DEREK DEE, MARAMING ALOK NA MAGBALIK NA SA PAG-ARTE!

derek: kinukumbinse na magbalik-pelikula

derek with wife Joan

michelle (derek's daughter), derek, joan

derek: malakas pa rin ang sex appeal

Isang magaling na direktor ng isa ding top-rating teleserye sa channel 2 ang nag-alok kay Derek Dee na mag-guest doon. Isang mahalagang papel sana ang gagampanan niya, at tatlong tao pa ang kumumbinse sa kanya na tanggapin iyon- pero, walang nagtagumpay. Iisa lang ang naging sagot ni Derek Dee: "Out of town pa ako and I still have to go to the gym para fit ako kapag nagbalik sa pag-arte."

Sa tinuran na iyon ni Derek, tila may chance pa ngang magbalik siya sa pelikula. Now that he's on rigid physical trainings at the gym, tiyak niyang mas seseksi pa ang dating action star na ito na sumikat nuong late 1990's at naging kabiyak ng beauty queen na si Mimilanie Laurel Marquez (matagal na silang hiwalay ni Melanie at may bagong wife na si Derek now in person of Joan Cristy Dee).

Pero sabi naman ng ilang mga taong nakapaligid kay Derek, tila malabo pa sa ngayon na mag-comeback si Derek sa showbiz. Kasi, very busy pa ito sa kanyang advocacy on the 'miracle drug' that cures Hepa-C. Ang miracle drug na iyon ay ang Harvonil drug.

Sa isang coffee interview kamakailan lang kay Derek, nasabi niya ito: "Sa bansang Egypt, sikat na sikat na rin ang Harvonil drug. Kasi it really cures Hepa-C. I have a blog on the net na Hep Cured ang pangalan. Sa Facebook. They can see all the updates there about Harvonil drug."

Dinagdag pa ni Derek na he's now travelling all-over the world and all-over the Philippines to create further awareness na mayroong na nga "cure" sa Hepa-C. Kamakailan lang, galing siya ng Thailand. And he's set to travel pa in other countries in line of his advocacy.

Natanong tuloy namin ng deretsahan si Derek, paano na ang "comeback" niya sa pag-arte?

"I am not totally closing the doors, Robert", sagot ni Derek. "Depende. Maaaring oo, maaaring hindi. This is my second chance at life. I was a Dead Man Walking nuong nagkaroon ako ng Hepa C. Pero ngayong gumaling na ako at nakita ko ang cure sa pamamagitan ng Harvonil drug, I want to relax muna. Hinay-hinay muna ako. I have plans. At una na diyan 'yung ma-maintain ko ang pagiging well-built ko now, physically."

Bukod kasi du'n sa teleserye director na nabanggit sa itaas, may mga indie film directors din ang gustong mai-direk someday si Derek. Many are really interested to get him back as an actor. Na kay Derek na lang ang desisyon.

All-out support din ngayon si Derek sa pagiging model ng daughter niyang si Michelle Dee, isang exclusive Bench model at nasa managerial hands ngayon ng sikat na manager na si Arnold Vegafria.

"As of now, Michelle's priority is her studies", sabi pa ni Derek. "Isinisingit na lang niya sa schedules niya ang mga showbiz commitments niya, pero mas priority niya ang pag-aaral."

Sana magbalik pa sa pag-arte si Derek. Marami na ang nasasabik na makita muli siya sa wide screen o maski sa TV tubes din. Let's just keep our fingers crossed.


(words by robert manuguid silverio)

THE GREAT ADVOCACY OF DEREK DEE

(Note: Article Below Was First Published In Robert Silverio's Facebook Notes*)

derek: dead man walking no more

derek: ruggedly handsome

derek: with great fashion sense

Thirty years ago, action star Derek Dee stopped using drugs and he never went back doing it again from that time on. That was the turning point of his life from being a "rebel rich kid" into a man with stricter rules in life and straightness. He focused more on being a nature-lover, out-of-town thrills, health awareness and entered a career as an action star, having actress-beauty queen Melanie Marquez as his former wife at that period of time. He had totally forgotten drugs and other sorts of bad ways like being with the wrong group of friends and maybe, womanizing.

