UAC!!!

i dreamt of AJ na ulit! Sa wakaaas!!! this was last Sept. 15, 2011 pa.

Here it goes:

nasa mall kami ni mama. Expo mall ata un.

tapos habang naglalakad kami nadaanan namin si AJ sa labas ng isang shop.

UAC Smart ata mga kasama nia eh, dko kasi klala. Puro papicture at pa-autograph sila syempre.

tapos sabi ko sa mama ko, puntahan namen si AJ. Pagbalik namin nasa loob na sya ng isang shop kumakanta.

parang may pinopromote syang movie. tapos bigla nlng kaming napunta sa isang salon.

bigla nlng parang may nag-aadvertise kay AJ dun about sa makeover na ginagawa nila.

Tapos nagulat siya, actually pati kame ng mama ko kasi napabata and napaganda nila ung 72 and 93yo women.

haha tapos lumabas muna kami ni mama dun sa salon para kumain ska sinamahan ko na si mama sa pupuntahan nia.

Pagdating namin, andun din sila AJ. May kausap sya sa BB nia, idk kung si Steph,

tapos nagiinternet naman mga taga-UAC. Nagssearch sila ng new pictures of Aj.

After ni AJ dun sa phone nia, tinabihan ko sya tapos parang may tinetext naman sya.

Ang ginawa ko kinuha ko sa mama ko ung sinusulatan niang pocket notebook.

Pagtingin ko puro pictures pala ni AJ andun HAAHA. :">

pero paulit ulit lang, walang bago kaya nakisali ako sa UAC sa pagsearch hahaha.

nakalimutan ko kng anung pic ung nasearch ko nun eh pero parang naka-dancing pose sya dun tapos yellow ung background tapos may pagka-red ung suot ni AJ dun.

tapos pinaprint ko saka dinikit ko dun sa isang page ng ntbk ng mama ko.

then nakisingit ako sa ibng mga uac n ngpapa-autograph.

sabi ko kay AJ, "pwede pa-autograph?" :) tapos kinuha nia ung ntbk.

sasabihin ko sana ung name ko pero bigla nlng sinabi ni AJ, "JACKIE.."

so i was like, ALAM NIA UNG NAME KO OWWEMM!!! Dream come true ang makilala ni AJ hehe :">



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To those attending the Candy Fair 2011, you need to bring your copy of Candy Magazine's September 2011 issue (with Ed Westwick on the cover) as your ticket entry to the event. 

Now I miss AJ Perez :(. 

AJ was a consistent "Candy Cutie" and attended the Candy Fair during his last three years (2008, 2009, 2010).

His brother Gello and parents reportedly are attending the Candy Fair 2011. (Probably Candy Mag is going to pay tribute to their favorite cutie AJ Perez at the said event.)




Read more: Candy Fair 2011 this Saturday, September 24 ~ MyKiRu IsYuSeRo http://mykiru.blogspot.com/2011/09/candy-fair-2011-this-saturday-september.html#ixzz1Yjt93tCd

Antonello Joseph “AJ” Sarte Perez (February 17, 1993 – April 17, 2011)

AJ Perez is one of the most promising talents of Star Magic batch 13 which also includes Empress Schuck and Dino Imperial.

His April 30,2011 MMK episode was a high rater. Also, it is also considered as AJ’s best performance. Unfortunately, it was also his last.

On April 17, 2011, Perez had just finished a show in Dagupan and was riding an ABS-CBN service van on his way home with his father Gerardo, and four others. The driver of the van tried to overtake a trailer truck but collided with a Partas provincial passenger bus along MacArthur Highway in Barangay San Julian, Paniqui, Tarlac. He was declared dead on arrival at the Rayos-Valentin Hospital in Moncada, Tarlac at 12:10 a.m. Initial reports said that the cause of his death is “multiple head injuries”. The autopsy, however, revealed that his broken ribs pierced his heart and lungs thus causing his death



SOURCE: 

http://www.wowbatangas.com/features/death-of-philippine-showbiz-icons-actors-and-musicians-who-have-gone-too-soon/

SEE MORE ARTIST WHO HAVE GONE TOO SOON HERE :
http://www.wowbatangas.com/features/death-of-philippine-showbiz-icons-actors-and-musicians-who-have-gone-too-soon/

Who wouldn’t be ensnared by that genuine smile? Yes, it is not only for the cameras because the best photos we have taken were actually stolen in between formal shots. And that is actually what we hear from everybody relishing their best memory of the 18-year-old Antonello Joseph “AJ” Sarte Perez who passed away at a tender age due to a vehicular accident recently.

