Maria Flordeluna, Happy Slip and Levy Aureus
Crossposted from my weblog.
BY THE time this column comes out, the 93-episode run of Maria Flordeluna over ABS-CBN would have been over.
Now, I don’t usually follow the ratings of the two giants in Philippine television, but my gut feel tells me — judging from my kids’ reaction to the penultimate episode Thursday evening — Maria Flordeluna easily beat out its competition over at GMA.
My four year-old daughter Nokie in fact raised her arms in triumph, and started jumping up and down, as did her sisters, when Leo Alicante was finally reunited with Jo, Flor, Rene Boy, Wilma and Brigida. If you don’t know these names, you must be living in another planet.
I am happy ABS-CBN produced — or perhaps more correctly, revived — this soap opera. It allows my children to see something that was also part and parcel of my own childhood, even if what my generation saw then had a different storyline. In the ‘80s, Flordeluna was all the rage at RPN 9, with the late Julie Vega providing it stiff competition over GMA 7. They came at a time when television sets were mostly black-and-white, propelling Janice de Belen (as Flordeluna) and Herbert Bautista (as Rene Boy) to instant stardom.
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The Examined Single Life
There are few moments in my life where in the tiny speck of blissful time, I tasted the moment some of us would call being in love. During this period, I voluntarily assent to be monogamous, not because I was compelled or coerced by society to conform, but because in this sublime state there is no other women but one.
What to Avoid on June 24
Fiestas…This month’s Lasang Pinoy theme…A supposedly fun event celebrated by communities all over the world…
Supposedly? Aren’t all fiestas fun?
Not for me and since this one is coming up soon, let this post be a reminder to you to be prepared.
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