Piolo, araw-araw namumundok

Mula nang ipatupad ang community quarantine noong isang taon dahil sa banta ng COVID-19 pandemic ay sa Batangas na nanirahan si Piolo Pascual. Nasa tabing-dagat ang rest house ng aktor kaya dito na namamalagi kapag walang trabaho. “I practically live here. It’s a respite. Whenever I would think of going away, away from the lights, the busyness, the urban living. Here you see the beach, you see the mountains.

I hike around. It’s all nature,you hear manok, goats, dogs, so it’s all nature. Walang Wi-Fi, it’s more like a jungle nowadays because I’ve been trying to focus on nature. You know whatever is around you, amplify it by enhancing the look of the place, the plants, the trees. Then I put up a bird cage, then we have poultry. Then I’m cleaning the place up so I can plant more fruit-bearing trees,” pagbabahagi ni Piolo.

Sa ngayon ay talagang nai-enjoy lamang umano ng aktor ang simpleng pamumuhay sa probinsya. Halos araw-araw na umaakyat at bumababa nang palakad si Piolo sa kabundukan na malapit sa kanyang rest house. “It’s nice, it’s so quiet, so serene, and so basic. I wake up before sunrise. We hike about two hours around the mountain. And then I get back around 7 a.m. and then I work out upstairs or I swim and then I work the whole day until sundown. The reason why I’ve always wanted to be here is it’s quiet. It’s a drive away. You don’t have to fly, you don’t have to lock yourself in a room to have your privacy. I have areas where I can have quiet moments, my quiet time. I sleep out in the open. I just wanted something private,” pagdedetalye niya.

Malaking-malaki na rin ang ipinagbago ng pananaw ni Piolo sa buhay mula nang manirahan sa Batangas. “You need to quiet down. It’s a matter of really appreciating everything around you. The simplest things in life are actually free and it’s one way to recharge. ‘Yon naman talaga ‘yon eh, kasi lagi tayong on the go,” giit ng aktor.

Erik, nalulungkot kapag dumadalo sa kasal

Isa si Erik Santos sa mga nagsisilbing hurado sa Tawag Ng Tanghalan sa It’s Showtime. Aminado ang singer na nakararamdam ng inggit sa mga kasamahan sa noon time show dahil sa masayang buhay pag-ibig ng mga ito. “Nakakainggit nga kayo, lahat kayo in love. Siyempre tumatanda na ako eh, matagal ko nang napi-feel ‘yan eh, ‘yung kinikilig,” nakangi­ting pahayag ni Erik.

Nakararamdam na rin ng pressure ang singer dahil may kanya-kanya nang pamilya ang mga kasabayan niyang mga kaibigan at ilang mga kamag-anak. “Napi-pressure na rin. ‘Yung typical na kaibigan mo, family, parang minsan ‘pag nagsasama-sama kayo, ‘Uy! Dalawa na lang tayong walang anak.’ ‘Pag in-invite ako sa kasal, ‘di ako uma-attend sa church as much as possible. May lungkot akong nararamdaman,” pagtatapat ng binata.  Reports from JCC