Anim na taon lang si Julius nang mawalay siya sa kanyang eomma. Sa paglipas ng mga taon, si Julius, naging isang ganap na pulis at bumuo na ng sarili niyang pamilya.
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Makalipas ang mahigit 30 taon, sa wakas, dumating na ang panahon na muling mayayakap ni Julius ang kanyang eomma!
Ang madamdamin nilang kuwento na dadaigin pa ang mga Korean drama, panoorin sa video.
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Pero hindi siya tumigil sa paghahanap sa kanyang inang Koreana.
Makalipas ang mahigit 30 taon, sa wakas, dumating na ang panahon na muling mayayakap ni Julius ang kanyang eomma!
Ang madamdamin nilang kuwento na dadaigin pa ang mga Korean drama, panoorin sa video.
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00:00Half-Filipino, half-Korean police who grew up here in the Philippines have been looking for their Korean mother for three decades.
00:14Is this the right time for the police to find their mother?
00:20In the chaotic world of Tondo, a half-Filipino and half-Korean boy grew up.
00:32He was born in Korea, but his Filipino father brought him here to the Philippines.
00:38And since then, his Korean mother has not been seen.
00:43His name is Oh Joon-yong or Julius.
00:47He had a hard life here in the Philippines.
00:51But he struggled and eventually became a police officer.
00:57Despite this, he continued to look for his Korean mother.
01:03Until this September, he flew to Korea.
01:08And in this episode, his Korean mother appeared.
01:14She was not with him for 31 years.
01:25In the escape of Julius, he found his Korean mother again after more than three decades.
01:38This is the story that Koreans will remember.
01:54We went to Tondo to find the half-Filipino, half-Korean police officer Julius.
02:02Let's find out his story from him.
02:08Hi Julius.
02:10Good day to you.
02:11How are you?
02:12I'm fine. I'm happy.
02:13Let's go inside.
02:14Good afternoon.
02:15Good afternoon.
02:20Julius, thank you for sharing your life story with us.
02:25Did I say it right?
02:27I don't know any Korean drama.
02:29It's like that.
02:32In 1986, Julius was born in South Korea.
02:37His father is Eustachio.
02:39He is a Filipino musician.
02:41His mother is Korean.
02:43Her name is Oud Gumnim.
02:45I was the fruit of their co-existence.
02:47But their co-existence was not okay.
02:51In Korea, they were not really together.
02:53Sometimes I was with my father.
02:55Sometimes I was with my mother.
02:56Sometimes I was with my grandmother.
02:57Sometimes I was with my uncle.
02:59Until 1993, his father Eustachio had to go back to the Philippines.
03:05They thought,
03:06let's just leave it to his father.
03:07He is a father.
03:08He is a son.
03:09So he is more important.
03:11My father showed my mother that he took good care of me.
03:15They lied to me.
03:17They said,
03:18you will go to America.
03:19After two weeks, you will come back to Korea.
03:22At the airport,
03:23I was just waving to them.
03:25They were crying.
03:26They were crying.
03:27When I arrived in the Philippines,
03:28the first thing that surprised me
03:30was when my father told me,
03:32you will not come back to Korea.
03:36As a child,
03:37I didn't want to go to the Philippines.
03:38I just wanted to be with my mother.
03:40I was so happy.
03:42I was crying.
03:43For a six-year-old child,
03:45who was suddenly brought up in a foreign country,
03:49and was transplanted to another country,
03:52how did you feel?
03:53I always ask my father,
03:56can't I just go back there?
03:58Can't I just go back to my mother?
04:00My father always tells me,
04:03if you want to go back there,
04:04you need to study well
04:05so that you can go back there.
04:07At that stage in your life,
04:08did you accept that you are a Filipino
04:10and that you are here in the Philippines?
04:12I accepted that when I was still in elementary school.
04:14But I didn't accept that
04:15my mother and I would not see each other again.
04:17It didn't go away from my mind
04:19that if I rise up in life
04:22and I can find her,
04:23I will find her.
04:24It didn't go away?
04:25It didn't go away.
