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00:00and welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
00:04To all of our Facebook and YouTube followers,
00:07to all of our listeners on DZEBB,
00:10welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
00:13I'm Boy Abunda,
00:15and I'm here to talk to you about
00:18how to become a better person.
00:21I'm here to talk to you about
00:24how to become a better person.
00:26To all of our Facebook and YouTube followers,
00:29to all of our listeners on DZEBB,
00:31welcome to the program.
00:33How are you all?
00:36I hope you're happy, rich, and healthy.
00:41That's what we're going to claim.
00:43We're happy this afternoon
00:45because I'm here as a guest.
00:47We have a friend here with us.
00:49She's one of the greatest actors
00:51on Philippine television.
00:53Nay Tay Capuso, please welcome
00:54the one and the only, Honey Reyes.
01:02Thank you. Thank you very much.
01:05Thank you. Thank you very much.
01:07Thank you. Please.
01:09How are you?
01:11Here. I'm healthy.
01:14But you look very good.
01:17And happy.
01:19What is your state of mind now?
01:21Me now?
01:22Yes.
01:22I just want to do my best.
01:24People say that I'm very religious.
01:28I just want to do my best
01:30in every area of my life to honor God.
01:32And I can't do it alone, boy.
01:35So I always ask for His grace.
01:37That's why I pray every day, Lord.
01:40I acknowledge I'm nothing apart from You.
01:42I need You.
01:44I can't do anything without You.
01:46So please help me through the day and night.
01:48Let's start with this, Connie.
01:50We are excited because you're part of Shining Inheritance.
01:56But the question is,
01:58what is it about this project,
02:00what is it about Shining Inheritance
02:02that you decided to do this?
02:04My character, Orya de la Costa,
02:06is a restaurateur.
02:08She's an affluent woman.
02:10I have dementia here and Alzheimer's.
02:12Okay.
02:13So I'm always open to a challenge.
02:16I say, how can I overcome that?
02:17I've played practically every kind of role,
02:20from a baet to mamasan to bar dancer,
02:26all that kinds in my show,
02:28Connie Reyes on Camera,
02:30which ran for more than 18 years.
02:32More than 18, yes.
02:34Total, including the Connie Reyes on My Drama Studio
02:36on the set.
02:38And when I started producing it,
02:40Connie Reyes on Camera.
02:42So I've played practically every...
02:44So I wanted...
02:46When they told me,
02:48you're going to have dementia here,
02:50Alzheimer's,
02:52actually she has amnesia,
02:54so how to develop that
02:56and let it work
02:58while you're in your sane moment,
03:00in between all of that,
03:02that's a big challenge.
03:05So I wanted a new challenge.
03:07Of course, I'm getting older,
03:09so we're getting closer
03:10to that kind of age.
03:12So I wanted to see
03:14how to attack that.
03:16Then I started reading up on it,
03:18I started even looking for reels
03:22about men and women.
03:24And what did you discover?
03:26Guess what?
03:28They may forget everything.
03:30This is something that's really beautiful.
03:32They may forget everything,
03:34they may forget the people they love,
03:36they may forget what they're eating,
03:38what they ate a while ago,
03:40what they lost.
03:42These are those who know the Lord.
03:44When they're asked about Jesus,
03:46they'll say,
03:48do you know Jesus?
03:50Do you know this man?
03:52He's already a husband.
03:54Do you know this one?
03:56She's already a daughter.
03:58But do you know Jesus?
04:00Yes.
04:02Jesus is my Lord and Savior.
04:04Jesus is in my heart.
04:06I love Jesus.
04:08Wonderful.
04:10There's one ailment
04:12that I thought I understood
04:14but I didn't.
04:16Dementia is the umbrella ailment.
04:18Alzheimer's is one part of it.
04:20They forget what they did a while ago,
04:22or now,
04:24where they are,
04:26who they are.
