00:02May isa pang banyaga na nagtungo rito sa Pilipinas para hanapin ang dati niyang pinayaya, na ang kanyang tawag, Auntie
00:12Gina.
00:13Sa lahat ng bansang nabisita ng travel vlogger mula Hong Kong na si Vinci, Pilipinas daw ang pinakamakulay.
00:24Nariyang nagdiving at nagsnorkeling siya sa Malapasqua Island sa Cebu.
00:30I'm gonna try some magic water.
00:32Tinikman ang magic water sa Divisoria.
00:36What an incredible name, magic water. I like that.
00:39Nag-jeep.
00:43At nakiisa pa sa traslasyon ng itim na Nazareno sa Maynila.
00:50Pero ang pinakapuso raw ng pagpunta niya sa Pilipinas,
00:56Ang bisitahe ng isang taong malapit sa kanya na mahigit labing limang taon na niyang hindi nakikita.
01:04Ang kanyang pinayaya na nag-alaga sa kanilang magkakapatid, si Auntie Gina.
01:10Don't cry!
01:18Tandang-tanda pa raw ni Vinci.
01:20Taong 2003, nang unang namasukan sa kanilang pamilya sa Hong Kong ang kanyang Auntie Gina.
01:26Dahil kapapanganak lang noon ng kanyang Mommy Emily sa kanilang bunso,
01:31ang kanyaraw Auntie Gina ang nakatutok sa kanya at sa kapatid na si Vicky.
01:36Personally, I don't really recall not liking her or having like a period of awkwardness,
01:41but I did hear that my sister Vicky, she formed a really strong bond with our previous nanny.
01:47So when Gina first arrived, I think Vicky didn't really like her.
01:52But after a while, like they, yeah, they really like each other.
01:55I still remember that me and my sister Vicky and Auntie Gina would dance to the videotape
02:00that had like a Macarena dancing and then everybody and we'll dance together,
02:05the three of us like in the living room.
02:06So that is something that I still remember very deeply today.
02:11Ngunit makalipas lang ang halos isang taon,
02:14kinailangang umuwi ng kanyang Auntie Gina sa Pilipinas.
02:18There was no one to take care of her children.
02:21I was, yeah, I was definitely sad.
02:22I can't remember much from it,
02:24but I know my sister Vicky cried a lot when she saw the next helper arriving at our home
02:31and that Auntie Gina was leaving.
02:33I'm feeling very emotional right now because Auntie Gina has been nothing but kind to me and my family.
02:39My whole family loves her.
02:41Taong 2010, si Gina bumalik sa pamilya Lau.
02:45I'd already gone abroad to study to London.
02:48I heard that she was coming back to our family.
02:50Yeah, I was definitely like very, very happy.
02:52Pero hindi rin ito nagtagal.
02:55Kinailangan ito muling bumalik sa Pilipinas.
02:58I was told was she had to leave because one of her daughters, Nicole,
03:03was getting on with the wrong crowd
03:05and so she had to go back to take care of her children
03:09that she was getting very stressed.
03:11Ang milya-milyang layo nila sa isa't isa,
03:14tinag-ugnay ng mga palitan nila ng liham.
03:18Yeah, it made me felt like I was on her mind
03:21that my family was, you know, on her mind, in her heart.
03:24Pinuntahan ng aming team ang adres na nakasulat sa mga ipinadalang liham ni Gina
03:29sa San Jose del Monte City sa Bulacan.
03:33Sa pagtatanong ng aming team,
03:35nakilala nila ang babaeng ito.
03:38Pinahanap po namin si Ma'am Gina Santos.
03:42Kaya ba si Ma'am Gina Santos?
03:44Siya raw ang anti-Gina ni Vinci.
03:47Buong pagmamalaki niya,
03:49ang bahay nilang ito,
03:50katas ng pagtatrabaho nilang mag-asawa abroad.
03:54Kailan lang na ipagawa?
03:55Paunti-unti.
03:56Tapos nakabili na rin po kami doon ng garahe.
03:58Kwento ni Gina,
04:00mahirap daw ang buhay nila noon sa Bulacan.
04:02Kaya ang mister niyang si Eric,
04:04naghanap noon ang trabaho sa Middle East.
04:06Nag-a-apply siya pero hindi siya na nakaka-chamba
04:10na matuloy yung kanyang pag-abroad.
04:12Sabi ko, itry ko ko yan ako, ako muna,
04:15baka sakali.
