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Pumanaw na ang batikang broadcaster at haligi ng GMA News and GMA Public Affairs na si Mike Enriquez.

Balikan ang kaniyang huling interview sa 'Surprise Guest with Pia Arcangel' na unang inilabas noong June 2022.

Maraming salamat sa lahat ng alaala, Sir Mike!

Balikan ang episode sa Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y6dbuxzt
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00:00 [music]
00:02 Hi everyone! It's another episode of Surprise Guest with Pia Arcangel,
00:06 which means another surprise for us.
00:08 We don't know who our guest for today is, but I have some clues that I got.
00:14 Okay, let's guess who our surprise guest is.
00:17 Okay, first,
00:19 a former radio DJ, okay.
00:22 Dreamt of becoming a priest or a pilot, wow.
00:27 Loves traveling with his wife,
00:30 and the last clue,
00:33 excuse me po!
00:35 Oh my gosh, excuse me po, I think our surprise guest today is Mr. Mike Enriquez.
00:41 Yes, Sir Mike! Hi!
00:43 Hello, Pia.
00:44 Hello, oh my gosh, yay Sir Mike!
00:46 Thank you so much for saying yes and joining us.
00:49 What a pleasant surprise.
00:50 Congratulations on your podcast.
00:53 Thank you, Sir Mike.
00:54 Sir Mike, it's been my dream to interview you ever since.
00:59 Ever since you started the podcast.
01:02 How are you po?
01:03 I'm fine, I'm fine.
01:04 I'm resting, but for you, I won't rest.
01:08 Oh wow, Sir Mike, we'll make the most of our time this afternoon.
01:13 Good, good, good.
01:14 But Sir Mike, how have you been?
01:16 You just got back to work and elections just finished,
01:19 so the schedule is a bit hectic, but how are you po?
01:22 I underwent a kidney transplant on December 16.
01:25 And then, when you have a kidney transplant,
01:28 they require you to be in isolation for three months.
01:31 And then I extended it because I caught an infection,
01:34 which is very, very dangerous for kidney transplants.
01:37 But now, I'm probably 80% recovered and strong.
01:43 At 80%, the doctors are clear that I can work.
01:47 So I go back to the radio in the morning, my first love, on DCWB.
01:52 And then at night, 6.30, 24 hours, on Saturday afternoon, I investigate.
01:59 Oh, which means you're from taping now, Sir Mike.
02:02 Yes, you know, before, I only had one episode before I got better.
02:09 But now, I'm proud.
02:11 I've already had two episodes per taping.
02:13 And God is still kind.
02:17 Sir Mike, but you said three months in isolation.
02:20 So what do you do for three months in isolation?
02:23 So that means even your closest family is not by your side.
02:26 No, none. Even the two dogs we love, Buma and Miki.
02:31 Because the doctors' rules are really strict.
02:37 So no one can come here.
02:40 Even in the apartment, I'm separated. And we don't fight.
02:44 I'm just separated because you need to be isolated.
02:48 So I'm here in our condo.
02:50 And until now, I'm still here.
02:53 Because the dogs are not allowed here.
02:56 We love them so much.
02:59 They love us so much.
03:01 I'm a pianist.
03:03 This is not the description that we will think of when we first think of Sir Mike Enriquez.
03:08 But you're a fur daddy.
03:10 With two fur babies.
03:12 That's true.
03:14 How old are they, Buma and Miki?
03:17 Buma is 13-14 years old.
03:20 Miki is around half the age of Buma.
03:23 Miki is Maltese.
03:25 Buma is Puddle.
03:27 They're cute.
03:28 They're cute.
03:29 When you FaceTime with Tita Baby, do you get to see the dogs?
03:33 No. Today, we just had lunch together.
03:36 We'd rather do it in person.
03:38 It's just near our house.
03:41 If there's no traffic.
03:43 So tomorrow, we'll have lunch again together.
03:47 Once, twice a week.
03:50 It's different from person to person, face to face.
03:53 But everyday, we'll call at least twice.
03:56 But at home, I can't.
03:58 Because you'll get an allergy to dogs?
04:00 Because their fur, the doctor said,
04:02 we might not know that there's something hidden that we can't see.
04:07 It's not good. It's dangerous.
04:09 Because we're immunocompromised.
04:13 We can easily get infected.
04:16 We can reject the kidney. It's a waste.
04:18 So Sir Mike, in between going on the radio and going in for 24 hours,
04:24 what do you do when you're in the condo?
04:27 I watch TV, YouTube, Netflix,
04:31 old DVDs, read, sleep.
04:36 Because every morning, I wake up at 4.30.
04:39 On weekdays, Monday to Friday,
04:41 because I have a program on the radio at 7 o'clock.
