Now begins the time of healing for those of us she left behind. While it is extremely difficult, what has kept us strong is the outpouring of love and caring we have received from family, friends ... but most especially her listeners ... people from all walks of life who have shared with us how our Mommy has touched their lives.
We are fortunate to have so many "cousins" ... people who fondly remember her as "Tiyang" ... and have created this blogspot in her memory. We invite you to write in your comments and share with the rest of our cousins around the world ... - Didi (Magpayo) Reyes-Belonio
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It's we who want to thank God, for giving us Tiya Dely in those 88 years she was with us.
And it's we who want to thank you, Didi and Raul and other members of Tyang's family, for sharing Tyang with us during most of her lifetime. You could have kept her for yourselves all these years, but it was your own benevolence and selfless sacrifice that allowed our beloved Tyang to give out her motherly love, in person and on the radio.
We know you loved her so much and you cared for her so much. And knowing that, assured that she was in your good hands, she was able to share her warmth and her love with so many other people, even people she did not know. People whose lives probably were happier and better in many ways - because Tiya Dely was there with them, and for them.
I know she will always be with us in our hearts.
I first came to know Tiyang thru my mother for she was fond of listening to her program "Mga Liham kay Tiya Dely" and from that time on I always listened to her even her nightime program (DZRH).
I met her only once but that was a dream come true to me, oh, she was a beauty and i could tell how well-groomed Tiyang was. I remember her saying to my fiance' Don, now my husband to learn how to speak my dialect. Her voice is the same voice that I heard in the radio and it was truly a great opportunity meeting her, and how I wished that time I have my camera.
Now that I am here in the U.S. I was so sad when I learned that she passed away and can't even control my emotion, but cry. I know she touched many lives and she has a big heart to share. Though, Tiyang didn't know me that well, but it was a big priviledge meeting her even once in my life. . . the only thing I could say now is - I'm gonna missed her voice (cause even when I'm here in the U.S. I used to listen still to her thru my computer).
Tiyang, we love you and we will be missing you soooooo!!!
Terry Spearman
During my elementary years, I had been listening to all her radio programs because mom and dad were automaciacally tuned in to dzrh. I was delighted how Tiya Dely would give her bits of advice in the most casual ways, as if talking only to her kins...
Going through my high school years, I could not make my assignments without tuning in to her evening programs...I wonder why I was so fond og her...I felt inspired making my assignment while hearing her voice... I might not have had been listening to her all the time, but the fact that my background music while making my assignments was the pleasant voice of Tiya Dely was a sure guide for me to have had made my assignments better.
Through my college years at UST, I had grown to be inclined to listening to her advices, and then give the same advices to all to my classmates who were undergoing the similar situations about their own lives and lovelives, so much so that from the English major that I was taking, I shifted to the Guidance major.And so, I am proud to declare that I owe much from Tiya Dely my being a professional guidance counselor today! Many thanks to you, my dearest Tiya Dely.
You will never cease to be my inspiration. I had followed you throughout all my life, wherever you were...from dzrh, to dzxl,to dzbb, to radio veritas, to dzmm, then back to drzh.I had spent 15 years in Italy as a religious sister, but when I came back, the first thing that I did was to turn on my radio and searched for the voice that I missed when I was i Italy. It was just so unfortunate that at that time, there was no internet yet to connect me with my favorite radio station.
Now, I am able to see her taped videos on my screen.The night she had her stroke, I was listening to her program, but was not able to catch the bad news because I felt asleep.The following day, Sunday, I felt bad that I was not able to finish listening to her program. So what I did, I searched through the internet to see some write-ups about her, without really realizing what had happened.Then, there I learned of the sad news...Monday came, during her 6:30-7:30 program, I heard Didi announcing her passing away at 6:10pm....I succumbed to the Will of the Most High God...though it was not easy to accept,I trusted in the Wisdom and Mercy of God that it was the right moment for her to meet her Creator!And as Didi was saying, she passed away clinging to the mike, meaning , her dedication, discipline, and commitnent to her work was remarkable, unrepeatable, unequalled!
TIYA DELY, you live forever in my memory!You had made an impact in my life and you will remain as my most loved broadcaster ever!
HAIL TO YOU, FIRST LADY OF THE PHILIPPINE RADIO!
A TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST LADY OF THE PHILIPPINE RADIO!
