Going to meet Mom!
Yes.
Watch out…watch your head after here.
Watch your head.
Okay.
This is Sean, my nephew.
Hey Sean!
Yeah this is my mother.
This is…this is Eileen and Marc.
Hello!
I’ll give you a hug.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Is this the son of Ron?
Of Ron, yes!
Oh!
Yeah!
We’ve met Ron.
She’s been to Canada. -You know Ron?
Yeah.
She’s been in Canada.
The first year she came to our place, she had a… -We look the same, right?
…she slept with a toque and a winter coat and gloves on her hands.
I don’t blame you.
I don't blame you.
We’ll go sit down in here.
Yeah.
This is where you lived as kids?
Yes, this is the place.
In this room.
There’s my cousins.
So none of these awards are yours?
What?
These awards up here?
No! That’s for the kids.
These kids now.
Oh okay.
I have no awards. -I thought maybe you’d still have them up there.
They have no awards when I was a kid.
Here’s the kitchen.
Someone’s showering right over there.
[Dog barking]
[Rooster crowing]
Howdy!
Howdy.
Coconut stop.
Oh is this what this is?
This is a coconut stop.
I better get out then.
Hello everyone.
Hi!
You look cozy back there.
Can you do that?
Yes I do.
Yeah?
Oh.
We do this in our yard sometimes.
This is the real deal.
Here’s the size of the coconut.
Here’s the size of my head.
That’s the mark of a good coconut.
That’s right.
When you can hide fully behind it.
Alright, first sip.
Alright first sip.
Mmm.
Oh it’s so sweet.
Is it cold?
It’s not cold but it’s very sweet.
Yeah.
And very refreshing.
Still refreshing.
Mmm.
That’s really good.
I feel the electrolytes working.
That’s delicious.
Alright another stop.
It’s windy back there.
Yeah!
Look at that hair!
I know…I don’t even want to know what it’s doing right now.
Flock of seagulls.
Yeah, it’s very…
It’s dramatic.
It’s large feeling.
It’s dramatic.
Yeah.
Alright.
Time for some bubble tea.
It’s been too long.
We drove past this and you… you wanted to stop.
I may have shouted out ‘Black Pearl’!
Which one did you get, Eileen?
I got ube.
What?
Ube.
U-b-e.
What is that again?
That purple ice cream.
It’s…yeah.
It’s in the halo halo.
Yeah.
It’s like the purple ice cream in the halo halo.
Yeah.
And I loved it and it’s different so… I wanted to try it again.
Yeah.
What’s your favourite, Miles?
Ube.
You’re the ube guy as well?
Yeah.
I’m going to try that.
It sounds the most fun.
I’m boring and I got choco kisses.
Let’s have a cheers.
Cheers.
Cheers!
Ube…Black Pearl.
So you got…you got ube Miles and you got cookies and cream?
Choco Kisses.
Chocolate kisses?
Choco Kisses.
Yeah.
And how is it?
Mmm.
I feel like I’m five again.
I feel like ube is your new Filipino obsession.
It is.
Yeah.
I love it.
Ube this…ube that.
Mmm!
I love the colour.
I’m convinced that’s why you’re getting it.
But I got hooked on the tapioca balls in Taiwan so…
Yeah.
This is what we call ‘Eileen in her element’.
That, my friends, is a very happy woman.
You happy?
I am so happy!
I can’t even count how many dogs you have around you.
Seven.
This must be why it’s called ‘seventh heaven’.
Yeah!
Seven dogs.
And there’s the little shy one over there.
Can we be friends yet?
Why not?
Hi!
This is Marc.
Hello!
And this is Eileen.
Jerome. -Nice to meet you.
Marc.
Hi Jerome.
Eileen.
Hi!
So nice to meet you.
So you’re the baby, right?
Yes, I’m the youngest.
But I act like I’m the oldest.
That’s classic baby.
So you’re my aunt and he’s my uncle.
Uncle, yeah.
Great uncle.
Great uncle!
That was good!
Holy!
Nelson, did you make that?
No…Camelle the one who’s graduating.
Okay.
You just brought it in?
We’re here because Camelle has just graduated from nursing school
and she’s now moving to Canada.
And she’s related down the line.
Cousin.
