MANILA, November 12 ------ BINI's Aiah Arceta has a multifaceted personality -- at once a beauty queen, a singer and a dancer, and more recently, a fitness enthusiast with a newfound love for sports. In the Nation's Girl Group, Arceta finds she can balance all these aspects of her life and thrive.
The 23-year-old tried her hand at pageants in 2018, joining Miss Silka Philippines. When it came time to be a singer and a dancer, Arceta acknowledged that the transition was not easy. "It was really hard, kasi sa pageant parang it’s the whole package, versus sa BINI na talagang talent talaga na sing and dance na performance," she said. "Mas hindi sing and dance yung focus sa pageant. It’s nice I get to expand more of my knowledge and learn new skills," she added. As a beauty queen, Arceta needed to follow pageant etiquette. But in BINI, she freely enjoys the "unserious" vibe and humor of the group. "Dito ko na na-feel, dito sa BINI na, okay lang. You can be unserious, but you're still you," she said. "Naba-balanse 'yung serious and unserious."
Even as BINI has risen to fame in the past year and they have gotten busier and busier, Arceta still found time to discover something new about herself. Recently, she has gotten more into sports and fitness activities. "Boxing, swimming, wall climbing or bouldering, hiking, jogging, I wanna do sports," she said. "Kasi sports 'yung hindi ko gamay." That she has become more active is a source of pride for her parents, says Arceta. "Before, sobra akong shy, timid, weakling ako. Lagi ako nagkakasakit dati and my parents would push me to do sports, be active," she said. When she sent them a photo of her during a boxing session, her parents were "so happy and so proud," said Arceta.
Though she is already juggling plenty of activities and responsibilities, Arceta still has one more aspect of her life that she wants to add to the balance -- her academics. As of now, she has to "set aside" her studies because of BINI's busy schedule, but it's something that she intends to complete. "For this year and next year, may naka-schedule na na ang dami nang lipad namin, different places and out of country. Yung schooling ko po, I have to set aside. For now. But I definitely wanna go back when I can, and gusto kong gumraduate sa school na pinag-aralan ko po," she said.
Source: news.abs-cbn.com
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