Amidst all the successes, fame, and fortune that he’s savoring now, there are still instances when Vice Ganda couldn’t help but miss the simple life that he and his beloved family used to have in Tambunting, Sta. Cruz, Manila City.

Thus, for his latest vlog, the It’s Showtime host came up with the idea of reliving one of his fondest memories there, which was scouring for ingredients and borrowing cooking utensils that they lacked at home back then. But this time, he did it in his current neighborhood, in his pursuit of creating a relationship with his fellow homeowners and finding out if there’s sense of community in their village.

With the help of his longtime friend Lassy, they walked around the nearby streets and knocked on some abodes to ask for ingredients for the special chicken and pork adobo with egg that they were planning to cook. They had to tick off their list garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, pepper, dried bay leaf, cooking oil, brown sugar, chicken and pork meats, and eggs.

Even though they were hesitant to push through with the challenged because they eventually felt shy, the positive response they got from the first neighbor who gave them two heads of garlics motivated them to continue. They may have failed in asking for vinegar in the second house they knocked on, but the next handed them a gallon. Meanwhile, the couple from the fourth house they went to handed them a huge bottle of soy sauce.

The next gave them ground pepper and dahong ng laurel, while the nanny from the sixth house named Annalyn willingly gave them her own stock of brown sugar, which Vice and Lassy truly appreciated.

They then had to face their biggest challenge in the succeeding neighbors they had to visit, to whom they asked for pork and chicken. And much to their delight and surprise, both didn’t hesitate to give them their respective spare.

And for the cooking oil and eggs, they were able to solicit from the homes adjacent to his, with the last one even giving them a bottle of the classic softdrinks Pop.

In the end, they succeeded in their one-of-a-kind mission and, at the same time, the Everybody Sing host was able to prove how “neighborly” indeed his fellow homeowners are.

He conveyed, “Nakakatuwa lang ma-experience ulit ‘yong sense of community kasi ‘yon ang talagang kinalakihan ko e. Kahit ‘yong lugar namin, kahit di mayamang lugar, noong nakatira ako sa Tambunting damang-dama ko ‘yong sense of community at ang laki ng naging bahagi no’n sa pagkatao ko – kung paano mag-share, kung paano makisama, kung paano makipagkaibigan. Once in a while, hinahanap-hanap ko ‘yon. At least, na-prove natin na tayo talagang mga Pilipino, bukal sa kalooban natin ang mag-share.”

They then headed back to Vice’s home and cooked their Special Pork and Chicken Adobo together. But instead of consuming it, he came up with the brilliant idea of sharing it instead to the security guards of their subdivision. He and Lassy capped off the vlog by taking it and a container of rice to the guard house and mingling with the guards.