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- Jasmine Curtis-Smith is back from a much-needed break away from the beating heart of the city, all set to be the actress who wants to do nothing but advance the artistic side of her craft By ROMEO MORAN

ANYONE Instagram account would easily be able to spot the difference between her feed and the typical local celebrity’s in the past few months: where the usual artista’s timeline would be full of the fact was simply this: the Baka Bukas star was living the life.

Stars and celebritie­s going on hiatus is not unheard of. They’ve got the right to take a time be away for that long? It’s admittedly generation that believes they’ve got to hustle as much as they can to leave their mark on the world to be taking that much time out. In the local month would be the sign of someone else with their lives.

I assumed it wouldn’t be for would only want to keep pressing forward on her newfound momentum on the backs of acclaimed works like the aforementi­oned Baka Bukas Habac’s I’m Drunk, I Love You where Forever

Sucks half months?

on us: she was supposed to be gone for even longer than that.

Here’s the thing. This generation is so used to hustling and grinding for was the only thing taught by previous generation­s. They didn’t realize that it would also how the weight of her work was bearing down realize that she needed a real break. And the enough to insist on it.

had a chance after her contract with her previous (gestures to head)

And she approached the whole time off with what a vacation like that would do for her career and whatever her standing right now is in the entire showbiz game. It’s something the more anxious and nervous among us could probably learn from.

‘di na ko relevant pagbalik ko.’

artistas much of that. I wanna invest in my relationsh­ip. I wanna see my sister. I wanna Skype my mom. I wanna hang out with friends. It may not be a lot And the whole thing seems to have worked wonders for her. She is really chipper she’s become a little pickier and more fortunatel­y has paid off pretty well for her and her management.

The aforementi­oned movies and And believe in. Baka Bukas had been

says when I ask her what the most important lesson she’s learned since we last spoke was. This insistence it’s a mark of a woman who knows I want. I know where this is gonna go. by competitio­n. This business runs on

want and need work without killing our own souls. She’s glad that the people supporting her hope to say the same thing one day.

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