Could 2012 be the end of life on earth as we know it?
The dark and dreary prediction of world annihilation comes from ancient Maya, a Mesoamerican civilization that reached the pinnacle of its development circa 250 and 900 A.D.
While the prediction is well-known (infamous, if you wil), most people refuse to entertain the idea.
Nevertheless, the end-of-the-world prophecy evokes fear.
PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) asked eight celebrities their take on the forecast.
Most were optimistic and dismissed the hearsay, but we went on anyway to inquire about their bucket list—or the things they aim to do before that hypothetical catastrophe occurs.
ERVIC VIJANDRE (Model, Actor): Ako siguro, ganun lang. Normal, normal... Gagawin ko lang lahat ng masasarap. Kakainin ko lahat ng favorite ko, gagawin ko lahat ng gusto ko gawin—magpapamasahe, relax lang, ganun.
So, para 'pag dumating siya, wala na akong stress. Tatanggapin ko siya nang stress-free.
I'll make sure lang na magkakasama kami ng family ko.
Siyempre, kung mawawala na lahat kami, gusto ko magkakayakap kami bago mawala kami lahat. Sobrang close yung family namin.
Gusto ko sana, 'pag alam na nating mawawala na tayo, siyempre, 'O tara dito na lang tayo sa iisang bahay.' Yun lang.
Mag-prayer or kumain kami nang sabay- sabay. 'Di na kailangan ng mga career-career or pera—family lang.
JOHN "SWEET" LAPUS (Comedian, Actor): Oh, my God! Kung totoo man 'yan, for next year, I would do nothing but good deeds towards other people—my family, my friends, or even strangers that I don't know.
I have to make sure that I will go to Heaven and meet our Creator.
Ngayon naman, kahit wala pa yung 2012, I'm constantly doing my best to be good to others kasi I believe in karma, I believe that there's Heaven, and if we are good in this borrowed life, we will be there as 2012 would come.
BANGS GARCIA (Actress): It's kinda hard kasi I'm really optimistic. I really don't think it's going to be... the end of the world.
Siguro, spend time with my loved ones, most importantly.
Right now kasi I'm painting. I'm also painting aside from acting. So, magpe-paint ako nang magpe-paint nang sobrang marami at ilalagay ko na sa exhibit lang ng painting ko...
Ay! One thing pala I remembered, since I also love singing, and people know that I can dance, pero they don't know that I can sing. So, siguro kung magtu-2012, mag-a-album rin ako!
ALWYN UYTINGCO (Actor): Sagarin ko na siguro! Preparation siguro. Preparation for my family siguro.
Maghahanap ako ng safe place? Mountains siguro. Oo!
Siguro sasagarin ko na, like magta-travel around the world, yun lang.
SOLENN HEUSAFF (Model, Actress, Singer): I'm sure everyone will have a little bit of scare pero I think there's still a hundred years to go.
[How to spend the last year on earth?] Actually, not any different than others... I'll just live like I live, naturally.
And then biglang, 'Boom!,' nawala ako!
Maybe I'll have more travels kasi I love traveling—Tibet, Brazil, and Africa. I've been everywhere in Asia na, everywhere in Europe, so yung remaining is Africa.
At siyempre naman, I'd spend more time with my loved ones.
MOI MARCAMPO (Survivor Celebrity Showdown 2010 contestant, also seen in Kimmy Dora: Kambal sa Kiyeme): Parang hindi naman ako naniniwala.
Pero kunwari, last year na next year? Siguro, yung oras na natitira sa akin, i-spend ko sa family ko, sa mga kaibigan, saka magpakasaya—be positive!
Saka siyempre, makasalanan tayo bilang tao, manghihingi ng sorry kay Lord kasi, 'di ba, last year na?
Ayoko namang mapunta sa, ano, sa mainit na lugar. Gusto ko sa Heaven... I-enjoy yung buhay na hindi gumagawa ng kalokohan!
EULA CABALLERO (Actress): Same lang, same lang as how I spent it this year. Pero kasi, 'di ba nga, nasa showbiz and then sobrang sunud-sunod yung days na may trabaho ka?
Pero if that's the case na mag-e-end na talaga, then I'd surely find time na most of the days in a week, I'd be with my family. If I have to take them to work, para lang makasama ko sila, then I will.
Kasi a year, kung tutuusin, maikli na nga yun, 'di ba, to enjoy with your family?
Sobrang maikli na yun, so live it to the fullest na talaga—to be with my family, to do my best in my work, and everything ... to be the best in everything na talaga.
At least, I know, when I'm about to die, we're all about to die, I'm happy na, content with how I did while I was alive.
HIRO MAGALONA (Actor): Well, first, magso-sorry ako sa mga taong nasagasaan ko. I know, tao lang ako, nagkakasala ako, so, magso-sorry ako.
Then yung mga wish-list ko na gusto ko gawin, like pumunta ng Spain.
Sa family, gusto ko ipakita sa kanila na yung clock, nagti-tick na. So, why not make it last na para ipakita mo na mahal mo sila?
And 'ayun, kung may lovelife, why not? May 'Someday Girl' ako. Siya yung gusto ko. Hindi ngayon, but 'someday.' Siguro yung someday na yun, siguro nitong 2012 na!
Totoo si 'Someday Girl.' Hindi kami compatible ngayon, but some day, sabi niya.
Hindi siya showbiz. Matalino siya, sobra. Nag-i-school siya ngayon. Pero ngayon nagnu-nurse siya, e. Nasa Seattle siya, nursing student. Hindi siya katulad nung ibang girl na kahit maganda siya, magsho-showbiz siya.
Mas focused siya sa kung ano gusto niya talaga gawin mula nung bata. Gusto niya talaga maging nurse. Focused siya dun. Wala siyang time... pero someday nga.