Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Jaya, maraming pinagdaanang pagsubok sa Amerika! (Episode 678)

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Aired (September 9, 2025): Ibinahagi na ni Jaya ang lahat ng kanyang mga naging karanasan at pagsubok mula nang siya ay lumipat sa Amerika.

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00:00Okay, you know, dalawang beses umalis sa Papuntang Amerika, si Jaya.

00:101985, sabi nga, to be exact, Tita Elizabeth, who I truly, dearly loved, okay?

00:18Moved, decided to move to the U.S.

00:212021, you and your family and Gary decided to move to the U.S.

00:28Go back to the two experiences.

00:31What do you remember?

00:33What do you remember?

00:35What were the biggest challenges in both movements?

00:40Okay, so nung una, we left kasi si Mama na book as one of the performers dun sa LA show and San Francisco show or something like that.

00:51And ang nanay ko, alam niyang kasama niya si Tito Eddie Mercado, Kuya Rico J. Puno, Ms. Lerma de la Cruz at siya.

00:59So sabi niya sa producer, dong, isama ko na itong anak ko dong, kaya mag-isa lang siya dito, ilang taon lang ito, 15 lang ito dong.

01:06Sabi nung producer, hindi po po pwede kasi kayo lang po ang kakayaneng dalhin.

01:10Sabi niya, ay, bahala na kayo, wala nang Elizabeth Ramsey dyan.

01:13Kasi yung anak ko, pag naiwan yan, iwan din ako.

01:15So she made sure that naisama ako sa pagpunta ng Amerika kasi yung naisip niya, wala akong future dito.

01:24Yun ang una niyang thought.

01:26So pagdating namin ng Amerika, imbis nakasama lang ako, ako yung parang naging opening act nung concert.

01:35So doon na talaga nag-start yung professional job as a singer.

01:39Kasi yung sa Pilipinas, puchu-puchu, 10 years old dancer, yung mga ganon-ganon na mga dancer, yung mga nakakostune.

01:45Nagma-back up, back up, back up.

01:46Ganyan, ganyan, pak, pak, pak.

01:47Ang mga, hindi siya 1, 2, 3, 4, ano siya, pak, pak, pak, ganyan.

01:52So then 12 years old singer.

01:54So kung saan si mamang perform, natutunan ko na yung ano yung gusto niyang mangyari.

01:58Fast forward to 2021.

02:00Then 2021, iba yun.

02:02Nagkaroon ng pandemic, wala tayong mga trabaho.

02:05So naisip ko, we were really deeply rooted at the time with Favor Church.

02:11We were going to church, trying to find answers to what we really wanted to be, what we wanted to do in life.

02:19Klaro yun sa asawa ko nung nagka-stroke siya, gumaling siya after 3 days.

02:23Now mind you, hindi siya naparaliti.

02:25Wala, yung mata lang niya ang nag-move.

02:28Okay, na-stroke?

02:29Na-stroke, gumaling after 3 days.

02:32Yes.

02:32Sa hospital eh.

02:33Right.

02:33And then, thinking about it, sabi ko, parang wala yung puso ko, parang ayaw na kumanta.

02:39Kasi I wanted to quit many times.

02:41Not only in singing, but in life.

02:43Right.

02:43Right?

02:44So, naisip ko, Lord, tama na to. Ayoko na.

02:47Nanay na lang ako kung talagang kailangan naming umalis, aalis kami.

02:51And other challenges happened.

02:53The fire.

02:54Oh, that was after.

02:55That was after.

02:56We moved without thinking about the consequences of the move.

03:01Eh, pagdating po namin ng Amerika, yun na nga, God had other plans.

03:05Dumami po yung trabaho ko during the pandemic.

03:08Oo.

03:09Nag-tofa tayo, nagkita pa tayo nun.

03:11Oo.

03:11At mag-to-tofa tayo muli.

03:13Ulit!

03:14Sa October 17 in Las Vegas.

03:17That's right.

03:17Yun pong sunog nangyari.

03:19A year after, on the 16th birthday of Sabria, my daughter, nag-TVB concert ako.

03:26Kasi nagagawa ko yung StevieB concerts ulit.

03:29We need an hour for this because StevieB played a very important role.

03:33That's where you started actually.

03:35Yes.

03:35And pagbalik galing San Antonio, Texas, birthday niya, nag-set up ng candles.

03:40Happy birthday to you.

03:41Mga five minutes pa lang.

03:43Huw!

03:43Pag-blow ng candles.

03:45Bakit yung sahig may usok?

03:47Yung vent?

03:48Sabi ko, Gavin, yung aking anak na isa, go downstairs and check what's going on.

03:52There's like smoke happening here.

03:54Ah, smoke, smoke.

03:55Mom!

03:56Fire!

03:56Atchuchuchu!

03:58Labas.

03:59Oo.

03:59So yun, fire wasn't really something for us.

04:04It was a test of faith not only for my family but for the neighborhood.

04:10Yeah.

04:10Because you have to understand po, ang Washington State is one of the most unchurched states.

04:15Okay.

04:16Alright.

04:16And that's kind of the, yun yung nagbuo sa amin ng bonggang-bongga.

04:21Yung tipong wala nang makakatibag pa sa faith natin.

04:24Okay.

04:24And sa pagmamahal natin sa isa't isa.

04:26Hey.

04:27cool.

04:27And that's just going to point out to you.

Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Jaya, maraming pinagdaanang pagsubok sa Amerika! (Episode 678)

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