He made films and even produced some under their own I AM Productions, with the help of his late mom- Mrs. Regina Y. Dee (who passed-away a few years ago). He became famous and respectable as an action star, but his marriage with Melanie Marquez failed after they had two pretty daughters- Maxine Dominique (now residing in the U.S.) and Sarah Michelle (presently a Bench contract model). And Derek moved on with his life. Settled-in with a new girl but became a very responsible father to his daughters, as he continued to live a normal, healthy, low-key and very private life.

derek with his new girl: the greatest love

But there came a "lull" period n Derek's life when nothing was heard of him for more than a couple of years before his mom died. No one ever knew, he was encountering a very risky and life-threatening battle that no one realized. At that time, he alone faced that "greatest battle of his life".

"The effects were slow as I experienced them", Derek told a blogger-friend of his in one very intimate re-bonding meeting and interview. "I had aching bones, I felt so much fatigue, I felt weak.

"I was almost nearing my senior citizen age- almost nearing 60, and I first thought, maybe because I was simply getting older, and that's what my gym instructor also told me when I was already complaining of feeling too much fatigue every time I went to the gym. But it didn't stop there. The symptoms became unbearable so I had a general check-up to my doctor. They tested my blood and that's where they found it- I got Hepa-C."

How could he get it? Derek asked himself at that grievous time of knowing the reality of his sudden weakness in many physical aspects of himself. And his doctors told him that Hepa-C could only be transferred or dwelt into BLOOD. That's the time he realized and remembered that he used needles when he got into drugs during his teen years. And that's where he definitely got it- from a contaminated and used needle-, shared upon to him by someone who got the virus of Hepa-C.

"There are only two ways you could have Hepa-C", Derek continued on saying. "Through needles or through blood transfusion, or, liver transplant. In my case, I never had blood transfusion or any transplants. It definitely went into my blood through the needles I used when I was still using drugs."

And Derek sooner checked-upon his former friends in his teen years up to his mid-twenties years. He discovered: Seventy per cent of them had died. Those friends of his who all used drugs. They died early because they continued-on drinking, smoking, partying. Unlike him who stopped many years before them and led a clean but healthier lifestyle.

"When I knew that 70 per cent of my friends during my teen years had died, it didn't stop me from wanting to be cured of Hepa C", Derek still continued on saying. "The more I wanted to be alive and find a cure. Almost everyday, I would be at the internet looking for answers, looking for medicinal updates on the cure of Hepa-C. I googled and googled, and followed the latest news and viral links on the cure of Hepa C. Until finally, I found it. In one blog site, I saw and read that a medicine company had finally invented and formed the miraculous drug called Harvonil.

And it has a 94 per cent guaranteed cureness for Hepa-C. My efforts of looking for a cure had finally paid-off." Now, Derek is totally cured of Hepa-C because of the Harvonil drug. And he wants others to get the same experience of being totally cured from the sickness. He wants others to know, to feel, to rejoice.

Before, getting sick of Hepatitis C is already a DEATH SENTENCE. You are already a “Dead Man Walking” if you got the deadly virus. But now, things have changed.

“Yes, there’s a cure”, Derek Dee ended talking to a blogger-friend. “Even if the drug is so expensive, I can help them find ways to get the drug in a cheaper way. There’s a solution to everything. There’s a remedy for everything. And I also want the poor people who are sick of Hepa-C to be cured and avail of this drug. We can find ways to do that. This is my life’s advocacy now. And it’s going to be a lifetime commitment.”

derek with his daughter michelle and his late mom- mrs. regina y. dee (on the backdrop)

Derek is now getting tremendous support from his daughter Michelle Dee (a Bench model/artist) in this advocacy. And friends shower him with much love and moral support nowadays. It’s all too overwhelming for him, being brave enough to be open and take out the STIGMA of admitting a very deadly disease. But his strong conviction and openness only cured him more of the sickness.

If Derek Dee got the Hepa-C from drugs, it’s also a DRUG that cured him now.

And we can say by now, it’s only GOOD KARMA on his part.

(words by robert manuguid silverio)