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Smart & simple living for Judy Ann & Ryan Agoncillo
THE PEPPER MILL By Pepper Teehankee (The Philippine Star) Updated April 08, 2011 12:00 AM Comments (0)

Ryan and Judy Ann Agoncillo, the newest brand ambassadors of Samsung digital appliances.

Celebrity couple Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo will celebrate their second wedding anniversary towards the end of this month. Unknown to many, the couple enjoys a smart and simple living.
To highlight further the lifestyle choice of the couple, Judy Ann and Ryan were recently introduced as the newest ambassadors for Samsung digital appliances.
Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp. launched the latest additions to the growing array of Samsung air conditioners — the Maldives Standard Inverter Split Type and Boracay Standard Split Type Air Conditioners — and Samsung’s latest technological breakthrough called the Virus Doctor.
The launch, which took place at the Marriott Hotel Manila, was also part of Samsung’s thrust to expand its business in the country.

Samsung sales director for consumer electronics Binggoy Mauricio and Willy and Sons Inc.’s Chit and Willard Qua.

Head for Samsung digital home appliances Tonette Lee said, “Judy Ann and Ryan embody the qualities that best represent the Samsung brand. They are a young couple and parents to Yohan and newly-born Lucio, whose lifestyle perfectly fits to the new lineup of Samsung digital home appliances products that are designed for the health and well-being of the family.”
TV personality Susie Entrata hosted the event while celebrities Precious Lara Quigaman, Marco Alcaraz, Ariel and Karen Atendido and Hans and Marilen Montenegro were spotted during the unveiling of the new products.
Samsung executives — president KC Park, VP for Samsung home appliances DJ Kim, sales director for consumer electronics Binggoy Mauricio, marketing director Benjie Jimenez, head for digital air solutions Leo Estallo, head for corporate marketing Chiqui Torres Tan and Lee — welcomed guests. Product manager for Samsung air conditioners Marie Streegan showcased the 2011 Samsung air conditioner lineup.
With the new Samsung digital appliances, Samsung reaffirms its commitment to the environment in terms of innovative new product features and understanding every family’s need to save time, money and energy.

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Judy Ann Santos on showbiz central 03-20-2011 

Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Agoncillo (and Judy Ann Santos): Still on Honeymoon Mode CONVERSATIONS With Ricky Lo The Philippine Star Updated March 20, 2011 12:00 AM

Parents to two beautiful children,  Ryan and Juday reveal their plan on how to mark their second wedding anniversary on April 28. Last year, they were not able  to celebrate because Juday got  pregnant – happily so! PHOTOS by  VER PAULINO

Two years into their marriage, Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Agoncillo (and Judy Ann “Juday” Santos) are still on honeymoon mode. Watch full video

Throughout this exclusive Conversation at the ballroom of Marriott Hotel of the sprawling Resorts World last Tuesday afternoon before the presscon proper for the Samsung Air-con they are endorsing, the couple was holding hands and exchanging meaningful glances. Had we asked them to, they would have willingly kissed.
The next day, Juday showed up at 55 Events Place (on Scout Rallos, Quezon City) for the presscon of Lactum 6+ which she, as the mother of Yohan and Lucho (who turned five-months old on March 7), is also endorsing. (Note: Check out The STAR’s Entertainment Section for more about Lactum 6+ in tomorrow’s issue.)
Still battling post-natal avoirdupois, Juday is limiting herself to doing just commercials at the moment, not wanting to let work take her away from home for long periods of time.
“Home is priority,” she said. “Rye and I want to enjoy not only each other’s company but that of the kids.”
Unable to celebrate their first wedding anniversary last year (April 28) because she got pregnant (“My doctor advised me to avoid stress especially during the first trimester”), Juday and Ryan are making up by celebrating the second with their respective families. They could go abroad but then the family has become suddenly big (“Malaking production number na,” as Juday put it) so they deem it wiser to celebrate at home.
 
How’s life so far as Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Agoncillo?

Juday: Good!
Ryan: So far.
You’re celebrating your second wedding anniversary on April 28. Happy anniversary!
Juday: Oh, you’re the first to greet us. Thank you!
How did you celebrate your first wedding anniversary last year?
Juday: Just at home. I was pregnant na so I needed bed rest. Nagpahanda si Rye ng fine-dining dinner sa bahay. We invited two chefs. There was one dinner for the family and another dinner for our close friends.
This time, how do you plan to celebrate?
 Juday: Since Lucho is here na, we cannot really make a definite plan. Big production number na when we leave home — Rye and I, Lucho and Yohan, the yaya, the nurse and others. Maybe we’ll just plan something for Yohan because she’s getting bored now that she’s on vacation.
How’s Ryan as a husband?

