00:00You know, the parents of the 80s, they have that kind of...
00:02Son, son, let's do it one last time.
00:04Let's do it one more time.
00:06You're right, Ninong.
00:08You're right, Ninong.
00:10You're right, Ninong.
00:12What about you, Madam Chair?
00:14What are your Christmas memories?
00:16My mom and dad are mall employees.
00:18They're busy during Christmas.
00:20They go home late.
00:22I was the only child for 11 years.
00:24I was the only one at home.
00:26That's when I learned how to cook.
00:28That's the story of my cooking.
00:30I was my grandmother's assistant in the kitchen.
00:32Noche Buena was good for everyone.
00:34You were the sous-chef?
00:36I was the sous-chef.
00:38So, as early as 7 or 8, I started cooking.
00:40We called our grandmother, Mommy.
00:42I cooked, and so on.
00:44I gave it to my neighbor.
00:46My grandmother and I were so close.
00:48She couldn't accept it.
00:50I was singing a Christmas song
00:52because I was a naughty kid.
00:54She didn't want to listen to it.
00:56She said, why are they Muslim?
00:58She told me to leave.
01:00I didn't know.
01:02She was only 7 years old.
01:04I didn't know she was a Muslim.
01:06I'm sorry.
01:08I didn't know.
01:10I just said, Happy Holidays.
01:12I have a story about Christmas.
01:14One Christmas, we weren't ready.
01:16We were waiting for a neighbor
01:18who would give us snacks.
01:20There were pancet,
01:22pink jelly,
01:24pineapples.
01:26She would give it to us.
01:28We were waiting.
01:30Finally,
01:32Ms. Glow
01:34Ms. Glow
01:36She told us to wait
01:38so that we wouldn't be eager.
01:40So that you wouldn't be eager.
01:42The next day, she gave us pink jelly.
01:44It was delicious.
01:46It was pink.
01:48When she closed the door,
01:50it exploded.
01:52The pancet exploded.
01:54I got goosebumps.
01:56How many siblings do you have?
02:00I'm hungry.
02:02We're laughing but I'm sure
02:04there are strings of emotions.
02:06When Ms. Glow said,
02:08you're not ready,
02:10you're waiting for a neighbor,
02:12how many siblings do you have?
02:14We're only 12.
02:16My mom is very religious.
02:18My mom is very religious.
02:20She's very religious.
02:22When you open the dictionary,
02:24it's a picture of my mom.
02:26She's right.
02:28It's true.
02:30We were supposed to be more than 12
02:32because she got pregnant 3 times.
02:34We also had a sibling who died.
02:36You should be 16.
02:38Yes, I should be 15.
02:40I'm right, I'm 16.
02:42Sorry,
02:44in our school,
02:46I'm absent.
02:48I remember in one of your interviews,
02:50you had a story about the Christmas tree.
02:52Share it with us
02:54because you have a lot of siblings
02:56and you don't have a budget.
02:58During Christmas,
03:00a lot of people flip the tree.
03:02What do you mean?
03:04Why?
03:06You put flowers on it.
03:08Then you put
03:10the skin of a candy with a stone.
03:12That was our Christmas tree.
03:14Finally,
03:16my sister worked at a mall.
03:18Her first salary
03:20was to buy a Christmas tree.
03:24She bought a 6-feet Christmas tree.
03:26Wow!
03:28It was her first salary.
03:30We were living in Silong, Pasig.
03:32We were living in Silong,
03:34in Ms. Maria's house.
03:36She has a lot of details.
03:38Yes.
03:40She helped us with the composing.
03:42When it was done,
03:44she was like this.
03:46The Christmas tree is 6 feet.
03:48Your house is?
03:505 feet.
03:52The star is out of the window.
03:58My mom is always crying.
04:00Why?
04:02Because she sleeps on the Christmas tree.
04:04She doesn't sleep.
04:08Imagine 12 siblings
04:10in a house in Silong.
04:12But there's a 6-feet Christmas tree.
04:14Sorry.