04:44 So on weekends, Saturday and Sunday, I try to recover.
04:50 I try to recover from sleep and rest.
04:52 Oh my, Sir Mike, what time do you wake up late for Mike Enriquez?
04:56 On weekdays?
04:57 On weekends?
04:58 I don't know, maybe 8 or 9 in the morning.
05:01 But I sleep around 10 or 11.
05:04 Because I watch videos or shows on cable channels.
05:12 And Netflix, and my movies here.
05:16 So I'm not conscious about sleep.
05:18 I'm sleepy.
05:20 Did you fall for K-dramas, Sir Mike?
05:23 No.
05:24 No.
05:25 We're still young.
05:26 You watch Western movies or series?
05:29 Yeah, documentaries.
05:31 I love documentaries.
05:33 Because it's true to life, right?
05:36 I watch documentaries.
05:38 By the way, talking about documentaries,
05:41 this is not because we have the same heart.
05:43 If you watch documentaries from other countries,
05:46 for example, British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC,
05:49 and you compare it to the documentaries made here,
05:53 especially our documentaries in GMA,
05:55 we're on the same page.
05:57 We're getting awards for our documentaries.
06:00 New York festivals, and things like that.
06:03 Sir Mike, I'm curious though,
06:04 because I remember when you came back,
06:06 I read some of the articles.
06:08 Because you had a short press con,
06:11 and you were saying that it was also a spiritual journey for you.
06:14 Can you tell us a little bit about that?
06:16 Yes.
06:17 I used to pray, but I learned to pray more.
06:22 So now, at least twice a day, I pray silently.
06:27 Especially when I go to bed early in the morning,
06:30 when the sun is still up,
06:32 or when it's still dark.
06:34 It's a good time to pray.
06:37 Just don't lose your concentration,
06:39 because you might get into an accident.
06:41 And then at night, in the silence of my room,
06:46 and then sometimes in the middle of the day,
06:49 I just pray.
06:52 All of my prayers start and end with a thank you.
06:56 It's always, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."
06:59 Because a lot of us pray when we need to,
07:02 when we ask for something.
07:03 I also pray, but the beginning and the end,
07:07 it's always a thank you.
07:09 That's nice.
07:10 They say, "Don't forget to say thank you
07:12 for the things that you prayed for."
07:14 Never forget. Yes.
07:16 Because all of this, all of this,
07:19 actually, all of what we have, we just borrowed it.
07:21 We just borrowed it.
07:23 And that's enough reason to say thank you.
07:25 So, Sir Mike, have you always been a prayerful man?
07:29 I mean, ever since you were a little boy?
07:31 Because I was surprised that you wanted to become a priest.
07:34 Yeah, good question.
07:35 I never knew that.
07:36 I learned this from my late father.
07:39 He was a lay minister.
07:42 He became the president of our choir.
07:44 He got married, et cetera, et cetera.
07:46 He said that the life of a person is like a circle.
07:49 It's like a circle.
07:50 In the beginning, you're close to God.
07:52 As your life progresses, it's a circle.
07:54 You're getting farther and farther from where you came from.
07:57 Now, when you're getting older, you're returning to God.
08:00 He said that.
08:01 That's his analogy with the life of a person.
08:04 That's why when I was a kid, I wanted to be a priest.
08:07 Actually, now, if you ask me,
08:09 I would not mind being a priest up to now.
08:12 Tita Baby will mind.
08:14 She will.
08:15 When I was in seminary, I tasted life.
08:19 I'm talking from experience.
08:21 Sir Mike, you entered the seminary because you wanted to try to become a priest.
08:26 Yes, Franciscan Seminary.
08:28 My house is in Franciscan in the Philippines.
08:30 Okay.
08:31 How long were you in the seminary, Sir Mike?
08:33 Less than a year.
08:34 It's like an open house.
08:36 They have that.
08:37 Those who are interested can go there.
08:39 They will show you the place.
08:41 I was supposed to be there for one week.
08:43 When it was almost over, I told my parents that I didn't want to go home.
08:46 That's true.
08:47 Because it was called a minor seminary for high school students,
08:53 the parents had to sign a consent sheet.
08:56 My parents didn't sign it.
08:58 So, our rector, the superior, told me that I cannot stay
09:02 because my parents' consent was not there.
09:05 I was so confused.
09:07 Why did your mind change?
09:08 What made you decide to leave that behind and then pursue a career in broadcasting?
09:14 I had an accident while working here.
09:19 One day, I was in college.
09:21 I had a high school buddy who was an announcer in Manila Broadcasting.
09:27 He was also in Taft Avenue.
09:29 Our school is in Taft Avenue.
09:31 One day, he called me and said, "Aren't you going to visit me?"
09:35 I asked him why.
