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ESSENTIAL READING FOR 2025 "The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina"
April 1975, marks the 50th anniversary of two of the most traumatic events in Southeast Asia's history. Jim Laurie's book "The Last Helicopter" recalls those events in vivid detail. From the American pull out from Phnom Penh on 12 April to the collapse of the American backed government in Saigon and the panicked evacuation of Saigon, this book provides a dramatic portrayal of War, Love, and Survival. You will witness the Communist victory on 30 April by the only US television network correspondent there. You will meet Soc Sinan and hear in her own words of her survival (1975-1980) in Cambodia's Killing Fields. You will see two wars from NBC and ABC Correspondent Jim Laurie's perspective as well read of his efforts to rescue Soc Sinan from what she described as her "prison without walls." Written in 2020 with 2025 updates, watch this video summary and then read or listen through AUDIO BOOK to dramatic stories of an age gone by that still haunts America and the world today.
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Educational - History - Vietnam - 49 years later
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Posted 29 April 2024. 49 years ago, I was in Vietnam covering the fall of Saigon or if you prefer the "liberation" of South Vietnam. Here are two slightly updated short videos of the events of April 29 and April 30th. Historic dates in both American and Vietnamese history. if you want more information on these videos email focusasia1@gmail.com .
CHINA - VIETNAM WAR - 45 years ago
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45 years ago China invaded Vietnam - Feb 17-Mar 16, 1979. I was invited to Hanoi roughly two weeks after China ended its attack. In 2024 the event was marked by Vietnam with published salutes to Vietnamese heroes. In Beijing the history is seldom talked about. After the short attack, talks on relations ensued but Vietnamese - Chinese ties broken off in 1979 were not restored until 1991. In the ...
For Flashback Friday - Educational - History. A brief look at Moscow 1989 +
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In 1988 - moving from Beijing - I took up residence in Moscow. Here are a few video glimpses of the Moscow and Russia I began to know as I came and went through 2005. (Interested in talks on Russia for your business group or your travel group - contact Jim Laurie)
Educational - History - China - Remarkable Scenes from 1980
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My life in China in the early 1980's was most memorable. This is a unique and remarkable collection of images from 1980: Beijing, then sailing along the Yangtze River and visiting the city of Chongqing.
Educational - History - A look back to 1981 and scenes from Tibet
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My first (first of three) visit to Lhasa Tibet came in October 1981. One tip for the travelers - make certain you don't have an issue with altitudes! Breathing can be an issue! But in 1981 the Lhasa Peoples Hospital was not a bad place to recover: Watch:
Educational - History - Visits to Shanghai scenes 1978-1981
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My first visit to Shanghai was in October 1978 with a group including those who were asked to critique students at the Shanghai Music Conservatory. Western Classical music was barred in China from 1966 to 1976. The scenes shown in my video also reflect a Shanghai before Pudong when looking across the river from the Bund revealed no development. Plus what video from the late 70's early 80's coul...
Educational - History - China - a look back more than 40 years. Images of Xinjiang
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Part Two of two short travel videos. The color balance may be off, the resolution poor - but these images from my May 1982 visit to western China and to the "Autonomous Region" of Xinjiang portray a very different part of the country. Islam came to this part of China in the 10th Century. In the 1980's in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) all religion was experiencing a reviva...
Educational - History - China A look back more than 40 years: Xinjiang May 1982 Part One
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Part One of two short travel videos. (The next one to be posted June 22 2023) The color balance may be off, the resolution poor - but these images from my May 1982 visit to western China and to the "Autonomous Region" of Xinjiang portray a very different part of the country. We visited at this time Urumchi, Turfan (Turpan), Bezeklik, Gaochang and areas around the Taklamakan Desert. So much has ...
Educational - History - Looking back 30 years at another European War - BOSNIA
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While in 2023, the world is pre-occupied by the war in Ukraine, another European war remained in the headlines 30 years ago. The war kindled by the breakup of the old Yugoslavia, involved Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia with embattled and surrounded Sarajevo at its center. Here is a short look back when I reported from there in 1993.
History = A short video promo for the book: "The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina"
