'Queen of Soul' Jaya looks forward to reunion with friends on 'ASAP' in California | TFC News USA
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The Philippines' queen of soul, Jaya, a staple in the country's music industry, has been living in the U.S. for the past three years.
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Living in Washington State and now in Texas.
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For the well-traveled Jaya who spent parts of her teenage life in the U.S., she has welcomed this change of scenery along with her family.
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I was here in 85, I was 15.
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So I got used to having that American lifestyle and you do everything on your own.
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You clean your own car, you do your laundry, grocery shopping, lahat gagawin mo.
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And that never stopped even when I went to the Philippines.
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Jaya, whose real name is Maria Ramje Cagastian, also detailed why she loves living stateside.
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Sa Pilipinas nga sinasabi may driver, may mga kasambahay, assistants, stylists, and so on.
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But I like it here too.
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Kasi you learn, right? You learn to maneuver on your own.
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You drive, you learn the distances, the gas, the ganyan.
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How much do you want to spend on ganito?
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You find all the different sources for clothing.
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My kids, my husband and I, we're all thriving here.
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We also attend church and we're doing a lot here.
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We're doing a lot but at the same time, we're chill.
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Despite a new American life, there's no keeping Jaya off the stage.
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She's been performing throughout the country including Filipino community gatherings and TFC live events.
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Like the Odette Quesada All Hits concert in May.
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Jaya is now counting down the days to when she can reconnect with even more friends at Asap Natin To on August 3rd.
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A special edition of the Sunday musical variety show of ABS-CBN will be held at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.
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Friends are there and Regine, Jaja, Martin, Gary, Ogie, KZ, Eric.
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I mean I can name all of them and be like, pakikita ko sila.
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So yun yung excitement ko. That's why I said yes to it.
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And I just thought, pag ginawa ko to, makikita ko sila.
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Because it's been since, yung iba since, I don't even remember anymore.
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I'm so excited to be in Asap. I hope everyone gets their tickets because it's so filled with, ito na yung mga artists.
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The new, the ones that have started after us and the ones before us.
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Tickets for Asap.
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Available on mytmc.com with a special discount until the end of this month.
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Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News, Glendale, California.
