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00:00The real breadwinner of Stand Up Comedian is number 2!
00:06Number 2!
00:09Michiko Buengia of San Pedro, Laguna. How are you?
00:14I'm okay. I'm happy.
00:16You're happy? So you're the breadwinner of Stand Up Comedian?
00:19Yes.
00:20Have you watched the end of breadwinner?
00:22Actually, I haven't yet.
00:24You haven't?
00:25Because I was so busy last December.
00:27Is there a lot of racket?
00:28I hope you'll have a chance to watch this.
00:31Later, after the black screening of Binig Kahapon,
00:34I'll be watching Cinema 8 at the Gateway.
00:37Can you guess who I'll be watching with?
00:39Who is it?
00:41Madam Lenny Robredo will be watching.
00:44The breadwinner is...
00:46Madam Mamaya and I will be at the Gateway.
00:49Karyl and I will be watching.
00:50Yes, we'll be watching.
00:51It's 4pm. That's nice.
00:52Really?
00:53It's an award-winning show, right?
00:54Yes!
00:55I'm so proud of you!
00:57Can we ask for a ticket to watch Stand Up Comedian at the Gateway?
00:59Yes, do you have an extra ticket?
01:01What?
01:02Do you have an extra ticket?
01:03Please give me this.
01:04Do you have a pass?
01:05I'll give it to Karyl.
01:07She didn't promote the movie, she just asked for a ticket.
01:09I'll pay for it!
01:11Thank you!
01:12I'll give it to her!
01:12It's in the Case Drama Podcast.
01:15And Karyl will bring you her case studies.
01:18Anyway, how long have you been a Stand Up Comedian?
01:22It's been 7 years.
01:23It's been 7 years.
01:24Where do you perform?
01:26I perform in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
01:28Is it a comedy bar?
01:30Yes, there's a beer bar and a comedy bar as well.
01:34Tell us the name of the comedy bar so that they can go there.
01:37It's already closed.
01:38It's already closed.
01:39A closed comedy bar?
01:40What?
01:41The comedy bar is already closed?
01:43I thought the name of the comedy bar is already closed.
01:45It's already closed.
01:47It's like it's not in the same place.
01:49Yes, it's different.
01:50It's located in Laguna, Santa Rosa.
01:52Where is it?
01:53Santa Rosa, Binan, Cabuyao.
01:56Okay.
01:57You've been a Stand Up Comedian for 7 years.
01:58Yes.
01:59But as a breadwinner, how many years have you been taking care of your family?
02:03It started in 2017.
02:07Okay, I'll be the one to compute.
02:092017.
02:10It's been 7 years.
02:11It's been 7 years already.
02:12Since you became a Stand Up Comedian, that's also the time you started being a breadwinner?
02:17Yes.
02:18Why did that obligation come to you?
02:22The story is that my mother was in the Marines.
02:27Then, we had an argument.
02:32I was also in the Marines.
02:33But we had a problem.
02:35Then, I went home to the Philippines.
02:38Since then, I went home to the Philippines without my mother's knowledge.
02:43Because I went through a lot there.
02:48What did you go through there?
02:50I went through a lot.
02:51Maybe he went through a lot.
02:52I just had a cold.
02:53Why is he so strong?
02:55No, it's not like that.
02:56A lot.
02:57I went home to the Philippines because we had a lot of problems there.
03:01Then, when I got home to the Philippines, that's it.
03:04Of course, I went back.
03:08But who was the breadwinner first?
03:10Originally, before you, who was the breadwinner of your family?
03:13My grandmother and grandfather.
03:15Your grandmother and grandfather?
03:16They really raised us.
03:17Why didn't your mother raise you?
03:20When we were young, we were separated.
03:23We really grew up under the power of my father and my grandmother.
03:28Yes, they were separated.
03:29But when they were separated, didn't they force you, your mother and father?
03:33My father, who is the breadwinner of us,
03:39then my mother, from the day they were separated,
03:43we didn't have any contact with her.
03:46Then, when I was in third year high school,
03:50that's when she made us feel again.
03:52Then, it's like she came back.
03:55She sent me to college.
03:57She sent me abroad.
04:00Then, that's it.
04:03That's when our problem in that country fell.
04:08You had a problem in Bahrain, that's why your mother separated you.
04:11You went home to the Philippines.
04:12Yes, I went home to the Philippines.
04:14Then, that's it.
