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i forgot how old i was when i watched this with my mom and sister in the now gone theater in our place. but i would never forget this movie. catching a glimpse of it in cinema one every now and then is a factor. but then that is only a minor one. the guys were cute but considering i was a kid then, i don't think it was them who etched the movie in my mind. yes, it's anne curtis' first movie. however, i was not much of an anne fan during those days so that doesn't count either. i guess it's the story itself, the magic, the heroism and the friendship that captured me. 

Damortis is a faraway kingdom ruled by empress sophia (maricel laxa). then one day, as with most stories, a villain turns out, kills her and takes the kingdom away from her. in this story, that villain is basilicus (mark gil) who is also her brother. cool costume, btw. princess dahlia (anne curtis) together with her ever loyal blind assistant (jomari uy) managed to escape through the help of gaman (sorry. don't know him) who led them to amain (jun urbano) and his students jobert (jason salcedo), samuel (junell hernando) and oman (janus del prado). one night, jobert and company went to serenade some girl (alessandra de rossi) leaving behind dahlia with amain who during that time was still recovering from a fight. the same night, basilicus' forces attacked. luckily, they only managed to take amain. and that was the beginning of their adventure to save amain and damortis. in the end, basilicus died, damortis was saved, dahlia became empress, gabriel (william martinez) became her general, and the three kids went back to talisay with their amain. happy ending :)

"bagay sayo ang pula. matapang ka kasi."

"isang dakot na apoy."

"kapag nasalo mo, sayo na."

 i wish they would make more movies like this. may substance. hindi yung puro special effects, kilig factor and patawa nalang. haaaaaaaay.

can't help but search my childhood fandom. and here is what i found.

from being the innocent and sweet princess dahlia, anne curtis is now the other woman.

    
like anne, janus del prado is still in the business. in my opinion, playing the same role- the sarcastic but funny character. 

 

now for the surprise.

junell hernando with family. he's in the us now. well. obviously.

jason salcedo is also in the us. heard he finished architectural drafting. no, not heard. i checked his fb account. hehe.

jomari uy is also now married and has a child. he finished architecture in pup. my gehd, so near!

 it was a shock seeing them as they are now. maybe because in my mind they were always those kids. of course i knew. but still i was not prepared when i saw how much they grew and how far they've moved on. time does fly. 

oh well. need to move on with my own life.

random attack

things you get to read in yahoo.
-somebody from somewhere i forgot named their twins fish and chips. cute, yes. but the names were banned.
-the same telenovela plots.it's just funny when somebody points them out.
Now every show is looking for a lost child.  There was a time that almost every other telenovela had one character suffering from amnesia...And just when you thought that this whole epidemic of amnesia would come to an end, the distraught executive was confronted by another mind-boggling dilemma.  As she finished monitoring all the shows, she screamed, "Bakit lahat ng shows … may kinidnap???"
haha. 
i wish i could write about more sensible things. oh well. they made me laugh.
 

this is walking on water

you can plan your life as much as you want. But there will be times that another path you were not expecting will open up, and you have to make a decision whether to take it or not. Sometimes, you'll do great, sometimes you will fail, but that is a part of it all. My life did not go as i planned it, but with hard work and a positive attitude, I ended up where I am now. And I'd like to think I didn't do so bad.
--bianca gonzales

life, after all, is fair. it hands everyone a battle to face. you can do what you want with it- complain, act like you don't care, give up or fight. for a long time, i chose to hide in a corner, pity myself and ask and wait for things i don't like to go away. only recently (like a few minutes ago) did it hit me. it was me who was being unfair. yes, i am beautiful, but still, life cannot excempt me. it will hand down what it needs to hand down. people around me are fighting. my parents, my sister, my leader, my pastors, my co-12s, my disciples- everyone is fighting to pass the test. everybody experiences failure, pain, frustrations, and confusion. most have it worse than i do. but they continued. i stayed under a pomegranate tree, wasted precious time. amazingly, my rants overpower theirs.

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time to shut up, stand up and fight alongside them. time to rise up to the challenge and deliver.