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Aired (July 3, 2026): Nagbalik-Pilipinas si LJ Moreno-Alapag at dumiretso sa Unang Hirit para makipagkuwentuhan at ipagluto ang UH Barkada ng kanyang special Tinola recipe. Kumusta na kaya ang buhay niya kasama ang kanyang pamilya abroad? Panoorin ang video.
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00:00May extra surprise tayo ngayong umaga
00:02dahil isang balikbayan ang kukumpleto rito sa almosal natin.
00:07Kaya naman, ito na-i-welcome back na natin siya.
00:14Mga kapuso, gising na. Unang hirit na.
00:18Mga kapuso, nagbabalik sa Repita's celebrity mom, LJ Moreno Alapag.
00:25Napakaganda.
00:28Sarap naman ang almosal.
00:30Diba? Bakal mga na-miss mo yung iba dyan, ha?
00:32Sobra, sobrang na-miss ko yan.
00:34Oh my gosh, ito kumalat.
00:35Ay, kung sino.
00:37Ay, yan.
00:38Bango.
00:38Okay, good morning, Ms. LJ. Welcome home.
00:41Kamusta naman so far ang pag-stay mo sa Pilipinas?
00:43Oh my gosh, it's our fifth day pa lang.
00:45Pero okay lang na walang tulog dahil sobrang excited.
00:48Good to be back.
00:49Sabi niya, fifth day niya, pangalawang guesting niya.
00:52Ang galing kamadali ba kami?
00:54Ang galing kailan lang ba kayo dito?
00:55Nag-aari.
00:57Pero una saan, gano'ng katagal kayo sa US?
00:59Ano, umabit na na almost six years.
01:01Wow.
01:02Umalis kami pandemic, 2020.
01:04Yung tipong walang tao sa airport.
01:06Ganon.
01:07Oh my God, ang bilis na pa ng bilay.
01:08So, kamusta po yung pagbabago?
01:10Ng pagbalik niya ng dami ng tao?
01:12Ako nga eh, sobrang...
01:13Sabi ko nga yung BGC, hindi ko nakabisa din.
01:15Ang dami ng building.
01:18Marami na in six years.
01:19Totoo yan.
01:19So, bukod pa sa itlog na pula na nung nakita mo kanina eh meron kayong pagkakilig.
01:25Ano pa ang na-miss nyo dito sa Pilipinas, Ms. LJ?
01:28Siyempre mga friends.
01:29And yeah, working, guesting.
01:31Kaya diba parang...
01:32Agad-agad.
01:33Agad-agad.
01:34Bawal ng paina.
01:35Bawal ng paina.
01:35At saka ano na tunugo na kasi ng mga tao.
01:37Pauwi na sila.
01:37Oh, i-guess na agad yan.
01:39I-guess na sila.
01:40Na-miss natin siya.
01:41Mga kapuso, kaya umuwi si LJ para ipagluto tayo this morning.
01:46At buong pamilya kasama.
01:49Kaya kung ready ka na, tuno na tayo sa UH Cucina.
01:52Okay, let's go.
01:53Ano kayo?
01:54Yon.
01:54Excited na kami ni Anjo.
01:56Mag-wait kami dito.
01:57Oh, naku.
01:58This is good.
02:01Ayan.
02:02Okay.
02:02Eto na.
02:03At siyempre, bago ang lahat, LJ, suotin mo muna itong ating pa-apron para sa'yo.
02:10Oh, wow.
02:10And for your homecoming.
02:11Out there, dude.
02:12Homecoming gift.
02:14Wow, may name pa.
02:15At nakaborda and all.
02:17We're so happy to have you back.
02:19Thanks.
02:19So good to be back.
02:20Super good to be back.
02:21Kaya pagluluto ko ang unang hirit parkada ng...
02:24So, very exciting.
02:25Special Tinola.
02:26Oh, Tinola.
02:28O sabi naman mga kids ko, Tinola.
02:30Tinola.
02:31Sa states na lumaki.
02:32Tinola.
02:33Ano ba?
02:33Ito bang isa sa mga madalas na niluto mo for the kids?
02:36Yes.
