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Sang're: Encantadia Chronicles

With the news of an upcoming sequel to Encantadia in production, I couldn't help myself but revisit one of my favourite Filipino fantasy show ever produced. I watched all 218 episodes of the requel in a week and started re-watching the 2005 as well.

Growing up I remember trying to convince my mom to let me stay up late enough to watch the show and it was such a big part of my childhood. My sister, our neighbours, and I would pretend to be one of the sang're and try to reenact the show. From their fight scenes to their drama scenes, we did it all. I tuned in until the very last episode of the original version and even tried to learn the language because that's how drawn in I was with the world-building and fantasy aspect of the show.

Fast forward to 2016, I'm well into post-secondary and live outside the Philippines. When I heard about the requel, I made sure that we had GMA Pinoy TV and all the episodes were recorded. That way I didn't miss any episodes. Now, to be honest, I wasn't a fan of 2016 at first. I was very critical of some of the casting, the CGI work, and even the world-building. It felt familiar but not. I missed the mystical aspect of the show and I missed that I was able to suspend my disbelief for 30 minutes to escape to this enchanted place. I didn't get that escape from the 2016 version because it didn't feel magical enough for me. However, over time, I learned to enjoy the show because of its storytelling. I was invested in the characters and what was happening to them which led me to fall in love with Amihan and Ybrahim's romance in this version. I enjoyed the sisters' bond here and wish we saw more of it in the show. I liked how each Sang're got a chance to meet their father and we, the viewers, got to know each of them.

There were a lot of positives from the 2016 version which is why I feel sad that "season 2" of Encantadia will be focusing on a different generation. I understand that Pirena, Amihan, Alena, and Danaya have been the 4 iconic sangres for almost 20 years and it's time for new characters to succeed them. Unfortunately, I feel that the 2016 version had more stories to offer and the Sang'res had more adventures and stories to explore. Especially with the death of Amihan, there were storylines that were abandoned to accommodate Kylie's departure. I just hope that the fans get a proper closure for these 4 Sang'res and aren't left with an opening ending. Kinda like how Encantadia 2005 concluded. Arman, on the back of a dragon, narrates the story of the 4 Sang'res and properly transitions the audience to the new protectors with him, Armea and Cassandra. 2005 gave the audience a definitive conclusion to the main 4 while setting up a potential sequel. This is something 2016 tried to do but left viewers with more questions since they introduced Cassiopea's twin and set up 4 diwanis running on the beach.

Don't get me wrong, I like the actors that are playing the new Sang'res but I do hope this sequel will be a bridge to continue the original 4 stories until its creator can give those characters a proper send off. Also, I would love to see Danaya as a mother and give Pirena and Alena a chance to have children again. Additionally, it'd be nice to see the growth in Lira and Mira. Lastly, I would love to see Amihan reunite with her sisters and get the happy ending that her parents didn't have the privilege of having.

That being said, I am beyond excited to watch this show and hope that we get book 3 and book 4 like what the creator and writers have shared.

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Re: The Blue One (2/3)

In case you haven’t read the first part, it’s here:

Part 2/3 of my reaction to Kylie’s “The Blue One.”

YbraMihan, YbraLiraMihan, Re-route from AleBarro to YbraMihan

Encantadia sure has it’s own fair share of many surprises….

Most of it are literally jaw-dropping, trust me with this one, I can name a shit ton of unexpected episodes that never in my whole fangirling existence thought would happen. One of it is the YbraMihan ship. Now if you have been following my 4R’s post I did mention that I have been an YbraMihan shipper since 2005, but I enjoyed AleBarro’s love story just as much. Now there was this episode when Amihan met a handsome encantado in a dream, this man was mesmerized by her beauty, one thing led to another, this meeting created life. It was a dream fabricated by Emre for Amihan to have an heiress, a daughter who will succeed her as queen of Lireo. Little did the young queen know that the father of her child is also the same man Alena (her sister) fell in-love with. Now back in 2005, there was one word to describe this dream—kilig. Lira’s conception is probably one of the most memorable, ship-worthy scenes for me throughout the show’s long-run. I was expecting so much in that episode, but it made it to my list of the most awkward scenes in this new version. I even remember tweeting, “When Iza and Ding Dong did this scene everything was so magical, what happened?” because there was no spark between Ky and Ru, there was no chemistry—just pure cringe. Like I said in my previous post, Kylie’s face was plain and boring, and Ruru? Ugh! Sorry I’m not sorry to say this but he was just so pabebe af! There was no tenderness, I couldn’t feel the connection and passion between two actors (hello? What’s love scene without passion?), their faces were confused, and I can tell it was so, so awkward for Kylie’s part and Ruru was so “trying hard” 😂. I know Amihan and Ybrahim were very young in this timeline, and yes it is confusing to make love to someone you never met, but this scene was just “um…no.” I thought I would probably never ship these two, not that I was expecting something from YbraMihan because I was more into rooting for AleBarro since they were the head canon in the original series. Again, duh.

