Vice Ganda’s pandemic learning: Nothing is definite, even for the powerful and rich
With the pandemic, comedian Vice Ganda learned some valuable lessons in life which made him all the more prayerful.
With the pandemic, comedian Vice Ganda learned some valuable lessons in life which made him all the more prayerful.
My boobs were gone. I couldn’t believe it. My eyes filled with tears over the realization that beneath the bandages was a flat chest—the chest that I had always wanted. After years of living in a body that didn’t feel like mine, I felt a sense of ownership. I waited five years to have my breasts removed, and then there I finally was—groggy but fulfilled in the post-surgery. The moment was interrupted by the welcome appearance of my loved ones: my manager Carl, road manager Diana, partner Shyre, cousin Lestat and friend Jayann. They were singing “Happy birthday” as they approached, making me cry even more. The five of them had been waiting outside the room for six hours. March 29, 2017 was my new birthday, they declared, complete with a presentation of a small cake. The successful top body surgery signaled the birth of the real me—Jake Zyrus, the man who hid behind Charice Pempengco’s superstar-singer façade.
Back in college at La Salle Taft in the 1980s, “Jake” was a generic term of endearment among certain barkada, used interchangeably with chong and pare. So, when these friends and their acquaintances bump into each other on campus, one of them is likely to say, “Hey, Jake, ayos ba tayo diyan?”
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