02:36For the family.
02:37To get them to eat vegetables.
02:38Kasi ayaw na ilaman siya.
02:40Medyo, ano, it's a struggle to feed them vegetables.
02:42At least pag sabaw.
02:43So, minsan, like my younger kids, tinatayang ko.
02:46Minamash ko.
02:48Mga style ng mga nanay talaga.
02:49Okay, go ahead, LJ.
02:51Game na.
02:52Napakainit na ng ating pot.
02:54After this, ready na siguro kung may nanay.
02:56Gisa na muna natin ang ating sibuya.
02:59Tama.
02:59Okay.
03:02Meron bang ingredients sa states na nahirapan kang kunin dito sa pang-Tilola?
03:07Papaya.
03:08Papaya.
03:08Yeah, so, pero sa iyo, ate, I can get.
03:11Oh, okay.
03:11And also, yung malunggay, medyo mahirap if you don't have a Filipino store na malapit.
03:16Or moringa ang tawag siya, di ba?
03:18Powder na or capsule na lang doon.
03:20Di ba? Correct.
03:20Ang ginagamit ko instead is spinach.
03:24Yun yung ginagamit ko na ano, kasi pa yung daan ng sile and malunggay.
03:29Pag wala, may spinach na lang yung ano nila.
03:32Hindi naman, okay, so ginigisa niya ang bawang sibuya at luya.
03:37Amoy na, amoy ko na.
03:38True.
03:39At kapit na apit sa mga buhok yan later.
03:42Maamoy ni Jimmy sa buhok mo pag uwi, ang ginisa na ulang irit.
03:45Ayan.
03:46Bakit sila pinagluto mo ng tinola?
03:48Kami hindi.
03:49Iuwi mo yan.
03:50So, syempre, ating chicken, igigisa na natin.
03:52Ngayon, is that na.
03:58Actually, kahit breakfast, parang sobrang okay ng tinola.
04:01Alam mo.
04:02Actually, lalo na pag maulan, di ba?
04:03Tsaka pag malamig.
04:05At malamig dito sa studio, kaya so perfect.
04:09Lagyan natin ng...
04:12So, lalagay ko na muna yung salt and then yung patiso.
04:16Ah, dun pa lang sa...
04:17Dun pa lang nilalagay ko na para talagang yung flavor.
04:20Okay, nice.
04:21And then, I'll add na lang more pagka ano.
04:24So, dyan na yung sabaw.
04:25So, dyan na yung sabaw.
04:27Bago ka nag-states, nagluluto ka na ba dito madalas?
04:31Actually, more on baking.
04:33Ah.
04:33More on baking.
04:34Yung lolly cakes mo.
04:35Yes, lolly cakes.
04:36Yes.
04:36Ito din ba?
04:37Yes.
04:38Nag-unang hindi mo.
04:39Yes, lolly cakes.
04:39Yeah.
04:40Lolly cakes.
04:41Nag-unang hinit na rin kami before.
04:43Yeah.
04:43At kaka-Mars.
04:44Nag-guess ka rin rin sa Mars with the lolly cakes.
04:46Yes.
04:47Okay.
04:47Tapos, tinuloy ko naman siya sa states.
04:49Oh.
04:51Ano yung dessert yun na parang lollipop siya.
04:53Pero parang siyang cake na bilog, o, na nasa steak.
04:56Yes.
04:57Pwede mong baunin pag meron kayo mga sugar cravings.
04:59Totoo.
05:00Oh.
05:02Add natin ang ating water.
05:04Pero yun, sa states, syempre, dun.
05:06Ako lahat, eh.
05:07So, kailangan mag-lutog.
05:08Totoo.
05:09Tapos, nung bagong datin, gusto pa ng mga kids ko, dito kasa nasanay, sila iba-iba yung gusto nilang kain.
05:14Yes.
05:14Because they're very picky.
05:15Pagdating dun, say ko, ah, excuse me.
05:16Oh.
05:16I'm not gonna cook a different dish for everybody.
05:18For everybody.
05:20Everybody.
05:20For meal, di ba?
05:21Parang.
