#15: Blessie Marie Panopio - Building a Following with Authenticity, Internet Fame, and Toxic Filipino Culture - One Thousand Gurus Podcast

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J.R. (00:01):
Hello everyone and welcome back to another fun episode of
1000 Gurus, where it is mydesire to have great
conversations with unique andinteresting guests from various
fields, backgrounds and walks oflife.
So today's guest is BlessiePanopio and let me read her bio.
She has 880,000 followersacross her social media accounts

(00:23):
, tens of millions of viewsacross her videos and is known
internationally for her comedycouple and Filipino culture
content.
She was a choreographer forShiro's first place 2024
K-Factor set.
She enjoys karaoke during herspare time, dancing K-pop covers
, and is a pun-thusiast.
Although this episode was a lotof fun because I was able to

(00:44):
feature my internet famousgirlfriend, it was also the
strangest interview I've done sofar.
We've been together for almost5 years now and, unlike previous
interviews where I'm genuinelylearning about someone, I felt
like I knew most of the answersbefore I asked the questions,
which I guess is a good thing.
Also, a good chunk of thisinterview covered the JR and
Blessie brand, so I found myselfanswering half of the questions

(01:05):
myself, or at least throwing inmy perspective, as well as
after hers.
But regardless, it was fun tobe able to showcase her journey,
success and mindsets with theaudience so that you all might
admire her as much as I do, so,without further ado, please
enjoy this episode with BlessieMarie Pinocchio.

Blessie (01:24):
Hello and welcome back to another episode of 1000 Gurus
.
Today's guest is Blessie MariePinocchio.
Thank you for being here.
I really appreciate it.
I know we just met, so you knowyeah, I did research on the way
.
Yeah, so I'll go into how I knowyou.
So, just kidding, this willsound like our dating history.

(01:47):
This is an interestinginterview because it's I already
kind of know all the answers.
Right, we've been togetheralmost five years now, so, yeah,
I already know, but this is foreveryone else, so, yeah,
anyways.
So, like we met at the k-popacademy, which is right across
from the source in Buena Park.
I had taught a BTS k-pop classand then you had taken the class
and then sometime later youstarted teaching there and then

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as well, and that was like rightafter my time slot, and then
eventually we started hangingout.
I invited you to sing karaokewith my friends, because you
know you're Filipino and Ishould probably like karaoke,
and yeah, and then so we were.
Then we started dating laterthat year, and then so we were.
Then we started dating laterthat year, and then you've,
since then we've been togetherand then you've worked at an
optometrist office, you work ata cafe.
You went to college inWashington State, also high

(02:31):
school right or part of highschool.
And then last year you joinedthe K-pop cover team, shiro in
the 626 area, and we had I hadinterviewed Shirley, one of your
directors.
And then you've also beensinging and dancing for forever,
like most Filipinos, and you'vewon singing competitions, some

(02:53):
against little kids and someagainst people your own age.
And you're also, yeah, andyou're also dating this really
good looking, smart, charismatic, talented dude.
Wonder who that is?
It's me, anyways, yeah anythingelse?
clarifications well, yep, that'spretty much how we met each
other.
I just kept saying yes toeverything that you invited me
to, also hope that I didn't havetoo many friends, so, yeah, so

(03:13):
dating tip date someone who hasno friends and is super
available and suggest everything.
Yeah, one of the.
Okay, I guess we can get intothis, but like one of the one of
the like the times when I'mlike, oh okay, maybe she might
be the one right, you know whenyou're kind of dating is I
invited her to watch the onepiece movie that came out that
year and she doesn't reallywatch one piece.

(03:34):
This is one piece, like theshirts that I always wear in my
podcast.
It's my favorite anime, and soshe doesn't really watch one
piece.
And I was like, hey, you wantto watch this movie, and she's
sure.
And I'm like, hmm, she'swilling to watch one piece for
me.
All right, she must like methen, because one piece is a
crazy experience very long animethat I even personally have not
exactly, so she hasn't finished, but she's still.

(03:55):
Yeah, she still watched themovie with me, so that was good,
and any other movie.
I think we watched the liveaction together too.
The live action, oh yeah,netflix, that came out a couple
years ago, yep, cool.
So I guess we can go straightinto the first topic, which is
basically your origin storyfamily, dynamic, main influences
.
So where were you born andraised?
What was it like in yourhousehold?

(04:15):
What were your careeraspirations and your main
influences growing up?
yeah, so I was born and raisedin the philippines.
I moved to washington statefirst in 2006.
We lived mostly with my aunt'sfamily because they petitioned
our family petition meaning likeyou're trying to get your
family from your home country toyour current country and we

(04:37):
lived with her for 10 ish years.
Yeah, and then I moved tocalifornia so that was when you
went to move to washington.
You were in what I was 2006, andthen I was like in high school
I was.
I went into eighth grade okay,but I was already in high school
in the philippines, which is,yeah, because the school system
is a little different back thereback then, and so, yeah, I

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moved to cal 2016.
Ironically, on your birthday, Iremember that April 5th and I
didn't meet you yet.
But anyway, yeah, I moved toCalifornia because my dad was
living here, and then I later on, after a few years, I started
joining Shiro, the dance teamthat I'm currently in.
And what did I miss?

(05:20):
Is it studying?
Yeah, and what did I miss?
Is it studying?
Yeah, so you moved toWashington from the Philippines
and you went into like middleschool or end of that beginning
of high school, and then youwent to college up there in
Washington state, too right.
What did you study?
What was your like careeraspirations?
What did you want to do at thatpoint?
I studied IT, which is a degreeI'm currently not using but I

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mainly wanted to be a graphicdesigner.
That was why.
And my school at the time onlyoffered that didn't offer a
graphic design course, so I justwent to something the closest
thing to that one, I guess likeweb design.
So, yes, that was my goal as acollege student, but right now I
work at an insurance companyand as far as like other dreams

(06:07):
and aspirations, yeah, I mainlywanted to do content creation
also on the side, and turned outto be, when we met, we both
wanted to create content and wehad, I don't know, similar ideas
on as to what content we couldcreate and whatever we were
posting.

(06:27):
We just went with what, whatresonated with the people, with
the audience that we reached,and so that's, I would say, how
jaron blessey was created.
Yeah, we'll get back to jaronblessey stuff later on, like
content creation, but so youoriginally wanted to go into it,
or you said graphic design andthen, so you didn't do that.

