Loribelle Spirovski

And he was essentially travelling all around the world, really, as an engineer.

He loved working particularly abroad.

in the Middle East and in South America.

And at the time they were building a bridge in Malaysia and he just happened to be staying at the hotel where my mum was performing with her sisters.

Well, of course, they're used to plenty of attention.

I think at the time she actually had this Japanese boyfriend even, or a Chinese boyfriend.

And my mum had many, many suitors and admirers.

But I think the thing that really caught her attention, all three sisters really, was that my dad was going to the bar, but he was always ordering a soda water bottle.

He was never, he's always been a teetotaler.

So I think they were really impressed by that, almost like his self-control.

He was dressed really well.

My dad looked like one of the members of the Bee Gees.

So you can sort of imagine like a denim on denim with like a curly hair situation.

It was amazing.

He was owning it.

And so do things develop between them quickly or what was the story?

Okay.

Well, this is the funny thing, and I feel like this is a very Filipino thing, especially of that generation, where they kind of... It's almost like their personalities become displaced and they kind of share this communal identity in a way.

And they were very close as sisters and very spiritual, so I think that helps as well.

But they were kind of like, we like this guy.