04:16We lost contact with my mother.
04:19That's when we had a big issue.
04:22So, your former breadwinners, your grandparents,
04:27of course, they're old.
04:28Yes.
04:29They can't work anymore.
04:30Yes.
04:31That's why you promised, right?
04:32Yes.
04:33How many siblings do you have?
04:34We are three.
04:35Are you the eldest?
04:36I'm the second.
04:37My older brother has hypokalemia.
04:41Then, me and my youngest brother.
04:44Because your older brother also has feelings.
04:46Yes.
04:48One of you has to stand up.
04:49Yes.
04:50Not everyone in the family can rely on you.
04:52There has to be one person who can say,
04:54Okay, I'll do this.
04:56But your father, didn't he teach you before?
05:00What happened?
05:01My father passed away.
05:02Year 2000.
05:03I don't thank you.
05:04Your father passed away?
05:05He passed away.
05:06Maybe it was...
05:07No, it wasn't me.
05:08I didn't know.
05:09I just know him.
05:12I thought you were going to answer like that.
05:14Maybe it was...
05:18I thought you were going to ask.
05:19Maybe it was...
05:20You just know your father.
05:23But why did you copy...
05:24Sorry, sorry, sorry.
05:25You copied his acting.
05:26Yes, I copied him.
05:27But he didn't copy me.
05:28I can't do that.
05:29Your father passed away.
05:30That's why he really...
05:31Yes, he really joined.
05:32Because from the start, his father was okay.
05:34He was working.
05:35But because he passed away.
05:36When your father passed away,
05:37and you got mad at your mother,
05:38is that the reason why your mother passed away?
05:41Because you can get mad.
05:42You won't understand your mother.
05:44But you still provide for her.
05:45Especially that you are three siblings.
05:47Right?
05:48Because if you're the only one fighting,
05:50how about the other two?
05:51One is still sick and the other is still young.
05:53Is it the same?
05:55No.
05:56Because my mother has another family.
05:58So when I got home way back in November 2016,
06:03everything was really black when we got in contact.
06:08Then from last December,
06:12that was the first time that I did everything for my brother.
06:17Yeah.
06:18If he has another family,
06:21you can't expect him anymore?
06:23Or he doesn't have an obligation to his children anymore?
06:26This is what happened, Ma'am Vice.
06:28My brother was hospitalized.
06:30This was started in December.
06:33When I got home in the Philippines,
06:35he was already 50-50.
06:38Then I called my mother.
06:40I told her,
06:42Ma'am, can you help my brother?
06:44I told her that.
06:46One of the most painful words
06:48that really cut our relationship
06:50is that she said,
06:52let him die.
06:54Is that true?
06:55Did your mother say that?
06:56Yes, Ma'am.
06:57Through phone calls.
06:58She said,
06:59let him die.
07:00She said,
07:01let him die.
07:02She said,
07:03let him die.
07:04She said,
07:05let him die.
07:06Through phone.
07:07It really hurt me.
07:09So I told my brother,
07:14I will fight for you.
07:16Because,
07:17it was just the two of us.
07:19Until,
07:20I told him,
07:21when he woke up,
07:22I said,
07:23from now on,
07:25you won't be able to call your mother.
07:27You won't be able to,
07:28we won't be able to,
07:29we won't be able to ask for help from our mother.
07:31Let him be.
07:32When he's happy,
07:33he's already there.
07:34If he has a family,
07:36let him raise his new children.
07:38For me,
07:40I'm doing everything for my brother.
07:44Every year,
07:45there's a bias until 2017.
07:47Until actually,
07:48last December 22,
07:50this Christmas,
07:51he was in the hospital.
07:52He just came out on December 28.
07:55It was really Christmas,
07:57I was alone in my room.
07:59My mother was there.
08:01I just prepared a little bit.
08:04Do you have savings?
08:05Do you have savings?
08:06Actually,
08:07I don't have any savings.
08:08I promise,
08:09I really don't have any.
08:10Because,
08:11where do you spend it?
08:12Because,
08:13what I'm doing is,
08:14I need,
08:15I always have something to carry when he's in the hospital.
08:18That's what happens.
08:19Because,
08:20sometimes,
08:21my brother is not accepted in a public hospital.
08:23Because?
08:24Because,
08:25they don't have enough equipment there.
08:27Because,
08:28when my brother really got sick,
08:32his whole body was dead.