(06:48):
But then when you moved back tocalifornia- then, you like, were
working in various jobs andwhatnot, and then now like in
like insurance, but also I meanagain, I know your backstory but
like you were also like whenyou're in the philippines you
were training in singing andwhatnot, and then you also did
some, you know, like videoediting here and there just for
fun, like with your family, andwhatnot.
So at that point in time, Iguess, like from college to post

(07:11):
college, what was like yourkind of trajectory of what you
wanted to do?
What were your aspirations?
well, what?
was it.
Yeah, I went in the philippines.
Sorry, what was the firstquestion?
I mean because, because I knowthat you were also like training
and singing, and there we gotraining and singing.
Sorry, I lost that yes, my momdid put me through voice lessons

(07:31):
just, I guess, most filipinokids but because my mom heard me
sing one time and I was like,oh, let me like have you improve
on that skill, and so which Idid three like levels in the
voice lesson company that I wentthrough, so that was fun.
I got to do some performances.

(07:52):
That's how I, I would say mytraining for like public
performances, like performing inpublic, and so that's how I'm,
I would say I'm comfortable withlike dancing or singing and on
a stage now, and so, yeah, yeah,dreams.
As far as like video editingand stuff, I've also been like

(08:14):
into well, dance covers that'swhat I was doing before and like
little montages of like when Itravel with family or like with
friends.
Those are the like, I would say, my practice for video editing
and so that's how I like, Iguess, got better with that and

(08:35):
that also helped with likecurrent content creation skills
that I can apply.
Right that I can apply Right.
So then, did you ever want tobecome some sort of like artist,
either singing, dancing orsomething like that?
Because you had the, you wereinto dancing and K-pop and we
can also go into like yourexperience there, but then also,
yeah, singing, and so I knowyou mentioned like college and

(08:59):
then postgrad, but what was yourthought process then?
Did you want to do something inlike the performing arts or did
you have these skill setsobviously?
Yeah, I would say I wish I couldhave started like YouTube back
in the day, and then now I'mjust, I guess, catching up on
that Like trying is a big wordTrying to create content on my

(09:19):
own and with you as well.
So yeah, what were some of yourmain influences like growing up
in like that sort of space Incontent creation, like singers,
dancers, youtubers, whatnot whatwere some of your influences
that informed kind of like thestuff that you do today?
Yeah, I'm a big fan of ToriKelly.
I just watched her concertrecently.
You guys are besties right, yes,we are.

(09:41):
I met her, like I want to say,seven times now, that's best
friends.
You don't meet non-best friendsseven times.
That's right.
Yeah, so she's just one of Iwould say, yeah, one of the most
powerful like greatestvocalists of this generation, I
would say, but anyway her as asinger.
As far as other contentcreation, I love Megan Batun.

(10:01):
She's also a dancer, also halfFilipino, does like dancing and
interior design for her content,stuff like that.
Jen M is also a person that Ifollow online.
I just love the aesthetic ofher videos.
It's so like when you watch herlong form content, that is like

(10:22):
the type of content that Iwould like to do eventually in
the future, because it's justlike very relaxing, like the
graphics, the editing, they'revery pleasing to watch and see
and to experience throughout thewhole video.
So are there any other, likeother creators, that kind of
influenced you or informed, likehow you approach content
creation, or like the style thatyou have or your sense of

(10:45):
aesthetics or humor or anythinglike that, like artistry?
yeah, as far as like, when I'mvideo like and when I'm editing
videos, I always try to like,match, like the music with like
whatever you're seeing, just howlike, like little details like
that, like even like subtitles,like the captioning and
everything.
I try to make it so it's a veryenhanced experience for the

(11:07):
watcher, the viewer, so they'remore interested, interested to
watch it throughout the wholevideo.
You know they're not bored oranything.
No dead areas too.
Like when I'm editing stuff,our content for youtube, like
when there's a, I try to cut offthe filler words and the dead
areas and keeping the ideasthat's being talked about very

(11:31):
coherent, cohesive.
Yeah, stuff like that.
So yeah, that kind of style forvideo editing I see.
So then, with those three sortof well, I guess I would say the
three things that I see thatyou do would be like singing,
dancing and comedy sort ofcontent Do you like lean more

(11:51):
towards one, or is there like anorder of like how heavy you'd
be into each one, or is it allthree, or like, how do you see
that?
What are the types of things youdo?
I aspire to be more like forcomedy not okay, not very like
comedy, but like those likevloggers.
I would say it's not exactlycomedy, but like storytellers.

(12:13):
I'm not very good at that, butthat's what I'm trying to work
on.
I would say like what kind ofstory like when they're just
going about their day and thenthey're just showing that.
I feel like that's a very, Iwould say, relaxing thing to
watch nowadays now, that likewhen you're eating or whatever,
or just lounging at home.
But yeah, that's, I would say,the type of kind of content that

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I'm already like drawn to andthat I want to do.
As far as dancing, that'salways been like easy for me to
do, not that I'm good orwhatever, like the great, I'm
not great, but like it's easierfor me to pull out that type of
content because it's just like ayou sit, you set your camera
down and then you just learn.
You know you learn it for a fewminutes or hours like producing
the content.
Yeah, it is prettystraightforward, um singing also

(12:57):
, but I feel like that's moretechnical for me, especially if
I don't know my voice is notlike up to par that day or
something that's also easy.
But I would say like in thatorder, because I dancing is, I
would say, my first love, that'salways been what like really I
would say I'm passionate about,I'm happy to do all the time.
I know like my mom like pushedme to do more singing because

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that's more she like thefilipino culture I would they're
more into.
Like the singers.
That's more she like theFilipino culture I would say
they're more into like thesingers.
That's more like the popularright they're more popular in
their perspective.
But for dancers it's.
They think, oh, they're justbackup dancers, you know it's
not.
They won't make as much moneyor whatever or much money for as

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they're not the stars that likeare or much money for us.
They're not the stars that arethe headliners or like the
people that people go see.
It's normally like a musicalartist.
Yeah, but for me, as much assinging is great and everything
it's like, dancing is what makesme happy at the end of the day.
Right, okay.
That makes sense.
So then, content creation yousaid that one of the main things

(14:03):
that you want to do is more ofthose sort of vlog style, like
influencers sharing their lifeand like relaxing sort of
content, and I guess I alreadyasked, like what your main
influences are.
But so, aside from that, likehow did it's like a weird
question to ask because Ialready know the answer but like
how did JR and Blessie start,and what was your approach to
what you wanted to do with thatsort of content?