04:28But there are times
04:30in a stage of dementia
04:32when you ask,
04:34how did you meet your father?
04:36I'll tell you in detail.
04:38How did that happen?
04:40Of course,
04:42it comes by stages.
04:44But I'll tell you this.
04:46This is important to the children.
04:48In the last months of my mother's dementia,
04:50I came to the show late evening.
04:52I went to the hospital
04:54because my mother was in the ICU
04:56for several months.
04:58I would sleep there
05:00from 12 o'clock midnight
05:02to 6 o'clock in the morning.
05:04When I got there,
05:06I said,
05:07Mom, I'm here.
05:09Will you eat?
05:11She would open her mouth.
05:13But she was not talking to us anymore.
05:16She would cry
05:18when she was sad
05:20but there was no explanation.
05:22That's why I always say,
05:24make your mother proud,
05:26make your father proud
05:28because one of the best ways
05:30to honor God is to honor your parents.
05:32Interesting.
05:34I didn't know you play
05:35a character who has dementia.
05:37It's simple.
05:39It's in the early stages
05:41and then it just develops.
05:43Connie, in Shining Inheritance,
05:45you're working with young actors.
05:47Yes.
05:49There's Kailin, there's Kate.
05:51I'm the oldest on the set.
05:53All of the cast,
05:55including staff and crew.
05:57Okay.
05:59Paul and then Michael is there.
06:01How is it working
06:03with this generation of actors?
06:06They're hungering
06:08for something.
06:10They have goals.
06:12They're trying to reach out
06:14and see their goals materialize
06:16in different ways.
06:1850 years in the business,
06:20the highest or the lowest?
06:22Pertaining to my career?
06:24Yes.
06:26Well, highest.
06:28What's the highest?
06:30A lot of high.
06:32A lot.
06:33There's so much to be grateful for.
06:35There's also a lot of lows.
06:37A lot of lows.
06:39Let's talk about the highlights
06:41of your career.
06:43First, you started as a TV girl.
06:46That's what it was called back then.
06:48TV ad girl, TV promo girl.
06:50TV ad girl.
06:52You used to open the show.
06:54What is it?
06:56Explain it to the audience.
06:58There are advertisements
07:00that you have to memorize.
07:01Then, you have to announce
07:03the different shows
07:05that are coming up for the day
07:07and some of the shows for tomorrow.
07:09I said, I'll do it like this.
07:11You're right here
07:13on the Love Channel.
07:15Like this time, 9 o'clock.
07:17All I said was 9 o'clock.
07:19Time.
07:21Tonight, at 9 o'clock,
07:23you have Leila Lizidis.
07:25Tomorrow at 9,
07:27you're right here
07:29on the Love Channel.
07:31Or rather,
07:33I gave the networks
07:35real identity.
07:37I don't remember exactly
07:39how I did it,
07:41but you remember Marcial Sanson.
07:43He was a program manager before.
07:45He called me, boy.
07:47Principal's office.
07:49That's it, man.
07:51I'm already 60.
07:53I'm not even that old.
07:55I'm already 60.
07:57Then, he said,
07:59I like you.
08:01You remind me of Goldie Hawn.
08:03Oh.
08:05I said, I'm saved.
08:07I thought you were going to fire me.
08:09No, no, no, you did well.
08:11I was able to recover right away.
08:13I was able to
08:15make my boo-boo
08:17in a cute way.
08:19The first probationary
08:21was 60 pesos.
08:23Boy, I was even robbed back then.
08:25Oh,
08:27I'm sorry.
08:29I don't know if it's still alive.
08:31Okay.
08:33There were two ways
08:35I was robbed, boy.
08:37As a promo ad girl.
08:39There was a room,
08:41but it was locked.
08:43I left my bag there
08:45before I got my salary.
08:47Of course, it was in a brown envelope.
08:49When I came back,
08:51I had no money.
08:53I don't know how much it was.
