Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla talk about their plans for school

Maureen Marie Belmonte

<div><img src='' alt='112813-KathNiel.jpg' width='305' height='290' align='left' border='0'>With a top-rating soap and an upcoming Metro Manila Film Festival horror entry in the works, in-demand actress Kathryn Bernardo has opted to put her studies on hold by deferring to enroll this second semester.</div><div><br/></div><div>According to the Marketing major freshman from Enderun Colleges during a recent visit on the set of<i> Got to Believe, </i>she had really thought through her decision. “<i>Hindi ako nag</i>-enroll this <i>sem. Matagal ko ‘yung inisip </i>actually<i> kung mag-e-</i>enroll <i>ako kaya lang may Pagpag kasi </i>and <i>Got to Believe tapos aasikasuhin ko ‘yung sa</i> debut<i> ko</i> so<i> inisip ko hindi ko talaga kaya,”</i> she revealed.</div><div><br/></div><div>But the actress who’s turning 18 on March 26 next year quickly blurted, <i>“Pero</i> promise <i>ko sa sarili ko na babalik ako!</i>”</div><div><br/></div><div>Kathryn shared that being a part-time actress and part-time student has lent her some perspective about sacrifice and dedication. “Actually <i>mahirap siya i-</i>balance.<i> Doon ko na</i>-realize<i> na mas lalo akong sumaludo sa mga artistang napapagsabay kasi ang hirap pala. Hindi siya</i> joke,<i> seryoso,” </i>she said.</div><div><br/></div><div>She calls the effort of studying and working at the same time as <i>“isang malaking sacrifice… Siguro kasi imbes na mag</i>-rest <i>ka gagawin mo ‘yung</i> homework <i>mo</i> or <i>mag-aral ka sa</i> set. <i>Tapos sa</i> rest day <i>mo medyo konti lang ang tulog mo talaga</i>, so more on sacrifice <i>talaga para magawa mo ‘yung mga bagay ng sabay</i>,” she explained. She added, <i>“Nairaos ko naman ‘yung isang sem</i> and hopefully <i>makabalik ako ulit.”</i></div><div><br/></div><div>Enderun Colleges is mostly known as a culinary school, why did she take marketing instead of culinary arts? <i>“‘Yun lang siguro ‘yung</i> close <i>sa gusto ko kasi ang tagal ko ngang na-</i>realize <i>kung ano ‘yung kukunin ko </i>and last minute <i>ko ng naisip na marketing nalang kasi</i> feeling<i> ko doon ako papunta in </i>10 years from now,” she said.</div><div><br/></div><div>However, Kathryn is not completely closing her doors on learning other things in the future.<i> “Kung may</i> free time <i>ako siguro gusto ko mag-aral ng</i> photography. <i>Marami eh. Gusto kong mag-</i>aral <i>ng</i> wine tasting, <i>ng</i> baking, <i>marami </i>actually. ‘<i>Pag may</i> time,” she underscored with a laugh.</div><div> </div><div>Meanwhile, her 18-year-old onscreen love team partner Daniel Padilla, who’s also supposed to be in college, shared that he, too, plans to be back in school soon. <i>“Siguro kung pilitin kong mag-aral hindi ako makakapag</i>-concentrate, so <i>siguro ayusin ko muna ‘yung</i> schedule <i>ko para maluwag. Siguro </i>after <i>nitong Got to Believe,</i>” he said.</div><div><br/></div><div>He admitted though that he has yet to decide what course he should take up and which school he should go to.</div><div><br/></div>

Kathryn Bernardo promises that she will go back to school soon while Daniel Padilla has yet to decide on a course and a school.

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