(14:25):
lessee start and what was yourapproach to what you wanted to
do with that sort of content?
Yeah, I think.
Well, like I mentioned earlier,we just both wanted to start
creating content and we werejust trying things.
I feel like in the beginning,since we were both dancers, we
are both dancers we tried doingthe dance I think serendipity by
jimin was the first dance videothat we did and then, like,

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from then, sometimes we'd justbe in the car like talking or
like messing around or whatever,just having fun, and and then
one day we were just recycle, wewere just recycling old
filipino jokes.
It's not even, it's not evenoriginal, so but I would say,
sometimes the delivery, or youknow people just hearing those

(15:07):
jokes.
One more time, filipinos love agood comedy, good puns, and I a
pun enthusiast queen of puns Ilove puns so much that and it
really helped, I would say.
Knowing two languages, it'seasier to put words that sound
alike together.
That's why I would say,sometimes it comes easier for me

(15:30):
to create a random pun and thenif it works, it works for
people, you know.
If not, it doesn't then, yeah,from like the paul video, I
would say that was our first.
Was it our first popular one ofthe?
One of those using a sentenceones.
Yeah, it was one of the firstmost viral videos.
In fact we have that one now.
Wow, hey Blessie.
Yes.

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Can you use Paul four times in asentence?
Oh, absolutely Paul.
Be careful you might fall downthe swimming pool.
So silly.
And I'm wearing my Game ofThrones shirt there.
I just realized so that one had10 million views on the tiktok
and then it's been reposted onfacebook and also youtube and

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other people like pirate thatcontent.
So it's like there's like tensand tens of millions of views on
just that video.
But that was one of the firstvideos.
That was like a whoa, and thenwe just started like gaining
hundreds of thousands offollowers after that and then we
started leaning into the wholelike using a sentence stuff, and
then random comedy, couplestuff and whatnot.

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But so I guess my question iswhat was your approach?
And then, how does like yourcontent stand out compared to
like other things out there?
And then what was the turningpoint that made content creation
feel different for you thanjust kind of posting casually?
I think we just kept going andthat was like the key is always
trying to figure out, like, whatother content we could do, like

(16:56):
looking up other jokes, trendsthat we could do, just having a
constant product for people towatch, and it's.
It's just like in the art, likewhatever you put out there,
it's up to the people if they'relike gonna like it or not.
And and then, with tiktok'salgorithm, you know, it reached
certain audiences, obviouslysome filipinos, some couples for

(17:18):
a couple content.
So, yeah, I think what worked isjust constantly putting out
content yeah, there are peopleout there who put out three
pieces of content a day and theydon't get any traction so the
insights for the audience wouldbe like so what makes your
content stand out?
And like how do you build afollowing or get a viral video?
I think most people know that,yeah, if you don't put out

(17:38):
content, you don't do anythingright so, meaning, meaning.
What do you think makes yourapproach stand out?
That created, like thequote-unquote success that you
had?
Maybe just like the quirky side,like us being like just like a
breath of fresh air, like justit's just two people having fun

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and like making jokes online andit's just like a quick joke and
it's like an instant, like, oh,that made me like laugh for a
little bit kind of thing.
So so that that kind of thing,and then for, like, couple and
dance content those are alwaysjust very entertaining.
It's, I would say, yeah, justlike we were leaning more
towards just entertainment, andthat's like a quick boost of.

(18:25):
Yeah, like indoor fans of acertain tone.
So what advice would you give topeople who want to build a
following or create viral videosor any?
Insights on an approach tocontent creation that you would
recommend?
I feel like what worked for uswas we utilized like our skills

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or talents for puns.
We just kept like producingthem.
You know, just whatever you'regood at.
I would say, just produce thatcontent, yeah, and then be
authentic.
Also, I would say that's themost important thing, because if
you enjoy what you're doing weboth enjoyed what we were doing.

(19:07):
I would say so, and people sawthrough that, yeah, like they're
both just having fun.
Yeah, I think one thing I wouldlike to add on to that is like
one thing about because mostpeople they think they want to
have viral videos, but viralvideos don't really do anything
for you if you actually want tocreate content that makes an

(19:28):
impact or build a following aslike a personal brand or make
people want to follow you.
So if you're, the goal is morejust to have followers, right,
and I think the what I found inbuilding and creating content is
that people will resonate withyou as a person and not
necessarily like the clickbaity,trendy sort of things that you
know.
Sometimes it's kind of like Idon't know trends out there,

(19:51):
kind of questionable sometimesbecause it's okay, it's just a
dumb thing and who cares?
But there, but in order to makepeople want to follow, you is
putting out or creating a brandor establishing what you are as
a person or as a creator, andbeing authentic.
And when you put out authenticcontent, then people want to
follow you because they want tofollow who you are and not just
the trendy, clickbaity sort ofcontent that some people put out

(20:12):
and given.
Some people build like millionsof followers based on like
trendy clickbaity stuff, but thepeople, the audience who you
really want to gain, they're notgoing to resonate because they
don't really know the real youor what you're actually standing
for, what you're all about.
So I would say that's one bigthing for people who want to
actually build a following isestablishing what you want to

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put out and then being authenticto that.
Like you said, identifying yourskill sets, what you're good at
or what type of content you wantto put out, I feel like is
really key, and not generallyjust chasing the trends.
But even on that, like we'vedone, videos that were like just
trend chasing and neither of usenjoyed that.
It was like we're like oh, thisis so gross because we've had a
couple content and it's fineand we know that it's going to

(20:55):
do well because it's just sothat sort of like.
Like it's so cringy but youknow it's gonna work because
that's how the algorithm is andpeople some people like that.
But it's also a like a facadebecause people think, oh, that's
them, they're just the weirdcutesy, but we're like in real
life, we're not like that.
It's all just for entertainmentpurposes.
It's kind of like being actorsright we're like okay, here's
the script, here's how we'regonna act.

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And I found that when wefollowed other like couple
comedy con, like content andthere's a lot of couple like
content out there 99% of that isall fake and scripted and it's,
oh, secret camera.
It's not a secret camera.
They scripted this out, theyplanned out the shots, they got
the lighting, because that'swhat we had to do.
And like that inauthenticity, Iwas like is this really worth
putting out?
Yeah, aside from that, the jokestuff like it's fun, because we

(21:39):
enjoy comedy and humor and likefun stuff here and there.
But to the point of creatingauthentic content, to build an
actual following, you have to dosomething that's authentically
you yep, and you can see throughit for, like other couples too,
sometimes it's oh yeah, I'vedefinitely seen like other
people doing the same thing andyou're just doing the trend yeah
and imagining like doing thatagain.

(22:01):
I'm'm like hmm.
Yeah, exactly, there's so manytrends that we've done and then
we're like, okay, the video didwell, obviously, but we didn't
really enjoy that content, whichis a big reason why I don't
really want to do a lot of theclickbaity, trendy content, you
know.
Now I just like focusing oncontent that we both enjoy doing
.
Or it's like stuff that theintent of the video is one thing
and then the people take it asa completely different thing.

(22:23):
Yeah, exactly, because that'show all art is, is that you can
put something out there with acertain intent, but then people
can receive it the way they want.
That's how art works.
Yep.
That's exactly what happenedwith.
I don't want it anymore, yeah,okay, so here's this video.
Telling my boyfriend I don'tlike my food.
I don my food and I don't wantit anymore.

