Quarantined, Piolo Pascual having “the best times” with mom in Batangas resthouse 

Piolo Pascual is optimistic that Filipinos will eventually overcome the crisis.

Actor Piolo Pascual is taking advantage of the community quarantine to stay home and take care of his mom Amelia Pascual. 
PHOTO/S: Piolo Pascual’s Facebook page

Nagkwento si Piolo Pascual, 43, kung ano ang pinagkakaabalahan niya ngayong ipinapatupad ang Enforced Community Quarantine (ECQ).

Nanatili ngayon ang ABS-CBN actor sa kanyang resthouse sa Batangas, at doon inaalagaan ang inang si Amelia Pascual.

Nagkwento si Piolo nang makausap siya ni Pops Fernandez sa isang Facebook Live nitong April 24.

Tinanong ni Pops si Piolo kung kamusta na ito ngayong mayroon pa ring ECQ.

“I’m staying alive,” sagot niya.

Sumusunod daw siya sa protocol na manatili sa bahay at hindi raw siya lumalampas sa kanyang Batangas property.

Pero kahit na naka-stay home lang siya, patuloy ang pag-aabot niya ng tulong para sa mga nangangailangan ngayong may krisis.

“For the first time, since I’m kind of away in the province, I’m in Batangas, I don’t have a way to personally attend to all the outreach [projects] that we’re putting up.

“So what I did for this season, I just donated to different foundations, to different programs.

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“I just tap them to deliver whatever donations. Sila na ang gagawa.”

Dagdag niya: “The most important thing is I’m staying home, I’m staying within the premises of the property.”

PIOLO TAKING CARE OF MOM

Kinumusta rin ni Pops ang ina ni Piolo, at nagkwento ang aktor na sinasamantala niya ang pagkakataong ito para makasama at maalagaan ang nanay niya.

“I get to spend the best times with her now. I wake up early, we go for a walk together, kasi she needs a guide, kasi puro steps.

“So just recently, just two days ago, she was walking with two dumbbells, so okay na siya, mas lumalakas na, and she always says mas nakakaikot na siya nang mas marami ngayon. And she’s much stronger.”

Hindi naman tinukoy ni Piolo kung may naging karamdaman ang ina.

“I get to see her every day, which is a bonus. I get to talk with her.

“I get to see her before I sleep. First thing I see when I wake up is her, by the veranda. Naghihintay na, lalakad na kami.

“All these things that we take for granted…”

Samantala, puno ng pag-asa si Piolo na malaki man ang naging epekto ng COVID-19 sa Pilipinas ay makakabangon din ang Pilipino.

“As resilient as we are as Filipinos, or even as human beings, we’ll always adapt to something.

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“We are creative enough, we are creative beings to be able to adjust to something new, something that we’ve never done before.

“I guess we will be able to adapt to it easily.

“Because that’s our wiring. We are challenged by the things we haven’t done before, we haven’t invented or accomplished. So I think with all the precautions, it will be good for humanity to be able to have this [experience].

“At the back of their heads… to prevent it from happening again, so we are more cautious, we are more aware.

“We’ll get by, there’s no doubt about it,” pahayag niya.