08:55If there's an absent,
08:57sometimes they call you
08:59to take the place of the one
09:01who gave you 60 pesos.
09:03How much was it?
09:059 times 4, 360.
09:07You're good at math.
09:09Anyway,
09:11it was gone.
09:13One time,
09:15there was a talent coordinator.
09:17He said,
09:19I'll take your salary
09:21because it's closed sometimes.
09:23Sometimes it's 4 o'clock, 5 o'clock.
09:25I gave him an endorsement.
09:28Authorization endorsement.
09:31Then, he didn't show it to me.
09:34Okay.
09:36He didn't apologize to me.
09:38I know his name.
09:40I won't say it here.
09:42Let's talk about Student Canteen.
09:44What happened while you were
09:46at Student Canteen
09:48that you'll never forget in your life?
09:50That started January 6, 1975.
09:52I started May 1974 at Showbiz.
09:54May of 75,
09:56I eloped.
09:58You got married.
09:59Yes.
10:01Connie wasn't at Student Canteen.
10:03Larry Mumar wasn't there
10:05at PBA.
10:07The two of them got married.
10:09That's it.
10:11Then,
10:13this is a big story.
10:15Because Helen Vela
10:17is a very good friend of mine,
10:19I was terminated from Student Canteen.
10:21She got into problems.
10:23You fought for her.
10:25Yes, because I couldn't take
10:27things sitting down,
10:29because I wasn't
10:31bastus or anything.
10:33I cried.
10:35I cried.
10:37How can you say these things
10:39against Helen?
10:41When did it happen?
10:43Mr. T invited me to join.
10:45Mr. Tony Tuviera,
10:47whom I love dearly.
10:49Me too.
10:51He invited me to join.
10:53I said,
10:55I don't want to accept this.
10:57I said,
10:59you were already terminated.
11:01Then I thought,
11:03I have two children.
11:05I have two children.
11:07I had to feed them also.
11:09I was already having
11:11marital problems.
11:13So, I accepted.
11:15That was another highlight
11:17in my career.
11:19Because I did not expect
11:21the turn out.
11:23It did something to my career.
11:25It really helped my career
11:27a lot.
11:29What did you experience?
11:31In Itbulaga?
11:33A lot.
11:35Of course.
11:37A lot.
11:39How was that?
11:41How did you survive that?
11:43Through the help of my friends.
11:45Godly friends.
11:47People don't know
11:49that I got into
11:51deep depression also.
11:53Well, actually,
11:55even with my first marriage,
11:57I had deep depression.
11:59You know those rooms
12:01where you have blinds
12:03and a curtain.
12:05Then I would tell my
12:07two children at that time,
12:09I would always tell them,
12:11please leave mama alone first.
12:13Talking about your children,
12:15LA and Carla,
12:17how did they understand
12:19the presence of Vic
12:21in your life?
12:23I explained to my children.
12:25You explained to your children.
12:27They had a good relationship.
12:29It was okay.
12:31You know, boy,
12:33that's why I surrendered
12:35my life to Jesus.
12:37I gave my life to Christ
12:39because I don't want
12:41my children to be saved.
12:43One is, I love the Lord
12:45and I really want a new life.
12:47He has helped me.
12:49I don't want the time
12:51to come when my children grow up
12:53and I tell them something
12:55and they won't listen
12:57because they will ask
12:59questions that are
13:01caught, not taught.
13:03If they see you doing
13:05crazy stuff,
13:07they'll eventually do it.
13:09So you talked to
13:11the two children?
13:13I talked to them,
13:15but more of by example.
13:17They saw I was following
13:19the Lord.
13:21I was turning my back
13:23against sin.
13:25They saw what I did.
13:27And when Vic was born,
13:29actually, even Vic
13:31really says a lot
13:33about his siblings,
13:35L.A. and Carla.
13:37L.A. influenced him
13:39in a lot of things.
13:41How was Vic as a child?
