Awra Briguela shared that he built a new home for his family after supporting his father’s, Oneal Brian, college education in an interview with Karen Davila aired on YouTube on Saturday, December 4.
Briguela said he is extremely happy that he and his family are now residing in a nice and secure place.
“Super happy po kasi ’yong pinanggalingan namin [na lugar] super iba talaga dito. [Nasa] squatter area po talaga kami before. Ngayon iba na, secured na kami sa subdivision. Bilang lang ang nakakapasok. Tapos sobrang ganda pa nu’ng house kaya iba talaga s’ya,” he said.
He also recalled the time when he enrolled Brian in college.
“Nu’ng time kasi na ’yon, gustong gusto ni Papa bumalik sa pag-aaral kasi nga gusto n’yang ipakita sa amin na kahit ano’ng edad mo pa p’wede kang bumalik sa pag-aaral anytime. And gusto n’ya patunayan sa amin na sobrang mahalaga talaga ang pag-aaral,” Briguela recalled.
Brian then shared how he felt as he entered college as a 32-year-old man. He said that he forced himself to be brave to order to graduate from college.
“Nagsimula po uli ako sa first year college. Thirty-two years old na ako nu’n, e. Ako ’yong pinakamatanda sa batch namin na grumadweyt.
“Nu’ng una po nahihiya ako, e. Pero ang mindset ko pakapalan na lang ng mukha ito. Kung hindi ko kakapalan ang mukha ko walang mangyayari, e. Awa naman po ng D’yos, habang tumatagal, mas na-appreciate nila ’yong ganu’ng mindset.”
He added, “Na-realize ko po na iba kapag may aral, e. Iba kapag naka-graduate ka. E, ayoko din naman mangyari sa point na dumating ang mga anak ko sa ganu’n, e.”
Briguela said he felt proud of his father when he took his college diploma on his graduation day.
“Ang pinaka nakaka-touch [na moment] ’yong ako ’yong isa sa umakyat sa stage para bigyan s’ya ng diploma. Nandu’n po ako nu’ng binigyan s’ya ng diploma.
“S’yempre, nakita ko po nu’n kung gaano s’ya ka-desidido bumalik sa pag-aaral and proud na proud po kami nu’ng umakyat s’ya ng stage at nakuha n’ya ’yong gusto n’ya talaga.”
Brian earned his degree in the year 2019. It was in 2017 when he informed TV Patrol that his son is financing his studies.
