, parang ayoko talaga magkaroon ng anak.
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Kasi yung responsibility, lalo na ngayon, ayoko na magtrabaho para magpaaral.
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Alam mo yun, hindi ko nga nabibila yung lahat ng gusto ko para sa sarili.
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Kasi typical millennial thing, diba?
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Pero sabi ko, ayoko. So, sabi niya, okay, so stop na tayo.
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Sabi ko, okay, stop na tayo. After two minutes, sabi niya, pwede ba mag-appeal?
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Nag-motion for a consideration.
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So, sabi ko, oh sige, tingnan pa natin.
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So, eventually, nakita ko naman na parang, sabi ko, oh so, yung mga considerations ko kung bakit ayoko ng anak.
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Sabi ko, baka walang, yung father figure ba, hindi ko maisip na paano ba, siguro kaya ko ayaw.
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Kasi parang hindi ko naman nakikita na may possible na tao.
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Sabi ko nga, even sa vows ko, sabi ko, sobrang taas ng standards ko sa lalaki.
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Pero nung nakita ko na, ah, pwede naman pala, meron namang palang someone na kaya,
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maka-abot ng gano'ng standards.
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Parang, okay naman pala, okay naman pala na baka okay naman ako magkaroon ng anak.
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Kasi nakita niya rin kung gaano ako, ah, ka-motherly dun sa dalawang akong pamangkin.
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So, ayon. And then, ah, ayon lang.
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Tapos yung proposal, wala siyang proposal. Actually, wala siyang proposal.
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So, ang nangyari, sabihin ko lang.
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So, one time, we were having breakfast.
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And then, I think it was the birthday of,
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ah, the former president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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So, she was, ah, he was texting her.
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Tapos, sabi niya, alam mo, naisip ko maging linang si PGMA.
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And I was like, bakit tayo nag-uusap about minong-linang?
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Hindi ko naman nagpa-propose.
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Sabi niya, pero di ba lagi naman natin pinag-uusapan yung marriage.
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So, pwede na tayo magpakasal.
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So, sabi ko, nasa niyong ring ko?
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Sabi niya, ha? Kailangan ba ng ring?
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Sabi ko, nagtanong ko ba sa parents ko?
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Sabi niya, kailangan ba mamanghikan?
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Kasi, di ba, nagpaalam na ako mag-date.
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Sabi ko, love, iba yun. Mag-iba yun.
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Lalo na, very traditional yung family ko.
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Tsaka sabi ko, over 21 years old.
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Wala nang parental consent.
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Ayun. So, doon nag-start.
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So, yun, walang proposal.
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Pero eventually, sabi ko, love, mag-propose ka naman.
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Para naman makita ng friends ko.
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Nag-propose ka. So, ayun.
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Saan po ang proposal?
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Sa Montemaria. It was on my birthday.
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Pero planned yun.
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So, hindi na ako nag-pretend na nag-cry-cry ako sa engagement.
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So, I knew from the start, his intentions were genuine.
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And hindi naman niya ako lulukoyin siguro.
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Dahil kilala naman yung magulang ko.
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Kilala, gobernador naman siya ng Batanga.
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So, siguro naman, hindi siya gano'ng klase nila.
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Hindi po kayo nabigla? 3 months? Kasal agad?
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Hindi. Kasi ako, I believe in when you know, you know.
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So, ako parang meron nga ng mga matagal na relationship.
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6 years, 10 years.
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I was in a 6-year relationship and it ended 11 years ago.
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So, 11 years akong single.
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But from time to time, eh.
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Of course, I've been dating.
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Pero wala talaga akong makita ng alpha.
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Gusto ko talaga ng alpha male.
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And then when I saw him, nakita ko lahat-lahat nang gusto ko sa lalaki.
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Pero sabi ko, if it's just except the age,
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ipo-forgo ko yung sasabihin ng tao.
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Basta importante, okay kami.
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Okay yung family ko.
