Happy birthday to you, this is your day.
On this day for you were gonna love you in every way.
This is your day, your day, happy birthday to you, to you, to you.
Happy birthday to you, youre still young.
Age is just a number, dont you stop having fun.
This is your day, your day, happy birthday to you.
This day only comes once every year,
Because youre so wonderful with each and everything you do, hey!
Happy birthday to you, this is your day.
On this day for you were gonna love you in every way.
This is your day, your day, happy birthday to you, to you.
This day is only for you, cause youre so special in every way,
Happy birthday to you!
Ayos ba sa pic? Grabe ang guwapo nya no?
It’s the crush ng bayan’s birthday today (August 6th)!!!
The Voyagers wishes you another year
Of laughter, joy and fun,
Surprises, love and happiness,
And when your birthday’s done,
We hope you feel deep in your heart,
As your birthdays come and go,
How very much you mean to us,
More than you can know.
We hired the Soul Siren,Nina,to sing you a birthday song. Please let go of that mic and hand it over to Nina.
Starring an all-Kapampangan cast and written, produced, and directed by an all-Kapampangan staff and crew, ‘Kálam’ will air weeknights at Infomax-8 in Pampanga. Included in the cast is our fellow Voyager Mr. Aries Yap.
To the knowledge of most Filipinos, only Manila has the capability of producing teleseryes in the country, while all other dramas must have been produced by Koreans, Americans, Japanese, Mexicans, or Chinese.
But did you know that in other regions, Pinoy TV dramas are also being produced and are even employing the use of non-Tagalog languages like Cebuano? With the cultural fervor sweeping the regions, one could only be reminded that the Philippines—amidst the institutionalized belief that this archipelago only speaks Tagalog as its language while the rest are mere “dialects”—is, indeed, a diverse country, and that its diversity is bound to extend even to the field of TV dramas.
Take for example the Kapampangans, the latest Filipino ethnolinguistic group to enter the field of teleserye production. This August, which is considered the Language Month, a Kapampangan cable channel (Infomax-8) and a creative pool of Kapampangan youth (Kalalangan Kamaru) will be launching Kálam, the first ever Kapampanganovela—the term introduced to refer to kabalen-produced TV dramas—in Philippine broadcasting history.
Like other Philippine regional communities, Kapampangans possess a rich and colorful collection of folklore. Apart from the usual laman labuad (“laman lupa” for the Tagalogs), Kapampangans have a diverse world of folk healers and sorcerers.
Aside from the popular mangkukulam and mambabarang, there is the magkukusim, who can project his soul from his body to bewitch people across distances; the katulunan, who can channel the spirits of various living creatures; the uple, illusion makers; the ustuang, powerful witches that can make their bodies explode and incinerate the surroundings, and many other strange, magical characters that continuously add color to our local culture, but are sadly being forgotten and replaced by foreign monsters like the Bogeyman, Big Foot, and the Loch Ness Monster.
However, in ‘Kálam’ (a Kapampangan word for “grace” or “gift”) instead of portraying these magical characters in their conventional barrio setting, they will be portrayed in the modern, urban world, dissolving the gap between science and superstition, technology and magic, and the traditional and the modern. Imagine mangkukulam, ustuang, and mangguguna (potion chemist and charms maker) living with us in the city as seemingly normal people who dress up like us, listen to the same songs we patronize, watch the latest concerts, keep Friendster accounts, occupy seats in the government, and occupy jobs in call centers and malls. This is the universe of ‘Kálam,’ where contemporary drama meets folkloric fantasy.
The producers stress that ‘Kálam’ is more than a TV show. It is also an advocacy project seeking to promote Kapampangan culture and language to the rest of the world while showcasing and enhancing the Kapampangan’s media-related skills. They dream of the day when various ethnolinguistic groups start exchanging teleseryes with one another instead of importing shows from abroad. Such cultural exchange through broadcast media will contribute to the long overdue realization of national unity for the Filipinos.
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Here’s to a fellow Voyager who have stood up and rose above discrepancies to put a mark in the history of Voyagers—truly an epitome of Amour.
We’ve hired Arnel Pineda to sing a song for you. We hope you like it..
Our fellow Voyager Mrs. Esmeralda Ramos-Pingol (Wife of Delbert Pingol - CAT Corp Commander and also a Voyager) passed away last Saturday, 07 June 2008.
Let us all pray for the eternal peace of our fellow voyager Esmi.
Her remains will be transferred to Doña Adela subdivision.
Big thanks to Gina Manalastas-Bernabe (IV Concern) for delivering this news
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This is funny because the fact that the joyous grand reunion happened last December 2006 and the URL of our website is slapped right infront of the friendster profile…and here is this guy rambling about the less number of comments and the lack of spirit.
Dude,you weren’t even on reunion nor show such presence right on our website–now where is your “spirit”? If you’re looking for that so-called spirit, you may go back in time and witness how full of spirit we are during the preparation of the first grand reunion OR you could just hang around this website and read the past posts in the forum.
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Sub-title: Kawawa Si Mommy
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Villa Quintana actually started the trend of soaps on Philippine primetime. It was pitted against TV Patrol and it toppled the longest running newscast on the land as far as ratings is concerned. The rival show was alarmed, thus to compete with Villa Quintana, they transferred their longest running afternoon drama “Mara Clara” to primetime. In fact, a movie version was planned by Viva Films, however, it didn’t push through.
Villa Quintana is a tragic love story that captivated the hearts of the Filipinos. Lynette is a rich girl while Isagani is a poor boy. They met, fell in love. However, Lynette’s parents would not favor their relationship because Isagani is poor. They will do everything so that they would not fall into each others arms. It was tragic because, at the end, the two committed suicide.
This was Donna Cruz’s first primetime soap opera. Her tandem with Kempee de Leon is a hit that it had spunned into several box office movies.
Donna Cruz’s song “Only me and you” was used in the movie and it added more love and life to the scenes of Isagani and Lynette.
SCOOP: Villa Quintana is an upcoming GMA Network soap opera remake starring Starstruck Avenger Nadine Samonte.
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