(22:48):
Well, that's it.
Yeah, we already had chickenearlier.
Okay, so you can watch that.
I'll link to that video.
That's our most viral video,like 15 million just on tiktok
still going and again also onfacebook, also on youtube, also
on instagram, and it's superviral but, that video.
Neither of us are like that andneither of us have ever done
that, but we got known for that.
And then people like somepeople.
Well, obviously some peoplelike it because they know it's

(23:09):
like for fun, but some peoplereally hate it.
On Blessie because, oh my gosh,she's so annoying.
I just want to smack her.
And you're like it's fake.
Guys, like most things online,it's fake and then so you became
that oh and I don't want itanymore.
I did become that and thenpeople just I would say mocking
that, but like they're just orsometimes they're just having
fun with the baby voice likethey want to do the baby voice

(23:30):
to their partner too, so theyjust try that line or whatever.
Yeah, and then they get smackedor whatever, depending on their
plan for that skit yeah, I wasgonna ask, like, what are some
of your unlike?
jaren bless you what are some ofyour favorite videos or
favorite stories, if you canremember any.
Why is the first thing coming up?
Like us meeting, like otherinfluencers and, yeah, like we

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met Happy Slip she is also aFilipino comedian.
I think she was like a biginfluence for both of us too,
because she's like one of thefirst like Filipino YouTubers OG
YouTubers 2006, 2008, 2008,.
whatever, that was so cool.
So yeah, so we linked on TikTokbecause she saw our stuff and
then we ended up creating aTikTok together and so that was
cool.
So now we know each other.
What she told us was she wasjust trying to get on TikTok at

(24:19):
the time, and so literally whatshe did was search up filipino
comedy and our stuff came up,and so, yeah, I don't even was
it she, her, who reached out orus, uh, I don't remember.
Yeah, but we ended up likegetting on a phone call with her
like talking about, like how weapproached tiktok and she like
really appreciated it.
And then we filmed the using asentence I'll link.

(24:40):
I'll link it in the show notestoo.
Yep, but that was cool.
Yeah, and then she or she had Ialso met like RJ Random Ridge
and then AJ Raphael as well,which is like crazy, like we
were just at Rodeo 39, I think.
Yeah.
And then yeah, and then the factthat AJ Raphael recognized me.
I was like me.

(25:06):
And then, yeah, just fangirls orwhatever, yeah, so yeah, those
are always nice like a perk ofbeing a influencer, yeah we're
like micro, famous in somecircles, like whenever I go to a
like jolly b or a secret city,or when we went to the
philippines last year, you cantell.
But bless is a little bit likeless perceptive than I am
because I'm just very hyperperceptive, but I can tell when

(25:26):
someone's looking at us because,well, first off my instinct,
when I'm right here at the gala,I'm like, oh, someone's going
to know.
And if they're like our age oryounger and they're on TikTok,
yeah, I'm away.
And then I'll notice, like whenwe walked around in Philippines

(25:48):
, like if someone stares at us,like looks at us, makes eye
contact, and then they look awayand then they look back for a
second time like they recognizeme or her or both of us.
And it's also funny because byourselves we may or may not be
recognized, but together.
People are like oh, I know thembecause we're like a one sort of
couple right a few weeks ago,like outside, like a store yeah
yeah, some girl was like oh, areyou guys?
jaren Blessie.
Yeah, you arrived.
That's when she pointed out.
But when it was just me, shewas probably like she looks
familiar yeah.
Yeah, there was one time I wasat the gym during the pandemic,

(26:10):
like outside, and then some guycrossed the parking lot, went up
to me and was like Blessie andI was like JR, close enough.
But it's because Blessie nameis obviously more iconic, like
memorable, because it's likemore unique, at least in the us
it's more uh filipino yeah, yeah, yeah and and then obviously
she's in a lot.
She's, like the, the face ofmost of our most viral videos,

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so people recognize her facemore and so he probably just
didn't.
He was just like Blessie, rightyeah, it's my girlfriend, but
anyways and then just the randompeople who come up to us ask
for a photo, like still happensto this day.
But every time I like here,tagalog, or we're in a place
like artigia cerritos with a lotof filipinos, okay, no, even
jollybee, I'm like okay, theworkers are staring at us, I
know who we are yeah, um, butyeah, it's a lot of fun.

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So it's, it's a cool thing, butit's not like, at least for me
personally.
It's like I could be uberfamous and it doesn't really
like matter to me personally,even when I meet other famous
people, I'm just like oh, heyadria rafael, what's up?
How are you man?
And then Blessie just freakingout I'm the opposite she's the
opposite, she's like oh my god,the frantic fan versus the it's
like oh, you're a normal person,yeah, you're a human just like

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me, that's cool yeah that's howI approach fame, but anyways,
any other memorable encountersin public or fun stories I feel
like I'm just forgetting it all,but there are definitely others
.
Oh like when we get featured onbuzzfeed and stuff yeah, that
was cool the first time that wewere featured I was like wow
yeah, a lot of people wereposting it and messaging me and

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stuff like that, like even someof my family and friends from
high school like oh, my god,it's you.
Oh, my god, yeah.
Or random pages like the onesthat just repost other right,
like the comedy content or acouple of content.
Filipino content.
Yeah, those are always like oh,they think our content is funny
enough to be posted on your feedor they're just trying to get
more content, whatever it is.
It's still getting moretraction.

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So, in terms of content creationor everything in general, what
are your plans for the future?
What do you want to do?
moving forward like goals,aspirations yeah, I would say
we're gonna try to post a littlebit more, because before what
we were doing were trends andwhat was popular.
Maybe we could try somethingelse, be a little bit more
showing our I don't know ourdaily lives, just like our this

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figure out how to do vloggingand make it easy yeah, the
biggest thing for me is I don'tmind doing vlogs, but I don't
want to do any of the contentlike editing and managing and
stuff like that.
Yeah, because it's a tedious anda hassle.
Will you?
Will you actually?
do it?
Yeah, I will.
I just need to start.
I know, I know I will Okay.

