'Follow Your Dreams' | Jo Koy : Live from Seattle

Don't follow your Filipino mom's dream!

From my 2017 special "Live from Seattle."

[JustineCarissa]

"Do you see any clowns in this family?" LOLOLOL

[ladyquilldriver]

As HYSTERICAL as this is, there's a bit of sadness that comes along with it. I'm a writer working on my first novel, but I get compared to my nurse cousins ALL.THE.TIME. Until I get published, there's a certain amount of failure I feel, (from my DOCTOR father) and will continue to feel like a disappointment until then. I know he loves me with all his heart, and only wants the best for me, but this is how it is in Filipino families. I hope to make him proud (MY WAY, DOING MY THING) one day. But Jo Koy, thanks for bringing humor into a really depressing theme in Filipino culture!

[lenelle]

OMG! That's true. Some of my Filipino friends told the same thing. About how there parents wanted them to be a nurse.

[adgulaymo]

I've graduated with an Event Management degree, currently working in the industry too... my mom still pushes from time to time, "why don't you just become a nurse? it's better money, benefits."

[cardinaluproar]

In my family.
Mom: Nurse
Dad: Engineer
Sister: Architect
Me: Want to be an architect.
Mom: Architect is already taken you can be the Doctor.

[iiigvoiii]

all my filipino friends are nurses and my mom wanted me to be one too, i am glad i followed my own dream to become a lmfao

[donnadonz]

His Filipino accent is so on point especially for those who migrated a little older already

[justyne]

imagine being filipino and playing this video out loud in front of your entire filipino family

[RoyalsPoison]

I had that EXACT conversation with my mom. I wanted to be a singer or wedding dress designer. She SHOT IT DOWWNN
I wish he included the classic line " [instert dream here] is just a hobby, just do it on the side. Be a nurse."

I understand why Filipino moms from back home do it though. Its cause nursing is a stable job and people back home look up to those in the health care industry. It's a job that they know will adequately support their kids and keep them stable eve after they pass on.

I'm proud to be a nurse now and 100% appreciate my mom... but nursing wasn't my dream.

[manuelcastillo]

Mom wanted me to be a doctor. She even accompanied me to the college of Medicine at the University of the Philippines in Manila much to my chagrin. Good thing it was a quota course, where you had to pass a certain level of grade in the entrance exam, which meant I failed big time leaving me free to chose a career in advertising instead. :D

[msprsdntgo]

The fact that most members of Jabba are Filipinos 😂, so glad they followed their dream.

[martinchamartin]

FACT- JOKOY WAS A FORMER JABAWOKEEZ DANCER! No wonder he still has the moves!

[epdlp]

I was lucky enough to be taken care by philipino nurses. They treated me as a family member when I was at the hospital for a brain tumor removal surgery. I was hospitalized from December 2018 to July 2019. And most of the time my nurses were Philippino or Philippino American. All of them were great. Not one was a bad nurse. Thank God for Philippino nurses.

[bonniedeitchman]

This is the funniest skit ever. I'm a nurse, not Filipino, but I can totally see it working with so many amazing ones. They are the smartest, no nonsense, most skilled nurses. Jo, you got it on lock man.

[omz]

Told my parents i wanted to be a paleontologist since i loved watching jurassic park when i was little. Mom told me there are only dog bones left to dig.

[elijohnroblox]

What's amazing is his jokes coming from his actual life experiences and making it humourous for the crowd.

[justmilesisfine]

This sh*t hit home for me. I have a nursing degree from one of the top nursing schools in the Philippines because my mom told me to take nursing. My aunts and cousins are also nurses, and I did not have the heart to say no to my mom. While in college I got into breaking/bboying and the jbwkz were pretty hot back then so of course I memorized their routines and I was even known in my school for my dancing.

Fast forward to a few years later, I graduated and passed the board and became a registered nurse but I had already decided not to pursue it and whenever I go to family events that would always come up and it's a nightmare but I got used to it.

Some of my then classmates are now in other countries working as nurses and some even are now doctors. As for me, I now work as a supervisor for an IT/Consulting company and still continue to pursue my other passions everyday.

[VincentCorver]

I've never been clapping in front of a YouTube video, but I did it now! Jo! You're a friggin' legend!

[fruswa]

Him not stepping on the microphone cord is uh...mazing!!! It’s a skill!

[neosugarland]

Damn, Jo Koy is just beaming with talent. He can dance, sing while cracking a joke. He's comic lines are original and so hysterically funny.