Filipino singer Regine Velasquez spends time with distressed compatriots in Dubai. Regarded as Asia's songbird, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid sings for women in distress at a Philippine facility. She also shares with #Pinoy her journey as an artist.
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00:00You make me shine, shine
00:05Like the stars in the heavens
00:09I love to sing.
00:11And this is who I am. I'm a singer.
00:14There's nothing I hate about my whole journey being an artist.
00:20This is such a gift for me.
00:22I was able to help my family doing what I do.
00:26Once in a while you will have that point where you get tired.
00:29There's not very much privacy.
00:32But still, nothing that I hate about it.
00:36Because if anything, I am just grateful.
00:39I am grateful that I was chosen to be in this industry.
00:45I was given this wonderful talent by God.
00:48I'm just really very thankful that I'm still here.
00:52I'm still singing. I'm still working.
00:55And people are still somehow excited to see me.
00:58Excited to hear my songs.
01:01To hear me sing live.
01:03So I'm just very grateful.
01:05Shine, shine
01:08With the light that you give me
01:12It's true
01:15I'm shining on
01:17All because of you
01:22You are there
01:25You are there in my dreams
01:28It's as if my heart knows
01:31That it's in me
01:34You make me believe
01:37That there's more to me
01:39Than what you have given me
01:43I'm glad that I'm alive
01:46I'm glad
01:48Embrace, embrace.
01:51There is something in the way
01:55You look at me
01:57And you say
01:59Being an artist and meeting them
02:01Just to make them feel like
02:03Make them feel love
02:06Happy
02:07And to encourage them that
02:10The government is doing their best to bring them happiness.
02:14So we feel for them, we pray for them.
02:16It was a wonderful experience to make them happy
02:18Through entertainment
02:20To give them entertainment.