So this is kind of a graduation party and a bon voyage party.
And a bon voyage all in one.
Yeah.
Are you excited about going to Canada?
Yeah, it’s good.
Toronto?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Where…do you know where you’re going to live?
Ontario.
Toronto, Ontario in Oakwood.
Oakwood?
Yeah.
Oak…ville…
Oakwood, yeah, yeah.
Oakville.
Yeah, yeah. -Oh cool!
Nice.
We’ll see you over there.
Soon…see you soon.
Try it.
Try that skin. -Woo!
It’s like a potato chip.
It’s good.
It’s really salty.
Yeah.
Mmm.
Good.
That’s good, yeah.
It tastes like bacon.
It’s like a nacho.
How was din dins?
It was delicious.
I’m pretty full right now.
Yeah.
There was so much food.
Yeah.
And just…the whole table was just full of food.
Yeah. -And it all went.
It’s all gone.
Yeah it’s all gone.
Yeah.
Everybody ate very well.
Everyone was very hungry.
Yeah.
Where’s your papa?
Are you…turn around.
Turn around.
Okay.
Just like a model.
How about your face.
How about your face?
Smile.
How about your teeth?
Show your teeth.
You can see this girl here in front of you…Eileen.
Guapa?
Oh!
She’s pretty!
Guapa!
Guapa, yeah!
95 years old.
He’s a lady’s man.
I can tell…I can tell.
They’re taking a video, Lolo.
They’re taking a video.
Everybody can see you all over the world.
Lolo…what’s the best part of turning 95?
What’s the best part Lolo?
I’ve been in Manila… I’ve been there for 2 years.
Oh you’ve been there?
Pangasinan in Manila.
Oh okay.
She went there….he went there.
Nice.
Well you have a really nice family.
Yeah. -Yes.
Yeah.
Nice to meet you, Lolo.
Yeah.
Nice to meet you.
See you later, Lolo.
Happy birthday!
Yeah.
Thank you.
This is so fun.
What a fun end to the night.
It’s our last morning and we are going to…Denny’s.
What are you thinking?
I’m…I’m thinking the All-American Slam.
That’s what I’m thinking.
It’s a good bet.
Yeah. One of the Slams.
Classic.
You always have to have a Slam at Denny’s.
What are you guys thinking over there?
Slam.
Lumberjack.
Slams? -Lumberjack Slam, yeah.
Oh the Lumberjack Slam.
Slams all around.
Yes.
What a slam dunk.
Thank you so much!
Okay then.
Bye Auntie.
Bye!
See you next time!
Bye!
Thanks for the ride.
We miss you already!
Bye!
Aww!
I feel sad.
Yeah I actually feel a bit teary.
It was such a nice couple days.
It was.
I’m just waiting to get inside the terminal because they have a security check
before you can actually even go inside.
And I have my passport but I don’t have an e-ticket on my phone
because we don’t have wifi so only Marc’s name is on the ticket.
But they won’t let me inside the terminal until I have my name on a ticket.
So Marc is allowed in so he’s inside the terminal trying to get a wifi signal
to load my e-ticket and I’m just waiting outside with all these people.
So hopefully we find my ticket soon.
Eileen is stuck out there while I’m in here trying to get the wifi to work.
Looks like maybe we’re on now.
Except I have to provide a phone number.
Is this going to work or do we need another solution?
I don’t know.
The wifi’s really slow.
She’s wondering if I should talk to Air Asia.
I’ve been trying to just load our itinerary and Eileen is still stuck outside.
K.
Alright, what do we think of the Cebu airport so far?
Kind of a joke, eh? -Well I really like that lady.
Yeah she’s…this lady’s the one who let us in. -Less sure about that lady.
This lady let us in and these ones don’t. -No she’s…you know what?
She’s just doing her job but it was just…
it was kind of tricky because there’s no wifi and we…
I have no way of proving that I’m on a flight today so…yeah.
Just so just screen cap or like print your ticket or something because
before you can even come inside the terminal,
they’ll want to see for sure that you’re getting on a flight today.
So…
Yeah.
Normally…I’ve never had that before but
so thankfully I was able to talk to this lady
and she understood and she said I could come inside so…
I’m glad you’re in.
So I am going on a flight.
Thank you!
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