MARK BAUTISTA HAPPY FOR PIOLO & KC
[PHOTO - Mark Bautista and other friends actually knew about Piolo Pascual and KC Concepcion (left) long before Piolo announced on The Buzz last Sunday that KC is 'taken']
MANILA, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 (STAR) FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo - The public got to know the real score about Piolo Pascual and KC Concepcion only last Sunday when Piolo confirmed on The Buzz that, yes, in his own words, "KC is taken" since October last year.
To paraphrase the STAR blurb, the truth must have hopefully set Piolo free. He explained the delayed revelation to his worry (unfounded, it turned out) his love son Iñigo might resent it.
But to those close to Piolo, the announcement was anti-climactic. Piolo's barkada knew about him and KC all along, throughout their almost two-year courtship which was highlighted by a, so to speak, "boys' night out" in Palawan where KC, reportedly upon Piolo's invitation, joined them overnight.
"I'm happy for Piolo and for KC," said Mark Bautista, one of Piolo's trusted friends.
Teased that he's being left behind, Mark said that it's okay, he's not in a hurry anyway, not after his abortive relationship, mostly kept under wraps, with two singers.
"I'm single," added Mark. "I will have a lonely Valentine's."
On Feb. 14, he will spend the day not quite alone but with a few company — that is, at the Balladeers On Valentine's Day concert at the Manila Hotel (starting at 7:30 p.m.) produced by Daisy Romualdez, with co-performers Pilita Corrales, Carmen Soriano and Carmen Pateña (with K Brosas and introducing Paula Bianca).
For sure, in that concert, Mark will be singing Bakit and Okey Lang, his two compositions included in his latest album Nagmamahal (released by Viva Records) which is made up of all-Tagalog songs, mostly originals and a few revivals.
The two songs eloquently express what Mark has gone through.
"Bakit is about a martyr guy. One line goes, Bakit kahit na nasasakta'y lumalapit pa rin sa'yo't nagmamahal. I'm like that. Martyr ako kapag mahal ko ang isang tao. Kahit masakit na at hindi na maganda ang ginagawa sa akin, patuloy akong nagmamahal."
Mark was mum when asked who the girl was. Clue: She's sweet and gentle (with whom he had an "MU" relationship).
Okey Lang is about a girl whom a guy wants to know, only for him to discover that she's, to use Piolo's words, "already taken." But it's okey lang, "At least nakilala ko s'ya."
Mark was mum when asked who the girl was. Clue: She's "rare" and gentle, too.
But he's open about his big crush — Iza Calzado whom he first met up close on the set of the GMA noontime Sunday show Party Pilipinas.
Career-wise, Mark has nothing to complain about. He's now a Kapuso, appearing as the best friend of Dennis Trillo in the soap Dwarfina. He has built a house for himself and his family and sends his siblings to school.
"Early this year," said Mark, "I reviewed my life in the past seven years that I've been in showbiz, at happy naman ako."
He plans to take up Industrial Design. He was an Architecture junior at UP (Cagayan de Oro) when he quit. Once he achieves his goals, "before I get married" (he's in his late 20s and he'll celebrate his birthday in August), Mark said that, like Piolo, he will make his own "taken" announcement.
What's up?
Condolence to Julius Babao whose father Romeo Babao Sr. passed away on Jan. 30. Julius is calling on his relatives to call or text 0999-7743161 or 0922-8307013 for more details. It's the family's wish that the wake is exclusive to relatives, friends and co-workers. "Our family appreciates all the prayers and words of sympathy," said Julius and wife Tintin Bersola.
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