...ni L

uis

at R

yan.

...ni L

uis

at R

yan.

...n

g ba

yan

ng L

ipa.

...ng

baya

n ng

Lip

a.

...ng

pelik

ulan

g ta

galo

g....n

g pe

likul

ang

taga

log.

...ng

mga

Vilm

ania

ns.

...ng

mga

Vilm

ania

ns.

Ulir

ang

ina.

..U

liran

g in

a...

VIL

MA

!V

ILM

A!

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L U

M E

2. N

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8 V

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gazin

e vol.

2 no.3

6 dat

ed ap

ril 16

-30,2

006

Liter

ary

Mom

ent

Liter

ary

Mom

ent

TThank

you

for a

won

der

ful w

ork.

Ma

rvel

ous.

Fille

d w

ith n

osta

lgia

s a

nd fo

nd m

emor

ies.

Mem

orie

s tha

t I lo

ve to

look

ba

ck v

ery

ofte

n.

Mem

oirs

of V

ilman

ians

are

test

imon

ies f

rom

the

hea

rt. C

ongr

atu

la-

tions

to a

ll for

a jo

b w

ell d

one.

Tha

nks t

o a

ll of y

ou.

Li

am

Philip

pine

s TTha

nk y

ou fo

r thi

s.. S

uper

gan

da si

ya�

at t

ala

gang

ha

lata

ng p

ina

g-hi

rap

an n

g hu

sto.

... a

ll I c

an sa

y is

tha

t "BO

W" a

ko ta

laga

sa d

edic

a-

tion

n�yo

� I

hop

e i c

an

bond

with

you

one

of t

hese

day

s...

Tak

e ca

re a

nd y

ou b

e w

ell J

ul

Julie

Swed

en

IIn thi

s far

sid

e of

the

glob

e, th

e in

tern

et is

the

only

sour

ce I

can

use

to a

cces

s the

late

st n

ews a

bout

Ate

Vi!

Tha

nk y

ou fo

r sen

ding

me

the

liter

ary

issu

e of

Vilm

a!

Sa tu

too

lang

po

hind

i na

man

ako

na

g-su

bsc

ribe

or m

emb

er n

g e-

grou

p b

ut b

eca

use

mos

t of m

y fri

end

s kn

ows t

hat I

am

a V

ilman

ian,

sigu

ro p

o sil

a a

ng n

agp

adal

a ng

e-m

ail

ko sa

inyo

. I a

m so

exc

ited

to re

ad

all

the

artic

les,

nap

aiya

k po

ako

ng

mab

asa

ko

ang

Mem

oirs

of V

ilma

nian

s dah

il pa

rang

na

basa

ko

po

ang

mga

exp

erie

nces

ko

whe

n I a

m ju

st g

row

ing

up a

nd a

lso

whe

n I a

m st

ill st

udyi

ng sa

UP.

Tha

nk y

ou a

gain

and

I a

m lo

okin

g fo

r-w

ard

to y

our n

ext i

ssue

. M

ildre

d D.

Sp

ain

GGa

ya g

aya

tala

ga k

ayo

ng m

ga V

ilma

nian

s. W

ala

na

ba k

ayon

g ga

gaw

in k

undi

sund

an a

ng y

apa

k ng

am

ing

idol

o? S

aan

n�yo

na

-ku

ha a

ng id

eya

ng M

emoi

rs o

f Vilm

ania

ns k

und

i sa

libro

ng

mga

No-

rani

ans

!!! K

ahit

anon

g ga

win

n�y

o p

oor s

econ

d la

ng a

ng V

ilma

n�yo

sa

no.

1 su

per

star

, Nor

a A

unor

. Di

anne

M.

Ma

nila

(S

igh�

Wha

t a p

itty.

Rec

ently

, eve

n M

s. A

unor

, her

self,

ad

mitt

ed

�she

�s d

own

and

out�

in o

ne o

f her

rare

tele

visio

n in

terv

iew

s. N

ow if

on

ly h

er fo

llow

ers a

dm

it th

is� -m

pl)

Ho

w t

o R

ea

ch

us:

Ho

w t

o R

ea

ch

us:

For s

ubm

issio

ns, c

omm

ents

, sug

gest

ions

, con

tribu

tions

, pas

t iss

ues,

or to

if

you

wan

t to

be in

clud

ed in

our

mai

ling

list,

e-m

ail u

s: v

ilmas

anto

snew

slette

r@ya

hoo.

ca

{ let

ters

} Fr

om a

roun

d th

e gl

obe

VIL

MA

! T

he

Vi

lm

a

Sa

nt

os

Ne

ws

le

tt

er

Publ

ishe

d bi

-mon

thly

by

mem

bers

of

the

four

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

e-g

roup

s.

Edito

r R

endt

Vira

y a.

k.a.

M

arcu

s Pe

ter L

ee

Colu

mni

st

Will

ie F

erna

ndez

Fr

anco

Gab

riel

Mar

Gar

ces

Cha

rles

Gom

ez

Fath

er J

uanc

ho G

utie

rrez

Ed

die

Loza

no

Eric

Nad

urat

a Al

lan

Tram

bulo

To m

eet t

he V

ilman

ians

ar

ound

the

glob

e vi

sit o

ur

Yaho

o E-

grou

ps:

VISI

ON

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

VSR

VSCa

nada

PIC

TURE

S C

OUR

TESY

OF

Er

ic N

adur

ata,

W

illie

Fer

nand

ez,

Alla

n Tr

ambu

lo

Vilm

a!

Page

50

since

she

has a

tend

ency

to le

t her

Filip

ino

lines

run

to-

geth

er. B

itang

col h

as y

et to

feel

at e

ase

bef

ore

the

cam

era

, sin

ce h

is a

ctin

g se

ems t

o co

nsist

mai

nly

of

pos

es a

nd fa

cial

ma

nner

isms.

At t

imes

, one

can

eve

n ca

tch

him

snea

king

a fu

rtive

look

at t

he c

am

era

whe

n he

shou

ldn'

t. So

it's

safe

to sa

y th

at t

he m

ovie

succ

eed

s des

pite

th

em, w

hich

is w

hy I

hop

e p

rod

ucer

s don

't a

ttrib

ute

any

ma

gica

l box

-offi

ce p

row

ess t

o th

e yo

ungs

ters

. Ins

tea

d,

they

shou

ld p

ay a

ttent

ion

to th

e ne

wly

gai

ned

clou

t of

Pokw

ang

and

Dom

ingo

who

, lik

e A

i-Ai d

e la

s Ala

s, la

-b

ored

in o

bsc

urity

bef

ore

pro

ving

tha

t scr

een

cha

rism

a

has l

ittle

to d

o w

ith a

n a

ctor

's lo

oks o

r fig

ure,

and

eve

ry-

thin

g to

do

with

the

abilit

y to

con

nect

with

the

aud

i-en

ce.

Perh

ap

s it a

lso h

elp

s tha

t "D

' Luc

ky O

nes"

take

s a fo

nd

look

at f

ando

m, a

n oc

cupa

tiona

l ha

zard

for a

ny c

on-

sum

er o

f ent

erta

inm

ent f

are,

and

the

leng

ths f

ans

go

just

to p

ay

hom

age

to th

eir o

bjec

t of a

ffect

ion,

ado

ra-

tion

and

adu

latio

n. T

he "N

ora

" and

"Vilm

a" f

ans

are

pa

r-tic

ular

ly fa

scin

atin

g, si

nce

the

two

wom

en c

omm

and

ed

extra

ordi

nary

leve

ls of

loya

lty in

thei

r hey

day

and

even

to

day,

no

ma

tter t

he in

trigu

ing

twist

s and

turn

s of t

heir

life

stor

ies.

* *

* M

Y fri

end

Pea

chy

and

I-who

m I

rop

ed in

to w

atc

hing

"D'

Luck

y O

nes"

afte

r all

fam

ily m

emb

ers r

efus

ed m

y im

por

-tu

ning

-ha

d an

inte

rest

ing

disc

ussio

n ab

out t

he n

atu

re o

f V

ilma

nian

s and

Nor

ania

ns. W

e bo

th a

gree

d th

at t

he

over

all

tone

of t

he m

ovie

, whi

ch is

"hap

py" a

nd "s

unny

" a

nd p

ast

el-to

ned

, wou

ldn'

t hav

e b

een

poss

ible

if it

ha

d b

een

abou

t Nor

a's

fans

. And

this

is b

ecau

se N

ora

's oe

u-vr

e is

dom

ina

ted

by

dar

ker a

nd g

rimm

er m

ovie

s tha

t d

on't

lend

them

selv

es e

asil

y to

com

ic p

aro

dy o

r sat

ire.

I con

sider

mys

elf a

Nor

ani

an, b

ut th

e fil

m tu

rned

me

into

a

Vilm

ani

an, a

nd w

hen

Ate

Vi n

o le

ss tu

rned

up

at t

he

mov

ie's

final

e, I

felt

a th

rill,

vica

rious

ly d

ivin

g in

to P

ok-

wa

ng's

and

Euge

ne's

obse

ssio

n. I

also

felt

a su

rge

of a

p-

pre

cia

tion

and

gra

titud

e fo

r the

wor

k of

Vilm

a a

nd

Nor

a, w

ho h

ave

dom

ina

ted

show

bus

ines

s in

the

last

dec

ad

es, c

omin

g up

with

a tr

uly

ad

mira

ble

line-

up o

f m

ovie

s, sh

owin

g co

ura

ge in

thei

r cho

ice

of n

ew c

hal-

leng

es a

nd o

ff-b

eat c

hara

cter

s, an

d m

aint

aini

ng a

hol

d on

thei

r fan

s' a

ffect

ions

. Fa

ns c

an

be

pes

ts, t

hat's

true

. The

y te

nd to

take

thei

r "o

wne

rship

" ove

r the

ir id

ols m

uch

too

serio

usly

, to

the

exte

nt o

f sta

lkin

g th

em, d

icta

ting

thei

r lov

e liv

es a

nd

setti

ng u

p ou

tsize

exp

ecta

tions

. But

ove

r the

yea

rs, t

hey

can

prov

ide

a so

urce

of a

ffirm

atio

n an

d v

alid

atio

n, e

s-p

ecia

lly w

hen

the

blo

om o

f one

's st

ard

om h

as s

tarte

d

to fa

de.

N

eith

er is

this

a o

ne-w

ay

stre

et. A

s Pok

wa

ng's

char

act

er

reve

als,

wa

tchi

ng V

ilma

's m

ovie

s and

tra

ckin

g he

r ca

-re

er p

rovi

ded

her

the

only

sour

ce o

f sol

ace

in th

e ye

ars

she

spen

t as a

con

tract

wife

in K

orea

, loo

ked

dow

n up

on b

y he

r in-

law

s and

redu

ced

to a

sup

erflu

ity. I

n-d

eed

, am

id th

e ve

xatio

ns o

f dai

ly li

fe, b

eing

a fa

n p

ro-

vid

es e

sca

pe

and

ente

rtain

men

t, a

noth

er le

vel o

f rea

l-ity

and

a p

lea

sant

div

ersio

n. N

ot a

bad

bar

gain

, tha

t. *

* *

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t pos

ted

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ilma

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tos

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galo

g, ma

pang

gaba

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ma

unaw

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na n

g bay

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ng L

ipa.�

masi

nop

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mat

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a-pa

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a ina

ng m

ga

tapa

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g ta

gaha

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at an

g pa

g-as

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ayan

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pa

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ang g

into

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g In

a ...

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ng

Baya

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na n

g Ba

yan�

yang

ito.

D

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l ito

ang

nag

biga

y sa

kan

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g m

ga p

agk

aka

taon

g g

amp

ana

n a

ng i

sang

pa

-p

el n

g m

ayor

na

hin

di m

an

lang

niy

a in

iisip

na

mag

ing

isang

pol

itico

sa

umpi

sa p

a l

ang

. I

to

ang

ka

iba

han

niya

sa

ib

ang

lingk

od

bay

an.

Ta

pat

ni

yang

pi

naha

hala

ga

han

ang

m

ga

ti-w

ala

ng b

inig

ay s

a k

any

a.

Ang

baw

at b

oto

na

bini

gay

sa k

any

a ng

tao

ng b

ayan

ay

pilit

niy

ang

tinut

umb

asa

n ng

tap

at a

t sip

ag s

a p

aglili

ngko

d.

Ina

ng b

aya

n.

Min

san

na r

ing

ibin

igay

ito

sa

mga

bab

aeng

pol

itiko

ng

naka

raan

g p

ana

hon.

Ka

tula

d ng

dat

ing

pa

ngul

ong

Cor

y A

qui

no, i

ba

ang

bi

gat

ng

kata

gang

ito

d

ahi

l m

ayro

ong

kata

pat

an

sa

kahu

lug

an.

Wal

ang

ba

hid

ng

p

agku

kunw

ari

at w

ala

ng b

ahi

d ng

pag

aalin

lan-

ga

n.

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y d

ahi

l sa

na

kikita

ng

taon

g b

aya

n a

ng k

atap

ata

n at

bun

ga

ng la

hat

ng k

any

ang

mga

gin

agaw

a. P

ara

sa

mga

taon

g pi

nags

isilb

i-ha

n ny

a.

Tam

a ng

ang

taw

agin

siy

ang

ina

ng

bay

an.

Pa

ra s

a in

dust

riya

ng p

elik

ulan

g ta

gal

og, i

tinut

ur-

ing

rin s

iya

ng a

ng u

lira

ng in

a n

a d

apa

t tu

lara

n.

Nuo

ng n

agsa

lita

siya

tun

gko

l sa

pira

cy a

t sa

m

ga a

rtist

a n

a w

alan

g tra

ba

ho, m

ara

min

g n

aki

-

Ina n

g ba

yan.

Tam

ang

kata

ga p

ara

sa is

ang

lin-

kod

bay

an.

Mar

amin

g sa

krip

isyo

pero

laha

t ng

ito�y

gin

awa

niya

upa

ng m

atup

ad a

ng k

anya

ng

mga

obl

igas

yong

pin

anga

ko.

Ito a

ng b

uhay

ni

Bini

bini

ng V

ilma

Sant

os R

ecto

, ang

nire

resp

eton

g m

ayor

ng

Lipa.

Nag

kata

ong

siya

rin a

ng

nana

tilin

g re

yna

ng p

elik

ulan

g ta

galo

g, is

ang

ak-

tres.

Nag

kata

ong

rin s

iya

ang

ina

ni L

uis M

anza

no

at R

yan

Chr

istia

n Re

cto.

Nag

kata

ong

siya

rin a

ng

sinas

amba

ng id

olo

ng m

aram

ing

Vilm

ania

ns sa

bu

ong

mun

do.

At n

arito

ang

kab

iga

tan

ng k

an-

yang

tuna

y na

pap

el sa

buh

ay.

Dah

il bu

kod

sa

kany

ang

pers

onal

na

pape

l bila

ng in

a ni

Lui

s at R

yan

siya

rin a

ng in

a ng

m

aram

ing

Vilm

ania

ns, a

ng in

a ng

mga

taon

g ba

yan

ng L

ipa

at a

ng in

a ng

m

aram

ing

tauh

an n

g in

dust

riya

ng p

elik

ula

ng t

agal

og.

Ina

ng

Bay

an.

Ina

ng m

ara

min

g ta

o.

Sa b

awat

sal

ita n

ala-

lath

ala

sa

mga

pa

haya

gan.

A

ng m

ga

opin

ion

niya

ay

bini

bigy

an

pag

pa

paha

-la

ga.

N

ang

sab

ihin

niy

a n

a ta

ma

na a

ng

turu

-tur

uan

at t

ang

gapi

n an

g re

spon

sibili-

da

d ng

mga

tauh

an

sa li

kod

ng s

tam

pede

ng

isan

g tv

sho

w, m

ara

mi a

ng n

aki

nig.

Sa

m

ga t

alum

pati

niya

sa

baw

at a

wa

rd n

a ka

nya

ng

tinat

ang

gap

ma

ram

ing

nagb

i-ga

y ha

laga

da

hil s

a ta

pat

ng

men

sahe

ng

kany

ang

mga

sal

ita.

Ma

hala

ga a

ng k

an-

yang

mga

kat

aga

da

hil m

alal

im a

ng k

an-

yang

nin

ana

is sa

baw

at P

ilipin

o.

Sa m

ga p

roye

kto

niya

sa k

any

ang

mun

ting

Lipa

, na

ruru

on a

ng m

alal

im n

a p

ag-ii

sip

pa

ra s

a ki

nabu

kasa

n.

Ang

pag

gaw

a ng

m

ga m

alal

aki

ng s

trukt

ura

ng b

ayan

kat

u-la

d ng

mga

daa

n at

gus

ali.

Pa

ra k

apag

in

iwa

n na

niy

a a

ng b

aya

ng i

to,

mag

pa-

patu

loy

pa ri

n a

ng p

ag-u

nla

d. P

atul

oy p

a rin

ang

pag

-ag

os n

g ka

buh

aya

n.

Lagi

ni

yang

iniis

ip a

ng p

ag-a

gos

ng

pa

naho

n.

Lagi

niy

ang

iniis

ip a

ng k

abuh

aya

n ng

ba-

nig

at t

umul

ong

sa p

ag-p

uksa

ng

mga

pira

cy a

t m

ara

mi r

in

ang

na

g-um

pisa

ng m

agsa

lita

tung

kol s

a m

ga p

robl

ema

ng

kina

susu

-ung

an

ng i

ndus

triya

. M

ara

min

g a

rtist

a a

ng n

ags

a-sa

bing

si

Ate

Vi a

ng k

anila

ng

role

mod

el d

ahi

l sa

law

ak

ng

kany

ang

na

ratin

g.

Sa

mga

ta

gaha

nga

ni

A

te

Vi,

ang

m

ga p

elik

ula

n ni

ya a

ng is

a sa

d

ahi

lan

kung

ba

kit h

ang

ga

ng

ngay

on a

y pi

naha

hala

ga

han

nila

ito

.

Ma

ram

ing

ara

l at

m

ensa

he

ang

m

akuk

uha

sa

mga

p

roye

kton

g

gina

wa

at

gina

gaw

a ng

ka

nila

ng i

dol

o.

Para

sa

ma

ram

ing

Vilm

ania

n a

ng l

aha

t ng

gin

aga

wa

niya

a

y na

gd

udul

ot n

g m

alal

im n

a ka

ligay

ahan

kun

g k

aya

buk

od

sa

kani

lang

m

ga

tuna

y na

m

agul

ang

, p

ara

sa

ka

nila

�y s

i A

te V

i ay

isang

da

kila

ng in

a.

Para

sa

isy

ung

iny

ong

bina

-b

asa

, a

ng p

agp

apa

hala

ng

laha

t ng

mga

Vilm

ania

ns s

a b

uong

m

und

o�y

mak

ikita

sa

b

awat

pa

hina

nito

. I

to a

ng

�mot

her�s

D

ay�

Trib

ute

ng

mga

Vilm

ania

ns s

a n

ag-ii

sang

re

yna

ng p

elik

ula

ng t

agal

og.

Iyan

si b

inib

inin

g V

ilma

Sant

os

Rect

o.

Ang

da

kilan

g in

a ng

m

ga

Vilm

ani

ans

, ni

Lu

is at

Ry

an,

ng

mga

taga

-Lip

a at

ng

bay

ang

Pilip

inas

.

Pap

uri s

a�y

o A

te V

i. M

alig

aya

ng a

raw

ng

Ina.

N

agm

amah

al,

Ren

dt V

iray

A

ka M

arc

us P

eter

Lee

Vilm

a!

Page

4

Rend

t Vira

y A

KA

MPL

Is

bas

ed in

Lo

ndon

, O

N C

ana

da.

{ edi

tory

al }

Vilm

a!

Page

49

The

1st

Pre

cious

Aw

ard

The

1st

Pre

cious

Aw

ard

Dar

ling

from

the

Pres

s Aw

ard

• Bu

tch

Fran

cisc

o •

Din

o Er

ece

• M

ario

Bau

tista

•

Rick

y Lo

Th

e E-

Gro

up W

riter

of t

he Y

ear

• M

ario

O. G

arce

s •

Fran

co G

abrie

l •

Will

ie F

erna

ndez

Th

e E-

Gro

up O

utst

andi

ng

Mem

ber o

f 200

5

• M

ar G

arce

s •

Fran

co G

abrie

l •

Char

les

Gom

ez

The

E� G

roup

Gua

rdia

n Aw

ard

• La

w E

ve

• N

ampr

it-Ra

k-ki

ngka

ng

• Jo

jo L

im

The

E-G

roup

Mem

ber w

ho

mad

e-a-

diffe

renc

e Aw

ard

• Er

ic N

adur

ata

• Al

lan

Tram

bulo

•

Jojo

Lim

Th

e Ho

nora

ry V

ilman

ian

Awar

d •

Korin

a Sa

nche

z� �

I am

a

Vilm

ania

n� p

rocl

amat

ion

•

Cris

ty F

erm

in�s

sna

ke

com

paris

on

• Xa

vier

Lim

tuac

o�s

�Q

ueen

star

� es

say

The

Anno

ying

Repo

rter

Aw

ard

• Al

fie L

oren

zo

• Ab

u Ti

lam

sik

• Au

rora

Ver

onic

a Th

e E-

grou

p Pa

rasi

te A

war

d •

Dian

ne D

eLos

Sant

os

• Fr

edda

Rey

es

• M

eng

Nat

ivid

ad

The

Vilm

ania

n fr

om th

e M

ovie

-indu

stry

Aw

ard

• Sh

aron

Cun

eta

• Ro

deric

k Pa

ulat

e •

Kris

Aqu

ino

The

Mos

t Mem

orab

le E

vent

of

200

5 •

The

Gaw

ad P

larid

el

• Th

e N

Y/N

J Vilm

a Vi

sits

•

The

Doct

orat

e D

egre

e Aw

ardi

ngs

• Th

e St

ar A

war

ds V

icto

ry

The

E-gr

oup�

s Ro

ving

Re-

port

er A

war

d •

Jean

nie

Won

g •

Noe

l De

Guzm

an

• Ju

ne S

ison

Th

e O

utst

andi

ng V

ilman

ian

Awar

d •

Will

ie F

erna

ndez

•

Alla

n Tr

ambu

lo

• Jo

jo L

im

• Er

ic N

adur

ata

E-m

ail u

s yo

ur v

otes

: vilm

asan

tosn

ewsl

ette

r@ya

hoo.

ca

{ rev

iew

s } Fr

om th

e pr

ess

II T'S b

een

calle

d th

e �h

app

iest

mov

ie�

of th

is su

mm

er

sea

son,

and

ind

eed

laug

hter

ring

s out

ofte

n a

nd lo

udly

in

the

mov

ie h

ouse

whi

le "D

' Luc

ky O

nes"

is b

eing

sh

own.