04:26I really didn't give up.
04:27You didn't write to her?
04:28You didn't call her?
04:29In the first two months,
04:30I did call her.
04:31We would see each other
04:32in one of our neighborhoods.
04:34Once a month,
04:35my mother would call her.
04:36The second month,
04:37when she called,
04:38it was like there was news.
04:39The reason why she gave me to my father
04:41was because my mother was going to get married
04:44and I didn't want to be married to her.
04:46I was also angry with my mother
04:47because I said,
04:48why did you give me to her
04:49because you were going to get married?
04:50My mother said,
04:51that's not true.
04:53Here in Tondo,
04:54Julius grew up
04:55and was born in the poverty of life.
04:58How was your life here?
05:00You can see our place.
05:01Actually, before,
05:02there were a lot of houses here.
05:04There were a lot of people here.
05:05The living standard here was not that high.
05:07My father,
05:08at first,
05:09we had money.
05:10So, we struggled
05:11little by little
05:12until the point
05:13that my father went abroad again.
05:15I was left here
05:16with his friend.
05:17I was living in another house.
05:19The awkwardness of those times
05:21and I didn't know
05:22if my father would send me there.
05:24Because sometimes,
05:25they say,
05:26your father won't send you.
05:27So, what happened was,
05:28I was washing my own clothes
05:29at the age of 8 or 9 years old.
05:32I would just go in
05:33to get a massage.
05:34When I got home,
05:35I would walk.
05:36How did you go through all that?
05:39Of course, I was questioning
05:40why it was like that.
05:41When I see other people,
05:42it's like,
05:43you think they are poor,
05:44their house is like this.
05:45But, at least,
05:46they are whole.
05:47At least,
05:48they know
05:50that their house
05:51stays there.
05:52So, sometimes,
05:53I think,
05:54why is it unfair to me?
05:55At a young age,
05:56he learned
05:57how to dig a hole.
05:59In the past,
06:00this and this
06:01were all houses.
06:03So, when it changed,
06:04what we did was,
06:05we would use
06:06things like steel,
06:08old wood,
06:09and electricity.
06:10We would connect them
06:11and we would sell them
06:12at the junk shop.
06:14I was selling
06:15wet clothes
06:16near LRT Tayuman.
06:18At the junk shop?
06:19Yes, at the junk shop.
06:20My father was buying
06:214 kilos of clothes.
06:22Then, I would
06:23sell them at the junk shop.
06:25There was a time
06:26when I was chasing
06:27someone who wanted to buy.
06:28Then, a jeep arrived.
06:30I heard my father's scream.
06:31He was afraid
06:32that we would still sell.
06:33I said,
06:34no, no,
06:35let's do it later.
06:36At that time,
06:37my older brother
06:38was already known
06:39to the showbiz.
06:40My older brother was J. Manalo.
06:43Your mother was different?
06:44Yes, our mother was different.
06:45But, did you both
06:46grow up at the same time?
06:47We had a big age gap.
06:49But, when she found out
06:51that I was selling
06:52wet clothes on the street,
06:53her talent fee
06:54started to increase.
06:56She said,
06:57I won't allow
06:58that to happen again.
06:59She sent me to high school.
07:01In fairness to my older brother,
07:02we didn't let him
07:03take care of us.
07:05If he had too much,
07:06he would help us.
07:08My father decided
07:10that he wouldn't
07:11leave the country
07:12because he didn't want
07:13to leave me in a situation
07:14that was awkward.
07:16You didn't rebel?
07:17I didn't think
07:18about rebelling.
07:19Why?
07:20There's no point
07:21in rebelling.
07:23The solution is
07:24that your life is under.
07:25But, I had to do something.
07:27So, I studied well.
07:29There was a basketball court
07:30back then.
07:31I noticed that
07:32I was getting better.
07:34You became a scholar
07:35because of basketball?
07:36Yes, when I was in college.
07:37Philippine College
07:38of Criminology.
07:41I also did MPBL.
07:42Then, I became a coach.
07:46At first,
07:47Julius became
07:48one of the famous policemen.