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Whatever you say, it's differentbecause obviously I'm her
boyfriend, so when she sayssomething I'm like or as a
friend, I'll be like, sure, yeah, I believe you right.
I'm just like, yeah, we'll see.
Knows that I've been slacking?
yeah, because if you really wantto do it, you would do it I
know if you don't do right now,but anyways, just for the
openness of the question if youdid have any plans you still
want to do consecration orspecifically vlogging?
I feel like you would reallyenjoy that.
I think you just need to getinto a system where it's easy

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for you and not like tedious, sothat you will enjoy it and it's
sustainable.
Because that's my personalapproach to consecration is I
never want to do anything that'sso tedious that makes me not
want to do it, because, forexample, podcasting I want to do
this for the next 10 years,next 10 years, and so, therefore
, I set up a system so that it'sso easy that it's not like a
track or like a burden to dothis consecration and like

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outsourcing or making thingssimple and not complicated, and
that's how I do it, and the samewith all of the other content
that I personally do.
So if you can find a way tomake the consecration more
seamless and less of a burden,or outsource it to someone that
you trust that's really good atthat, that stuff then you can
definitely do the vlogging,especially all the big youtubers
out there.
I know they have followings,they have the budget for it,
yeah, but if you had found a waywhere you can find an editor to

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outsource all that stuff, Ifeel like it'd be easier for you
?
yeah, because it's so likeoverwhelming exactly thinking
about, like the yeah, like thelike the, even the shooting.
Yeah, exactly, it's like youjust want to go about your day,
you don't want to set up thecamera and everything.
That's the other reason why Idon't like doing content when
we're out is because I want tohang out with my girlfriend.
I don't want to film content,especially when most that

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content is fake right so Ireally have an aversion to
trying to film content whenwe're out yeah and so I'd rather
make time to just spend timewith her and not do all that
stuff, because we we did thatfor a year and a half straight
at least one video per day yeah,just as an experiment to see
how far we can go with it, andthen afterwards I'm like all
right, I'm burnt out, I don'tenjoy any of this.
The fun stuff is fun, but Idon't really enjoy the micro,

(30:31):
the macro process of it, and sonow I focus on content that I
like.
Doing that I feel is valueadded, not just like trendy,
weird sort of stuff again, notto say to say that all the stuff
we do, but it's more just likethat's what gets the views is
all the weird click-baity stuff.
Or we could just karaoke everyFriday at Alistair's yeah but
again, as long as, like, thecontent is easy and it doesn't
disrupt, like my priorities orour priorities, which is like

(30:53):
each other and our own stuff,then I wouldn't mind doing it,
that you know I'm along for theride I just you know, yeah, it's
just a lot of.
We have a lot of stuff going onbecause you also dance more now,
since you're on shiro, um, oh,speaking of shiro, I don't know
if we'll get to this, but we'reon our last topic.
But let me show you Blessie.
So yeah, she's on shiro.
This is her choreography.

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I just want to show you all.
Wow, the eye roll look.
Side, eye Side eye.
Wow, wow, is that you?
Is that Blessie from Jared?
Blessie.
Okay, and we're done.

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Yeah, I just want to show offyour choreography.
That's Shirley's and Linda's.
Oh yeah, Wait, which part didyou choreograph?
Oh wait, that is my choreographypart.
that is your part, girl unlessyou've been lying to me.
You're like.
I choreographed this.
I'm like, oh, she choreographedthis.
I really did.
I meant like most of yeah, yeah, the rest of the set, right but
that was your part that was mypart.
I choreographed that with Dan,her oh but anyways.

(32:00):
So I guess we won't talk aboutShiro, but that's pretty much it
.
Next topic, pivot switch is solife as an immigrant?
no, this is one of the thingsthat you talked about, like one
of the topics you want to talkabout and I think it'd be
interesting for our audience.
But like cultural differencesof Philippines versus US.
So obviously you have a lot offamily all over the US, but also
in the Philippines, and youmoved here when you're like
middle school, high school-ish,and then you still some of the

(32:21):
content that you produce is alsokind of like that, the
comparison of the culture.
Yeah, so I guess what?
Well, is there any specificthing you want to start off with
, like with the differences, orculture wise?
I would say differences that I'mnoticing.
It's not particularly oneversus the other, it's more like
filipinos, like in the mainlandand like in the US.

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Like the differences betweenpeople who are here and over
there.
Yeah, it's more well.
Obviously it's like FilipinoAmericans are very different
from Filipinos, I would say,Despite you know, the skin color
being the same and everythingSame heritage, yeah, yeah.
The Filipinos that I met hereare very different from even

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humor.
I would say it's just a littlebit different.
It's everybody resonates withthe same type of humor, but it's
still different.
Maybe because language I don'tknow, but yeah and I don't know.
Moving on to maybe one thingthat I didn't, I don't resonate
with.
This is the fact that, likewhen some people kind of clock

(33:29):
Filipinos for not being Filipinoenough, For example Filipino.
Americans, yeah, especially notbeing able to speak the language
.
And it's well, they grew uphere, you know.
So you can't like kind of dockthem Filipino points.
It's like a sense of superiorityor like talking down to someone
just because they don't speak alanguage that you speak.
I get the sentiment, but like,obviously, also as a Filipino

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American myself who doesn'tspeak like Tagalog or Punggye
Sinan we're letting our parentsspeak.
So one time recently a friendasked me oh, do you speak like
Tagalog or anything?
And I was like oh no, no, Idon't, but not by choice, it's
not.
It's not like I chose not tolearn, it was just my parents
didn't teach me or whatever.
But yeah, I agree yeah, and butit's a little bit different for
celebrities.

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It's if they're like a 16thfilipino, they're like, oh,
filipino pride.
And it's like why aren't youshowing that same like vibe with
your friends and family, youknow?
And it's yeah when you hearlike the elders or whatever
saying, oh, they don't speaktagalog like you should learn.
They're like already pushingyou to do they can if they want.
But yeah, I would say that'skind of like the thing, that

(34:31):
kind of I don't know I was Idon't know pet peeve, not really
.
Yeah, it's a little work anyother like main differences
between the two cultures,whether filipinos versus
Filipino-Americans, or likeliving examples like weird or
interesting examples, mm.
Nothing much really.
But I would say from that likekind of observation, I I found

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the importance of teaching yourkids the language.
I would say just to preservethe culture, like having them
learn.
I know for younger people itmight be not cool to speak their
own native language or theyfeel embarrassed or whatever,
like the food is smelly orwhatever.
But later on in life most ofthe people who had that

(35:21):
experience I hear that they wishthat they like embrace the
culture they didn't feel theydidn't have that response to it
as a kid yeah, so I would say itwas.
It starts with your parents justhaving them make your kids feel
like a pride in your culture.
Yeah, because there's somecultures or families that have
more pride in their heritage andstuff, but there are some that
don't emphasize it and I neverunderstood the whole like oh,

(35:45):
but you know I'm embarrassed tospeak my language or bring my
food around, but I get itbecause it's you know you want
to be Americanized or fit in andstuff like that and you don't
want to seem weird and you wantfriends.
So, as kids or teenagers, I getthat sentiment.
kids or teenagers get thatsentiment but, then, like you
said, most people when they growup, oh.
But you know, I really doappreciate my heritage and now I
wish I leaned into it more as akid it's nice having these