Once again, I ate every rant I said about KyRu and YbraMihan…

Going back to Amihan’s downfall, when Lireo was under attack, Ybrahim (or Ybarro that time) and Wantuk rushed back to Lireo to rescue the queen and his daughter. That time when Amihan told everyone to flee and she chose to stay to defend Lireo all by herself, but Ybrahim chose to stay behind, for the first time they united and fought together, just the two of them against the world. That “hindi ko pababayaan ang kapatid ni Alena at ina ng aking anak” by Ybrahim to Amihan lit up my interest to this whole YbraMihan thing, it was that scene where I saw that spark that I was looking for. I thought that scene was beautifully done, and that’s when I started to notice Ruru’s transition from Ybarro to Ybrahim, as for Kylie, she became more feminine, she became more of a woman than queen. Then came the “apoy sa apoy” scene, and that spark between Ybrahim and Amihan turned into flame. Okay, maybe I’m overreacting from that scene, but it was just so good that I decided to sign myself up to the YbraMihan fandom, and while I was fully aware that it was going to be AleBarro in the end, I couldn’t care less, growing up with animes and Asian dramas (Meteor Garden FTW!) I was used to fandoms, ships and sunken ships. I had a quite handful of pairing that I shipped so hard but did not end up together, it sucks I know, but I shipped ‘em nevertheless. As expected, Kylie’s social media was flooded by bashers—majority from the AleBarro ship, accusing her of being “malandi” and other hurtful words. Naturally I had to defend Amihan and Kylie but of course, in the most civil way possible. I told everyone to chill because it did happen in the original series, Amihan conceived a child with Ybrahim and even fell in-love with him, but in the end Amihan chose to be a queen and Ybarro and Alena’s unwavering love for each other prevailed in the end. I assured everyone that it’s an AleBarro end game, I didn’t expect that it will turn the other way around.

As the story progressed, more and more people were starting to notice YbraMihan…

Surprisingly a lot of fans are giving positive feed backs at KyRu’s performance, even DMR himself noticed that too. Finally, the ship got the attention of THE Direk Mark Reyes and Kylie and Ruru were starting to recognize their fans. I noticed how very comfortable Kylie and Ruru were towards each other, I love their teamwork! An underrated actress plus a pabebe half of a love team evolved into award-worthy actors, I was starting to see Ybrahim in Ruru, and Kylie was portraying Amihan in a more relatable way. I hope these two realized that they actually brought out the best in each other, they turned each other into one of the most rave-worthy actors in this generation, they kept on nailing their scenes be it an YbraMihan scene or with other characters. This maybe a huge change in the story, but it was worth it, so ship-worthy. In comparison with GabRu’s AleBarro, KyRu’s YbraMihan wasn’t rushed, it was slow-burn, from being awkward pabebe characters to becoming allies and co-leaders, friends, to lovers. If you stop being too obsessed with your love teams (I meant the real actors) and actually look into the story, YbraMihan is much more deserving to become an end game. Considering everything that they have been through, YbraMihan falling for each other is most likely to happen. As much as I truly love the against-all-odds love story of Alebarro 2k5, I felt like the moment Ybarro became Ybrahim, that’s when his character started to grow and in doing so he “outgrew” Alena. It didn’t help that Alena was MIA for too long and was presumed dead. Because of the changes they made in the story, the idea of an AleBarro end game was becoming less anticipated, after everything YbraMihan went through, it wouldn’t make sense if Alena suddenly comes back into the picture and Ybrahim will magically fall head over heels towards her again. It wouldn’t make any sense and it won’t work, and even if GabRu’s chemistry is a real thing, it’s not the same for AleBarro in Encantadia. And God! I hated those people who tagged Amihan as “mang-aagaw” like, are you guys even following the story? I’m not going back to that issue anymore since I already addressed that a number of times already but to those of you who STILL think that way, SHE DID NOT OKAY? PERIOD.

But just in case, here’s one of my posts:

Add Lira in the picture to spice things up…

Lira’s return sure made the entire YA ship sail in the smoothest way possible. This YbraMihan kiddo whose kakulitan I have no idea who she got from is Ybrahim and Amihan’s ticket to romance, I call her YA’s red ribbon of fate. It was her who brought them together in that dream, and it was also Lira who made Ybrahim and Amihan realize how much they love each other. And I will be forever grateful to Lira for making the much-coveted YbraMihan kiss possible (of course, ninong DMR! Hi!), that was the best year-ender episode eveeeerrrrr! I imagined their future, Amihan stepping down as queen of Lireo, and then become queen of another kingdom—Sapiro, this time she’s Ybrahim’s consort, and co-leader, and they will live happily while watching and guiding Lira in her first few years as Lirean queen, I thought of more YbraMihan babies, or even just one to ascend the Sapirian throne. I sincerely hoped for that, but reality has it’s own way of twisting things up.

