00:00That's all I dreamed of when I was a kid, in front of a mirror.
00:04Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror.
00:07I'll read that.
00:14Not a lot of people know that I started joining show business at the age of,
00:20my mom said at the age of 5.
00:22But what I remember is that I was 6 or 7 years old.
00:26All the TV shows, KTTV shows,
00:31my mom and my parents tried.
00:33My mom and dad and I would go around
00:36singing contests in the barangay.
00:40I remember I also had a commercial before,
00:43but what I only saw was the tip of my hair.
00:46I experienced long lines in auditions,
00:51and a lot of rejections.
00:56There were also bullying when I was younger.
01:00Until now, it's still there.
01:03But it's also nice to look back.
01:10I know in my heart that I went through all of that for a reason.
01:17It taught me a lot about my character.
01:22It helped build my character as a person, as a woman.
01:27And of course, seeing our industry now,
01:30everything is an instant success.
01:33So when I look back at how my journey has been in this business,
01:40I'm thankful that I went through all of that.
01:43I, as a person, have a perfectionist side.
01:46So I admit that I still have complaints about myself,
01:50about things that I want to do for my career, for myself as a person.
01:56But I still have a grateful heart.
02:00I have a grateful heart because I went through all of that.
02:04And I am very, very blessed.
02:08As I said in one of my interviews,
02:11I consider every opportunity that was given to me
02:16to work with only the best in the industry.
02:20The best choreographer, the best choreographers,
02:24the best musicians, songwriters, actors.
02:29All of the artists in this industry,
02:33I'm sure not everyone,
02:35but the ones that I worked with,
02:37I am very lucky that they are the ones that I worked with.
02:42I don't feel like,
02:46I don't feel like,
02:49wow, I've come a long way.
02:55More of like,
02:57wow, this is what I dreamed of when I was young,
03:01with my parents, with my family.
03:03And now I'm here, I've reached
03:06how it feels like to be,
03:10let's say, a recording artist, a movie star, an endorser.
03:15All of the things that I dreamed of when I was young,
03:18in front of the mirror,
03:20mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror,
03:22I was able to achieve that.
03:24And it came true. I'm so grateful.
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