Do they practise family planning or any birth control? Says Ryan, ‘Control? No. Not even self-control! Hehehehe!’

Juday: Honestly, I feel so blessed that I found a partner who gives me freedom to choose — whether to stay home or go back to work and be a mom at the same time. Basta, marami akong choices and Rye is just there, supportive. The other night, I told him, “Rye, kelangan ko nang mag-diet. Samahan mo ako?’ Oo lang siya! Very supportive. “Rye, may gagawin ako. Okey lang sa’yo?” Oo lang siya, ganoon lang siya.
Do you mean that Ryan is a yes-man?
Juday: No naman. Supportive lang talaga siya. Okey lang nang okey. He’s honest naman. When he feels na may palya ako sa desisyon ko, he tells me. Technically, tatlo kaming anak niya — me, Yohan and Lucho…in the same way that I have also three children — Rye, Yohan and Lucho.
Ryan, how would you rate naman Juday as a wife and as a mother?
Ryan: Excellent! Suwerte! I remember one time, I was emceeing an event for one of MVP’s companies. Juday was then heavy with Lucho. I called MVP onstage to give a speech. As he walked to the podium, he shook my hand because he had just heard that Juday was pregnant. He told me, “Iho, you chose well!” That stuck in my head. Everytime I realize how lucky I am, I remember that MVP said that I chose well.
Juday, didn’t you go through a post-partum period?
Juday: I guess I did pero hindi lang matindi kaya hindi ko naramdaman. Maybe I went through just a mild depression especially when I was alone at home and I was tired, pero hindi ‘yung halos mamatay-matay ako sa kaiiyak. I guess it was about my weight. I think that maybe women suffer from post-partum syndrome dahil sa excess weight nila. I would tell myself, “Eh, ano kung tumaba ako. May maganda naman akong baby na nanggaling sa akin!” I’m more than lucky to have this kind of life, so okey na ‘yan, ayos na ‘yan.
I suppose you’re working hard on that, you know…What workout do you do?
Juday: Since I gave birth the natural way, I didn’t have to wait long before I started exercising after only three months. Takbo-takbo ako around the village. I’ve taken up Yoga again.
Does Ryan run with you?
Juday: Sometimes.
Ryan: One time.
What about your diet?
Juday: I’m going to try a new diet. But I won’t say what I find it effective. Nakakahiya naman sabihin baka hindi mag-work. But I hope it will. Hmmmm, it’s a well-balanced diet, actually — a little carb, some sweets. If it works, I will tell everybody so they can try it.
Is Ryan trying that kind of diet, too?
Ryan (Joking): No. Gusto kong kumasya uli sa pang-kasal ko, eh.
Oh, for your golden wedding!
Juday (Joking, too): Yeah, for our golden wedding.
Five months after giving birth, do you still breastfeed Lucho?
Juday: Mixed na. Breastfeeding and formula. I can’t produce enough milk for Lucho.
Ryan, what’s your role naman in taking care of Lucho? Do you help in preparing the feeding bottles or changing his diapers?
Ryan: Sa pag-aalaga kay Lucho, medyo hindi ako ganoon ka-involved. Ang naka-assign sa akin si Yohan.
Your decision?
Ryan: No, it just happened naturally because we have nurses who take care of Lucho and it’s them who guide Juday, and I try not to get in the way. What I do is take care of Yohan instead. Like, when Juday gives Lucho a bath, it’s my turn to also give Yohan a bath. It has gotten to a point where ako na ang nagblo-blower ng hair ni Yohan.
Juday: When Lucho was newly born, ayaw niyang hawakan.
Ryan: I can change diapers, but ‘yung No. 1 and No. 2 steps, hindi ko kaya.
I suppose your sleeping schedule was radically altered.

