Francis Magalona – “Best Brother” award

By admin March 11th, 2009 Filed Under Actress/Actor, TV

After the demise of Francis Magalona, “he is given presidential medal of merit for promoting nationalism through his songs, Malacañang said Monday.” Before we head on with PEP’s feature about Francis Magalona being awarded by his brother the “Best Brother” award, let me just say that the Presidential Medal of Merit award would have been more appreciated by Francis Magalona and his friends and family if it was given WHILE HE IS STILL LIVING.

Anyway, “After his colleagues and friends recalled their fondest memory of the late Francis Magalona, the Master Rapper’s immediate family also shared their happy moments with him during the Eulogy held last March 10, at Christ the King Memorial Chapel in Greenmeadows, Quezon City.

Francis’s sister, Pie Magalona, also presented a posthumous “Best Brother” award to the Master Rapper in her Eulogy.

Francis’s sister, who is based in Los Angeles, recalled the moment when they found out about their brother’s condition. “I remember telling myself over and over again, ‘You cannot break down. You have to be strong. You have to be positive for Francis’s sake.’ As it turned out, I didn’t have to be. Francis himself was strong,” she narrated.

She also mentioned how courageous her brother was in facing what he called “the happy battle.”

“My first conversation with him, I remember I mumbled something like, ‘Frans, hang in there, this is a glitch in your system, take care of it and move forward.’ He responded to me, ‘Sis, these are the cards I was dealt and I will play it. I’m not ready to give up my microphone just yet.’ That’s just like Francis.”

Despite the loss, Pie is positive about the path that Francis would be taking in the afterlife. “If you all have heard about Disneyland, then you know that it’s oftentimes called ‘the happiest place on earth.’ The good news is it’s no longer the happiest place on earth. Heaven is the happiest place on earth because my brother’s there,” said Pie.

Meanwhile, Pia Arroyo related to the people who attended the last night of her husband’s wake that Francis was peaceful about his passing.

“He just accepted it and I know for a fact that he said, he always said when he prays to God that: ‘Dear God I pray to you to heal me, for me to be able to spend more time with my family, though it’s for my family I would like to stay longer. But then again, whatever is your will, I will accept it, I accept it wholeheartedly,” she said.

Later on, she described Francis as someone every Filipino could be proud of. “He just wanted to do what makes him happy and in such a way he has given us so much and I’m very proud of him, very proud of his very existence—his being a poet, his being an artist, and his being a Filipino.”

At the end of her Eulogy, Pia expressed her appreciation to everyone who has supported her in this “happy battle.”

She said, “I’d like to thank everyone who’s been there all this time, during his illness. He chose to be brave about it that’s why it always seemed that it’s going to get better. Although the AML (acute myelogenous leukemia), the type that he has, was really the worst and just for seven months that his life was extended, I think that is it, that is all the rest to it. And I’m really glad for the time given, the time given by God to us to share him in our life.”"

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