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people realize oh and then theycan start that start, then it's
never too late to start learningabout it and incorporating it
with your life and your family'slife, you know, but yeah, like
your family's life you know, butyeah, like leaning into their
heritage and whatnot and beingproud of it.
Are there any other hot takes?
One of the things that comes tomind and you can veer off from
this, but it's to call out allof the like, the older Filipino

(36:27):
people too, like the toxicFilipino culture.
Yeah, so there's a lot,obviously, and I guess if
Filipinos, if you know, you know, but there's generosity,
there's like the, you know, likethe hospitality and like the
family vibes, you know, like alot of Asian cultures, people
like live in the same householdand they respect their elders

(36:47):
and they take care of each otherand even if, like people don't
have anything, they still giveto other people who have less.
You know, people in povertyhelping other people as well.
So there's a lot of amazingthings about Filipino culture
and Filipino people.
The dark sides of it, which,like every culture has, is that
there's also some of that liketoxic.
Well, there's that, you know,like the gossipy, toxic sort of
and, like you said, thecomparison culture, and it's not

(37:08):
exclusive to Filipinos, butit's just it's one of the things
that is a hallmark of that is Idon't know how many
conversations I've had with mysister or a lot of other people.
It's yeah, there's a thing, andthen all the aunties start
talking about it and it blew upto another thing and now
everyone's had thismiscommunication and it's like,
why did all this stress andfriction and toxic stuff have to
come up only because peoplejust wanted to gossip?
I mean, it's like you know, oneof the commandments is to not

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gossip.
One of the commandments, is itnot?
Yeah, like the don't kill.
Yeah, don't kill, don't kill.
Yeah, don't kill, don't gossip,don't adult.
Okay, maybe Don't cause adultery.
It literally is Someone feelfree to fact check me on that.
But I'm like, yeah, that'salways been a big thing.
But I was like, okay, butFilipinos are totally fine
gossiping, like it's like a partof their culture.
They just have to knoweverything.

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So that's one of the me a lot,yeah, very big on the comparison
thing in comparison it's.
What is this accomplishing?
You think comparing your kid toanother is gonna help them do
better?
It's just gonna make them feelbad.
Oh, I'm not enough for myparents.
Then, therefore, I need to belike my cousin or whatever or
whoever's family friend, andthen they just feel worse about
themselves yeah, it doesn't helpanyone else.

(38:25):
And also, again, it's notexclusive to filipino culture,
but those parents who livevicariously through their kids,
because they, you know, againshout out to the, the parents
who work hard and they're tryingto give their kids a better
future.
But there are those parents who, like, put all that pressure on
their kid and expect them to dooh I, I did all this, so you
better do this for me.
Wait, that's not what parentsare supposed to be like At least
, that's not what I learned frommy mom but you should be

(38:47):
supporting your family and thenyou should be successful
yourself and be an example, notforce your kids to be successful
because you never could orbecause you made excuses and now
you couldn't do it.
You know, yeah, and having kidsas an investment?
It's not supposed to be thatway.
Kids are not investments they'repeople that you love and accept
and support and help thembecome the best version of
themselves yeah, very big on.

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Okay.
It's a phrase in tagalog calledutang na loob, literally
translating to um like debtinside, like you're indebted.
You feel indebted from, likesomeone.
So it's the utang na loob toyour parents is now you have to
support them as an adult orwhatever that kind of thing.
A lot of people have been saying, like that's something that we

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can maybe stop.
You know, because it's not very.
Your kids have their own livestoo.
They're like you brought yourkids out to the world because
you love them.
I don't know, it's not.
They're not like a bank orwhatever yeah, not to say that
mine are because they're amazing.

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But right, there's a lot offilipino, like families who have
that in their mindset which wecan just not.
Right.
One of the last hot takes Ihave is also, too, that toxic,
like elder, respect culture.
And again, like, always,respect your elders.
But the dark side of that iswhen elders think they're immune

(40:11):
from question or criticism fortheir bad decisions just because
they're older and it's like, oh, do what I say.
And if they're doing somethingtoxic or unhealthy or obnoxious
or just generally bad, andthey're older and it's, oh, do
what I say.
And if they're doing somethingtoxic or unhealthy or obnoxious
or just generally bad, andthey're like, no, but because
I'm the adult or I'm older orwhatever, no, no, no, no, no.
We're trying to make gooddecisions for everyone and we're
trying to do the best possiblething.
But just because you're olderand or parents and or

(40:32):
grandparents, does not mean youhave full immunity to do
whatever you want, like youshould be questioned and that
without respect.
Obviously, be respectful.
But that's one of the thingsthat bothers me a lot and I
appreciate you know my family,my parents, because they're not
really like that, but I know alot of people, like Filipinos
especially, will always run intothat and it's like a lot of the
kids get messed up becausethey're like, have all of this

(40:54):
sort of thing inside that'sbuilt up, because it's like
their parents tell them what todo.
But those unhealthyexpectations, they're very toxic
and then they can't live theirown lives or grow into their own
people because their parentsdid that to them.
And it's of course they have alot to be grateful for for their
parents being for them.
But then there's the downsideto that.
If you don't do, it right, likemy mom was like 20, 22 when she
became a.
You know a mom and stuff.

(41:15):
You know other families likethey learn from their parents
and they probably pass alongthat generational trauma and
then so a lot of times theybecome parents young, so they're
really just kids too.
So I totally get that.
Yeah, pretty much.
Anything else on Filipinoculture or any thoughts or hot
takes.
Really, I can't think ofanything right now.

(41:35):
All right, then we can move intorapid fire questions.
You ready, sure Cool, all right, so we can move into rapid fire
questions.
You ready?
Sure Cool, all right.
So first one, the billboardquestion.
So if you could put up a signfor millions of people to see,
what would it say?
I thought about this for alittle bit.
The first thing that comes tomind is no one is thinking about
you.
Yeah, a lot of people tend tooverthink like oh my God, what

(41:56):
if they think this way about me?
But also I thought about thatat the same time.
Like no one is thinking aboutyou, so they're gonna feel sad
when they see it.
It's okay, maybe it could besomething else.
So I mean it's good because it'sall art.
Right, it's an interpretationyeah, so that would be my main
answer, but like the generalthing that I could also put
there, like maybe if I was oneof those insurance insurance

(42:18):
companies that have manybillboards it's just one after
the other, but anyway, the nextone would just be kind and that
kindness just goes a long way,like in general, like it really
it's just like the blueprint formost things.
You know, yeah, this kindnessis is nice, yeah there is that
okay.
So again I'm going intodangerous waters trying to quote
the bible.

