Bela Padilla has left her life in London to return to local cinema with a new and renewed zest.
Bela took to Instagram to showcase what her life was while in London, sharing snippets in the process.
“A few seconds of my life in London since 2021. I am temporarily closing this chapter as I prepare to work full-time again. And yes, I should have taken more pictures. I should have kissed and hugged my loved ones as much as I needed,” she initially wrote on her post.
Bela shared what London contributed to her life both as an artist and a woman.
“Even if London will forever be the city that made me question everything I know in life, and forced me to square my shoulders, walk faster and be more vigilant…it will also always be the city that allowed me to smell flowers in spring and summer. And boy did I stop and smell the flowers constantly.”
“London made me embrace the sad colors of autumn so hard that it would crush my soul every time I swept my garden before winter. Always weeping for the big tree I have, dying temporarily… as did I, with every sad day, quiet room entered and moment of complete confusion,” she wrote.
The It’s Showtime semi-regular host was thankful that “Because of London, my instincts are now sharper.”
“I stayed as healthy as I could while navigating my [autoimmune] disorder. I very quickly learned to walk, ride my bike and eventually drive cars on the left side. The education I got from in and out of the classrooms [is embedded] in me now,” she wrote.
“London also gave me the best friends that one could develop in adulthood, abroad. Our shared love for food, pints of Guinness or ciders, homesickness, overpriced takeaway and complaints about the bitter cold of winter glued me to them in ways that sometimes saved my sanity,” she added.
Since she thoroughly enjoyed her stay in London, Bela feels she might be back in that city in the future.
“London is polite but shouts when you’re wrong. Beautiful but rough around the edges. Kind but has a darkness that could scare the tough…my friend, London,” she stressed.
Bela moved to London in November 2021.
She is known for her portrayals in 100 Tula Para Kay Stella, Meet Me in St. Gallen, The Day After Valentines and in the Philippine movie adaptation of Miracle in Cell No. 7. (NIGEL CHAVEZ DE ESTRADA)
