The philippine showbusiness was rocked a week ago by a tweet from the sexy young actress to its rival which she only name as "Idol". It seems that the sexy young actress was so pissed by the comment made by the "Idol" star which goes like this "Pagmamagaling magsayaw habulin ng mga babaeng sexy", which means that "the person good in dancing is chased by sexy women". Like a lot of people, I was surprised by what happened. The sexy young actress is no other than Christine Reyes and it was later confirmed that the person she was angry with is Sarah Geronimo. Now, this is interesting. As an OFW who is not really that active in following philippine gossips, I was kind of wondering what happened? Christine and Sarah are like oil and water. Different and cannot be compared. Sarah has a sweet image while Christine has a sexy and "don't dare with me" attitude. I remembered some of the controversies involving Christine a few years back. I think it also involve a young man, a talent from her previous network and the man's beau, which I remembered a former beauty queen. And now, history repeat itself because Christine is in a middle of a controversy again and it involves a young man again, Rayver Cruz.
I remembered Rayver Cruz, from some teleserye called Rounin a few years back. He was a talented young man from the Cruz clan of show business. He was paired before to Shaina Magdayao and I find their pairing refreshing and good. But why Rayver and Sarah, what's the connection. Then I remembered, of course, I am one of the million of filipinos who watched Sarah and John Lloyd 2nd movie installment "You changed my life". I remembered being dragged from work by a friend to watch this movie and I remembered that the young man who played Sarah's high school buddy in the movie is Rayver. But that's the only connection I had. Obviously, I am mistaken. I browse thru the internet, like a curious person I am and find the you tube videos and some tidbits about them. So, they are an item back then. I watch some of their videos together and what the hell...these two obviously has chemistry together. Off screen. Hard to admit but I became an instant fan. I am a sucker for good tandem and I think these two have all the promises of a good team up. Better than the other ABS-CBN team up (Actually, I would like to mention one of the most popular team up here but I remembered that this love team has crazy loyal fans who will do everything even threatening death to all who oppose the love team, the truth is, I find this an exaggeration but nevertheless, it is better to be safe). So that's it, I became an instant fan of the Sarah-Rayver tandem, I don't know why. Maybe, because of the chemistry, or maybe because of their sweet image together. I find Rayver a nice man for Sarah, soft spoken and always polite.
That is why it is more shocking learning that this sweet young man is the reason for the tweet made by his girlfriend. Yes, Rayver already admitted the truth that he and Christine are sweethearts offscreen. And he is the one who told Christine about Sarah's comments. I also read the people's reactions and obviously, filipinos has a lot to say on the matter.
As I said, I became a fan of the Rayver and Sarah tandem. I also learned from the net that the tandem was really being on the works on the latter part of 2009 and yes, Rayver will become one of Sarah's leading man on her teleserye. So now, I know the reason why in Idol, Sarah was partnered to two nice looking and talented men but way too old for her. That is why it never became a hit. Yes, I watched Idol, because I am curious but I got tired after a few weeks. I stopped watching it because I find no chemistry between her and her two actors. It's like they are her older brothers and not partners. Because as based on a certain article I read, Rayver is the one who has been tailored for the role on which Sam was offered. Now, this is getting way interesting.
I put two and two together and come up with some tidbits of information. There maybe no confirmation of the relationship because there maybe none or there is, but one thing is for sure. In 2009, Rayver and Sarah develops a special "friendship" together. If there is a relationship, as some tabloids and other articles suggest, only these two knew the truth. If we are going to believe Christine tweets and her interview with Boy Abunda on August 4, 2010, we will assume that they really had a relationship. But nevertheless, she is the third party so she may or may not be telling the truth. What we knew as truth is that before the "things" that happened, they had feelings for each other, feelings that were the result of these events. So what are the things that happened?
