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Sobrang saya dyan. I mean, I celebrated one time Gay Pride in San Francisco.
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I stayed at the Bosch Park.
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Beautiful, beautiful. I love it. I love San Francisco.
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But okay, let's talk about...
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I know, I know. Let's talk about this big news.
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Medwin, I must be honest.
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Sa lahat ng taong kausap ko, they were really shocked.
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Siguro, ikaw na ang mag-explain ng kwento ng journey mo.
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So nung, I've always known I'm gay ever since I was a kid.
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But of course, because of yung ating environment sa society,
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most of us, sigurado,
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we grew up in a very conservative setting.
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And lalo nung I got into the music scene,
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unang-una, introvert pa ako.
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So being on stage, biglang I was thrust into the limelight, so to speak.
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So nung 1993, when the first album came out,
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and we had to do gigs, I had to be on stage,
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I had to sing, talk to people on stage.
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Nakakatakot kasi, unang-una,
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yun nga, introvert ako, I'm a very private person.
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And you know, you bare your soul every time you sing on stage.
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So, dejo, it was, nakakaano, nakaka, it was unnerving most of the time.
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And of course, nandun na rin yung fact na parang, because of who I am, you know.
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I was scared to be, I was scared of people finding out that I'm gay.
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And it's, and it's,
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Because we know that.
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And the fact of your status in society.
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So, bale, and it was a different climate dati, no?
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And this was back in the 90s, it was different back then, yes.
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Yeah, it was, it was very different.
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Um, this was like many years before Queer Eye for the Straight Guy came on TV.
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So, ibang-iba talaga.
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So, it, it took me a long time to, to, to be comfortable with myself on stage.
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And eventually, then, you know, people in show business, people in the band scene knew,
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And they've known for a long time.
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So, um, people who are close to me, family, friends, and mga artist na kilala talaga ako,
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they've known all this time.
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So it's been an open secret in the business.
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Pero hindi talaga totally dag-alok.
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It wasn't like, parang hindi siya talaga kakibat ng, ng artist.
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It wasn't like, parang hindi siya talaga kakibat ng artist.
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It wasn't like, parang hindi siya talaga kakibat ng artist.
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It wasn't like, parang hindi siya talaga kakibat ng artist.
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art ng namin as a band, eh.
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True Fate isn't only me.
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It's also the other band members.
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So, I didn't feel like
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put it in front there.
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it informs my personality
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and who I am as a person,
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hindi ko na-feel na talagang
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You know what I'm saying?
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I did an interview dati
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sa Pulp Magazine.
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to borrow the phrase of
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I already said back then,
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I was sexually fluid,
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was interested in the article.
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No one learned about it.
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okay, nobody's here.
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everybody's talking about it.
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of your marriage,
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ito na rin yung parang
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coming out party mo?
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parang ganun na nga eh.
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pero parang ayoko sanang
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I'm really more proud
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than what I have.
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it's really about our marriage
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and it's not like,
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Medwin just came out.
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and they're in love.
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and I'm very proud of it.
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I'm very happy about it.
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I just can't contain it eh.
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a couple of days after
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parang pinag-uusap pa rin
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Because, you know,
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we don't know how the people's gonna
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kung paano tatanggapin
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Tsaka concern ko din,
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hindi siya ready na
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mapag-uusapan ng ganyan.
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we consulted our friend,
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it took around like
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we decided together
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with the approval of our friends
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throw caution to the wind.
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and hopefully positive.
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simply lang yung sabi ko kay Med
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Sabi ko lang sa kanya,
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you just need to be
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true to yourself.
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If I can't be true to myself,
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kaya yung tipong...
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The reason why I asked
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if this was some sort of
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your coming out party
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is because it's also
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a celebration of who you are.
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I understand where you're coming from
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instead of focusing on me,
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the love that we have together.
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Ganon din yung sinabi mo kanina
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when you were trying to
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an issue out of you
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separate from the band.
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it's still ano eh,
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it's still parang,
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hindi mo talaga siya mahihiwalay eh,
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let's just lay down the facts first.
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Kaya ano ba nangyari
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within the Bay Area,
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they were invited
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ang dami hindi rin pwede
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in a span of just
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Parang we just said,
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our inner circle,
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yung mga na-participate.
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I think one of the reasons also
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close friends namin
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who's gonna be part of our wedding,
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hindi na rin sila available,
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starting next week
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until the end of the month.
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Kaya ginawa na namin.
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It was just a day.
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Dapat nag-stay ka ng
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nakover ko pa yan.
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let's go now to Mark.
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when I first saw the photo,
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akala ko foreigner ka nga eh.
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isip na you're Pinoy eh, no?
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whatever you can share lang, no?
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A little bit about yourself
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and how you met Medwin.
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from high school.
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Batchmates kami sa Don Bosco.
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Don Bosco, mga hati.
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we didn't really know each other
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kasi iba tropa niya.
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Katropa niya si Nino Mulag.
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Wala akong masyadong friends.
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nagkita kami ulit
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kasi at that time,
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sila yung guest performer
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Yung love offering ko
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nagkaroon ng chance
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nung pinag-uusapan namin,
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I think I remember
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habang kumakanta ako,
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batchmates namin,
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sino yung matangkad na yun
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parang di ko kilalim.
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And I do remember
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sino yung mga nandun?
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and then pandemic started
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Marami siyang time
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...nang mga friends
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Nag-reconnect kami
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chatting for a bit.