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This short video sets up the book: "The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina" - A story of war, love and survival in the 1970's If you haven't read it already buy a copy through AMAZON.com It is available in paperback, digital download, and AudioBook. Thank you!
THE LAST HELICOPTER: VIDEO PROMOTION May 2023
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The book: "The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina" will soon have been out for three years. It has received significant acclaim as a love and war memoir. Here is a video summary of some of the book's main themes and critical response. Thanks to PBS and the 2014 film LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM for permitting a short excerpt.
Educational - Travel - Japan April-May 2023
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Jetlagged and just back in the states (Washington DC) from travels in Asia - Japan and Vietnam. Some selected travel memories here: Thanks to the Ponant Line and Gohagan Travel for hosting me for a series of talks on Japanese history to alumni groups from Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Carleton, and Northwestern. Great audience. Fine hosts. Happy travels! #travel #japantravel #Japan #ponant #Gohagan...
Educational - History Disappearing Japan: Old people
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On route to Japan, I scanned the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal (rarely do that) and came across this HEADLINE : "Incredible Shrinking Japan - The great country’s population has fallen for 12 years in a row." So will Japan disappear before I get there? It is a major problem for the country: An older population. Fewer young people. A big economic burden. I was reminded that more than ...
Looking back 1981: Japan: The Dancing Kids of Harajuku
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April 15, 2023 - AM OFF TO JAPAN in a few days. Sifting thru my video archive of memories. When I lived in Tokyo- I loved to visit Harajuku. On display there on weekends, hundreds of teenagers and their elaborate costumed dance routines. "Gyaru" "Cosplay" groups they call them today. The scenes below went into a documentary film I wrote and narrated with ABC television colleagues in 1981. I won...
September 1969 - Saigon Vietnam UPI radio - Journalist Jim Russell on the death of Ho Chi Minh
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September 1969 - Saigon Vietnam UPI radio - Journalist Jim Russell on the death of Ho Chi Minh
Part Two - Humphrey Hawksley talks to Jim Laurie. Jim shows his Cambodia & Vietnam archives
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Part Two - Humphrey Hawksley talks to Jim Laurie. Jim shows his Cambodia & Vietnam archives
Humphrey Hawksley "Inside Story" with Jim Laurie Part 1 (Aug 2022)
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Humphrey Hawksley "Inside Story" with Jim Laurie Part 1 (Aug 2022)
Educational - History - The Philippines in the 1980's - Marcos
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Educational - History - The Philippines in the 1980's - Marcos
Educational - History Philippines 1980's Part 1 - Marcos
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Educational - History Philippines 1980's Part 1 - Marcos
From the Archive: Meeting Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, October 2003
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From the Archive: Meeting Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, October 2003
The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina (a memoir available on Amazon.com)
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The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina (a memoir available on Amazon.com)
"The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina:" Essential reading for 2022.
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"The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina:" Essential reading for 2022.
Educational - History - My Phnom Penh - Cambodia in the 1970's
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Educational - History - My Phnom Penh - Cambodia in the 1970's
A view of the past - DaLat Vietnam - June 1972
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A view of the past - DaLat Vietnam - June 1972
History: The Legacy of Afghanistan - Russian (Soviet) withdrawal 1989
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History: The Legacy of Afghanistan - Russian (Soviet) withdrawal 1989
China History: Deng Xiaoping on the Taiwan Question January 5, 1979
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China History: Deng Xiaoping on the Taiwan Question January 5, 1979
China History: Radio Peking May 1, 1971 International Labor Day at Tian An Men Square
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China History: Radio Peking May 1, 1971 International Labor Day at Tian An Men Square
Radio Peking July 1971 - broadcast excerpts of the Revolutionary Opera Sha Jia Bang
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Radio Peking July 1971 - broadcast excerpts of the Revolutionary Opera Sha Jia Bang
A look back - listening to the BBC World Service in Saigon Vietnam May 1971
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A look back - listening to the BBC World Service in Saigon Vietnam May 1971