Muc

h of

the

cred

it fo

r the

laug

hter

and

guf

-fa

ws,

as w

ell a

s the

cha

rm a

nd o

vera

ll lig

hthe

arte

d fe

el-

ing

of th

e m

ovie

, goe

s to

the

tand

em o

f Pok

wa

ng a

nd

Euge

ne D

omin

go. P

layi

ng a

pa

ir of

die

-ha

rd V

ilman

ians

(fa

ns o

f Vilm

a S

ant

os, f

or th

ose

out o

f the

show

-biz

loop

) w

ho e

nd u

p lif

elon

g b

est f

riend

s who

"ple

dge

" the

ir ch

il-d

ren

to e

ach

oth

er, t

he c

omed

ienn

es h

am

it u

p sh

am

e-le

ssly

and

set t

he fi

lm's

blist

erin

g p

ace

of r

azo

r-sha

rp

dia

log

and

com

ic a

ntic

s. Th

e tw

o ha

d pr

evio

usly

ma

de

a na

me

for t

hem

selv

es a

s "s

uppo

rting

" cha

ract

ers,

com

ic fo

il to

rom

antic

lead

s or

as "

bes

t frie

nds"

to b

elea

guer

ed h

eroi

nes.

Mos

t TV

vie

w-

ers,

thou

gh, w

ill re

mem

ber

them

as "

hous

emai

ds"

in o

ne

tele

nove

la a

nd si

tcom

or a

noth

er, a

role

tha

t eve

ry a

s-p

irant

in th

ese

parts

nee

ds t

o na

il, it

seem

s, b

efor

e sh

e ca

n jo

in th

e co

mic

soro

rity.

Th

ey m

ight

ha

ve b

een

stuc

k in

def

inite

ly in

this

purg

ato

ry

of se

cond

lead

s had

it n

ot b

een

for "

D' L

ucky

One

s," a

m

ovie

tha

t put

s the

m fr

ont a

nd c

ente

r, gi

ves t

hem

p

lent

y of

room

and

scre

en ti

me

to sh

ow o

ff th

eir c

hop

s, a

nd a

llow

s the

m to

mou

th lin

es th

at p

arod

y th

e m

ost

mem

ora

ble

scen

es fr

om A

te V

i's b

ody

of w

ork-

at o

nce

fam

iliar a

nd ri

sible

. W

hile

the

"luck

y on

es" i

n th

e m

ovie

are

act

ually

San

-d

ara

Par

k an

d J

osep

h Bi

tang

col,

who

pla

y Po

kwan

g's

and

Eug

ene'

s "Lu

cky

Girl

" and

"Luc

ky B

oy" r

esp

ectiv

ely,

th

e m

ovie

real

ly c

ente

rs a

roun

d th

e m

othe

rs, w

ho so

d

omin

ate

and

beg

uile

tha

t I fo

und

mys

elf d

istre

ssed

a

nd b

othe

red

ea

ch ti

me

the

mov

ie le

ft th

em a

nd d

e-vo

ted

tim

e to

the

"love

stor

y" a

ngle

. I'M

sorry

to sa

y th

at P

ark

and

Bita

ngco

l, no

twith

stan

ding

th

eir "

real

-life

" rom

antic

rela

tions

hip

, har

dly

regi

ster

any

ch

emist

ry b

etw

een

them

. Par

k is

diff

icul

t to

und

erst

and

,

At L

arge

: C

eleb

ratin

g fa

ndom

At L

arge

: C

eleb

ratin

g fa

ndom

II n 199

7, D

ove

Foun

da

tion

aw

ard

ed M

s. V

ilma

San

tos t

he

Cel

ebrit

y M

othe

r of G

into

ng In

a A

wa

rd.

This

aw

ard

is

very

spec

ial t

o a

te V

i, b

ecau

se th

e ro

le o

f a m

othe

r is f

ar

mor

e im

por

tant

than

her

illus

triou

s ca

reer

. N

ot th

at sh

e lo

ves h

er m

ovie

car

eer l

ess,

but s

he k

now

s tha

t bei

ng a

m

othe

r is a

life

time

com

mitm

ent.

At w

ala

ng re

take

s, p

ag

nagk

am

ali k

a.

Tala

gang

cel

ebrit

y, d

ahil

sa d

ala

wa

ng

bes

es n

iyan

g p

ags

isila

ng a

y p

areh

ong

front

pa

ge si

ya sa

m

ga n

ewsp

ap

ers!

Mer

on b

ang

naka

gaw

a n

g ga

noon

?

Si a

te V

i lan

g a

t wal

a ng

iba

. Ate

Vi�s

ded

ica

tion

as a

m

othe

r wa

s doc

umen

ted

ma

ny ti

mes

by

writ

ers f

rom

sh

owbi

z, p

oliti

cs a

nd e

ven

the

busin

ess s

ecto

r.

In 1

995,

the

late

Inda

y Ba

dida

y w

rote

at t

he P

hil.

Da

ily

Inq

uire

r the

follo

win

g. �

WHE

N V

ilma

San

tos c

ried

un-

aba

shed

ly fo

r the

seco

nd ti

me

in fr

ont o

f a b

ig c

row

d o

f m

ovie

rep

orte

rs (w

hich

wa

s la

ter r

ecor

ded

on

TV),

I se

nsed

tha

t the

tea

rs n

o lo

nger

hin

ted

sadn

ess o

ver t

he

dem

ise o

f her

pop

ula

r sho

w n

or h

er te

mpo

rary

vac

atio

n fro

m sh

owb

iz.

Tho

se w

ere

joyo

us te

ars

tha

t cou

ld o

nly

be

shed

by

a w

oma

n w

ho�s

hap

pily

in lo

ve a

nd w

ho�ll

st

op a

t not

hing

to m

ake

her

hus

band

hap

py a

nd th

eir

rela

tions

hip

mor

e b

eaut

iful t

han

ever

. She

late

r con

fided

, in

bet

wee

n so

bs,

tha

t she

wa

s pro

ud o

f and

gla

d fo

r her

-se

lf fo

r ha

ving

arri

ved

at a

maj

or d

ecisi

on e

ven

if it

wou

ld

mea

n so

me

sacr

ifice

s. �

Sab

aga

y, p

ara

ng h

indi

na

rin

sacr

ifice

,� sh

e q

ualif

ied

. �A

kala

ko,

sa p

elik

ula

lang

na

n-gy

ayar

i ito

, per

o ka

hit a

no p

ala

, pw

ede

mon

g ga

win

p

ara

sa ta

ong

min

am

aha

l mo.

�

But h

asn

�t sh

e b

een

ther

e b

efor

e? �I

wa

s you

ng, c

are

free

and

am

bitio

us. I

wa

s pro

babl

y m

ore

in lo

ve w

ith m

y ca

-re

er. H

indi

ko

nam

am

ala

yan,

na

isasa

krip

isyo

ko n

a pa

la

ang

per

sona

l life

ko

noon

.�

How

did

Ral

ph

Rect

o re

act

to h

er d

ecisi

on?

�I

coul

d se

e ha

ppin

ess i

n hi

s eye

s,� sh

e b

eam

ed. �

But I

fe

lt, p

aran

g na

lung

kot d

in si

ya, p

ara

ng n

ang

hihi

naya

ng Vilm

a!

Page

5

{ VS

Upda

te }

Eric

Nad

urat

a

not b

eca

use

I�d b

e lo

sing

a lo

t in

term

s of f

inan

cial

re-

wa

rds a

nd o

ther

op

portu

nitie

s but

bec

aus

e he

kno

ws

tha

t sho

wb

iz is

a bi

g pa

rt of

my

life.

� It

wa

s at t

his p

oint

whe

n I a

sked

: �Is

he w

orth

it, V

i?� E

i-th

er I

had

gro

wn

too

cyni

cal o

r tho

ught

I w

as a

n ex

per

t on

men

. �O

h, y

es, A

te L

uds,�

she

said

, eye

s brim

min

g w

ith h

appi

ness

. Afte

r fla

shin

g a

swee

t sm

ile, s

he a

dd

ed

poi

nted

ly: �

Oh,

yes

!� Be

caus

e I h

ave

alw

ays b

elie

ved

in

Vi�s

wor

ds,

I dec

ided

to m

ake

no

furth

er c

omm

ents

. >>>

Si A

te V

i, G

into

ng In

aSi

Ate

Vi,

Gin

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Ina

Vilm

a!

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48

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Sh

owbi

z Mom

s�Sh

owbi

z Mom

s�

life,

Rya

n�s i

ntel

ligen

ce is

his

cha

rms.

He�

s ha

s his

own

voic

e.

Ver

y a

rticu

late

and

like

Luis

has t

hese

bub

bly

perso

nalit

ies.

H

e�s a

tota

l ent

erta

iner

. H

e sin

gs a

nd d

oes a

ccla

mat

ion

wel

l.

A p

oliti

cia

n in

the

ma

king

.

Ate

Vi i

s ver

y vo

cal a

bout

her

ro

le a

s mot

her.

She

ha

s ra

nk h

is b

eing

a m

othe

r as h

is nu

mbe

r on

e jo

b.

His b

eing

a w

ife, a

may

or a

nd a

n a

rtist

in th

at o

rder

. A

nd b

ala

ncin

g al

l of t

hese

role

s ha

s bee

n ve

ry c

halle

ngin

g fo

r th

ese

gol

den

girl

, the

Gla

d G

irl w

ho c

ontin

ues t

o sh

ine

and

w

ith th

ese

exce

llent

bal

anc

ing

act,

I giv

e he

r an

over

all m

ark

of

an

A +

.

2. S

haro

n C

unet

a - S

haro

n, lik

e he

r Ate

Vi h

as l

earn

ed th

e im

-p

orta

nce

of fa

mily

at a

n ea

rly a

ge.

Her m

othe

r and

god

m

othe

r (He

len

Gam

boa

) are

goo

d ro

le m

odel

s for

the

wife

of

Sena

tor P

ang

ilina

n. L

ike

her A

te V

i, Sh

aro

n al

so h

ave

a ch

ild

from

her

ea

rlier

pa

rtner

. Bu

t thi

s doe

sn�t

affe

ct h

er n

urtu

ring

all h

er c

hild

ren

as b

oth

Vilm

a a

nd S

haro

n w

ere

luck

y en

ough

to

ha

ve a

n un

derst

and

ing

husb

and

s. S

haro

n al

so h

ave

pub

-lic

ly sh

owed

affe

ctio

n to

her

eld

est c

hild

, KC

Con

cep

cion

. Bu

t lat

er o

n sh

ed h

er fr

om th

e p

ublic

ligh

t and

like

Lui

s Ma

n-za

no w

as e

ncou

rage

d to

fini

shed

first

her

scho

olin

g be

fore

en

terin

g a

ny sh

owbi

z st

ints

. Sh

aro

n al

so h

ave

sacr

ifice

d a

lot

of o

ppor

tuni

ties t

o fa

ce th

e ro

le o

f a m

othe

r and

wife

to K

iko

Pang

ilina

n. H

er a

ttem

pt to

get

pre

gna

nt re

sulte

d in

her

de-

cidi

ng to

qui

t her

va

riety

show

was

a re

min

iscen

t of A

te V

i�s

dec

ision

bac

k in

the

90s.

Now

mor

e vi

sible

as a

cel

ebrit

y m

othe

r, Sh

aro

n ha

s ind

eed

fulfi

lled

the

mot

her r

ole

into

a p

er-

fect

T a

nd fo

r tha

t I a

m g

ivin

g he

r an

A m

ark

.

3. H

ilda

Koro

nel -

Not

you

r typ

ical

mom

, Hild

a K

oron

el h

as

long

bee

n cr

itici

zed

ea

rlier f

or b

eing

secr

etiv

e w

ith h

er m

oth-

erho

od.

Back

then

bei

ng a

mot

her a

t an

early

age

with

dif-

fere

nt m

en w

as a

tabo

o. H

ilda

lea

rned

to b

e st

rong

and

ha

ve to

wor

k ha

rd fo

r the

sake

of h

er c

hild

ren.

Her

rela

tion-

ship

with

the

late

Ja

n Ila

ga

n ha

ve b

een

a p

ublic

kno

wle

dge

a

nd y

et n

othi

ng h

as b

een

writ

ten

abou

t her

kid

s and

unl

ike

Ate

Vi a

nd S

haro

n, sh

e ha

s nev

er b

een

voca

l in

givi

ng o

ut a

ny

pub

lic a

ffect

ions

with

her

kid

s. B

ut th

is d

oesn

't m

ean

she

is no

t a

lovi

ng m

om.

Prot

ectin

g h

er k

ids f

rom

the

nast

ines

s of s

how

-b

usin

ess a

nd b

eing

voc

al a

bout

her

stric

tnes

s and

disc

iplin

e is

a si

gn o

f a g

ood

mot

her a

nd th

is is

wha

t our

imp

ress

ion

of h

er.

I a

m g

ivin

g h

er a

two

thum

bs u

p an

d a

ma

rk o

f a B

+.

4. J

anic

e De

Bel

en -

Ano

ther

act

ress

who

has

end

ured

the

intri

gues

of s

how

busin

ess i

s Ja

nice

De

Bele

n. T

he sw

eet a

c-tre

ss o

f Flo

r De

Luna

had

a c

olou

rful lo

velif

e th

at re

sulte

d in

a

num

ber

of b

eaut

iful k

ids.

One

from

Ag

a M

uhla

ch a

nd th

ree

(?) w

ith a

noth

er u

nnam

ed c

hara

cter

act

or (s

orry

I fo

rgot

his

nam

e).

She

has b

ecom

e on

e of

thos

e ve

ry v

ocal

and

con

-ce

rn m

om o

f tel

evisi

on (v

ia S

ister

s) w

ho h

elp

a lo

t of m

om in

th

eir h

ealth

y ch

oice

s for

thei

r fam

ily.

Coo

king

up

new

reci

pes

Ala

-Ma

rtha

Stew

art.

Sh

e al

so b

een

very

goo

d in

giv

ing

out

ad

vice

s ab

out m

arit

al d

iscor

d a

s she

exp

erie

nced

a lo

t of t

hese

ve

ry p

ublic

rela

tions

hip

s. B

ut a

ll the

col

ourfu

l pilla

rs of

her

rela

-tio

nshi

ps m

ade

her

stro

ng a

nd d

eter

min

ed to

wor

k ha

rder

, all

for t

he lo

ve o

f her

chi

ldre

n. L

ike

Hild

a K

oron

el, J

ani

ce h

as b

een

know

n fo

r not

tota

lly d

epen

dent

of t

he fa

ther

of h

er c

hild

ren

fina

ncia

lly.

And

Jan

ice

De

Bele

n w

ith h

er p

etite

bui

lt lo

oks l

ike

a gi

gant

ic fi

gure

�I c

an

do

this�

mom

and

with

that

I�ll

give

her

a

B +

ma

rk.

5.

Lani

Mer

cado

� L

ike

all o

ther

cel

ebrit

y m

om, L

ani

Mer

cado

ha

s a b

right

futu

re in

tele

visio

n a

nd m

ovie

s whe

n lo

ve st

ruck

ed

her a

nd d

ecid

ed to

live

a q

uiet

life

and

sunk

ed in

to m

othe

r-ho

od g

race

fully

. La

ni w

ith h

er v

ery

open

min

ded

ness

ha

s nev

er

got

into

con

trove

rsy u

ntil

her f

eud

with

Ros

ann

a Ro

ces o

ver t

he

affa

ir of

thei

r chi

ldre

n. B

ut li

ke a

true

mot

her,

she

has n

ot b

ad

mou

th R

osa

nna

inst

ead

has g

iven

her

opp

ortu

nity

to c

orre

ct

wha

teve

r ha

rm R

oces

ha

s don

e du

ring

her

tira

de

outb

urst

in

the

pre

ss.

Lani

a tr

ue c

once

rn m

othe

r dec

ided

to ju

st c

once

n-tra

te w

ith h

er su

pp

ortiv

e ro

le a

s a m

om to

her

chi

ldre

n. L

ike

her

kid

s she

kno

ws h

ow lo

ve c

an

be a

bea

utifu

l thi

ng a

nd th

at a

ll sh

e ca

n d

o is

to su

ppor

t and

nur

ture

her

kid

s, to

ma

ke th

em

good

cho

ices

and

to le

arn

from

thei

r mist

ake

s. L

ike

all c

eleb

rity

mom

, whe

n sh

e d

ecid

ed to

hav

e a

quie

t life

and

forg

one

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

be

a b

eaut

y qu

een

or d

o m

ore

mov

ies a

nd tv

sh

ows,

she

has a

goo

d jo

b o

f bei

ng a

selfl

ess m

othe

r and

for

that

we

are

giv

ing

her a

B+

ma

rk.

Oth

er n

otab

le m

oms a

re:

• M

arec

el S

oria

no -

Beco

min

g a

succ

essf

ul si

ngle

mom

a

num

ber

of t

imes

is n

ot a

joke

. B+

•

Kuh

Lede

sma

- A su

per m

oder

n m

om, p

opul

ar f

or in

stilli

ng

a lib

eral

and

op

en m

ind

ed id

eas w

ith h

er c

hild

ren.

B.

•

Lorn

a To

lent

ino

- Bei

ng a

mom

and

mai

ntai

ned

your

gla

m-

ouro

us c

are

er li

fe is

ha

rd fo

r som

e a

nd L

T ha

s bec

ome

a ro

le m

odel

of s

ome

sort

to so

me.

C+

• Zs

a Zs

a Pa

dilla

- Ju

gglin

g a

singi

ng a

nd te

levi

sion

care

er

with

occ

asio

nal b

rillia

nt a

ctin

g st

ints

with

a v

ery

big

fam

ily

are

a m

agic

al ta

sks f

or th

e Zs

a Zs

a. V

iag

ra o

r not

, she

fo

und

love

with

old

er c

omed

ian

Dol

phy

and

ea

rned

her

in

sta

nt m

othe

rhoo

d ro

le p

erfe

ctly

. A

•

Ai-a

i De

Las A

las -

A h

ard

-wor

king

dra

gon

. B

• C

harle

ne G

onza

les

- A lo

vaeb

le m

oder

n m

om.

B •

Ruffa

Gut

ierre

z - A

jet s

ette

r ca

reer

mom

. B

• N

ora

Aun

or -

A n

ot so

goo

d m

om w

ho n

eed

unde

rsta

nd-

ing

and

sup

por

t. D

•

Rosa

nna

Roce

s - P

ublic

out

burst

and

not

so

sma

rt ch

oice

s m

ade

her a

not

so g

ood

role

mod

el fo

r mot

hers.

C -

•

Alm

a M

oren

o - l

iber

al b

ut su

ppor

tive

mom

of h

er k

ids.

B

Vilm

a!

Page

6

But i

f you

wer

e in

my

pla

ce, w

ould

n�t y

ou w

ant t

o kn

ow

Ralp

h�s o

wn

feel

ings

?

Ralp

h Re

cto

has a

lway

s im

pre

ssed

me

as a

gen

tlem

an

of

the

first

ord

er. W

hile

he

has n

o qu

alm

s abo

ut b

eing

lam

-p

oone

d a

�Mr.

Vilm

a S

ant

os�,

he h

as c

onve

nien

tly d

is-ta

nced

him

self

from

the

ima

ge o

f his

wife

as a

sta

r for

all

sea

sons

. Afte

r all,

he�s

also

a st

ar i

n hi

s ow

n rig

ht, a

bud

-d

ing

pol

itici

an

who

�s d

estin

ed to

bec

ome

an im

por

tant

fig

ure,

not

to m

entio

n hi

s fa

mou

s sur

nam

e a

nd ill

ustri

ous

ba

ckgr

ound

. M

ovie

writ

ers a

re a

lway

s fru

stra

ted

with

Ra

lph

who

ver

y ra

rely

gra

nts i

nter

view

s. Th

e fru

stra

tion

grow

s eve

n m

ore

whe

n he

talk

s bec

aus

e he

man

age

s to

keep

thei

r lov

e lif

e �s

acr

ed�.

Bu

t Ral

ph

mus

t ha

ve b

een

over

whe

lmed

by

his w

ife�s

p

ublic

disp

lay

of h

er lo

ve fo

r him

tha

t he

has a

llow

ed

him

self

to b

e on

the

spot

and

say

a m

outh

ful.

O

n th

eir r

ela

tions

hip

: �W

e�ve

bee

n fa

ir to

ea

ch o

ther

eve

r sin

ce a

nd th

at�

s one

of t

he re

aso

ns o

ur u

nion

wor

ks. S

he�s

a

lread

y in

show

biz

whe

n I m

et h

er. V

ilma

Sa

ntos

na

siya

, hi

ndi k

o na

puw

eden

g b

agu

hin

�yun

. I a

dm

ire h

er w

ork.

I w

ant

her

to w

ork

bec

aus

e I k

now

she�

ll gr

ow so

me

mor

e.

I�m n

ot th

e ty

pe

who

bel

ieve

s his

wife

shou

ld st

ay a

t ho

me.

She

also

und

erst

and

s I w

ill a

lway

s be

in p

ublic

ser-

vice

.�

On

Vi�s

dec

ision

: �N

othi

ng to

wor

ry a

bou

t bec

ause

she�

s no

t qui

tting

for g

ood

. She

�ll b

e b

ack

soon

, per

haps

in a

b

ette

r sho

w w

ith a

bet

ter f

orm

at.

