Iya, naadik magkaroon ng maraming anak now na

Ipinagbubuntis ngayon ni Iya Villania ang ika-apat nilang anak ni Drew Arellano. Akala raw ng aktres noon ay hanggang tatlo lamang ang kanilang magiging supling noon ng mister. “Si Drew, hindi na rin siya nagulat. Kasi parang ginusto rin namin ito. Akala kasi namin hanggang three lang kami lalo na the third turned out to be a girl. I clearly remember no’ng inire ko si Alana, ‘Yung iyak ko, ‘Yes, inire ko siya but it was also yes, hindi na ‘to mauulit pa. Finally, pwede ko nang tapusin itong panganganak na ‘to dahil hindi siya madali.’ But as we were watching them grow, lalo na with Alana’s age now nakikita namin na she’s interacting with her brothers. Tapos ‘yung personality niya lumalabas. Naging trap eh, you to three kids and it’s a trap. You will want to have more. The energy, the love, the joy that they bring, it’s so addictive that you just want to have more babies,” nakangiting pahayag ni Drew.

Mahigit dalawang taon nang kinakaharap ng bansa ang pan­demya. Dahil sa pagpapatupad ng home quarantine ay maraming mga bagay ang nagagawa nina Iya at Drew na kasama ang tatlong anak na sina Antonio Primo, Alonzo Leon at Alana Lauren. “The pandemic was even working to the benefit of my children because my children just love having me and Drew around. Para kaming magnet, kahit magsarili kami ni Drew in one part of the unit, para silang may radar. Nahahanap nila kami and they just want to hang out with us even if we’re not doing anything. They just want to be with us. Because we’re very malambing, we like to cuddle and we like to make harutan. So if anything I think that’s something the kids got to enjoy more because of the pandemic. Siyempre nami-miss ko din ‘yung taking them to different places. So giving them a change in scenery, isa din ‘yon sa nakaka-happy sa amin as parents and even my angels here at home. We all needed to have like some kind of break from the regular norm here inside the house. It’s these little breaks that keep us happy and keep us sane,” paglalahad ng TV host.

Malaki ang pasasalamat ni Iya sa mister dahil talagang nakakatulong niya si Drew pagdating sa pagdidisiplina sa kanilang mga anak. “We both have our moments, medyo balance. I used to think na ako ‘yung mas disciplinarian pero kapag wala ako sa bahay at siya ‘yung nandito, nakikita ko na he also steps up. Nagpapaka-bad cop siya when he has to. So we kind of balance it out kasi minsan may mga oras din na I’m caught at a really bad time tapos mas mainitin ‘yung ulo ko. So hindi maganda na ako ang mag-handle ng isang sitwasyon. So when he sees that, and I really appreciate it, without me even having to say, he will be the one to step in and step up. Tapos kapag baligtad naman at siya ‘yung nakikita kong mainit ‘yung ulo, ako ‘yung parang mas kalmado. Then I will be the one to deal with it. So it will really depend in our household,” kwento ng aktres.

Paolo, nakaranas ng pang-aabuso at diskriminasyon sa ibang bansa

Nakaranas umano si Paolo Gumabao ng pang-aabuso noong kanyang kabataan.

Sa Taiwan pa raw ito nangyari kaya talagang hindi niya pa rin makalimutan hanggang ngayon. “Never naman umabot sa point na I was physically abused. There are different forms of being abusive and siguro ‘yung sa akin which is grabe lang talaga pero hindi siya physical abuse. Ang pinakanaalala kong abuse sa buhay ko ay ‘yung time na nasa Taiwan ako no’ng do’n pa ako nag-aaral when I was in elementary. Because I was studying in a traditional Chinese school. I was the only foreigner there and I was the only Filipino. Sa Taiwan kasi medyo they look down on us Filipinos lalo na iba ‘yung itsura ko sa kanila. The students would physically abuse me a lot of times actually. What’s crazy about it is the teachers would verbally abuse me. There was this one time I was in third grade, there was this science teacher pinaharap niya ako sa lahat ng kaklase ko. Aminado ako medyo makulit ako no’ng bata ako and in Chinese he said na, ‘Don’t be friends with this kid because when he grows up he’ll be trash.’ I walked out of the room and then went straight to the bathroom after that,” kwento ni Paolo.

Malaki ang pasasalamat ng aktor nang nakauwi na sa Pilipinas dahil hindi siya nakararanas ng pang-aabuso sa bansa. “Pagdating ko dito sa Pilipinas luckily good na. Okay na lahat and my family is very loving. Never kami nagkaroon ng gano’ng problem sa family namin which makes me feel fortunate for that,” pagtatapos ng binata. (Reports from JCC)