"GULONG NG PALAD"
I know its been like way too long since I've been on my blog page. I couldn't go on without writing about this Filipino Soap Opera Series "Gulong Ng Palad". Its abasolutely wonderful! I haven't been this passionate about a movie or a soap opera at that. All i gota say is American Soap Operas aint got nothin on this Filipino Soap. It far exceeded my expectations. At this time all the asian soap operas are a HIT in the Pacific islands like New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Samoa and now in the good ole USA. Korean, Chinese and Filipino Soap Operas have way more drama and emotion, gutt wrenching plots; magnificent! I highly recommend this soap opera series to anyone who can read english subtitles and follow along with the story as it takes you thru the stages of "Stand for Love'.
The soap opera was aired back in 2006 I believe in the Philippines and I first watched it a few years back. My sister went to New Zealand and stumbled across the 8 DVD series and brought it home to watch. Well afater DVD #1, she couldn't stop and had to keep watching one DVD after the other. As a matter of fact, when I first watched it I did not sleep at all. I stayed up for a day and a half to watch the whole 8 DVD series. Yes people its that good! I was glued to the TV until was over and done!
The story is about LOVE, what girl doesn't want to watch drama about LOVE? Luisa is a girl from the other side of the tracks. She is poor and lives a simple an humble life with her family and she is a beautiful girl inside and out! Her mother is a maid at the mayors house. Her mother takes Luisa to work with her sometimes and the mayor has a son(Cardign) the same age as Luisa. While her mother is at work, Luisa plays with Cardign and soon they build a best friend relationship in their innocent young age. Time passes and Cardign's father dies of a heart attack and his mother thinks it best for them to move to the states, to get away and start a new life. Luisa and Cardign promised to never leave one another and here he is leaving to the states. They promised to write to each other and it was great and lasted for a few months. Then as time passed, Cardign stopped writing for years. Luisa was heart broken and had to deal with never seeing Cardign ever again. It was sad to see such a young friendship end. She was a faithful friend to him, and he forgot about her while in the states.
Then low and behold 6 years later, he is 18 and Luisa is getting ready to graduate from high school and she gets word that Cardign and his mother are moving back to the Philippines; what the heck! She is so excited, but still upset that he never kept his promise to write. She passes by his house a few times but always seems to miss him. Finally, at the school ball for graduation he only agrees to go with MIMI (the witch) because he knows Luisa will be there. Mimi is the top dawg DEVIl; i hater her like i've never hated anyone lol! Mimi tripped Luisa and her gown was ruined with the food that fell on her gown. She was embarrassed and decied to go home. Her friends yell out her name and Cardign hears and follows her out the door.He calls her name and Luisa turns around thinking its her friends and she looks into Cardign's eyes and silence falls between them. He asks if she remembers him and she says of cours I do. You can already feel the VIBES that they are both ecstatic to see each other after all these years. Luisa has blossomed into a beautiful young woman and Cardign is a handsome yong man..LOVE IS IN THE AIR! And this is how the whole soap opera begins!
The rest of the soap opera is just amazingly filled with so many moments of tears, you cry, you laugh, you hate, you cry again, you have compassion, you hate again, but most of all teh CRYING continues through out the whole series. I love how the actors and actresses CRY A RIVER. I've never seen so many tears fall so naturally in every scene. For me, this series had me all bundled up in overwhelming emotions that were uncontrollable. It was refreshing, it was heart wrenching, it was full of LOVE forbidden,it has so many realistic life scenarios that I could relate too. I'm still on a Filipino HIGH. I've already purchased my favorites songs from the drama and everytime I hear the music, I can sense the emotions I felt at that time in the series and thats probably why I love it so much! A great soap opera which I highly recommend to all to VIEW. And I must add that i pronounce the filipino words quite well now if i don't say so myself lol! On that note, this is far most my favorite MOVIE as I call it for right now! LOVE IT TO PIECES! I'm now looking for PART II. Can't wait to watch it. TEAM LUISA AND CARDDIGN!!