As based on the articles and the videos from You tube, these is the road for these two couple. In 2008, we will see the "friendship" blooms from a crush in 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GnBx-zTUf8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPfI56gD08I&feature=related to a team up in 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbYO3DfFGQ&feature=related. A lot of people noticed there chemistry together, from acting to singing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0Q_iwlU68, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4tK8JLlE4I&feature=related and dancing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRDBag2y9gU&feature=related. December 2009 is still a happy event for these two people as there are videos of the "get well soon" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlo3s4Y111U comment made by Rayver to Sarah. Come January 2010, there is an tabloid issue that Sarah's parents don't want Rayver around Sarah resulting to the cutting hair and rebel issue, resulting to Sarah and her parents not being in good terms, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k32OFv2l6CY. Both issue were subsequently denied by both parties. Then come March, we saw an issue regarding the supposed controversy on the parties avoiding each other on the Myx Music Awards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMTBfAKt3wM, on which both parties denied vehemently. And on Christine's confession, she and Rayver had became close together on the ASAP XV episode on Boracay, which we know happened in March 2010. Asked if they Rayver courted her, the 1st interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4iCHPJElwo she said yes but she also said that it did not push thru because she know that he is involve with Sarah during that time and hinted that she does not want to hurt her feelings. But the 2nd interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QgAfPbZyk with the Buzz revealed that they became together, which Rayver subsequently confirmed on his Buzz interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_zG8sQcyc, saying that they decided to stop the relationship because they think that it had been so fast. Then in April, the issue about Sarah's dad confronting Rayver and pointing a finger on his face emerged. Rayver confirmed the confrontation issue but did not elaborate the details. April also marks the break up issue, which both parties vehemently denied still saying that there are no relationship between them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1cR4JOPOZ8 . Then July came and we saw an interview of Sarah with KC on the Buzz, where she promoted her movie with Judy Anne but there is a question at the end of the interview wherein KC asks the pop princess if there is something in showbiz on which she is afraid of/shocked still and which Sarah truthfully answered that because she is in showbiz, she greatly appreciates the protectiveness of her parents, that family is different because they will love you as you are and then shares a comment that you should not allow yourself to be deceived http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2tBqPxk7ro&feature=related. Now this is the truth as we see it, as based on what they are saying but at the end, the truth is still out there.
We don't know if Sarah meant what she said because she is still hurt by what happened to their "friendship", or it is really a joke, as some interviews and write up are saying, that the words are meant for John Pratts. We don't know if Rayver was also hurt by what happened that's why, without intending to start a twitter war, disclose the information to her new girlfriend or this is just an honest mistake on his part. We don't know if Christine was insanely jealous of the former "friendship" because a part of her is still in doubt if the man he is now really loves him or just need him just because he cannot get projects on his network due to the previous event or she has really her reasons for doing that because she insanely love the man she is with and wanted to protect him. Now, these are either fact or fiction. We may never know. Whatever it is, the fans decide what they believe as truth. Every story has a beginning, and every beginning has an end. We don't know if the apology made by Christine will be the end, but I hope it is. We don't know if these is really the end of friendship, I hope it is not. We don't know if Christine and Rayver will be together in the end, I hope they are. Life is not a bed of roses, love is not just a four letter word, it involves a lot of effort and care, and the truth will only reveal in time, coz at the end, even a triangle will need a circle on its body, in order to roll.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Childhood
As I am writing this blog, I tried to remember my childhood. But alas, I cannot vividly remember it. It's like a cobweb or something is blocking my memory. Or I had erased those bad things and retain only those memories that makes me happy? I always ask that about myself. Why I am feeling this way? Why can't I remember? I remember the people that makes me happy. My auntie's on their small little way had given us toys and books when we are young, my childhood friends in Capiz who have made us happy.
Recently, I just learned that my sister friend Ru had died. She died with her little girl on her arms. I felt numb when I learned it and I questioned God about it. You see, she live a painful life on this earth. A struggle for acceptance and a struggle to erase the past. She only lived for 30 yrs., she died young. Maybe, it is for the best. Maybe, she had a purpose? I don't know. I just know that in her life, she experienced pain and love. Pain from the past that I knew haunt her. Love from the person that was not her mother. Her life story is worthy of a soap opera. Much richer...more drama. She grew up near our place. She had a very loving mother, who loves her unconditionally and supports her dreams and ambitions. But what if the mother that she know is not really her mom but her grandparent? Now, that is her story. Her real mom is a 15 yrs. older than her. Her supposed older sister is really her mom. Her mom got pregnant with her at 15 and under not normal circumstances. Not normal because she did not get pregnant because of loving someone at a young age but because her mom got a mistake of trusting someone. Yes, trust, the same foundation of everything that we know. And this trust is given to someone dear to her family, dear to her older sister, her sister's husband.
This story is one of the scandal on our town during those days. It died down because not all people knew it but because people are not that callous enough to speak about it. She got pregnant by her sisters' husband. Some say they fell in love but others say that she was raped. Nevertheless, no one came forward, the husband did not go to jail and the wife is still with her husband till the end. When the younger sister conceived the child, it was given to an aunt, a grandaunt for her to raise the child.