“Please, can I take my shirt off for the picture? How come you are allowing them (referring to other ABS-CBN actors in the shoot) to do it?” AJ sweetly pleaded nonstop because he worked very hard to transform his young lanky body to a more masculine, leadingactor look (his personal trainer told me that is sans any supplementation because he is so young). We kept on reminding him that Star Magic specifically said his shirt should always be on as his image was wholesome (he was just 17 then). But I guess he was just so proud that his hard work and sweat in the gym had paid off.

While the photo was taken specifically for the special advertisement in the Star Magic Catalogue 2011, we took several photos which we would like to share with fans and friends alike — and all who were positively touched by AJ, and inspired by his cheery disposition and admirable passion and discipline to be the best he could be in anything he set his mind and heart on, whether it was basketball, school, acting, dancing, modeling or simply being a son or best friend.

Unconditional Love

AJ’s loving mom Marivic calmly said in a TV interview, “All the good words we hear people say about AJ make me and my husband Gerry very proud of him. He is a perfect son.”

She shares that on the night before the accident, AJ slept beside her. She recalls the last call he made close to 10 p.m. when he said he would be home soon and that his mother did not have to worry. At that same time, she was watching Boy Abunda’s Bottomline interview with Fatima Soriano. She decided to donate AJ’s cornea to the blind Marian devotee, but unfortunately, it was not what she needed. The corneas helped one eight-year-old boy and another man whose prayers for a suitable donor were finally answered.

I went to AJ’s wake in Greenhills to personally extend my condolences to his parents and also to give them copies of the photos we took of AJ. I approached AJ’s dad Gerry, introduced myself, and expressed my sympathies.  After I handed the photos and he looked at them, he started to sob, prompting me to hug and console him though I was practically a stranger. I felt his pain as a parent, and I took notes of his interviews on TV with Boy Abunda.

“I remember all the good times with AJ. I have everything planned for my son. I see myself growing old and seeing my grandchildren. We want him to finish college. And there was no indication previously that he wanted to be in showbiz.  On his second TV commercial, we were invited by ABS-CBN. We were given a tour, then Mr. M (chairman emeritus of Star Magic Johnny Manahan) asked him if he wanted to be an actor, and he said no. He was a reserved person. It took time before he agreed to it,” he said.

His, and their agreed priority as a family, was for AJ to finish school. In fact, he was looking forward to college at DLSU where he first applied for Entrepreneurship but later shifted his application to Marketing. He personally drove for AJ every day from the Sabel (a recently concluded teleserye of ABS-CBN where AJ was lead) shoot to De La Salle High School in Greenhills. According to Dad Gerry, AJ was really kind-hearted by nature and noticing how tired his father was driving from the shoot venue to school (the shoot sometimes ended at 4 a.m., and AJ would quietly change into his La Salle uniform to go to school, and would quietly arrive on the set late afternoon straight from school), he asked when they would hire a driver. They agreed they would do that when the teleserye ends.

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Isang e-mail ang natanggap ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) mula kay Mr. Gerry Perez, ama ng namayapang young actor na si AJ Perez, na naglalaman ng sulat at isang kanta na nilikha ng Concert King na si Martin Nievera at nilapatan ng musika ni Marvin Querido.

Sariwa pa sa alaala ng buong industriya ang maagang pagpanaw ni AJ dahil sa car accident na naganap nuong April 17, 2011.  Pinagluksa ito ng pamilya at malalapit na mga kaibigan ng young actor kung saan nagsilbi pala itong inspirasyon kay Martin para makalikha ng isang kanta.