09:36 "Are you sick?"
09:38 He said, "No, I'm an announcer now."
09:40 I said, "Okay, if I have time, I'll go visit you."
09:43 Then one day, one of our professors was absent.
09:47 I had nothing to do.
09:48 Their studios were just one ride away from where I was studying.
09:53 So, I took him there.
09:54 And then, they needed two announcers.
09:57 One was on leave, the other was suspended.
10:01 They couldn't find a new announcer.
10:03 They didn't have a day off.
10:05 I visited him.
10:06 The station manager was in the studio, in the booth.
10:08 He introduced me.
10:10 The station was in English.
10:12 This is my schoolmate, Mike.
10:14 He's visiting us.
10:15 I said, "Good morning, sir."
10:17 I remember his name, the late Tony Romero.
10:20 My classmate said, "All of a sudden, Mike is applying for a job."
10:25 I said, "Of course not."
10:27 "Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's applying to be an announcer," said my friend.
10:31 The manager, who was also desperate to get a reliever, said, "Why don't you try?
10:36 Nothing to lose."
10:38 He was 19 years old.
10:40 Nothing to lose.
10:41 He was a full-time student.
10:42 I said, "What should I do?"
10:44 He said, "Read the newspaper."
10:46 It was the Manila Bulletin.
10:48 It was an item about the elections.
10:51 The item's dateline was Sulu.
10:53 I wasn't nervous because I didn't know if I would be accepted.
10:56 I wasn't applying.
10:58 I didn't need a job.
11:00 I asked him, "How should I read this?"
11:02 He said, "The way you would read in class."
11:04 "Ah, just read it any way you want."
11:06 I read it.
11:07 At the end, he asked me, "When can you start?"
11:10 Of course, I was the one who was crazy.
11:12 I was adventurous, curious, curious.
11:15 I said, "Tomorrow."
11:17 "Bah, umuho, patay kang bata."
11:20 The next day, I was there at 8 o'clock.
11:23 The rest is, well, here we are.
11:26 Wow.
11:27 At the age of 19, you were already doing this.
11:30 You've been doing this for so many years.
11:32 That's such a feat to be able to do what you love for so long.
11:36 Yes.
11:37 What?
11:38 1969?
11:39 What?
11:40 I don't know how long it's been.
11:42 50, more than 50 years.
11:44 52, 53 years.
11:45 Sir Mike, I always thought your first radio job was FM DJ
11:50 who spins music.
11:52 No, no, no.
11:53 AM.
11:54 I was commanded in a station that changed format.
11:57 It's not English.
11:58 If it's English, we'll just play music.
12:01 At first, there was no labor code.
12:04 There was no human rights by seniority.
12:06 So at first, I wasn't really an announcer or a trainee.
12:10 And as a trainee, you won't start in front of the mic or the program.
12:15 You'll be training.
12:17 What training means is, "Hey, Enriquez, seniors, buy me a cigarette."
12:22 That's what the training was like.
12:25 There was a purpose to it, and they explained it to me when I was hired full-time.
12:30 They were testing how much I liked the job.
12:33 They were testing how far you can go to become an announcer.
12:39 Sometimes, when I was already on the air, I was on the air at 5 in the morning.
12:45 At 1 in the afternoon, they didn't change me.
12:48 Yes, that's a whole shift.
12:50 Yes. You know where the senior announcers are?
12:54 They're a group.
12:55 They're in the other building, smoking.
12:57 They're smoking.
12:58 While you're on the air, they're down there.
13:00 Yes.
13:01 They have a radio, a monitor, and they're listening.
13:04 I didn't know that.
13:07 Up to that time, they didn't change me.
13:08 The energy level didn't change.
13:11 The format, whatever.
13:13 Then one of them said, "You can do it."
13:17 Sir Mike, when did you become Baby Mike?
13:20 That was your radio name, right?
13:21 Yes. In 1972, all the stations were closed.
13:26 That included us.
13:27 Then, one station on the network where I used to work,
13:32 the station manager said, "You need names."
13:35 It was state-side.
13:36 Even at AM, we were like, "Shh, shh, shh."
13:39 The station manager said, "Okay, we need names."
13:43 He didn't ask me for a name.
13:46 He said, "You're Baby Michael."
13:48 Because my girlfriend's name was Baby.
13:52 Ah, that's where it came from.
13:54 It was Auntie Baby.
13:55 Yes.
13:56 It was Auntie Baby's girlfriend.
13:57 I thought it was another baby.
13:59 Sir Mike.
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15:23 Sir Mike, when did you become Baby Mike?
15:32 That was your radio name, right?
15:33 The station manager said, "Okay, we need names."
15:36 He didn't ask for a name.
15:38 He said, "You, Mike, are Baby Michael."