Hind

i na

ma

n pa

ngha

-b

angb

uhay

�yun

g sin

g-a

nd-d

ance

ca

reer

na

gin

aga

wa

ni

ya sa

TV

. Pe

ro ip

ina

gma

mal

aki

ko

tala

ga n

a m

ay le

g-a

cy n

ang

mai

iwa

n si

Vi.

I ha

ve b

een

am

used

by

peo

-p

le�s

rea

ctio

ns to

her

dec

ision

. �Yu

ng is

ang

kai

big

an k

o ng

ang

hind

i na

man

taga

-sho

wbi

z, ib

inal

ita sa

�kin

na

nalu

lung

kot d

aw

ang

buo

ng b

ayan

nila

dah

il m

awa

wa

la

na a

ng sh

ow n

i Vi.

�Yun

g ib

a, t

hey�

re h

app

y fo

r us,

esp

e-ci

ally

for V

i who

�ll h

ave

mor

e tim

e fo

r me

daw

. Act

ually

, hi

ndi n

am

an a

ko n

agk

o-co

mpl

ain

sa sc

hedu

le n

iya

ta-

laga

bec

ause

she

does

n�t a

lso c

omp

lain

ab

out m

ine.

� O

n th

eir v

aca

tion:

�It�

s for

Vi�s

ben

efit.

She

�s p

ress

ured

here

and

she

need

s to

take

a g

ood

rest

. H

indi

rin

pah

inga

sa �k

in b

ecau

se I

have

to w

ork

kahi

t na

sa m

a-la

yo k

am

i. Pe

ro sa

ndal

i lang

ka

mi t

ala

ga. I

�d li

ke to

reit-

era

te th

at V

i�s st

ayin

g in

show

busin

ess.�

O

n ha

ving

a c

hild

: �W

hat V

i and

I w

ish is

a c

hild

who

ca

n b

e a

futu

re m

ovie

sta

r lik

e he

r or a

pol

itici

an

like

me.

Or b

oth,

why

not

? Ku

ng h

ind

i pa

ma

ging

frui

tful

ngay

on, w

ell,

we�

ll try

our

luck

nex

t tim

e. T

here

�s n

o ne

ed to

hur

ry. I

do

bel

ieve

tha

t it w

ill ha

pp

en in

God

�s

time.

� M

ore

dre

am

s for

Vi:

�In a

wa

y, V

i�s d

ecisi

on to

qui

t her

sh

ow is

a si

gn o

f her

ma

turit

y. S

he�s

def

inite

ly g

row

ing

up so

me

mor

e. In

the

pro

cess

, she

ca

n ed

uca

te a

lot o

f p

eop

le a

side

from

ent

erta

inin

g th

em. S

he c

an sh

are

her

gift

to th

ose

who

bel

ieve

in h

er. I

wan

t her

to b

e m

ore

pro

duct

ive.

La

hat n

am

an

po ta

yong

mga

Pilip

ino

ay

kaila

nga

ng a

laga

an n

atin

at p

alak

ihin

pa

na

tin a

ng

tale

nton

g ib

inig

ay sa

atin

ng

Pang

inoo

n�.

This

artic

le c

am

e ou

t afte

r ate

Vi b

id g

oodb

ye to

her

lo

ng ru

nnin

g TV

show

, to

give

Ra

lph

a b

aby.

A b

ig sa

c-rif

ice,

con

sider

ing

tha

t she

�s e

arn

ing

milli

ons o

f pes

os a

m

onth

for t

hat s

how

! M

s. Ri

na J

imen

ez-D

avid

, a k

now

n po

litic

al c

olum

nist

, w

rote

this

also

at t

he P

DI:

�A F

EW w

eeks

ago

, I d

rea

mt I

ha

d a

bab

y.

I don

�t ev

en k

now

if th

e ba

by w

as a

girl

or a

boy

. All

I re

mem

ber

is th

at m

y fa

mily

wa

s hav

ing

a pi

cnic

and

I w

as c

arry

ing

a la

ughi

ng in

fant

, abo

ut fi

ve m

onth

s old

, d

ress

ed in

a w

hite

terry

-clo

th o

vera

ll, its

hoo

d sn

ug o

ver

its h

ead

, and

we

wer

e a

ll chu

cklin

g an

d c

ooin

g ov

er

the

bab

y�s a

ntic

s. W

hen

I tol

d h

im a

bout

my

drea

m

the

next

mor

ning

, the

hub

by lo

oked

at m

e a

skan

ce,

with

a sc

owl t

hat s

eem

ed to

ask

: �So

wha

t do

you

wa

nt

me

to d

o a

bout

it?�

A

pp

roa

chin

g 35

, my

self-

impo

sed

d

eadl

ine

for p

regn

ancy

, I w

ould

ofte

n da

y-d

rea

m

abo

ut h

avin

g a

third

chi

ld. B

ut I

wa

s bro

ught

up

shor

t, w

hen,

shar

ing

this

pos

sibilit

y w

ith th

e hu

bby

, he

poi

nted

Vilm

a!

Page

47

F

rom

pag

e 43

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Vilm

a co

-sta

rred

with

Ant

hony

Cas

telo

in

Paka

wal

an

Mo

Ako

(198

1) d

irect

ed b

y El

woo

d P

erez

and

Non

oy

Zuñi

ga

in N

ever

Eve

r Say

Goo

dby

e (1

982)

dire

cted

by

Gil

M.

Porte

s?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

dire

ctor

Em

man

uel H

. Bor

laza

, who

use

d to

di-

rect

Vilm

a in

the

�70s

, las

t wor

ked

with

her

in Ib

igay

Mo

sa A

kin

ang

Buka

s in

1987

?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Vilm

a is

the

only

act

ress

who

ha

s wor

ked

with

the

follo

win

g aw

ard

-win

ning

Filip

ino

dire

ctor

s? A

side

from

Lin

o

Broc

ka a

nd Is

hmae

l Ber

nal,

Vilm

a w

as d

irect

ed b

y C

elso

Ad

Ca

sti-

llo (B

urle

sk Q

ueen

, Pag

put

i ng

Uwak

, Pag

itim

ng

Taga

k), G

il M

.

Porte

s (M

iss X

, Nev

er E

ver S

ay G

ood

bye)

, Da

nny

Zialc

ita (L

ang

is at

Tubi

g, K

arm

a, G

aano

Ka

dala

s ang

Min

san,

T-b

ird a

t Ako

), M

ike

de

Leon

(Sist

er S

tella

L),

Ma

rilou

Dia

z A

bay

a (A

lyas

Bab

y Ts

ina

, Min

san

Pa N

atin

g Ha

gka

n a

ng N

aka

raa

n), L

aur

ice

Gui

llen

(Ka

pag

Lang

it

ang

Hum

atol

, Ipa

gpat

awa

d M

o, D

olzu

ra C

orte

z St

ory)

, Ma

ryo

J. d

e

los R

eyes

(Tag

os n

g D

ugo,

Sin

ung

alin

g M

ong

Pus

o), C

hito

Roñ

o

(Ikaw

Lam

ang

, Bat

a, B

ata

Paa

no K

a G

inaw

a?,

Dek

ad

a 70

), Jo

se

Javi

er R

eyes

(Nag

iisa

ng B

ituin

), Ro

ry Q

uint

os (A

nak)

and

now

by

Joel

Lam

anga

n in

Ma

no P

o 3.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Vilm

a ha

s won

the

follo

win

g a

wa

rds?

Uria

n,

eig

ht; F

ama

s, fiv

e; S

tar A

wa

rds,

five;

Film

Aca

dem

y, fo

ur; M

ovie

Mag

azin

e A

wa

rds,

four

; Met

ro M

ani

la F

ilm F

estiv

al, t

hree

; Cat

holic

Ma

ss M

edia

Aw

ard

s, tw

o; Y

oung

Crit

ics C

ircle

, tw

o; P

asa

do

Aw

ard

s, tw

o; F

ame

Mag

azin

e A

war

ds,

two;

Cin

ema

Rave

, tw

o

and

one

eac

h fro

m M

ani

la F

ilm F

estiv

al, S

IASI

Jol

o C

ritic

s Aw

ard

s,

Gaw

ad

Tang

law

, Let

�s T

alk

Mov

ies A

wa

rds,

Cin

ema

scoo

p A

wa

rds,

Baco

lod

Film

Fes

tival

and

Cha

nnel

2 V

iew

ers C

hoic

e. S

he h

as t

wo

inte

rnat

iona

l aw

ard

s fro

m th

e Br

usse

ls In

depe

nden

t Film

Fes

tival

for

Bata

, Bat

a Pa

ano

Ka

Gin

awa

? a

nd C

inem

ani

la In

tern

atio

nal F

ilm

Fest

ival

for D

eka

da

70 b

oth

dire

cted

by

Chi

to R

oño.

She

is th

e

youn

gest

act

ress

to b

e el

evat

ed to

the

Fam

as H

all o

f Fam

e in

198

9

at th

e ag

e of

36.

She

won

for D

ama

de

Noc

he (1

972)

, Pa

kaw

ala

n

Mo

Ako

(198

1), R

elas

yon

(198

2), T

agos

ng

Dug

o (1

987)

and

Ibul

ong

Mo

sa D

iyos

(198

8). S

he h

as t

wo

Fam

as C

ircle

of E

xcel

lenc

e aw

ard

s

(199

2 an

d 19

93),

Film

Aca

dem

y (1

997)

and

Fam

as (

1998

) Life

time

Ach

ieve

men

t aw

ard

s and

two

Uria

n Be

st A

ctre

ss n

g D

eka

da

for

the

�80s

and

the

�90s

. In

tere

stin

g, is

n�t i

t? H

ope

you

had

a g

rand

time

rea

ding

thos

e tri

via

as m

uch

as I

did.

Show

biz

Mom

sSh

owbi

z M

oms

Ni R

endt

Vira

y HHo

w d

o yo

u ra

te a

per

son

who

sac

rific

e th

eir o

wn

per-

sona

l live

s jus

t for

you

r ow

n ha

ppin

ess?

W

e a

re ta

lking

a

bou

t our

ow

n m

oms.

The

y g

ave

us li

fe.

They

nur

ture

us

and

gui

de u

s to

the

right

pat

h. S

how

biz

mom

s are

no

diffe

rent

to o

rdin

ary

mom

s. T

hey

all w

ante

d th

e sa

me

brig

ht fu

ture

with

thei

r kid

s. T

hey

wor

k ha

rder

as a

ll th

e su

bur

ban

mom

s or w

orki

ng m

oms.

Fro

m M

ad

onna

to

Britn

ey S

pea

rs, t

hey

mad

e he

adl

ines

bec

aus

e of

thei

r co

ntro

versi

al w

ay o

f nur

turin

g th

eir k

ids.

Som

e or

unc

on-

vent

iona

l, so

me

are

qui

te ri

sky.

In

the

Philip

pine

s, m

othe

r-ho

od b

ring

s out

the

mat

urity

and

the

best

cha

ract

ers o

f al

l our

cel

ebrit

ies.

If

we

mar

k ea

ch, A

for t

he b

est m

om

to F

for f

ailin

g m

ark

, who

tops

our

list

?

1.

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

- W

hen

you

hea

r all t

he g

ood

deed

s th

at y

ou so

n ha

s bee

n d

oing

, hel

ping

out

peo

ple

who

are

less

fortu

nate

, don

atin

g m

oney

and

ha

s be-

com

e ve

ry re

spec

tful o

f you

r col

leag

ue, a

mot

her

wou

ld c

erta

inly

feel

pro

ud.

Mot

her V

ilma

evid

ently

nu

rture

d so

n, L

uis M

anza

no in

to th

at ri

ght

pat

h. H

e ce

rtain

ly b

ecom

e a

role

mod

el fo

r the

you

th.

Ate

Vi�s

tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

from

a lib

erat

ed, f

emin

ist, m

oder

n w

oman

to a

real

life

wor

king

mom

has

its u

ps a

nd

dow

n. F

rom

wor

king

con

secu

tive

film

s jus

t to

pay

her

ta

x d

ebts

whi

le p

reg

nant

to L

uis o

r giv

ing

up

her t

op

rate

d TV

show

to g

et p

reg

nant

ag

ain

to h

er y

oung

est,

Rya

n. A

ll th

e up

s and

dow

n ce

rtain

ly ta

ught

her

how

to

bal

anc

e he

r fam

ily li

fe &

ca

reer

. A

lthou

gh b

oth

Luis

and

now

Rya

n ha

s the

ir ow

n pe

rson

al y

aya

s, m

om V

i rem

aine

d c

onne

cted

and

invo

lved

in th

e up

brin

ging

and

nur

turin

g of

her

sons

. Ev

eryo

ne

know

s how

she

love

s her

chi

ldre

n, th

e �I

love

you

Lu

cky�

dur

ing

her

now

def

unct

va

riety

show

was

a

very

pub

lic sh

owin

g of

affe

ctio

n. A

lthou

gh d

urin

g th

is tim

es, b

oth

Vilm

a a

nd E

du

beg

ged

the

pre

ss n

ot to

in

clud

e th

eir s

on in

thei

r writ

e-up

s. T

hey

succ

essf

ully

p

rote

cted

thei

r son

�s p

rivac

y w

ith so

me

sort

of n

or-

mal

cy v

ery

seld

om se

en in

a c

eleb

ritie

s and

chi

ldre

n.

Vilm

a a

nd E

du

enco

urag

ed o

penn

ess a

nd b

oth

stille

d th

e im

porta

nce

of e

duca

tion.

Lu

is re

mai

ned

hid

den

from

the

pub

lic e

ye u

ntil h

is d

ecisi

on to

try

the

mod

elin

g a

nd v

j stin

t. H

e be

cam

e a

hot p

rope

rty n

ot

only

bec

aus

e of

his

gene

s but

bec

aus

e of

his

true

tale

nt.

He h

as th

is ex

citin

g, b

ubbl

y tra

its th

at is

no-

ticea

ble.

Ate

Vi�s

2nd

son,

Rya

n, is

also

a to

tal d

e-

{ ess

ay }

Vilm

a!

Page

7

out:

�We

hard

ly h

ave

enou

gh ti

me

to sh

are

with

the

two

kid

s we

have

. It w

ould

be

unfa

ir (t

o th

e ch

ild) t

o ha

ve a

th

ird c

hild

whe

n w

e�re

so b

usy.

� A

few

da

ys a

fter t

urni

ng

40, l

ong

pa

st th

e d

ead

line,

I fe

ll int

o an

une

xpla

inab

le

blu

e fu

nk, s

unk

so d

eep

into

des

pon

den

cy I

coul

dn�t

ev

en w

ork

up th

e en

ergy

to w

rite

a c

olum

n fo

r tw

o st

raig

ht d

ays.

It w

as,

I rea

lize

now

, a �m

id-li

fe c

risis

epi-

sod

e�, b

ut a

fter m

y d

rea

m, I

ha

ve a

noth

er e

xpla

natio

n: I

wa

s bid

ding

my

�chi

ld-b

earin

g ye

ars�

goo

dbye

. O

ur

dre

am

ana

lyst

Luc

ito d

e Je

sus m

ay o

ffer a

mor

e co

gent

a

nd re

aso

ned

exp

lana

tion

for m

y �d

rea

m� b

aby

(whi

ch

rem

ind

s me,

I d

id p

lan

to w

rite

a no

te to

him

abo

ut it

). Bu

t I h

ave

com

e up

with

my

own

theo

ry: E

ven

if I h

ad

ra-

tiona

lly a

nd re

aso

nabl

y a

ccep

ted

the

fact

tha

t I w

ould

no

long

er b

e ge

tting

pre

gnan

t, m

y su

bco

nsci

ous w

as e

x-p

ress

ing

a b

arel

y su

ppr

esse

d y

earn

ing

to h

old

an

infa

nt in

m

y a

rms a

gain

and

ca

ll th

e b

aby

min

e.

Whi

ch is

why

I fe

lt fo

r Vilm

a S

anto

s, re

adin

g a

bout

her

tea

rful p

ress

con

-fe

renc

e in

whi

ch sh

e an

noun

ced

tha

t she

wa

s put

ting

a st

op n

ot ju

st to

her

fren

etic

dan

ce n

umb

ers o

n he

r w

eekl

y TV

show

, but

to h

er e

ntire

show

biz

care

er, i

n a

la

st-d

itch

atte

mp

t to

bea

r Ra

lph

Rect

o�s c

hild

. I

have

of

ten

thou

ght i

t evi

den

ce th

at G

od h

as b

een

pla

ying

fa

vorit

es th

at h

e sh

ould

ma

ke m

e a

roun

d th

e sa

me

age

a

s the

Sta

r for

All

Sea

sons

and

yet

mak

e M

s. Sa

ntos

look

tw

o d

ecad

es y

oung

er.

But E

skin

ol a

nd g

ood

gene

s ca

n on

ly g

o so

far.

Insid

e, th

e p

lum

bing

age

s at t

he sa

me

in-

exor

abl

e p

ace

. It

is e

ntire

ly p

ossib

le fo

r Vilm

a S

anto

s to

get p

regn

ant a

gain

, but

it w

ill b

e m

ore

diffi

cult

to b

ring

the

preg

nanc

y to

full

term

with

out c

ompl

ica

tions

. Whi

ch

is w

hy p

regn

ancy

at h

er a

ge e

xact

s suc

h a

hea

vy p

rice:

th

e ab

and

onm

ent o

f wha

t for

Vilm

a b

efor

e sh

e be

cam

e a

con

gres

sma

n�s w

ife h

ad

bee

n th

e ce

ntra

l foc

us o

f her

lif

e.

How

to e

xpla

in th

e va

lue

of V

ilma�

s sa

crifi

ce?

The

on

ly w

ay I

can

und

erst

and

it, is

to w

ond

er h

ow I

wou

ld

feel

if I

had

bee

n a

sked

to st

op w

ritin

g.�

A

noth

er re

spec

ted

writ

er, a

form

er P

ress

Sec

reta

ry o

f the

A

qui

no a

dm

inist

ratio

n an

d fo

und

er o

f FO

CA

P, th

e la

te

Mr.

Teod

oro

C. B

enig

no w

rote

at T

he P

hil.

Sta

r: �N

o, sh

e w

as n

ever

Ven

us c

arve

d ou

t of a

ma

rble

sta

tue,

or a

va

mp

whi

ch sh

e a

cted

out

in o

ne o

r tw

o m

ovie

s, or

a

heife

r in

hea

t lik

e Sh

aron

Sto

ne.

She

wa

s not

ma

de fo

r

any

of t

hese

role

s. If

ima

gina

tion

wer

e ne

eded

to d

e-sc

ribe

Vilm

a S

ant

os, s

he w

ould

be

the

girl

insid

e a

floor

-le

ngth

show

er c

urta

in o

f she

er g

ossa

mer

and

whi

te

lace

. On

cue,

she

wou

ld c

ome

out a

dor

ably

pre

tty a

nd

entra

ncin

g, a

ll lig

hted

up

like

a C

hrist

ma

s tre

e, e

yes

mer

ry a

nd tw

inkl

ing,

the

child

in h

er in

per

pet

ual b

attl

e w

ith th

e w

oman

in h

er.

The

wor

ld o

f ent

erta

inm

ent

shoo

k m

ight

ily se

vera

l da

ys a

go w

hen

Vilm

a, u

nabl

e to

ho

ld b

ack

her

tear

s, an

noun

ced

her

15-

yea

r-old

TV

sh

ow V

ilma

on

GM

A-7

wou

ld e

nd v

ery

soon

. And

, yes

, sh

e w

ould

also

stop

star

ring

in m

ovie

s. W

hy?

I sup

pose

no

body

else

but

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

cou

ld h

ave

dec

ided

the

wa

y sh

e di

d. S

he w

ant

ed to

hav

e a

bab

y w

ith h

usb

and

Ralp

h Re

cto.

She

wan

ted

to c

once

ive

so a

vidl

y, so

insa

-tia

bly

and

des

per

ate

ly sh

e w

as l

ayin

g he

r who

le c

are

er

on th

e lin

e.

I t

hink

I kn

ow h

ow sh

e fe

els.

Ma

ny, m

any

yea

rs a

go

Sop

hia

Lore

n fe

lt th

e sa

me

way

. Tw

ice,

she

had

a m

is-ca

rria

ge, u

nabl

e to

ca

rry a

ba

by in

side

her w

omb

for

mor

e th

an

thre

e m

onth

s. So

phi

a a

nd C

arlo

Pon

ti w

ere

at t

heir

wits

� end

. Whe

n fin

ally

she

got p

regn

ant f

or a

th

ird ti

me,

the

who

le w

orld

of S

ophi

a Lo

ren

stop

ped

. C

arlo

Pon

ti, o

n m

edic

al a

dvic

e, h

ustle

d he

r off

to a

ho-

tel b

esid

e a

lake

in G

enev

a. T

here

she

stay

ed in

bed

for

nine

mon

ths,

hard

ly m

ovin

g, n

o te

leph

one

calls

. Onl

y te

levi

sion.

She

ate

her

mea

ls in

bed

. A d

octo

r wa

s in

cons

tant

atte

ndan

ce.

For

Vilm

a a

nd R

alp

h, it

�s li

ke

wa

iting

for G

odot

. Rem

emb

er S

am

uel B

ecke

tt�s W

aiti

ng

for G

odot

? It�

s an

alle

gory

. Tw

o p

erso

ns w

ait

for s

ome-

bod

y w

ho c

ould

be

God

, the

wa

iting

alm

ost a

cry

of

impo

tenc

e, g

rief a

d h

elp

less

ness

seek

ing

the

mira

cle

of

crea

tion,

seek

ing

God

�s in

terc

essio

n. Is

not

all

tha

t is

won

drou

sly a

live

His?

Exc

ept t

hat G

od h

elp

s onl

y th

ose

who

hel

p th

emse

lves

. Ral

ph a

nd V

ilma

can

not h

ave

a

bab

y un

til n

ow b

ecau

se b

oth

� du

e to

thei

r bus

y liv

es

and

ca

reer

s � h

ave

alw

ays m

issed

the

pref

ect t

ryst

ing

hour

in b

ed.