13:43What was he like?
13:45Did he think?
13:47Am I telling a story?
13:49You're telling a story?
13:51Yes.
13:53No, but if I have,
13:55for example,
13:56you're a landline.
13:58Yes.
14:00Let's be honest.
14:02There are people we don't
14:04want to talk to.
14:06So my helper was right
14:08in front of me
14:10and she was telling me
14:12who it was.
14:14And I wasn't ready
14:16to receive a call.
14:18But I wasn't up to
14:20receiving a call
14:22at that particular time.
14:24And Vic was there.
14:26After the helper
14:28hung up,
14:30Vic was about 3.
14:33Mama,
14:35you lied.
14:37Why did you tell Emy
14:39to say that you're not here?
14:41You're here.
14:43That's the gist of what she said.
14:45Yes, I'm so sorry.
14:47I was wrong.
14:49I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
14:51I shouldn't have done that.
14:53I'm sorry, son.
14:54I'll repeat it again.
14:56So now,
14:58you let him call you
15:00ring after ring.
15:02He won't answer his phone.
15:04I don't want to lie.
15:06He doesn't want to lie.
15:08He won't answer his phone.
15:10And sometimes,
15:12when I'm angry,
15:14he will,
15:16my son will reprimand me.
15:18He will just say,
15:20Ma,
15:22you know,
15:24you know,
15:26you should get closer to girls.
15:28Because your son is so handsome.
15:30L.A., Carla,
15:32Patawan,
15:33Tito Boy is just talking about
15:34Vic right now
15:35because he is in public office.
15:37He really wants to get to know people.
15:39What's that? Get closer?
15:43Let's not get into that.
15:45No, no.
15:46Constancia, it's true.
15:51Maybe,
15:52because a lot of people
15:53know you.
15:54Yes, a lot.
15:55A lot.
15:56A lot of people really know you.
15:57No.
15:58Have you ever seen me?
15:59But none of your friends?
16:00This is the conversation of a friend
16:01that I don't want to interview anymore.
16:03There are people who like me.
16:04Tita, let's get to know each other.
16:05This and that.
16:07I said,
16:08sorry, I don't know you.
16:09Then they'll tell me,
16:10Tita is so strict.
16:12I'm not strict.
16:13I'm not strict.
16:14If I'm strict,
16:15it's not allowed.
16:16But,
16:17you're not looking for someone.
16:18For example,
16:19in moments when you guys are
16:21just,
16:22private.
16:23Son,
16:24you need to get married.
16:25I want to get married to you.
16:26I stopped doing that to him.
16:27But you did.
16:28The other day,
16:29I called him,
16:30do you have a girlfriend?
16:32Do you like somebody?
16:33Back then,
16:34back then,
16:35back then.
16:36Did he introduce a girlfriend
16:37or girlfriends to you?
16:38No.
16:39Really?
16:40So, me,
16:41well, he had girlfriends.
16:42Friends,
16:43his classmates before.
16:44Things like that.
16:45And they would all
16:46go out as a group.
16:47You know,
16:48they would go out of town
16:49or something like that
16:50for a break
16:51because they're having a hard time.
16:52But,
16:53I know that
16:54I've raised my children
16:55in a way
16:56that they know
16:57they have a fear of God.
16:58They know what they're doing.
17:00LA,
17:01Carla,
17:02Vico,
17:03if you were to say,
17:05you know,
17:0650 years
17:07in show business,
17:08if you were to say
17:09to your children,
17:11thank you and sorry
17:13to each one of them,
17:15how would it sound?
17:17Let's start with
17:18LA,
17:19Connie.
17:21Thank you, son.
17:23You've been such
17:24a wonderful son
17:26and a great brother
17:27to Carla and to Vico.
17:29Thank you for helping me
17:30with them.
17:31He has really helped me
17:32tremendously
17:33because he's so
17:34understanding
17:35and he would explain
17:36things to me.
