00:00Earlier, you said that one of your regrets was that 2024 was supposed to be the year
00:06that your mom would go to Siargao,
00:10and 2024 was supposed to be the year that you and Philmar would get married.
00:15Now, looking back and living in 2024, what are your thoughts?
00:21That was a bit heavy for me because I don't live every day of my life thinking
00:28my mom can die tomorrow.
00:30Yeah.
00:31Which I don't know if that was a mistake, right?
00:33Is that wrong? I don't know.
00:35That's what I think.
00:37I don't pray or dream that my mom's life will be cut off right away.
00:43And I expect a lot of things to happen this year that involves her.
00:48Because after all, Philmar and I are getting married, it's also mostly more for her.
00:54Because Philmar and I, even if we don't get married,
00:56we're already husband and wife.
00:59For me, that's what's important.
01:01But I know that my mom will be happy when we get married.
01:05It can't be like I get married and she's just a guest.
01:08No, right?
01:09To me, she's my most important guest at that wedding, supposedly.
01:15And it's also a big deal for me for her to come to Siargao
01:18because I learned a lot when I went to Siargao.
01:21I dream a lot that when she gets there, I want her to realize this too.
01:29I want her to see this too.
01:31I want her to have a chance to make certain changes in herself, in her life.
01:37That maybe when she goes to Siargao, that will happen too.
01:42What she's saying is, let me build a house first.
01:45Yes!
01:46I wanted her to experience drinking beer in Cloud 9.
01:48Yes!
01:49Walking on the beach.
01:51You know, and you imagine that she would have enjoyed Siargao.
01:55I knew, I knew.
01:56A lot of regrets that you didn't pick up your mom and she flew to Siargao.
02:00Yeah, yeah.
02:02But the marriage, the wedding, would you still do it?
02:06Not this year, right?
02:07Yeah, we can't.
02:09We don't want to do it this year, but yes, of course, we still are going to get married.
02:16We're still in the planning.
02:17It's something that we want.
02:18And you wanted to do it also for her?
02:20Yeah, I wanted to do it for her, but of course, that's not the only reason.
02:27You know, that's not the only reason.
02:29You know, it's just a bit sad because that's a big milestone in anybody's life is to get married
02:36and my dad is not around anymore and neither is she.
02:41Right.
02:42So, it's hard for me to think about it because these are the important people in my life.
02:50They are slowly disappearing and I thought they were just there.
02:55I thought they were just there.
02:58I thought it was just a moment.
03:01Maybe all of us are thinking about that, right?
03:05We don't know when it will end.
03:10And what is the lesson that you continue to learn?
03:13When Anastasia's dad is not there, mom is gone.
03:16For me, the biggest lesson for me is to learn how to make the people you love feel it the way they want to.
03:26It's not just about the best way.
03:29You know how.
03:31Also, make an extra effort to make them feel it the way they want to feel love.
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