My Binondo Girl

Is it OK to confess that I am truly inspired by watching this ‘teleserye’ in ABS-CBN? As far as I am concerned, this is the first ever show in television that caught my attention. Not even playing Sims Social, facebook-ing, reading all my favorite books, day dreaming, having a good time with my children (pets), lan gaming with my younger brother can stop me from watching it. This is not about being addicted in “just watching” or because of idolizing an actress/actor. I don’t even like Kim Chiu. But sometimes we have to admit that it depends on the show that makes some changes in our impression even though we know it’s just play acting. Not being a crab mentalist; our own movies, music, books, etc hardly impress me. Because even most foreign shows don’t either. I am looking through how deep the creativity of the art is, not through of what nationality made it.

Getting back to “My Binondo Girl”, as I said, it is the first Filipino show that I laid eyes on every night. Probably because of the deep story, how it leaves an impression before it ends the episode. Personally, one can relate itself to Jade Dimaguiba (Kim Chiu). I know I do.

I don’t have any complications with my father neither adversity because of a rich family rival. I don’t pretend that I am someone else neither turning down suitors. But I can connect myself with her by having ‘just problems’. No matter how hard or easy challenges in life may be, they’re still problems. Little problems. And it depends on how a person handles it. As for me, I want to handle mine like how Jade Dimaguiba handles hers. This is why I am inspired watching her show.

I have problems of my own, it’s not as difficult as hers but when a problem comes, it will stay as a problem if you don’t get to solve it. Bad news, self-mistrust, jealousy, anger; these are never good to hear. If you don’t face them, it will make your life miserable. They’re making my life miserable so I must know.

“Kahit mas mababa ka sa kanila, hindi ka dapat magpa-apak sa ibang tao”

“Kaya ko ‘to”

“Malalampasan ko rin ‘to”

These are the phrases I got from Jade Dimaguiba. She handles her difficulties with confidence but stays humble. Other people down her but she never fights back doing the same thing. She fights back by being strong, by believing in herself, by standing still. There are times when she shed tears but those tears are not a sign of weakness, it makes her stronger. When enemies down you more, think of it as a way of winning. The more they care, the more they fear you and the more they know you can be better than them.

I can handle almost every difficulties, but the most unbearable thing for me is to hear bad news. If you think carefully, it is better if problems come to you than the fact that those bad news brings: “Problems are waiting for you” and if you don’t come to it, it will wait still until it gets impatient and makes the problem more difficult and makes your life miserable. Then someone you love will be affected in the future.

This is what I am fighting for now. BAD NEWS. And I am still here on my base thinking of a perfect strategy on how to face the problem that is waiting for me. I just hope that while I am conceptualizing here, it won’t get impatient and affect my love ones.

I need to be inspired more. I have to watch Jade being strong, so that when it is the time for me to come face to face with this piece of bad news with a capital P, it’s either I’ll be ready to win or lose. In whichever it may be, I’ll always be ready.