04:16That's why our Christmas tree is big.
04:18Then, on December 26,
04:20it was sold.
04:22We don't have rice anymore.
04:24The Christmas tree was sold.
04:26So, you only enjoyed the tree
04:28for one day.
04:30My neighbors were like,
04:32why is the star like that?
04:34The tree has a stiff neck.
04:36The cameramen are laughing.
04:38They can't do it anymore.
04:40It's true.
04:42We only experience it in comedy.
04:44It's hard
04:46during Christmas.
04:48But we're just laughing.
04:50Do you agree that it's hard
04:52during Christmas?
04:54Yes.
04:56Especially for kids.
04:58Before, I didn't feel
05:00that we're having a hard time.
05:02But during Christmas, I realized
05:04that we're having a hard time.
05:06We don't have new clothes.
05:08I was selling sweepstakes at Araneta.
05:10We were watching
05:12the lives of mannequins at COD.
05:14Everyone was waiting for it.
05:16I was watching it.
05:18I was selling until I got robbed.
05:20Yes, I was still getting robbed
05:22in Cubao.
05:24We were like,
05:26let's make a deal.
05:28You buy pancit,
05:30I'll buy mansanas,
05:32and sliced bread,
05:34the tasty one.
05:36We were like,
05:38let's go home.
05:40We were in the jeep of Antipolo.
05:42When I got off,
05:44the manhole was open.
05:48I was so dirty.
05:50I bit the tasty
05:52and the mansanas.
05:54I really bit the mansanas.
05:56I couldn't go home.
05:58My mother,
06:00I saw her tears.
06:02What happened to her?
06:04I fell in her embryo.
06:06I told her to take a bath.
06:08I saw her washing the mansanas one by one.
06:12When it's Christmas,
06:14the mansanas will smell like Christmas.
06:16It's like Christmas.
06:18The neighbors
06:20will share with us the preparations.
06:22Mariette used to do this.
06:24Do you know
06:26what work she did
06:28when she was pregnant?
06:30That's why your blessings
06:33Mama Pong!
06:35Mama Pong!
06:37Mama Pong!
06:39Mama Pong!
06:41Mama Pong!
06:43Mama Pong!
06:45Mama Pong!
06:47Mama Pong!
06:49Mama Pong!
06:51Mama Pong!
06:53Mama Pong!
06:55Mama Pong!
06:57Mama Pong!
06:59Mama Pong!
07:01That's what we're praying for.
07:03When you give it to us,
07:05you'll say,
07:07how do you handle the money?
07:09True.
07:11How do you handle the blessings?
07:13That's it.
07:15If you don't have money,
07:17it's stressful.
07:19She's not just content
07:21with what she has.
07:23We'll give jobs
07:25especially to single moms.
07:27I have a lot of single moms.
07:29You support them.
07:31That's great.
07:33If there's a single dad,
07:35why not?
07:37He's looking for a job.
07:39When you didn't have money,
07:41now you have a job.
07:43Would you say it's better?
07:45Is it less stressful
07:47now that you have money?
07:49Before, it was okay
07:51even if you didn't have money.
07:53What does Christmas mean to you?
07:55Christmas meant a lot to me.
07:57It's like
07:59if you're here, be happy.
08:01Be content.
08:03This is all we can do.
08:05That's what you're striving for.
08:07Now that I can relax,
08:09thank you Lord for all the blessings.
08:11Share.
08:13Let's share the blessings
08:15from the stress you experienced
08:17when you didn't have money.
08:19You know how it feels.
08:21I believe money is energy.
08:23It's not just a physical thing.
08:25It gives you rights.
08:27Don't accept things
08:29that you don't like.
08:31Buy things that make you happy.
08:33It gives you a purpose in life.
08:35Money in the hands of good people
08:37is good money.
08:39Money only becomes bad
08:41if it's in the hands of bad people.
08:43Lord Peggy, we're good.
08:45Please give us money.
08:47That's where the puzzle ends.
08:49Madam Chair!
08:55No!
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