07:50He started his own family
07:52and had two children.
07:56But, unfortunately,
07:57he wasn't complete
07:58because he couldn't find
08:00his Korean mother.
08:03Did you start looking for her again?
08:05I didn't stop.
08:06But?
08:07There were many dead ends.
08:09The first time I had
08:10access to the internet
08:11was around 1999 or 2000.
08:13So, that's when I typed
08:14my mother's name.
08:16Nothing.
08:17There were many Korean stores.
08:18So, what I did was,
08:19when I saw a Korean person,
08:20I would ask
08:21their jobs.
08:22Is that what happened?
08:23Oh, yes.
08:24Okay.
08:25I would go back
08:26and buy what I don't need.
08:27At this time,
08:28I would ask my friends
08:29if they could help me
08:30find my mother.
08:32I went to many stores.
08:34The dead end is privacy law.
08:36They can't give you
08:37any information
08:38even if you have
08:39names and addresses.
08:42At my friend's house,
08:43they have a water filter.
08:45The agent is Korean.
08:47While I was attaching it,
08:48my son was drawing
08:49very close to it.
08:50Then, Sir Steve said,
08:52she looks like a Korean.
08:53I laughed.
08:54I said,
08:55she's really Korean.
08:56She's one-fourth Korean.
08:57Her father is
08:58one-half Korean.
08:59I introduced myself
09:00like that.
09:01We talked.
09:02This is my story.
09:03He said,
09:04your story is very interesting.
09:05I have a friend,
09:06a producer in Korea,
09:08a big broadcasting company,
09:10TV Chosun.
09:11I'll tell your story.
09:12I'm thinking
09:14about my mother.
09:16Even though I stay
09:17in the Philippines
09:19every day,
09:20I miss her.
09:21But Julius,
09:22for 31 years,
09:23he cannot meet
09:24his mother.
09:25We feel
09:26it's really
09:27a blessing from God.
09:28After 2 days,
09:29they like your story.
09:30They'll help you.
09:31After 2 months,
09:32they didn't give
09:33the details to them.
09:34They're dead end.
09:35Now, they said,
09:36this is what we'll do.
09:37Every week,
09:38because they broadcast
09:39every week,
09:40we'll post the picture
09:41of this mother in numbers.
09:42For 3 months,
09:43someone called
09:44from LA.
09:46I know him.
09:47We don't have
09:48any contact,
09:49but I know
09:50he went to school here
09:51because he's my classmate
09:52in this school.
09:53They went to the school,
09:54looking for the database.
09:55Yes, there's one.
09:56Here it is.
09:58They found out
09:59who else has contact
10:00with my mother.
10:01Then, they went
10:02to my mother's house.
10:04They're nervous
10:05because they might
10:06change their mind.
10:07Then,
10:08they showed
10:09my picture.
10:10They said,
10:11do you know him?
10:12Yes, I know him.
10:13He's my son.
10:14His name is
10:15Ojunyong.
10:17But,
10:18the name
10:19on his passport
10:20is Julius Omanan.
10:26Kum Nim,
10:27who is currently
10:28in South Korea,
10:29was also invited
10:30by our team
10:31to be here today.
10:32He's still fresh
10:33in his memory.
10:35He was so happy
10:36when he went to
10:37South Korea
10:39when Julius
10:40or Ojunyong
10:41came into his life.
10:44I was so happy.
10:45And,
10:46my son
10:47has thick eyebrows,
10:48thick hair,
10:49and looks like me.
10:50That's what he said.
10:52When he was born,
10:53he said to my mom,
10:54Mom,
10:55you have thick hair.
10:56He said that.
10:58He's just
10:59a troublemaker.
11:02He's a troublemaker.
11:03He's just
11:04like a baby.
11:06Julius
11:07When I was in
11:08Julius' kindergarten,
11:09I was the president
11:10of the school.
11:11So,
11:12one day,
11:13when I went on a picnic
11:14or a school trip,
11:15I woke up
11:16at 3 a.m.
