Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Imelda Papin’s life before fame! (Episode 404)
Aired (August 16, 2024): Binalikan ni Imelda Papin ang kanyang simpleng buhay noon sa probinsya bago siya sumikat bilang isang mang-aawit. #GMANetwork #GMADrama #Kapuso
Transcript
00:00Let's go to your story, childhood, 2 hours on a boat in Waray Baloto, how is it called
00:13in Bicol?
00:14A boat.
00:15A boat.
00:16Yes, a boat.
00:17Then, tell us a little story when you were starting.
00:19When I was 8 years old, I was the leader of our church.
00:24We call it Aurora in Bicol, 9 days on, and boy, we have a small store, and after our
00:50procession, I would give it to the kids.
00:54And aside from that, the kerosene, I would get it, and my mom would get mad and say,
01:02where is the remaining kerosene?
01:05But to me, the help is in my heart.
01:11I want to see the kids, and I want them to be happy, because I also saw it in my father.
01:16My father had been in politics for 20 years, and I saw how he served our countrymen in
01:24the so-called procession.
01:25There was this beautiful woman that came into our restaurant, she said, Mrs., do you have
01:32a child who was born on January 26?
01:36So she said, Imelda, because I was in the kitchen at that time, she said, come here,
01:41and someone is looking for you.
01:42So when that beautiful old woman saw me, she was carrying a sweepstakes at that time, she
01:50said, this child, she said, this will help your family, it will help your siblings to
01:59finish everything, plus it will make you rich.
02:03So boy, it was so fast, because I was studying then at St. Vigit School in Buhid, and then
02:11Imelda Papin's popularity for singing was fast.
02:18My father brought me in Manila.
02:19You know that old woman, that very day, that moment, after, because Mama said, get yourself
02:27her drinks, and then, you know what, when I came back, she was not there at the table.
02:32We didn't see her at all.
02:35And then, it was one after another, and I was discovered by Wonderland Records, which
02:40I was able to record my first song, composed by George Canseco.
02:45I actually got my style from George Canseco.
02:49His style, the one that has air, I actually got it from him.
02:56From George Canseco?
02:57Yes, yes.
02:58Then it was followed by Kutob, Sabihin Mo, Mahal Saan Ka Naggaling Kagabi, which is also
03:02made into a movie.
03:03I became the theme song of most of the movies.
03:07Of the movies, and many, many.
03:10Thank you very much.