Donny Pangilinan reminds youth: Put down phones when spending time with grandparents

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For actor and singer Donny Pangilinan, there should be nothing more important than spending time with one’s grandparents — and yes, that includes getting off one’s phone.

“Sat beside the table of a lola who took her three apos (grandchildren) out to eat,” wrote Pangilinan in a Twitter post last Saturday, Aug. 25. He recounted how the three grandchildren were so busy with their phones that no one among them bothered to talk to their grandmother.

“When you have the privilege of spending time with your lolas and lolos, please get off your phones,” he reminded his fellow young people. You’ll never know how long they’ll be around [pensive face emoji].”

Sat beside the table of a lola who took her three apos out to eat. They were just on their phones. No one talked to her.
When you have the privilege of spending time with your lolas and lolos, please get off your phones. You'll never know how long they'll be around 😔

— Donny (@donnypangilinan) August 25, 2018

Netizens were quick to react to his post, agreeing with what he said. Some netizens shared how they spend their time with their grandparents.

“Agree! I have a 100-year-old lola and I always make sure na tuwing uuwi ako from school dadaan muna ko sa kanya para kamustahin sya,” said netizen Justine Tolentino (@chrislina19). “Ang sarap kayang makinig sa mga kwento ng matatanda.”

(Agree! I have a 100-year-old lola and I always make sure that every time I go home from school, I drop by her house to check how she is. It feels so good to listen to the stories of the elderly.)

https://twitter.com/chrislina19/status/1033310151904616449

Another Twitter user shared photos of her daughter bonding with her grandmother: “So true kaya yung baby ko pag dadalaw kami sa lola lagi nya pinaparamdam kong gaano nya ka love lola nya and makikita mo sobrang saya ng matanda.”

(So true, that’s why whenever my baby and I visit her grandmother, she makes sure to let her grandmother feel her love, and you can see how happy her grandmother is.)

https://twitter.com/nessydevs22/status/1033331432440004608

Other netizens reminisced about their grandparents who passed away.

https://twitter.com/shardonrocks/status/1033314193665998853

I grew up wd my lola after my mom died of cancer.She took me & my sister in wdout hesitation.She died a few years ago at100 &up to the last minute she was thinking of me! I havent eaten the whole day in the hospital.Right after i finished my meal she took her last breath.I❤️Her

— 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮 🎀🇵🇭💋🌏💖 (@thedKjunkie) August 25, 2018

Meanwhile, some expressed their regrets about not spending time with their grandparents.

https://twitter.com/MarsToPlatum/status/1033319527126188032

https://twitter.com/thegiibii/status/1033648254607478784

Replying to a fan who said that the three grandchildren Pangilinan talked about had it good because they still have their grandmother with them, Pangilinan said, “So sad I wanted to just hug her for them.” JB

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