Tributes continue to pour in on the colorful life of Kapuso journalist and film director Cesar Apolinario who passed away last week.
Apolinario’s humble beginnings started when he worked as takatak boy so that he can fund his school tuition.
“Kahit mahirap yung pagtatakatak, kahit na nakakahiya, kailangang mag-ipon ng pambaon sa loob ng isang linggo para makapasok ako every day,” he said in an interview with GMA News.
“Hindi porke’t mahirap ka ay wala ka nang karapatan na tumalino. Ang pangarapin nila ngayon ay yumaman ang kaalaman nila para marami silang mai-inspire,” he added.
In a 2012 episode of the Powerhouse with Mel Tiangco, Apolinario even recalled that he worked as on overseas Filipino worker in (OFW) Bahrain.
Apolinario became an OFW so that he can fund his college tuition.
He took up Communication Arts at the University of Santo Tomas while juggling different jobs.
During his college graduation, Apolinario even recalled his experience with his mother.
“Bumalik sa akin nung grumaduate ako nung high school ako at nung elementary na kaming dalawa lang ng nanay ko. Naalala ko ‘yung mga classmates ko noon, kung saan-saan sila kumain, mga restaurant, Chinese restaurant,” Apolinario said.
From then on, Apolinario said that he will make sure their lives will be better in the future.
“Kami ang celebration namin ng nanay ko, sa lugawan lang. Sabi niya, ‘Saan mo ba gustong kumain, gusto mo ba sa restaurant?’ May pera siya noon eh. ‘Hindi ‘nay, gusto ko lang sa lugawan.’ Lugaw lang kami. ‘Yun ‘yung image, vivid image na nakikita ko, habang naglalakad ako. At ‘yun ‘yung time sabi ko sa sarili ko, hindi na magiging ganito ‘yung buhay ko,” he said.
