Filipino singer Regine Velasquez spends time with distressed compatriots in Dubai

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Filipino singer Regine Velasquez spends time with distressed compatriots in Dubai. Regarded as Asia's songbird, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid sings for women in distress at a Philippine facility. She also shares with #Pinoy her journey as an artist.  Read the full Gulf News article: https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/pinoy/regine-velasquez-alcasid-stars-visit-distressed-filipinos-in-uae-1.2241174  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00You make me shine, shine

00:05Like the stars in the heavens

00:09I love to sing.

00:11And this is who I am. I'm a singer.

00:14There's nothing I hate about my whole journey being an artist.

00:20This is such a gift for me.

00:22I was able to help my family doing what I do.

00:26Once in a while you will have that point where you get tired.

00:29There's not very much privacy.

00:32But still, nothing that I hate about it.

00:36Because if anything, I am just grateful.

00:39I am grateful that I was chosen to be in this industry.

00:45I was given this wonderful talent by God.

00:48I'm just really very thankful that I'm still here.

00:52I'm still singing. I'm still working.

00:55And people are still somehow excited to see me.

00:58Excited to hear my songs.

01:01To hear me sing live.

01:03So I'm just very grateful.

01:05Shine, shine

01:08With the light that you give me

01:12It's true

01:15I'm shining on

01:17All because of you

01:22You are there

01:25You are there in my dreams

01:28It's as if my heart knows

01:31That it's in me

01:34You make me believe

01:37That there's more to me

01:39Than what you have given me

01:43I'm glad that I'm alive

01:46I'm glad

01:48Embrace, embrace.

01:51There is something in the way

01:55You look at me

01:57And you say

01:59Being an artist and meeting them

02:01Just to make them feel like

02:03Make them feel love

02:06Happy

02:07And to encourage them that

02:10The government is doing their best to bring them happiness.

02:14So we feel for them, we pray for them.

02:16It was a wonderful experience to make them happy

02:18Through entertainment

02:20To give them entertainment.

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