04:16May friend po ako sa Hong Kong,
04:17sabi ako sa kanya na,
04:18Mars, baka po pwedeng hanapan mo naman ako dyan.
04:21Nag-try ako.
04:22Pero ang pinakamasakit sa bawat paglisa ng mga OFW
04:26ang naiiwan nilang mga mahal sa buhay.
04:29Sa kaso ni Gina,
04:30ang patlo niyang mga anak.
04:32Yung bunso ko po is magti-three years pa lang.
04:35Masakit po sa akin kasi papunta pa akong Eric Forte,
04:38nagpapadede ako.
04:39Parang mamaya-maya wala na to.
04:42Naiiwan ko na.
04:45Naiiwan ko na po sila.
04:47Masakit sa akin.
04:51Kasi palang nanay yung gusto maiiwan ang anak.
04:57Nung unang po talaga is ayos sa akin ng mga bata.
05:00Siyempre, gusto nila yung unang nag-alaka.
05:02Nahirapan din ako.
05:03Basta lagi lang nang sa isip ko,
05:04papakita ko lang sa kanila na love ko sila.
05:07Kung ano yung ginagawa ko po sa mga anak ko,
05:09yun yung ginagawa ko sa kanila.
05:11Hanggang unti-unti raw nakuha ni Gina
05:13ang loob ng magkapatid.
05:15Si Vinci magaling mag-sweeming yun.
05:17Talagang matalino.
05:19May award sya lagi.
05:20Ang bonding nila noon,
05:22Sumayaw.
05:23Every time na nawawala sila amo,
05:24sasayawan kami.
05:25Kasi ganun yung ginagawa ko sa mga anak ko eh.
05:28Parati ko silang sinishara na
05:30love ko kayo,
05:31love kayo na mamin ninyo.
05:32Every time po na namimiss ko yung mga anak ko.
05:34Sila yung nagiging comfort ko.
05:36Nihayakap ko po sila.
05:37Mfeel ko na nasa tabi ko yung mga anak ko.
05:39Pero nung napalapit na raw
05:41ang loob ng kanyang mga alaga sa kanya,
05:44dun naman kinailangan ni Gina
05:46na umuwi na ng Pilipinas.
05:48Nakahanap daw kasi
05:49ang mister niyang si Eric
05:50ng trabaho sa Middle East.
05:52Kailangan namin magpalit.
05:54Kasi 3 years old pa lang yung munso ko.
05:56Kailangan ko mag-break contract.
05:57Ayaw talaga nila.
05:58Mahira pero syempre eh,
06:00hindi mo talaga pwedeng ipagpalit
06:01pag family na.
06:02Gayunman,
06:03hindi naman daw naputol ang ugnayan niya
06:05sa kanyang mga anak-anakan.
06:07Yung first,
06:09kung alis,
06:10year 2003,
06:12ito siya.
06:12Ito si Vicky.
06:13Wincy,
06:14ito si Vicky.
06:15Kahit 10 months,
06:16nakapag-build kami ng good relation.
06:18Ang biira po yun eh.
06:19Sumusulat po sila.
06:20Tapos sinasabi pa rin nila
06:21na kailan ka babalik.
06:23Taong 2009,
06:24nung nagka-problema sa pera
06:25ang pamilya ni Gina.
06:27Nadengge po yung dalawa.
06:28Nasira yung aming budget.
06:31Pinili ko pong umalis.
06:32Taong 2010.
06:33Kaya si Gina,
06:35muling nanilbihan
06:36sa pamilya Lau.
06:37Sobrang saya siguro
06:38ng ama kong babae.
06:39Sinundo niya talaga ako sa babae.
06:41Binuhat nga pa yung maleta.
06:43Yung alam mong na welcome po
06:44ulit ako.
06:45Nung mga panahon yun,
06:47ang panganay ni Gina na si Camille
06:49ang tumayong ina
06:50sa kanilang magkakapatid.
06:52Mahirap talaga.
06:53Mag-ihiyakin, Ben.
06:54Hiyakin pa naman na.
06:56Mahirap kasi ano,
06:57kasi syempre,
07:00ang hirap mag-balance
07:01kasi parang
07:03mapipinitan kang mag-grow up ka agad.
07:04Kasi kailangan mong
07:06assist yung mga kapatid mo.
07:08Siyempre, parang ikaw din.
07:10Nagsastruggle ka rin na
07:11ano na,
07:12sinya sa course.
