00:00How was Christmas? How were the holidays?
00:07Did you really plan this? Did you really plan to go home this Christmas? Your story?
00:12Okay, I was here on my birthday last September. I should have been your guest.
00:16I don't know why we didn't continue. But I was here last September because
00:20back then, Mama deteriorated.
00:24So, she didn't talk much. So I said,
00:28Wait, I'll go home. And then, when Robin went home, she said,
00:32Okay, go home. You'll be here on your birthday. So I said, Okay, I'll go home.
00:36So, when I got here in September, Robin and I were talking. He said,
00:40Robin usually goes abroad. He said,
00:44We won't go abroad for Mama's sake. He said,
00:48If you want, go home. But I didn't confirm because I'm studying now.
00:52So, usually, our school term is
00:56every month. So, we don't really have a break.
01:00So, the longest break we can have is 10 days, which is
01:04very, very short. But when
01:08Robin and I were talking, he said, Go home.
01:12Yes, so that Mama can be with you. So, off-cam, I said,
01:16I was emotional because I was waiting for you to leave.
01:20So, let's go to the coming home. You know, I saw
01:24when you were talking to Mama Eva, and you said,
01:28Ma, I'm here. She was not reacting.
01:32What was playing in your mind?
01:36In my mind? Because it wasn't even a surprise to me anymore.
01:40Because every time I would talk to her on the phone, she would ask
01:44her caregivers, who is she? And it would break my heart.
01:48I would tell my friends in America that I think
01:52it's the most painful
01:56when your mom asks, who are you?
02:00So, I said, wait, I'm going home. But I surprised her.
02:04So, she really didn't know. And I told her caregivers,
02:08I have a package coming. Wait for it. They didn't know
02:12I was coming. So, they told Mama, Mommy,
02:16I have a package from Bibi.
02:20But a day before that, there was a story that Mama Eva was just looking out the window
02:24and she was waiting for something.
02:28Because there are things that I went through, Bibi.
02:32I told you, I went through that with my mom for a long time.
02:36That's why I was able to relate everything.
02:40When you left for Taiwan, when you arrived there.
02:44I'm glad to see someone who loves your mom so much.
02:48But my question is, in your life, what made you become like this because of your mom?
02:52Me? I became very independent
02:56because of my mom. Because she's very strong.
03:00She's our mom and dad. Although we see our dad,
03:04she was very strong for disciplining us.
03:08And so, I saw that. And then, plus the fact
03:12that also, I think she gave me...
03:16I was always
03:20her hope when it comes to... I'm the one who sells.
03:24So, I enrolled myself. I enrolled Robin.
03:28And giving me that kind of trust at a very young age.
03:32Of course, I never thought of this before.
03:36But now that I'm in the States and living my own life,
03:40I'm very proud of that.
03:42But there was a time because...
03:44I mean, you are very close to me. I'm very close to you, brother.
03:48Were you afraid of your mom?
03:50I was afraid. You see, until now.
03:52Correct.
03:54Until now, we're afraid.
03:56Why? Even Binoy.
03:58Yes. All of us.
04:00When she came, when she spoke.
04:02Yes. That's it.
04:04Because she made sure that she wasn't taken for granted.
04:08When she said,
04:10I'll slap you, I'll really slap you.
04:12She's not the kind of mom who will scold you
04:14and give you chocolate afterwards.
04:16She's not like that.
04:18Yes. Just like you said,
04:20and this is not an excuse,
04:22she was both the mother and the father.
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