After giving birth to the child, the mother went to Manila. To forget, to start her life anew. Alas, she did. She married a wealthy man and had a good life with him. She raised a new family with him. The little girl grew up thinking her grandaunt is her mother. She was not deprived of love because the grandaunt is one of the loving person you will met. She was not deprived of opportunities because everyone is there to help her and guide her. She even lived with her real mom when she turned 18. Everything was good, all ends well. And she fell in love, have a child and died. I do know that everyone around her had loved her in their own way. Maybe in the end, she did learn everything. In the end, she did forgive her father. When I was younger and I have learned the story, I asked my mom why did the husband did not go to jail. He committed something, that even if it's not rape, there is still the undue influence of a matured man to a very young woman. I had said that it's corruption of minors. But who am I to judge? The wife who stayed on her husband till the end even if she was hurt? The girl who feel betrayed by her sisters' actions but continued with her life? The husband who I believe in my heart had regrets for what he did and will continue to feel the guilt till the end but tried to forget? Or I, just a spectator to all of this? In the end, the real victim is the little girl. Who felt lost, who wanders thru life looking for that love. I knew that when she died, she had no husband but only a child. Maybe, at the end, she did find that love. On the arms of her child. I wish that for her.
Sometimes, we tend to take for granted our lives. We tend to look back and never look on what...we tend to be prisoners with our own fears and mortalities that we tend not to forgive and maybe, forget. This is the lesson that I have learned from her story. From a friend. That in the end, we can either choose for our own happiness or choose to dwell on our miseries. Because life is too short to always look back.
Recently, I just learned that my sister friend Ru had died. She died with her little girl on her arms. I felt numb when I learned it and I questioned God about it. You see, she live a painful life on this earth. A struggle for acceptance and a struggle to erase the past. She only lived for 30 yrs., she died young. Maybe, it is for the best. Maybe, she had a purpose? I don't know. I just know that in her life, she experienced pain and love. Pain from the past that I knew haunt her. Love from the person that was not her mother. Her life story is worthy of a soap opera. Much richer...more drama. She grew up near our place. She had a very loving mother, who loves her unconditionally and supports her dreams and ambitions. But what if the mother that she know is not really her mom but her grandparent? Now, that is her story. Her real mom is a 15 yrs. older than her. Her supposed older sister is really her mom. Her mom got pregnant with her at 15 and under not normal circumstances. Not normal because she did not get pregnant because of loving someone at a young age but because her mom got a mistake of trusting someone. Yes, trust, the same foundation of everything that we know. And this trust is given to someone dear to her family, dear to her older sister, her sister's husband.
This story is one of the scandal on our town during those days. It died down because not all people knew it but because people are not that callous enough to speak about it. She got pregnant by her sisters' husband. Some say they fell in love but others say that she was raped. Nevertheless, no one came forward, the husband did not go to jail and the wife is still with her husband till the end. When the younger sister conceived the child, it was given to an aunt, a grandaunt for her to raise the child.
After giving birth to the child, the mother went to Manila. To forget, to start her life anew. Alas, she did. She married a wealthy man and had a good life with him. She raised a new family with him. The little girl grew up thinking her grandaunt is her mother. She was not deprived of love because the grandaunt is one of the loving person you will met. She was not deprived of opportunities because everyone is there to help her and guide her. She even lived with her real mom when she turned 18. Everything was good, all ends well. And she fell in love, have a child and died. I do know that everyone around her had loved her in their own way. Maybe in the end, she did learn everything. In the end, she did forgive her father. When I was younger and I have learned the story, I asked my mom why did the husband did not go to jail. He committed something, that even if it's not rape, there is still the undue influence of a matured man to a very young woman. I had said that it's corruption of minors. But who am I to judge? The wife who stayed on her husband till the end even if she was hurt? The girl who feel betrayed by her sisters' actions but continued with her life? The husband who I believe in my heart had regrets for what he did and will continue to feel the guilt till the end but tried to forget? Or I, just a spectator to all of this? In the end, the real victim is the little girl. Who felt lost, who wanders thru life looking for that love. I knew that when she died, she had no husband but only a child. Maybe, at the end, she did find that love. On the arms of her child. I wish that for her.
