Marahil ay kilala ng marami si Rima Ostwani bilang girlfriend ni Diether Ocampo. But once you get to know Rima, you will discover that she is more than that. She is smart, cool and talks a lot of sense. Sino nga ba si Rima sa totoong buhay?
By profession, isa siyang personal shopper sa isang kilalang lifestyle hub. Ang kanyang ama ay Syrian samantalang ang kanyang ina naman ay isang Spanish-German. Karaniwan daw ang pangalang Rima sa Middle East na ang ibig sabihin ay “the eyes of the deer.” Lumaki siya sa Lebanon, spending at least 10 years of her childhood there. She went back to the Philippines when she reached high school.
Masarap kausap si Rima dahil marunong siyang magsalita ng limang lengguwahe: Pilipino, English, Spanish, French at Arabic. “I was schooled formally in Arabic and French. We speak English at home. While I learned Spanish informally from my mom,” sabi ni Rima.
Siyempre kapag kausap mo si Rima ay hindi maiiwasan na mapag-usapan si Diet at ang kanilang relasyon. “Nang una ko siyang makilala, ang unang bagay na sinabi niya sa akin ay mayroon daw siyang foundation para sa mga kabataan. That’s when I realized that he wasn’t just an actor. He had me when he told me he has this social cause,” kuwento ni Rima. Since she loves kids it only took Diet to say the magic words “children’s foundation” to make her fall in love with him. If Jerry Maguire had Dorothy Boyd with his hello, Diet had Rima with his K.I.D.S. Foundation.
Pero kahit mahigit isang taon na silang magkasintahan ay matagal pa raw bago sila magpakasal although she confessed that they have already talked about marriage and kids. “There are still a lot of things we want to do for ourselves especially with the K.I.D.S. Foundation. We want it to go global.” Wasn’t Diet once quoted as saying that he wanted to have a dozen kids? Sinabi naman ni Rima that she only wants to have 2-3 kids.
Rima wants to try hosting. “Gusto kong mag-host ng lifestyle shows dahil may background ako sa retail. I love talking a lot. Sa katunayan, nasa debate team ako noong high school at miyembro ako ng student council. I can discuss anything, everything under the sun. I can gel with any group. To me everybody deserves attention. I have a very cheery personality and I am very friendly. Hindi ako maarte. I may be makikay but I can be very cowboy too.”
Bukas din si Rima na gumawa ng mga commercial endorsements. She has done a few modeling stints during high school and college habang siya ay abala sa mga extracurricular activities with socio-political inclinations from joining debate teams and student councils to contributing for her high school paper and conducting lectures on leadership and teaching French.
Pero wala raw plano si Rima na maging isang aktres. “Acting is for a certain kind of people. I don’t think I’m fit to be an actress so I don’t find myself interested in acting. Maaaring madali ito sa TV pero sa kaso ko, kailangan mo akong ilagay sa maraming workshops para matuto akong umarte.”
Pero sino ang nakakaalam sa hinaharap, ‘di ba?
Kaibigan, usap tayo muli!
Points of Boy
by Boy Abunda
