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The Creamline Cool Smashers. Photo from PVL Media Bureau

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Kennedy Caacbay

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Creamline Cool Smashers. Photo from PVL Media Bureau" src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/2024021412020/cc3b4f3cfa439fce5082c9d959c5c21dd95d308e1af42227a7c504096857ae8c.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><figcaption>The Creamline Cool Smashers. <em>Photo from PVL Media Bureau</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Much like any other person, volleyball players fall in love and get hurt, too.</p><p>And for a Valentine&#x27;s special, we took some time to ask Creamline players what they think about love and how they would have seized the day.</p><p>Spoiler alert: They almost had the same answers.</p><div><strong>For Alyssa Valdez:</strong></div><p>&quot;Love means doing it without any questions. Just being there, being present and I guess love means just being you.&quot;</p><p>The Creamline skipper also shared that she would be present at the PVL press conference (yes, she attended), would have a MOA signing for her upcoming camps, and would have attended an exhibit for her friends.</p><div><strong>For Jema Galanza:</strong></div><p>&quot;Love for me, may sacrifice talaga, and effort na ibibigay one-hundred percent sa partner. And love for me is unconditional. Hindi ka hihingi ng kapalit, kung ano man &#x27;yung binigay mong love for someone, binigay mo &#x27;yon kasi sincere ka, kasi genuine ka na love siya. So hindi mo kailangan humingi pa ng kapalit sa kaniya, or pantayan, or lamangan pa &#x27;yung love. And love for me (is) natural. Mafi-feel mo lang siya, mafi-feel siya ng heart mo.&quot;</p><p>Asked when she has experienced that, Galanza answered with emphasis: &quot;Ngayon.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Nae-experience ko siya ngayon, parang hindi mahirap magmahal. Dati, kinukuwestiyon ko gano&#x27;n ba kahirap ba magmahal. Pero ngayon, na-prove ko na madali lang &#x27;yung love, natural lang siyang lalabas sa &#x27;yo. Mafi-feel mo siya nang madali.&quot;</p><p>She added: &quot;Walang kapalit &#x27;yung love ko. Kung ano man &#x27;yung gusto kong ibigay sa kaniya, ibibigay ko sa kaniya nang buo. Sacrifice talaga, and &#x27;yung effort ko for her, gusto ko ring pantayan &#x27;yung effort na binibigay niya sa &#x27;kin. So gusto ko balanced kami.&quot;</p><p>Ella de Jesus, her girlfriend and teammate, was around when Galanza was being asked about love. So when she is giggling, or <em>kinikilig</em>, she looks at her.</p><p>Galanza had the longest answer among the Cool Smashers.</p><p>Asked what kind of dates she wanted, Galanza said: &quot;Gusto ko simpleng date lang. Gusto ko, kasama ko lang &#x27;yung special someone ko. Kumain ng gusto naming kainin, and magmu-movie date, then hug kami maghapon. Basta ma-feel lang namin &#x27;yung love. Happy din if kasama &#x27;yung family.&quot;</p><div><strong>For Bea de Leon:</strong></div><p>&quot;What&#x27;s love for me? Well, it&#x27;s a wide range of things. I love volleyball, I love my family, but the commonality is something that makes me happy, something I feel safe in, something that feels like home.&quot;</p><div><strong>For Pangs Panaga:</strong></div><p>&quot;Love is you&#x27;re willing to sacrifice for everything, gagawin mo &#x27;yung lahat for your family, loved ones, and friends. Magiging all out ka sa lahat even if it hurts. Sometimes, may mga pagkukulang sila, or maling nagagawa sa &#x27;tin, and willing ka pa ring i-accept &#x27;yung flaws nila.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Naiintindihan naman ni Mich (Morente) kung ano &#x27;yung priorities namin. Sa Valentine&#x27;s kasi, wala kaming time together. Nakapag-celebrate na kami nung Sunday. Nag-advance na kami, nakapag-date na kami, and sa Wednesday, sa Valentine&#x27;s, training kami.&quot;</p><div><em>Sana all na lang po nakapag-date na.</em></div><div><strong>The only married one in the list — for Denden Lazaro-Revilla:</strong></div><p>&quot;Love is unconditional. Love is taking care of the people you love. Not really making big, grand gestures, It&#x27;s more of the little, everyday things that you do for the people you care for.&quot;</p><p>&quot;How will I spend the Valentine&#x27;s? Just training, preparing for the PVL, and just being at home with LA (Revilla) and the dogs. That&#x27;s it, simple Valentine&#x27;s Day.&quot;</p><div><strong>For Michele Gumabao:</strong></div><p>&quot;Love for me is sacrifice. Kapag mahal mo &#x27;yung isang bagay, or isang tao, ibibigay mo kahit masakit. Kahit minsan inconvenient. All the sacrifices for me, that means love.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Buti na lang wala kaming game sa Wednesday. On Valentine&#x27;s Day, I&#x27;ll be spending time with my family, also with Aldo (Panlilio), we&#x27;ll have lunch, and I&#x27;ll watch the PBA game also. So sports and love all in one.&quot;</p><p>So, that&#x27;s it, that&#x27;s love for them. 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<p>For a Valentine's special, we took some time to ask Creamline players what they think about love and how they would have seized the day. </p>

For a Valentine's special, we took some time to ask Creamline players what they think about love and how they would have seized the day.

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Valentine's special: What love means for Creamline players

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published Feb 14, 2024 08:05 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 14, 2024 09:11 PM PHT

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