07:14Mahirap kasi,
07:16ayun,
07:16tas yung mga
07:18achievements mo sa school na
07:20siyempre sa kanila,
07:21kanya-kanya din sila.
07:23Walang mga tagapunta
07:25dun sa achievement mo.
07:26Yung mama mo,
07:27nasa ibang pamilya.
07:28Siyempre,
07:29may mga panahon
07:30ng pagsisisi,
07:31lalo na kung dumatating sila
07:32nang nasasaktan sila.
07:34Tsaka yung,
07:35alam nyo po,
07:36yung kakulangan ng time
07:37na kahit kailan
07:38hindi mo na maibabalik.
07:40Kalaunan,
07:40nakapag-ipon si Gina.
07:42Ito raw,
07:43ang nag-udyok sa kanyang
07:44mag-retire na
07:46sa pagiging OFW.
07:47Si Vincy,
07:49hindi niya alam na
07:50paalis na ako na
07:51sabi niya,
07:52auntie,
07:52pagbalik ko,
07:53nandito ka pa ha.
07:54Pero,
07:55siyempre,
07:55nagigilte ako dahil
07:56alam ko,
07:57pagbalik niya,
07:58wala na ako.
07:59Me and the rest of my family
08:00were all very sad.
08:01She did come back
08:02and then we were really happy.
08:04But then she had to leave again
08:05after a year and seven months.
08:07We had to understand
08:08her situation, right?
08:09Like, we couldn't force her to stay.
08:11Mula noon,
08:12sa mga sulat at chat
08:14na lang nakakausap ni Gina
08:15ang kanyang mga dating alaga.
08:17And your auntie Gina,
08:18thank you for your love
08:20and care of my family.
08:21Wouldn't be wonderful without you.
08:24Secret,
08:25secluded beach.
08:27Nakikita ko na si Vincy
08:29na nagbablog.
08:30Lagi ko pong sinasabi
08:31that proud ako sa kanila
08:33kasi maayos yung mga
08:35buhay nila ngayon.
08:36I just landed in Manila,
08:37the Philippines.
08:38Hanggang nitong Desyembre,
08:40napanood na lang daw ni Gina
08:42sa vlog ni Vincy
08:43na ito'y nasa Cebu.
08:45Sabi ko,
08:46ay, nagpunta na pala siya dito.
08:48Ay, wala nang pagkakataon
08:49na makita ko siya
08:50na madaanan niya man lang ako.
08:52Sana,
08:53gumanaan ako,
08:54sana.
08:54Ang hindi niya alam
08:56nitong January 8,
08:57muling bumalik si Vincy
08:59ng Pilipinas.
09:00Sabi niya na,
09:01auntie,
09:02are you free?
09:02Sabi niya,
09:03pupunta ako sa'yo
09:04kasi gusto nga kitang makita.
09:06Si Vincy
09:07bumiyahe
09:08pabulakan.
09:09Don't cry.
09:11I'm crying.
09:12Nung nasilayan ni Gina,
09:15si Vincy
09:16sa loob ng sasakyan,
09:17hindi na niya napigilang
09:19maging emosyonal.
09:20I'm crying.
09:23Oh no!
09:26Oh no!
09:30I can't just hear you.
09:33Oh no!
09:36Oh no!
09:37Oh no!
09:38Oh no!
09:41Si Vincy
09:42pinatuloy ni Gina
09:43sa kanilang tahanan.
09:45Oh welcome!
09:46Thank you!
09:47Thank you so much!
09:51Camille!
09:52Come here.
09:54Come here.
09:54At ipinakilala niya
09:56ang dati niyang alaga
09:57sa kanyang anak
09:59na si Camille.
09:59Hi Camille!
10:01Hi!
10:01Nice to meet you!
10:03Finally!
10:04Yeah!
10:04You're a favorite.
10:05This one.
10:06Oh wow!
10:07Thank you so much!
10:10and that's
10:11prawns,
10:11mussels.
10:13Wow!
10:13And this one.
10:14This is pancit.
10:16Pancit?
10:16Yeah!
10:17Like Filipino food?
10:18Yeah, yeah!
10:18Oh okay!
10:19This is the one that
10:19I always cook to
10:21Vicky.
10:23I don't remember!
10:27She likes it?
10:28Yes!
10:28And seeing where
10:30her and her family
10:31stayed her house,
10:33like it was really nice.
