Comedian still can’t buy new pair of shoes after all
THE night of September 29 augured well for Jimmy Santos who reportedly became richer by P10 million after hitting the jackpot prize on the slot machine at Solaire Resort and Casino.
Yes, he did hit the pot but it wasn’t his money he was betting but his friends.’
“Pinatayalangpala‘yunsa kanyangmgakaibiganniyanatumayosandali.Tamang-tamapagbaliknila,sakanamantumamasi Jimmy,” says a Vignettes source.
Other friends who thought it was the TV hostcomedian who won began ribbing him, “Pareng Jimmy, for sure, you’ll buy yourself a new pair shoes!” “Pareng Jimmy, so magbibihiskanang ibangdamitsa ‘Eat Bulaga’ kinabukasan?”
Jimmy, our source adds, had to correct a news item published in a widely circulated tabloid, “He went nuts when he kept receiving calls and text messages from relatives he hasn’t seen in ages, asking for ‘balato’!Baleba,tinatawagpasiyang ‘Don Jaime’ sa Eat Bulaga!”
Just a month ago, Vignettes dropped by the casino area at Solaire to visit a businesswomanfriend. A showbiz reporter-friend, who served as our tour guide, led us to the exact spot where Jimmy (apparently straight from his daily hosting stint on Eat Bulaga) would doze off.
“Diyannainaabutanngantoksi Jimmy,” our companion said pointing to the side chair about a meter away from the rows of slot machines adjacent to a small pantry.
After some mental calculation, our friend, however, snapped: “Samaraminggabingnatatalosi Jimmy, bakangakungsiyaangnanalong P10M, eh,hindipasiya break-even.”
GUESS WHO? A not necessarily young actor (NNYA) can only shake his head in dismay every time he goes home to his family based in a nearby province in Northern Luzon on weekends.
“And why won’t he?” a Vignettes source comes to his defense. “Imagine, he works the whole week. The only time that he’s able to rest is when he stays with his family in the house he helped build out of his showbiz earnings. Peroanongdadatnanniya sabahayniladun?Niwalanglutongpagkain,eh, gutomnagutomnganaman siyamulasabiyahe!”
Looking much younger than his biological age, the NNYA is not the typical breadwinner who would nag his parents over it. “Eh,kunghindi banamannapakabaitniyangbata, what he’d do is he’d just look for a food chain and buy himself a hamburger.”
Much of the NYYA’s good- natured ways had been instilled in him by a departed tataytatayan in showbiz.
A taxi driver (TD) had twice picked up a young “made-over” actress (YMOA) from a building complex somewhere in Quezon City on separate occasions.
to be brought to a condo building just about two or so meters away,” our passenger-source quoted the TD who instantly recognized the YMOA but couldn’t remember her name.
“She was in full disguise. Sakamalapitnamalapit lang‘yungpupuntahanniya she could have walked. Tuwang-tuwanga‘yung driver as he was handed P200 for that short ride.”
It was during the YMOA’s next cab ride that TD— this time intently gazing at the rear view mirror— realized who his passenger was, also in disguise.
“Ma’am, dipobaartistakayo?” the TD graciously asked as he pulled over to drop his passenger at the same spot where she alighted
Without a word, the YMOA hurriedly forked over a crisp 500-peso bill from her wallet then doubted if the YMOA’s appointment was in any way showbiz-related.