GORGY RULA
Sinimulan na ni Toni Gonzaga ang pagpu-promote ng concert niyang pinamagatang I Am Toni na selebrasyon ng kanyang 20th anniversary sa showbiz.
Nakatakdang ganapin ang anniversary concert ni Toni sa Araneta Coliseum sa mismong ika-39 kaarawan niya, January 20, 2022.
Sabi ni Toni sa presscon na ginanap sa Winford Resorts and Casino sa Maynila nung Huwebes, November 17, “It’s just a recollection of everything that happened in the 20 years. How I started, what happened in between, and where I am today.
“Parang it’s going to be a journey, yung concert. It’s more of a story of everything of my life.”
Ipinaliwanag ni Toni kung bakit I Am Toni ang title ng kanyang anniversary concert.
“Kaya yun naging I Am Toni, it’s because during the pandemic, I realized the power of affirmation.
“I read this book that it says there, anything that you say after I am, follows you and you become.
“Parang, you have to say it out loud what you want to become. And then, I’ve been doing that for almost two years now, yung I look at myself in the mirror, and I tell myself what I want myself to hear.
“I am beautiful. I am blessed. I am grateful. I am confident.
“There’s so many things that I recite to myself. But overall, what I always say every morning is that I am blessed and I am grateful.
"Grateful that I am still here, grateful that I am still alive, grateful that I can still do what I love to do.
"And I am grateful that every morning I’m given another chance and opportunity to change each people’s lives because of my job."
JERRY OLEA
Ano ang mensahe ni Toni sa kanyang supporters na sisimulan niya sa linyang "I Am Toni"?
“I am Toni, and I am very grateful. I am grateful for the love, for the support, for the belief that they still have in me, and isa sila sa kinu-consider kong pinakamalaking biyaya na meron ako sa industriya.
“To have people and believe me all these years.”
At sa kanyang pamilya, “Sa family ko, I Am Toni… Gonzaga, kasi Gonzaga ang apelyido ko.
“Parang hindi naman ako nabago. I am Toni. I am still the daughter of my parents. I am Alex’s sister. I am still the same person who started in the business, and I didn’t change.
"I just became the person who I really meant to be. I realized it… parang I am more secure. I am secure of who I am, where I am and where I’m going in my journey."
Pagdating sa mga taong hindi naniniwala sa kanya at patuloy na pumupuna sa kanya, napangiting sagot ni Toni, “Sa mga haters, bashers… ahh I am quiet.
“Silence is the best answer. No response is the best response. Sa mga hindi magagandang bagay, I am quiet na lang siguro.
“We are not a fighter, we are a lover. We only speak about the things we love. I do not like speaking about hate. Because, love always wins. Winner lang tayo. Love lang tayo.
“Puro pagmamahal, because the energy you give is the energy you will receive. So, puro love lang tayo dito. Puro pagmamahalan.”
NOEL FERRER
More or less ay dalawang oras lang ang I Am Toni concert.
Hindi raw ito variety show kaya hindi 20 ang mga panauhin niya. Makabubuting sorpresa na lang daw iyon sa mga manonood.
“I am very grateful. Very thankful to be able to reach 20 years in the industry and what a way to celebrate it,” sabi pa ni Toni.
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