She confessed that she was hesitant at first to attend the party. “Sabi ko ‘Ay talaga ba nahihiya kasi ako eh’ kasi di ba siyempre ‘di ba medyo ilang pa, tsaka ang tagal naming hindi nagkita, sabi nila o ’Punta ka’, sabi ko ‘Sige ita-try ko.”
Jessy further relayed, “Tapos nagkataon natapos kami ng maaga sabi ko ‘Why not? Daan ako.’ Dumaan ako, nagkaasaran, nagka-‘Uyyyy’, joke-joke, tapos nag picture.” She remarked that she is happy that they’re now friends again.
She said that she was also glad to surprise JM that night. “Nakakatuwa na nagbabalik siya na masaya siya nong gabing ‘yun, alam mo ‘yung mukha niya nagulat talaga siya na nandon ako kasi di pinasabi, parang surprise.”
It was not the first time that they crossed paths after they broke up. Jessy shared that she saw JM around University of the Philippines in Quezon City prior to that birthday party. “Sa UP parang tumatakbo ako tapos biglang may nag-stop sa harap ko sabi niya ‘Uy’, sabi ko ‘Uy!’ Alam mo tumigil talaga ako sa gitna ng UP, lahat ng tao nakatingin sa amin kasi napasigaw ako sabi ko ‘Uy kumusta ka? ‘Yun ‘yong first meeting namin since matagal na and ayon nakakatuwa naman.”
Jessy also spoke up about her stint as UAAP host where she was targeted by bashers. She explained that she was really nervous by that time. “Hindi naman kasi talaga ako host pero nakakatuwa kasi kinuha pa rin nila ako kahit alam nila na may mga sablay moments ako, may mga bloopers. ‘Yung time na ‘yun sobrang kinakabahan ako, sobrang daming tao at natural naman na nami-mispronounce mo 'yung mga words, na mali ‘yung nababasa mo,” she said.
She remarked that she chose to look at the positive side of things amidst the bashing on social media of her UAAP hosting.“Pero at the end of the day, tinawanan ko na lang ‘yung nangyari. Hindi ko alam na big deal pala ‘yun kasi siyempre student, kasi siyempre big deal sa kanila ‘yung cheer dance so para sa akin kung anong opinyon nila sa nangyari sa akin okay lang din kasi nagkataon na mali ko ‘yun nakita nila na ayaw nila ng ganon lang pero lahat naman tayo nagkakamali. Ako I treated it as a lesson learned.”