15:41 Because my girlfriend's name was Baby.
15:44 Ah, that's where it came from.
15:46 So your girlfriend's name was Tita Baby?
15:48 I thought you had a different baby.
15:52 No, no, no.
15:53 When was it?
15:54 We got married in 1977.
15:57 We became girlfriends in 1972.
16:00 We were boyfriends and girlfriends for five years
16:02 before we got married.
16:04 That's where Baby Michael came from.
16:06 The station manager told me.
16:08 What about Booma, Sir Mike?
16:10 Is that just an internal name we use for you?
16:14 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:15 A friend of mine called me, a DJ.
16:18 A very close friend.
16:19 We have a group of one.
16:21 We call them Billy Grimms.
16:22 Because our wives are really cheap.
16:25 You know how women are.
16:26 So our group was banded together.
16:28 Joey DeLeon was with us.
16:31 And Billy Grimms, one of them,
16:33 was a DJ at a radio station.
16:36 We were still in competition.
16:38 But we ended up being very good friends.
16:40 Then one day, he called me Booma.
16:42 I said, "What's that?"
16:43 "Oh, it's the Booma from that day."
16:45 "Elephant. Cartoon character."
16:47 "Because I'm getting fat now."
16:49 "But that day, I was even fatter."
16:51 He said, "Booma."
16:53 That's why our poodle's name is Booma.
16:56 A circle.
16:57 When he was in our cats,
16:58 I gave him his name, Booma.
17:00 Of course, I won't be bringing him near you.
17:02 But he will be bringing him near you.
17:04 That's so cute.
17:05 So that name became a thing.
17:07 Because in GMA, you're called Booma, right?
17:10 Yeah, Booma.
17:11 Sir Mike, you said earlier
17:14 that you really love radio.
17:16 Is that right?
17:17 Yes.
17:18 That means if you have to choose,
17:19 for example, you have a job
17:21 that's radio, TV, same time slot,
17:23 you still prefer radio?
17:25 Yes.
17:26 I've been asked that many times.
17:28 Yes, I always answer radio.
17:30 Why?
17:31 What is it that draws you more to radio than to TV?
17:34 I don't know.
17:35 That's where I started.
17:36 My fulfillment in radio is different.
17:38 For one thing, you already know this,
17:40 in TV, there are writers, producers,
17:43 editors, and whatever.
17:46 In radio, in the booth, in the studio,
17:49 you're alone.
17:50 You also have reporters,
17:52 you also have producers, etc.
17:54 But you're the only one who will put on your mic.
17:57 In TV, there's a director,
17:59 there's an executive producer.
18:01 In radio, you're the only one who will put on the mic.
18:04 So when you speak,
18:06 the words, the words are yours.
18:10 You don't read the script.
18:12 Of course, you have ethical guidelines,
18:16 standards.
18:18 So I don't know, I feel more independent in radio.
18:22 I can release my creative juices,
18:25 if you will.
18:26 But when you were offered to do TV,
18:29 the first time,
18:30 did you think about it or was it an automatic yes for you?
18:33 No, no.
18:34 In TV, let's start with GMA.
18:36 When I approached GMA,
18:38 I was with another network.
18:39 All radio, no TV.
18:41 They said,
18:42 "Maybe you want to switch networks?"
18:45 Actually, I sent them an ambassador first.
18:48 I didn't look at them first,
18:50 what my answer was,
18:51 so there's no loss of face,
18:52 no embarrassment.
18:53 "Do you want to work in a TV network?"
18:55 My answer was,
18:56 "It depends on the network."
18:58 Not all networks, radio or TV,
19:00 I'm willing to work for or work with.
19:05 After several weeks,
19:06 I was returned.
19:07 He said first,
19:08 "I will ask permission from my principals to identify them."
19:13 "Okay," I said.
19:14 So after several weeks,
19:16 he came back and said,
19:17 "Oh, I can tell you what network."
19:19 Then he said, "GMA."
19:21 Then I said, "GMA, isn't it radio?
19:23 Isn't it TV?"
19:25 "Yes," they said.
19:26 "We want to expand radio."
19:29 Because when I joined,
19:30 there were only four stations of radio in GMA.
19:34 Two in Manila,
19:35 one AM, one FM,
19:37 two in Cebu,
19:38 one AM, one FM.
19:39 Now,
19:40 because they were looking for a radio person
19:43 to expand radio,
19:46 to have more radio,
19:48 to make it wider.
19:49 Now, they have 27 radio stations
19:51 from Tuguegarao to Zamboanga.
19:53 Wow.
19:54 All under your watch, right, Sir Mike?
19:57 Well, like most everything else in our radio,
20:01 it's a collective effort.
20:02 At first, I wanted to do everything via IPA.
