TV Shows of My Generation

And since its Thursday magreminisce tayo! 

One of the trademark of each generation is our favorite t.v. shows, so today ibalik muli natin sa ating mga ala-ala ang mga paborito nating panuorin sa television, of course tv shows of my generation - the 80s,90s, and early 20s
I was in highschool then, pipilitin talagang makauwi ng 4:30p.m. para makaabot sa ANG TV!
 ANG TV is a youth oriented variety show directed by Johnny Manahan. Many of the Philippine artists are from the show like Angelica Panganiban, Claudine Barreto, Rica Peralejo, John Pratts, Kaye Abad, Jolina Magdangal, and Patrick Garcia.
The "naknak who's there" and the "ngek" expression spread everywhere. The checkered opened long sleeve with white undershirt and baggy pants from Gio Alvarez was a craze too and aminin mga girls naging idol nyo din at ginaya ang mga pauso ni Jolina Magdangal like pastel color of nail polish, iba't ibang kulay sa bawat nails, the butterfly accessories especially yung butterfly clips and ring and even the hair braid and so many more, hindi ko sya idol pero her fashion craze aminado ako ginaya ko rin ...hehehe
Kapag 4:30 na?! ANG TV na!!!

 A diary is the key to unlock the chain of fate
This I guess is the long running soap opera, elementary pa lang ako napapanood ko na naghighschool na ako hindi pa rin alam ni Amante na ang anak nya ay si Mara, sa galing magtago ng sikreto ni Garry buti na lang anjan si Tiyo Kardo na may alam ng lihim at salamat sa diary in the end nalaman din ang sikreto na si Clara pala ang anak ni Susan at Garry while Mara is the daughter of Almira and Amante.

Kilala mo ba si Kuya Bojie? e si Pong Pagong  at si Nining? e alam mo ba ang sinasabi ng bolang bilog na hindi natutulog?
Trivia: Did you know that the first name given to the show is "Sesame" ? "Batibot" means small but strong was first aired in 1984, they are using English and Filipino language but became completely used Tagalog.

 Who can forget Antonette Taus as Anna, Sunshine Dizon as Karen, Kim delo Santos as Nina and Tanya Garcia as Grace. This is a story of four girls with the same name and a mother looking for her daughter. As far as I remember every Sunday afternoon ito ipinalalabas sa GMA 7. Dito rin first na lumabas si Dingdong Dantes, oh my he really owes a lot to Antonetter Taus..hahaha

Saturday is a Gimik day!
This is a teen oriented show consisted of Star Magic Talents. Mga ka-generation naalala nyo pa ba ang mga name nila?
Judy Ann as Dianne, Rico Yan as Ricky, Patrick as Carlo, G.Toengi as Gina, Jolina as SC, Diether as Gary, Bojo Molina as Brian, Mylene as Melanie, Marvin Agustin as Joey, Diego Castro as Jigs.
My favorite team is Melanie and Brian samahan mo pa ng masarap ng coffee ni Melanie :-) nursing student from the province, matured magisip, responsible, matalino pero takot sa commitment. So many kwento about Gimik! I really love the story of the show, hindi lang sya for youth but even for the whole family kasi they tackle realities about the relationship of each family. Hoping ABS CBN will create a new Gimik like show.

 

If ABS has Gimik, may TGIS naman ang GMA

Buti na lang hindi nasira ang remote control ng tv namin sa pagpapalipat-lipat ko sa channel 2 and channel 7. Almost same time kasi ang  airing ng Gimik at TGIS kaya naman palipat-lipat lang ang peg ko :-)

Who can forget the love team of Joaquin "Wacks" and Peachy, Cris and Kiko, anjan pa si Rain, si Mitch and si Micky. Buti na lang inilipat ang T.G.I.S ng Wednesday. Sila ang naaalala ko kapag naririnig ko "Basta't tayo'y magkasama laging mayroong umagang kay ganda pagsikat ng araw, may dalang liwanag sa ating pangarap, ooh haharapin natin"  That's the song kasi nung last episode nila, and hindi naman ako fanatic masyado but I cried on the last episode...hahaha, feelingera lang

"Dear Joe" aired in ABC 5 once a week, if I'm not mistaken every Tuesday night. Parang a.k.a Charo Santos lang the difference nga lang Love Notes from its title are love stories. I have one episode na until now I can still remember the plot, its a New Year episode, hindi ko na idedetalye but the story is all about "don't take people for granted, if you have time now to say and let him/her/them that you love them they say it and show it. I think there's still Love Notes pero sa radio na nga lang yata wala na syang tv shows.

There are a lot of tv shows that has been part of everyone's lifestyle and set a legacy to our generation. How I wish tv networks will create and produce again the same tv shows like before - I mean yung mga realistic shows na kakapulutan ng aral, yung mga tv shows na hindi anime or kathang isip lang ang nanalo sa labanan, some stories about life, and how to walk with life sana.
While writing this post ang daming bumabalik na mga tv shows sa isip ko, try pa natin ng konti...
Naaalala nyo ba kung anong name ni Prinsipe na may matunog na shoes everytime na sya ay mag-aappear sa bahay nina Bossing? (Okay Ka Fairy Ko)
Ang "chicken" dance at "caronia" na pinasikat ng tropa alam nyo pa bang sayawin? (Tropang Trumpo)
Ang buhusan ng tubig ng mga casts and guests at the end of the show? at ang winner na mga head band ni Cynthia Patag (Palibhasa Lalake)
Ang afternoon love story subay-bayan ni Mr. Kupido at ng F.L.A.M.E.S., kinilig at inabangan mo rin di ba?
Ang OKI DOK KI DOC ni Doc Aga at ang OKA TOKAT ni Agot Isidro.

