Chemistry is not just a Science subject; it’s a proven formula for Coco and Angeline’s Tandem

First time ever in the big screen the indie King, Coco Martin and the queen of movie theme song, Angeline Quinto, has proven their perfect tandem in the Star Cinema movie, “Born to Love You”!

Angeline is a sure perfect leading lady to a handsome Coco, who happens to be her showbiz crush in reality. Angeline confesses in her recent interview with the press.

I don’t know Angeline who played the role of Joey, proposes a marriage to Coco (Rex) in the latter part of the movie… which I think could happen in real life. Even though it was only in the movie, you would feel that maybe in reality Angeline would do this to Coco. That’s how realistic it would appear in the movie because of her genuine acting.

And you would see also in the movie that Angeline with the help of her stylist brings out the real beauty in her. Now would you say that Angeline is not fit to be Coco’s leading lady in the movie?

In the beginning of the movie, you would only seem to notice Coco, delivering his line similar to a famous coffee commercial. I don’t know if Star Cinema ever noticed this.

And I also thought at first as a movie goer, Coco and Angeline’s love story is just a simple love and hate you story.  But as the film continues you would see that there was really a story to tell.

There are only some elaborations or maybe some exaggeration on Angeline’s packaging in the movie.  Angeline (Joey) in the movie is coming from a poor family. Yet you wouldn’t feel and see that on the way Joey appeared in every scene. She was trendy, close to a personality of a fashionable woman.

Coco on the hand, some of it was similar to how he dressed himself in ABS-CBN’s teleserye “Walang Hanggan”. The only huge difference was at first he’s not well-groomed.

There were also shots that made Angeline appeared fat in the movie. This is where Angeline wears bestida while singing and this was shown twice in full-shot.

But I must say that this movie made me cry, and uplifts my spirit when Coco and Angeline got married in the end.

I believe that there will be a part two of a movie after this. So stop thinking about how good it was on people who have seen it like me. Just see it for yourself!

Are you still there?

I met you long time ago, and from that moment I knew that we will end up together.
So it happens. 

Whatever you like, I even liked it.
Even those things you usually does, later on I'm seeing myself doing the same thing.
Whenever you crave for something you tell me,


the dress you want to wear, shoes you want to buy,
places you wanted to visit.
Suddenly, you change.
I am here but it's like you don't see me.
I'm not sure if I can last a day seeing you like that.
It bothers me so much to see you so sad.
If I see you crying, I myself cried as well.
I miss seeing you smiling and laughing.

I want the real you back.
I hope that your sadness will soon fades away.
Because I am dying to kiss and hug you tight again.
I miss you so much!

Farewell Tatay Boy!

Early in the morning my wife received a text from her father's live-in partner...saying they went to hospital to bring Tatay Boy. This immediate visit at the hospital is brought about by an abdominal pain Meanne's father was experiencing at the time.
My wife got worried about it, but we both think that after he's check-up and some medication the pain will go away. But we were both thrilled and rattled because her father was still experiencing the same pain. That made them decide (Tatay Boy and her lived-in partner Tita Terry) to seek for other hospital's assistance.

My wife Mary Anne the same day went up to bed and visited her father. The next thing I remember and still in my memory up to now...I saw Meanne's father in the ER with oxygen support attached in his mouth. And several times he's been making a movement at the left and right side of the hospital bed grasping for air.
This particular scene, I couldn't afford to see, I immediately left ER.

Hours passed then Tatay Boy has been transferred to a room. After a while, here comes doctor's residents updating me and my wife about Tatay Boy's current situation. A hospital representative was very vocal about he's dying condition. And we've been asked if worst comes to worst, how aggressive are we to revive him.
This particular situation is very hard to deal with. Right then and there the girl resident went up to Tatay Boy's hospital bed and gave him a pump on he's chest. While also calling for other nurses and staffs for assistance.
Until in just a split of a second he died.

My wife Mary Anne and Tita Terry broke up to into tears.
I can't recall a single situation like this before. I don't know where will I go. I was torn between comforting my wife and Tita Terry.
But I do believe I still have presence of mind that time. I remember I was offering both of them a water to drink.

The doctor's tried but they couldn't revive Tatay Boy.
If my memory still serves me well he'd passed away around 9pm, May 18, 2012 at the UST hospital.

