00:05I don't know if you're inspiring. Your story is also inspiring.
00:10You know, you survived cancer.
00:15You know, on my way here, I was speaking to a friend that said,
00:17who's your guest? That's Joey Albert.
00:19He told him thank you for many reasons.
00:23Right? I mean, it was not easy, Joey.
00:26Cervical cancer, colon.
00:28Twice.
00:29Yes, and then colon.
00:30How did you survive that?
00:35You know, it's just really one foot in front of the other when it's something like that.
00:39And hope and faith.
00:41I know that...
00:44Actually, I know the background because my family has what we call the Lynch Syndrome, right?
00:49So, I saw my father and my sister.
00:52So, half of you expected it already.
00:56It's going to happen to me.
00:58So, finally, it's going to happen to me.
00:59Actually, of course, when it's going to happen, you think,
01:01Ito na ba, Lord?
01:02Ito na ba, Lord?
01:04But you know,
01:05because I've seen my father and my aunt,
01:10there was a part of me that,
01:11it's just like it's easy.
01:14And that's why every day of my life,
01:16every moment of my life,
01:16every decision I made,
01:18sinubukan ko talaga at sinikap pong gawing decision
01:21para sa kabutihan ng pamilya ko,
01:24ng mga anak ko,
01:25ng asawa ko,
01:26or ng mga naniwala sa akin throughout my career.
01:29At least, alam ko na pag may nangyari sa akin,
01:31maganda na yung naiwanan ko.
01:32So, mahirap, masakit.
01:35Siyempre, at tsaka, alam mo yung pagpalaki sa akin ng nanay ko,
01:38laging sinasabi,
01:39huwag na huwag mong papakita sa tao na naghihirap ka,
01:41kasi hindi maganda yun.
01:43So, I'd always come back here with,
01:45like, parang walang nangyari.
01:47But you know,
01:48it helps you also to carry that burden joyfully.
01:53Kasi,
01:54kaya nai-inspire ibang tao.
01:55Natututulin sila na,
01:58nakikita nila na,
01:58kung kaya ni Joey, kaya ko rin.
02:00So...
02:01Exactly what my friends said.
02:02Oo eh.
02:03So...
02:04Pero, tito ba, hindi ko itatago?
02:05Hindi naman ako magkukunwari.
02:07Siyempre, mahirap.
02:08Tsaka, masakit na masakit.
02:09Masakit yung chemo.
02:10Masakit yung side effects.
02:12Mahirap din nakikita mo na parang,
02:15naubos yung puk mo konti-konti.
02:17Tsaka, parang yung uncertainty.
02:19I think it's also the uncertainty na,
02:21of course, yes,
02:22laban ka ng laban ng laban.
02:23Pero hindi man naman talaga alam kung
02:25hanggang saan ka dadali nung
02:28paglalaban mo, right?
02:29Yeah.
02:29Although,
02:31courage lang.
02:33Oh, Joey,
02:33what's your point na,
02:35nawalan ka ng buho?
02:36No, no.
02:37But it was very thin.
02:37I think I came home here one time.
02:39Oh, dumating ako din.
02:40Nag-show ako dito one time
02:41na manipis na yung buho.
02:42At saka confronted by your own mortality.
02:45Di ba?
02:45Face to face yan.
02:46Absolutely.
02:47Face to face.
02:47But it makes you,
02:48it makes you think everyday,
02:51ano ba yung ginagawa ko today?
02:52Tama ba yung ginagawa ko?
02:54Nakabubuti ba?
02:55Nakaka-inspire ba?
02:57Kasi na yung life natin,
02:58ripple effect, right?
02:59Everything we do causes ripples around us
03:02sa circle natin, right?
03:03In our circle of influence.
03:05So everything you do has a ripple effect.
03:07Maganda ba yung ginawa mo?
03:09Mabait ka ba?
03:10Pagnamatay ka ba?
03:11Maganda yung sasabihin nila tungkol sa'yo.
03:13Di ba?
03:14Niisip mo yan, di ba?
03:15And it pushes you there.
03:16It pushes you and makes you a better person.
03:19That's why there's that kasabihan,
03:21blessed by cancer.
03:22Touched by cancer.
03:23Kasi pagka may sakit kang ganyan,
03:25nakakaroon ka ng panahon para mag-isip,
03:27panahon para ayusin yung buhay mo
03:30or change your perspectives,
03:31which really happens when you have cancer.
03:33Nagbabago lahat ng perspective mo.
03:34One of the biggest perspectives of mine
03:37that changed is,
03:38dati yun na people pleaser ako noon eh.
03:40Oo.
03:40I was a people pleaser.
03:42Kasi yun yung pagpakalaki sa akin.
03:44I had a Catholic upbringing, right?
03:45Catholic convent school.
03:47So yun palaga yung other-centeredness.
03:49But yun noon na ka-cancer na ako,
03:51parang that's when I realized
03:53kailangan matuturan ako maharin sarili ko
03:55na pag wala ako,
03:56wala din naman ako magagawa para sa iba.
03:58So I learned to conserve my energy
04:01and to think about myself,
04:02to protect my inner peace.
04:04And kung mga taong nakakasira lang sa buhay ko
04:09or sa inner peace ko,
04:11sorry pero talagang iniiwasan ko na lang sila,
04:14inaalis ko na lang sa buhay ko.
04:15I hear you.
04:15Kailangan ganun na pala eh.
04:45I hear you.
04:48I hear you.
05:06Pew, American
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