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 I just want to share some news about Jerick, reminding us what is lacking among our children today - gratitude and utang na loob.  What he did is an abnormality... the reflection of what is opposite in our modern materialistic society ... where money reigns supreme.

You can give me saluyot ... anytime ... any day ... Jerick and I will treasure the thought ... and appreciate and be forever beholden to the fact ... that your family doesn't need to be rich... para mapalaki kayo ng maayos at mapagmahal.

Senior High; An Ensemble of Superb Acting

After the phenomenal success of Dirty Linen in almost all departments- acting, direction, cinematography, musical score, editing, script etc. ... naturally the teleserye that takes over the timeslot is in a precarious situation ... (if its footing or hold is not stable or not firmly placed) ... chances are you are likely to slip or lose grip especially when compared to the honor and recognition Dirty Linen has set. 

The bar was set at an all-time high, and it is to the credit of Senior High cast and directors to come up with a whodunit formula that makes you glued to your seat wanting for more.

The pilot week was the most crucial and based on the superb acting the cast had shown, and knowing that the same tandem of directors that made Dirty Linen is at the helm, netizens got hooked ... it was like a case of love at first sight.  Interesting storytelling and fast-paced editing also contributed a lot to setting the mood.

Going now on its 4th week ... Senior High manages to entice viewers to make it their late-night habit. The series touches on taboo topics like teen suicide, bullying, and drug addiction. This week we had a glimpse of what happened after the investigation and Sky (Andrea Brillantes) moving heaven and earth to shed light on her sister's alleged suicide ... or was there foul play?

Two BL actors Elijah Canlas (Archie) and Miggy Jimenez (Poch) had their penultimate moments this week as their characters were pushed to the limits to show a myriad of emotions ... and the conflict given in their situationa squeezed the very acting juices in them ... to give way to a performance worthy of a FAMAS or a URIAN.

Listen to the netizens frothing in their mouths to say the superlatives:

@yernoonnie

Kahapon lang, ang galing nung pagcreate ng tension between Poch and Tim.

Pati yung pag-iyak ni Poch while watching the video. Tapos ngayon ang galing

nya sa pagmamakaawa sa mama nya. Pati yung pag-open ng door ni JK sa

mama nya, ang natural lang, parang family talaga sila

@charleneescabarte4701

Talagang hindi pilit iyak ni Poch.Madadala ka talaga sa emosyon.Super galing!

kuddos sa lahat ng bumubuo ng senior high. Ito yung pelikulang inaabangan ko

araw araw dito sa Europe

@filomango69

I thought Miggy Jimenez was the weakest link in the cast. But in yesterday

and today's episodes, he showed his range and proved he could match the

acting skills of the other young stars in the cast. Good work!!! And we'll be

keeping an eye on this newcomer.

@AbcdeFagaha-ih1km

Hindi talaga nawawala every episode 'yong pag-praise sa acting ng mga

actors and they really deserve it. Grabe mga bagets, kayang-kaya makipag

sabayan sa veterans! Sobrang galing, walang tapon!

@angelorey7885

Miggy really shine in this episode. Grabe ung pagswitch nya ng emotion

from being arogant to nakakaawa. Naaasar ako sa kanya kung nakaraan pero

ngayon biglang naawa ako sa kanya. Mahusay na artista.

@jamjam7881

Ganda talaga ng kuwento... I did remember sinabi nila sa interview na hindi

lang iikot sa main character ang kuwento at bawat character mabibigyang

back story at spotlight... grabeng galing ni Miggy! And ang galing nung pagka

-execute ng kuwento, one moment inis na inis ka sa character and then the

next naaawa at nakikisimpatiya ka na sa kanila... Kudos sa buong team! I do

hope by the end of this series maging magkakaibigan lahat ng bagets... and

sana mas lalo pang ma-highlight yung mga pinagdadaanan at nararamdaman

ng mga kabataan ngayon para naman mas maintindihan sila ng mga older

generations... na hindi lang sila basta puro go lucky at walang iniintindi o

makasarili... I know iba iba ang experiences and circumstances ng mga tao

but still... I do hope this can give an insight para mas lalo pa nating maintidi

han ang mga kabataan ngayon.

