Jimin posted about my music not long ago and last night we met for the first time ! BTS thank you for inviting me to your show I’m such a fan @bts_bighit 😭❤️😭🥹❤️
As an OFW in 🇹🇼 there will always be an added layer of microaggression towards Southeast Asians, which I experienced heavily today; so when Alex said, “maybe…this achievement may seem small, but for someone who grew up in the Philippines…this is everything,” I CRIED 😭🥳🤣
Alex Eala says she associates a lot of her childhood memories with Manny Pacquiao, ‘When he would have fights, it would really be like holidays in the Philippines. We would gather and we would watch his fights. People would call off work’
“You’ve spoken a lot about Rafa Nadal’s influence on you. But I’m curious about the Filipino athletes you maybe looked up to?”
Alex: “Of course the kind of national hero in sports in the Philippines is Manny Pacquiao. He is the kind of first global athletic figure from the Philippines who I can remember and associate a lot of my childhood memories with. When he would have fights, it would really be like holidays in the Philippines. We would gather and we would watch his fights. And it would be, like, people would call off work. It would really be event. He is someone super inspiring as an athlete.”
Alex: “In recent years, Hidilyn Diaz, who won the first Olympic gold medal for the Philippines is a huge inspiration. That moment was incredible. Of course Carlos Yulo in the most recent Olympics won two gold medals. Amazing. EJ Obiena is the pole vaulter. He’s a good friend of my family and he likes tennis. So yeah there are so many people. I feel like the Filipinos have such great work ethic. We are really hard workers. When it counts, we can show up.”
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peasants in the Ph are now working graveyard as temps cross into the 40s: "The heat is no longer bearable. That is why we take advantage of the cooler weather from midnight until early morning, until around 7 AM." they're paid ~P300/day; the living wage is ~P1,300
the way you can see jimin's face immediately falling the moment he realizes someone in the crowd has fainted and didnt hesitate to stop the concert to call for help for her. he's the best person ever