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Date Posted: 07:51:40 06/25/03 Wed
ALMA : ISN`T IT ENOUGH THAT KRIS AND JOEY ARE TOGETHER ?
Posted: 10:21 PM (Manila Time) | Jun. 25, 2003
Inquirer News Service
CONSIDERING all the trials that Alma Moreno has had to endure all these years, she could have waved the white flag a long time ago and just bowed out of the scene quietly.
But a born survivor like her does not have the word "Quit" in her vocabulary. She has been bombarded from all corners regarding her debts, her ongoing annulment case with her estranged husband, Parañaque City Mayor Joey Marquez, her plans to run for mayor in the same city in 2004, and her on-and-off bout with scoliosis. Add to these the fragile state of her son Vandolph, who had had a near-fatal car accident, and of her eldest son, Mark Anthony Fernandez, who's out of rehab.
Lesser mortals would have crumbled if they were in Alma's place. She may have had her share of excesses but there's a void that still remains in her.
You can't help but admire Alma for being honest enough to admit that she does have debts. The important thing is she is not running away from them.
She clarified, "I'm the one paying for my obligations. Not Joey as some reports claim. Nakakatawa naman na pati utang ko gawing grounds for annulment!"
When I asked her to comment on Joey's much-publicized affair with Kris Aquino, she smiled wryly. "Sila ang matatalino," she said. "'Di ko na kailangan pagsabihan sila. Sana lang bumusina muna sila bago lumantad. Masaya na sila kaya tigilan na sana ang paninira sa akin. Hindi pa ba sapat na magkasama na sila?"
I prodded her. "Are you open to the idea that Kris would eventually be close to your kids as their stepmother?"
Alma minced no words: "As long as I'm still alive I don't need anybody to take care of my children. Kaya ko sila buhayin."
She has remained friends with her two other exes, Rudy Fernandez and Dolphy. Why can't she have the same cordial relationship with Joey? "With Daboy and Dolphy, the respect is still there. Iba ang situation namin ni Joey. Marami kasi masyadong tao sa paligid niya at sanga-sanga na ang kuwento. Siguro someday, pero 'di pa ngayon."
So is Joey the last man in her life? She sighed. "Sa buhay ko minsan lang ako ikinasal. Tama na siguro. I'll just live for my kids."
As a single mother myself, I can relate to Alma. Surely our love for our kids and for a significant other can't be equated. But being a happier woman in-love would make one a better mother, so I certainly hope that "Ms. Loveliness" finds happiness anew.
Letting go
As I came across the news that Lotlot de Leon and Ramon Christopher have parted ways and Eula Valdez is suing her ex Ronnie Quizon for physical abuse, my mind wandered back to my interview with Alma. Surely this survivor of love's many battles can teach Lotlot and Eula a thing or two about letting go.
Separations are always messy. Having gone through a failed marriage and several relationships myself, I must say that breaking up is either due to internal or external factors and sometimes a combination of both. It's harder if the cause is internal because you feel helpless in the face of irreconcilable differences. And it's more painful if it's brought about by external reasons since it's frustrating that you both let outer forces come between you.
In the case of Lotlot and Monching, who got married when they were in their teens, it is said that they split up because Monching has been happy-go-lucky so he's not really the family man that he ought to be by now. I'm saddened by the news because they were one of the few show biz couples left whose marriage has remained intact all this time. Lotlot even gave up her flourishing movie career so as to be a full-time mother and wife. Hopefully, it's just a phase and they would eventually reconcile.
As for Eula and Ronnie's break-up, it reads like one of the telenovelas that Eula starred in, but this time she plays the victim which is in stark contrast to her villain roles.
I texted Ronnie's half-brother Eric Quizon for his sentiments about the issue and he texted back: "I don't want to be part of the mess. I want to spare Eula and Miguel the heartaches and trauma. I just might be misinterpreted. Ronnie is okay now. He is strong."
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am saddened about Lotlot and Monching's separation, when i was still in PI,sila at sila lang talaga ang pinakgusto kong tambalan,even when Lotlot was still paired to Jestoni and later was linked to Dranreb,the late son of Alicia Alonso and then, beacme anjo Yllana's gf, wish ko talaga at nag katutuo na sana Lolot at Monching na lang,first saw then when they were paslit sa next batch ng Kaluskos Musmos at sila ang pareha dun.
Maghunusdili ka aray noolah, baka ang puso mo atakihin ka
Aling Kirih, parang knows mo akish? How do u know na may sakit ako sa puso? C'mon reveal na.......etoh e-mail koh, diamondanu83@yahoo.com