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Okay yung core friends ko.
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And I know, may iiba yung mundo ko.
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But because of this love, I hope, I hope it can sustain sa lahat, everything.
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Gov, sa dinami-dami ng abogadang na kilala niyo, bakit po siya?
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Ah, sa to'o, hindi ko alam. Siya ang available, eh.
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Oo, lagi niya sinasabi yun. Parang alam mo, lagi ko iniisip kung bakit kita mahal.
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Pero hindi ko talaga maisip kung bakit.
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Lagi niya sinasabihin niya yun.
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Love is undefinable. To define is to limit.
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Minsan sabi niya pa sa'kin.
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You cannot limit love.
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Hindi ko alam kung bakit patay na patay ako sa'yo. Hindi niya naman maganda.
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Grabe! Ang harsh!
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No, she's very pretty.
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Okay ba daw yung beautiful and pretty?
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Pag maganda daw, beautiful. Pag pretty daw, may dating.
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Sabi ko, okay na rin yun, okay na rin yun.
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Alam ko, may personality talaga ako.
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Pwede akong manalaw sa Miss Universe kung personality lang tsaka audience.
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And she's funny too.
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Yes, and very funny.
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Okay, Governor, tell us about the wedding. Bakit po itong simbahan na to yung napili niyong simbahan kung saan kayo magpapakasal?
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Well, you know I'm the Governor. The capital of the province is Batangas City.
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And I've been staying here in Batangas City as Governor.
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Ako kung mag-question ako, is not why. Ang kuha ko lagi, question ko eh, why not?
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Kapare si Angelica, why not? Hindi ba? Bakit madali? Why not? Wala namang impediment. Hindi ba?
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So, in my life, that has always been my attitude, so to speak. Why not?
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I mean, you need in life, you need daring. Of course, you have to deliberate, you have to study.
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A calculated risk.
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Well, no risk, no glory. No gain, no pain, no gain. Hindi ba? So, if you made a mistake, fine. You carry the consequences.
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Because I'm speaking of, since you already mentioned, you have to be daring. Let's talk about your very daring kiss.
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That went viral last night.
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No, kasi sabi ng wedding coordinator. So, I have to clarify. Sabi ng wedding coordinator.
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Ano ba yung pinaka-daring? Ano, what is the most daring?
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Sabi ng wedding coordinator, not less than 5 seconds.
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So, sabi niya, wala akong problema sa minimum. Kailangan ko yung maximum. Ano ba yung maximum?
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So, ayun. So, para lang daw, the usual na parang pag-photo, pag sobrang bilis, di ba? Parang baka walang makuha yung photographer.
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So, ito naman medyo, natuwa naman yan.
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Anong tumatakbo sa isip niyo yung non-governor at that time?
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Dun nung you may kiss the bride.
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Yeah, you may kiss.
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So, I kissed the bride.
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Why not? I mean, asawa ko siya. Well, the intensity is dependent, of course, on the person.
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So, probably you would say that everything I do, I do the best I can.
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And speaking of giving the best you can do, your reception was also quite grand.
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Tell us about the choice of the location.
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Because your location, sir, nung reception. Because there are some critics who are saying on social media na bakit sa isang government property,
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we understand he is the governor, pero bakit sa isang government property? Ano po yung dahilan behind the choice of location sa harap ng Kapitolyo?
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I will tell you. You know, ang laluwigan ng Batangas, ang lagi namin ipinagmamalaki.
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Mawala ng aming yaman, huwag lamang ang aming yabang.
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Yan talaga ang spirit ng mga taga-Batangas. We care very much about our pride, our dignity.
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And we are proud as a province. We are proud as Pilipinong Batangay niyo. Always showing, raising the standards.
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And we know that Batangas is one of the best provinces. We are one of the best in tourism.
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So hindi lang noon pa. We spend a lot in creating the image of the province as governor na talagang people are hardworking, we really work on our own, self-reliant.