The

time

to m

ake

love

wa

s whe

n Ra

lph

wa

s at h

is b

est a

nd lu

stie

st a

nd V

ilma

at h

er m

ost f

ertil

e p

erio

d. A

nd th

at n

ever

hap

pen

ed.

Now

, it w

ill ha

p-

pen

, or s

houl

d b

e gu

aran

teed

to h

app

en. L

ove

will

still

be

a m

any-

sple

ndor

ed th

ing

to b

e p

erfo

rmed

in th

e >>

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r mor

e in

form

atio

n ab

out t

he Q

ueen

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pine

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ema,

Ms.

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a Sa

ntos

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cto,

visi

t Eric

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urat

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l Vilm

a Sa

ntos

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site

at:

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IL

MA

SA

NT

OS.N

ET

Mag

karo

on n

g p

roje

cts p

ara

mak

atul

ong

sa m

ga n

ang

ai-

gaila

nga

n at

mai

pag

mam

alak

i ni A

te V

i ang

ka

nya

ng m

ga

Vilm

ania

ns.

10. K

ung

mak

akau

sap

mo

ngay

on si

Ate

Vi,

anon

g un

ang

unan

g sa

sabi

hin

mo

sa k

anya

at a

nong

una

ng-u

nang

gus

to

mon

g m

alam

ang

pers

onal

na

hind

i mo

pa a

lam

tung

kol s

a ka

nya?

Di k

o al

am k

ung

may

roon

lala

bas

sa b

ibig

ko

kung

ma

kaka

-ha

rap

at m

aka

usa

p ko

siya

. Da

hil n

un n

aka

usa

p ko

siya

last

A

ugus

t 200

5 sa

pho

ne d

i ko

alam

kun

g a

no a

ng sa

sabi

hin

ko

sa k

any

a da

hil d

i pa

rin

ako

ma

kapa

niw

ala

na k

aus

ap

ko si

ya

pa

rang

isa

ng n

apa

kag

and

ang

pa

nagi

nip

lang

yun

. Nan

g m

ata

pos l

ang

yun

sand

alin

g y

un b

ago

ko n

asa

bi sa

sarili

ko

ba

kit d

i ko

sina

bi a

ng g

any

an

o ga

nito

. A

ng p

erso

nal n

a

gus

to k

ong

mal

ama

n sa

ka

nya

ay k

ung

may

roon

na

ban

g p

agka

kata

on n

a na

gka

ha

rap

silan

g la

hat n

i Ral

ph,

Ed

u, a

t siy

a. A

no a

ng n

agin

g p

aki

ram

dam

niy

a?

Did

that

mom

ent

ma

ke h

er fe

el u

ncom

forta

ble?

Kun

g h

indi

pa

nang

yari

yun

sa

kani

la a

no a

ng g

agaw

in n

iya

sa m

ga p

agka

kata

on n

a yu

n?

Paa

no n

agin

g _e

xpre

ssio

n ni

ya a

ng H

EAV

EN?

Da

hil b

a

pal

ayaw

ni R

onni

e H

ena

res s

a ka

nya

or d

ahi

l mah

ilig n

iya

ng

ba

nggi

tin y

un H

EAV

EN k

aya

nagi

ng p

alay

aw sa

ka

nya

ni

Ronn

ie H

ena

res?

1

1. K

ung

mak

akau

sap

mo

ngay

on s

i Ate

Vi,

anon

g m

ga b

a-ga

y tu

ngko

l sa'

yo a

ng g

usto

mon

g m

alam

an n

i Ate

Vi?

Sa

sabi

hin

ko sa

ka

nya

na

hin

di a

ko n

alul

ung

kot p

ag n

asa

tra-

ba

ho a

ng a

saw

a at

na

sa sc

hool

ang

mga

ana

k ko

bec

aus

e sh

e is

keep

ing

me

com

pa

ny a

t hom

e. I

wat

ch h

er ta

pes

hin

di

ako

nag

saw

a m

ask

i ulit

ulit

in k

o ito

. I h

ave

frie

nds i

n th

e eg

roup

s tha

t I c

an

talk

to a

bout

our

mut

ual i

nter

est/

love

that

is

Ate

Vi.

She

also

kee

ps m

e co

mpa

ny w

hen

I'm d

rivin

g, I

al-

mos

t alw

ays p

lay

her C

D w

hen

I ta

ke m

y ki

ds t

o sc

hool

and

w

hen

I pic

k th

em u

p fro

m sc

hool

. Sin

asa

baya

n ko

pa

siya

at

min

san

nap

apas

ayaw

pa

ng

a. M

ask

i nga

yun

da

ught

er k

o g

usto

yun

mga

song

s ni

ya s

a C

D. F

an

na ri

n siy

a ni

ate

Vi a

nd

she

love

s her

VIL

MA

SH

OW

S sp

ecia

lly m

ga o

peni

ng n

umb

ers.

12. K

ung

"mot

her"

ka n

a ng

ayon

, ano

ng m

ga b

agay

ang

na

tutu

nan

mo

sa p

agig

ing

Vilm

ania

n m

o na

ina-

appl

y m

o sa

pa

gigi

ng in

a? O

kun

g hi

ndi k

a na

man

"mot

her"

ano

sa p

ala-

gay

mo

ang

natu

tuna

n m

o na

pue

de m

ong

i-app

ly k

apag

na

ging

ina

ka n

a?

Beca

use

of A

te V

i's fi

nanc

ial s

ituat

ion

at th

e tim

e sh

e w

as w

ith

Edu

she

had

to w

ork

so h

ard

that

lead

to h

er se

para

tion

from

Ed

u. B

ut L

ucky

was

nev

er n

egle

cted

. Fr

om th

e p

aper

s tha

t we

have

read

from

var

ious

sour

ces t

hat L

ucky

gro

wn

to b

e a

nice

yo

ung

ma

n w

ith b

oth

of h

is fe

et o

n th

e g

roun

d. K

ris A

qui

no

men

tione

d in

The

Buz

z: K

aha

nga

hang

a a

ng p

agpa

pala

ki n

i A

te V

i and

Ed

u ka

y Lu

cky

beca

use

Luck

y kn

ows h

ow to

sha

re

his b

less

ing

with

the

less

fortu

nate

. He

wro

te tw

o ch

ecks

for t

he

cont

esta

nts i

n PG

KNB

with

out K

ris m

entio

ning

it in

The

Buz

z no

on

e w

ould

eve

n kn

ow w

hat h

e di

d sin

ce it

was

n't d

one

infro

nt

of th

e ca

mer

a.

A

fter

ate

Vi r

ema

rried

, at t

he h

eig

ht o

f her

ca

reer

she

quit

her

Vilm

a Sh

ow to

con

ceiv

e a

baby

. Th

is sh

owed

how

impo

rtant

fa

mily

was

to h

er.

Ate

Vi i

s the

may

or o

f Lip

a fo

r thr

ee te

rms

now

and

that

onl

y sh

ows t

hat t

he p

eopl

e of

Lip

a ap

pre

ciat

e he

r wor

k.

She

is th

e m

othe

r of t

he w

hole

Lip

a C

ity a

nd th

at is

no

t an

easy

job

. She

kno

ws h

ow to

bal

anc

e he

r tim

e. L

ike

Ate

V

i, m

y p

riorit

y is

my

fam

ily.

I ch

ose

to b

e a

dom

estic

eng

i-ne

er.

In m

y ow

n lit

tle w

ay I'

m g

ivin

g b

ack

by v

olun

teer

ing

at

my

kids

scho

ol.

I enj

oy b

eing

aro

und

chi

ldre

n th

ey m

ake

me

feel

app

reci

ated

. 13

. Sa

pala

gay

mo

anon

g m

ga n

a-itu

long

ni A

te V

i sa

iyon

g bu

hay

bila

ng b

abae

?

Ate

Vi's

mov

ies B

ata

..., A

nak,

etc

... ta

ckle

d w

omen

issu

es. H

er

life

& h

er m

ovie

s are

like

wom

en's

mirr

or. A

s the

sayi

ng g

oes:

If th

ere'

s a w

ill th

ere'

s a w

ay.

If a

man

ca

n d

o it

so d

oes a

wom

an

may

be

even

bet

ter t

han

the

ma

n. W

omen

shou

ldn'

t be

und

er-

estim

ated

and

shou

ld b

e tre

ated

eq

ual l

ike

wha

t ate

Vi's

sp

eech

at t

he D

iwat

a A

wa

rds.

14

. Kum

plet

uhin

mo

ang

pang

ungu

sap

na it

o: "A

ko a

y Vi

lma-

nian

dah

il..."

(pa

hira

m, D

ubai

) Ka

hit k

aila

n m

an h

indi

ako

m

agig

ing

isa

ng Y

ou k

now

Who

. Ka

si at

e V

i is a

goo

d ro

le

mod

el.

�I

chos

e to

be

a do

mes

tic

engi

neer

.�

I ch

ose

to b

e a

dom

esti

c en

gine

er.

In

my

In

my

own

litt

le w

ay I

'm g

ivin

g ba

ck

own

litt

le w

ay I

'm g

ivin

g ba

ck

byby v

olun

teer

ing

at m

y ki

ds s

choo

l.vo

lunt

eeri

ng

at m

y ki

ds s

choo

l. I

enj

oy b

e- I

enj

oy b

e-in

g ar

oun

d ch

ildr

en t

hey

mak

e m

e fe

el a

ppre

-in

g ar

oun

d ch

ildr

en t

hey

mak

e m

e fe

el a

ppre

-ci

ated

.�

ciat

ed.�

-- J

ean

nie

Won

g J

ean

nie

Won

g

Vilm

a!

Page

8

app

eare

d, V

ilma

calle

d m

e up

from

a

shoo

ting

loca

tion,

sa

ying

she

liked

the

colu

mn

very

muc

h. I

told

her

late

r I w

as

thril

led

no e

nd b

y he

r ca

lling

up, a

thril

l I

neve

r fel

t whe

n ta

lk-

ing

with

VIP

s ove

r the

p

hone

. A

nd n

ow,

Vilm

a is

bid

ding

go

odby

e. S

he h

as

not b

een

fetis

hize

d lik

e N

ora

Aun

or, w

ith

who

m sh

e gr

ew u

p in

th

e m

ovie

s and

the

ente

rtain

men

t wor

ld.

But s

he st

ood

her

ow

n, la

sted

and

en-

dur

ed e

ven

as l

a A

unor

long

ago

fell

by

the

wa

ysid

e. V

ilma

ha

d th

e se

cret

of p

er-

pet

ual w

ond

er, e

xu-

ber

anc

e an

d ad

oles

-ce

nce.

Eve

n w

ith th

e p

ass

age

of d

eca

des

, sh

e re

ma

ined

per

fect

fo

r a L

ux a

dver

tise-

men

t. Sh

e w

on a

clu

tch

of a

wa

rds a

nd a

ctin

g ho

nors

. Sh

e co

uld

em

ote,

she

coul

d la

ugh

and

cry

, she

cou

ld

dan

ce, s

he c

ould

ent

erta

in.

She

wa

s a g

ood

girl

who

cou

ld n

ot b

e a

vam

p n

o m

at-

ter h

ow sh

e so

met

imes

trie

d in

the

mov

ies.

Mos

t of a

ll, sh

e w

as a

per

fect

ioni

st.

Onc

e I a

sked

Lea

Sa

long

a

who

she

ad

mire

d m

ost i

n th

e w

orld

of e

nter

tain

men

t. A

mon

g th

e na

mes

she

men

tione

d in

the

US w

as B

arb

ra

Stre

isand

. �I a

dm

ire h

er a

lot,

she

is a

per

fect

ioni

st,�

Lea

sa

id. W

hen

it ca

me

to th

e Ph

ilippi

nes,

Lea

men

tione

d

only

two

nam

es if

I re

call,

the

first

Vilm

a S

anto

s. �S

he to

o is

a p

erfe

ctio

nist

,� Le

a to

ld m

e. T

his i

s the

sup

rem

e a

c-co

lad

e an

inte

rna

tiona

lly c

eleb

rate

d p

erfo

rmer

like

bou

doir.

The

re w

ill b

e no

reco

urse

to a

rtific

ial i

nsem

ina

-tio

n or

in v

itro

ferti

liza

tion.

Not

yet

any

wa

y. If

this

last

ch

ance

at h

avin

g a

bab

y in

the

norm

al w

ay

und

er

idea

l con

diti

ons s

houl

d fa

il, th

en a

nd o

nly

then

will

they

re

sort

to in

vitr

o.

We

have

to g

ive

it to

Vilm

a a

nd R

alp

h.

Fina

lly w

e fin

d tw

o p

eopl

e w

ho lis

ten

to w

hisp

ers o

f the

b

eaut

itud

es, w

ho c

onsid

er h

avin

g a

bab

y m

uch

mor

e im

porta

nt th

an

all t

he sp

ires a

nd g

ilded

tem

ple

s of

Ap

ollo

. Hu

ndre

ds o

f cou

ples

in th

e sa

me

pred

icam

ent

will

just

ado

pt a

bab

y an

d th

at�

s tha

t. Bu

t Vilm

a is

the

Eter

nal W

oman

in th

e se

nse

tha

t lov

e an

d w

hat l

ove

crea

tes s

houl

d se

ek n

o ot

her o

utle

t tha

n N

atu

re�s

wa

y.

Even

if w

hat i

s to

be

set a

side

is on

e of

the

mos

t suc

-ce

ssfu

l and

spec

tacu

lar c

are

ers i

n th

e m

ovie

and

ent

er-

tain

men

t wor

ld. O

nce,

whe

n I c

o-ho

sted

with

her

dur

ing

the

25th

ann

iver

sary

of G

MA

-7, w

e co

nver

sed

on

the

side

abo

ut h

er h

avin

g a

ba

by w

ith R

alp

h. A

nd sh

e sa

id,

�Tito

Ted

dy, t

ala

gang

sabi

k na

sabi

k na

ka

mi,

plea

se fo

r us

.� W

e d

id a

boo

gie

num

ber

then

, and

the

audi

ence

la

pp

ed it

up

. Vilm

a ju

st lo

ves t

o d

ance

, but

dan

ces w

ill b

e ve

rbot

en a

fter V

ilma

on G

MA

-7 c

lose

s dow

n. A

ny-

thin

g st

renu

ous w

ill b

e ve

rbot

en. F

or if

life

shou

ld e

ver

flick

er in

her

wom

b, V

ilma

will

do a

s Sop

hia

Lor

en d

id,

nurs

e th

at f

irst d

ivin

e sh

udd

er o

f sp

erm

and

egg

into

a

fetu

s. Fr

om th

ere,

she

has t

o pr

otec

t her

wom

b w

ith it

s un

born

chi

ld li

ke a

fortr

ess a

gain

st th

e el

emen

ts.

Vilm

a�s

is n

ow th

e cr

y ov

er th

e p

reci

pice

for t

he C

rea

tor

to re

nder

her

pre

gnan

t thr

ough

Ral

ph.

It h

as b

een

the

cry

of m

othe

rs an

d w

ould

-be

mot

hers

sinc

e tim

e im

me-

mor

ial.

As a

vol

cano

wan

ts to

em

it th

e fir

st m

urm

ur o

f p

regn

ancy

, so

does

a m

othe

r. Vi

lma

ha

s ha

d a

son

with

Ed

u M

anz

ano,

her

firs

t hus

ban

d, b

ut li

fe to

day

wou

ld b

e a

lmos

t mea

ning

less

with

out a

chi

ld w

ith R

alp

h. It

wa

s w

ith h

er si

ck a

nd b

edrid

den

son

Luck

y th

at I

saw

her

for

the

first

tim

e a

t the

Ma

kati

Med

ical

em

erge

ncy

wa

rd

thre

e or

four

yea

rs a

go.

She

wa

s Vilm

a w

ith-o

ut m

ake

-up

, Vilm

a fo

rlorn

and

seem

ingl

y al

l alo

ne in

this

wor

ld,

Vilm

a so

sud

den

ly v

ulne

rabl

e a

nd h

elpl

ess.

I wan

ted

to

talk

to h

er b

ut d

idn�

t. I f

elt t

his w

ould

be

viol

atin

g th

e te

mp

le o

f her

lone

lines

s, he

r des

ire to

be

alon

e w

ith h

er

stric

ken

son.

It w

as t

he fi

rst t

ime

I eve

r sa

w h

er in

per

son.

A

nd so

I w

rote

ab

out t

hat e

xper

ienc

e in

my

colu

mn

ti-tle

d V

ilma

: Va

mp

or V

irgin

? Th

e m

orni

ng th

e co

lum

n

Vilm

a!

Page

45

o na

bab

asa

tung

kol s

a k

any

a.

Hig

h M

omen

ts: M

ga m

aga

nda

ng b

alita

tung

kol k

ay a

te V

i ka

tula

d ng

UP

Gaw

ad P

larid

el, D

octo

rate

Deg

ree,

Gra

nd

Slam

, Int

erna

tiona

l Aw

ard

s, D

'Luck

y O

nes m

ovie

Trib

ute

to h

er,

any

one

men

tioni

ng h

ow m

uch

they

love

, ado

re A

te V

i. I

coul

d g

o on

and

on

bak

a m

aub

usan

tayo

ng

spa

ce.

5. M

agku

wen

to k

a ng

mga

mal

iliit n

a ba

gay

na n

agpa

-pa

alal

a sa

'yo

na ib

a ta

laga

si A

te V

i kum

para

sa

iban

g ar

-tis

ta.

Na

hin

di si

ya m

ara

mot

na

bigy

an

ng h

ala

ga a

ng p

agm

ama

-ha

l sa

kany

a ng

mga

taon

g su

mos

opor

ta sa

ka

nya

kat

ula

d ng

pag

sag

ot n

iya

ng te

xt m

essa

ges s

a ka

nya

, ang

pa

g p

ost-

ing

sa e

gro

ups a

ll th

ese

little

thin

gs n

abib

igay

ng

kal

igay

aha

n sa

am

in.

6. G

aano

mo

kam

ahal

si A

te V

i?

Pagm

aha

l mo

ang

isa

ng ta

o na

mi m

iss m

o siy

a. Y

un b

ang

yo

u ca

n't g

et e

noug

h of

her

. Tha

t's h

ow I'm

with

ate

Vi,

I jus

t ca

n't g

et e

noug

h of

her

. 7.

Ano

sa ti

ngin

mo

ang

kina

lala

gyan

nga

yon

ni A

te V

i? A

t an

ong

mga

bag

ay p

a an

g gu

sto

mon

g m

arat

ing

ni A

te V

i?

Mag

and

a na

ang

kin

alal

agy

an

ni A

te V

i , si

gur

o m

ayro

on p

a

rin si

yang

mga

wish

es a

nd w

hate

ver s

he is

wish

ing

for I

'm a

lso

wish

ing

for h

er. G

usto

ko

na m

agin

g F

irst L

ady

siya

ng

Pilip

inas

ka

si al

am k

ong

ma

ram

i sila

ng m

ag a

saw

ang

mat

utul

ung

an.

Sa

ka m

as m

adal

as n

a n

atin

siya

ma

kiki

ta sa

TV

, sa

iba'

t ib

ang

m

edia

pag

Firs

t La

dy n

a siy

a.

8. M

eron

pa

bang

dre

am ro

le p

ara

sayo

na

hind

i pa

naga

-ga

mpa

nan

ni A

te V

i?

I thi

nk la

hat h

alos

na

role

nag

amp

ana

n na

niy

a p

ero

sana

m

agaw

a ni

ya y

un N

ana

Mas

ay ro

le. B

agay

sa k

any

a yu

n, a

n In

tern

atio

nal A

wa

rd ro

le fo

r her

may

be O

SCA

R A

WA

RD.

9. B

ilang

akt

ibon

g m

iyem

bro

ng g

rupo

, ano

ng m

ga b

agay

an

g pi

napa

ngar

ap m

ong

man

gyar

i par

a sa

mga

Vilm

ania

ns?

That

one

day

, eve

ryon

e ge

t to

mee

t eac

h ot

her (

sana

mag

ka

tugm

a an

g m

ga sc

hed

ules

) and

bon

d w

ith a

te V

i.

PPara

siya

ng E

vere

ady

bat

tery

, she

kee

ps g

oin�

and

goi

n� a

nd

goi

n��

Mab

ilis p

a siy

a sa

kid

lat.

Iya

n si

Jea

nnie

Won

g.

Siya

a

ng ro

ving

repo

rter n

g at

ing

E-g

roup

s at n

g m

ga V

ilma

nia

ns.

Wal

a na

man

siya

sa P

ilipin

as b

ut th

is do

esn�

t sto

p he

r in

seek

ing

all t

he n

ews a

nd a

rticl

es a

bout

Ate

Vi.

Na

pa

kasip

ag

nya

at

mat

yag

a a

ng p

uri n

g m

ga V

ilma

nia

ns sa

ka

nya

. A

t hin

di la

ng

iya

n, k

atul

ad

ng m

ang

ilang

-ngi

lang

bab

ae n

a m

iyem

bro

sa

atin

g e-

gro

ups,

mak

ikita

ang

kat

apat

an,

pa

ntay

na

pag

tingi

n at

pag

mam

alas

aki

t sa

kapw

a V

ilman

ians

. Iy

an

ang

tata

k ni

M

s. W

ong

. Bu

wa

n ng

hul

yo ip

inan

gana

k si

Jean

nie

(Jul

y 18

), kit

ang

kita

ang

pa

gigi

ng si

mpl

eng

tao

niya

dah

il sa

ka

hit s

a

pag

kain

ang

gus

to n

iya:

�Ba

sta

Ma

sara

p, o

k na

� a

ng sa

bi p

a ni

ya.

Isa sa

mga

pin

aka

kaa

bala

han

ni J

eann

ie a

y a

ng p

ag-

subo

k ng

mga

bag

ong

puta

he.