17:37Sometimes it's like that,
17:38for them.
17:40If you're going to ask
17:41for forgiveness,
17:42ask for forgiveness.
17:43If you have it.
17:44If you have it.
17:45Maybe that I wasn't there
17:46as often as
17:47I would want to be.
17:48Because with LA and Carla,
17:51Carla,
17:52she was born in 1980.
17:53So,
17:541982,
17:55no, 1981
17:56is when my drama started.
17:57I was pregnant.
17:59I just gave birth.
18:01So,
18:02to Carla,
18:03I'm really sorry.
18:04I was at my busiest
18:05with Carla.
18:06I would do movies.
18:07I would do the show.
18:08It's like I really
18:09needed to earn money
18:12after I gave birth to her.
18:14After I gave birth to her.
18:16So, I had to.
18:17Carla's time,
18:18you were at your busiest.
18:19I was at my busiest.
18:20So, I said,
18:21sorry Carla,
18:22I wasn't really there
18:23for you as often
18:24as I would really
18:25want to also.
18:26With LA,
18:29I was just a student canteen.
18:31So, I would go home
18:32early in the morning.
18:33So, I had more time
18:34with him.
18:35With Carla,
18:36I had a student canteen.
18:38Then, I had bulaga.
18:39Then, I had drama.
18:40Then, I had movies.
18:41So, really,
18:42she was almost
18:43a big grandmother.
18:44So, that's what I said
18:45to her.
18:46But if you were to say
18:47thank you to her?
18:48Oh, thank you
18:49for being there also
18:52for your brothers
18:54and even for your nephews.
18:56She's my most
18:57thoughtful child.
19:01She's my most
19:02thoughtful child.
19:03She even surprised me
19:04with the trip abroad.
19:06Everything,
19:07business class,
19:08first class hotel.
19:09She knows what
19:10will make me happy.
19:13So, she does that for me.
19:14She spoils mama.
19:15She spoils mama.
19:16Vico.
19:17Vico, thank you
19:18for understanding mama
19:19and thank you
19:20for putting sense
19:21into mama's head
19:22many times
19:23when I'm not
19:24thinking straight.
19:28You don't have to
19:29explain things to him
19:31for a long time.
19:32But with Vico,
19:33I was explaining things
19:34to him every year
19:35when he was a little boy.
19:36Every year, his birthday.
19:37He would say,
19:38Ma, I know now.
19:39You're always telling me that.
19:40Every year,
19:41you're telling me that.
19:42But I'm saying sorry.
19:44Sorry about the way
19:46that what happened
19:47to his father
19:48and that he was born that way.
19:56But he really understood.
19:58I did not hide anything from him.
19:59Did you expect that?
20:00And he was only 1 1⁄2 years old
20:01when I surrendered
20:02my life to the Lord.
20:04So, sometimes,
20:05he didn't listen
20:06to what I was saying.
20:08Because you were saying
20:09every year,
20:10Ma, it's your birthday.
20:11I was saying,
20:12please forgive me.
20:13I really apologized
20:14to my children.
20:15Did you expect him
20:16to be in public service?
20:17No.
20:18Really?
20:19No.
20:21That's why when he ran
20:22for counselor
20:24at the start,
20:26I was a little surprised.
20:28I respect his decisions.
20:29I know he doesn't
20:31just make a decision
20:32overnight like that.
20:34He consults.
20:35He prays.
20:40I'm so blessed.
20:41I'm so proud.
20:42I just want to encourage him
20:43because he's on
20:45the right track.
20:46God is with him.
20:48Okay.
20:49And let's do fast talk.
20:50Woo!
20:52It's like,
20:53this is where I get nervous.
20:55Boy's fast talk.
20:56Okay.
20:58Connie.
20:59Connie on camera.
21:00Connie at home.
21:01Connie at home.
21:03Connie in the morning.
21:04Connie at night.
21:06Connie at night?
