MANILA, Philippines??Mommy Dionisia stays put, especially if Manny?s fight is coming up,? said Ai Ai de las Alas, Dionisia Pacquiao?s co-star in the comedy film ?Ang Tanging Pamilya: A Marry Go Round.? Thus, Ai said, the cast flew last week to General Santos City in South Cotabato, hometown of the Pacquiaos, to shoot a few remaining scenes.

The champ?s next match is with Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 14.

The cast members of the Star Cinema film include former President Joseph Estrada, Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby. Inquirer spoke with Ai Ai shortly after her return to Manila on Friday. ?The people were very warm,? said Ai, who spent five days in Gen San. ?Most of my co-actors are still there.?

Her trip coincided with the annual week-long tuna festival in the province. ?I brought home all the tuna I could buy. Sobrang mura,? she said.

Estrada plays Dindo, a very strict dad to his daughter Charlie (Gonzaga). Ai is Sunshine, loving wife and devoted mother to their six kids. Pacquiao is Marlene, mother to Charlie?s fiancé, Prince (Milby).

?Mommy Dionisia is very funny?walang effort. She doesn't realize how wacky she is; she?s so much like Manny,? said Ai. ?She works hard on her scenes, even if she?s already tired?which is good, especially considering that she?s not a professional actress.?

?Tanging Pamilya? is Pacquiao?s first full-length film, Estrada?s first in 20 years, and ?my first time to shoot a movie outside Manila,? said Ai. ?I had so much fun!? The movie, directed by Wenn Deramas, opens in October.

Ai is also busy preparing for a guest appearance in Lea Salonga?s ?Your Song? concert at the PICC Plenary Hall on December .15 and 16. ?Mapapalaban ako ng Ingles do?n,? she quipped.

But to mark her 20th anniversary in show business next year, Ai will have a solo concert at the Big Dome.