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @victoriogatuz-ll2ss
    @victoriogatuz-ll2ss 3 дні тому

    Ang binigkas nya n hinangan natin..'Ang mahirap ay nagkasubukan ay nalalaki tau..

  • @victoriogatuz-ll2ss
    @victoriogatuz-ll2ss 3 дні тому

    Matalas ang isip ang wlng takop kahit ikamatay sa pagmamahal sa bayan kaya inidilo at ipalaglaban sa kabila aking naging kabiyak isa kolehiyo at isa region ang unang ginang ni marcos.

  • @victoriogatuz-ll2ss
    @victoriogatuz-ll2ss 3 дні тому

    Kumpleto kami ng pinayagan at lumuwag VHS tape nya sa los angeles.

  • @victoriogatuz-ll2ss
    @victoriogatuz-ll2ss 3 дні тому

    Wlng daloy ng kuryente matapos mapaslang c niboy.

  • @DennisFernandez-r6o
    @DennisFernandez-r6o 6 днів тому

    Aquino presidency led the country to what it is today...TRASH

  • @LamAnhNguyen-wh8nh
    @LamAnhNguyen-wh8nh 8 днів тому

    Things changed fast in the last 50 years.

  • @elouisevickery
    @elouisevickery 12 днів тому

    越南人在1979年靠着苏联爹爹给他撑腰,想要吞并柬埔寨老挝,但是我们中国人打狗从来不看狗的主人是谁。只要敢惹到我们,虽远必诛,到时候剥了你的皮,拔了你的筋,喝干净敌人的血

    • @sontruonggiang3833
      @sontruonggiang3833 4 дні тому

      去youtube频道“说真话的徐某人”就知道越南为何向柬埔寨派兵,你们这些无知的人。

  • @elouisevickery
    @elouisevickery 12 днів тому

    China helped Vietnam resist France and the United States. However, Vietnam turned its back on people. In order to please the Soviet Union for its continuous harassment of China's border, it launched a counterattack against Vietnam. The most ironic thing is that when the PLA hit Laoshan, it found that Vietnamese people used food provided by the Chinese as shields in the trenches. This kind of petty behavior made the Chinese people angry

    • @volongtrieu92
      @volongtrieu92 11 днів тому

      Một đất nước vừa thoát ra khỏi chiến tranh, bị tàn phá nặng nề, phía nam việt nam đang chiến tranh đánh nhau với khmer đỏ ở camphuchia, làm sao lại quấy rối cường quốc hạt nhân như trung quốc, việt nam có bị mất trí không. Tuyên truyền giả dối của trung quốc

  • @roblox737mbll5
    @roblox737mbll5 13 днів тому

    Looking at the footage inside of Malacanang Palace and Enrile I've seen that everyone is afraid of Marcos by looking at his Military

  • @peterchan4645
    @peterchan4645 16 днів тому

    Madam Jiang just a simple woman and a wife of a top polititcian who had life-lang and boundless state power. She is not innocent but not the mastermind either. Therefore, the result of trial is not completely fair.

  • @user-ci6sm7yx3b
    @user-ci6sm7yx3b 17 днів тому

    四烈士,千古流芳。哥布林,遗臭万年,阴险狡黠,卖国求荣 不得好死

  • @user-il4yg6gs1o
    @user-il4yg6gs1o 17 днів тому

    yan ang totoong mga nabudol ng mga aquino walang mga malay ang tao kong ano ang kanilang pinaglalaban..Marcos 4ever❤❤❤🇵🇭

  • @bingxu3754
    @bingxu3754 20 днів тому

    镰刀斧头帮黑帮内讧。最后得势的一方趾高气扬地“审判”失势的另一方,演马骝戏给P民观赏。全部都是老毕养,狗咬狗,一嘴毛。

  • @bingxu3754
    @bingxu3754 20 днів тому

    贱腊肉是文革元凶,是万恶之源。其他人只不过是贱腊肉的走狗和帮凶。

  • @bingxu3754
    @bingxu3754 20 днів тому

    贱腊肉害死无数无辜中国人,连刘少奇/彭德怀/林彪。。。等自己的“同志/战友”迫害死,也只是“犯错误”,这是对人类良知的公然侮辱和践踏!

  • @Cuervo-Ultranacionalista-Arg
    @Cuervo-Ultranacionalista-Arg 23 дні тому

    Se hace la buena y era la más sangrienta y fanatica la esposa de mao

  • @enriquegabriel2008
    @enriquegabriel2008 24 дні тому

    My hero,

  • @zdenkomasterl455
    @zdenkomasterl455 24 дні тому

    Sony brigada

  • @LeonardoCorpin
    @LeonardoCorpin 27 днів тому

    Ano napala ng bansa natin.. sa ginawa ng paaklas nila umasinso ba ang Pilipinas Lalo nag hirap ang bansa dahil sa mga gahaman sa pwesto..

  • @UnrealTournamentSERB
    @UnrealTournamentSERB Місяць тому

    beware of organized gangstalking!!!

