Expat Filipinos hire Cupids to serenade lovers back home with songs, teddy bears
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Angelica Nino, a 22-year-old restaurant manager, was preparing to assign shifts to her crew when she got a big surprise from her Filipino boyfriend who has been in Italy for a year on business.
As an early Valentine's Day gift, he sent over a singer and a guitar player to serenade her and read out his love letter.
This scene will be played out Thursday across the Philippines on Valentine's Day.
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With nearly 10 percent of the country's 94 million people working abroad, clearly there was room for someone to play Cupid between long-distance lovers. And then was born a unique surprise serenade service, which includes love songs, a cuddly teddy and a video recording of the romance-by-proxy event. To immortalize their love, the video is posted on YouTube.