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Maxene Magalona reveals lockdown forced her to face sadness, fear

Maxene Magalona reveals lockdown forced her to face sadness, fear

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After spending time in Bali, Indonesia, actress Maxene Magalona returned to the Philippines and found herself in a strict lockdown which eventually led her to sit with discomfort.

On Instagram, Magalona opened up about her first experience of being in quarantine, explaining that she was free to roam around in Bali before.

Upon her return to Manila, the actress said she tried to go through her days as normally as she could, scheduling all her activities that would keep her busy.

"Being the 'strong independent woman' that I am, I was determined to keep the situation under control," Magalona stated.

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However, things did not go according to plan as her body started to collapse, with the actress experiencing migraine a week after she arrived in the Philippines.

Magalona said she felt frustrated with losing control over things, beginning to get emotional and allowing herself to cry.

"I just allowed them to come. Gradually, the emotions that I had been keeping bottled up inside of me for God knows how long started to surface," she said.

Magalona went on to share how she would usually deny what she was feeling back in her younger years. She admitted going to parties and drinking alcoholic drinks to numb herself from feelings of anxiety, pain, or fear.

However, due to the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Magalona was left with no choice but to face discomfort.

This time, the actress acknowledged what she was going through despite being terrified by it so she could hold space for her emotions.

"I've built a wall around my heart for so long, trying to be tough and protect myself from becoming vulnerable, only to find out that it takes true strength and courage to feel all my feelings," she said.

While she was hesitant to post or send sad photos, Magalona realized that she needed to be honest with herself and honored all her emotions in order to live in truth.

"We must allow ourselves to feel all our emotions and not just the 'good' ones, because we wouldn't even know what 'good' feels like if not for what makes us feel 'bad,'" she added.

Magalona returned to the country last March, after a year of being based in Bali where she strengthened her relationship with God alongside her husband, Rob Mananquil.

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Benedix Ramos shoots his first international film in Taiwan: 'It was a great experience!'

Benedix Ramos shoots his first international film in Taiwan: 'It was a great experience!'

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With his theater credits growing each year with productions like Bar Boys, Tabing Ilog, Ang Huling El Bimbo, and Next to Normal, Benedix Ramos said that performing live has really changed him as an artist after falling in love more with the craft.

The reason why I stayed in theater is because it is giving life to a person and it gives me so much life. That’s why I’m still here. The difference is that I now know that doing this makes me feel so alive even more. Everyday doing this, rehearsals, warm ups and even debriefings, it gives so much life to my life,” he told PUSH ABS-CBN



The Pinoy Big Brother housemate, who was part of PBB Kumunity Season 10 in 2022 where he was known as “Ang Streamboy Apo ng Pangasinan,” also has his sights set on a bigger stage this year. He just shot his first international film in Taiwan with actress Angel Aquino while in between rehearsals for the 9 Works Theatrical play Next to Normal.

Last January I was gone for a week to shoot a film with Ms. Angel Aquino and it’s something na masarap sa pakiramdam na meron kang ganun after theater, lalo na Next To Normal yung ginagawa namin so I feel like it helps my mental state kapag lumalabas ka dun sa space na yun. It was a great experience,” he said. 

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The 30-year-old actor also shared what his experience was working with a foreign production crew.

These are Taiwanese producers and award-winning creatives so it’s really such an honor to be working wiith them because they have a different discipline in film and yung pagka-Pinoy natin minsan, yung pagiging creative as a Pinoy, minsan pag nakakita rin tayo ng ibang creative, parang maiisip mo na uy, puwede rin pala yun. So we collaborated. The Filipino team and the Taiwanese team really collaborated on this film,” he added. 



In his latest play Next to Normal, themes of family and mental health are heavily discussed all throughout the musical. Benedix said he hopes that the conversation about mental health can start being normalized in Filipino families.

Hindi kasi normal sa pamilyang Pilipino na pag-usapan yung mental health, which is quite sad kasi we grew up in a household na minsan umaarte ka kapag umiiyak ka, umaarte ka kapag nagdadabog ka, nag-pa-panic ka or something like that, or na-a-anxiety ka. Pero this is the reason why this generation is really opening a door to that. Not just an idea, it’s an education. This generation actually is a great contribution for education, educating also our parents and grandparents, especially if they are open to accepting yung bagong konsepto ng mental health,” he explained. 

Despite getting cast in more theater productions for the past few years, Benedix said in a previous interview that he is open to performing equally on all platforms if given the opportunity.

We all know naman na theater really takes so much of the time of your schedule or sa buong calendar mo blocked off yan for rehearsals and for shows and all that. There are so many sacrifices that you have to do when you’re doing your passion which is theater. And acting is really something that I’ve always loved doing even when I was still a child. Napupuslit puslit ko naman yung mga ibang acting gigs,” he told PUSH ABS-CBN. 

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