To be continued…

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Polly pockets 👒👗👙

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“How are your grades?”

“What are you majoring in?”

“Have you got a girlfriend?”

“What do you want to do when you graduate?”

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A hero without a cape

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50 Reasons Why You Should Study

Need motivation?

To get an education. 

To earn a degree. There are barely any jobs that offer positions to people without a degree, or are on the path of obtaining one.

To prove people wrong. That science teacher that said you’ll never make it in the medical field? Make him eat his words. 

To prove yourself wrong. Every student has doubts on whether or not they can be good enough in the classroom. Prove yourself wrong, and always be better than you were yesterday. 

This is a privilege. Regardless of how much you believe that you HAVE to do this, to some extend you don’t. Realize that you have the privilege of an education even being an option for you.

Take advantage of what you’re capable of. Don’t waste a perfectly intelligent mind. 

More money. That degree can do wonderful things to your bank account in the future. 

It’s interesting. Studying can get pretty boring, but there are always those topics that spark your curiosity and motivate you to learn more.

It’s attractive. Not everyone cares for someone who is academically gifted, but a partner who is eager to learn makes me eager to take my pants off.

It’s useful. That random fact that you read in a random textbook can stick with you and really end up helping you out one day.

It’s fun to know useless shit sometimes.

To make your parents proud. This is one of the main reasons I study. My parents have always been aware of my capabilities and have pushed me to be academically better every year. They know I have big dreams, and I just want to achieve them so they can know that their child made it.

To make myself proud. This goes along with number four. Knowing that you accomplished something, however small or big the thing may be, is a huge self-esteem booster.

To be independent. There’s nothing quite like knowing that you don’t need someone else’s job, degree, intelligence, or presence to make you successful.

To pursue your passion. 

To gain knowledge. Whether its in your field, or a completely different one, being knowledgeable is just downright fun.

People will look up to you. Your siblings, your best friends, and your classmates may see you consistently studying, and it could motivate them to do the same. 

To make a name for yourself. “Oh yeah, (insert name here), I know them. Aren’t they like really successful now?”

To become your own role model.

To be able to pay off your student loans.

Because the long nights and excessive coffee will all be worth it. Even if it doesn’t seem like it now. 

To exercise your brain. Your brain is just like a muscle, and like the body it needs to be exercised. 

To improve your hippocampus. Your hippocamus is responsible for memory, and if you study your memorization will become significantly better.

To not waste time doing useless stuff. 

Because stationary is amazing. I could spend a whole paycheck on just pens.

Because notes are actually all so pretty. 

To be productive. I used to spend a lot of time on social media, and although I still do, the amount of time I spend studying and getting stuff done has definitely increased.

So classes will be easier. 

So tests will be easier.

To impress your professors. Get those letters of recommendation! 

So the anxiety of getting a bad grade is sufficiently decreased. I constantly worry about my grades, but studying has helped me not worry so much.

Because coffee exists. 

There is no other atmosphere quite like the inside of a library. 

So you won’t have to retake a class. Failing a prerequisite for your major really sucks, so maybe try not failing the first time around. This also saves you a lot of money because you won’t have to pay for the class again. 

Finals week won’t suck as bad. You’ll be used to studying so when finals week comes around it wont nearly be as stressful as for those students who are now opening a textbook. 

You won’t go to as many college parties. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for socializing and having fun, but a lot can go wrong at a college party very quickly. And there’s no better way to prevent that, than just not going to the party cause you’re reading your economics textbook. 

You’ll get used to FOMO. Fear of Missing Out. Every teenagers nightmare. Eventually, you’ll get used to the feeling. 

You’ll be getting the most out of your college experience. You’re paying for these classes. Might as well try your best to pass. 

You’ll get used to not getting enough sleep. So, if you decide to go to grad school you’ll have that department covered. 

There’s really good study music out there. 

I guarantee there will be at least 5 places on campus, or around you that are perfect for studying, and you’ll want to go there everyday. 

You’ll become a pro at writing essays, or lab reports.

You’ll learn fairly quickly that study groups rarely work. 

You’ll make a lot of friends that are just as passionate about studying as you are. And you will cherish them. 

Beauty and Brains. Don’t you want to fit that description? 

Thousands of students before you have done it, so you can too. 

You can run a studyblr. Aren’t they the cutest? 

You get really good at time management. 

Sleep becomes 5x more satisfactory after a night of studying.

Because you want to. There’s no better motivation for studying, than the motivation that comes from within. 

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This is mesmerizing to watch.

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So I’m hyperventilating a little so if I fall over, pick me up because I’ve got a few things to say.

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I cannot stress this enough- Build a routine. Build Habits. Wake up every day and get used to being productive, one day at a time. Do this for long enough and eventually you’ll be at your goal without even realising it. 

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