The Secret Is Out!

Finally! The secret is out.... Rosa Mia now knows that her daughter is none other than Dorina Pineda! *Clap Clap Clap*

Sorry, I am so hooked on the telenovela "Bituing Walang Ningning" that sometimes I rethink any dinner dates with my friends, thinking that I might miss a juicy scene. This is the first time I got hooked on a Filipino telenovela, as my own tv world used to only consist of Lifestyle Network, HBO, Star Movies, and all CSI.

Anyway, the story of thie telenovela is a rather old one, as it started out (I think) as a comic series, later on immortalized in the silver screen. I mean, who can ever forget the famous scene where Cherie Gil splashed water on Sharon Cuneta's face after uttering the even more famous line "You're nothing but a second rate, trying hard, copycat!"

It's too bad the Angelika dela Cruz, who revived the role of Lavinia, didn't deliver the line with the same snootiness as Cherie Gil, but all the same, it was still a nice scene. And kudos to Sarah Geronimo, who portrayed Dorina pretty well. Although I hope that the directors start using other songs since the current ones are starting to be annoying, as they are just the one being sung over and over and over.

In this telenovela, they have added more characters and more twists, though I hope that they will stay true to the story's ending. And so far, I am loving the scenes and stories. I mean, at least it is better than the old Filipino telenovelas when the contrabidas are too bad to be true and there seemed to be constant cryings, slappings, and the like. I hope that they don't drag the plot too much though, as that would be the beginning of it's downfall, i.e. boring, nakakaumay.

But in the meantime, I'm still happy as a clam. Go Dorina! Tehehehe.