Father's Day Special

PTVPhilippines

6/12/2024

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00:00In the coming week, Father's Day is just around the corner.

00:03A father will give us inspiration for what we will know today.

00:09Who is he? Let's watch this.

00:12The call of fatherhood is, in fact, a call of sacrifice.

00:16It is a call that will cost him all that he has.

00:19But for Atty. Erwin, being a father pushed him to achieve his dream and not give up.

00:27When I entered U.P. as a B.S. in Zoology,

00:32it turned out that the laboratory was not that good.

00:34So, I shifted to Political Science.

00:37I thought, maybe I can do Law after Political Science.

00:45He studies at night and works in the morning.

00:48But despite being busy with life,

00:51God has a way for him to find his passion.

00:55I had a co-worker.

00:57He told me that he had a sister.

00:59He showed me the picture.

01:01I thought, maybe I can get to know your sister.

01:05From there, I got to know her.

01:07And then, I said,

01:09this is what I want to get married to.

01:11She became my girlfriend until we got married.

01:15This is where we met and this is where we got married.

01:19But when we immigrated, we didn't have a child yet.

01:22So, we gave birth to our child there in 1988.

01:26So, after a year.

01:27Even though Atty. Erwin didn't finish his degree here in the Philippines,

01:31because he had to migrate,

01:33he still had hope to pursue this.

01:37It's a big struggle because

01:39when you get there and you apply for a job in the field that you want,

01:44what they are looking for is a local experience.

01:47They don't want an important experience.

01:50The local experience in the U.S.

01:52or education.

01:54I don't have any of those.

01:56So, I said,

01:58you have to. You can't choose.

01:59Especially if you have a family.

02:00Then, what job do I have?

02:03I got a job as a courier messenger.

02:06Later on,

02:08I got a job as a gas litter reader.

02:11I said to myself,

02:13I have to.

02:14Something will happen in my life.

02:17So, I applied to study in a law school.

02:20I studied there for a night.

02:23At least, the law school was only for 3 years.

02:28But I studied for 4 years because I took an evening course.

02:31And so,

02:33Malasuperdad,

02:34while pursuing his dreams, became Atty. Erwin's life.

02:37I studied for maybe

02:404 or 5 years when I started studying again.

02:45So, what our son did was,

02:47he was in kindergarten at the time,

02:50he said,

02:52Dad, let's go to bed.

02:55So, I said, son, I still have to study.

02:57So, he pulled me.

02:59So, I said, okay.

03:01You go to bed first.

03:02When you're asleep,

03:04I'll study again.

03:05So, that's how we did it.

03:07No, you'll reduce your sleep.

03:09That's the hard part.

03:10There's no school to be a father.

03:12So, you just have to play it by ear.

03:19That's how it is, right?

03:21So, when your son cries, you can go to him.

03:23You know what the reason is.

03:25It can be said that raising a child abroad is challenging

03:29because of the rules,

03:30especially in education.

03:32But it wasn't a hurdle

03:34for them to raise their one and only child properly.

03:37So, our son,

03:39we really encouraged him

03:42to attend his scout sessions

03:46at least once a week.

03:47We encouraged him to attend

03:51National Jamboree,

03:52World Jamboree,

03:54and become an Eagle Scout.

03:56The life of Atty. Erwin Bautista

03:58is one of the lives of fathers

04:01where not just one duty

04:04became a pillar of life

04:05and he was able to accompany his studies,

04:08work,

04:09and be a father.

04:11You just have to,

04:13not only as a father,

04:14but as an individual,

04:16follow your dreams

04:19and don't let your family down.

04:21Because in the process,

04:24you might want to achieve

04:25what you want in life,

04:27and you might let your family down.

04:29So, God has mercy on me.

04:30I wasn't able to let my family down

04:33and I was able to accomplish

04:36what I wanted to do

04:38to study and finish my studies.

04:40So, just continue with your dreams

04:42because when you surrender,

04:44because you're having a hard time,

04:46you won't be able to achieve it.

04:47To all the fathers,

04:49let us support our children

04:52and let us support our families

04:56in the good life of our family.

05:00So, Happy Father's Day

05:01to all the fathers.

05:06Happy Father's Day.

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