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Former actress Kim delos Santos opens up about life in the US after leaving showbiz

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Former actress Kim delos Santos opened up about her life in the US after she left showbiz in the Philippines.</p><p>In an interview with Snooky Serna for the latter&#x27;s latest YouTube vlog, Kim revealed the reason she had to leave showbiz. &quot;Ex ko talaga. I needed to get away from the situation in order for me to grow.&quot; Kim was referring to her ex-husband, Dino Guevarra.</p><p>When asked if she had regrets leaving her career in the Philippines for a regular life in the US, she replied: &quot;No. Kasi I was able to experience my family. Bumalik ako sa family ko kasi di ba matigas ang ulo ko. Amindo naman po ako. I learned through experience.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_-1ieqT3v2/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A6510386.200000048%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1031" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" 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><div><br/></div><p>Kim got candid how she built her life from the ground up when she relocated to the US, especially since she didn&#x27;t have a college degree at that time.</p><p>&quot;Mahirap. If you don&#x27;t have education, you have nothing to fall back on. Anong magiging trabaho mo? If you don&#x27;t have a degree, what job will they give you? Coming from someone who didn&#x27;t have a degree, I was a high school graduate and then I was like looking at myself, I was mopping floors, second job I was stuffing insurance cards in an envelope... tapos nag-receptionist ako,&quot; she recalled.</p><p>One day, Kim decided it was time to pursue her long-time dream of becoming a nurse.</p><p>&quot;One day, I said to myself, I was like 28 na nun, this is my favorite question: &#x27;What do you want? Where are you at? What are your goals?&#x27; Self-refelction, na-practice ko siya and I realized, kailangan ko na yata mag-aral. Kinausap ko na papa ko nun,&quot; she recounted.</p><p>&quot;First time ko lumapit sa daddy ko kasi ma-pride nga ang lola, matigas ulo... Nung time na &#x27;yun nag-swallow na ng pride ang lola mo, [sabi ko], &#x27;Daddy gusto ko pong mag-aral... Daddy, 10 dollars lang ang kinikita ko ang tanda ko na, ayaw ko ng ganito. Pwede ba ako mag-aral? Tulungan mo ako.&quot;</p><p>Kim relayed that becoming a nurse was a childhood dream. &quot;Maliit pa lang ako when I was five, when we were still in America, hindi pa kami nagpi-Philippines, gusto ko na maging nurse kasi ang daddy lagi nagba-banggit because he used to work in a hospital, engineer siya ng hospital so laging  nurse ang binabanggit niya.&quot;</p><p>Her father was overjoyed by her decision. &quot;Tuwang-tuwa ang tatay ko... My dad would worked overtime hangga&#x27;t maka-graduate ako and sinigurado kong ga-graduate ako [na] may honors.&quot;</p><p>Kim now works as a nurse in the US. </p>