Aired (September 29, 2024): “My dad is parang superhero, siya po 'yung tinitingala ko… my mom is more like the real human heroes…” - EJ Obiena
Having athlete parents, a father who is a pole vaulter, and a mother who is a hurdler, how does EJ Obiena describe them as his superheroes?
Having athlete parents, a father who is a pole vaulter, and a mother who is a hurdler, how does EJ Obiena describe them as his superheroes?
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00:00Your father, Emerson, was your first coach and you often portrayed him as a superhero.
00:10If your father is your superhero, what would your mother, Jeanette, be?
00:18I think still a superhero, but more in a real-life sense.
00:22When I explain that my dad is a superhero,
00:27it's more like the Marvel DC Comics kind of style.
00:30When I was young, he was jumping, pole vaulting.
00:33It's really amazing to see.
00:35As much as kids don't want to admit it, we look up to our parents.
00:40With that, he is like the Marvel Comics superhero.
00:45But my mom is more like the real human heroes.
00:50The people that take care of you, that really gives their time.
00:56We have that.
00:57Correct me if I'm wrong, your dad won a silver in the sea games.
01:01Yes.
01:02Pole vaulter.
01:03Yes, sir.
01:04Your mom is a hurdler.
01:06Yes, sir.
01:07How is it to have athletes as your parents?
01:13Good and bad.
01:14Good and bad.
01:15Let's start with the good.
01:16The good, you know, they already went through that path.
01:20They already experienced it.
01:22They can walk you through it.
01:25So with that, it's a good thing.
01:27The bad thing is, they're also athletes.
01:30They have recognitions.
01:33There's a shadow cast over you.
01:35You know, as a guy who was in the last team,
01:39they expect me to dominate the event at such a young age.
01:41And everybody knew what my dad or who he was.
01:46And also, of course, there are blurred lines.
01:50Having your dad as a coach,
01:52there are things, Puna, like,
01:54your dad can say that a coach can't.
01:57And there are things that a coach can't say that a dad can't.
02:01Explain that.
02:02You know, your coach can be very rough.
02:04Like, he can tell you you're nothing.
02:06He can say that to you and take it as a coach.
02:08It's a different impact.
02:10But when a parent says that you are nothing,
02:13it's different, right?
02:15It's like, it gives you this certain emptiness.
02:19Like, it's different.
02:20When a parent says you're not good enough,
02:22it's like a definition of yourself.
02:25Yeah.
02:26It's different.
02:27But what did he say to you as a coach?
02:30Never about my athletics.
02:32It's different.
02:33It's a totally different thing.
02:35We used to...
02:37Ah, this place, you know, this place.
02:39I used to spend really late nights here.
02:42This is your old town?
02:43Yeah.
02:44If the practice is bad,
02:45after it's not going well,
02:47when you get home,
02:48he'll still talk to you about it.
02:50If your coach is different,
02:52after the practice, that's done.
02:54I get that.
02:55In 1995,
02:56your father was in the SEA Games.
02:58I think he was competing.
02:59You got sick, you had a fever,
03:01but your mom didn't tell you
03:04that you were sick.
03:07I am referring to that story
03:10because...
03:12Does your mom have a habit
03:14that when there's a problem,
03:16she doesn't tell you
03:17because she doesn't want you to be distracted?
03:21Yes, she does.
03:23But I'm just like my mom.
03:26Ah, you know.
03:27I know when she's doing that.
03:30So, I think I learned that from her.
03:33So now, there's also that.
03:35Like, I don't want them to worry.
03:36For example...
03:37You don't tell them either?
03:38Yes, not in a bad way.
03:40It's more of a...
03:42I don't want them to worry,
03:43especially if it's not necessary.