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Alden Richards tells Yaya Dub 'God gave me you' at 'Tamang Panahon' event

Philstar.com

October 24, 2015 | 1:35am

MANILA, Philippines - "Tamang Panahon" has finally arrived.

After almost three months of split screen meeting and short dates, Alden Richard and Yaya Dub finally faced their fans on the big stage at the "Tamang Panahon" show of GMA-7's noontime variety program "Eat Bulaga" at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan on Saturday.

The show, which featured the grand meeting of the AlDub love team from its popular "Kalyeserye" segment, aired for over three hours with no commercial break.

One hundred percent of the ticket sales for the show will go to the AlDub Library Project which will work on rehabilitating libraries of three elementary schools.

"Tamang Panahon" featured many of the "Kalyeserye" segment's characters, including Lola Nidora (Wally Bayola), Lola Tidora (Paolo Ballesteros) and Lola Tinidora (Jose Manalo).

"Kalyeserye" antagonists Duhrizz (played by Wally Bayola) and Frankie Arenolli (played by Jose Manalo) also made appearances during the show.

Midway through the show, Alden and Yaya Dub met on stage to the tune of Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud."

"Maine, ang tagal kong hinintay 'tong chance na 'to, to say that God gave me you. Ang layo na rin narating natin. Dalawang taong naghahanap, and finally nagkita na rin. Salamat sa'yo," Alden told Maine before singing Bryan White's "God Gave Me You," the song that has become the theme song for AlDub love team. Maine even sang a few lines of the song with Alden.

"Alden, thank you. Alam mo pinagdasal ko talaga ang araw na ito. Ganun din naman yung gusto kong sabihin sa iyo, God gave me you," Maine told the GMA-7 actor after the song number.

She added: "Ang dami ng nagbago sa buhay natin, ang dami ng nangyari, pero may mga bagay pa din na hindi magbabago. Isa doon, ikaw at ako."

Lola Nidora told Alden and Maine Yaya Dub to get to know each other better.

"Gusto ko magkakilala muna kayong mabuti. Maging magkaibigan. Hindi ko naman hahawakan ang tibok ng puso ninyo. Ipangako ninyo sa akin na hindi ninyo sisirain ang tiwalang binigay sa inyo ng mga Lola," she said, adding Alden is now welcome in her mansion.

The two also took the event as an opportunity to thank their fans.

"Maraming, maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat na nakidalo at nakisaya po sa amin ngayong araw," Maine said.

She added: "Hindi po ninyo alam kung gaano kalaking bagay sa amin na makita po kayo ditong sumusuporta at nagmamahal po sa amin. Nakakatuwa nga pong isipin na simula't simula po hanggang tamang panahon, andyan pa rin kayong lahat, hindi nawala."

Alden, meanwhile, said: "Gusto ko po sanang magpasalamat, of course, kay Lord. Kaming dalawa ni Maine, gusto naming magpasalamat sa Kanya kasi kung hindi dahil sa Kanya hindi namin kayo makukuha na suportahan kami."

"Sa lahat po ng nagmamahal sa amin ni Maine, kayo po ang may gawa kung bakit naging posible ito."

"Kaya para sa atin, tuloy ang forever," he said.

Alden and Yaya Dub also took a "selfie" with the crowd inside the Philippine Arena, which has a capacity of 55,000.

As of 2 p.m., the hashtag for the October 24 show #AlDubEBTamangPanahon has amassed over 20 million tweets.