Actor-singer Elijah Canlas shares his mental health advocacy in honor of his late brother, JM Canlas. Learn more in this online exclusive.
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00:00There, my dad is about to cry.
00:07This is the Badminton Cup, the JM Canadas Badminton Cup
00:11which we're doing in honor of my late brother, JM
00:14who was a badminton varsity in Lasal Green Hills
00:17and also used to be a child actor
00:20and sadly passed away, tragically passed away two years ago.
00:25We held our first Badminton Cup last year
00:28to raise funds kasi we established this kulit organization
00:33that aims to help adolescents with their mental health,
00:38people na wala talagang chance to learn more about it.
00:44We aim to educate a lot of people about mental health,
00:47not just the adolescents but even their parents,
00:49even everybody in general.
00:52And this Badminton Cup is to raise funds to help more people
00:56and also to have fun.
00:59Kasi sports is also therapy in a way
01:02and makakatuloy sa mental health.
01:04And JM was very passionate about badminton
01:07and even mental health despite what happened.
01:10So gusto namin ipagpatuloy yung pagmamahal niya sa badminton
01:14and gamita sya to help more people
01:16who especially are struggling with their mental health.
01:19So it's happening on March 29 and 30.
01:22This is the second Badminton Cup already
01:24and we aim to do this annually.
01:26So sana every year sya mangyari.
01:28And every year, mas lumaki sya lumaki.
01:31Kasi the more lumaki tong event na to,
01:34the more na mawawala yung stigma
01:36and yung conversation around mental health
01:38na hindi tayo natatakot to talk about it
01:40kasi marami talaga sa atin either dinindisregard sya
01:43as a fact that really happens
01:45and it's really all about healthcare.
01:47It's part of healthcare.
01:49Hindi lang sya pastang katangisip or nalulungkot lang yung tao.
01:52As a family, especially with what happened with our family,
01:56instead of sulking and everything,
01:58we want to shift the perspective
02:00and instead of sulking, help more people instead.
02:04And ito yun, the JMK Last Badminton Cup is our way of doing that.
02:08Madami, buong buhay.
02:10Other than that, syempre punso lang yan, right?
02:14And parang everything I was doing was for him,
02:20you know, to make himself in a good school,
02:23matupad yung mga pangarap niya.
02:25But especially badminton,
02:27we play badminton almost more than once a week.
02:30As a family, not just us.
02:32Siguro fondest memory ko was his last birthday,
02:36yung sinalubong namin.
02:38March 4 kasi birthday niya.
02:40Tapos dun, 2023, he was still around.
02:43March 3, he wanted to play badminton late at night.
02:46Tapos busy yung parents namin, busy yung kuya ko.
02:49So kaming dalawa lang naglaro.
02:51Tapos, nakaka-miss nga, I have a video of that whole match.
02:55Yung March 3 na yun.
02:57Kaso nasira cellphone ko, kasi hindi ko na mahanap yung file na yun.
03:01But I remember, tinalo niya ako parang 2 points lang yata ng score ko.
03:05Sobrang galing niya kasi maglaro.
03:07Tapos, nage-enjoy lang kami.
03:10Sinalubong namin yung birthday niya, very hungry.
03:13Naglaro lang kami badminton, kami dalawa.
03:15Tapos, pag-uwi namin, nagluma cake.
03:17Tapos, pag-ingan na.
03:19But other than that, lahat yung supporta niya in general.
03:24Nami-miss ko whenever nagigising ako sa early, early in the morning
03:30na may tao nagbubukas ng mga cabinet ko.
03:33Tapos, nakaanam nandun na yun.
03:35Kuya, pera mo ko nito ha? Pera mo ko nito?
03:37Tapos, oh, sige, sige.
03:38Tapos, matutulog lang ako.
03:39Nakaka-miss yung mga small moments like that.
03:41And yung buong katauan lang niya, sobrang nakaka-miss.
03:45But at this point, we can't do anything about it but be proactive
03:50and instead, help more people who are struggling with what he struggled with.
03:54And he will always be remembered.
03:56Hindi naman siya makakalimutan.
03:57Every Sunday, we always visit him sa kabita.