T - Teacher on-air
I - Inspiration to the trouble-
hearted
Y - Youthful aura
A - Auntie to all
D - Dutiful and hard-working
E - Example and model of a tough
and brave filipina
L - Lovely and endearing
Y - 'Yond compare!
TIYA DELY LIVES FOREVER!
I am very fortunate to have met Tiya Dely for the first time in 1997 during my residency years in Neurology and Psychiatry when I was doing a research paper in Psychiatry. I asked her if I can interview her regarding her life as a broadcaster. So she told me instead of me interviewing her , she would interview me on the air about my specialization in Psychiatry. It was a dream come true of meeting an institution in Philippine Radio . I have been an avid fan of her during my younger days in the province listening to her various radio programs like her noontime drama program like Ang kasaysayan sa mga lihim kay Tiya Dely and Ang tangi kong Pagibig and evening programs. It came to the point that I have memorize her opening lines "ITONG INYONG TIYA DELY. KUMUSTA MGA GINIGILIW KONG TAGAPAKINIG.... Being a psychiatrist, I was able to learn a lot on her giving advices to distressed listeners and apply it in my daily practice in giving psychotherapy to my patients. Years would pass and I continued to listen to her programs, It would be a habit to be awake on Saturday evenings to catch her late evening program Serentang Kumbidahan and later Serenata Filipina pangkat collectivista. I wont put off my radio not until her tag line ITONG INYONG TIYA DELY NAGPAPAALAM NA SA IYO SA IYO AT HIGIT SA LAHAT SA IYO" would be over. I had the chance to meet her for the second time around when i went to DZRH to pick a prize of a CD on her musical recording which I won in a contest for sending one of the best New Year greetings. That meeting started a friendship that i would cherish in my lifetime. Since then I became a monthly regular guest on Saturday evening to answer questions from listeners about different illnesses in my field of specialization of Neurology-Psychiatry. Its unfortunate that during that fateful Saturday evening when she had that fatal stroke I was supposed to be her guest but wasnt able to come because I was in Spain for a convention. I felt sad upon receiving a text message from Alegria Barba that Tyang had a stroke, was unconscious and regretted that I missed that last chance of seen her alive for the last time. My only consolation was that I came back in the Philippines in time to attend her wake and give my last respect to a dear friend.It was also unfortunate that I did not have the chance to meet in person her daughter Didi.I hope to meet her soon thru Chris Capulso or Dra Remy Sazon whom i know personally. During her burial I said my simple prayer in silence holding back my tears, gave my last farewell and now it was my turn to utter her famous lines "ITO ANG IYONG KAIBIGAN, NAGPAPAALAM NA SA IYO, SA IYO AT HIGIT SA LAHAT SA IYO. Paalam Tiya Dely Will surely miss you. You are one of a kind. Mabuhay ka Tiya Dely
P.S. I hope some group or NGO will spearhead the move to make Tiya Dely a National Artist in recognition of her contribution in broadcasting and of fostering the love of Pilipino our national language,and original Pilipino music especially our Kundimans and balitaw.
from Dr Willie Calma
Ang ala-ala ni Tiya Dely at ang kanyang mga turo ay aking dadalhin habang ako'y nabubuhay.
I was born in 1951 somewhere in Mindanao. I grew hearing Tiya Dely's comforting voice in the stillness of the dark night. Hers was the only voice heard inside many homes during those nights and while she may not have known it, she has touched many lives and comforted many troubled souls. It was hard to imagine lying bed, preparing for the uncertain tomorrow, without hearing her uniquely comforting voice. One of the more exciting event in my life as a resident of Metro Manila (since 1975) was to finally see her picture in the Internet and hearing her again through DZRH. No one can forget the intro: Ito ang inyong Tiya Dely...
Tiya Dely, "tiyang" to some close friends has been my mentor, adviser, and a "mother" in the field of broadcast since I entered dzRH in 1991. She reminds me of some Filipino words normally misused in news materials such as matutuhan (not matutunan), kakayanan (not kakayahan), naganap (if it's a positive event), nangyari (if it's negative event), ito po si (not ako po si ) and some quotes like "we see them come, and we see them go." I also remember when she told me "if you are planning to buy a car, you should get a brand new one, not the second-hand,"...which I did. Thanks Tiyang.
I deeply miss Tia Dely and her program. Her straight forward advise on air still lingers in my mind. I could never forget her since I practically grew up with her programs starting with the pre-martial law station of ABS-CBN, DZXL. I hope Ate Didi revives her long running program - Kasaysayan sa Mga Liham.
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