21:07Why?
21:08Just because.
21:09No, I read a lot.
21:10I want to just be alone.
21:11TV or film?
21:13Both.
21:14Host, actress?
21:16Both.
21:17Shining, sparkling?
21:20Shining.
21:21Gold or bold?
21:23Bold.
21:24Kate or?
21:25But bold, what?
21:27Yeah, of course.
21:28Bold, courageous?
21:29Yes.
21:30Brave.
21:32Brave.
21:33Kylie or Kate?
21:34Both.
21:35Rich in money
21:36or rich in love?
21:39Both.
21:41Sweet kiss or tight hug?
21:43Tight hug.
21:45Strict mother or consenting grandmother?
21:48Consenting grandmother.
21:50Do you laugh when?
21:52Stuff like this, right?
21:53I get mad.
21:55Do you get angry when?
21:57I don't understand.
21:59Do you cry when?
22:01I cry when
22:03I hear news about
22:06even my children,
22:07my loved ones in life
22:08that are not good.
22:10Do you get excited when?
22:12What am I excited about right now?
22:14It's hard to think of how to get excited.
22:16I get excited when I hear stories.
22:19Guilty or not guilty?
22:20You were arrested for a crime before?
22:22Once or twice.
22:23Guilty or not guilty?
22:24You were scolded by an artist?
22:26I always get scolded for that.
22:29But in a motherly way, I guess.
22:31Guilty or not guilty?
22:32You were borrowed by a fellow artist?
22:37Guilty.
22:39Guilty or not guilty?
22:40You were scolded by a woman?
22:42I never.
22:43Guilty or not guilty?
22:44You were scolded by a woman?
22:45But not in a motherly way.
22:46It's like you really like her,
22:47but you stop her.
22:49Guilty or not guilty?
22:50You were scolded by your boyfriend?
22:54Guilty or not guilty?
22:55You were courted by a politician?
22:58The other day,
22:59but not directly.
23:01Guilty or not guilty?
23:03You were borrowed by an artist?
23:08Of course.
23:09It's not true if we don't...
23:12You were spoiled by Vico?
23:14Maybe,
23:15love for the Lord,
23:16and what I really want to do.
23:18Black is black, white is white.
23:19You were spoiled by LA?
23:21It's the same.
23:22Black is black, white is white.
23:23You were spoiled by Carla?
23:24I think all of them.
23:25Black is black, white is white.
23:26I don't like gray areas.
23:27To love or to be loved?
23:30I love to love.
23:32But of course, I want to be loved also.
23:34Self first or others first?
23:37Sometimes, I become others first.
23:39It's like we need to balance.
23:41Is that lights on or lights off?
23:43What am I doing?
23:46I'll give the context to you.
23:47When I'm about to sleep,
23:48I want the lights off.
23:49Happiness or chocolates?
23:51What kind of happiness?
23:55I like happiness,
23:56and I like happiness with chocolates.
23:58Best time for happiness?
23:59With my family,
24:00my grandchildren.
24:01Wow, really.
24:03You're a shining inheritance in life.
24:05What is this?
24:07I'd like to think it's
24:09my life,
24:10my love for the Lord
24:12that I want to pass on
24:14to my children,
24:15my children's children,
24:16and the generations after.
24:18To obey God
24:20because that's the best place to be
24:22is where God wants you to be.
24:24The best thing to do
24:27is to obey God,
24:29not plan on your own,
24:31to always consult Him.
24:32That's what I tell my children
24:34every morning I pray with Vico.
24:35Inquire of the Lord.
24:37Inquire of the Lord
24:38and let His plan for you,
24:40which is the best, reveal.
24:42Connie, as a mother,
24:44now in your life,
24:46what are you afraid of?
24:49The answer is
24:51coming back
24:52to Fast Talk with Boy Abundant.
24:57Back on the show
24:59with Ms. Connie Reyes.
