00:00When you first heard about Ate Gai's passing,
00:02what did you love about it?
00:05Definitely, I was very proud.
00:07I was proud because I was a friend for a long time.
00:13And when I was starting at showbiz,
00:18I was like being my friend of mine.
00:22Then we had beautiful moments.
00:27Like what, love life?
00:28No, not necessarily love life.
00:31No.
00:32No.
00:33No, it was just the lakwacha.
00:36Oh.
00:371960s ba ito or 1970s?
00:4060s, 68, early 70s.
00:44Yes.
00:45Okay.
00:46She would pick me up at our house.
00:49Then we would go out.
00:51It was a bad thing to you, right?
00:53A bad thing to you.
00:54Yeah.
00:55Yeah.
00:56Yeah.
00:57But I was a bad thing to do,
01:00I was a bad thing to do.
01:03It was a bad thing to do.
01:04It was a bad thing to do.
01:05Why did you do that?
01:06We went to the D.V. Boulevard.
01:10Rojas Boulevard!
01:12Rojas Boulevard.
01:13There were Ferris Wheel.
01:16We saved the Ferris Wheel.
01:18Simplified?
01:19Yes.
01:20Then, he would pay the Ferris Wheel.
01:23We only saved the Ferris Wheel.
01:25Yes.
01:26He was generous, I would say.
01:30And there was even a time that she brought me home.
01:35And then, she said to my mom,
01:37Can I help you with us?
01:40She said to my mom,
01:42I'm going to leave you out,
01:44but you can't help.
01:46Yes.
01:47So, he sent me to her house in Green Hills.
01:51Then, it was nearing Christmas then.
01:54Then, he sent me to a room.
01:58The room was full of gifts.
02:00Mm-hmm.
02:01Halos hindi mo na masara yung kwarto nung room na yun,
02:04sa Green Hills,
02:06bahay na sa Green Hills.
02:07Puno-puno rin.
02:08Sabi ko, kanina mo bibigay yan?
02:10Sabi niya, alam mo, marami akong pinagkakautangan eh,
02:13sabi niya,
02:15sa kanila ko ibibigay yan.
02:17Anong dami!
02:18Sabi ko,
02:19hindi ko ma-imagine kung gaano karaming tao yung bibigyan mo na.
02:23She was very, very generous.
02:27At parang minsan, nalolokon natin siya.
02:32Naabuso na siya.
02:33Naabuso.
02:35Or ano po yung, kunyari babalik-balikan.
02:38Ano yung nangyari na kayo lang?
02:40Na ikaw kayo lang po yung nakakaalap.
02:44Salbahe kasi kami nung mga bata kami.
02:48Well,
02:49there was
02:50this night na
02:52ano,
02:54nagsishooting
02:55tapos
02:57dumating siya,
02:58meron siyang dalang
02:59nasa supot,
03:00may straw.
03:02Sabi sa akin,
03:03gusto mo?
03:04Eddi,
03:06nagsisip ako.
03:07Hindi pala soft drink.
03:08Beer pala.
03:10What movie was this?
03:12Sa ano yun eh?
03:14JBC Production.
03:16Nakalimutan ko na kung anong movie yun.
03:18Anong anong taon ito?
03:19Nakuha mo ng tanong eh.
03:24Wag mo ng tanong ngayon.
03:26I am approaching 75.
03:28So, more or less,
03:29tingnan mo na kung anong taon yan.
03:31Nung pinipair kayo kay Eddi Peregrina ma'am,
03:34did she have any opinion?
03:36Wala na.
03:38She,
03:39she was very,
03:40very busy then.
03:41So,
03:42hindi na,
03:43kami nagkakaroon ng time
03:46for
03:48ano ah,
03:51mga
03:52private na
03:53bagay.
03:54So,
03:55she was very busy.
03:57Mapaka busy.
03:58Oo.
03:59Napaka busy.
04:00Parang sa sing,
04:01start with Job Grino,
04:02madalas magkasamang mag-guess si Nora
04:03sa kasi Eddi Peregrina,
04:04di ba?
