INALALA ni Elvis Gutierrez ang unang pagkikita nila ng yumaong asawang si Alexa Gutierrez sa ibinahagi niyang eulogy sa burol nito.
Sa TikTok video na ipinost ni Ruffa Guetierrez, mapapanood ang madamdaming eulogy ng kanyang kapatid patungkol sa naging simula ng love story nla ni Alexa.
Nagkakilala raw sila sa party ng common friend nila sa Tagaytay, “The whole night, I just annoyed her kasi parang ang sarap niya asarin.
“Parang pag inaasar ko siya, parang, alam mo yun, alam mo galit, pero alam mo naman siya talaga yung inaasar ko,” simulang pagbabahagi ni Elvis na sinundan ng tawanan ng nasa burol.
Patuloy niya, “So, inaasar ko naman siya the whole night, laging siya parang, ang sungit niya sa akin. Kasi may boyfriend siya, e, hindi niya ako pinapansin.
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“Until yun nga, napunta na yung group sa taas. So yun, nakakain na kami lahat and then, suddenly nag-brown out. As in pitch dark. After five seconds, nu’ng bumukas yung ilaw, nakayakap na ako sa kanya.
“Sabi niya, ‘Ew,’ parang nagagalit siya kasi nga hindi naman kami close, e. Hindi ko naman alam, e,” napapangiting kuwento pa ni Elvis.
“So, wala, after nu’ng party na yun, ang tagal naming hindi nagkita, siguro mga four months kasi, wala, e, she has a boyfriend. Ako, may sariling buhay,” aniya.
“And then, I don’t know why, na I got invited to a beach party, na kasama yung mga best friends niya. Yung day na yun, sa birthday din nung the girl who introduced us to each other, parang we just clicked right away.
“Parang, our affection and connection, parang it just clicked right away. So, parang naiilang na yung mga tao sa amin, kasi nga, we were just, I don’t know, hindi naman ano, touchy lang, hindi naman ano, wala naman,” dagdag pa ng anak nina Eddie Gutierrez at Annabelle Rama.
Pagpapatuloy pa niya, “Hindi pa kami nagki-kiss nu’n, wala pang holding hands, kasi nga, kakaano pa lang namin, e. So, after that day, after that beach trip, meron na kaagad kaming nicknames for each other.
“Ayoko nalang sabihin kasi medyo nakakahiya,” sabi pa ni Elvis pero napilit din siya ng mga kapamilya at kaibigan nila ni Alexa.
“Sabi niya, ‘Ikaw yung crispy pata ko.’ Parang, ewan ko kung mukha siguro akong crispy pata non. So, tawag ko sa kanya, sabi ko sa kanya, ‘O sige, e, di ikaw yung chicharon bulaklak.’
“Parang after that day, we were inseparable na. As in, we were together everyday until yun nga, soon after, we became a couple.
“So, we spent a lot of time together, as in, yung connection namin was really different Naramdaman ko kaagad yun from the get-go,” pagbabahagi pa ni Elvis na nagbigay ng light moment sa burol.
Ngunit dumating daw yung araw na kinailangang ipagpatuloy ni Alexa ang kanyang bachelor’s degree in Applied Science (BASc) in Fashion Merchandising sa ibang bansa.
“Yun nga, so, until she had to leave for Houston. So, of course, I was heartbroken, di ba? I was heartbroken, we were only together for like nine months, e, parang ganu’n. And then she had to leave.
“We promised each other na we were gonna do the dreaded long-distance relationship. Of course, I was nervous kasi wala namang masyadong nagsa-succeed na long-distance relationship.
“I heard a lot of bad stories about it, and we’d fall apart and all that, and the relationship falls apart. But we tried. We tried.
“Every year, I’d go there, siguro mga twice a year, just to visit her, di ba? Just to continue the relationship. Kasi nga, we talked everyday, e. Okay and may Skype na nu’n. Nakakapag-usap kami every day,” kuwento ni Elvis.
Hanggang sa muli silang hamunin ng tadhana sa ikaapat na taon ng kanilang relasyon, “There came a time na after, like, four years of long-distance relationship, there was a time na our relationship fell apart.
“We, like, almost broke up. We almost broke up. As in, I was doing my acting job at that time, and it took too long for me to go there. Parang, I got stuck here with that job. So, our relationship fell apart.
“Basically, naging cold na siya. Kasi nga, wala na kami time together. So, when that happened, I decided to quit my acting job, and I went to Houston to follow her.
“I stayed there for a year. I won her heart back, eventually,” lahad ni Elvis.
Biniyayaan silang mag-asawa ng dalawang anak, sina Aria at Ezra, at ipinangako niyang aalagaan at mamahalin niya ang mga ito tulad ng pagmamahal na ibinigay sa kanila ni Alexa.
“She gave me so much love. I mean, that love for me, I have never felt it before,” Elvis said. One time she gave me a surprise party. Nobody has ever given me a surprise party before.
“It was so special because she arranged it, she gathered all of my friends, and they went there and I almost cried. And I remember how much I appreciated it for her.
“Nobody has loved me like that before, has thought about me like that before. She just wants me to be the happiest all the time.
“One of her last empowering messages to me was when she was being brought down to the ICU. When we heard the news that she was going to be brought down to the ICU, I started crying in the corner of our room.
“Because I don’t show her that I cry, I always show her that I am the positive reinforcement. So, when she called me, ‘Babe, can you do this for me?’ And then she saw my eye and she cried.
“She said, ‘Babe, don’t cry, I need you to be strong.’ So yeah, I realized that her words mean to be strong in faith. Because in the last three to four days, I’ve been telling people that I’ve been losing my faith.
“My faith has been wavering, I’ve been questioning everything, because what I’ve endured was the most heartbreaking thing you can ever see. I suffered her last moments, so I questioned everything, I was mad, I tried to pray and I couldn’t.
“I always prayed to the Lord before, thank you Lord for everything because I have a beautiful family. Thank you Lord for this family, thank you Lord. But that day I couldn’t utter the words ‘thank you Lord.’
“But I know that Alexa wouldn’t want it that way, because Alexa fought ’til the very, very end. And her faith was as strong as ever until her last, last, last glimpse of life,” aniya pa.
Dagdag pang pahayag ni Elvis, “I’m just going to miss her so much,” he repeated. Everybody knows how much I love her, how much I mean to her, and how much she means to me.
“How much admiration she looks at me, how she looks at me, I’m going to miss that. I’m going to miss that. Nobody will ever look at me like that again, or even treat me like that again, with so much love, so much affection.
“That’s why from young love to eternal love, until my last breath, baby, I will see you again. I love you so much. Thank you,” mensahe pa ni Elvis sa kanyang yumaong asawa.