Sa k

asa

luky

an,

na

nini

raha

n si

Jea

nnie

sa C

alifo

rnia

, USA

. Et

o a

ng m

ga k

asag

uta

n ni

ya sa

at

ing

ilang

kat

anu

ngan

: 1.

Saa

n na

g-um

pisa

ang

pag

igin

g Vi

lman

ian

mo?

Si

mul

a n

g na

pa

nood

ko

si V

ilma

sa T

rudi

s Liit

sa T

V n

oong

bat

a p

a a

ko n

ap

aha

nga

na n

iya

ako

sa g

alin

g n

iya

sa p

ag a

rte. I

t w

as a

ired

for w

hole

wee

k, w

ala

kam

ing

gin

awa

kund

i pa

noor

in

siya

buo

ng li

ngo

at d

i kam

i nag

saw

a na

pa

noor

in it

o.

2. A

nong

mga

bag

ay a

ng n

akita

mo

kay

Ate

Vi n

a w

ala

sa

iban

g ar

tista

? In

com

para

ble

si V

ilma

Sant

os, t

ugm

a a

ng p

agk

abi

t ng

Sta

r for

A

ll Se

ason

s da

hil s

iya

ang

Nag

-iisa

ng B

ituin

.

3. A

nong

Vilm

a m

omen

ts na

feel

mo

eh p

art k

a ng

eve

nts n

a ito

kun

g ka

ya m

aitu

turin

g m

o ito

ng p

inak

a un

forg

etta

ble?

Th

at w

as w

hen

Ate

Vi w

as i

n N

Y fo

r the

NJ

Pino

y Fie

sta.

It w

as

aro

und

11:0

0am

. I w

as w

atch

ing

MM

K on

ca

ble

cha

nnel

8.

Our

ho

me

phon

e ra

ng,

Ala

n T.

cal

led

(Tha

nks,

Ala

n!) a

nd p

ass

ed

the

pho

ne to

som

eone

and

gue

ss w

ho w

as o

n th

e ot

her e

nd?

Si A

te V

i ng

a! N

aka

-usa

p k

o si

Ate

Vi.

She

was

ha

ving

lunc

h w

ith th

e V

ilma

nia

ns a

t the

Ra

diss

on H

otel

, NY.

Nev

er in

my

wild

-es

t dre

am n

a m

aka

kaus

ap

ko si

ya. T

hat m

omen

t was

HEA

VEN

! 4.

Ano

ng p

inak

a-hi

gh a

nd lo

w m

omen

ts m

o bi

lang

Vilm

ania

n?

Low

Mom

ents

: Pag

may

hin

di m

aga

nda

ng b

alita

ako

na

ririn

ig

{ fea

rture

d vi

lman

ian

}

Jean

nie

Won

gJe

anni

e W

ong

Vilm

a!

Page

44

MMot

herh

ood.

Wom

anho

od. I

t has

long

bee

n be

lieve

d th

at th

e fo

rmer

is t

he b

e-al

l and

end

-all

of t

he la

tter

. Our

cul

ture

dic

-ta

tes t

his.

Our

soci

ety

has i

ts o

wn

sta

nda

rd b

oxes

of w

hat c

on-

stitu

tes

a go

od w

oman

and

of

wha

t ne

cess

itate

s a

good

m

othe

r. If

you

don

't fit

thi

s b

ox,

then

you

suf

fer

the

cons

e-qu

ence

s. LE

A B

UST

AM

AN

TE (

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

), a

mot

her

of t

wo

and

a

wom

an w

ho c

hoos

es to

live

diffe

rent

ly, i

s lea

rnin

g ho

w to

dea

l w

ith t

hese

con

seq

uenc

es.

Her

elde

st is

OJI

E (C

arlo

Aq

uino

), a

n ou

tsp

oken

boy

on

his

pea

k of

pub

erty

. He

r yo

ung

est

is M

AYA

(Se

rena

Dal

rym

ple)

, a p

reco

ciou

s a

nd e

qual

ly o

utsp

o-ke

n six

-yea

r old

. Bot

h ha

ve d

iffer

ent f

athe

rs. N

eith

er is

ma

rried

to

Lea

. Le

a w

as o

nce

ma

rried

to O

jie�s

fath

er, R

AFF

Y (A

riel R

iver

a).

But

he h

ad

to

lea

ve f

or h

is jo

b a

nd s

he h

ad

to

sta

y fo

r he

rs.

Hen

ce,

they

sep

ara

ted.

Now

, Le

a l

ives

with

May

a�s

fat

her,

DIN

G (

Alb

ert

Ma

rtine

z),

a m

ama�

s b

oy w

ho is

con

stan

tly a

t th

e be

ck a

nd c

all o

f his

mot

her.

This

infu

riate

s Le

a b

eca

use

it re

min

ds h

er t

hat

Din

g is

not

ma

rried

to

her

and

the

y ar

e no

t hi

s p

riorit

y. N

ever

thel

ess,

Lea

is su

re s

he c

an

hand

le h

erse

lf a

nd h

er c

hild

ren

with

out a

nyon

e�s h

elp.

H

er w

orld

get

s sh

aken

how

ever

whe

n Ra

ffy g

oes

back

to

the

Philip

pine

s. Sh

e kn

ows

she

still

love

s hi

m b

ut t

hat

ther

e is

no

cha

nce

for a

reco

ncilia

tion.

Ra

ffy c

ame

bac

k w

ith a

new

wife

on

the

fam

ily w

ay. O

jie b

egin

s to

see

his

fath

er d

urin

g w

eek-

ends

. Le

a s

ees

how

fat

her

and

son

thi

rst f

or t

he b

ond

the

y sh

ould

ha

ve s

tarte

d f

orm

ing

a lo

ng t

ime

ago.

She

also

see

s ho

w m

uch

May

a m

isses

her

bro

ther

so

muc

h w

hene

ver

he

spen

ds

his

time

with

his

fath

er. M

atte

rs ge

t w

orse

whe

n Ra

ffy

voic

es h

is de

sire

to t

ake

Ojie

with

him

and

his

new

wife

to

Am

eric

a. W

ith a

fea

rful

hea

rt a

nd a

gre

at re

spec

t for

her

son,

Lea

lea

ves t

he d

ecisi

on

to O

jie. B

efor

e he

eve

n m

akes

a d

ecisi

on, h

e a

nd M

aya

suffe

r a

n a

ccid

ent.

The

mot

her g

ets b

lam

ed. H

er jo

b ge

ts b

lam

ed.

Lea

wor

ks in

a s

urvi

val c

ente

r fo

r wom

en in

cris

is a

nd is

con

-tin

ually

exp

osed

to

the

ad

verse

effe

cts

of h

ow s

ocie

ty c

an

bec

ome

a v

ictim

of

its o

wn

ideo

logy

. Le

a co

nsid

ers

herse

lf em

anc

ipat

ed f

rom

the

se l

abe

ls. S

he h

as h

er o

wn

sens

e of

m

othe

rhoo

d, o

f wom

anho

od, o

f wha

t is

true

and

goo

d a

nd

bea

utifu

l. B

ut n

ow, s

he is

bei

ng a

ccus

ed b

y b

oth

fath

ers

of

not

bein

g a

goo

d m

othe

r, a

nd o

f be

ing

a w

oman

of t

wist

ed

prio

ritie

s. In

thi

s su

scep

tible

sta

te, L

ea fi

nds

sola

ce in

the

com

-p

any

of

John

ny (

Raym

ond

Baga

tsin

g),

a co

lleag

ue a

nd a

fri

end

from

the

cent

er.

As

if he

r life

was

n�t c

ompl

icat

ed e

noug

h, s

he re

ceiv

es y

et a

n-ot

her

bom

b.

Din

g b

rea

ks u

p w

ith h

er a

fter

a lo

ng a

bsen

ce,

ap

pare

ntly

afte

r g

ettin

g m

arri

ed t

o a

girl

he

got

pre

gna

nt.

Din

g w

ant

s to

take

May

a to

o. W

ith a

bro

ken

spiri

t, a

conf

used

he

art

and

gre

at re

vere

nce

for M

aya

as w

ith O

jie, L

ea le

ts h

er

child

ren

deci

de a

bou

t th

eir

life.

In

thes

e m

omen

ts o

f vu

lner

-a

bilit

y, L

ea c

onfro

nts

her

wor

th a

nd t

he n

eed

s of

her

sou

l w

hich

the

men

in h

er li

fe n

ever

rea

lly f

ulfill

ed -

her

bei

ng a

w

oman

and

a m

othe

r. Is

livin

g th

e lif

e sh

e w

ants

wor

th lo

sing

the

child

ren

she

love

s?

With

a b

roke

n sp

irit,

a c

onfu

sed

hea

rt a

nd g

reat

reve

renc

e fo

r M

aya

as w

ith O

jie,

Lea

lets

her

chi

ldre

n de

cide

abo

ut t

heir

life.

In t

hese

mom

ents

of v

ulne

rabi

lity,

Lea

con

front

s he

r wor

th

and

the

nee

ds

of h

er s

oul w

hich

the

men

in

her

life

neve

r re

ally

fulfi

lled

- he

r bei

ng a

wom

an

and

a m

othe

r. Is

livin

g th

e lif

e sh

e w

ant

s w

orth

losin

g th

e ch

ildre

n sh

e lo

ves?

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ourc

e:

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://w

ww

.abs

-cbn

.com

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rcin

ema/

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ies/

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a/in

dex_

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.htm

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shba

ck M

ovie

Rev

iew

s } Fr

om th

e cr

itics

Vilm

a!

Page

9

Lea

Sal

onga

can

con

fer o

n a

fello

w p

erfo

rmer

. Wha

t is

mor

e, n

ever

did

the

tain

t of l

urid

scan

dal s

mea

r Vilm

a�s

na

me.

By

e V

ilma

, ha

ve y

our b

aby.

Hop

e yo

u ha

ve

twin

s.�

Thes

e w

riter

s sai

d it

all.

Iba

tala

ga si

ate

Vi.

Tala

gang

ka

rapa

t-da

pat n

a ha

ngaa

n a

t big

yan

ng re

spet

o. M

a-

suw

erte

sina

Lui

s at R

yan

dahi

l ma

y in

a si

la n

a ga

ya n

i a

te V

i. M

asu

wer

te ri

n si

Sen.

Ral

ph d

ahil

may

asa

wa

si-

yang

ga

ya n

i ate

Vi.

Ma

suw

erte

si M

am

a S

anto

s (a

t m

agi

ng si

Pap

a Sa

ntos

) dah

il m

ay a

nak

silan

g ga

ya n

i a

te V

i, sin

a E

mel

yn, M

arit

ess,

Win

nie

at S

onny

dah

il m

ay

kapa

tid si

lang

gay

a n

i ate

Vi.

Ma

suw

erte

tayo

ng m

ga

Vilm

ani

ans d

ahil m

ay h

ina

hang

aan

taon

g ga

ya n

i ate

V

i. M

asu

wer

te a

ng b

uong

Pilip

ina

s da

hil m

ay

isang

V

ilma

Sa

ntos

na

nagb

iga

y ni

ngni

ng sa

pel

ikul

ang

Pili-

pin

o.

Sa m

ga k

asa

mah

an k

ong

Vilm

ani

ans,

let u

s stri

ve

to b

e go

od m

ore

tha

n to

be

hap

py. A

fter a

ll, no

t eve

ry-

thin

g th

at w

ill m

ake

us h

app

y is

good

, but

eve

ryth

ing

tha

t is g

ood

will

ma

ke u

s ha

ppy.

Ing

atz

po

tayo

ng la

-ha

t.

Eric

Nad

urat

a is

bas

ed in

M

ani

la.

He

is th

e p

roud

ow

ner

of th

e un

offic

ial V

ilma

Sant

os

Web

-site

.

{ Let

s be

fran

c } F

ranc

o G

abrie

l

Ate

Vi A

mid

st M

orta

ls A

te V

i Am

idst

Mor

tals

Fro

m a

n ol

d a

rticl

e of

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

Ma

ga-

zine,

Jun

e 20

00 is

sue.

Her

e's t

heir

inte

rvie

w to

Ms.

Vilm

a

Sant

os d

urin

g th

e p

ress

con

fere

nce

of h

er m

ovie

"Ana

k"

G

H: W

hat i

s you

r gre

ates

t fea

r as a

Mot

her?

V

S: S

igur

o yu

ng ti

me

na m

ala

layo

na

sila

sa a

kin.

Mga

la

lake

ang

ana

k ko

eh,

so si

la y

ung

aalis

. Ang

tala

gang

ta

kot k

o eh

ba

ka p

ag

may

saril

ing

pa

mily

a n

a sil

a, t

hey'

ll a

lread

y fo

rget

abo

ut m

e. T

hat's

why

I'm

enj

oyin

g m

y tim

e w

ith th

em ri

ght n

ow. I

wou

ld sa

y na

ma

swer

te a

ko e

spe-

cial

ly w

ith L

uis.

He'

s a v

ery

good

you

ng m

an L

iber

ated

b

ut w

ith li

mita

tions

. Yun

g M

am

a k

o hi

naw

aka

n a

ko d

ati

sa le

eg. N

gayo

n ka

ilang

an k

ang

sum

unod

sa g

ener

a-

tion.

Da

ti 2

o'cl

ock

uwia

n na

ang

mga

ba

ta. N

gayo

n ka

inita

n p

a la

ng n

ila y

an. I

naa

bot s

ila n

g um

aga

, mga

6

am

kun

g um

uwi.

You

have

to a

dju

st.

W

hat's

you

r gre

ates

t joy

?

Bein

g a

mot

her i

s my

grea

test

joy.

How

wou

ld y

ou h

andl

e it

if yo

ur k

ids w

ere

to re

bel?

I t

hink

reb

ellio

n is

par

t of g

row

ing

up. G

ina

wa

ko

rin y

an

nung

ba

ta p

a ak

o. A

lam

nin

yo y

an.

But

I th

ink

ther

e w

ill co

me

a p

oint

whe

n th

e ch

ild w

ill ge

t tire

d o

f it.

So a

s a

par

ent,

you

have

to b

e un

der

stan

ding

. Lik

e m

y M

am

a!

Ma

ma

ko

hang

gang

nga

yon

ma

gka

sam

a pa

rin

kam

i.

They

're c

allin

g yo

u th

e m

othe

r of L

ipa.

Has

bei

ng a

m

othe

r hel

ped

you

in y

our f

unct

ions

as a

may

or?

Ye

s, I t

hink

my

bei

ng a

mot

her i

s a p

lus f

act

or. I

run

Lipa

a

s I w

ould

run

my

hous

ehol

d. S

a ba

hay,

ang

impo

rtant

e a

yusin

ang

bud

get,

yung

edu

kasy

on n

g m

ga b

ata

, at

kung

may

pa

gkai

n sy

emp

re. G

anon

din

sa L

ipa

. Firs

t, I

put

the

hous

e in

ord

er, m

eani

ng C

ity H

all.

And

my

prio

ri-tie

s are

hea

lth a

nd e

duca

tion.

Does

bei

ng a

mov

ie s

tar h

elpe

d?

I gue

ss, a

dva

nta

ge d

in if

you

com

e fro

m sh

owb

iz, k

asi

nap

apa

taw

ad

ka n

ila. I

f you

com

mit

a lit

tle m

ista

ke, m

ay

allo

wa

nce

sila

. Ka

si th

ey st

ill se

e m

e a

s Vilm

a S

ant

os th

e a

ctre

ss.

Ho

w w

ould

you

diff

eren

tiate

the

fulfi

llmen

t you

get

from

sh

owbi

z an

d po

litic

s?

Vilm

a!

Page

10

It's d

iffer

ent.

Sa sh

owb

iz, sp

oile

d ka

dito

. The

re's

a lo

t of

adu

latio

n b

ut in

pol

itics

, you

get

resp

ect.

Iba

ng k

ind

of

fulfi

llmen

t. B

ut I

don'

t hav

e a

polit

ical

age

nda.

Ba

hala

na

a

ng p

arti

do

diya

n. T

hat's

why

I'm

not

com

forta

ble

with

thes

e p

oliti

cia

ns. T

hey

still

have

a y

ear a

nd a

hal

f lef

t but

they

're a

l-re

ady

pre

pa

ring

for t

he n

ext e

lect

ion.

The

y ca

n st

ill d

o so

muc

h m

ore.

They

say

that

you

r kum

are

Nor

a A

unor

is p

lann

ing

to ru

n. W

hat

do y

ou th

ink

of th

is?

Any

bod

y ca

n ru

n. P

ero

hind

i mad

ali.

Ma

dal

ing

tum

ulon

g p

ero

iba

yung

nas

a go

byer

no k

a. W

hen

I was

sta

rting

out

, I h

ad

to

lea

rn e

very

thin

g. T

hese

pol

itici

ans

, the

y al

way

s tal

k in

acr

onym

s. I h

ad

to le

arn

that

. The

pro

ced

ures

, the

bud

get

, the

legi

slatio

ns.

Ralp

h us

ed to

giv

e m

e th

ese

tuto

rials.

We

wou

ld ta

lk ev

ery

nigh

t. Fin

ally

, I ju

st sa

id, "

Ralp

h, e

noug

h! M

y b

rain

is fu

ll!"

Ho

w d

o yo

u ba

lanc

e yo

ur p

oliti

cal c

aree

r with

you

r hom

e lif

e?

My

first

prio

rity

is st

ill m

y fa

mily

. My

cons

titue

nts k

now

this.

Whe

n C

hrist

ian

was

hos

pita

lized

, I st

ayed

by

his b

edsid

e th

e w

hole

w

eek.

It d

id'n

t mat

ter i

f all

the

pap

er w

orks

ha

d to

be

bro

ught

to

Ma

nila

eve

ryd

ay a

s lon

g as

I co

uld

be

ther

e w

hen

my

son

need

s me.

Ho

w d

o yo

u sp

end

spec

ial t

ime

with

Luis

and

Chr

istia

n?

Sund

ay is

real

ly fo

r the

fam

ily. Y

an

yung

tip

ong

wal

ang

ligua

n.

Kung

ano

ang

hits

ura

mo

sa u

mag

a, g

ano

on k

a pa

rin

sa

hap

on. W

e g

o sw

imm

ing

, we

eat o

ut, w

atch

TV

or j

ust p

lay

aro

und

the

hous

e. M

y so

ns a

re b

oth

in th

eir f

orm

ativ

e ye

ars

. C

hrist

ian

is fo

ur, L

uis i

s 19.

Tha

t's w

hy it

's ve

ry im

porta

nt th

at I'

m

ther

e w

hen

they

nee

d m

e.

W

ould

you

min

d if

we

talk

abo

ut Lu

is?

I don

't ha

ve th

e rig

ht to

talk

abo

ut h

is lif

e. O

h, h

e g

oes o

ut w

ith

girls

and

he

tells

me,

but

I'd

rath

er n

ot sa

y an

ythi

ng. B

uha

y ni

ya

yan

eh.

Ho

w w

ould

you

reac

t to

new

s, fo

r exa

mpl

e th

at Lu

is go

ne to

be

d w

ith th

is or

that

girl

? W

hat m

akes

you

thin

k th

at h

e ha

sn't

yet?

Pl

ease

nam

an,

my

son

is al

read

y 19

.

How

wou

ld y

ou c

hara

cter

ize y

our r

elat

ions

hip

with

Luis?

Ev

ery

othe

r Sat

urd

ay, I

wou

ld h

ave

one

-on-

one

talk

s with

Lui

s. I

thin

k th

at n

ow, o

ur re

latio

nshi

p is

mor

e lik

e fri

end

s tha

n m

othe

r a

nd so

n. I

ask

him

kun

g a

nong

gim

ik n

iya.

Min

san,

nag

-aaw

ay

din

kam

i. So

met

imes

, he

wou

ld sa

y, "M

omm

y, y

ou're

not

liste

n-in

g to

me.

" So,

I ke

ep q

uiet

. He

has a

radi

o b

ut I'

m n

ot th

e ty

pe

who

wou

ld c

all h

im e

very

now

and

then

and

ask

, "O

nas

aan

ka

na?"

I tru

st m

y so

n, th

e ra

dio

is fo

r em

erge

ncie

s. Th

ere

are

rule

s. H

e ca

n't g

o ou

t on

scho

ol d

ays.

And

no

over

nigh

t with

frie

nds,

Fran

co G

abrie

l is b

ased

in

Cal

iforn

ia, U

SA.

He

is bi

g

fan

of A

te V

i.

per

o sil

a, p

wed

eng

mat

ulog

sa b

aha

y.

Ho

w a

bout

Edu

?

Edu

still

take

s ca

re o

f Lui

s's e

duc

atio

n, a

nd th

ey a

lway

s tal

k. If

he

feel

s tha

t he

can'

t tel

l som

ethi

ng to

Ed

u, h

e'll

go to

Ral

ph.

Ha

y na

ku, m

as m

ataa

s na

si L

uis

kays

a ka

y Ed

u, m

ala

pit n

ang

a

but

an

si Ra

lph.

Ed

ung-

Edu

siya

pati

pag-

joke

, yun

g m

ga m

an-

neris

ms,

mga

act

ions

, per

o m

as m

aput

i si L

uis

kay

Edu.

Wha

t abo

ut C

hrist

ian?

I t

hink

siya

ang

arti

sta

. Yun

g b

ully

. Ha

hara

p ya

n sa

sala

min

, m

ag-e

-em

ote.

Sa

bi n

ga

ni M

ama

para

ng a

ko d

aw n

ung

bat

a.

Ma

hilig

sa p

ictu

re ta

king

. Siy

a pa

ng

a an

g ta

taw

ag sa

iyo.

Lui

s w

as n

ever

like

that

.

With

that

, I p

acke

d m

y ba

gs, a

nd sa

id a

qui

ck th

ank

you

to

give

way

the

tons

of o

ther

rep

orte

rs m

illing

aro

und

the

stud

io.

But A

te V

i was

not

goi

ng to

let m

e le

ave

in a

hur

ry. S

he lo

oked

m

e st

raig

ht in

the

eye,

wav

ed g

ood

bye,

ga

ve o

ne o

f her

ea

sy

smile

s and

said

, "I'll

see

you!