11:17and packed
11:18Julius' kimbap
11:19and
11:20that
11:21and
11:22teachers' kimbap
11:23at dawn
11:24and gave them
11:25to the teachers
11:26and Ojunyong
11:27ate them.
11:29And,
11:30when he
11:31went on
11:32a picnic,
11:33I always
11:34followed him
11:35to those places.
11:36Even when
11:37I got divorced
11:38with my father,
11:39I followed him
11:40to those places.
11:42But,
11:43the happy days
11:44ended
11:45when they
11:46separated
11:47from Julius' father.
11:49At first,
11:50I loved him
11:51so much
11:52and he
11:53loved me
11:54so much.
11:55But,
11:56there was
11:57a big age gap
11:58between me
11:59and him.
12:00There was
12:01a generation gap.
12:02And,
12:03there was
12:04a cultural gap.
12:05And,
12:06there was
12:07a time
12:08when
12:09I couldn't
12:10share
12:11my thoughts
12:12and
12:13philosophical
12:14thoughts
12:15with him.
12:17So,
12:18even though
12:19it was hard
12:20for him,
12:21he couldn't
12:22do anything
12:23but to let
12:24his son
12:25stay with
12:26his father.
12:27How can I be
12:28happy?
12:29It breaks my heart.
12:30But,
12:31I sent him
12:32to my father
12:33because
12:34he was
12:35the only
12:36son
12:37I had.
12:39I prayed
12:40for him
12:41every day.
12:42I never
12:43forgot him.
12:44I prayed
12:45for him
12:46to be
12:47better
12:48than
12:49my son
12:50and
12:51I prayed
12:52for him
12:53to live
12:54a good life
12:55with
12:56Julius.
12:57I cried
12:58so much
12:59that I
13:00couldn't
13:01stop crying.
13:02Or,
13:03I can't
13:04remember
13:05how painful
13:06and happy
13:07it was for him.
13:08I never
13:09forgot him.
13:12And when
13:13a TV station
13:14in Korea
13:15confirmed
13:16that
13:17Julius
13:18had been
13:19looking
13:20for him
13:21for a long time,
13:24in September,
13:25Julius
13:26flew
13:27to South Korea.
13:28You went to
13:29Korea.
13:30Yes,
13:31we brought
13:32him there.
13:33When we ate,
13:34we were told
13:35to wear
13:36a PNP
13:37uniform
13:38to represent
13:39what you are
13:40now,
13:41that you
13:42became
13:43a successful
13:44man.
13:45I was so
13:46nervous.
13:47When I got
13:48down,
13:49I was
13:50interviewed
13:51by a host.
13:52I asked
13:53him,
13:54do you think
13:55you will
13:56remember him
13:57when you
13:58see him?
13:59He said,
14:00yes.
14:01When I saw
14:02a woman
14:03walking,
14:05I saw
14:06the face of my
14:07mother.
14:08That's when
14:09I realized
14:10there was
14:11a trace of
14:12blood.
14:13That's my
14:14mother.
14:15I know
14:16that's my
14:17mother.
14:20So,
14:21there was
14:22no script.
14:23I just
14:24yelled
14:25to her,
14:26Mom!
14:27Mom!
14:29Mom!
14:31Daddy's running.
14:32Look.
14:33Daddy's running.
14:34Where's
14:35Daddy?
14:36Is Daddy
14:37with you?
14:38Daddy's running.
14:39What?
14:40Daddy's walking
14:41to Lola?
14:42Yes.
14:47Until
14:48he ran
14:49Mom!
14:50towards
14:51his
14:52mother.
14:53Mom!
14:59While
15:00I was running,
15:01I felt like
15:02my police uniform
15:03was disappearing.
15:04My basketball
15:05uniform was
15:06disappearing.
15:07I was going to
15:08be a college
15:09student,
15:10high school
15:11student,
15:12elementary
15:13student.
15:14We were
15:15going to
15:16go back
15:17to the airport.
15:18You were
15:19the 6-year-old
15:20who was
15:21still a kid.
15:22I wasn't
15:23given the
15:24hug I
15:25deserved
15:26before we
15:28left.