25:02Let's go to another highlight first.
25:04Let's talk about
25:05before the pandemic spread,
25:06where you won
25:08as a Best Actress.
25:10Yes, 1983.
25:12Tell us more about it.
25:13Yes.
25:14That's where it happened.
25:16It happened?
25:17No.
25:18Because I was there
25:20to accept my award.
25:22And so when I did,
25:24because I'm a very transparent person
25:26and it's just hard for me,
25:28even when I wasn't
25:29a surrendered Christian yet,
25:30to lie.
25:31That's why I just try to keep awake.
25:33I don't want to talk.
25:34Let's go to the movie.
25:35So, of course,
25:36I received my award.
25:38I received my award.
25:39I thanked everybody.
25:40I thanked everybody
25:41and dedicated it to everybody
25:42except my husband.
25:44I love that.
25:45So, of course,
25:46it's Riquelme.
25:47He's famous.
25:48So, what's going on?
25:50So, I interviewed him
25:52first and last
25:53about this issue.
25:55The one I left.
25:56First and last.
25:57That's enough.
25:58Another highlight of your career,
25:59of course,
26:00are your drama series.
26:01I mean, the anthologies.
26:03There are so many.
26:05What's that?
26:06More than 18 years
26:07put together?
26:08That's right.
26:09We were just talking about it.
26:10Connie Reyes
26:12before she became
26:13on-cam,
26:14there's on-set,
26:15there's studio.
26:17Drama series.
26:18And then
26:19when I capped it all,
26:21I remember it was
26:23Charo, Concho,
26:24who suggested
26:25that they have
26:26a tribute for me.
26:28It's My Turn,
26:29the Connie Reyes story.
26:30I didn't expect that also
26:31to be given to me,
26:33to be given a tribute.
26:35So,
26:36in that tribute,
26:38Eddie Larde was there.
26:41He agreed to speak about me.
26:43Stuff like that.
26:45Boy, I'm so blessed.
26:47I should be thankful.
26:49My life became a rollercoaster.
26:51But now,
26:52at least I'm peaceful.
26:53I'm steady.
26:55I won't say I'm ecstatic
26:56about something.
26:58Neither am I sad
26:59about anything really.
27:00But the word steady
27:01is very nice.
27:02Found God 1990.
27:04October 29, 1990.
27:06That's my birthday.
27:07I know.
27:08I emphasized it.
27:09Yes.
27:10October 29, 1990.
27:12You told us
27:14about how you did it.
27:16You surrendered your life
27:17to God.
27:20But you inspire,
27:21Connie.
27:22Maybe
27:23it's been a few generations
27:25of viewers
27:26and fans
27:27whose lives
27:28you've touched.
27:33Before 1990,
27:35what was the trigger
27:37that made you run
27:38to the Lord?
27:41What was that trigger?
27:43And how did you know
27:44that it was time
27:46to surrender?
27:48A lot of things
27:49happened in my life.
27:50One after another.
27:51One after another.
27:53And I had a relationship,
27:54I thought,
27:55with God,
27:56with Jesus.
27:57But it is only
27:58just much later
27:59that I realized
28:00knowing God
28:03is different
28:06from knowing God
28:07as a big God.
28:09But having a close
28:10relationship,
28:11an intimate relationship
28:12with God
28:13is another story.
28:15You pray,
28:17you pray the rosary,
28:18you go to church,
28:20you go to the loo,
28:22but you don't follow.
28:23You don't follow.
28:25You don't do anything.
28:26You really don't have
28:27a relationship with the Lord.
28:29So that's it.
28:31That's what I told you
28:32that I was close
28:33to the church.
28:35The one who preached there,
28:38at first,
28:39I was irritated.
28:41Later, I said,
28:42I'm tired.
28:43You know what the verse was?
28:45Come to me,
28:47all you who are weary
28:49and heavily laden,
28:50I will give you rest.
28:52That's what the Lord
28:53said to me.