04:05Oo.
04:06Hindi kayo nag-selos?
04:07Hindi.
04:11Kasi wala na rin kayo noon sa showbiz.
04:13Oo, wala na.
04:15Hindi naman.
04:17Hindi naman.
04:18What can we learn from the life of Nora on Norma
04:25sa publik po?
04:26Kasi hindi lang siya,
04:27di ba,
04:28katrabaho natin sa showbiz.
04:29But,
04:30she's such an icon
04:31sa Pilipinas.
04:32Ano po yung pwede natin matutunan sa pinagdaanan ni Ate Ka?
04:36She was a very,
04:38very generous person
04:40to a fault.
04:41To a fault.
04:43Kaya maraming umabuso.
04:49Maraming umabuso.
04:51At saka,
04:52she was not
04:53able to meet someone
04:55who could
04:57give her
04:58advice.
05:00Oo,
05:01advice, no?
05:03Pero,
05:04had she been given that opportunity,
05:06I don't think
05:07she would reach that point na
05:10mahihirapan siya.
05:12You know,
05:14on disparity ng aming pay nung araw.
05:17Oh.
05:18Sobra.
05:19We were paid
05:223,000 pesos
05:23for two songs
05:25sa, sa probinsya.
05:26Mahal na.
05:27Oo.
05:28She was paid 30.
05:2930,000.
05:31At,
05:32kukunin siya sa Manila ng helicopter,
05:35dadalhin siya sa,
05:37sa,
05:38sa venue.
05:39No?
05:40And then,
05:41iuwi siya uli ng helicopter.
05:42Samantalang kami,
05:43sasakay sa,
05:44sa sarili namin sasakyan.
05:46Magbabiyahe.
05:47Papunta.
05:48Ganon.
05:49Ganon siya kasikat.
05:50But you never felt the competition?
05:52No.
05:53Walang competition.
05:55Superstar siya.
05:56Superstar siya.
05:58Superstar siya.
05:59We know our place.
06:00Oo.
06:01Superstar.
06:02Iba eh.
06:03Iba.
06:04Wala pa.
06:06I don't think meron.
06:08Malayo pa.
06:10May iba kasing kabataan.
06:12Hindi na rin nila alam kung gano'ng sinasamba.
06:15Ay, sobra.
06:16Oo.
06:17Si Ate Gay noon.
06:18Sobra.
06:19Sobra.
06:20Oo.
06:21Parang,
06:22parang yun,
06:23kung pwedeng halikan yung tinapaka niya.
06:25Ganon ang fans.
06:27Iba yung fans ngayon.
06:29Iba rin yung fans ngayon.
06:30Ibang panahon na kasi ngayon eh.
06:32ng online, ng cellphone, ng ano.
06:34Noon kasi sobrang magmahal din ang mga fans.
06:38Nag-aaway-aaway.
06:39Sobra.
06:40Sobra.
06:41Tsaka mamahalin mo din sila.
06:43Kasi nakikita mo yung concern.
06:45Ngayon kasi hindi ko rin masabing walang concern.
06:50Kasi wala namang experience ako sa kanila.
06:53So yun.
06:54Pero iba na.
06:55Talaga.
06:56And you don't think may higit pa kay Ate Gay?
07:00In terms of the public adulation?
07:03Baka maraming magalit sa atin.
07:07Marami rin namang magagaling ngayon.
07:12Sa mga artistang buhay siya lang naman.
07:14I mean, nung national artist.
07:17Siya lang ang...
07:18Siya lang ang gano'n.
07:20And I don't think merong approaching that status.
07:26Ano siya eh?
07:30Legend.
07:35Thank you din.
07:36One message mula lang para sa fans.
07:37Fans ninyo.
07:38Ang mga kasabayan ninyo.
07:40Maraming salamat sa kanilang lahat.
07:43Maraming maraming salamat.
07:45Maski na matanda na kami na alala pa rin kami.
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