Narito ang sulat ni Martin Nievera kay Gerry Perez:

"Hi Gerry,

"It was great to finally meet you the other night at the Pen. I know that we hardly know each other and that AJ and I probably  spoke twice that I can remember backstage in ASAP.

"But I am still a father.

"When I found out what had happened that day we lost AJ, I was moved to tears and my imagination took me to places I didn't want to be. I automatically put myself in your shoes and thought of my three sons.

"I mean, this could happen to any father and I am so deeply sorry it happened to you. But what if it happened to me? That is where this song was born.

"With the music of Marvin Querido, I was able to put these words down. I tried to imagine what could've been if I were to turn back the hands of time to the very beginning of that tragic day. Even though I know we will all meet again in a beautiful place where pain does not exist, I still could not help thinking, what if...



"I am sorry I am only able to give you this song now, but during the time of AJ's early goodbye, there was so much going on in the media, I didn't want to seem like I was trying to get air time. 

"I truly felt your loss and here is the song to prove it. I am glad I met you because I feel you should hear this song before anyone else. God bless you and your family, Gerry.

"Here is the song. Please forgive the quality of this demo. I wrote it the day after we lost AJ using only my laptop and the built-in microphone on my MacBook Air."



Until We Meet Again

What do you do
What can you say
How can you mend a broken heart
 
How many tears
How many years
When will forgetting start
 
So little time
Each moment divine
Like pictures from a near past
 
Can time be my friend
Let that day begin again
Making each moment last
 
I won't let you get away
I should have made you stay
Now that you are gone
Darkness shines brighter than the sun
 
in my heart till the end
Until we meet again...
 
So little time
Each moment divine
Like pictures from a near past
 
Can time be my friend
Let that day begin again
Making each moment last
 
I won't let you get away
I should have made you stay
Now that you are gone
Darkness shines brighter than the sun
 
In my heart till the end
Until we meet again...

And with all that I have in me
With every single prayer I pray
You'll be there right beside me
And in my dreams there'll be no end
 
I won't let you get away
I should have made you stay
Now that you are gone
Darkness shines brighter than the sun
 
In my heart till the end
Until we meet again
 
You'll be in my heart till the end
Until we meet again...

(In Memory of AJ Perez)

MUSIC: Marvin Querido
LYRICS: Martin Nievera


Source : http://www.pep.ph/news/31024/AJ-Perezs-father-Gerry-Perez-shares-song-dedicated-
to-the-memory-of--late-son;-lyrics-written-by-Martin-NieveraMelba R. Llanera

Maybe…
he was there.
and maybe…
he saw.
Surely,
he was happy…
his baby brother escorting her beloved…
he could have been smiling
all-throughout the ball.
and he said:

thanks.
for being THERE WITH ME…

“in a moment I cherished..
an unforgettable event I will always look forward to…
                                             in my dreams,
                                             and my
                                             new-found reality…”

a little poem by robert manuguid silverio

thanks to: @CherryPineda (twitter account) and aj perez FB Page for the picture below:
#StarMagicBall representing @ajperez17 were @gelloperez and @stephayson




SOURCE : http://sssip.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/70-000-plus-views-on-a-twit-photo-of-ajs-younger-brod-and-gf-httptwitpic-com6fqdoo/

Dr. Munguita Padilla (left) leads the unveiling of the new poster of the Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines with (from left) Marivic Perez and Gerry Perez, Dr. Bernardita Navarro, and Dr. Leo Cubillan. (Photo by MANNY LLANES)

MANILA, Philippines — Close your eyes. for a minute, allow yourself to be blind. how does it feel when everything turns black? when you start to feel your body falling backwards in space as your senses adjust to the darkness? were you frightened, frustrated, or confused? Or, for a brief moment, did you feel grateful knowing that any moment, you can open your eyes and see again? Now imagine what a blind person feels.

The Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines has been lobbying for the support of good, kind hearted Filipinos to commit to a gift of eyesight, a gift that will help those who need the vision, who, in turn, will carry on the giver’s good will long after they’re gone.

A non-stock, non-profit organization, Eye Bank has labored to bridge the stark need of Filipinos suffering from corneal blindness, facilitating the link between recipients and eye donors. The equation sounds simple, but much is needed to support an operation of this kind across the entire Philippines.