Choice Cut

 (Some Pinoy programs on TV barely make a glitch on our radar screen, but there were lines uttered that invaded our collective consciousness so much so that we find ourselves echoing its most famous lines in our everyday conversations. Some lines manage to put a smile on our faces making us happy and contented.

Whether intentional or accidental, the classic lines resonate with us, because we can relate to the scene and see our lives being lived out onscreen.)

(Celine is planning to give Apollo a tux as gift after doubting him as an able leader in Tatsulok.)

Orcus: Di ba naghingi ka na ng tawad sa kanya?

Celine: Yes ... but you men always need to remember.  So this gesture is to show him that I want to make amends

Orcus: Oh babycakes ... you're always going that EXTRA SMILE.

Celine: It's EXTRA MILE Orcus ...(there you are again with your akala ko tamang English dialogue Orcus!)

Exposing The Trolls

 

Will Maggie Wilson pursue a scorched earth strategy of running after her online bashers by teaching each one of them a lesson in court? After battling some custody battles with estranged partner Victor Consunji ... Maggie successfully unearthed the presence of online troll farms ... something other netizens have qualms about ... accepting their existence. And to Maggie's credit, she is on her way to bringing these Tiktok influencers in the open allegedly paid to smear her reputation. There were at least four scared souls - sweating profusely in their boots at the prospect of meeting Maggie "au natural" in the halls of justice.

Now the tide has turned, and it looks like the netizens are responding positively ... as they were alarmed by the persistence of these troll farms in doling out disinformation to besmirch somebody's good name and throw mud to tarnish their images.

What is also alarming... is that these bashers obviously don't know who the hell Maggie Wilson is (Maggie is Bb. Pilipinas World 2007) based on their demeanor and facial expressions. Some of them were not even born at the time Maggie won ... so how can you believe their pronouncements when they don't have an iota of knowledge of who they are talking about? Maggie suspects somebody is giving them a script ... as the content of the message is uniform, unvarying, and identical.

Her expose also brought up some painful truths that her critics don't know what they are saying ... they belong to the same age group and from the looks of it, they were unschooled - they were there for one thing and one thing alone - that they were being paid ... and P8000 ... was a good start.

The online attacks were carefully coordinated and orchestrated.  It is disturbing to note how money can buy their souls and their conscience. 

As one netizen has put it: "This issue with Maggie Wilson just highlights how easy it is to find content creators (?) who will willingly spread disinformation and destroy someone just to get money. And we know most are apologizing just because they got caught reading a script."

"I hope Maggie sues them all. They all deserve some jail time to reflect on their actions. Choosing easy money while destroying lives & apologizing when they get caught excuses no one. This is how low our moral compass has become."

TROLL ARMY: EXPOSED BY MAGGIE WILSON

Family Feud Second Coming

Family Feud is back in GMA! 

Before you jump to the conclusion that this is another soap opera in the making about a long-standing fight between two hostile families, reminiscent of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ... you are in for a big disappointment.

If game shows are not your cup of tea, you are clueless ... that we are referring to Dingdong Dantes and the ever-successful game show that provides good clean fun, and entertainment in GMA's pre-primetime slots.

After a successful installment in the first quarter of this year ... there is no stopping the show. But it was stopped temporarily ... and the brief rest gave way to Dingdong's comeback in an action-packed magnum opus - Royal Blood. How time flies ... and now that the series had its finale last month, Dingdong kept his promise that "He shall return" just as McArthur did.

Indeed there is bad blood between the show's feuding families ... but it is not the same as the Capulets and the Montagues in Romeo and Juliet.  The two families battle it out (or in Steve Harvey's lingo ... duke it out) by giving the top answers to surveyed questions.

Family Feud is the Philippines's answer to an American game show series with the same name. Originally hosted by Ogie Alcasid ... the game show aired on multiple networks since 2001.

Fremantle owns the format of Family Feud and is in syndication elsewhere around the world. Mark Goodson created it.

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