  • @IAteAJarOfPickles
    @IAteAJarOfPickles Місяць тому

    The times when North Korea was a rich and prosperous country 🇰🇵

  • @suryozoko07
    @suryozoko07 Місяць тому

    Dpat binitay tong pamilya nato e sobrang nag pahirap sa mga pilipinong mamamayan

  • @andrewabalahin1786
    @andrewabalahin1786 Місяць тому

    Marcos Sr. just got sick and lost control of the country to Imelda and Ver; whatever the successes of the early years, the later years were chaos and he had to be gotten rid of and the architects of martial law themselves, Enrile and Ramos, defected to Cory, who was of the old oligarchy, restored democracy, but defended, as expected, her family interests. America permitted the Marcos family to escape, to escape the just punishment for their misrule, just as it did with ex-Shah of Iran. This animus against Cory is just the old anti-Sinitism inherited from the old Spanish anti-Semitism. It is just a kind of self-hatred since so many of us have Chinese blood.

  • @skywalker_DEBATE
    @skywalker_DEBATE Місяць тому

    When you think about it.... 3 million people marched on that street for overthrowing a leader.... Do you think they represent the other 50 million people who did not came with them?!? Where's the democracy?!?!? Remove cory from the 500 peso bill!!!!

  • @HsiaoyeChong
    @HsiaoyeChong Місяць тому

    现在想起来在中越战争中分对错了,1979那会西德可满脑子都是苏联。

  • @HsiaoyeChong
    @HsiaoyeChong Місяць тому

    现在想起来在中越战争中分对错了,1979那会西德可满脑子都是苏联。

  • @HsiaoyeChong
    @HsiaoyeChong Місяць тому

    现在想起来在中越战争中分对错了,1979那会西德可满脑子都是苏联。

  • @HsiaoyeChong
    @HsiaoyeChong Місяць тому

    1979-1989是中国和西方国家“第一次蜜月期”,是以对越南的政治战争为开端,当时的中国从西德购买的雷达设备,美国给予中国的卫星地图,包括苏联军队在蒙古国境内的详细部署情况。 中国和越南的战争从来都不是主要重点,西方关心的是苏联。中国关心的是未来可能的中国苏联战争,关心的是中国和西方经济合作。 这场只有28天的战争的结果,就是苏联宁可打阿富汗,也没帮越南解围。 我在评论中没有看到任何对于越南正面的政治成果,刻意的避免讨论黎笋的政策,以及80年代后效果如何,仅仅停留在战争本身局部胜利上,并且意淫至今。

  • @LearnwithSueAnn
    @LearnwithSueAnn Місяць тому

    ua-cam.com/video/miuMg9kFT6w/v-deo.html

  • @user-qf2ov8cx9i
    @user-qf2ov8cx9i Місяць тому

    ano ngayon HAHAHHAHAHA diba nabubully tayo ng ibang bansa😂

  • @user-qf2ov8cx9i
    @user-qf2ov8cx9i Місяць тому

    the comment section was full of clown🤡

  • @imeldacolecha4281
    @imeldacolecha4281 Місяць тому

    siguro kong si President Marcos hindi napatalsik sa pwesto pilipinas ang pinakamayamang bansa sa mundo... Ngayon gusto na tayong sakupin ng china ano ba nagagawa ng mga madudunong na tao

    • @suryozoko07
      @suryozoko07 Місяць тому

      Hoy bugok naubos laman banko ng pilipinas dahil sa mga gago nayan. anong pinag sasabi mong kabbohan ha kita mo naman sa video nakaupo pa sa trono na parang hari napaka obvious naman na mag nanakaw talaga jusko sa 2024 na mag 2025 na sa kuweba akpadin nakatira

  • @MARCOSADDICT
    @MARCOSADDICT Місяць тому

    NEXT ANG ANAK NAMAN PALAYASIN ‼️

  • @VbsFas
    @VbsFas Місяць тому

    The truth of history is: in Vietnam's war against French colonial rule and for liberation, China, despite its own poverty, provided Vietnam with huge help, with a total amount of up to 20 billion US dollars! In the Vietnam War that broke out from 1961 to 1975, the North Vietnamese regime supported by the Soviet Union and China defeated the South Vietnamese regime supported by the United States, thus realizing the unification of Vietnam! After Vietnam achieved unification, it drove away the American invaders with its long-term war experience and experience! Vietnam began to boast that its military strength was the third in the world, and ambitiously began to set its sights on Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand, intending to expand its territory militarily! At that time, the bilateral relations between the Soviet government and the Chinese government were very tense. In order to win the support and assistance of the Soviet authorities, the Vietnamese authorities began to constantly provoke and create bloodshed on the Vietnam-China border! And forcibly expelled overseas Chinese and Chinese! On January 1, 1979, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations. On January 29, Deng Xiaoping, then China's top leader, paid a state visit to the United States at the invitation of US President Carter. During the talks, Deng Xiaoping stressed that the provocative actions of the Vietnamese authorities on the Sino-Vietnamese border must be severely responded to! On February 17, the Chinese army began a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam! During the battle, the Chinese army seized a large number of military supplies that China had previously provided to Vietnam! This is intolerable! Ungrateful, using Chinese guns to fight the Chinese army! From then on, the 10-year Sino-Vietnamese border war began!

