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EXCLUSIVE: Elijah Canlas recalls how he and brother JM shared favorite hobbies

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Jemuel Tandoc

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<p>Elijah Canlas has many memories of his late brother JM. Aside from JM’s acting stints and competitiveness in badminton, Elijah revealed JM’s other hobbies they enjoyed doing together.</p><p>During the second year of the JM Canlas Badminton Cup by the KULIT organization, PUSH ABS-CBN had the chance to speak with Elijah. He shared how talented JM was in music as well.</p><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744619048426Elijah-Canlas-recalls-how-he-and-brother-JM-shared-favorite-hobbies_.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><p>“He was self-taught. Noong pandemic, lalo. Mas na-enhance yung guitar skills niya and songwriting skills. He was taking voice lessons and music lessons. So, he was trying to, you know, parang i-diversify pa yung range ng talent niya,” Elijah revealed.</p><p>The award-winning actor also shared how JM helped him with some of his music performances: “I had this Halloween event. Yung pandemic days na online, it’s a live event. Tapos, I performed the song. Tapos, nag-aaral kami kung paano. Kasi, siya talaga pinaka magaling mag-gitara sa amin.”</p><p>Elijah went on to share how playing music brought them closer.</p><p>“Bonding namin yun. Usually, sasabihin niya ‘Kuya, listen to this’ tapos, tutugtog siya ng Daniel Caesar song, tutugtog siya ng Olivia Rodrigo song. Basta quick learner talaga siya. He&#x27;s a very smart kid. Kaya, nakakamiss yung mga ganung moments with him,” he expressed.</p><p>He also revealed that JM used to write his own compositions: “Gumagawa siya ng mga kanta din. Paparinig niya sa akin. O di kaya pag gumawa ako ng kanta, sila ng kuya ko, silang dalawa yung unang makakarinig.”</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-58" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv4wno3SUHd/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A58%2C%22os%22%3A21769688.699999988%2C%22ls%22%3A3685578.7999999523%2C%22le%22%3A3685962.5999999642%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="856" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-58" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Aside from music, JM was also very into gaming and streaming.</p><p>“Ibang level siya ng gamer. He used to stream online din. While he was gaming. He had a gaming channel. Tapos, he was streaming live. Bago pa sumikat siguro yung streaming saka mga ibang streamers ngayon, si JM yung nagturo sa iba sa kanila kung paano mag-setup ng PC, ng streaming software, ng streaming app. So, sobrang gamer talaga siya,” Elijah said.</p><p>The <em>Senior High</em> star also mentioned that he used to join JM’s online streams.</p><p>“I remember, nung early pandemic, he wanted to do esports naman. Ang daming niyang gusto, ang daming niyang pangarap. Tapos, bonding namin din na mag-guest ako sa live niya, sa streaming show niya, whatever that was. Or kaming family, sometimes mag-guest kami doon. O di kaya kami ang kuya ko, maglalaro kami ng basketball sa video games,” he shared.</p><p>Elijah continued sharing how JM also taught him some games: “Kung ano mang video game yung meron siya, lalaroin namin while we&#x27;re online. O di kaya, tuturuan niya ako ng mga games like Valorant, Fortnite. Hardcore gamer siya.”</p>

<p>Elijah Canlas remembers his favorite bonding moments with his late brother, JM. The Kapamilya actor also reveals little-known details about JM.</p>

Elijah Canlas remembers his favorite bonding moments with his late brother, JM. The Kapamilya actor also reveals little-known details about JM.