08:34Only his eyes were moving,
08:36because his body was so hard.
08:38That's what happens.
08:39So, what now?
08:40When you went to a public hospital,
08:42you didn't have enough facilities.
08:44Yes.
08:45Where did you move to?
08:46To a private hospital.
08:47He always goes to a private hospital.
08:50Because,
08:51you know universal health care?
08:56Universal health care gives a lot of help,
09:01especially to Filipinos who are really poor,
09:03and they can't afford their medical expenses.
09:06So, all Filipinos,
09:08that's why it's universal,
09:09all Filipinos,
09:10have the right to go to the hospital,
09:12if you need it,
09:14for your medical expenses.
09:16Not only if you need an operation,
09:19from the beginning,
09:21if you feel like you can go to the hospital,
09:23it's free.
09:24All Filipinos,
09:25have the right to go to the hospital,
09:27it's free.
09:28Because,
09:30that's what we're spending on PhilHealth,
09:33that's already a billion.
09:35A billion,
09:36that we have the right to use,
09:39by going to public hospitals.
09:42The problem is,
09:44when you go to a public hospital,
09:46to avail your rights,
09:48that are included in universal health care,
09:50they don't have facilities.
09:52They don't have equipment.
09:54Even beds in hospitals,
09:56there are no beds in hospitals anymore.
09:59There are no facilities.
10:02So, even if you have the right,
10:04for a free medical aid,
10:06when you get there,
10:08there are no facilities.
10:10How are you going to avail that?
10:12And if you get a private room,
10:14you can't avail it.
10:16Because what they're saying is,
10:18it's in the ward.
10:20That's our right, right?
10:22And that's a public hospital,
10:24not a private hospital.
10:26So, like her,
10:28when they go to a private hospital,
10:30they don't have a choice.
10:32And for a lot of people,
10:34who are in a public hospital,
10:36who are in a ward,
10:38when you go to a private room,
10:40it's still questionable.
10:42Correct.
10:44That's why PhilHealth has a lot of money.
10:46It's a waste if you don't move.
10:48Make a facility.
10:50Add a facility.
10:52Buy a lot of beds.
10:54Equipment.
10:57Because even if they go there
10:59and say, we're free here,
11:01there's nothing we can do.
11:03Even if you're free,
11:05what can we give you?
11:07We're not like that.
11:09The public hospitals are not ready.
11:11That's why we're calling
11:13to think about
11:15what they need.
11:17If there's no facility,
11:19let's make a facility.
11:21If there's no equipment,
11:23let's provide equipment.
11:25We're talking about billions.
11:27Budget.
11:29That's why we always hear,
11:31it's hard to get sick in the Philippines.
11:33It's expensive to get sick
11:35here in our country
11:37because they're not using it properly.
11:39That's why when we found out
11:41that PhilHealth has a lot of money,
11:43why didn't they buy equipment?
11:45Why didn't they use the money
11:47to make a lot of facilities?
11:49So that when his brother got sick,
11:51there's available help.
11:54If they're in a private hospital
11:56and they're forced to pay a lot,
11:58they'll run out of money.
12:00And they'll be in debt.
12:02Right?
12:04That's what a lot of people are going through.
12:06Even with Universal Healthcare,
12:08I talked to them.
12:10I explained about Universal Healthcare.
12:12I talked to public officials.
12:14I said, every day,
12:16there's a group in the studio
12:18that bothers me.
12:20I said, I want to help them
12:23but I can't bribe all Filipinos.
12:25They said,
12:27actually, Universal Healthcare
12:29can even bribe them.
12:31Free oral.
12:33So they can go to public hospitals
12:35to get checked
12:37and bribed.
12:39That's possible.
12:41Another thing,
12:43Filipinos should know their rights.
12:45Because not everyone
12:47understands Universal Healthcare.
12:49So at the barangay level,
12:52they should be able to explain
12:54their rights to Filipinos.
12:56That's true.
12:58So that's one of the things
13:00you're trying to do right now.
13:02You're trying to make your brother feel better.
13:04Aside from that, what else?
13:06Of course,
13:08what else can I do
13:10to support them?
13:12Because
13:14not every day
13:16there's a show.
13:18Not every day
13:20I want to support them
13:22so that even if I don't go out,
13:24I can earn income.
13:26What else can you do
13:28aside from being a stand-up comedian?
13:30What else do you think
13:32you can do
13:34so that even if I don't have a racket,
13:36I can have a regular toss?