05:22So, I'm sure habang nandun kayo, pag nag-luto ka ng Filipino food, talagang tuwang-tuwa ang mga bagay.
05:27Yeah.
05:27Actually, si Kuya, yung eldest ko siya, yung mas Filipino food, adventurous.
05:32My other three, they're very picky.
05:35Parang silang dad nila.
05:37So, actually, yung Tinola minsan, yung daughter ko minsan dati, sinestrain ko pa.
05:44Parang kasi daw, dirt daw yung maliit na pa.
05:46Ah, kasi meron yung, ah, picky na.
05:48Oo, picky na.
05:49Okay.
05:49Oh, hapag pinalalamot natin ito.
05:51Siyempre, magkukwentuhan muna tayo, LJ, kamusta ang buhay, Amerika?
05:54Bukong sa natuto ka na magluto at i-adjust yung family life ninyo.
05:58Ano, very challenging in a sense na, kasi especially since pag NBA season, Jimmy, the team travels a lot.
06:05So, minsan may time, five days diretsyo, wala sila, two weeks diretsyo.
06:10Wow, mag-isa ka lang talaga.
06:12Mag-isa lang.
06:13And all my kids, except for the youngest, sports sila.
06:16So, ako mag-drive sa practice, ako, hatid, sundo, school.
06:20Four kids, right?
06:22See, four kids.
06:22Ilang tao na sila, Ms. LJ?
06:23Ano, my oldest is 13, Ian, and then Kiona is, yeah, he's over there.
06:29Kiona is 11, and then Kaelin's 8, tapos meron pang akong dinagdag, three and a half.
06:35Sabi ko nga, eh, dumating ko, Ms. Philip, we went from, you know, with yaya's here,
06:39tapos lumipat kami doon, nagdagdag pa ako ng anak.
06:41Diba?
06:41Parang gusto ko pinakahilapan yung sarili ko.
06:44At the top of me.
06:45Talagang, ang motherhood calling talaga siya.
06:47Totoo siya.
06:48Tsaka lalo na doon, it's, syempre, it's hard kasi you don't get as much help as here.
06:52Diba?
06:52Dito, nandito yung nanay mo, pagkailangan mo, tulong mga kapatid mo nandiyan.
06:55Kamu sa'yo adjustment nila? Ngayong Balik, Pinas naman sila.
06:59Doon medyo, yung eldest ko medyo nahihirapan kasi maano na siya.
07:03Markada na yun.
07:03Actually, fitly pa lang dami, pero yung mga friends niya, syempre.
07:08Yeah.
07:08Girlfriend, ganyan.
07:09Ay, girlfriend?
07:10May girlfriend ka na pala.
07:12Gusto ko yung kinakausap niya.
07:13So, kailangan na kami na.
07:15Tapos sabi, my God, ba't makinakausap niya tong alin na to?
07:18Yeah, and then my girl do, sobrang excited siya uwi.
07:22Kasi we were able to come visit, so na-experience siya.
07:25Nakapag-recital pa siya with Skydance.
07:28Kasi si teacher Skydance, kahit na lumipat kami doon,
07:31nagda-dance ka sila sa Zoom.
07:32So, finally in person, kahit ilang years na.
07:35So, parang reunion rin pala to?
07:37Reunion, then for Kyona.
07:38But my eight-year-old was kind of struggling
07:41because dun na siya, kung baga lumipat kami,
07:43kuwanahan pa lang siya.
07:44Yun na yung kinalakihan niya, kinamulatan.
07:46Yung friends niya from preschool hanggang second grade,
07:49yun yung group nila.
07:51So, sabi ko, well, yeah.
07:52So, you'll need friends.
07:54Siguro pag nag-start sila, huwag na school.
07:55Oh, for sure naman.
07:56At least that part, yung part na yan,
07:58sure naman tayo makakamake ng new friends.
07:59Yeah.
08:00Alright, back to cooking.
08:01Ano pa ang idadagdag naman natin ngayon?
08:03Okay, pumukulo na siya.
08:04Ayun na, medyo pumukulo-kulo na ng slide.
08:07Pwede pakistrain yung...
08:08Tiyo, diba?
