nina ang nyoy?!

Nyoy Volante, so in love with Nina

by: Jojo Panaligan

Months after divulging their real-life romance publicly, singers Nyoy Volante and Nina are still so into it, unabashedly encompassing even their careers. Regularly does the two hold shows together one of which is "So Much In Love" on Feb. 14 at Edsa Shangri-La’s Lobby Lounge.


And judging by the way Nina and Nyoy acted towards (they arrived holding hands and fussing over one another during lunch) each other during the press conference, music lovers can expect an intimate Valentine’s show with that special something brought on by its stars’ sweet chemistry.

"I’m so in love with Nina and I guess anybody who knows me can say why," Nyoy says. "We’re so compatible that I call her my female version. Like me, maalalahanin si Nina, open to improvement and was brought up with conservative values. I’m so happy everything happened at the right place and time. Mahal na mahal ko siya."

The singer behind the hit songs "Nasan," "What Do I Do" and "You’re My You" says that he and her ladylove are so in the same wavelength that they often end up thinking of the same thing at the same time, wearing same-colored clothes and finishing each others’ sentences.

"Friendship prior to getting romantic was our advantage," says Nyoy who has been working with Nina for years now. "By the time we got into this commitment, kilalang-kilala na namin ang isa’t-isa. Also, friendship made the courtship less awkward than it would’ve been otherwise."

Nyoy admits to being son inspired nowadays that he can now finish writing love songs at the drop of a hat. He, in fact, sang a few bars of a new song his working on called "Akin Ka Lang, Ha?" inspired by Nina which Nyoy hopes would end up either in his or her next album.

The versatile acoustic star also is doubly serious with work having a mind to save enough for the time he and Nina would eventually settle down.

"Marriage is definitely in the picture though not yet in the near future," he says. "But it’s there because this is a serious relationship. Besides, she’s 25 years old and I’m 27; tama lang na isipin namin ang mga bagay na yon. When it finally happens, I expect a happy married love with Nina because she’s the type easily pleased at laging nakatawa. Magaan ka-relasyon si Nina because what you see with her is what you get."

To keep the flames of love from dimming, Nyoy makes sure that he tells Nina "I love you" at least two dozen times a day. He also makes time to see Nina almost regularly despite their busy work load "even if it means just driving her home after her show, having coffee with her, shopping for grocery items at dawn or hearing mass together with my or her family on Sundays."

Though not really into giving material gifts to one another, one which Nina gave Nyoy has a soft spot on the latter’s heart. "It was a set of magic tricks. Although very basic and something I didn’t actually need, the gift told me that she is interested in whatever it is I’m into. The gift came with the simple note, ‘I’m really proud of everything you do.’ Sweet, di ba?"

When asked how their relationship has affected their solo careers, Nyoy says that it has surprisingly been but a boon. "Instead of my female fans getting ‘jealous’ of her, they actually look for her. Siguro, nasanay na din sila seeing us together onstage all these times."

Nyoy avers, though, that the for real team-up is being used for "packaged deal" shows. "It’s just that when producers call up my manager, 80% of the time, they’d call up Nina’s manager, too. Minsan nga, inaalam muna nila kung mag-ja-jive ang free schedule ko with hers or vice-versa before they book us. Sila pa ang nag-a-adjust ng dates kung minsan para lang magkasama kami! And this has been happening way before we came out. We can’t help it if producers think we work well together. Nina and I, meanwhile, certainly don’t mind working with each other as often as possible."

In "So Much In Love," the two will be singing both happy and sad love songs that their followers have not heard before. "There’s no point in doing this show kung ang maririnig lang din nila ay yung narinig na nila sa past shows namin like ‘El Niño, La Niña.’ Because it’s Valentine’s, we’ll make this show really special not only for them but for us two. ‘So Much In Love’ na kasi syempre ang pinaka-date namin that day, our first Valentine’s as a pair."

Thomas Naegeli, Edsa Director of Food & Beverage, describes the show as one with "no multi-level sets, no dizzying light effects nor loud music. The concept is for people to feel like they’ve just stumbled into someone’s living room for a night of cozy jamming, hand holding and cuddling."

Any special guest?

"Si Kupido!" Nyoy quips with stars in his eyes.

At first akala ko hindi sila bagay but after reading about them dito sa net, he seems to be a very nice guy and they look like they are really so in love kaya "pwede na rin"..kainggit! kilig!