If you're from my generation for sure mapapangiti ka habang nire-recall mo ang mga tv shows na ito, pero kung hindi man kita ka-generation, try mo rin magpost ng galing sa era mo :-) I-throwback Thursday mo na rin yan!

The Voice Philippines - Lee Grane

Last night another gifted and talented shine not only in the stage but in all social network sites. If you missed THE VOICE, PHILIPPINES episode last night then you can't relate to what I am saying. 

I watched it late at night, although I'm seeing so many post of her video, her performance but I didn't try to open it, I want to watch the whole episode.

Lee Grane is her name, name pa lang pang international na ang dating. Before she sang there is an interview portion muna, and you can really see in her eyes the sincerity and honesty of what she could do to win the contest. Let's face it most of the people joins such kind of competition to win - for money, some are for fame and future career. And like any other, Lee Grane joined the contest for her family. She is the eldest among the family, and the bread winner too starting when her father died. She played in some bars with her band. All of her earnings are given to her family, she has a sister who is epileptic. She wants to send her sister for a treatment, although in the past they did but no doctor was able to treat her, lets face it that it will really cost big amount. 

How many Lee Grane do we still have nowadays? 

That's what thing I love for being a Filipino - the family ties that we have. Even we have our own lives, we didn't forget our parents, our siblings and sometimes even they do have family of their own. Lee Grane is an example of a tough woman, although she said its only outside, but eventhough. Everyone of us cried no matter how tough are we, and crying is not a sign of being weak. I believe there are still many Lee Grane nowadays, who are sacrificing their own happiness, wants, plans, and future for their families. There are many Lee Grane working abroad who chose to be away from families in order for them to give a good life, working hard as other says "ginagawang araw ang gabi", that's how hard working we are Filipinos, and we are doing all of that because of our love to our family. We don't considered it is an obligation nor even a responsibility, its out of our love to them.

As the camera rolls and focused Lee Grane, you can see through her eyes that she sing from the heart, she sing with her soul, may pinaghuhugutan talaga especially on the second song that she sang. I don't know anything about singing I mean technically, all I know is to listen and if its pleasing to my ears then its fine. But last night when I heard her kahit pa nga siguro through earphone lang mo sya pakinggan mapapalo "I want you". Lea Salongga, one of the judges requested her to sing an English song, she sang "Angel" or much known as "In the Arms of the Angel" by Sarah McLachlan. This song is a very emotional song, lonely actually; a song about trying not to take responsibility for other people's problems and trying to love yourself at the same time. Bamboo, of the judge even cried, Sarah G. was really amazed and the two judges Lea and Apl regret for not pressing the button.

The first song she sang is "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar, she made a good rendition, ang galing nya talaga! All of the judges were so impressed on her performance. It really shows on Lee Grane's eye how much thankful she is for giving the opportunity to be in THE VOICE. 

Truly she is gifted by a nice voice, some comments I read from social network sites "earmagic" voice talaga. Its really her heart's desire to help and support her family and being in THE VOICE is God's way of blessing her.
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.- Proverbs 16:9
I just read on few post by some of my FB contacts that Lee Grane is from my hometown and learned from my Aunt that she was my cousin band mate before my cousin left for US. I started to love Lee Grane, but don't get me wrong that because she's my "kababayan", from the same hometown but let's admit it she's sings very good, her voice is not the type of "birit" but she sings from the heart, with emotion that will really capture the hearts of every listener. Another pride of Batangas!
Now I have something to look forward to in watching THE VOICE PHILIPPINES and I know most of you who watched last night will vote the same :-).
For those of you who didn't watch Lee Grane's performance, I shared a video I've got from You Tube. I watched it three times last night and the last one I only listen her. And AMAZING!

Good luck Lee Grane! Continue to be a loving daughter and sibling to your family. God bless you

I've got this information from THE VOICE PHILIPPINES Facebook page:

 

NAME: LEE GRANE MARANAN
ORIGIN: MAKATI CITY
BIRTHDAY: MARCH 10 1984
AGE : 28
OCCUPATION: SINGER
LIFESTORY & MUSICAL BACKGROUND:
Lee was born and raised in Batangas but she left home at 19, to pursue her music. Lee is her family’s stand-in father, breadwinner and had been taking care of a mother and other siblings after her father passed away.
Apart from sending her sisters to school, Lee also pays for her sister’s medication in her battle with epilepsy. In an interview, Lee was tearful when she opened up about putting her family’s necessities first before she could buy or do something she likes.

Currently, Lee plays at multiple gigs around the Metro. She plays the guitar, bass and piano, and she can dance too. :)