Sometimes, we tend to take for granted our lives. We tend to look back and never look on what...we tend to be prisoners with our own fears and mortalities that we tend not to forgive and maybe, forget. This is the lesson that I have learned from her story. From a friend. That in the end, we can either choose for our own happiness or choose to dwell on our miseries. Because life is too short to always look back.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Visayas
I will begin my journey in a little town in the Visayas, in the Panay Island. Yes, where the famous Boracay is located. It is a little quiant town, a place where everyone knew anyone. A place where you can see a big bell on the church of St.Therese of Avila. A place where I spend 8 yrs. of my childhood years, in the small elementary school near our small dwelling, in the church where I learned to pray and learn that there is God and in the plaza where I soent most of my memorable growing up days.
I love this town. This is the only town that exists in my life. This is a peaceful town, where my childhood friends are, La, Tan and Ru. This is the town where I live with my 3 sisters, my mom, grandparents and spinster aunt. These are the people that will shape my childhood years.
I used to watch many TV shows in our small black and white television. This is my grandma's TV and as a child, I thought it was ours. I never knew back then what we are. In my eyes as a child, I am blessed. We have beautiful sunday dresses, we eat good food and we have a TV. We even have presents from our Aunts, Uncles and Grandpa on my mother side. We visit them on weekends or whenever we want to. They love us and showered us with love and everything that we want. Everything is perfect on this little town. We would go to church every sunday, we will be ecstatic when my papa will come home from a trip, we would play on Tan's and La's place. We would go to school in our neat dresses, and 5 cents money, buy some small junk foods or banana cue and we would come home excited for the next day.
On weekends or trip to my mom's hometown in Pilar, we would be very excited. My grandpa's house is very big in Pilar, they live near the ocean and they have 2 big dogs. We would go to the beach barefoot, with the dogs and with our aunts and uncles. This is paradise for me, my first glimpse to it.
I love this town. This is the only town that exists in my life. This is a peaceful town, where my childhood friends are, La, Tan and Ru. This is the town where I live with my 3 sisters, my mom, grandparents and spinster aunt. These are the people that will shape my childhood years.
I used to watch many TV shows in our small black and white television. This is my grandma's TV and as a child, I thought it was ours. I never knew back then what we are. In my eyes as a child, I am blessed. We have beautiful sunday dresses, we eat good food and we have a TV. We even have presents from our Aunts, Uncles and Grandpa on my mother side. We visit them on weekends or whenever we want to. They love us and showered us with love and everything that we want. Everything is perfect on this little town. We would go to church every sunday, we will be ecstatic when my papa will come home from a trip, we would play on Tan's and La's place. We would go to school in our neat dresses, and 5 cents money, buy some small junk foods or banana cue and we would come home excited for the next day.
On weekends or trip to my mom's hometown in Pilar, we would be very excited. My grandpa's house is very big in Pilar, they live near the ocean and they have 2 big dogs. We would go to the beach barefoot, with the dogs and with our aunts and uncles. This is paradise for me, my first glimpse to it.
Backpacking guide thru paradise
I love five things...history, travel, life, people and write. And on this blog, I am combining this five things that really makes me happy. I love life, but I also believe that living is different from life. We could have life but cannot live...live the way we want it to be and live according to our dreams. In my journey, I have met a lot of people, some are just mere acquiantances and some mark their journeys into mine. Some will not remember me anymore if they knew me one minute or another. But surely, their life is worth mentioning because somehow, they have lend me their ears and me on them.
I am always been a curious person, curious on other people's lives, on their journeys, on their dreams and what makes them who they are. This curiosity is not because I love gossip but because I have always wanted to know people, to understand them and thru this understanding, I knew that I could be able to love them for what they are and not what I wanted them to be.
I love the movie, 5 people you've met in heaven, not because it is a mainstream book but because I do believe that in this paradise that we live in, we just don't met people because of mere coincidences but because one way or another, they will or have touched our lives.
This is my story, the story of my life, the story of people I had meet, have met and will met along the way. The story of my travels, from a little town in the Visayas, to the city named Paranaque, to a province named Cavite and outside the Philippines.
This is my backpacking guide thru this paradise.
I am always been a curious person, curious on other people's lives, on their journeys, on their dreams and what makes them who they are. This curiosity is not because I love gossip but because I have always wanted to know people, to understand them and thru this understanding, I knew that I could be able to love them for what they are and not what I wanted them to be.
I love the movie, 5 people you've met in heaven, not because it is a mainstream book but because I do believe that in this paradise that we live in, we just don't met people because of mere coincidences but because one way or another, they will or have touched our lives.
This is my story, the story of my life, the story of people I had meet, have met and will met along the way. The story of my travels, from a little town in the Visayas, to the city named Paranaque, to a province named Cavite and outside the Philippines.
This is my backpacking guide thru this paradise.
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