08:10Kasi may nakikita ko lumulutang.
08:12Yung, pero gets ko yun.
08:13Yung sa Tinola, diba?
08:14O, lalo na ng mga two, three or so.
08:16So, sabi niya, it's dirty.
08:17Say ko mo, it's dirty.
08:18Oo, yung lumulutang.
08:20Teka, tigman ko lang.
08:23The tigim test.
08:24True.
08:25Nagyan ko lang ng konting patis pa.
08:28Of course.
08:28So, are you imagining that life's gonna be a little easier
08:31now that you're back?
08:32Oh my gosh.
08:33Yes.
08:34Driver, yaya, lahat.
08:36We've won it all.
08:37Yes, yes.
08:38So, i-ano natin ng sayote pala.
08:41Ay, mas matagal, ano.
08:43So, dun sa tinitira niyo sa stay,
08:44isang ano ba kayo, city or...
08:46We were in...
08:47Well, he was with Sacramento.
08:48We lived in Roseville.
08:50So, mga 25 minutes away siya from Sacramento.
08:52Okay, okay.
08:53Kasi, dun kami sa parang suburb area.
08:56And, meron bang Filipino store na malapit doon?
08:59Meron maliit na Filipino store,
09:01pero yung malalaking Filipino store,
09:02mga 40 minutes away pa.
09:04So, ano ang ingredient na pinaka-excited ka
09:07na dito sa Pilipinas?
09:08Madali nang makuha.
09:10Well, yung mga...
09:11Malunggay.
09:12Malunggay.
09:13I think that's one.
09:14Malunggay.
09:14Kasi, minsan,
09:15meron sa Filipino store,
09:16pero frozen.
09:17So, hindi fresh.
09:18You know what I mean?
09:18So, iba pa rin yung fresh talaga.
09:21Dito sa kapitbahe mo lang.
09:22Kakatoka lang, di ba?
09:23May malunggay po ba kayo, Jo?
09:24Correct.
09:25At saka, yung wala tayong sariling tanim lagi.
09:27Laging kailangan na rin.
09:29Correct.
09:30Pero, kasi meron, meron.
09:31Well, of course, Miss LJ,
09:32nakita rin namin na super active kayo
09:34sa TikTok dancing.
09:35Yes.
09:36So, sino nakaisip noon?
09:37Anong mga latest trends
09:38na talagang medyo paborito mong nasayaw?
09:40Ano kayan?
09:41Stress, stress, ano ko?
09:42Stress liver.
09:44Who is dancing with you?
09:46Is it Jimmy?
09:46Oh, wow.
09:47Ayan.
09:47Ano yan?
09:48Ang story niyan,
09:49it was Mother's Day.
09:50So, that's very rare
09:51that he dances with me.
09:53So, ano daw gift gusto ako?
09:54Lagi ko ina-ask,
09:55can you just do a TikTok with me?
09:57I don't need you to buy me gifts.
09:59Just do a dance with me.
10:00Ay, kaya namang pala naman.
10:03Ang galing naman siya.
10:04Naya lang siya.
10:04Kasi parang feeling yan, di ba?
10:06Coach siya.
10:06So, baka daw pagtawan.
10:07Siyo, hindi.
10:08Okay lang yan.
10:09Diba?
10:10I love it.
10:11Ang cute yun.
10:11Yan naman, yan yata.
10:13Ewan ko kung birthday ko or isang.
10:14Kailangan mo yung special occasion
10:15pag may appearance si Jimmy.
10:17Oo, of course.
10:18Ah, iba na naman to.
10:21Pagsa seat pa.
10:22Panaka-carpet ba kayo?
10:23Sorry, kaya mga paus.
10:24Sa taas.
10:26Yung papa namin, hindi carpet.
10:27Sa taas.
10:28Kasi maingay, di ba?
10:29Manipis yung mga walls.
10:30Manipis yung mga...
10:31Gets.
10:31Kaya pala nga ka.
10:32Ano ang sikreto sa masayang married life
10:34niya dalawa ni Jimmy?
10:35Nagtatanong si Bob.
10:36I would say it's having God in the center.