04:00He's laying in rest right now sa kabita kasi.
04:02So as a family, or kung sino man available that day,
04:05we always visit him every Sunday.
04:07And yun, magbabwanda sa family.
04:09Ayan, umiiyak na yung tate ko.
04:13Still coping.
04:14I think grief, in general.
04:17It never ends.
04:21We've been seeing doctors, you know, psychiatrists,
04:25trying to help us cope with this grief.
04:28But also, marami rin blessings bigla sa trabaho.
04:33Not just with me, but my dad and my brother.
04:36We visit them and that's a good way of coping as well.
04:40But other than that,
04:41dito from the moment talaga na nangyari lahat,
04:44syempre we were believing and all.
04:45But we were very passionate about this na,
04:47takulit organization.
04:49Nung birthday niya, sinalubong namin cake.
04:52Pagka strike na to, wala na nangyari.
04:54Umiiyak lang kami lahat.
04:56Yung para, iiyak lang.
04:57Pero, I think it's nice.
04:59It's better that way na,
05:01we get to express ourselves, our grief,
05:03and we have each other to take care of.
05:06So, okay naman.
05:08Huwag kayong maglalagay.
05:09Okay naman kami, lumalaban.
05:13Every day is a struggle,
05:16but also the people that we meet along the way
05:19and the people that we spend time with along the way
05:22have helped us, you know,
05:23therapize what we're going through.
05:26And tulay lang lumalaban, for sure.
05:29To be fair naman to him,
05:31aside from my parents siguro,
05:33ramdam ko sa kanya na,
05:35sya yung pinaka-proud lagi.
05:36Kasi yung kuya ko,
05:37medyo constructive pa sya sa mga criticism.
05:40So, kumari like,
05:41kumunood kami ng movie ko,
05:43kumari, About Us but Not About Us,
05:45sa premiere, magkakasama kami, ganyan.
05:48My kuya would always be the critic sa akin.
05:52Yeah, yan.
05:53Okay, you could've done this better.
05:54Which I appreciated naman, of course.
05:56Pero, yung yan, si JM,
05:58lagi lang, galing mo, kuya.
06:00Galing mo, kuya.
06:01Good job, good job.
06:02Sabi mo, kagawa ko ganyan, kuya.
06:04Laging gano'n lang si JM
06:05when it comes to me and my work.
06:07So, even before everything else happened,
06:10ramdam ko, proud na sya sa akin.
06:12Naparamdam niya sa akin, yan.
06:14Sana, in a way,
06:15naparamdam ko rin proud ako sa kanya.
06:17You know, pag may badminton tournament sya,
06:19we always make it a point
06:20na pumunta kami as a family to support.
06:23Kahit matalo or whatever,
06:24yakap lang, yan.
06:26Naparamdam ko naman.
06:28Pero, feeling ko,
06:29pinaka-proud sya,
06:30yung music na na-release ko.
06:32Kasi, kung alam, kilala kita,
06:33yung Love Song,
06:34all those songs,
06:36sila ng kuya ko una ding nakarinig.
06:39Mariban kayo, man.
06:40Sila ng kuya ko una kong pinaparinig.
06:42Kasi, kami magkakapatid,
06:43hala same kami ng taste.
06:45Sa pelikula, sa music.
06:47Hip-hop din.
06:48Hip-hop din.
06:49Even sa movies,
06:50pare-pareho kami ng taste.
06:51Tapos, I remember,
06:52a week before he passed,
06:55I made him listen to Love Song
06:57at kilala kita,
06:58na pinago namin,
06:59para may pinago kami sa review.
07:01Tapos, tumutuwa siya.
07:03Sobrang nagandaan siya.
07:04Tapos, sabi niya,
07:05sinad niya nga sa mga friends niya.
07:07Sinad niya nga sa mga friends niya,
07:08nileat niya na.
07:09Tapos, yan.
07:10Ngayon, it's out now,
07:12officially.
07:13And I'm sure,
07:14he would be
07:16forcing his friends
07:17to stream it
07:18and all that stuff.
07:19So, ramdam ko,
07:20hanggang ngayon na-proud siya sa akin.
07:22At lahat nung ginagawa ko
07:23is for him, for sure.