20:05 But I learned how to delegate.
20:07 So I'm the president of the radio company, RGMA,
20:10 but there are vice presidents,
20:12 you know,
20:13 there are people like that.
20:15 So my favorite line to the Tugaradzor is,
20:18 "Discard that."
20:20 I don't tell them that much,
20:22 but I still guide them.
20:24 But I usually tell them,
20:26 "Your call."
20:27 Or, "Your decision, please."
20:30 I put that on the margin.
20:31 Best way to learn then, right, Sir Mike?
20:34 Yeah.
20:35 You're always forced to hire
20:37 who you think are the most competent.
20:39 Because you know,
20:40 they don't know that at the start.
20:42 Because you know that you'll delegate to them.
20:44 When you delegate to Palpac,
20:46 they'll give you the results.
20:49 So the vetting process, if you will,
20:52 of getting all the way from regular employees,
20:56 from talents,
20:58 all the way to officers,
21:00 that's it.
21:01 Now, when you've vetted them
21:03 and you've handled them well,
21:05 you can let them rest.
21:07 That's the best way to do it.
21:09 Yes.
21:10 The results of the radio
21:11 is not the result of one man's work.
21:13 It is the result of every man and woman
21:15 in the organization.
21:17 Aside from being an on-cam, news anchor,
21:20 and on the radio,
21:22 you're also an anchor.
21:23 You're also the boss of the radio.
21:25 How did your executive career start?
21:28 Well, I'm the head of the radio.
21:30 But when you go to the radio,
21:32 which I hope you'll do someday,
21:34 you'll notice the "Wow!"
21:38 I offered online.
21:40 When you go to the radio,
21:42 you ask your TV news colleagues
21:46 who have a radio show,
21:48 like Connie, Egan,
21:50 you'll see Susan, Mark,
21:53 Emil, Sumangil.
21:55 You'll see the culture there.
21:58 If you don't know us,
22:00 you might say,
22:01 "What kind of people are these?
22:02 They have no respect."
22:03 But on the radio,
22:06 I'm just there,
22:07 "Good morning."
22:08 Then, I do my own job.
22:10 Sometimes, I have to feed them.
22:13 That's it.
22:14 I'm a boss, but I get annoyed
22:16 when I'm called that.
22:18 They call me "Buma."
22:20 "Buma" again.
22:21 Or "Sir Mike."
22:22 Stuff like that.
22:23 We're just like that.
22:26 We don't have "You'll sit on your own chair."
22:28 "You'll open the door for yourself."
22:31 We're not like that.
22:32 We're just the same.
22:33 Almost.
22:34 So, just the same.
22:35 Same, same.
22:36 That's what they say.
22:37 But Sir Mike,
22:39 was your first TV show sexy?
22:41 Yeah.
22:42 Oh, okay. With Vicky.
22:43 15 minutes.
22:44 With Karen Davila.
22:45 Oh, with Karen first.
22:47 Okay.
22:48 It was just 15 minutes?
22:49 Yeah.
22:50 Because the idea was,
22:51 when they called me for a meeting,
22:53 they said they wanted a fast-paced newscast.
22:55 Fast.
22:56 And just headlines.
22:58 But that was not my first TV appearance.
23:00 My first TV appearance was
23:02 during the elections.
23:03 Oh, like a special coverage.
23:05 Yeah.
23:06 I don't know what that was.
23:07 I can attend meetings.
23:09 Because I represent the radio.
23:11 The radio component of the elections.
23:13 Now, when the election day was coming,
23:15 the coverage,
23:16 they discovered that they were lacking male anchors.
23:19 They were lacking male anchors.
23:22 So, during the meeting,
23:24 we were looking at each other,
23:25 we were discussing,
23:26 and then, all of a sudden,
23:28 one of them said,
23:29 "You!"
23:30 He said,
23:31 "Just be an anchor."
23:32 I said, "Who are you talking to?"
23:34 "You!"
23:35 He said,
23:36 "Wait a minute."
23:37 I said, "Is this a joke?"
23:38 "If this is a joke,
23:40 this is a bad joke."
23:41 I said that.
23:42 Because the talk on the GMA radio,
23:44 right?
23:45 And I didn't think
23:47 that I would be on TV.
23:49 Then I told them,
23:51 which even my own mother used to say,
23:53 I said, "Hey, look at my face.
23:55 Is this a TV?"
23:56 I said that.
23:57 "Yes,"
23:58 one of them said,
23:59 "We'll just gamble."
24:01 Because they probably no longer had a balance.
24:04 When I joined the radio,
24:06 they were desperate
24:07 because they were lacking male anchors.
24:09 So,
24:10 I just gambled.
24:11 And then,
24:12 after the coverage,
24:13 I went home.
