AND HAYDEN KHO TOGETHER
MANILA, JANUARY 15, 2012
(STAR) FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo (PHOTO - Cristalle Belo with
children evacuees in Iligan City)
Misery does love company.
Look at Hayden Kho Jr. and Cristalle Belo, daughter of Hayden's beloved Dr.
Vicki Belo.
Despite their differences, on Dec. 22 last year, they went to Iligan City
together to lend a helping hand to the Sendong victims. Derek Ramsay, a Belo
endorser, volunteered to go with them. Other members of the group were business
woman Nelly Sy (owner of Pink Box), Belo doctors Grace Purificacion and Nina
Cesa, UST pediatrician Dr. Dennis Flores, and De La Salle orthopedic surgeon Dr.
Mike Muñoz .
The group was organized by Hayden who has been devoting most of his efforts
to charity. "I might not have my medical license but I still have the heart of a
doctor to help," said Hayden who was spotted at the UST pediatrics charity ward,
giving children money for tickets to go home to spend Christmas with their
families.
Philippine Airlines was kind enough to support the cause and did not charge
them for 600-kg excess baggage.
"Since most of the help was concentrated in Cagayan de Oro, the team together
with the Red Cross, decided to go to Iligan City, two hours away from CDO," said
a Belo Essentials staffer.
[PHOTO - Hayden Kho Jr. attends to a patient at the evacuation center
in Iligan City. Below: Derek Ramsay gets a hug from a Sendong victim.]
Upon arriving at Echavez Elementary School in CDO, the group was met by the
300 families evacuated there. It turned out that because of their
inaccessibility the refugees had not eaten for three days. Most of the families
were from Lambaguhon. They lost their homes in the flash floods caused by the
illegal logging in the area.
The medical group, headed by Hayden, immediately went to work on evacuees
with big open wounds, giving tetanus shots, curing coughs and colds, and
administering to pregnant women and their children.
The lay group headed by Cristalle handed out food items, blankets, soaps,
sleeping mats, sardines, and cooking and eating utensils. Hundreds of new clothe
from Maldita were distributed.
Of course, the Derek Ramsay magic worked wonders. The evacuees forgot their
hunger, homelessness and other problems as Derek entertained them.
"Derek was extremely accommodating even as people pinched him, making
gigil and dragged him here and there for the unending picture-taking," added the
Belo staffer. "He never showed the pain he was feeling as people kept touching
and tugging at his arm where the fresh surgical wound from his recent surgery
was throbbing." Hayden and Cristalle led the games that filled the evacuation
center with laughter. The group stayed for two days; they plan to go back with
more medical help, food and supplies.
While Cristalle and Hayden were civil towards each other, there was still an
obvious coolness between them, observed an eyewitness. In spite of this, it's
heart-warming to see how two people who could put personal issues aside to help
those in need. (Sponsors of the Sendong relief project are Maldita, Century
Tuna, Belo Medical Group, Red Cross and Hayden Fragrances. With every purchase
of any 100-ml bottle of a Hayden Fragrance, Hayden Kho promises to donate 100
percent of the payment to the Sendong Relief project.)
More about the Beatles' Yesterday
This corner's recent item about the story behind the Beatles song Yesterday
drew the following reactions:
• From Pocholo Concepcion: You mentioned George Martin as a band member
who "dropped out" or something. There was no Beatle member who did that. Among
ex Beatle members, bassist Stu Sutcliffe died of brain cancer and drummer Pete
Best was replaced by Ringo Starr. You must be referring to guitarist George
Harrison but he never dropped out though he walked out during an argument with
Paul McCartney during the Let It Be sessions around 1968. And George Martin was
actually the band's long-time record producer. Thanks from another Beatles fan.
• From reader Felmar Sol: George Martin was not a former Beatle. He was
considered the 5th Beatle simply because he was a frequent collaborator in the
Fab Four's albums. If you're talking about a former member who eventually
dropped out (as you said in your article), then you're referring to Pete Best.
• From election lawyer Romy Macalintal: Everytime I hear or read about
Yesterday, I always remember the late great broadcast icon Joey Lardizabal. He
had a very funny and amusing version of the lyrics of the song which would have
been very apt had Yesterday been titled Scrambled Eggs with the ºlines "Oh my
baby, how I love your legs" included in the final copy. The only lines I could
remember from Lardizabal's version were something like, "Yesterday, five wise
guys took my wife away; oh, I thank God for yesterday." I've been looking for a
copy of the complete text of Lardizabal's version but to no avail. Perhaps some
Baby Boomers and fans of Lardizabal's could remember or could help us on this.
I'll be glad to have coffee with them. By the way, for the new generation's
information, Lardizabal was a radio announcer of DZHP and later DZWS in the late
'60s known for his immense sense of humor, broad knowledge of songs and even
current events. He also used to read love poems in his radio program which,
incidentally, inspired me to someday have my own radio show where I could read
love poems and play love songs which I have with my current program over DWBR,
104.3FM, 8 to 9 p.m. every Saturday, The Law of the Heart is Love.
Chief News Editor: Sol
Jose Vanzi
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