00:00Is your valentine's day cold?
00:09Don't worry, this soup will warm you up.
00:18The taste and ingredients are similar to Beef Mami,
00:23but the soup is darker and thicker because of the brain of the pig or cow.
00:29The bones are cooked together until the meat comes out.
00:33It's called Kinalas.
00:36Not only will you be happy,
00:38you will also be inspired to start a business if you know that the price of the pig is only Php 20.
00:45Ms. Selly is 75 years old.
00:48She has been feeding her parrots for more than 45 years.
00:53Ms. Selly is a big girl.
00:56That's why when she was young, she was good at peeling the bones.
01:00My father was a butcher.
01:02When I was 15 years old, I came here to Nagasiti.
01:08I was always invited by my cousins.
01:12In the hope that their family will get out of poverty,
01:16Ms. Selly agreed with her father to marry a man she doesn't love.
01:22When I was 18 years old,
01:25a man invited my father to marry someone he doesn't love.
01:33I said, I can't.
01:35But my father said,
01:37my life depends on you.
01:41Even though it was her own decision,
01:43Ms. Selly still tried to embrace her fate.
01:49I said, Lord, please help me to accept everything.
01:53I got married.
01:55We are not yet married.
01:56We have five children.
01:58What she is thankful for is her five children.
02:03My parents helped me a lot.
02:05They are not like other children who are precious.
02:08Whatever food I prepare,
02:10like stir-fried prawns,
02:11they don't have.
02:12That's why I love my children.
02:14They are not like others.
02:15Why is there no delicious food?
02:17Until now, I still remember that.
02:19But despite being together in life,
02:22Ms. Selly feels that she is alone in raising her family.
02:28That's why she decided to separate from her ex-husband
02:32and became a father and a mother.
02:37As a single mother,
02:39she took care of everything.
02:41She was the one who worked for us
02:46so that we could study in a private school.
02:51She was the one who took care of our parents.
02:55She promised to do everything without complaining.
03:01But what really changed in their life
03:05was just one dream.
03:07I said to God,
03:08Lord, my life is not happy in this world.
03:11I don't want to blame you.
03:13I'm going to sleep.
03:15Don't wake me up.
03:17That's what I said.
03:19Then an old man approached me in the middle of the night.
03:23He told me,
03:24Don't lose hope.
03:26Because of her dream,
03:28she was inspired to start a business.
03:31Even though she didn't cook before.
03:34And what she saw back then,
03:36that there were a lot of people in their area,
03:37was the Kinalas.
03:39So when I ran to the market,
03:41I bought a quail egg,
03:432 pesos of onions,
03:46and garlic,
03:48a packet of soy sauce in a repack.
03:52When I got home,
03:53I cooked it.
03:54But when it's cooked,
03:55I tasted it and it was delicious.
03:57And she gave birth to her soup specialty.
04:00What made her cook better
04:03was the flavor of the soup.
04:05She added beef bone broth
04:08and it melted in the tender meat.
04:11Ms. Selly's soup is delicious.
04:13And all of her ingredients are fresh.
04:16That's why people like me keep coming back here.
04:20Ms. Selly's flavor keeps coming back.
04:23Because it's so delicious.
04:25The sauce is delicious.
04:26Their soup is hot.
04:28But will you believe that
04:30Ms. Selly's only target in 1979
04:34was 20 pesos?
04:36At that time,
04:37it's equivalent to 1,500 pesos
04:41in our current currency.
04:43That's why she promised her customers
04:46that she will still be able to afford her food.
04:49For 50 pesos,
04:51you already have Kinalas and Luglug Combo.
04:54Just add 10 pesos,
04:56you still have extra eggs.
04:58Partner up with Baduya,
05:00which is a type of fried banana
05:02for 20 pesos
05:04and empanada for only 30 pesos.
05:08I had a little money
05:10from selling everyday.
05:12I saved it up.
05:14I built a house for her.
05:16It's a house of poverty.
05:18But just like any business,
05:21there are challenges.
05:23This pandemic is hard.
05:26It's hard.
05:27I don't know what to do.
05:28If it rains now,
05:29if there's a typhoon,
05:31if we can't go up,
05:33maybe the water level will be high.
05:36It's only this high.
05:38The cross can reach it.
05:39It's deep.
05:40All of this.
05:42But Ms. Selly
05:43won't give in to problems.
05:46It's all for the family.
05:49That's why,
05:50more than material things,
05:52her biggest investment
05:54is the good future of the children.
05:57She really worked hard for us
05:59to be able to go to school
06:00because she told us
06:02that's the only thing
06:04that she will give us,
06:06our education.
06:08The happiest thing is
06:10just like my children,
06:11I was able to finish school
06:13because of God's help,
06:14because of God's grace.
06:15Just like my daughter,
06:16she's in New Zealand now.
06:18She's working there
06:19in the hospital.
06:21At the age of 75 years old,
06:23she's still going on.
06:25She won't give up
06:26the people she loves.
06:28I will still serve my children
06:30as long as my beloved customers
06:32come here
06:33and look for me.
06:35Ms. Selly's love life
06:36has become cold.
06:38What she received
06:40from her in-laws and children
06:42is this.
06:44And it's even hotter
06:46in the soup.
06:54Hey!
06:58Hey!
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