24:14 Sir Mike,
24:15 you're the perfect example
24:16 that when you're given an opportunity,
24:18 you have to embrace that opportunity
24:20 and really rise to the occasion.
24:22 Yeah.
24:23 I was forced.
24:24 I mean,
24:25 not really forced.
24:26 Because
24:27 I was already picked.
24:28 Yes.
24:29 You can't postpone the election.
24:31 So,
24:32 okay.
24:33 And it's also a good lesson
24:35 for those who want to be an anchor.
24:37 A good lesson for those who want to be broadcasters.
24:40 They said,
24:41 "The show must go on."
24:42 That's true.
24:43 Because,
24:44 that day,
24:45 when I was on the radio network,
24:47 before going to TV,
24:48 where should I be brought?
24:50 Because I was one of the youngest.
24:52 The elders said,
24:53 "Send Mike.
24:54 He doesn't have a family."
24:56 "If he dies,
24:57 he'll just cry a little."
24:59 They said that.
25:00 That's really the reason they gave you.
25:02 That's how it is.
25:03 Where should I be brought?
25:04 To Mindanao,
25:05 or whatever.
25:06 Didn't you go to the Middle East, Sir Mike?
25:08 Yes, in Iraq.
25:10 It's in Iraq.
25:11 It's in GMA.
25:12 Yes, me and Howie,
25:13 we went to Iraq.
25:15 Wow.
25:16 I can imagine
25:17 what kind of experience that was,
25:18 right, Sir Mike?
25:19 And then,
25:20 eventually, Sir Mike,
25:21 you did "Investigador."
25:23 The line,
25:24 "We won't force you."
25:25 You really owned that line.
25:27 Yes.
25:28 I just thought of that
25:29 when we were preparing "Investigador."
25:32 I don't know if I should say this.
25:34 Pia, sometimes,
25:36 sometimes,
25:37 not always,
25:38 those key phrases,
25:39 those lines,
25:40 sometimes,
25:41 you don't say goodbye.
25:42 You might get shot.
25:44 Just let it go.
25:46 Right?
25:48 That's what they're saying.
25:49 Best advice from Sir Mike,
25:50 don't say goodbye.
25:52 Yes.
25:53 They can't just
25:54 say something just because of that.
25:56 Now, if it succeeds,
25:57 okay.
25:58 If not,
25:59 okay.
26:00 That's what the Americans are saying,
26:01 "Raise the flag
26:02 and see if anyone will die."
26:03 If no one will salute,
26:04 we're dead.
26:05 We'll just lower it.
26:06 Right?
26:07 Just lower it.
26:08 If someone will salute,
26:09 think of your line.
26:10 Even with the iconic
26:11 teaching of the finger to the camera.
26:14 Yes.
26:15 Yes.
26:16 It should be at the same time.
26:17 So that was yours.
26:18 That was your line.
26:19 It came from you.
26:20 Yes.
26:21 And until now,
26:22 you're still using it
26:23 and you're always copying it.
26:24 Sometimes,
26:25 sometimes,
26:26 the more you think,
26:27 the more you copy.
26:28 Yes.
26:29 Yes.
26:30 Yes.
26:31 The more you think,
26:32 the more you have a hard time
26:33 developing that kind of line.
26:35 Sometimes,
26:36 at the spur of the moment,
26:37 it suddenly comes to you.
26:39 So suddenly,
26:40 you'll say something
26:41 when you're in a discussion.
26:42 You ad-lib a little bit.
26:43 That's what's picked up
26:44 on social media.
26:45 Right?
26:46 Like this one,
26:47 "Elections 2022 are canceled."
26:48 Is it like that?
26:49 And like,
26:50 for example,
26:51 "Excuse me,
26:52 I'm sure that was by accident
26:53 that you were asked to excuse me."
26:54 Yes.
26:55 I really get that.
26:57 There are others
26:58 who ask me,
26:59 "Are you doing that on purpose?"
27:00 I say, "No.
27:01 Why would I do that
27:02 if I really got sick
27:04 or something really happened
27:05 to my health?"
27:07 So,
27:08 "Excuse me,"
27:09 that's by training.
27:10 Because we were young,
27:11 we were taught that
27:12 when you get sick,
27:15 you'll say, "Excuse me."
27:17 Our grandmother taught us that.
27:19 So,
27:20 I brought that up
27:21 until I grew up.
27:22 Yes.
27:23 Actually,
27:24 all of us,
27:25 when we're on air
27:26 and we get sick,
27:27 we'll say, "Excuse me."
27:28 But Sir Mike Enrique's
27:29 way of saying it is,
27:30 "Excuse me."
27:31 I don't know if it's like that.
27:32 That's what they call it
27:33 when you're just giving
27:34 to your fellow man.