15:29Mom!
15:40Mom!
15:51I'm so sorry,
15:52Mom.
15:58I'm so sorry.
15:59I miss you so much,
16:00Mom.
16:04Mom!
16:08I miss you so much.
16:09That's why
16:10I cried.
16:11I was 6 years
16:12old.
16:13I felt like
16:14I was 6 years old
16:15when I told
16:16my mom
16:17why did you
16:18leave me?
16:19But even
16:20then,
16:21you were still
16:22here.
16:23That's how
16:24I felt.
16:25I was 6 years
16:26old.
16:27How old
16:28are you?
16:29I'm 6.
16:30I'm 6 already.
16:31I love you.
16:32I love you,
16:33Mom.
16:34I'm sorry.
16:35I love you.
16:36I love you.
16:37But that's all
16:38I could say.
16:39I loved you.
16:40I loved you.
16:41I love you.
16:42But that's all
16:43I could say.
16:44I was so
16:45sad.
16:46I cried a lot.
16:47I was crying.
16:48Go kiss
16:49your mom.
16:50Go kiss her.
16:51Go kiss your mom.
16:52Look, look, look.
16:53Look, look.
16:54Daddy's
16:55He's been waiting for this, this whole life.
17:01I love you so much, I love you so much.
17:05I love you so much.
17:07I love you so much.
17:10I love you so much, I love you so much.
17:15I love you so much.
17:16I love you so much.
17:19I love you so much.
17:21I love you so much.
17:23I love you so much.
17:25I told you, you lost all the Korean dramas in your story.
17:30Even your story where you were running after him,
17:35like you came back to being a kid.
17:39Because I came back when he ran after me.
17:41How did you feel?
17:43I remember now.
17:44I almost forgot who I was at that time.
17:48All my memories suddenly vanished, vanished, vanished.
17:51And then, everything around me became quiet.
17:54I love you so much, I love you so much.
17:57I love you so much.
18:01I love you so much.
18:04I remember you.
18:06I love you so much, I love you so much.
18:09I love you so much.
18:11I love you so much.
18:12Oh, my God.
18:14Oh, my God.
18:16Oh, my God.
18:18I'm sorry, I love you so much.
18:20I love you so much.
18:22Oh, my God.
18:24This is my mother.
18:26I hugged her. I was surprised because I felt small.
18:30I was 6 years old. I was crying.
18:32Then I heard my mother's voice
18:34like she was apologizing.
18:36Oh, my God.
18:38I feel like I'm going to puke.
18:40I was laughing.
18:42I felt like I saw myself in her.
18:44We have the same ears.
18:46After their meeting,
18:48they became intimate.
18:52That's very special.
18:54And Julius was cooked
18:56by his mother.
18:58He remembered his favorite food
19:00when he was small.
19:02Korean barbecue.
19:04This one is a special person for me.
19:06The most expensive Korean barbecue
19:08is the meat.
19:10The beef looks so good.
19:12The meat looks so good.
19:14You can see it.
19:16It's really delicious.
19:18He said that's what he wanted me to taste.
19:20The best.
19:22Because it's still missing in the 31 years
19:24that we haven't seen each other.
19:26What does it taste like?
19:28Finally, I tasted a dish
19:30that was loved by a mother.
19:32Is it like before?
19:34I was crying while eating.
19:38When I saw my wife crying,
19:40she was also crying.
19:42When my mother saw her,
19:44my mother was also crying.
19:46When my friend saw her,
19:48we were all crying.
19:50But we were happy.
19:52These are my girls.
19:54These are the women.
19:56These are my girls in my life.
19:58You don't understand each other.
20:00You don't understand each other.
20:02The teacher will translate
20:04the words.
20:06You will translate?
20:08Yes, like that.
20:10There's an app on the cell phone
20:12where you just have to translate.
20:14That's how we talk.
20:16What did your mother explain
20:18to you?
20:20Why did you separate?
20:22All I know is that she can't take good care of me
20:24because she's always away.
20:26She's either working or going somewhere.
20:28She's a special person for me.