I'll s

ee y

ou!"

And

I be

lieve

d.

Vilm

a!

Page

43

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

her

bus

iest

yea

r was

197

0 w

hen

she

mad

e 25

film

s? T

hat i

s hav

ing

two

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

mov

ies

show

n ev

ery

mon

th. T

hese

wer

e Yo

ung

Lov

e, M

ard

y, I

Do

Love

You

, Son

g a

nd L

over

s, M

y Pl

edg

e of

Lov

e, L

ove

is fo

r

the

Two

of U

s, Fr

om th

e Bo

ttom

of M

y He

art,

Bul

akl

ak

at

Paru

-Pa

ro, M

othe

r Son

g, T

he Y

oung

Idol

s, Si

xtee

n, B

ecau

se

You�

re M

ine,

Lov

e Le

tter

s, D

ing

Don

g, S

wee

thea

rts, G

ive

Me

Your

Lov

e, M

ga B

ata

ng B

ang

keta

, I L

ove

You

Hon

ey,

Edg

ar L

oves

Vilm

a, S

apa

gka

�t S

ila�y

Am

ing

Mg

a A

nak,

Vilm

a M

y D

arli

ng, N

obod

y�s C

hild

, May

Ha

ngg

ana

n a

ng

Pag-

ibig

, Ba

by V

i and

Ren

ee R

ose.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Vilm

a or

Vi w

as u

sed

in so

me

of h

er e

ar-

lier f

ilms?

Edg

ar L

oves

Vilm

a, V

ilma

, My

Da

rling

and

Ba

by V

i

in 1

970;

Ta

kbo

Vilm

a D

ali ,

Hat

ingg

abi

na

Vilm

a an

d Ta

tlong

Muk

ha n

i Ros

a V

ilma

in 1

972;

Won

der V

i in

1973

; Vilm

a an

d

the

Beep

, Bee

p M

inic

a in

197

4 an

d V

ilma

Vei

nte

Nue

ve in

1975

.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

she

is th

e on

ly a

ctre

ss to

por

tray

Ma

rs

Rave

lo�s

Da

rna

four

tim

es w

ith d

iffer

ent c

hild

act

ors a

s

Din

g?

Thes

e w

ere

Ang

elito

in L

ipad

Da

rna

Lipa

d, a

trilo

gy

dire

cted

by

Emm

anue

l H. B

orla

za; J

oey

Gos

ieng

fiao

and

Elw

ood

Pere

z, D

ondo

n N

aka

r in

Da

rna

and

the

Gia

nts

(197

3) d

irect

ed b

y Bo

rlaza

; Ben

tot J

r. in

Da

rna

vs. t

he P

lane

t

Wom

en (1

975)

dire

cted

by

Arm

and

o G

arc

es a

nd N

iño

Muh

lach

in D

arn

a at

Din

g (1

980)

dire

cted

by

Eras

theo

Na

voa

Jr.

and

Clo

yd R

obin

son.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Vilm

a an

d ar

ch ri

val N

ora

Aun

or sh

ared

topb

illing

in fo

ur fi

lms?

The

first

wa

s You

ng L

ove

in 1

970

(with

Tirso

Cru

z III

and

Edg

ar M

ortiz

) fol

low

ed b

y Pi

nag

buk

lod

ng

Pag-

ibig

(Nor

a w

as p

aire

d w

ith T

irso

whi

le V

ilma

with

Ro-

meo

Va

sque

z), I

kaw

Ay

Aki

n (w

ith C

hrist

ophe

r de

Leon

)

and

T-B

ird a

t Ako

in 1

982.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

afte

r wor

king

toge

ther

in M

ga

Tigre

ng

Sier

ra C

ruz

(197

4) a

nd M

odel

ong

Tans

o (1

979)

, Vilm

a an

d

the

late

Cha

rito

Solis

wer

e co

-sta

rs in

Ipag

pata

wad

Mo

(199

1) a

nd D

olzu

ra C

orte

z St

ory

(199

3) b

oth

dire

cted

by

Laur

ice

Gui

llen?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Vilm

a w

as o

nly

paire

d tw

ice

with

ex-

husb

and

Ed

u M

anz

ano

as c

ompa

red

to C

hrist

ophe

r de

Leon

�s 2

2 tim

es?

Thes

e w

ere

Rom

ans

a in

198

0 an

d Pa

limos

ng

Pag-

ibig

in 1

986?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

prio

r to

co-s

tarri

ng w

ith S

nook

y Se

rna

in

Yest

erda

y, T

oda

y &

Tom

orro

w (1

986)

and

Hah

ama

kin

Laha

t

(199

0), V

ilma

and

Sno

oky

wer

e in

Sw

eeth

earts

in 1

970?

Co-

sta

rring

with

them

asid

e fro

m E

dga

r Mor

tiz a

nd fo

rmer

chi

ld

act

or A

rnol

d G

ambo

a w

ere

Snoo

ky�s

pa

rent

s Von

Ser

na

and

Mila

Oca

mp

o.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

the

late

Ishm

ael B

erna

l�s fi

rst fi

lm w

ith

Vilm

a w

as N

ow a

nd F

orev

er (1

973)

with

Ed

gar M

ortiz

?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

bef

ore

he w

as V

ilma

�s le

adin

g m

an

in

Ma

kahi

ya a

t Tal

ahi

b, R

udy

Fern

and

ez p

laye

d a

supp

ortin

g

role

in Ib

ong

Luka

ret?

Bot

h fil

ms w

ere

rele

ased

in 1

975.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

form

er m

ovie

que

en A

mal

ia F

uent

es d

id

not o

nly

co-s

tar w

ith V

ilma

in M

ga

Reyn

ang

Wal

ang

Tro

no

(197

6) b

ut c

o-di

rect

ed it

as w

ell w

ith F

ely

Cris

osto

mo?

The

y

wer

e co

-sta

rs in

Asa

wa

Ko, H

uwag

Mon

g A

gaw

in in

198

6.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

bef

ore

she

sha

red

eq

ual b

illing

with

Vilm

a an

d Bo

yet i

n M

agka

ribal

(197

9), j

ust l

ike

ex-b

oyfri

end

Rudy

Fer

nand

ez, A

lma

Mor

eno

play

ed a

supp

ortin

g ro

le in

Tag-

ula

n sa

Tag

-ara

w (1

975)

?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

bef

ore

she

play

ed th

e gh

ost r

ole

in H

ap

-

los (

1982

) with

Vilm

a an

d B

oyet

, Rio

Loc

sin h

ad a

bel

ow th

e

title

billi

ng in

Sim

ula

ng

Wal

ang

Kat

ap

usa

n di

rect

ed b

y Lu

is

Enriq

uez

(aka

Ed

die

Rod

rigue

z) a

nd D

isco

Feve

r in

1978

?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

She

ryl C

ruz

has a

ppe

are

d w

ith V

ilma

bef

ore

in C

and

y (V

ilma

in a

cam

eo ro

le) a

nd G

ood

Mor

n-

ing

Suns

hine

(198

0) d

irect

ed b

y Ish

mae

l Ber

nal?

Man

o Po

3

is th

eir t

hird

film

toge

ther

.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Vilm

a w

as d

irect

ed b

y Li

no B

rock

a in

thre

e m

ovie

s but

did

not

win

any

aw

ard

? Th

ese

wer

e Ru

bia

Serv

ios (

1978

), A

dul

tery

: Aid

a M

aca

raeg

(198

4) a

nd H

a-

ham

aki

n La

hat (

1990

). Ho

wev

er, s

he w

on m

ultip

le B

est A

c-

tress

aw

ard

s in

thre

e fil

ms d

irect

ed b

y th

e la

te Is

hmae

l

Bern

al c

onsid

ered

as t

he ri

val o

f Bro

cka.

The

se w

ere

Rela

s-

yon

(198

2), B

roke

n M

arri

age

(198

3) a

nd P

ahi

ram

ng

Isan

g

Umag

a (1

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47

Vilm

a!

Page

11

SS a b

uwan

g ito

ay

ipin

agdi

riwan

g n

atin

ang

ara

w n

g isa

ng

esp

esya

l na

tao

na in

iha

ndog

sa a

tin n

g Pa

ngin

oon.

Na

rara

-p

at la

ma

ng n

a b

igya

n na

tin n

g pa

rang

al a

ng ta

ong

nag

buw

is ng

buh

ay u

pa

ng m

agsil

ang

ng p

anib

agon

g b

uhay

, ang

atin

g In

a. H

app

y M

othe

r�s D

ay p

o sa

laha

t ng

mga

Na

nay

at

mag

igin

g N

ana

y! A

side

from

giv

ing

hono

rs to

our

ow

n M

othe

r, m

ay is

a p

ang

nata

tang

ing

Ina

na

na

rara

pat b

igya

n ng

sap

at

na k

ara

ngal

an.

SI

YA S

I VIL

MA

��

AN

G M

AD

RE S

UPE

RIO

RA

To h

er so

ns L

uis a

nd R

yan�

.. To

ha

ve th

e m

ost c

eleb

rate

d st

ar o

f Phi

lippi

ne C

inem

a a

s m

othe

r is m

ore

tha

n en

oug

h re

aso

n fo

r bro

ther

s Lui

s and

Rya

n to

be

swol

len

with

prid

e, b

ut th

ey w

ere

not r

aise

d to

hav

e th

is ki

nd o

f men

talit

y. L

uis i

s fa

st b

ecom

ing

a m

ajor

tele

visio

n ho

st

but

still

keep

s bot

h hi

s fee

t on

the

gro

und

. N

ot a

few

can

vo

uch

that

he

is a

resp

onsib

le y

oung

ma

n th

at a

t his

age

he

alre

ady

kno

ws h

ow to

sha

re h

is bl

essin

gs t

o th

e ne

edy

and

va

lue

the

lives

of t

he p

eopl

e a

roun

d hi

m.

I was

dee

ply

touc

hed

to le

arn

from

Kris

Aq

uino

, tha

t Lui

s ha

s ha

nded

ove

r tw

o ch

ecks

to b

e do

nate

d to

two

fam

ilies,

win

or l

ose

whe

n he

jo

ined

Gam

e KN

B. S

ina

bi p

a ni

Kris

na

kaha

nga-

hang

a a

ng

pag

pap

ala

ki n

i ate

Vi a

nd E

du

sa k

ani

lang

ana

k.

Bila

ng m

agul

ang

, obl

igas

yon

nila

na

big

yan

hind

i lam

ang

ng

mag

anda

ng b

uhay

ang

ka

nila

ng m

ga a

nak

kund

i pal

akih

in

ang

mga

ito

upan

g m

agin

g re

spon

sabl

eng

miy

emb

ro n

g

lipun

an

at m

amam

aya

n. S

a is

ang

ba

nda

nam

an,

sa m

ura

ng

edad

, ay

kaki

kita

an

na ri

n a

ng b

unso

ng si

Rya

n ng

per

seve

r-an

ce u

pang

mab

igya

ng k

asiy

aha

n an

g ka

nyan

g m

agul

ang

.

He

has b

een

reap

ing

hono

rs no

t jus

t in

the

aca

dem

ic d

isci-

plin

e b

ut in

the

field

of s

ports

as w

ell.

Bei

ng th

e ot

her h

alf o

f th

e p

are

nts,

Mom

my

Vi h

as s

ucce

ssfu

lly a

nd c

ontin

uous

ly s

uc-

ceed

ing

as t

he m

othe

r of t

he fa

mily

. Tha

t is w

hat w

e ca

ll re

-sp

onsib

le p

are

ntho

od.

Ang

mga

tung

kulin

na

ito

ay m

ata

-g

umpa

y na

nai

pam

ulat

at n

aip

apa

mul

at n

i Mom

my

Vi s

a

kany

ang

mga

ana

k. Y

an

si M

omm

y V

i, isa

ng u

lira

ng In

a hi

ndi

lam

ang

ng

ka

nya

ng p

amily

a ku

ndi n

g p

amily

ang

Pilip

ino.

To

the

City

of L

ipa�

�.

The

extra

ord

ina

ry a

nd th

e lo

nges

t rei

gnin

g Q

ueen

of t

he P

hil-

ippi

ne M

ovie

s Vilm

a Sa

ntos

ent

ered

the

wor

ld o

f pol

itics

with

-ou

t a b

it of

exp

erie

nce

in ru

nnin

g a

gov

ernm

ent.

May

or V

i w

as b

elitt

led

at fi

rst a

nd th

e se

lf p

rocl

aim

ed p

oliti

cal a

naly

sts

and

tra

ditio

nal p

oliti

cian

s ha

d q

uest

ione

d he

r cre

dibi

lity

and

kn

ow-h

ow in

runn

ing

the

City

of L

ipa

, and

the

rest

of h

istor

y.

The

peo

ple

had

pas

sed

thei

r jud

gmen

t. A

land

slide

Vi-c

tory

fo

r the

inex

perie

nced

Mov

ie Q

ueen

, not

onc

e, n

ot tw

ice,

but

th

rice!

Sh

e co

ntin

ued

to p

olish

her

cra

ft. S

he le

ft no

ston

e un

turn

ed in

ord

er to

lea

rn h

ow it

is to

gov

ern

a c

ity b

y en

roll-

ing

in a

cra

sh m

anag

emen

t cou

rse in

the

Uni

versi

ty o

f the

Phi

l-ip

pine

s. A

nd n

ow L

ipa

City

is c

onsid

ered

as o

ne o

f the

mos

t p

rog

ress

ive,

succ

essf

ul a

nd w

ell g

over

ned

citi

es in

the

coun

-try

. Fo

r eve

ry p

lan,

for e

very

dec

ision

the

Goo

d M

ayor

is a

l-w

ays t

aki

ng in

to c

onsid

erat

ion

the

wel

fare

of t

he c

ity a

nd h

er

cons

titue

nts.

In re

turn

, the

peo

ple

alw

ays,

show

thei

r end

less

su

ppor

t for

eve

ry p

roje

ct th

at is

laun

ched

for t

he b

ette

rmen

t of

the

com

mun

ity.

May

or V

i con

tinue

s to

rece

ive

awa

rds a

nd

reco

gni

tion

both

in th

e Ph

ilippi

nes a

nd a

bro

ad fo

r her

acc

om-

plish

men

ts a

s a M

ayor

, thu

s giv

ing

hono

rs, n

ot o

nly

to th

e Fil

i-pi

no p

eopl

e b

ut to

our

cou

ntry

as w

ell.

Do

you

know

of a

ny

othe

r act

or-p

oliti

cia

n w

ho h

as a

n un

tarn

ished

imag

e in

this

field

? T

hat i

s May

or V

i�..

the

Mot

her o

f Lip

a C

ity.

To h

er V

ilma

nia

ns�

�

Mul

a n

oon

hang

gang

ng

ayon

ang

pag

mam

ahal

ng

Vilm

ani

-a

ns k

ay a

te V

i ay

lalo

ng tu

mat

atag

, lal

ong

tum

itiba

y. H

indi

na

ng

a la

ma

ng p

agha

nga

ang

lalo

ng tu

mib

ay,

lalo

pan

g lu

mal

im a

ng re

spet

o. D

ahi

l sa

isa

ng V

ilma

Sant

os, l

aha

t ng

kany

ang

mga

tag

aha

nga

sa b

uong

mun

do a

y na

gka

kaisa

, na

gka

kaun

awaa

n at

um

iisip

ng

pa

raa

n ku

ng p

aano

ng

ma

kaka

tulo

ng sa

kap

wa

sa a

bot

ng

kani

lang

mak

aka

ya.

Ang

ka

nya

ng m

ga ta

gaha

nga

ay

hind

i lam

ang

mga

ord

i-na

ryon

g ta

o, m

ara

mi d

in n

a m

ga k

apw

a ni

ya a

rtist

a na

self

{ Vilmania

} Ed

die

Loza

no

SIYA

SI

SIYA

SI

VILM

A�

VILM

A�

A

NG

A

NG

M

ADR

E M

ADR

E

SUPE

RIO

RASU

PERI

ORA

Vilm

a!

Page

42

II adm

it I a

m a

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

fan.

I lo

ve th

e ac

tress

sinc

e I

coul

d re

mem

ber a

nd th

at w

as lo

ng, l

ong

befo

re s

he b

ecam

e

the

Sta

r for

All

Seas

ons,

a re

spec

tabl

e th

espi

an

and

wel

l-lov

ed

Lipa

Ma

yor t

hat s

he is

now

�th

at d

ates

bac

k to

day

s whe

n

com

mon

tele

visio

n se

ts w

ere

still

in b

lack

and

whi

te a

nd in

-

vent

ing

rem

ote

cont

rols

wer

e st

ill no

t eve

n th

ough

t of;

and

yes,

whe

n m

ovie

s sho

wn

in d

ownt

own

thea

ters

(wha

t with

its

layo

uts p

rinte

d in

stre

amer

s yet

) wer

e a

nnou

nced

, with

mat

chin

g lo

ud m

usic

and

in la

rge

spea

kers

, usin

g ol

d je

eps

goin

g a

roun

d th

e ci

ty �

reco

rida

-sty

le.

That

was

in la

te �7

0s

whe

n I w

ould

be

amaz

ed w

atch

ing

Vilm

a�s

mov

ie la

yout

s in

new

spa

pers

(Miss

X, P

inay

: Am

eric

an S

tyle

, Hal

ik sa

Paa

, Hal

ik

sa K

amay

, Pag

puti

ng U

wak

, Pag

-itim

ng

Tag

ak,

Roc

k, B

aby

,

Rock

, Da

rna

at D

ing

, Mod

elon

g Ta

nso,

etc

.), h

opin

g an

d w

ish-

ing

that

my

pa

rent

s wou

ld b

ring

me

to th

e th

eate

rs to

wat

ch

thos

e fil

ms.

But

whe

n yo

u�re

still

so y

oung

and

in y

our s

horts

yet,

pare

nts a

re e

xtra

wa

ry a

nd k

ids j

ust h

ave

to fo

llow

the

stric

t rul

es th

ey se

t.

Early

�80s

was

the

time

whe

n I,

kind

of,

reb

elle

d. M

eani

ng, i

t

was

dur

ing

this

time

that

I le

arn

ed h

ow to

tric

k ou

t my

pare

nts

by

goi

ng to

scho

ol o

n Sa

turd

ays f

or o

ur su

ppo

sedl

y En

glish

club

mee

tings

, but

was

act

ually

enj

oyin

g ho

urs a

nd h

ours

of

my

time

insid

e th

e th

eate

r wat

chin

g K

arm

a, S

ina

sam

ba

Kita

,

Paa

no B

a a

ng M

ang

ara

p?, G

aa

no K

ad

alas

Ang

Min

san?

,

Ayo

kong

Ma

ging

Ker

ida

, Rel

asy

on, B

roke

n M

arri

age

and

othe

r Vilm

a m

ovie

s. A

ng sa

ya k

o �n

un, g

rabe

! Bu

t bef

ore

thin

gs g

et m

iscon

stru

ed, m

y lo

ve fo

r Vilm

a d

oes n

ot m

ean

I

feel

the

opp

osite

for h

er a

rch-

rival

, the

Sup

erst

ar N

ora

Aun

or. I

also

like

Nor

a a

nd, i

n fa

ct, a

lso d

id w

atch

her

film

s � b

ut

Vilm

a is

real

ly so

met

hing

else

. May

be

it is

beca

use

I see

Vilm

a

as a

mor

e in

tere

stin

g fi

gur

e an

d a

wor

th-e

mul

atin

g ic

on.

(See

ing

her e

njoy

the

resp

ect o

f the

peo

ple

in th

e w

hole

film

ind

ustry

thro

ugh

the

yea

rs is

enou

gh p

roof

that

Vilm

a is

not j

ust

a d

amn

gre

at a

ctre

ss, b

ut a

wom

an o

f wisd

om, k

now

led

ge

and

inte

grity

.) I r

emem

ber w

atch

ing

Nor

a�s

Him

ala

and

Vilm

a�s H

apl

os, b

oth

Met

ro M

ani

la F

ilm fe

st e

ntrie

s in

1982

, in

Why

I lo

ve V

ilma

�(a

nd fa

cts

abou

t Ate

Vi)

Why

I lo

ve V

ilma

�(a

nd fa

cts

abou

t Ate

Vi)

By B

am S

alva

ni, 2

006-

01-1

1

{ re-

prin

t }

just

one

afte

rnoo

n. F

irst,

I wen

t to

see

Him

ala

then

hop

ped

in to

ano

ther

nea

rby

mov

ieho

use

to w

atch

Hap

los.

Bot

h ac

tress

es

gave

trul

y co

mm

end

able

per

form

anc

es b

ut I

was

mor

e co

n-

vinc

ed th

at A

te G

uy re

ally

did

bet

ter i

n Hi

mal

a. S

ee, n

o bi

ase

s

here

. A

nyw

ay, a

solid

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

fan

Jea

nnie

Won

g po

sted

in th

e ac

tress

� web

site

an

old

arti

cle

by a

noth

er o

bvi

ously

Vilm

a

adm

irer,

the

resp

ecta

ble

ente

rtain

men

t writ

er a

nd e

dito

r Ric

ky

Lo, f

rom

his

wid

ely-

rea

d co

lum

n Fu

nfa

re in

The

Phi

lippi

ne S

tar

(dat

ed N

ovem

ber 3

, 200

4) w

hich

, I b

et, a

ll V

ilman

ians

will

find

inte

rest

ing.

I di

d e

njoy

it to

the

hilt

and

wou

ld lo

ve to

shar

e it

with

you

. Rea

d o

n:

VIL

MA

: 51

LOO

KIN

G 2

5 V

ilma

Sant

os, S

tar f

or A

ll Se

ason

s (a

nd, i

f

I may

ad

d, R

easo

ns) i

s tur

ning

51

tod

ay. S

he d

oesn

�t lo

ok it

,

doe

s she

(alth

oug

h sh

e�s �

pur

e go

ld�

any

way

you

look

at h

er)?

She

look

s, hm

mm

mm

, 25,

doe

sn�t

she?