27:35 Right?
27:36 It's not like you just sit down
27:37 and pretend nothing happened.
27:38 "Excuse me, sir."
27:39 "Excuse me, sir."
27:40 "I'm sorry."
27:41 Right?
27:42 Sir Mike,
27:43 I have a question.
27:44 To all of your partners
27:45 on radio or on TV,
27:46 who is the most annoying?
27:47 Annoying?
27:48 Yes,
27:49 the most annoying
27:50 that you can't talk to
27:51 even if you're on
27:52 off-cam or off-mic?
27:53 Vicky and I,
27:54 we're not
27:55 the most annoying.
27:56 We're the most annoying.
27:57 We're the most annoying.
27:58 Vicky and I,
27:59 not because she's annoying
28:00 or I'm annoying.
28:01 It's just because
28:02 we have a lot of
28:03 common interests.
28:05 Like what are those
28:06 common interests?
28:07 Common topics
28:08 that we just like
28:09 talking about.
28:10 Politics,
28:11 family life.
28:12 We're like brothers.
28:13 We're like sisters.
28:14 I gave birth to one
28:15 of her twins.
28:16 Then her father
28:17 is my cardiologist
28:18 when I was bypassed.
28:19 Things like that.
28:20 Vicky and I
28:21 call each other
28:22 "partner."
28:23 Still a partner.
28:24 Actually, yes,
28:25 I heard it in the studio.
28:26 You really call
28:27 each other
28:28 "partner."
28:29 How about
28:30 male co-hosts
28:31 or co-anchors?
28:32 The most annoying
28:33 is Arnold Clavio.
28:34 He's the one who always loses.
28:35 I shouldn't have
28:36 asked that.
28:37 I should've given it.
28:38 He's a champion.
28:39 That's why
28:40 when you're
28:41 bantering on the radio,
28:42 people don't
28:43 really care.
28:44 You should know
28:45 that Arnold is your partner.
28:46 I know.
28:47 Yes, I know.
28:48 The story
28:49 on off-cam
28:50 is very interesting.
28:51 Correct.
28:52 Correct.
28:53 Yes.
28:54 Because Egan
28:55 has a marriage
28:56 test.
28:57 Oh my!
28:58 Among other things,
28:59 yes.
29:00 Do you play
29:01 golf with Egan
29:02 together?
29:03 Not really.
29:04 One day.
29:05 Now, I can't
29:06 play golf anymore.
29:07 Maybe when I get
29:08 stronger again.
29:09 But that's one of
29:10 my dreams.
29:11 You know,
29:12 when you're a golfer,
29:13 even if you play
29:14 10 times a day,
29:15 it's still a bit.
29:16 Wow!
29:17 Really?
29:18 At least when I was
29:19 a golfer.
29:20 Tita Babes
29:21 was called
29:22 "golf widow."
29:23 She wasn't a beauty.
29:24 But when she wakes up,
29:25 she's always by her side.
29:26 I'm always there
29:27 on the golf course.
29:28 Because our group
29:29 was the first
29:30 to be popular
29:31 in the morning.
29:32 As soon as
29:33 there's a bit of daylight,
29:34 we're already there.
29:35 And then,
29:36 what time will you
29:37 reach?
29:38 We're early.
29:39 We're tea-off
29:40 by 10,
29:41 10.30.
29:42 I'm already
29:43 in the office.
29:44 Ah, just in time.
29:45 And that day,
29:46 the traffic wasn't
29:47 that bad.
29:48 Now, when you're
29:49 playing golf,
29:50 you have to
29:51 allocate at least
29:52 half the day.
29:53 Yes.
29:54 Tita Baby
29:55 didn't want to
29:56 join the golf.
29:57 Sometimes,
29:58 I'd take her
29:59 to the golf course.
30:00 We'd walk
30:01 to the golf course.
30:02 I wanted to teach her.
30:03 After the front nine,
30:04 first nine holes,
30:05 18 holes,
30:06 right?
30:07 After the first
30:08 nine holes,
30:09 she'd go back
30:10 to the clubhouse.
30:11 She didn't want to go
30:12 because it's hot.
30:13 The sun
30:14 would ruin
30:15 her skin.
30:16 [laughs]
30:17 "The girls are so annoying."
30:19 [laughs]
30:20 "It's okay."
30:21 Legitimate concern.
30:22 The sunscreen
30:23 and the protection
30:24 from the sun.
30:25 Legitimate concern
30:26 for women.
30:27 For golfers,
30:28 don't worry.
30:29 Even if it rains,
30:30 even if it's white,
30:31 even if it's hot,
30:32 it's still okay.
30:33 It's like Egan.
30:34 Yes.
30:35 Egan
30:36 takes pictures.
