Ai-Ai delas Alas —AI-AI DELAS ALAS/ FACEBOOK “Love your parents more, especially as they grow older.” This was one of Ai-Ai delas Alas’ biggest realizations while working at a geriatric care facility in the United States. “If you can take care of them, do it.
I have seen old people there who don’t get visited by their families. It was depressing. And when they do get a visit, they start wishing it would happen every day,” Ai-Ai said at a recent virtual conference for her new partnership with the beauty brand Marlou Colina (MC) Aesthetics International in the United States.
“So, to those who still have their parents, take care of them,” she added. “Huwag natin silang pabayaan.” After two years of working at the said facility, where she served as activity director, the 59-year-old actress resigned so she could focus on her business ventures.
But the wonderful memories she created there, she will always take with her, Ai-Ai said. “They threw a surprise party for me. I was there for only two years, but they all had nice things to say about me.
They told me that they were hoping I could stay longer ...
It was cute and heartwarming,” she related. “I could only hope for the same kind of warmth should I leave show biz.” As someone who has been dealing with psoriasis since she was 15, never did she imagine that she would one day venture into skin care.
But it’s something she eventually learned the value of after decades in show biz. “In my earlier day.