“Basically, what the Eye Bank does is it retrieves, processes, stores and distributes eye tissue around the country,” said Dr. Dominga ‘Minguita’ Padilla, president and chairman of Eye Bank Foundation Philippines. “It’s a very spiritual endeavor in a way, because it takes people of heart who care about others to make it happen, not just the doctor, not just the technology, but also the community.”

A vision to live on

Earlier this year, eight-year-old John Daniel de los Santos and 27-year-old Lawrence Villanueva had their sights restored through the cornea donation of the late young actor AJ Perez, who died in a car crash April this year.

Two people benefitted from the generous intentions of AJ’s parents, Gerry and Marivic, and they even went further to join Eye Bank in launching ‘A Vision To Live On’, a year-long campaign to increase awareness, acceptance and support for eye and cornea donation. During the campaign launch, new Eye Bank advocacy materials were unveiled with AJ Perez as its ‘poster boy’.

“Since our foundation in 1995, we’ve been so blessed to have been able to process close to 15,600 corneas and whole eyes. when we have a surplus we even distribute around Asia and Africa. And although a majority of the donors remain anonymous, even to the recipients, one of the reasons we’ve been very successful is because we have the support of a lot of celebrities and the media,” Dr. Padilla explained.

The late Miko Sotto, who fell to his death in 2003, was the first poster boy for Eye Bank and it was his mother, Ali Sotto who encouraged AJ’s parent’s to continue the legacy of their son. “Months after Ali mentioned the possibility of having AJ as the new poster boy for Eye Bank, we realized that apart from donating AJ cornea’s, we can help more people if we continue to support this advocacy,” said Gerry Perez.                                                                                                                  

How does it work?

Aside from AJ, more than 446 Filipinos have committed and fulfilled their pledge including Ramon Judiel Lumbad, a volunteer firefighter who died at the age of 17, an administrative officer of the Department of Public Works and Highways, and a veteran and survivor of the Death March who died at the age of 91.

“except those who have HIV and syphilis, almost anyone can donate. you don’t even have to have  50/50 vision as long as the corneas or the entire eye balls are normal. with today’s technology, two corneas can help four people. if you donate two eye balls, you can help as much as 10,” said Dr. Padilla.

She added: “To get the cornea, we have to test the blood, test the cornea, store it in a solution and distribute it in such a way that stays safe and fresh even up to 48 hours. We can send it to the recipients by plane or courier for free through our partners like Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and LBC. they don’t have to come to Manila; we’ll send it to them.”

In the Philippines, the top four reasons people need transplantsare: infections, scars from various causes, corneal damage after eye surgery (e.g. cataract surgery), Corneal Dystrophy (genetic conditions that cause gradual damage to the cornea due to abnormal deposition of substances in the body), and Keratoconus and other abnormalities of the shape of the cornea.

More government support

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office has been a partner of Eye Bank; but with the suspension of their various grants to non-government organizations, Eye Bank remains hopeful that soon, charities such as them, which have consistently displayed credible diligence, would once again be able to resume this productive partnership, especially since the charity patients they serve are almost always from government hospitals.

“if corneal processing would be even partly included under PhilHealth coverage, then imagine how many more potentially productive Filipinos can return to their lives and livelihood, equipped with their vision once again,” Dr. Padilla said.

Eye bank donor cards are available at the UP-Philippine General Hospital. but what a lot of people don’t know is that millions of Filipinos already carry donor cards; all they need to do is look at the back of their driver’s license.

“The driver license in itself is a donor card already. People don’t know that because LTO doesn’t really advertise it. all we need is to advocate policy for checking for their IDs, often carried on their person, so that the opportunity to collect their gift might not pass unnoticed,” said Dr. Padilla.

For more information and interested donors, contact Eye Bank Foundation Philippines at 302 6282 or visit eyebankfil.org

AttachmentSize Dr. Munguita Padilla (left) leads the unveiling of the new poster of the Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines with (from left) Marivic Perez and Gerry Perez, Dr. Bernardita Navarro, and Dr. Leo Cubillan. (Photo by MANNY LLANES)