30:37 You see,
30:38 some of them
30:39 are pouring.
30:40 He's still taking pictures.
30:41 [laughs]
30:42 Egan should
30:43 not be able to hear this.
30:44 We've already
30:45 discussed this.
30:46 [laughs]
30:47 Oh, Sir Mike,
30:48 thank you so,
30:49 so much
30:50 for spending
30:51 this afternoon
30:52 with us.
30:53 "What?
30:54 I'm not doing
30:55 much."
30:56 [laughs]
30:57 "Joke, joke, joke."
30:58 No, but really, Sir Mike,
30:59 because for us,
31:00 it's such a big deal
31:01 that we're able to
31:02 be with you
31:03 for this amount of time
31:04 because we know
31:05 you're very busy
31:06 and you also have to
31:07 spend your quality time
31:08 with Tita Baby,
31:09 with Buma,
31:10 and Miki.
31:11 [laughs]
31:12 But before we wrap
31:13 things up, Sir Mike,
31:14 maybe it's
31:15 what I've really
31:16 been wanting to ask
31:17 also is,
31:18 what do you want to share
31:19 with people?
31:20 Not really just
31:21 aspiring journalists,
31:22 but young people
31:23 because I think that
31:24 young people are always
31:25 in search of good role models.
31:26 And for us at GMA,
31:27 you have always been
31:28 a good role model to us.
31:29 And what do you want
31:30 to say to them
31:31 for those who are,
31:32 you know,
31:33 about to embark
31:34 on a career
31:35 that they want to try out
31:36 or they have
31:37 plans in life
31:38 that they want to do?
31:39 The most successful
31:40 broadcasters
31:41 or people,
31:42 for that matter,
31:43 anyone,
31:44 are those who
31:45 can help their fellow.
31:46 And I think
31:47 that's what
31:48 I want to say
31:49 to those who
31:50 can help their fellow.
31:51 This job
31:52 is all about that.
31:53 It's about helping people,
31:54 about help,
31:55 not necessarily
31:56 helping people in need
31:57 or people who have problems.
31:58 It's helping people
31:59 find the truth.
32:00 It's helping people
32:01 know reality
32:02 so that
32:03 they know how to respond
32:04 and how to carry themselves
32:05 through life.
32:06 This is what
32:07 this is all about.
32:08 This is not about fame.
32:09 This is not about money.
32:10 Although,
32:11 even if you ask
32:12 Pia,
32:13 she's not going to
32:14 tell you
32:15 what to do.
32:16 So,
32:17 even if you ask Pia,
32:18 eventually it will come.
32:19 Okay?
32:20 That's why,
32:21 when I was a station manager,
32:22 I interviewed
32:23 the applicants.
32:24 It's time
32:25 for the applicants
32:26 to ask,
32:27 "Sir,
32:28 how much is the salary here?"
32:29 I didn't answer.
32:30 For me,
32:31 that's the wrong
32:32 foot forward.
32:33 For me,
32:34 it's,
32:35 "Sir,
32:36 what does it take
32:37 for this job?"
32:38 I engage that.
32:39 But,
32:40 especially in the beginning,
32:41 you'll be asked right away,
32:42 "Sir,
32:43 how much is the salary here?"
32:44 "Oh,
32:45 it's not that much."
32:46 "Oh,
32:47 it's not that much."
32:48 "Oh,
32:49 it's not that much."
32:50 "Oh,
32:51 it's not that much."
32:52 "Oh,
32:53 it's not that much."
32:54 "Oh,
32:55 it's not that much."
32:56 "Oh,
32:57 it's not that much."
32:58 "Oh,
32:59 it's not that much."
33:00 "Oh,
33:01 it's not that much."
33:02 "Oh,
33:03 it's not that much."
33:04 "Oh,
33:05 it's not that much."
33:06 "Oh,
33:07 it's not that much."
33:08 "Oh,
33:09 it's not that much."
33:10 "Oh,
33:11 it's not that much."
33:12 "Oh,
33:13 it's not that much."
33:14 "Oh,
33:15 it's not that much."
33:16 "Oh,
33:17 it's not that much."
33:18 "Oh,
33:19 it's not that much."
33:20 "Oh,
33:21 it's not that much."
33:22 "Oh,
33:23 it's not that much."
33:24 "Oh,
33:25 it's not that much."
33:26 "Oh,
33:27 it's not that much."
33:28 "Oh,
33:29 it's not that much."
33:30 "Oh,
33:31 it's not that much."
33:32 "Oh,
33:33 it's not that much."
33:34 "Oh,
33:35 it's not that much."
33:36 "Oh,
33:37 it's not that much."
33:38 "Oh,
33:39 it's not that much."
33:40 "Oh,
33:41 it's not that much."

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