(42:38):
I'm not going to quote it,paraphrasing but what I?
Learned from my pastor.
There is a bible verse that Ithink talks about the whole.
You know you're criticizing orlooking at someone's.
There's like a log or stick inyour eye or their eye.
Okay, let me try it.
Let me try like.
The idea is that there'ssomething in your eye so it
looks bigger than what it is,but someone else it's like a
little speck oh, okay, so yourperspective is going to make

(43:00):
something, make it bigger, butto someone else they'd barely
see it right, so with the whole.
No one is thinking about you.
I totally get that, wow, nice.
So yeah, new internationalversion.
Matthew 7 3 to 5.
Why do you look at the specksawdust in your brother's eye?
Pay no attention to the plankin your own eye?
Okay, so I had that, butmeaning you're criticizing
someone else's little dot, butthen really there's a huge thing
in your eye and then so it'slike focusing on some other

(43:22):
people.
Yeah.
Focusing on yourself.
Yeah, because I know you're inyour own head.
You think that you're thecenter of the world, probably in
your own world.
Of course yeah.
You know, not everyone releasesthe burden from whatever you're

(43:43):
thinking about.
It's a perspective shift, allright.
Second one what is one of thehardest challenges you face in
your life?
What did you learn from it?
I'd say, from what I've feltintensely like, the felt like I
went to the depression mode.
It's more like financial stuff.
The felt like I went to thedepression mode.

(44:03):
It's more like financial stuff.
Like the first time that I feltlike waking up I didn't want to
wake like I didn't want to, Iwanted to go back to sleep and
dream, kind of thing.
Um was when I like couldn'tfind a job when I just got out
of college.
That one, and then also theother one, was when I totaled my
car and so I bought a new carand and now I'm in like this
debt that I didn't want to have.

(44:25):
So it's those situations, buthow I got through that is just
recognizing the feeling and thenmoving forward really is the
only way, just like looking forwhat you can control, like what
you can change for yourself, andthen going for it.
That's, that's all we can do.

(44:45):
We can't just like mope aroundand feel sorry for ourselves.
We just we gotta keep going.
So that's just what I didtrying to gain the courage to
earn strength to move forward.
I know it can be hard, but youjust really gotta find, find
something to to hold on to soidentifying your feelings, yes,
and then not ruminating on thatfor a long time and moving

(45:08):
forward for some sort of action,all right.
This one is calledself-inflicted wound.
So do you have a story aboutsomething that's gone wrong in
your life?
That is your own fault and youcan't blame anyone else but
yourself?
yeah, I feel like it's somethingthat I'm constantly learning.
Still, when I don't plan, whenI don't plan for things, I I'm a
mess after that.
So it's like when I don'tprepare, it's.

(45:29):
It's like the quote that saysif you fail to plan, you plan to
fail, that kind of situation.
So so, yeah, just keepingmyself in check and just
preparing for whatever I need todo, instead of because I'm very
much a person of just go withthe flow, like wing it, because

(45:52):
I'm very much that.
So I'm still learning that.
But, um, yeah, just rememberingto plan, I feel like that will
never not go wrong.
Yeah, that will always work out, I would say Somewhere or
another.
If it doesn't, then you know,at least you learn from that,
but at least you're prepared.

(46:14):
I think it's.
I'm the opposite, but it's also.
We recognize that oppositesattract.
So I think that's why I don'thave that problem, but because
I'm the opposite.
But it's also we recognize thatopposites attract.
So I think that's why I don'thave that problem?
Yes, you don't, because I'm theopposite.
All right, if you could redoone thing, what would you do
differently?
Start dancing earlier.
You've been dancing since youwere born, because you're
Filipino.
Oh, that's right, I came out ofthe womb dancing Exactly.
I'm just kidding.

(46:35):
No, but back in college therewere no dance teams or anything
back in Washington State, whichis where I, you know, went to
college Washington people don'tdance.
They do, but just not in mycity probably.
Because I didn't know about itat least.
I kind of wish I did what youdid and moved to a college for
dance.
Yeah, thanks for calling me out.
I moved to UCI just to dance.

(46:57):
You did and that inspired me,and I'm not even joking.
I'm like that's explicit, likeI'm from the bay, you know this.
And then I moved to SoCal, uci,specifically because Cabo
Modern was down there and myfriend who went there because
they were on America's Big DanceCrew.
And then my friend who wentthere was like yeah, the dance
scene here is crazy.
I'm like, okay, well, I'm gonnago down there because I want to
dance right.
So yeah, I wish I got to study.

(47:18):
Yeah, yeah, not to study not tomake a career, but just to dance
, because I knew that's what Iwanted to do.
I did do like as much dancing asI could, though, like I joined
like organizations that had likedance performances and stuff
like that.
So yeah, that and starting myhigh-yield savings account
earlier would have been nice,but still nice to start now for

(47:38):
those of you who haven't yet.
Wow, financial advice, yeah, ifyou could give your younger self
advice, what would it be?
Now it's similar to redo, butyou know, this is more of like,
I guess, personal talking to yououtside of what you already
said, I guess I feel like, well,I've already said it, I will
maybe start thinking about thefact that no one is thinking
about you.
Start thinking that no one'sthinking about you.

(47:59):
Start thinking that no one'sthinking about you, yeah because
maybe when I was younger Icared a lot about what other
people thought, but I learned onmy own that no one's really
thinking about you.
And also loving yourself wouldbe a good tip for anyone, any
young person.
In the last few years, what newbelief, behavior or habit has

(48:19):
improved your life?
hmm, what does improve my life?
The skin care?
I would say, yeah, just liketaking care of my body.
There we go, taking care of mybody so not just your face not
just my face.
Okay, yeah, like before I.
Yeah, like before I, when I waslike young, young, I didn't

(48:47):
really do any moisturizing likestuff like that, and also eating
vegetables.
It's funny because they'restill, to this day, puts my
chair broccoli on my plate likea little kid they need to make
vegetables, yeah.
Because, well, it's nice whenit's coated in sesame oil.
Anyway, yeah, taking care ofmyself has been a little bit

(49:09):
better.
Yeah, it's not the best.
Drink water, eat vegetables.
You know the normal stuff thatyou have to remind your
girlfriend to do because theydon't do it.
Oh yeah, Generalizations.
Yeah Well, unfortunately thisone's true.
All right, if who would youcall successful and how do you
define success?
retman rock.
I have a quick answer for thatwhy, mainly because he's doing

(49:30):
what well, he's doing what Iwant to do, not the taking care
of chickens and stuff like thatand dead lifting and being buff
yeah, amazing but like you don'twant to be buff, no the I mean
no, I don't, I mean no, no.
Well, the fact that you know hewas able to create his content

(49:51):
online and make money from that,and then also he gets to just
do whatever he wants.
Now, now that he's set, hewhatever he wants to do.
He wants to test coconut watersor grow his own chickens,
whatever I love growing chickensyeah, and don't raise chickens,
grow them.
That's the hack right, sorry, myenglish is not she speaks

(50:12):
tagalog no, but yeah, and Iwould say bread my Rock is a
product of being surrounded bypeople who support you and
accept you for who you are.
Because he grew up with hisfamily just accepting that he's
gay.
No one really discriminatedagainst him as far as I know.
So, like when you just fosterlike a kid or help him just be

(50:37):
authentically who they are andthen they can just like grow
into the person that they wantto be, then they likely will be
successful in their own way, andso yeah, anyway it's a lesson
to parents yeah love and acceptyour kids.
Yes, so they can be buff and gayand famous yes, yeah, so yeah,

(51:02):
I'm watching his stories.
Nice, if you knew you couldn'tfail, what would you try or what
would you be doing right now?
couldn't fail.
I would just keep I don't knowdancing and singing.
I feel the same stuff, samestuff, yeah what is one of the
best or most worthwhileinvestments?