10:39Number one.
10:40Kasi sa dami din namin pinagdaanan.
10:42Kasi, I mean, I'm very proud of like where he is
10:45with his career, being able to be in the NBA
10:47and all that stuff.
10:48That's awesome, actually.
10:49Pero, ano din,
10:51ang daming hardships.
10:52You know, like being there,
10:53tas kami dalawa lang.
10:54Kasi syempre, yung mga times na,
10:56like I said, magta-travel siya,
10:57tas solo parenting ako for most of the season.
11:00It really helped na we have God in the center.
11:04Yung faith namin.
11:06Importante ang spirituality.
11:08But, of course,
11:09I'm sure marami ngayon sa mga bahay nila
11:11ang nagtatanong, LJ.
11:12Do you have any plans
11:14of going back sa showbiz?
11:16Di mo ba na-miss to?
11:17The lights, the camera, the full time.
11:19Miss na-miss.
11:20To be honest, miss na-miss.
11:23So, yeah, definitely.
11:24I really, I would like to,
11:26you know, if there's any offers,
11:28I'd definitely be game to do it.
11:30I love it.
11:31I'm sure your kids are gonna be like,
11:33parang it's a side of you
11:34na baka hindi na nila naaalala.
11:36Or hindi nga nila alam na,
11:37ay, celebrity pala nanay namin.
11:39Artista pala siya, di ba?
11:40Siya pala yung pinags-strain namin
11:41nung tinola.
11:43It's the same girl.
11:45Ready to serve na ang tinola
11:47ni LJ Moreno
11:48para sa ating UH barcada.
11:51Ayun, meron na pala tayo dito.
11:52Ayan na.
11:53Sabi na.
11:54Wow.
11:56Saya-saya ni Shira.
11:57May cup na siya.
11:58May tinola pa siya.
12:00Parang birthday celebration
12:01ata ni Shira.
12:03Grabe, swerte namin.
12:04Nilutuwa kami ni Miss LJ.
12:06Ayan na.
12:07Ayan na lang kayo na siya eh.
12:09Wow.
12:10Look at that.
12:13Woo.
12:14Tikman natin yan.
12:14Ay, dapat.
12:15Ito pala na tayo.
12:16Ito na lang yung panluto.
12:18Ay, yung panluto.
12:19Maha pa na tayo yung ano.
12:20Yung serving.
12:21Sige, sige.
12:25Nga naman,
12:26let's normalize tinola in the morning.
12:28Oo, actually.
12:29It's about in the morning.
12:30It's always made with love.
12:32So, bago na pumasok dama mo,
12:34ang pagmamahal na nagnuto.
12:35Nagre-reklam mo si Anjo.
12:37Ano, ano Anjo?
12:38Sinuntok na sa'king papaya.
12:39Wag ko na.
12:40Inibinigyan na, inibinigyan na yung ticket.
12:42Pero sa'kin may manan.
12:43Ano na nakitipin?
12:45Yay!
12:46Oh, my, RJ.
12:48Maraming maraming salamat sa pagbisita.
12:50Anong message mo sa fans mo
12:51na very happy na makita ko ulit
12:53dito sa Pilipinas.
12:55Well, thank you so much for the support.
12:57I'm so happy to be back.
12:59And tuloy pa rin yung may family vlog kami
13:01sa YouTube, Alapag Family Fun.
13:03So, please check that out.
13:04We'll have videos kasi sobrang naging busy.
13:07Hindi ako nakapagpost.
13:07Oo, sigurado yan.
13:08Videos nung paglipat namin.
13:11Yung travel namin.
13:12So, please check out Alapag Family Fun.
13:14Ayan, naabakan natin lahat yan.
13:16At, Shefe, eto naman.
13:17Thank you again, Ms. LJ,
13:18sa aming patinola this morning.
13:20Thank you, Ms. LJ.
13:21Napakasarap sa umaga.
13:24Ikaw, hindi ka pa nakasubscribe
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13:30para laging una ka sa mga latest kwento at balita.
13:34I-follow mo na rin ang official social media pages
13:36ng Unang Hirit.
13:38Salamat ka, puso.
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