For the last time, I even went to bring Tatay boy's remain in the morgue.
I never wanted to further discuss about details of getting our way there, as in disgusting.

That night we were all confronted with the reality of the huge amount of hospital bills. This made Tatay Boy     spent more hours in the morgue.
It was very painful to have lost someone and yet thinking how to deal with hospital expenses.

I felt and I have seen how my wife Mary Anne suffered emotionally for her father's lost. He cried most of the times, before going to bed and after, and even while taking a shower.
I'll just allow her to cry. And thinking that this will help her lessen the feeling of having lost someone, her father.

Two months ago, Mary Anne had just lost her grandmother from her mother's side. And I believe She's still in the process of recovering from "Nanay Sion'". But here comes another painful memory.

Althea our daughter at the age of three in her own little way tried most of the times pacifying her mother.
At a very young age, you would see her offered a help to comfort her mom. At times Althea sees her mom crying She's just saying..."Tahan na Mama" simply means stop crying. Saying those lines, showing her mom a gesture of touching Mary Anne's back.

Looking back, Mary Anne lost her mom when she was 12, and now she lost her father.

I just want to tell her and said several times that I and her daughter will always be here for her.
I know this reality in life is very hard to accept. But please remain strong, we will always be here for you as your main source of strength, even though Tatay Boy already bids goodbye to all of us forever.

May he's soul rest in peace!
We will surely miss you Tatay Boy!

Something So Right

Every time I go to South coming from the North, I always pass by this building. And I keep telling myself that one day I will work there. They always say that things are happening for a certain reason and so it happens. Sometime in February 2011, where everyone celebrates hearts day to be exact, I was very fortunate because I was able to hit two birds with one stone, a success of being in-love and also a newly acquired job at GMA7.

It‘s a dream come true for me because I have now a license to execute the job I always dream about.  I started covering for my own story, decide for a shot I want, interview popular and common people, go to different places, and best of all to become a writer.

But like any other program, our main concern is not just giving people information, but also securing viewers will be satisfied on what they’ll see and the very basis of this is the program’s rating.

So from the usual information GOOD NEWS is feeding from our avid viewers the program shifted to News Magazine from straight news.

Thus we are all pressured about this great big change and from there entertainment and information fed to people every Sunday was even more meticulous. From one story told every segment eventually each segments has three related elements.

For this reason I think gave researchers a very little time to look for stories, and thus suffer content in the subject matter, leaving a Segment Producer un-armed in the battle field. One noticeable observation was we are not provided sometimes with information about the chosen case study, some researchers failed to set schedule of coverage on time. This happens when they short-cut confirmation of appointment to sending of text message instead of calling them. One concrete scenario was when I was told I have a coverage set at 9am that day. But it turned out that I and the rest of the crew waited for two more hours because according to our contact they informed our researcher that they were only available at that time.

I am thinking as a Segment Producer I can fix it, but how? if itineraries are sent at midnight, or on the day of the coverage.

There are five segments every week but there are only four segment producers in the program. To be fair we have a rotation every month we are required to produce two segments. But having two segments every month only means 6 major elements of stories.  And since most of the times coordination plus some elements missing, the program researcher usually set an appointment coverage as late as Thursday or worst is Friday. And in this scenario, we will end up all the time rushing for the script.

Most of the times, I was writing during the coverage. But I’ve noticed that I am loosing focus on my subject matter. And part of the rush also is writing the script while on your way going to GMA. Imagine you are writing your script while travelling. Despite of dizziness I really have to, because every now and then I was always asked for the status of my script.

You have to view your coverage in able to capture the exact details you want to put on writing. Most of the times I skip meals, but sometimes even though its prohibited to eat in the editing bay, I’ll just look for ways how to not get noticeable.

This is what happening for a very long period of time I was with the program. We could have avoided it if proposals came in and approved earlier. But how are we going to do this if most of the researcher is having a hard time looking for a possible story for the program.

The point here is any delay in the process would have a domino effect on us Segment Producers. And what classic was anything wrong about it, the point person was us all the time.  You’ll be getting a very straight-forward comment from the Executive Producer of the program. 

Until such time I have to really make a big decision and stepping out of the program is indeed “Something So Right”!