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Celebrity doctor Minguita Padilla now a singer after election loss

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Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Dra. Minguita Padilla" s="" Facebook="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/26/dra-minguita-padilla-fb-8262022.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Dra. Minguita Padilla&#x27;s Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- It&#x27;s never too late to fulfill your dream -- that’s the current mantra of celebrity eye doctor Minguita Padilla as she released her new debut recording at age 62. </p><p>A collaboration with veteran composer Vehnee Saturno, &quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqVuPRJ8FWo">Aalagaan Ka</a>&quot; marks Padilla&#x27;s return to the social scene after her loss in the recent senate elections. </p><p>&quot;I was asked what I wanted to say to my country. I answered with a song. A love song on many levels,&quot; Padilla told ABS-CBN News Thursday. </p><p>&quot;It’s my words set to poetry and music by Vehnee Saturno and I sang it! A lot of people don&#x27;t know that since I was 14, I&#x27;ve been singing in our church music ministry,&quot; related Padilla, who also underwent voice lessons in her youth. </p><p>&quot;I really love to sing, so it s never too late to fulfill your dream!&quot;</p><p>Padilla dug deep into her heart to create the song. &quot;Hugot talaga kasi one of the best ways to heal a broken heart is to take care of others,&quot; she said. </p><p>&quot;And only a love that is true, that will not betray, that will endure, can help heal a heart that is afraid to love and trust again, because it has repeatedly been hurt by broken promises,&quot; she added.</p><p>Part of the proceeds of &quot;Aalagaan Ka,&quot; which is now on YouTube and Spotify, will benefit the Eye Bank program, Padilla&#x27;s long-running advocacy in restoring sight to the blind. </p><p>The families of the late artists Jay Ilagan, Miko Sotto, and AJ Perez were among those who donated their eyes for corneal transplants for blind recipients of the Eye Bank. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/31/18/kilalanin-mga-namaalam-na-bituing-nagbigay-liwanag-sa-walang-paningin">KILALANIN: Mga namaalam na bituing &#x27;nagbigay-liwanag&#x27; sa walang paningin</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I always tell the recipients to pray for their donors. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give,&quot; Padilla said in a previous ABS-CBN News interview about her campaign to encourage eye donations. </p><p>&quot;Lahat tayo mamamatay, think about it. You can leave a legacy of vision to somebody blind.&quot;</p><p>Padilla is mum about a rumored forthcoming appointment in the health portfolio in the current administration, given the one-year ban in the appointment of personalities who lost in the 2022 polls. </p><p>For now, she will sing and hopefully complete an album of inspirational and love songs. </p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2195176" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

It's never too late to fulfill your dream -- that’s the current mantra of Minguita Padilla as she released her new debut recording at age 62. 

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Celebrity doctor Minguita Padilla now a singer after election loss

Mario Dumaual,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 26, 2022 01:25 PM PHT

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Updated August 26, 2022 04:12 PM PHT

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