13:38If I don't go out,
13:40I go to the spa.
13:42Do you get a massage
13:44if you don't have a job?
13:46He's a therapist.
13:49If we don't have a job,
13:51we still go to the spa
13:53because we deserve it.
13:55He's a good therapist.
13:57He's also a therapist.
13:59He's a hardworking Filipino.
14:01He's not lazy
14:03and he's just waiting
14:05for a massage
14:07and a hug.
14:09He's working,
14:11but he's having a hard time
14:13because life is hard.
14:15They need assistance.
14:19That's true.
14:21That's a big hug.
14:23How are your grandparents?
14:25Where are they?
14:27Hi, Grandma!
14:29Grandma Virginia!
14:31She looks like the grandma
14:33in Coco.
14:35Yes, she's Spanish.
14:37How are you, Grandma?
14:39I'm good.
14:41They say you were the ones
14:43who lived with their siblings
14:45when they were kids.
14:48Now that you're old,
14:50you have to take care of them.
14:54That's true.
14:56And she's doing everything
14:58she can for you.
15:00That's all.
15:02Thank you very much.
15:04What would you like to say
15:06to your grandchild?
15:08I want to thank my grandchild.
15:10He's helping me.
15:16He's helping me.
15:24Michiko loves you so much
15:26and he'll do everything
15:28he can for you.
15:30When his sibling got sick,
15:32we were also expecting him.
15:35Thank you very much
15:37for your presence today.
15:39It's a big thing for Michiko
15:41that you're here.
15:43God bless you, Grandma.
15:45We know
15:47what you're going through
15:49and we want to ease
15:51your situation somehow.
15:53We'll have gifts for you.
15:55You said earlier
15:57that you want to add
15:59to your expenses.
16:01We'll give you a Sari-Sari store package.
16:05There you go.
16:07There you go.
16:09If you don't have a racket,
16:11you can sell it there.
16:13Who can do it?
16:15My grandmother.
16:17You can put it
16:19in a small TV.
16:21There are a lot of mothers
16:23who are just watching TV.
16:25And because
16:27the presentation is important
16:29when we perform,
16:31we'll give you clothes
16:34as a gift.
16:36You'll also receive
16:38three pairs of shoes
16:40and a gift certificate
16:42from Finn Cotton.
16:44Designed to tell your story
16:46with every step.
16:48Ready to move?
16:50Make that step.
16:52Make it Finn Cotton.
16:54And Michiko,
16:56you'll also receive self-care
16:58because it's important
17:00that we love ourselves.
17:02Self-care package from Idara Aesthetics.
17:04You'll receive facial
17:06and any treatment
17:08that will make you feel good
17:10to start your year.
17:12Feel good.
17:14Some might say,
17:16what does it have to do with being a breadwinner?
17:18Breadwinners,
17:20once in a while,
17:22they need to feel good.
17:24So that you can
17:26inspire them.
17:28Sometimes,
17:31it's like
17:33you're being recharged.
17:35To go fight again.
17:37And because
17:39your grandparents are getting old,
17:41we'll give you a general check-up
17:43to check
17:45their health.
17:47You too,
17:49we'll give you a general check-up.
17:51I know someone here.
17:53Where?
17:55There's something here.
17:57What is it?
18:00Where is it?
18:02I'll give you a check-up.
18:04They're also changing oil.
18:06No, not in a car.
18:08In a person.
18:10Maybe you're...
18:14But it's not just for you.
18:16Because this might be a hole.
18:18It needs to be vulcanized.
18:20It's also included
18:22in your grandparents, uncle, and sister.
18:24Yes!
18:26There.
18:28You can buy medicine.
18:30Php 10,000 to buy medicine.
18:32Before you get sick,
18:34buy medicine.
18:38And of course,
18:40for daily expenses,
18:42we'll give you Php 10,000.
18:44So,
18:46I'm happy that we're talking about
18:48universal healthcare.
18:50And we're calling
18:52the leaders,
18:54the mayors, the governors,
18:57the congressmen.
18:59We're not giving them enough money
19:01and support.
19:03We're not giving them enough money
19:05every time we see them.
19:07You need to build
19:09facilities in hospitals.
19:11You need to buy
19:13equipment.
19:15You need to help them
19:17and their families.
19:19You need to save the lives
19:21of those who have feelings.
19:23Php 500 is not enough.
19:26Message is important.