Coco Martin Takes a Selfie of Us

Ni Oggie Medina

I was standing quietly at Manila Hotel’s Centennial Hall during the 1st PAFTA Awards.

Then all of a sudden Coco Martin came in quietly. I was beside Angelo C. Banaga of Kwento Co.

As he came in, Coco smiled at me and he waved his hand gently toward me as he sat on the chair just behind me at a table very near to me.

Moments after, his name was called as the Best Drama Actor for his leading role in FPJ’s Batang Quiapo.

He gave a touching speech. What I have liked most he mentioned his grandmother. And that was for me very significant for he knows how to look back. He knows how to look back from his humble beginning.

As he returned to his seat and was about to leave later, I was surprised he shook his hand toward me first. I was caught by surprise as he was the one who initiated it.

When he was outside the Centennial Hall, I had the opportunity to have a selfie with him. But when I was the one who was taking the selfie, it did not work. Instead, he was the one who took a selfie of us.

As he bade me goodbye, I smiled as people looked at us.

Thank you, Coco Martin. I hope to have an exclusive interview with you someday.

That night too I was scheduled to be interviewed by Magnum Gilbert and Magnum Mencho of Magnum Radyo 99.9’s News and Music’s Magnum Sabado Night Talk. More on them soon in my column.