Just happened to watch Chin-Chin Gutierrez' interview on StarTalk this afternoon. That lady has got tremendous spirit to have that much optimism even after a tragic event. The amazing thing is that she doesn't even want to call it a tragedy. Surely, on a more positive way of looking at it, nobody died. It wasn't tragic after all.

Chin-Chin is one of the very few people I admire in local showbiz. My admiration started in her years providing Betty La Fea her local voice. She was very effective in it that the one voicing Betty La Fea now in the Studio 23 redubbed version pales in comparison.

I remember meeting her in one dubbing session for a Tagalized film she was doing in 2005, I didn't hesitate to watch her do it "live" and she didn't disappoint me. Chin-Chin is such a talented artist. She just loves what she's doing. That's precisely what I'm trying to work on now. As they say, if you love what you do, it will love you back as much.

That's why it's such a pity that she had to experience such misfortune. But Chin-Chin doesn't see it that way. She doesn't even question why it happened. Such a strong-willed woman. She accepts everything that happened and is looking forward to a better life ahead with her mom.

In the end, she asks everyone to trust in the Lord's will and to see the good side of anything and everything that happens to us.

She really has a good heart. I have sensed that in her that's why I like her a lot, magaan ang loob ko sa kanya. I don't know, I just have a natural propensity to easily admire genuinely nice individuals.

How I wish to live my life without any regrets and bitterness in my heart. Each day I'm trying to become a better person. It's hard but with the good example I see in wonderful people like Chin-Chin, I believe it's not that impossible. All the more, I strive to do, feel and think good of myself and others.