10:34It was very nice for me
10:35to know that,
10:36you know,
10:37that was what
10:37her and her husband,
10:39her children,
10:40like being able to
10:41build,
10:42you know,
10:42through their
10:43hard work
10:44and lives.
10:51Kahapon lang,
10:52muling nag-catch up
10:53si Gina at Vinci
10:54sa pamagitan ng
10:56video call.
10:57I just wanted to say
10:58thank you for
10:59treating my mom
11:00as family.
11:02There's emptiness
11:02before when
11:04she went abroad,
11:05but you guys
11:06fill it with happiness
11:08and you didn't
11:09make it hard for her,
11:10even though
11:11there's distance
11:13between the family.
11:14You guys are
11:15our extended family.
11:25Thank you so much
11:26for treating my mom
11:28like your own too.
11:30You know,
11:30when I visited
11:31the Philippines
11:31last time
11:32when I was speaking
11:32to you,
11:34Camille,
11:34like you said,
11:37um,
11:41sorry,
11:44um,
11:46sorry.
11:54I think I need
11:55to get a tissue.
12:02Yeah,
12:02that you were
12:03thanking me
12:04and my family
12:05for taking good
12:06care of
12:07sorry.
12:10I feel a bit
12:11guilty because
12:12when you guys
12:13were growing up,
12:14like she,
12:14she came to
12:15take care of us.
12:17Yeah,
12:17thank you.
12:19At gaya ng dati,
12:20may isinulat
12:21uling liham
12:22si Vinci
12:23para sa kanyang
12:24Auntie Gina.
12:25When I was young,
12:26I never really
12:27understood
12:28why you had
12:29to leave us.
12:30Seeing your
12:30beautiful home,
12:31meeting your
12:32lovely family,
12:33it made me
12:34understand
12:35so much more.
12:36I have so much
12:37respect for
12:38your strength
12:39and love.
12:40Thank you,
12:41Vinci.
12:42When I started
12:43abroad,
12:44I sometimes
12:45felt like
12:45I miss
12:46important years
12:47watching my
12:48sisters grow up.
12:50That's when
12:50I started to
12:51understand,
12:52even just a little
12:53bit,
12:53how painful
12:54it must have been
12:55so be away
12:56from your own
12:57children.
12:57Thank you
12:58for always
12:59keeping my
12:59family and me
13:01in your heart
13:02all these years
13:03and next time
13:04hopefully the
13:05whole family
13:05will be there
13:06together too.
13:09Thank you,
13:09Vinci.
13:10I love you all.
13:12Pero ang akala
13:13ni Gina,
13:13tapos na ang
13:14kamustahan.
13:15Laking gulat niya.
13:17Ang kapatid ni Vinci
13:18at panganay na si Vicky
13:20nakiusap mang
13:21wag magpakita
13:22ng mukha
13:23nagpadala
13:24ng mensahe
13:25sa kanilang
13:26Auntie Gina.
13:27Vicky,
13:28Vicky,
13:28I love you
13:29and I miss you
13:30so much.
13:31And I'm proud
13:32of you.
13:33I'm proud
13:34of you.
13:35Some memories
13:36I've always
13:37remembered
13:38all those
13:39things.
13:40I love you.
13:42I love you,
13:43Tim,
13:43Auntie.
13:44I love you.
13:45Please take
13:46good care
13:47and hope
13:48one day
13:48you have
13:49child
13:49already.
13:52I hope
13:54I will see
13:55your
13:56your child
13:59soon.
14:00Dearest
14:01Auntie Gina.
14:02Your love
14:03and kindness
14:03shine through
14:04your children
14:05as well.
14:06Thank you
14:06for all the
14:07sacrifices
14:08you have made
14:09and for
14:10remembering
14:10our family.
14:11I truly hope
14:12to see you
14:12again
14:13one day
14:13and we
14:14can dance
14:14Macarena
14:15together.
14:20Yes,
14:21we can
14:21dance
14:22again
14:22together.
14:24I love you.
14:25Vicky,
14:26thank you.
14:26Thank you
14:27for all
14:27these words.
14:28Hindi
14:28lahat
14:29ng
14:29ina
14:30nasa
14:30iisang
14:31tahanan.
14:32May
14:32mga
14:32inang
14:33tumatawid
14:34ng dagat,
14:35tumaalalay
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14:37ang
14:37sariling
14:38anak
14:38lumalaking
14:39may
14:39pangungulila.
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