A

s a n

od to

Vilm

a (w

ho

will

fore

ver b

e A

te V

i to

her f

ans

no

mat

ter h

ow o

ld s

he m

ay b

e)

on th

is he

r red

-lette

r day

, Fun

fare

is p

ayin

g he

r a tr

ibut

e w

ith th

e

follo

win

g pi

ece

by F

unfa

re�s

Tor

onto

-bas

ed �

inte

rnat

iona

l cor

-

resp

onde

nt�

Ferd

ina

nd L

apuz

who

ma

de a

list

of A

te V

i�s fi

lms i

n

a sp

an o

f fou

r dec

ade

s (be

ginn

ing

196

3):

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Ate

Vi m

ade

arou

nd 1

97 fi

lms f

rom

196

3

to 2

002?

Thi

s inc

lud

es c

ameo

app

eara

nces

in D

ugo

at

Pagi

big

sa K

apira

song

Lup

a, M

ga M

ata

ni A

ngel

ita, H

uwag

Ham

aki

n H

oste

ss (w

ith N

ora

Aun

or a

nd A

lma

Mor

eno

with

Vilm

a ge

ttin

g O

rest

es O

jeda

in th

e en

d), C

and

y, N

o O

ther

Love

, Cha

rot,

Riza

l Alih

and

Eng

kant

o.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

the

only

yea

rs V

ilma

did

not m

ake

any

film

wer

e in

199

5, 1

999

and

2003

?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

she

co-s

tarre

d w

ith h

er tw

o fa

vorit

e ac

-

tress

es in

her

two

film

s? L

olita

Rod

rigue

z in

Trud

is Lii

t whi

ch

open

ed o

n Fe

b. 2

1, 1

963

and

Glo

ria R

omer

o in

Ana

k, A

ng

Iyon

g In

a w

hich

ope

ned

on

Ap

ril 7

, 196

3 bo

th a

t Life

The

a-

ter?

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

Edd

ie G

arci

a a

lso a

ppea

red

in A

nak,

Ang

Iyon

g In

a?

He la

ter d

irect

ed h

er in

film

s lik

e Si

nasa

mb

a

Kita

(198

2) a

nd Im

orta

l (19

89) a

nd w

ill ap

pear

tog

ethe

r in

Ma

no P

o 3.

• D

id y

ou k

now

that

the

late

Rita

Gom

ez w

as a

lso in

Ana

k,

Ang

Iyon

g In

a?

She

late

r app

eare

d w

ith V

ilma

in T

akb

o,

Vilm

a, D

ali i

n 19

72 d

irect

ed b

y Jo

ey G

osie

ngfia

o.

Vilm

a!

Page

12

conf

esse

d V

ilman

ians

. Ba

kit n

ga b

a hi

ndi?

Hin

di la

ma

ng d

a-hi

l sa

hab

a ng

pa

naho

n ng

pag

rere

yna

ni A

te V

i sa

mun

do

ng p

elik

ula

ang

ka

nila

ng h

ina

hang

aa

n, k

ung

hind

i dah

il sa

p

agha

rap

niy

a sa

buh

ay a

t sa

pag

igin

g to

toon

g ta

o. T

he

Vilm

ania

ns g

rew

up

with

Que

en V

i, na

siya

ng n

agi

ng in

spi-

rasy

on u

pang

mag

ing

mag

and

a at

pos

itibo

ang

pag

tingi

n sa

ka

pal

igira

n.

The

Vilm

ani

ans

now

are

not

just

the

scre

amin

g fa

ns, b

ut h

ave

b

ecom

e co

ncer

ned

citi

zens

thro

ugh

the

influ

ence

of t

he

goo

d de

eds o

f Ate

Vi.

Ang

na

kaka

tuw

a p

a ni

to, m

ara

mi n

a rin

g ka

bata

an sa

kas

aluk

uya

n an

g na

mum

ulat

sa k

asay

saya

n ng

atin

g R

eyna

sa m

undo

ng k

any

ang

gin

agal

awan

. A

ng

pag

kam

ulat

na

ito

ay n

agig

ing

sim

ula

ng p

agha

nga

. A

ng

mga

kab

ata

an

na it

o a

ng si

yang

mag

pap

atul

oy n

g na

simu-

lan

ng m

ga ib

ang

na

una

sa a

tin, s

asab

aya

n ni

la ta

yo sa

ka

-sa

luku

yan

at si

lang

mag

pap

atul

oy sa

hin

aha

rap

.

Da

hil s

a ka

gand

aha

ng lo

ob n

a ip

ina

paki

ta n

i ate

Vi m

agin

g sa

mga

kum

akal

aba

n sa

ka

nya

, ay

lalo

ito

nap

apa

ma

hal s

a ka

nya

ng m

ga ta

ga

hang

a.

Mul

a A

pa

rri h

ang

gang

Jol

o, n

a-

saa

ng s

ulok

ka

man

ng

mun

do, i

kara

rang

al m

ong

ipa

alam

na

ba

hagi

ka

ng

kap

uso

at k

ap

amily

ang

Vilm

ania

n at

iya

n ay

d

ahi

l kay

Ate

Vi a

ng n

ag-

iisa

ng In

a ng

mga

Vilm

ani

ans

. Sa

iyo

Mom

my

Vi,

May

or V

i, D

octo

r Vi o

Ate

Vi,

Hap

py

Mot

her�s

Day

!

Eddi

e Lo

zano

is b

ased

in

Mid

dle

East

. Hi

s fa

vorit

e V

ilma

film

is A

nak.

{ Will

ingl

y } W

illie

Fer

nand

ez

Kaya

man

an n

g In

dust

riya

Si V

ilma

Kaya

man

an n

g In

dust

riya

Si V

ilma

TT he m

omen

t we

saw

the

nine

- yea

r old

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

on

the

big

scre

en in

VP

Pict

ures

"Tru

dis L

iit" i

n 19

63 in

my

hom

etow

n,

San

Pabl

o C

ity, L

agun

a, m

any

of u

s im

med

iate

ly c

laim

ed h

er

as o

ne o

f our

ow

n. F

rom

dire

ctor

Jos

e d

e V

illa's

"hist

oric

" m

ovie

and

Peo

ple

Pict

ures

"Gin

g" d

irect

ed b

y C

irio

H. S

anti-

ago

and

Teo

doric

o Sa

ntos

, the

pub

lic's

fasc

inat

ion

with

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

has

gro

wn

thro

ugh

the

yea

rs.

May

mga

pa

naho

n no

ong

amin

g ka

bat

aa

n na

tila

bal

e-w

ala

at n

aka

kalim

uta

n ko

siya

da

hil a

ko'y

aba

la ri

n sa

iba

ng b

aga

y. F

or a

tim

e,

pa

sulp

ot-s

ulpo

t lan

g an

g co

nsci

ousn

ess a

t int

eres

t ko

sa is

ang

V

ilma

Sant

os d

ahi

l Su

sani

an

pa

noon

kam

i. N

aha

hati

kasi

ang

pa

gha

nga

ko n

oon

sa d

alaw

ang

akt

res p

ero

wal

ang

dud

ang

nap

aka

laki

ng b

aha

gi n

ito a

ng n

akal

aa

n ka

y A

te V

i. N

a la

long

tum

ingk

ad

at n

agk

aro

on n

g ka

tupa

ran

nang

ma-

kita

ko

ang

Sta

r for

All

Sea

sons

in p

erso

n sa

una

ng p

ag-

kaka

taon

at m

akila

lang

lub

usa

n na

ng a

koy

pum

aso

k sa

sh

owbi

z m

edia

. W

e ha

ve w

atch

ed th

e m

eteo

ric ri

se o

f sta

rs a

nd th

eir f

all f

rom

gra

ce. B

ut o

ne st

ar h

as re

mai

ned

un-

dim

med

by

show

biz

turb

ulen

t clo

uds.

Gay

unm

an,

ka

hit

ma

kara

an

ang

43 n

a ta

on n

g p

agig

ing

na

sa lim

elig

ht tu

win

a,

ang

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

mys

tique

ay

'di n

agdi

dilim

kai

lanm

an.

Patu

-lo

y ito

sa k

any

ang

pag

nini

ngni

ng h

ang

gang

sa k

asal

ukuy

ang

pa

naho

n. N

o ot

her t

ag, a

ptly

des

crib

es th

e st

ayin

g p

ower

of

Ate

Vi,

loca

l cin

ema'

s end

urin

g b

ox-o

ffice

att

ract

ion.

End

ear-

ingl

y ca

lled

as "S

tar f

or A

ll Sea

sons

" by

frien

ds,

supp

orte

rs a

nd

dieh

ard

fans

alik

e, V

ilma

has p

rove

n he

rself

to b

e m

ore

dur

a-

ble

tha

n th

e ta

xing

com

posit

ions

of t

he si

lver

scre

en a

nd lif

e its

elf.

With

43

yea

rs in

the

ente

rtain

men

t bus

ines

s, V

ilma

tod

ay

is co

nsid

ered

an

inst

itutio

n a

nd ic

on in

loca

l cin

ema.

She

ha

s le

arn

wha

t it t

akes

to st

ay o

n to

p o

f the

hea

p.

Not

eve

rybo

dy

has t

he c

hanc

e to

bec

ome

a m

ulti-

awar

ded

act

ress

and

b

ox-o

ffice

que

en b

ut A

te V

i has

pro

ved

herse

lf su

cces

sful i

n b

oth

aspe

cts.

She

has

alre

ady

won

mor

e th

an

50 a

ctin

g tr

o-p

hies

and

eac

h ne

w fi

lm ,

she

doe

s enj

oy b

oth

arti

stic

and

b

ox-o

ffice

suc

cess

.

Hin

di la

ng st

ar s

i Ate

Vi,

my

fello

w V

il-m

ani

ans

wou

ld q

uick

to p

oint

out

, kun

di n

ag-ii

sang

Rey

na sa

la

hat n

g pa

naho

n, d

i ba

Ma

r Ga

rces

? Bo

x-of

fice

and

act

ing

wise

, num

ero

uno

pa

rin a

ng a

ctre

ss-p

oliti

cian

. Rey

na n

ga

ng

mai

tutu

ring

, hin

di la

ng sa

ka

salu

kuya

ng p

ana

hon

kund

i sa

na

kalip

as n

a ap

at n

a d

eka

da n

g pa

mam

ayag

pag

niy

a.

Kung

ang

test

ng

stre

ngth

niy

a bi

lang

top

actre

ss o

f loc

al c

in-

ema

ay

ang

pa

nana

tilin

g m

aban

go sa

mga

pro

duce

rs,

wal

ang

dud

ang

pas

ado

ng-p

asa

do si

Ate

Vi.

Pin

ag-

aag

awa

n an

g ka

nyan

g se

rbisy

o ng

Sta

r Cin

ema

, Reg

al, U

nite

l at

iba

pa

ng in

dep

end

ent m

ovie

com

pan

ies.

Vilm

a!

Page

41

Hang

ga�t

May

Isan

g Vi

lma

Sant

os�

(Mul

a sa

pah

ina

37)

Hang

ga�t

May

Isan

g Vi

lma

Sant

os�

(Mul

a sa

pah

ina

37)

likha

in p

ara

sa m

ga k

apw

a ko

Vilm

ania

ns.

Tul

ad

ng n

ara

-

ram

dam

an

ng ib

a, m

asa

rap

at g

ana

do a

kong

mag

sula

t

kung

ang

pa

ngun

ahin

g a

ktre

s ang

bid

ang

pers

ona

sa a

king

mga

kat

hang

akd

a. M

atal

as a

ng a

king

sint

ido

kapa

g si

Ate

Vi a

ng se

ntro

ng

ady

enda

sa a

king

pag

-iisip

.... m

ara

min

g

men

sahe

ang

ka

nya

ng k

aam

uan

at k

agan

da-

han.

..na

kabi

bilib

ang

ka

nyan

g lid

erat

o at

serb

isyo.

..ka

puri-

puri

ang

kan

yang

kas

ikat

an

at p

agg

anap

. Mat

alin

o--

mas

ipag

--mai

ngat

--may

pag

tana

w n

g ut

ang

na

loob

--may

tako

t sa

Diy

os--m

ay p

rinsip

yo.

Da

hil k

ay V

ilma

Sant

os, d

edi-

kasy

on k

o bi

lang

isa

ng m

aka

-Vilm

a a

ng m

aka

pag-

amba

g

ng is

ang

kon

sept

o sa

pa

nula

t na

mag

sisilb

ing

sisid

lan

ng

mga

mag

aga

nda

ng a

la-a

la n

g w

ala

ng k

upa

s na

sam

aha

n

ng m

ga so

lidon

g V

ilma

nia

ns. H

indi

ako

mag

sasa

wa

ng m

ag-

sula

t pa

ra sa

aki

ng id

olo

at p

ara

sa la

hat n

g na

gmam

ahal

kay

Ate

Vi.

Kahi

t sa

bihi

n ng

ka

ram

iha

n na

hin

di a

ko m

aga

n-

da

ng su

mul

at a

t ba

duy

ang

pa

gka

kasa

lin n

ito a

y w

ala

ako

ng p

akia

lam

. Mag

susu

lat p

a rin

ako

ha

ngga

't m

ay is

ang

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

, ha

ngg

a't m

ayro

ong

gus

tong

mag

basa

, ha

ng-

ga'

t may

Vilm

ani

ans

. P

ara

sa in

yo, h

indi

ako

ma

papa

-

god

!

Nel

vin

M. R

ea M

aka

-Vilm

a!

AA DE

FIN

ITIV

E b

ook

on th

e lif

e a

nd ti

mes

of V

ilma

Sant

os, s

uc-

cess

ful a

ctre

ss-tu

rned

succ

essf

ul m

ayor

will

soon

be

writ

ten.

M

ayor

Vilm

a co

nfirm

ed th

is ye

ster

day

durin

g a

n in

timat

e lu

nch

with

old

frie

nds i

n m

edia

at L

e So

uffle

in R

ockw

ell,

Ma

kati.

`M

any

peo

ple

have

bee

n a

skin

g m

e,' s

he sa

id, b

rea

king

into

th

at c

hara

cter

istic

na

ught

y gi

ggle

. Vilm

a sa

id th

e bo

ok, w

hen

writ

ten,

is m

eant

to in

spire

, em

pow

er o

ther

wom

en.

This,

she

sa

id, w

ill be

the

only

rea

son

why

she

will

ever

ag

ree

to h

ave

a

boo

k w

ritte

n on

her

life

, con

trove

rsial

as i

t wer

e. V

ilma'

s life

is a

m

ovin

g su

cces

s sto

ry. S

he h

as b

eaut

ifully

tra

ns-fo

rmed

from

a

child

sta

r to

teen

age

sens

atio

n to

dra

mat

ic a

ctre

ss a

nd b

ox

offic

e q

ueen

to a

resp

ecte

d a

nd m

ulti

- aw

ard

ed lo

cal g

over

n-m

ent o

ffici

al. H

er c

ross

over

from

show

bus

ines

s to

polit

ics

has

bee

n aw

e-in

spiri

ng. L

isten

to h

ow M

ayor

Vi n

ow ta

lks.

It is

al-

way

s with

con

fiden

ce a

nd a

goo

d g

rasp

of t

he su

bjec

t mat

ter.

M

eanw

hile

, in

the

abs

ence

of t

hat a

ll-kn

owin

g V

ilma

biog

ra-

phy

, a 5

0-pa

ge g

loss

y m

aga

zine

has b

een

publ

ished

by

the

unite

d fa

ns o

f the

act

ress

kno

wn

colle

ctiv

ely

as V

ilma

Sant

os

Solid

Phi

lippi

nes.

The

mag

azin

e is

calle

d V

ilma

and

is a

ver

itabl

e hi

stor

y of

the

sta

r for

all

sea

sons

. Th

e m

aga

zine

cont

ains

arti

cles

ch

roni

clin

g th

e m

any

succ

esse

s of t

he a

ctre

ss, i

nclu

ding

a re

-p

rint o

f a st

ory

writ

ten

abo

ut M

ayor

Vi b

y th

e la

te N

ick

Joa

qui

n w

ho c

alle

d he

r the

Gla

d G

irl. M

ore

tha

n th

e st

orie

s in

the

colle

c-tio

n, th

e w

ealth

of p

ictu

res p

rese

nted

ther

ein

will

sure

ly b

ring

joy

not o

nly

to fo

llow

ers o

f the

act

ress

but

to lo

vers

of lo

cal f

ilm h

is-to

ry.

The

mul

tiple

spre

ads

on

Vilm

a's f

ilmog

rap

hy is

com

plet

e w

ith n

osta

lgic

layo

uts o

f the

mov

ies s

he h

as a

ppe

are

d in

. The

la

yout

s dat

e ba

ck to

196

3 w

hen

Vilm

a m

ade

a sp

lash

in th

e te

arje

rker

, Tru

dis L

iit. T

he m

aga

zine

also

ca

rries

rare

pic

ture

s, fil

m

revi

ews,

and

prin

t ads

mad

e by

the

actre

ss.

At t

he si

ght o

f her

ol

d p

hoto

s in

the

mag

azin

e, V

ilma

was

rem

inde

d of

Lip

ad,

Da

rna

, Lip

ad

, whi

ch sh

e co

nsid

ers

her b

est D

arn

a m

ovie

. She

w

as sa

d th

at sh

e co

uld

no

long

er g

et a

cop

y of

the

film

. She

ha

s cop

ies o

f cer

tain

title

s, so

me

of w

hich

she

had

rep

rod

uced

in

to V

HS

form

at, o

ther

s in

disc

form

. Th

e V

ilma

mag

azin

e m

ight

a

s wel

l ha

ve b

een

a bo

ok, c

onsid

erin

g th

e le

ngth

and

bro

ad

-ne

ss o

f its

cov

era

ge. I

t is t

he p

erfe

ct p

refa

ce to

the

next

am

bi-

tious

pro

ject

film

lov

ers c

an

wat

ch o

ut fo

r, w

hich

is th

e a

utho

ri-ta

tive

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

bio

gra

phy

. C

opie

s of t

he V

ilma

mag

azin

e a

re a

vaila

ble

thro

ugh

Jojo

Lim

, pre

siden

t of V

S So

lid P

hilip

pine

s at

091

7-66

3-90

13.

�Vilm

a m

ag a

teas

er to

�V

ilma

mag

a te

aser

to

Vilm

a te

llVi

lma

tell --

all b

ook

all b

ook�

by

Nes

tor C

uarte

ro, M

ovie

Goe

r Jan

17,

200

6

{ re-

prin

t }

Vilm

a!

Page

13

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

is V

ilma

Sant

os sa

anu

ma

ng le

ngg

uwa

he.

Mat

atag

, wal

ang

kup

as, s

ikat

at m

ahu

say

na a

ktre

s. M

ay

kara

pat

an

na ri

n siy

ang

mat

awag

na

ALA

MA

T ng

atin

g p

ana

-ho

n: b

ilang

bitu

in, a

ktre

s, b

abae

at l

ingk

od-b

aya

n. N

asa

lo n

a ya

ta n

i Ate

Vi a

ng la

hat n

g u

ri ng

biy

aya

sa la

ngit

na h

inih

iling

ng si

num

an

sa a

tin, h

awak

na

niy

a an

g pi

naka

mal

aki

ng b

ituin

na

ha

ngga

ng n

gayo

'y in

aas

inta

pa

lang

ma

ram

ing

arti

sta

, na

ratin

g na

niy

a a

ng p

ina

kam

ataa

s na

anta

s ng

tag

ump

ay

per

o a

ng is

ang

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

ay

nana

tilin

g na

kata

pak

sa lu

pa

ang

kan

yang

mga

pa

a. H

indi

kai

lanm

an

pum

asok

sa k

an-

yang

ulo

ang

tina

tam

asa

ng ta

gum

pay

. A

ng A

te V

i na

naki

la-

lang

Tru

dis L

iit a

y w

ala

ng p

agba

bago

. M

ap

agku

mb

aba

, m

aala

laha

nin,

hin

di n

alal

asin

g sa

tag

umpa

y, m

are

spet

o at

hi

git s

a la

hat,

ma

runo

ng m

agp

aha

laga

sa k

anya

ng k

apw

a.

Dun

mo

tulo

y m

asa

sabi

na

si A

te V

i ay

hind

i lang

isan

g id

olo,

ku

ndi m

aga

nda

ng e

hem

plo

pa sa

am

ing

mga

tag

aha

nga

niya

. Tu

nay

nga

ng n

aka

kaun

gos

na

ng m

ilya-

mily

a a

ng is

ang

V

ilma

Sant

os sa

ka

nya

ng m

ga d

inat

nan

( Tita

Glo

at S

wa

nie)

, ka

pan

aba

yan

( Nor

a, H

ilda

at L

orna

) at n

agd

atin

g a

ng

(Sha

ron

at M

aric

el) a

t mga

you

ng su

perst

ars

kun

o (J

udy

Ann

at

Cla

udin

e).

Ang

tina

guria

ng n

ag-ii

sang

Sup

erst

ar n

a di

naig

ng

dro

ga

at a

lak

ang

disi

plin

a, i

tayo

mo

ma

n ay

kus

ang

nag

-p

apa

tihig

a, k

aya

nam

an w

alan

g di

reks

iyon

ang

buh

ay, d

i ba

N

ora

nia

ns?

Pa

rang

sum

obra

ang

kam

ala

san

nito

ng ti

na-

taw

ag n

ilang

sop

ast

ar.P

ara

ng so

pa

s na

lang

siya

nga

yon,

w

ala

nang

sta

r, ta

pos

hin

di p

a m

aini

t. S

umab

it p

a sa

pa

g-in

om n

g sh

abu

ko a

t tin

ako

t na

mak

ulon

g k

aya

inam

ing

gui

lty.

Lubo

s na

pag

kila

la s

a ta

inat

awag

na

"bod

y of

wor

ks" n

i ate

Vi

sa m

ahig

it na

apa

t na

apat

na

dek

ad

a bi

lang

"akt

res n

g p

i-na

kam

ata

as n

a or

den"

. Ipi

naka

hulu

ga

ng p

iling

-pili

ang

mga

p

ape

l na

gin

agam

pana

n ni

Ate

Vi s

a b

uong

ka

rera

niy

a.