  • @anguscovoflyer95
    @anguscovoflyer95 Місяць тому

    Apparently he loved the space shuttle simulator so much that they had a hard time getting out! He just wouldn’t move

  • @AiAi-cj5xx
    @AiAi-cj5xx Місяць тому

    一场闹剧

  • @justinboyd8383
    @justinboyd8383 Місяць тому

    A tragic and avoidable conflict. China owes Vietnam a huge apology and reparations. As does the U.S., France, and Japan.

  • @insectslayer1374
    @insectslayer1374 Місяць тому

    now we know what would happen if the people believe leftist alliance propaganda everyone is shtting on the Philippines and there's barely anything we can do Now that information is easy to access, the traitors(mainly DDSh|t) are finding it hard to gather support 😂 never again

  • @Drmr466
    @Drmr466 Місяць тому

    Now everybody realize that Serbs fought against proto ISIS forces ANF Croatian nazis.

  • @handsbackhandsback9532
    @handsbackhandsback9532 Місяць тому

    Corni Aquino . House wife . To president 🤣

  • @JasmineManalo-ob2gc
    @JasmineManalo-ob2gc Місяць тому

    Marami pa sana ako matutunan

  • @JasmineManalo-ob2gc
    @JasmineManalo-ob2gc Місяць тому

    Di kailangan gumawa ng dahas para pakinggan. Pwde makiusap at parating hinaing sa maayos na paraan. para di kayo masaktan o maging maayos paabot ng hinaing nyo. safe kayo at nagagawa ng walang nasasaktan ok. Pero pag my nasasaktan normal lang pulis o militar ay deploy para maawat. Wag nyo na papalagan dahil sa gulo kaya lang papatigilin. Pero kung magiging kalmado at wala nasasaktan pwde nyo parating hinaing nyo

  • @user-ip1xq1gs7p
    @user-ip1xq1gs7p Місяць тому

    China chỉ giám cắn trộm Việt Nam thôi

  • @rodeliojapa
    @rodeliojapa Місяць тому

    Mag nanakaw

    • @Makapiliparasabayan
      @Makapiliparasabayan Місяць тому

      Mamamo

    • @jacqueswebster750
      @jacqueswebster750 Місяць тому

      hate is taught. kaya ang tingin ko sa mga galit kay Marcos ay mga taong natuto sa maling impormasyon.0

    • @suryozoko07
      @suryozoko07 Місяць тому

      ​@@Makapiliparasabayanget a proper education bish

  • @lordcawdorofmordor2549
    @lordcawdorofmordor2549 Місяць тому

    Wow, those graphics were very very 70s

  • @ps1laracroft989
    @ps1laracroft989 Місяць тому

    People power "PEOPLE" bought communism and NPA in that country.

  • @falconeer1808
    @falconeer1808 Місяць тому

    I was teenager, How old are you at the time of edsa revolution! Pls answer

  • @nayrt.v
    @nayrt.v Місяць тому

    mga bub kc nauto ng mga AQUINO isa ring bubong wlang alam

  • @hangten1904
    @hangten1904 Місяць тому

    I just realized this uploader is the one interviewing Ninoy Aquino and witnessed his assassination.

  • @CatholicChurchDefensorkatoliko
    @CatholicChurchDefensorkatoliko Місяць тому

    Ikaw ba naman ipilit ang sarili sa malacañang kahit ayaw na ng mga tao e talagang gulo yun. Kahit ngayong panahon kung gagawin ni BBM yan sigurado na unang mag kodeta jan ay sila Duterte dahil hindi panga tapus ang termino gusto na agad ipalit si Sara extend mo pa kaya ng 21years?😂

    • @user-qf2ov8cx9i
      @user-qf2ov8cx9i Місяць тому

      bobo ka ba ano ngayon? andaling i-bully pinas😂 uto-uto kasi mga tao noon 😂

    • @user-qf2ov8cx9i
      @user-qf2ov8cx9i Місяць тому

      nawala bigla mga warship ng pinas nung nakaupo mga aquino 💀 asan na hospital ship ng pinas noon HAHAHAHHAAH