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Amapola to Mabuhay Gardens: Salamat Ness Aquino

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(Ness Aquino and I at the bar in the Mabuhay Gardens. I was too young to drink.)

My father had watched “Amapola,” the weekend Filipino variety show on channel 18 hosted by Ness Aquino and Amapola, a local celebrity that wore a beautiful Fiipino dress and sang for her TV audience. The show was always simple, with Ness and Amapola sitting on high backed rattan chairs as they spoke in Taglish.