Naulila

BY REGGEE BONOAN

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KAHIT namimighati sa pagkamatay ng ama ay nagawa pa ring i-post ni Jonas Gaffud, kilalang beauty queen maker ang blooper niya nang papunta siya sa Veterans Memorial Hospital para kunin ang bangkay. Hindi kasi lumalabas ng bahay si Jonas simula noong lockdown dahil napapraning sa COVID-19.

Ang caption ni Jonas sa kanyang litratong nakatodong PPE, “On a lighter note, that’s me. My first time to go out since March 18. I was so paranoid. I had to wear so much protection and shades. While walking outside the hospital, suddenly I can’t see because of the protection gear. I was talking, and then nahulog ako sa canal. Look at my right shoe. Ha ha ha ha ha.”

Nitong Linggo, Abril 19 sa ganap na 3:09 p.m. naulila si Jonas at ang kanyang inang si Francisca Antonio Gaffud ng kaniyang ama na si Juan Gaffud na hindi binanggit kung ano ang dahilan.

Base sa post ni Jonas, “My Dad died today at 3:09 PM. I would like to thank the Doc­tors, Nurses and staff at The Veterans Memorial Hospital, huge thanks to all the blood donors.

“We will donate those bags to the hospital. Thank you to all my friends and my co-workers who stayed with me in arranging everything. Thank you to all my talents and friends who posted and asked for blood donors. Thank you to people who do not know but saw our mes­sages of hope and went to the hospital. We never got to see him on his deathbed.”

Ayon kay Jonas, hindi nag­ing maganda ang relasyon niya sa ama growing up dahil strikto ito.

“But as I grew older, I learned to appreciate him, his sacrifices and he tells me all the time how much he loves me and misses me,” aniya.

Nangako si Jonas sa ama na aalagaan nito ang kanyang “queen,” walang iba kung hindi ang inang si Francisca.

Mula sa TEMPO, nakikira­may kami sa pamilya Gaffud.