Juday: Only during the first month kasi tutok na tutok kami kay Lucho because he was on dextrose when we brought him home. He needed to be injected with antibiotic. Instead of staying longer at the (Asian) hospital, we decided to check out maski naka-dextrose si Lucho. Besides, I was eager to go home na, I was missing our bed, at gustong-gusto ko na magluto. I was missing everybody, including our dog.
Ryan, you’re on TV every day (Eat, Bulaga! on GMA) and on weekends (Talentadong Pinoy on TV5). How do you divide your time between work and family?
Ryan: Actually, with my schedule I’m just like an ordinary office worker. We tape Talentadong Pinoy Wednesday afternoon, and Eat, Bulaga! goes on Monday through Saturday. I usually wake up at 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. depending on how puyat I am the night before. I play with the kids for maybe half an hour and then I leave for work. Then, I’m home by 4 or 5 p.m. Except on Wednesdays when I tape, I spend all the weekdays with Juday and the kids.
How do you see to it that Yohan doesn’t get insecure with or jealous of Lucho?
Ryan: She’s an active participant in taking care of Lucho. We assigned her as Lucho’s bodyguard. She’s Baby No. 1 and Lucho is Baby No. 2, and since she’s No. 1 she has to be the protector.
Two years into your marriage, do you continue to discover things about each other?
Juday: Yeah. What they say is true — marriage is a never-ending learning process. Hindi man every day, may bago kayong nadi-discover sa isa’t-isa. Then you say, “Bakit ngayon lang ‘to lumabas?”
Like what?
Ryan: Like, the past year and a half we enjoyed together at home every night. Lately, we’ve started going out more often, kapag tulog na ang mga bata, mga 10 or 11 o’clock at night. We’re tired with the computer and we would look at each other and decide there and then, I would say, “Sweetheart, pagod na ako sa kako-computer, ilang gabi na akong hindi makatulog, labas naman tayo!”
Where do you go?
Juday: Kung saan-saan lang.
Ryan: We go to bars with friends, ganyan lang, and we go home pretty late.
Juday, you’re used to working since you were a child. Aren’t you bored with your present schedule? Don’t you miss showbiz?
Juday: Siempre nami-miss ko rin. And I’m thankful to clients (Like those behind Lactum and Samsung Air-con, their current endorsements. — RFL) and producers who give me the freedom to arrange my schedule, na ako ang magbigay ng oras, so I said, “Naku, Lord, thank you po!” They don’t pressure me to hurry up; they give me time to enjoy my kids. And that’s what I’m doing. Napaka-suwerte ko talaga!
How soon will you go back to work?
Juday: Siguro sa acting, not yet. But hopefully within this year, I might do one movie. Or a talk show which is not time-consuming, something that will not take me away from my kids for long periods of time, siguro ‘yung taping na twice or thrice a week lang na mabilis.
Okay with you, Ryan, for Juday to be a working wife/mother?
Ryan: Eh, kung doon siya masaya, okey lang.
No do’s and don’t’s?
Ryan: Siempre, she should consider the welfare of the kids. More than that, whatever makes her happy. Sabi nga nila, ang sekreto ay “happy wife, happy life.” Hayaan mo siya! Hehehehe!
How has being a parent changed you?
Juday: Sa totoo lang, selfless ka kapag parent ka na. Mas gusto mong intindihin kung ano ang dapat sa mga bata. We adjust sa time nila. This early, we are already planning kung saan mag-aaral si Yohan. You know, shall we give Yohan a celfone? Huwag muna! It’s too early. Mga ganyang concerns.
What about offers for the kids to be endorsers?
Juday: Rye and I will have to talk about it before we accept any deal. Siempre, bata ang involved, eh.
How many more kids do you want to have?
Ryan: One is enough for the meantime.
Juday: Actually, bahala na kung mabuo, thank you very much. Kung wala, it means God wants us to enjoy our two kids first.
Are you practising family planning, any birth control?
Ryan (Laughing): Control? Wala!
Juday (Gently elbowing Ryan): Ano ba?
Not even self-control?
Ryan: Not even.
Juday: Basta, bahala na si Lord! Hehehehe!

Judy Ann and Ryan Agoncillo uncover marriage bliss secrets

by Diana A. Uy

Two years into the marriage and Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo have found the secret to a happy union: Always have two separate blankets in bed.

“Kasi nag-aagawan kami sa kumot hanggang sa kinabukasan inaaway niya ako (we keep fighting over who gets the blanket. Sometimes it even carries over to the next day,)’’ says Santos, during the launch of Samsung’s latest air conditioners. The popular couple are the new endorsers of the electronics giant.

Agoncillo echoes the sentiment.

“We discovered that a few months into the marriage. Juday would hog the blanket, it doesn’t matter whether the blanket is big or small, she gets it all. I always end up with a cough the next day because my back gets exposed to the cold. So we decided, separate blankets for us,’’ he laughs.

The couple, who married in a fairytale ceremony last April 28, 2009 after nearly four years of being together, now have two kids—Yohan, six, and Lucio, five months—but still consider themselves newlyweds.

“I love it,’’ gushes Santos, referring to her current status as wife, mother and homemaker.

‘‘I am very relaxed. I am very contented with what I have now. Ayos na ayos ako.’’

“I’m happy as long as she’s happy,’’ says Agoncillo. “As long as she’s happy with what she’s doing... and she’s not bored or not deprived of what she wants to do then I’m okay. I can see how devoted she is to the kids.’’