20:30The mere fact that
20:32she blames me every day
20:34for not being with her,
20:36the mere fact that
20:38when she found out that I was looking for her
20:40and she wanted to see me,
20:42everything was healed.
20:44What was your father's reaction
20:46to what happened?
20:48Actually, he was very happy.
20:50He was very happy
20:52that I found my mother.
20:54He always tells me
20:56hug your mother.
20:58Remember, she's still your mother.
21:16When you look at your life,
21:18when you think about your life
21:20on your own,
21:22what comes to your mind?
21:24A lot of things have changed.
21:26I used to say that
21:28I'm a loser.
21:30I'm unfair. I'm not blessed.
21:32But I didn't think
21:34that I was so blessed
21:36because what happened to me,
21:38it might not happen to
21:40even a hundred people.
21:42Some people say that
21:44I lived inside a Korean novel.
21:48It's true.
21:50After you become successful,
21:52you'll see that your mother
21:54has been gone for a long time.
21:56I'm asking myself,
21:58why didn't I have a mother yet?
22:00But it turns out,
22:02she gave birth to me
22:04in God's perfect time.
22:06My family was there.
22:08Then I found out that
22:10she didn't have a husband
22:12and a child.
22:14I was her only child.
22:16I was her only life.
22:18Didn't you tell yourself
22:20that your life will be fine?
22:22Here in the Philippines,
22:24I became a street kid.
22:26I'm wandering around.
22:28I need help.
22:30Didn't you have that in your life?
22:32At first,
22:34of course,
22:36you'll think about it.
22:38But now,
22:40I'm thankful
22:42because I feel like
22:44the advantages of those kinds of people
22:46are that when you taste success,
22:48that's the big difference.
22:52Do you want to take a picture?
22:54How is your mother now?
22:56Now, we talk every day.
22:58We'll send pictures and videos
23:00of what we're doing.
23:02But the plan is how to see us more frequently.
23:04So that we can catch up
23:06to those who are gone for a long time.
23:08She's the one who comes here.
23:10That's our plan.
23:12Julius, Junyoung,
23:14I really love you so much.
23:16I love you so much.
23:18I didn't know
23:20that you were so busy
23:22in the Philippines.
23:24When I saw the video,
23:26I couldn't sleep.
23:28I cried a lot.
23:30I'm really sorry.
23:32When I die,
23:34I want to die next to you.
23:38That's my wish.
23:40I don't have a family.
23:42I only have you.
23:44I don't have a family.
23:46I don't have a picture.
23:48I don't have a friend.
23:50How does it feel
23:52that I'm complete?
23:54I don't have anything else to look for.
23:56What happened to me is a life lesson
23:58to inspire other people.
24:00Some people call me
24:02and say,
24:04our boss is Korean,
24:06I want to talk to him.
24:08Why? Because he didn't have a plan
24:10to look for his mother and father
24:12but he healed the pain
24:14and he wants to look for his parents
24:16even if he was given.
24:18The family healing
24:20that you give to that person,
24:22it's hard to get it.
24:24It's hard to apologize to the parents
24:26or to the child.
24:28But because of my story,
24:30there's a family that reconciles.
24:32Maybe that will be my mission in life
24:34to inspire others
24:36just like my story.
24:38Do you have anything to say
24:40to your mother?
24:42I'm thankful to her
24:44because
24:46she stayed alive.
24:48She waited for me
24:50to get up and look for her.
24:52And we were able to reunite.
24:54And in the future,
24:56we will make
24:58memories together
25:00so we can catch up
25:02to those who are no longer with us.
25:04Don't forget Saranghae.
25:06Yes. I love you, ma'am. Saranghae.
25:08All Filipinos know
25:10what Saranghae means.
25:12Saranghae.
25:16Thank you, Julius.
25:18Julius felt
25:20that he didn't care
25:22about the wasted years
25:24when he couldn't be with his mother.
25:26Mom!
25:28What's important is
25:30that they found each other again.
25:32Mom!
25:34That's enough.
25:36That's enough.
25:40I love you so much.
25:42I love you so much.
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