“Ano ‘yung mga bagay na kinakatakutan mo in life?”
“‘Yung kinakatakutan ko is the possibility of being alone, kung baga I have no one to share anything of my success or downfalls with. Wala akong mapagsasabihan na ‘Uy! Nanalo ako dito.’ or ‘Uy. Natalo ako dito,’ kasi I just broke up then with my girlfriend. [Ang] sakit.”
“Ano ‘yung context or basis nung fear ninyo?”
“I don’t want to [put myself] down naman masyado pero I’m a chubby guy, I’m fat. In social norms, nobody likes the fat guy. [E]ver since bata pa ako, chubby na ako. There wasn’t a point in my life na payat ako. So, iniisip ko palagi na walang ma-in love sa akin, so parang ayun. Ang takot ko ay tumanda ako mag-isa.”
“What will be your advice to yourself to eradicate your fear?”
“I’m always known as the ‘happy guy’ pero they say that the happiest people are the ones keeping the saddest thougths, diba? I’m not like that. I’m trying to be someone who is happy talaga, and I’m trying to spread that positivity.”
– Carlo Luis Magno, 20, AB Communication Arts
Interview by MARK JOSEPH B. FERNANDEZ
Photo by ANA BARBARA S. SAN DIEGO
