I am not the biggest fan of Philippine television. I am not sure if there is something wrong with my taste or with the medium as a whole. I find the whole lot pretentious and too scripted (except for a few - VERY FEW - exceptions), and I pin the blame on a society that is torn between old-school conservatism and burgeoning liberalism. Call it an identity crisis. Hanging on to Eastern sensibility while half-heartedly practicing Westernism. (Wow. Too many -isms there.)
Too often when I get home from a hard day's work, I try to catch the news just to get informed, and I get depressed. Really. Who isn't, these days? Then I pop in a video on my player (really, I'd be dead without it) and watch some DVDs, or scour my PC for downloaded videos. Ah, the wonders of the Internet.
There were only a handful of Filipino shows I followed almost religiously.
ENCANTADIA, for one. It partly whetted my post-LOTR appetite. A lame take, if compared to the original, but it held its own and created its own niche.
STARSTRUCK Season 3, a reality-based talent search, now THAT one I followed religiously you could almost call me "holy"
Nowadays, there is only ONE show I follow. It is called
ASIAN TREASURES, initially touted (and leered at) as a cross between Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider. It stars the "almost-over-the-hill" '90s action star
Robin Padilla and
Angel Locsin, possibly one of the hottest, in-demand and prolific young actresses in the country today.

She is Gabriela Agoncillo, heiress in a family that has more secrets than it can keep. He is Elias Pinaglabanan, a down-and-out movie stuntman who always longs for that big break.
Tomorrow's a Sunday. No work. Hopefully. Thank goodness. I am so sitting in and working on my HYD2 finale icons. Heaven knows I am probably a week late already, but hey....BETTER LATE THAN FARKING NEVER, right?
And to end this, I know this is an old thing already, but I need a slogan to perk me right up! I typed in my nick (JHING) and the result?
We Bring The Good Jhing To Life.
wanna try yours? Here's the
link.Till next!!!
Jeffer.Peace.Out.