Matapos ikuwento ang naging struggle niya bilang baguhan sa showbiz, naibahagi ni Elijah Canlas ang naging regalo sa kanya ng kasintahang si Miles Ocampo.
Kuwento niya, naiyak daw siya regalo sa kanya ng girlfriend nung birthday niya.
00:002015, that was going to a lot of editions, I was blessed enough to be part of this film, Sundarong Kanin, that was my first film, for Cinemalaya, and I was one of the leads, and I thought, of course, you were a kid, people say nice things about your performance, and then you go to all of these editions,
00:29and I was from Kavita at the time, and my mom would come with me, sometimes my dad would drive us, going to Makati, to ABS, to wherever yung audition, haba nang hihintayin mo, parang sabihin nila, one o'clock yung audition, pero seven ka na makakapag-audition, tas magpapawawawaw lang naman sila,
00:56I always thought I was at a disadvantage with it, kasi parang, I always took pride with my education, with acting, and parang to minimize your acting to just wow, happy, wow, ganyan,
01:11but it really fits the process of the commercial auditions, and also the smaller projects auditions, pero at that time, I was just so frustrated, as a youth,
01:21tapos, wala na talaga, umabot na sa point na wala na, and then, dun sa school ko, Philippine Arts for the Arts, I was a scholar, and sometimes I'd be absent,
01:31because I was doing my first soap, uh, it was titled, All of Me, uh, na semi-regular ako doang best friend ako ni Akira Morishita, uh, tapos,
01:41I don't know if you know Akira from BGY, oh, and, uh, uh, nagalit sila sa akin, kasi skora daw ako, nang theater, pat daw ako nang TV,
01:51so, may, may, may mga old school siguro na magbababa yung tingin sa TV, and I always wondered, like, why? Like, it's a completely different medium,
02:00it does its purpose, pero sasabi nila, may mga bad habits na nakukunan, so they, they asked me to stop acting for TV,
02:08tapos, I was like, uh, wala rin namang kumukuha sa akin, so I just stopped acting, so I stopped acting, uh, I stopped acting for,
02:17almost three years, two years, uh, and above, uh, I, uh, I came back 2018, uh, with a vengeance,
02:24chaka, hindi naman, nah, karo na opportunity, uh, with the idea first company, uh, kaya na direct Jun Lana, at the time, uh,
02:31uh, kaya, yun, nag-turi-turi na from then on, but that was a long, kaya ako nag, uh, lumipat ng school, and I started studying,
02:39directing, kasi, sabi ko, uh, maybe acting's not for me, you know, hindi naman ako umestiso, uh, wala akong kamag-anak sa industry,
02:46so, uh, I don't know how I'd get into the industry, medyo manirap talaga siya, pero, sometimes, patience is all it takes,
02:55and, uh, the right opportunity, the right people who will believe in yun, yun tala ngayon.
03:00Hmm, and then, now that you have, siyempre, more opportunities, um, merito bang, um, how do you handle your finances?
03:11Like, are you hands on with it? Do you, like, actively invest it?
03:15Are you rich?
03:16No, definitely, rich with, in love, uh, that's it.
03:20Well, right now, um, uh, uh, my mom helps me with my finances, uh, kasi she's, I can trust her with that, like, I know that I can,
03:30so, she helps me with that, and the investing part, not yet so much, uh, maybe with art, uh, art pieces, paintings, kanyan, uh, mas tuon,
03:39since, uh, Philippine Arts major ako sa UP, Manila, and I love going to museums, I know, uh, curators and artists,
03:46and, mas nandun pa yung investment side right now, or even yung mga physical media,
03:51pero, in a business, may mga ideas, uh, may mga, may mga niluto,
03:56tapos hindi natuloy kasi may nagnakaw, may mga galon, so, uh, sa, sa LU yun, guys, just a hint,
04:03uh, na, pas tapos hindi gagawin ako, anyway, nanakaw na yung idea, drop name rock, hindi, hindi, okay lang,
04:11pupunta pa tayong LU, but anyway, uh, may mga gano ideas, but, right now, I'm just really focused with this,
04:17I'm really focused with, uh, what I love to do, uh, which is acting, which is making films, telling stories,
04:23and, uh, even making music, and, uh, parang, uh, ang hirap kung, saad si, uh, Mama Oji Diaz magsabi sa akin nito na,
04:32parang pag ka mag-business kung hindi mo kayang mag-full-time with it, uh, parang, kung madami kang ginagawa
04:38with, uh, your career, dyan ka muna, like, uh, appreciate the blessings, uh, take full advantage of it,
04:46and make the most out of it, so, yun, I, I think, advice, nakikinig po ako sa, uh, sa mga mas nakakaalam,
04:53and, uh, I really appreciate it also, kiyaran do'n pa po ako sa kayo.
04:58Ayun, thank you for sharing your, uh, story, yun.
05:01Um, last question, um, how did you celebrate your birthday, and, may, pwede bang malaman kung anong gift ni Miles?
05:08Ooh! Um, uh, so, nung, nung August 15, nung Friday, dun nabit sinalubong yung birthday,
05:15ko sa studio, I was making a song for the album nga, and natapos, so, unangagot kami 2am,
05:21tapos, birthday ko nandun lang, hindi nga alam ng mga tao na birthday ko, hindi ko sinabi, parang,
05:26focus lang kami sa music ko na, pero si Miles dumalaw sa, sa studio, tapos sa surprise niya, so, nalaman na nila.
05:32But anyway, uh, that night, uh, we celebrated, uh, with my loved ones, with my friends, family,
05:38and Cornerstone, of course, uh, sa Arcadia, it's an arcade sa Century Mall Makati,
05:44and, uh, ang ganda nung concept, actually, Sharia nang nakiisip na, uh, mag birthday party sa arcade,
05:50and I was like, parang, pwong bata, may matatanda na yung mga kaibigan ko,
05:54like, hindi na sila, siguro maglalaro, but, everybody enjoyed, uh, and, uh, nandun kami tan late,
06:01kaya, uh, very happy with that party. Uh, some people said it was the best party ever.
06:06So, I don't know, sa, sabi ng iba. Uh, ang gift ni Miles sa akin, which made me cry,
06:12made me cry, made me cry, cause, uh, she gave me an in-ear,
06:16ko alam niya in-ear, uh, for performances, yeah. Uh, my own in-ear na kinostomize niya,
06:23so, I was like, yay, uh, this is such a nice in-ear, gano-gano pa ko, thank you. Uh, sa right ear,
06:29it was, like, easy yung nakalagay, so, Elijah ka nalas. And then, hindi ko nangpatsaya,
06:33I was like, thank you. I sabi ng, tignan mo pa, tignan mo pa, then I looked at the other ear,
06:37it was my tattoo. It was my one and only tattoo dedicated to my late brother.
06:42So, nahiyak ako kasi naisip ko na, every time I'll be performing, uh,
06:47he'll be listening, you know, he'll, he'll be right with me.
06:50So, napaka-thoughtful ng gift na yun. And I really appreciated it. I loved it.
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