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So all these virtues expressed.
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We are the best in the provincial capital.
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So we have been there. So with the sanggunian, the sanggunian agreed that this is a good way that we will be able to project the image of Batangas.
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To have it there because it will show how the governor really values the province.
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And how the province should be looked upon.
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So we cannot do it, for example, in a simple place, but it should be an attractive place.
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The alternative we had was actually in Montemaria.
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Which is also a fantastic place.
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But then I happen to be the governor.
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And I happen to have the responsibility of promoting the image, dignity, is the highest standard of the province.
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So I want to show how beautiful our capital is.
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And I want to show it.
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And that's also the reason why we invited the leaders of our country.
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So very quickly po, you've discussed, you've explained very in passing in your speeches na your principal sponsors footed the bill for your reception.
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Did I get that correctly?
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Or they made the big wedding possible?
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Because it should have been a very discreet wedding.
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We wanted it to be like 130, 150 people lang.
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And then tapos one morning, nag-breakfast kami.
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Somebody reminded me.
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Hey, you are the governor.
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Nag-breakfast kami.
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And not only the governor of any province but of Batangas.
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May friend siya nandun sa breakfast place.
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And then sinabi niya, ikakasal kami.
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Because we were discussing.
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Kasi naman hikan siya April 14 and then he wanted to get married ni Abe.
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So we had three weeks to prepare for the wedding.
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So nandun kami, nagdi-discuss kami.
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Dumating yung friend niya.
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And then sabi niya, ikakasal siya.
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So sabi ng friend niya, oh ikakasal ka sa taga Batangas.
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Tapos itatago mo sa public.
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Tapos alam nila na meron yung issue about age gap.
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So parang baka mas masamain niya ng mga tao.
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Invite mo na rin.
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Invite mo na rin yung mga closest friends mo and everything.
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And of course the mayors, vice mayors.
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Because of course you are the governor.
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It's been a long time na mayroong sitting governor na ikakasal.
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Sabi niya gano'n.
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Kaya naging gano'n, naging grand yung wedding.
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But it shouldn't be that big.
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Ako rin sabi ko, I'm very careful.
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I know lahat ng tao may masasabi about it.
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But sinabi ko rin, sabi ko sana yung tipong hindi mababash or anything.
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But of course lahat naman ng tao.
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Lahat naman ng tao gusto ibigay yung pinaka best para sa minamahal nila.
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So kung yung ibang tao kayang gawin yun, why not the governor?
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Kung kilala niyo yung governor, wala siyang kahit anong bahid ng corruption.
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Wala kayong masasabi.
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So kung kilala niyo yung governor, hindi kayo magtatanong ng ganyan.
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Alright, to wrap up the interview, let's talk about your future.
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The governor in his vows was very vocal about saying na he hopes to raise a family with you.
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Does this mean that politics will have to take a backseat for a while so that you can focus on raising your family?
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I do not believe that politics is incompatible with the objective of marriage.
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I don't believe that.
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And it should not be.
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I mean, you could see, of course, experience.
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There is always a woman behind the success.
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But also the failure of man.
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So, and politics is really a matter of serving people.
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And look, when God created, may babae, may lalaki.
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Kinreat din yung lalaki.
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And that is really to manage your creation.
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So, what I'm saying is being married is not, having children is not at all an impediment
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or something that would weaken one's desire to serve our people.
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And finally, governor, what is your message to the public who feel na love may have an age limit?
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What is the message of this kind of love story?
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Well, the message is really very simple.
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It's very simple.
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To really have a successful marriage is a matter of grace of God.
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Yun ang main message.
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Makikita mo, look at all the love stories.
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They could be very short.
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But look at those that are very long.
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It involved really sustaining it.
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And we are now, I know myself,
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if I do not have the grace of God, I will be worse than any male for that matter.
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So, what is the message?
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Well, we get to pray to have anything successful, especially marriage.