(51:22):
I don't know.
Dancing and singing Same stuff,Same stuff.
Yeah, what is one of the bestor most worthwhile investments
you've ever made in?
time, money or energy, etc.
Honing in on my skills as adancer, just taking more dance.
Well, learning more dances Iwas going to say taking more
dance classes, but I don'treally do that too much but just

(51:47):
practicing.
And and also, as you say,investments, just investing in
my financial future, like so thehigh savings account 401k,
stuff like that.
So actual investments yeah,actual investments yes favorite
recent purchase under or within50 to 100 dollars that has
impacted your life the most inthe last six months I forgot to
bring it.
It's my fan, your supporter, mysupporter.

(52:07):
Well, I would say to anyonelike I'll link it in the show
yes, you get that affiliate linkthank you, but yeah, for the
past few months because it waslike summertime and I danced a
lot and I, unfortunately, sweata lot.
So you're human yes, so havingthat fan with me has been like a
life changer.
So it's a portable electricbattery fan yeah, and it has a

(52:31):
like a lanyard so you can hangit on your neck and then the
head swivels a bit so like youcan angle it differently.
Yeah, I also bought it becauseit seemed convenient and it was
super hot this summer.
So highly recommend it, and it'sjust like knowing yourself and
then investing in any productthat will help your life be
better.
It's always a good investment.

(52:51):
All right, so last rapid fire.
Any favorite books, movies,videos, articles or media that
you share or recommend the most.
Yeah, as far as books, I likeEverything Matters by Ron Curie
Jr.
Everything Matters, yes.
Everything Matters and Big Magic.
By.
Elizabeth Gilbert.
Yes, that's right.
That's the one, wow.

(53:13):
Like I read books or something.
Yeah, you should check out hisbook summaries, MarlenaCruzcom.
Love Me or Something.
Yes, keep plugging my stuff.
Yes, on a date.
Yeah, maybe after this, youknow.
Yeah, marlenacruzcom.
I reviewed that book, highlyrecommend it.
I'll link it too.
Yeah, I like her notion thatideas are living things.

(53:33):
That you can just like I don'tknow.
She brings out good points onthat.
As far as everything matters,it's literally about how
everything matters.
You think that the thing thatyou're doing is just whatever.
You're just going through life.
The choices you make every daylead to whatever else can happen
later.
So yeah, those are reallyinteresting.

(53:54):
Nice.
And another one Movie, last one, I just watched it recently.
It's called my Old Ass andwhat's her name?
I can't remember Aw.
Audrey.
Audrey, not Hepburn.
Yeah, no or.
Oh freak, I forgot.
Yeah, what are you talkingabout?
Yeah, she's the one that haslike really good, like deadpan
face.
She does like a comedic actor.

(54:15):
I'm sorry.
Everyone we'll link her in themovie, but so what did you like
about her?
well, audrey Plaza, audrey Plaza.
Yes, thank you, it's.
Aubrey, aubrey, I'm sorry,aubrey Plaza okay, thank you but
, yeah, it's about this teenagerwho meets her old self after
taking some drugs don't takedrugs, don't take drugs, okay.

(54:39):
And then she, the old, olderself, teaches her life like
lessons, I guess, like thingsthat she can do to help better
their lives, and you just seethe progression of how those
advices work.
How they don't work, I don'tknow.
And it's just a really funfeel-good movie and and you

(54:59):
cried I cried any movie thatmakes me cry.
It's just a really fun feel-goodmovie and you cried, I cried,
any movie that makes me cry.
It's top of my list, just likethe Woman King.
Nice, oh, yeah, also.
So you recommend the Woman King?
Yes, nice.
And oh, last one, Sorry, threeIdiots.
That's my ultimate favoritemovie.
Yeah, because it talks aboutIdiots.
Yeah, I hate you.

(55:20):
Three college students goingthrough their college experience
and like just going after theirdreams, navigating through like
the pressures of society ofbeing the best, having like an
academic success or whatever,and how good, how bad it could
be.
Yeah, it's really interestingand there's songs because it's a
Bollywood movie yeah, there's,very like interesting points in
that movie too.

(55:41):
Yeah, I need to watch moreBollywood movies, because
Bollywood movies like they'relit, they're dope, yeah, they
rock.
They rock really hard,especially if you like dancing
and singing.
Yep, all right, that is it forrapid fire questions, so we'll
go into ending questions.
So, of course, gratitude.
Blessie.
What are you grateful for?
I'm always grateful for goodhealth.

(56:02):
I feel like a lot of us cantake it for granted, but every
time, especially with ourhealthcare system and me working
for an insurance company, Iwould love to not ever be in a
situation where, like my healthis like declining or whatever
For any of my family members,just like good health is always
something to be grateful for allright, any final ask from the
audience or final takeaways youwant them to have from this

(56:25):
conversation no one's thinkingabout you, just reiterate you
think people's thinking aboutyou.
They are not.
Yeah, they're thinking abouttheir own ourselves heads and
just do what you want to do, aslong as you're not you know,
it's not at the expense ofsomeone, uh, it's not hurting
anyone.
Just do whatever you want to,what, what your heart wants you

(56:46):
to do, what you're passionateabout.
Yeah, nice, yeah all right.
So, uh, where can we find youlike social media handles,
websites, emails, etc.
Like.
Where can they reach out ifthey want to connect or see what
you're up to?
I'm at Blessie.
That's B-L-E-S-S-I-Emp4.
Nice, and at Jaron Blessie, forour content.

(57:08):
Nice, our A-N-D-B-L-E-S-S-I-E.
Instagram, tiktok and alsoYouTube.
Yep, they're all the same, allthose things.
Yep, no-transcript.

(57:48):
Yeah, yeah, and so just to signoff from my audience.
So thank you guys again fortuning in.
I really appreciate it.
Again, this is a reminder toalways be kind to other people,
especially yourself, and thatyou can always learn something
someone if you just take thetime to listen.
So thank you very much.

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