This mutual concern for each other has made the couple ideal endorsers for Samsung’s latest line of digital appliances, including its latest eco-friendly, split-type, virus-safe which are perfect for the couple’s growing family.

Samsung’s new air conditioners are energy-efficient allowing users to save up to 50 percent in the electricity bill. The models were also designed to eliminate biological contaminants in the air such as viruses and bacteria through its revolutionary micro plasma ionizing technology.

Domestic diva

Santos, who took a break from her showbiz commitments to devote her time and attention to her family, is the picture of domestic bliss as she describes her typical day, which starts early in the morning. She checks up on Lucio, gives him a bath and then plays with Yohan right after. A family nurse sometimes helps her take care of her kids, alleviating some of the stress that motherly duties bring.

The drama princess sometimes cooks for her husband as well, depending on his diet and activity for the day.

“If he doesn’t have any duties on Eat Bulaga, or if he’s not on a diet, I’m the one who cooks for him. It depends on what his activities are for the day, say for example, he has taping for Talentadong Pinoy, I prepare the appropriate meals. Sometimes I prepare up to three separate meals. Ryan is not a picky eater, so I am able to find ways to work with his diet.’’

Santos is an accomplished chef, having earned a diploma from the Center for Asian Culinary Studies. In fact, she is set to host Junior Master Chef Pinoy Edition on ABS-CBN soon.

Room for improvement

Juday and Ryan appear to have transitioned fairly well into wedded bliss. Upon further probing however, both argue that, like most young married couples they are still adjusting to the new changes in their relationship routine and activities. Discovering new things about each other, they say, is a continuous process.

‘‘Decision making is a little more complicated, a little more complex now because we can’t just get up and go if we want to see a movie or travel abroad or go on a road trip,’’ shares Agoncillo.

He shares he has learned to be less abrasive now, following his wife’s lead in the art of subtle persuasion. ‘‘I learn a lot from her. I get to observe how she gets her way with people.’’

For her part, Santos appreciates the fact that not only has she gained a husband, she now has a 24/7 consultant/advisor as well. “He tells me the pros and cons of every issue and gives me a clear idea of my choices,’’ she avers.

Fringe benefits

All things considered, Juday and Ryan are thankful that they have known each other for as long as they did before getting hitched. Juday confesses that she is already used to picking up Ryan’s clothes left scattered, one-by-one, all over their home once he gets back from work. Not even his snoring bothers her anymore. Juday says she is not the OC (obsessive compulsive) or nagger type.

Ryan, meanwhile, now welcomes his wife’s sudden cravings in the middle of the night and Juday is not even pregnant. Or the fact that when Juday is really hungry, she sometimes forgets to “serve’’ Ryan at the dining table when normally she would see to it that her husband has his plate full first.

On the brighter side, both Juday and Ryan agree that family life has made them more creative and spontaneous with their relationship, keeping the flame burning.

Both like giving little surprises to each other once in a while: A fine dining dinner by their garden courtesy of Juday, for instance; or a surprise trip to China thanks to a well-conceived plan by Ryan.

The Agoncillos allow themselves small quarrels, too, simply because they want to.

“We actually try to come up with something to argue about [sometimes] because maganda rin na nag-aasarin ng konti. There's a lot of humor to it afterwards. Once in a while we try to give each other a hassle just for the heck of it,’’ says Ryan.

“We don't really plan,’’ says Juday. “We just live our life. A lot of things [can] happen in a month, for example. Something comes up and then you have to talk about it and then something comes up again. So we have to adjust to what's there.’’

Ryan and Judai in Samsung event

If Juday were an appliance she’d be … a microwave

Dollywood

By Dolly Anne Carvajal
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 18:09:00 03/20/2011


JUDY Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo were aglow when I interviewed them at the launch of their new endorsement, Samsung. If Juday were an appliance, what would she be? “A microwave,” Ryan nonchalantly said.
The couple had their second honeymoon in Shanghai recently. “I didn’t know Ryan was taking me to China,” said Juday. “I thought we were just lunching out. Wala akong dalang damit. Dun na kami nag-shopping.”
When will Juday be back at work? “I thought I’d get bored at home,” she said. “But I’m still enjoying myself.”
What about rumors linking Ryan to Diana Meneses? “No truth to that at all,” Ryan clarified. “I stay away from temptation.”
What’s the hardest part of being married to a superstar? “It’s hard to make her stop shopping and going to the spa,” he revealed.
Anything new that Juday discovered about Ryan? “He won’t take no for an answer!”
Couples like Juday and Ryan give show biz marriages a good name.

Judai and Ryan endorses Samsung Appliances