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sometime in April
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around that time,
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Nagkaroon na nang...
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nagkabukingan na.
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Nagkaroon na nang
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is parang sabi ko nga,
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that life is short,
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life is uncertain,
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we need to be happy,
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we need to enjoy.
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I think I feel something
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and I feel na parang
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let me bite the bullet
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and ask the question.
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What did you ask,
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I think I mentioned
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or along the line of
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and I think I have
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some feelings towards you.
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Kung baka siya naliligaw,
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nag-reciprocate naman,
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yes din daw siya.
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Pero, all this time,
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you're also based
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Ah, sa Pinasipa doon.
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When did you fly to the US?
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kasi marami pang mga
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lockdown-lockdown
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very daunting yung,
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yung 14-day quarantine
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Kaya hindi nangyari.
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hindi ako dual citizen,
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hindi siya makakuha ng
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visa sa US Embassy for Tourists
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dahil saradong embassy.
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hindi ako makalipad,
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Hindi ako makalipad.
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Maraming hinderses.
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an invitation to,
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representing True Faith.
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me and my brother,
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entitled OPM Summer Friends,
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a year after naging kami,
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that was the first time
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na we met each other in person
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This was 2022 na,
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More than a year later.
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Okay, okay, okay.
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So, doon kayo unang nagkita.
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buti na lang merong
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nung nagpunta ka na sa U.S.,
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Wala akong takas,
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lagi nagpapaste time kami.
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So, nung nandodon ka na sa U.S.,
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hindi ka na umuwi.
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Umuwi pa rin ako,
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adjust things there.
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I just can't leave,
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it took a lot of adjustment
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nagbaksyan pa ako last year.
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Baka I was turned power
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nakadalawang summer na kami
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nakadalawang summer kami nakikita
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after last year's summer,
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pagbalik ko dito,
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siriusohin na natin.
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pwede na tayo magpakasaleng,
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bumalik na ako dito.
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parang yun yung testing namin
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kasi yun na yung in-person eh.
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kasi kausa mo siya everyday,
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pero ito na yung in-person.
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slowly tinitingnan na
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compatible ba talaga tayo
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parang doon lang yun eh.
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Telebabad ka lang
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nung unang panahon,
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Panamig this walls.
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But prior to the wedding,
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was there an engagement
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Monteria Beach, man.
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Monteria Beach din.
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Yeah, Pacific Coast.
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Between Pacifica and
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Oh, so naglakad kami.
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woo, may engagement ring.
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okay, nakakatoso.
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he's worried na baka mamaya,
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baka hindi na bumalik.
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Sabi ko sa kanya,
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you're worth coming back to.
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naglakas ng wave.
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May flight pa ako
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before you fly out.
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kinoconfirm ko lang na,
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do we see a future together?
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that's when we started talking na,
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kasi alam ko naman,
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ako may career dito,
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siya may career doon,
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slowly planning out
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mas flexible siya,
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isang regular na employeeado lang sa,
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Mas flexible ako,
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sa totoo naman yung banda,
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we have a lot of free time,
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mag-hiatus muna kami.
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I don't want people,
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nanggulit na lang talaga ako,
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kasi people going,
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ba't nanggulit sa States
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pangatong beses na,
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yung paglabas ko,
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sa mga kwento-kwento niya.
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nung nag-propose si Mark,
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during the reception,
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ginam na namin yun,
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kasama namin si Kenneth,
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dati namin gitarista,
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based na rin kasi,
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sempre ni-request na mga friends namin,
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huwag na lang kaya.
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Sinabi ko nga yan eh,
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eto yung sentence
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na dapat hindi mo sasabihin
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during a wedding,
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lalo pag exchange of vows,
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huwag mo sabihin,
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huwag na lang kaya.
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And I'm glad Mark didn't,
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I'm glad Mark didn't say that.
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so what's the plan now?
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thank you for sharing your love story.
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Now we move forward to,
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You mentioned that,
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you're gonna be having a short
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hiatus from the band.
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pwede na akong bumalik,
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balik-balik siguro,
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been between Manila and San Francisco
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and do gigs there.
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my presence is here na,
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I can have the other guys
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Yun ang plano ko talaga.
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we were actually,
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we were actually,
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working on new material.
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we come up with a new song
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because siya inspiration ko.
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So let's just make it clear,
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you're not leaving the band
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and the band is not disbanding.
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dito sa new chapter ko sa buhay,
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buhay ko dito sa States,
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afraid to be who I am.
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in richer ways siguro.
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wala nang hindun sa,
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I may be more vague
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emotions and all that
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nandun na talaga.
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Parang ayoko naman yung all out.
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sa mga nagtatanong,
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In whatever capacity,
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it's like a global village na,
19:08.9
madali na lang to,
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go from one place to another
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because of technology,
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me and my bandmates
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even for far apart.
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a new single soon.
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excited ako sa new chapter
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exciting life ahead.
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we're so very grateful
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for all the support,
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who've expressed their support online.
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and with their wishes
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we're just very happy.
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We're just very happy.
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you're moving na,
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we haven't gone that far
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step by step for now.
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maybe the band can tour
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the United States
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Piling ko talagang,
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sa sitwasyon namin
20:17.4
since we've committed,
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mas base na ako dito.
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mas base na ako dito.
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proof it will still go on.
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it's exciting for
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and for the band as well.
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It's exciting too.
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with our conversation.
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Congratulations again.
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we are celebrating
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Pride Month in advance
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because of your love story.