28:54I really cried
28:55because I was so tired
28:56at that time.
28:58Because I don't want
28:59to be blamed.
29:00Who would want that?
29:01I don't want that.
29:02At least I know
29:03that I don't want that.
29:05I was having a hard time.
29:08That's what I'm saying
29:09because sometimes
29:10the heart,
29:12the flesh,
29:15the spirit,
29:17that's why you need
29:18people around you
29:19to really encourage you,
29:21inspire you,
29:23pray with you,
29:24pray for you.
29:26And embrace you.
29:27You know, Boyd,
29:28I really pray for you.
29:31You know,
29:32even I learned
29:33about your mother
29:34and all that stuff.
29:35I always tell you
29:36that you're really
29:37different from your mother.
29:38You should really
29:39follow other people.
29:41You should follow
29:42other people.
29:43And as a mother,
29:44what are you afraid of?
29:45That my children
29:46will forget me.
29:48Really?
29:49You know, Connie,
29:50my prayer is that
29:51I don't want my mother
29:52to forget me.
29:54I understand that.
30:02And now I want to hug you.
30:05I want to hug you.
30:10God bless you.
30:12The Lord has a lot
30:13of things for you to do.
30:14That's why you're here.
30:15Oh, thank you.
30:16Thank you very much.
30:17You inspire.
30:18You told me I inspire.
30:19You inspire also, Boyd.
30:23Just hear it.
30:24What?
30:25It's like a beauty question.
30:26Because you don't know,
30:27Constancia and I
30:28met when we were
30:29in the Philippines.
30:30We met in the Philippines.
30:31We met in the Philippines.
30:32We met in the Philippines.
30:33We met in the Philippines.
30:34We met in the Philippines.
30:35We met in the Philippines.
30:36I met Constancia
30:37when she was
30:38in Baron Chavio Girl Club.
30:40Connie.
30:41We were still kids then.
30:42We were still kids.
30:43Who are you
30:44when no one is watching?
30:45I'm Connie,
30:46a simple person.
30:48You can find in her dusters
30:50and with her hair down
30:51and tied up sometimes
30:52in a clamp.
30:54No makeup.
30:56Just me.
30:58Cooking a meal
30:59sometimes for my children.
31:01Enjoying that time
31:02with my children
31:03when my grandchild visits.
31:04That's just me.
31:05And a beautiful,
31:06beautiful,
31:07beautiful human being.
31:10Beautiful.
31:13If we were to do a scene.
31:14Oh, really?
31:16For example,
31:17I gave you flowers.
31:18Okay.
31:19Because I did something wrong
31:21and I'm asking for forgiveness.
31:24In whatever context it is.
31:26For example,
31:27your name is
31:28Perla.
31:30Mine is
31:32Robert.
31:33Right?
31:34We are friends.
31:35Old time friends.
31:37And I came here
31:39because I brought flowers
31:40and I say,
31:41Perla,
31:42forgive me.
31:43What did you do to me?
31:47Do I know
31:48what you did to me?
31:49Why?
31:50It's just beautiful
31:51because
31:53you don't remember
31:54what I did to you.
31:55But I know
31:56I did something
31:57not good to you.
31:59I stole your boyfriend.
32:01Oh, boy.
32:02That's okay.
32:04Really?
32:05Who is it?
32:11Thank you so much,
32:12Konstantin.
32:14I love that.
32:15We should have a comedy.
32:17Let's have a comedy.
32:18Let's have a comedy.
32:19Yes.
32:20Mother and Father,
32:21thank you so much
32:22for continuing
32:23your hearts
32:24and souls everyday.
32:25Be kind.
32:26Make your mother
32:27and father proud
32:28and say thank you.
32:29Do one good thing a day
32:30and make this world
32:31a better place.
32:32Goodbye for now.
32:33God bless.
32:35Thank you, boy.
32:36I enjoyed it.