Tali-

was

ito

sa k

ara

niw

ang

ugal

ing-

sakm

al d

ito, s

akm

al d

oon

upa

ng m

apa

g-us

apa

n la

ng m

uli a

ng la

os n

a ak

tres

na p

ilit

nagb

abal

ik sa

isan

g di

gita

l mov

ie n

a id

idire

he p

a na

man

ng

isa

ng h

as b

een

din

na a

ktre

s na

wal

ang

kaa

lam

an sa

dire

ct-

ing.

Sus

me,

asa

n pa

kay

a da

dam

putin

ang

ca

reer

ng

shab

u qu

een?

Her

col

lea

gues

adm

ire V

ilmas

' ca

reer

pat

h an

d m

ost o

f the

a

spiri

ng a

ctor

s wan

t to

patt

ern

thei

rs w

ith h

er.

But V

ilma

is tru

ly a

n ex

cept

ion

, one

of a

kin

d.

And

for a

lmos

t fou

r dec

-a

des

now

, she

con

tinue

s to

reig

n as

the

true

mov

ie q

ueen

in

this

side

of p

lane

t. A

yon

nga

sa n

erer

espe

tong

akt

res

na si

A

rmid

a Si

gui

on R

eyna

"Mag

mul

a na

ng m

apa

nood

ko

ang

Trud

is Lii

t, na

ging

fan

na fa

n na

ako

ni V

ilma"

Ibig

sabi

hin,

m

ula

sa u

nang

pel

ikul

a n

i Ate

Vi a

y na

ging

tag

aha

nga

na

nito

ang

bet

era

nang

akt

res.

How

won

der

ful n

ama

n. T

hat's

on

e he

ll of

a c

ompl

imen

t one

act

or c

an

get f

rom

ano

ther

resp

ecte

d p

erso

n be

long

ing

to th

e sa

me

field

. Ka

hit n

ga a

ng

sum

isika

t na

youn

g ac

tress

na

si A

ngel

Loc

sin a

y ve

ry v

ocal

sa

pag

sasa

bing

isa

siya

ng V

ilma

nia

n at

gus

to n

iya

ng s

unda

n a

ng

yap

ak

ng n

umer

o un

ong

akt

res n

g b

ans

a. A

nd w

ould

you

be-

lieve

na

ang

pog

ing-

pogi

ng si

Ric

hard

Gut

ierre

z ay

nag

pa

ha-

yag

din

na it

wou

ld b

e a

fulfi

llmen

t kun

g m

aka

kaga

wa

siya

ng

pel

ikul

a ku

ng m

aka

kap

are

ha si

Ate

Vi d

ahi

l fa

ve a

ctre

ss d

aw

niya

ito.

In a

n in

terv

iew

, nag

-spa

rk p

a ng

a a

ng e

yes n

ito b

efor

e gi

ving

the

nam

e "V

ilma

Sant

os".

"She

seem

s to

be

a po

wer

ful

wom

an a

nd g

reat

act

ress

. C

ombi

ned

, ib

a a

ng d

atin

g ni

ya s

a la

hat."

Ayo

n na

ma

n sa

mah

usay

at h

ina

hang

aaa

ng b

roa

d-ca

ster

na

si Ko

rina

Sa

nche

z, "L

agin

g p

ana

lo, l

agi

ng b

ida,

tula

d ni

ya'y

gin

to, w

alan

g ku

pas

ang

kin

ang.

Ha

bang

buh

ay, h

a-b

ang

pa

naho

n!"

Mul

a n

ama

n sa

test

imon

ial n

g p

rod

ucer

na

si D

onna

Villa

" Hi

ndi k

umpl

eto

at w

ala

ng k

atut

ura

n a

ng p

agi

ging

p

rod

ucer

ko

kung

hin

di a

ko m

aka

gaw

a ng

pel

ikul

a na

bid

a

ang

hin

aha

nga

an

kong

si V

ilma

Sant

os."

Mat

ara

y na

ma

n a

ng

nagi

ng p

aha

yag

ni d

irek

Jerry

Sin

enen

g,"

Mai

dire

k ko

lang

si

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

ay

puw

ede

na a

kong

mag

retir

e."

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

, th

e g

reat

est a

ctre

ss o

f the

cen

tury

as

repo

rtedl

y ac

cord

ing

to

Ma

nunu

ri cr

itic

Ma

rio H

erna

ndo,

will

be tu

rnin

g 53

on

Nov

embe

r 3,

but

the

yea

rs ce

rtain

ly d

o no

t sho

w o

n he

r fac

e. M

y fa

vorit

e a

ctre

ss e

xcel

led

in e

verth

ing

she

did

-in b

oth

life

and

ca

reer

.

As

an

actre

ss, s

he h

as t

he m

ost n

umbe

r of a

ctin

g a

wa

rds

and

the

long

est r

eig

ning

mov

ie q

ueen

and

box

-offi

ce c

ham

pion

.

As

TV h

ost,

she

had

the

bes

t va

riety

sho

w in

tele

visio

n th

at ra

n fo

r ma

ny y

ears.

As a

may

or o

f bel

oved

Lip

a C

ity, h

er re

put

a-tio

n is

unta

rnish

ed. A

te V

i is r

eally

an

acc

ompl

ished

wom

an.

W

hy?

Even

her

reco

rdin

g of

Sw

eet S

ixte

en w

as c

ertif

ied

gol

d ka

y A

te V

i ang

kop

na a

ngko

p a

ng a

witi

ng "H

and

og",

hind

i lan

g d

ahi

l sa

ang

kan

yang

tiya

n at

bul

sa a

y bi

glan

g na

gkal

ama

n d

ahi

l sa

mat

indi

ng su

porta

sa k

any

a ng

pub

liko

at p

atul

oy n

a p

amam

aya

gpag

bila

ng n

umer

o un

ong

akt

res n

g in

dust

riya

, ku

ngdi

dah

il sa

kasa

ysay

ang

ka

nya

ng iiw

ana

n sa

atin

g la

hat.

M

ABU

HA

Y KA

,STA

R FO

R A

LL S

EASO

NS

AN

D Q

UEE

NST

AR

and

LIP

A

CITY

MA

YOR

DR

VILM

A S

AN

TOS.

Willi

e Fe

rnan

dez i

s a p

rofe

ssio

nal

mov

ie w

riter

in th

e Ph

ilippi

nes,

Da

vao

City

(P

hilip

pine

s) is

his

hom

e.

Willi

e is

also

one

of o

ur b

est h

ouse

writ

er!

Vilm

a!

Page

40

The

Rect

o fa

mily

. A

ver

y ha

ppy

and

pro

ud V

ilma

with

Lu

cky,

Rya

n C

hrist

ian

and

Ral

ph R

ecto

.

Ma

kiki

ta ri

n na

pun

o ng

fam

ily p

ictu

res s

a lo

ob n

g of

fice

ni M

ayo

r Vi.

A lo

t of c

ute

potra

its o

f Vi

na v

isibl

e sa

lo

ob n

g d

inni

ng ro

om n

i Vi.

Th

e Re

cto

fam

ily re

cent

pic

ture

. C

an'

t hel

p to

not

iced

, ev

en h

er w

all

cloc

k is

her f

am

ily

pic

ture

s. W

e al

l now

tha

t Vi's

top

prio

rity

is he

r fa

mily

, se

cond

ly is

LIP

A a

nd th

en th

ird is

her

show

biz

care

er.

This

her l

ast

term

as a

ma

yor.

�I w

ant

my

proj

ects

to g

et fi

n-ish

ed.

I wa

nt to

gra

dua

te a

s may

or w

ith a

dip

lom

a,�

Ate

V

i onc

e sa

id.

It w

as a

ver

y fu

lfillin

g d

ay fo

r me

at n

aki

ta

ko a

ng lo

ob a

t lab

as n

g L

ipa

offi

ce n

i Ma

yor V

i. Sa

lab

as

ay

bum

ili a

ko n

g b

ottle

d w

ate

r at n

akita

ko

ang

Ma

yor's

p

erm

it na

to a

t tal

aga

ng m

ay I

pict

ure

po

si a

ko to

com

-p

lete

my

unfo

rget

tab

le tr

ip to

Lip

a. S

ala

ma

t po.

A

llan

Tram

bulo

is b

ased

in N

ew

York

, NY

USA

. He

is th

e p

roud

ow

ner a

nd m

oder

ator

of

VIS

ION

.

Vilm

a!

Page

14

{ Um

bra

Et P

enum

bra

} Mar

io O

. Gar

ces

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

,Vi

lma

Sant

os,

The

Qui

ntes

sent

ial M

othe

rTh

e Q

uint

esse

ntia

l Mot

her

YYes,

Virg

inia

, the

re a

re su

per

sta

r mot

hers

and

chi

ldre

n ce

-

leb

ritie

s in

Pino

y sh

owbi

z.

The

late

Nid

a B

lanc

a h

as o

ne c

hild

, a

da

ught

er n

amed

Kat

ie. A

gele

ss m

ovie

que

en G

loria

Ro-

mer

o ha

s an

unic

a hi

ja in

Ma

rites

s Gut

ierre

z. A

mal

ia F

uent

es'

Liezl

ga

ve S

nook

y a

run

for h

er m

oney

in to

t sup

erst

ard

om in

th

e ea

rly 7

0's.

Nor

a A

unor

's on

ly b

iolo

gica

l chi

ld, I

an D

e Le

on,

son

of C

hrist

ophe

r De

Leon

, ap

pea

red

in m

ovie

s tog

ethe

r with

A

mp

on Q

ueen

Nor

a A

unor

and

the

rest

of D

' Ad

opte

d O

nes.

Hild

a Ko

rone

l, a

very

priv

ate

pers

on, a

s we

all k

now

ha

s a lo

ve c

hild

with

the

late

Jay

Ilag

an

but

no

one

has e

ver

seen

the

fruit

of th

eir u

nion

in p

ublic

. L

ike

Nor

a, H

ilda

has a

fe

w a

dop

ted

ones

her

self

but t

hey

rem

ain

priv

ate

citiz

ens,

like

thei

r mot

her H

ilda

. S

usa

n Ro

ces a

nd th

e la

te C

harit

o So

lis d

id

not h

ave

bio

logi

cal c

hild

ren

but

non

ethe

less

pro

ved

that

they

ca

n be

exc

elle

nt su

rroga

te m

othe

rs on

and

off

scre

en.

The

la

te M

s. Ri

ta G

omez

ha

d a

son

from

diff

eren

t fat

hers,

the

mos

t fa

mou

s of w

hich

is R

onal

d Br

egen

dahl

, the

spel

ling

bee

cham

pion

and

a o

nce

upon

act

or w

ho w

as e

xcel

lent

as t

he

insa

tiabl

e se

x m

ani

ac

of a

hus

ba

nd to

wife

Ann

a M

arin

in th

e cl

ass

ic m

oral

ity p

lay,

the

mov

ie M

oral

. T

he re

clus

e a

nd e

nig-

mat

ic L

olita

Rod

rigue

z, lik

e Hi

lda

, has

chi

ldre

n w

ho s

ucce

ss-

fully

kep

t the

m fr

om sh

owbi

z circ

us.

Boo

ts-A

nson

Roa

ha

s fou

r ch

ildre

n b

ut n

one

of th

em e

nter

ed s

how

biz.

Ma

ricel

Sor

iano

ha

s tw

o a

dopt

ed c

hild

ren

and

nei

ther

one

is in

show

biz.

Sh

aro

n C

unet

a ha

s thr

ee g

irls,

the

mos

t fam

ous o

f whi

ch is

KC

C

once

pcio

n, n

ow a

col

lege

stud

ent a

nd h

as y

et to

app

ear i

n a

mov

ie.

Prot

ectiv

e Sh

aro

n se

es to

it th

at sh

e fin

ishes

col

lege

fir

st.

KC

, who

look

s lik

e he

r da

d G

abb

y C

once

pcio

n ha

s onl

y a

ppea

red

in a

mus

ical

-pla

y.

A

nd n

ow, V

ilma

Sant

os.

The

mos

t fam

ous c

eleb

rity

mot

her o

f th

e Ph

ilippi

nes

has e

arn

ed th

e tit

le In

a n

g Lip

a a

nd m

ore,

w

ithou

t rea

lly tr

ying

. L

ooki

ng b

ack,

esp

ecia

lly d

urin

g he

r ha

ppy

-go-

luck

y d

ays,

the

Filip

ino

fans

nev

er im

agin

ed th

at

she

wou

ld b

e th

at g

ood

a m

othe

r. S

he w

as b

usy

mak

ing

m

ovie

s and

ha

d a

dizz

ying

soci

al lif

e.

Her

chi

ef ri

val g

ot d

o-m

estic

ated

ea

rly a

nd ra

ised

a ch

ild a

hea

d of

Vilm

a by

at

lea

st fi

ve y

ears.

Ia

n m

ust b

e at

lea

st 5

or 6

six

yea

rs ol

d w

hen

Vilm

a's e

ldes

t son

Lui

s Ma

nza

no sa

w th

e lig

ht o

f da

y on

Ap

ril

21, 1

981.

A

s we

all k

now

, the

Sta

r for

All

Sea

son'

s life

was

ch

ang

ed fo

reve

r whe

n he

r Luc

ky w

as b

orn.

Ree

ling

from

b

ank

rupt

cy a

nd o

verd

ue in

com

e ta

x, V

ilma

alm

ost l

ost h

er

shirt

. But

God

smile

d a

t Vilm

a, a

nd a

s Luc

ky w

as g

row

ing

up

, he

r ca

reer

took

a p

ositi

ve tu

rn.

Her

Viv

a a

nd R

egal

mov

ies

wer

e b

rea

king

box

-offi

ce re

cord

s. He

r act

ing

awa

rds a

nd

box

-offi

ce ti

tles g

rew

by

leap

s and

bou

nds.

Her

VIP

/Vilm

a!

mus

ical

-va

riety

show

was

a ra

ting

s cha

mp

and

the

mos

t-aw

ard

ed sh

ow in

its g

enre

. A

nd t

he m

ost f

amou

s and

en-

dea

ring

wor

ds o

f a b

usy

yet c

arin

g a

nd re

spon

sible

mot

her

wer

e he

ard

from

the

Philip

pine

s and

aro

und

the

wor

ld a

s she

sa

ys g

ood

nig

ht to

her

milli

ons o

f Vilm

a! te

levi

ewer

s eve

ry F

ri-d

ay n

ight

: "I

LO

VE

YOU

, LU

CKY

!" F

ollo

win

g h

er th

en h

us-

ba

nd's

wish

to k

eep

aw

ay th

eir o

nly

son

from

the

limel

ight

, a

nd fr

om h

arm

's w

ay, V

ilma

acqu

iesc

ed. T

he m

ost t

he T

V a

u-di

ence

got

a g

limps

e of

Luc

ky w

as th

roug

h m

aga

zines

and

a

brie

f pa

n of

TV

cam

era

on lit

tle L

uis w

hile

Mom

my

Vi w

as p

er-

form

ing

at t

he M

et T

heat

er.

Vilm

a's '

pro

tect

ive'

and

'd

iscip

lined

' sid

e a

s fa

r as

raisi

ng L

uis p

aid

hand

som

e di

vi-

den

ds.

The

Luc

ky so

n g

rew

up

like

her f

amou

s Mom

: pro

fes-

siona

l, di

scip

lined

, res

pect

ful a

nd c

onsid

erat

e of

oth

ers,

pol

ite,

hum

ble,

and

'wise

with

mon

ey.'

And

let u

s not

forg

et th

at h

e fin

ished

col

lege

, thr

oug

h V

ilma

and

ex-

husb

and

Edu

Man

-za

no's

pro

ddi

ng a

nd e

ncou

rage

men

t. A

h, a

col

lege

deg

ree,

th

e on

e th

ing

that

no

one

can

stea

l fro

m so

meo

ne a

nd a

sh

elte

r or a

shi

eld

dur

ing

rain

y d

ays.

Whe

n V

ilma

turn

ed h

er

bac

k on

sho

wbi

z mom

enta

rily

to g

ive

birth

to R

yan-

Chr

istia

n Re

cto,

she

bec

ame

ever

y p

are

nt's

hero

and

role

mod

el. I

n-st

ant

ly, s

he is

the

Que

en o

f Sac

rific

e, m

akin

g th

e lik

es o

f

Pagp

aso

k ko

sa lo

ob n

g of

fice

ni M

ayo

r Vi,

eto

ang

bub

ula

ga sa

yo.

The

tab

les a

nd c

hairs

ay

mad

e of

na

rra

woo

d w

/ re

ddish

bro

wn

varn

ish.

Tala

gang

ma

feel

mo

na m

am

aha

ling

ang

furn

iture

na

ito.

Baga

y na

bag

ay

ang

tron

o na

ito

sa p

ag-

upo

ng a

ting

reyn

a.

Sa ta

pat n

g ta

ble

ni V

i, m

eron

pa

isan

g ta

ble

par

a sa

ka

nya

. Sa

liko

d n

ito m

eron

kw

arto

na

dinn

ing

room

ny

a. d

ito sa

kum

aka

in.

Mer

on sy

ang

mic

row

ave,

frid

ge

at T

V.

Mer

on d

in so

fa fo

r ele

gant

ent

erta

inin

g ni

Ma

yor

Vi.

I c

an'

t hel

p a

t tal

aga

ng u

mup

o a

ko sa

sily

a ni

Vi

feel

ing

Ma

yor d

in a

ko a

t sa

tabl

e ny

a m

eron

sya

ng n

a-

ma

n sy

a b

ago

ng a

war

d of

cer

tific

ate

. A

y so

bra

na

aw

ard

s ni V

i! S

abi k

o sa

saril

i ko.

Ma

kiki

ta m

o rin

and

mga

cou

ntle

ss a

wa

rds n

i Vi

sa

pa

gigi

ng o

utst

andi

ng le

ad

ersh

ip a

nd m

ayor

ship

ni

Ma

yor s

a ib

at-i

ban

g or

gani

zatio

ns.

Sab

i nga

ng

sec-

reta

ry n

ya: "

ma

ram

i pa

ya

n, n

asa

loob

ng

isang

room

, m

asy

ado

na k

asin

g m

ara

mi."

Vilm

a!

Page

39

Vilm

a!

Page

15

Sha

ron

Cun

eta

and

oth

er m

othe

r-cel

ebrit

ies '

cry'

out

of a

we

and

resp

ect f

or th

e Be

love

d M

ovie

Que

en.

At t

he p

eak

of h

er

da

ncin

g a

nd a

ctin

g c

are

er, V

ilma

had

to c

hoos

e: fa

mily

or c

a-re

er.

She

cho

se w

isely

, and

ag

ain,

God

smile

d a

t her

. M

ore

bles

sing

s pou

red

in. L

and

lside

first

-term

win

as L

ipa

city

may

or.

First

Inte

rnat

iona

l bes

t act

ress

win

(Bru

ssel

s). T

he T

op G

ross

er o

f A

ll Tim

e vi

a th

e g

arg

ant

uan

hit A

nak

(bef

ore

Ang

Ta

ngin

g In

a,

the

first

feat

ure

film

that

pai

d tri

but

e to

Ate

Vi),

to a

ddin

g a

n-ot

her B

ox-o

ffice

title

to h

er a

lrea

dy lo

ng li

st o

f box

-offi

ce a

nd

mov

ie q

ueen

title

s.

And

that

was

onl

y th

e be

ginn

ing

folk

s, on

ly th

e be

ginn

ing,

as

the

ann

ounc

er w

ould

say

at h

er V

ilma!

show

afte

r her

spec

-ta

cula

r and

jaw

-dro

ppin

g gr

and

op

enin

g m

usic

al n

um-

ber

. V

ilma

Sant

os' w

inni

ng st

rea

k co

ntin

ues.

On

her l

ast t

erm

a

s May

or a

nd a

t her

age

whe

n m

ovie

que

ens a

re re

tired

or

play

ing

seco

nd fi

ddl

e to

new

com

ers,

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

is h

avin

g it

al

l. It'

s onl

y th

e b

egin

ning

folk

s, on

ly th

e b

egin

ning

. H

ighe

st

mov

ie ta

lent

fee,

alo

ng w

ith S

haro

n C

unet

a. M

ore

pre

stig

ious

aw

ard

s lef

t and

righ

t for

her

suc

cess

ful d

uals

care

ers a

s act

ress

-p

oliti

cia

n. U

.P. G

awad

Pla

ridel

, U.P

. Diw

ata

Awa

rd, C

ente

nnia

l Fe

min

ist A

wa

rdee

, and

Int

erna

iona

l Pub

lic S

ervi

ce A

wa

rd

(Syd

ney,

Aus

tralia

). S

he h

as e

arn

ed a

PhD

deg

ree,

hon

oris

caus

a fo

r Hum

aniti

es fr

om L

ipa

City

Col

lege

. Th

e ot

her c

eleb

rity

win

ner o

f thi

s cal

iber

is R

osa

Ros

al a

nd n

o-b

ody

else

. M

ore

Lifet

ime

ach

ieve

men

t aw

ard

s fro

m A

parri

to

Jolo

, to

as fa

r-flu

ng a

s Cal

iforn

ia.

A s

ucce

ssfu

l fea

ture

film

trib

-ut

e to

and

spo

of o

f her

col

orfu

l and

aw

ard

-stu

dde

d pe

rform

-a

nces

on

film

, app

rop

riate

ly ti

tled

, D'Lu

cky

One

s. A

pot

entia

l ra

ting

s win

ner a

nd p

ossib

ly a

noth

er a

wa

rd-w

inni

ng p

erfo

rm-

anc

e a

s a M

othe

r of a

chi

ld a

fflic

ted

with

cer

ebra

l pal

sy, i

n th

e m

uch-

awai

ted

two-

pa

rt sh

owin

g of

her

MM

K te

lem

ovie

on

ABS

-C

BN, c

omin

g so

on to

TV

on

Mot

her's

Day

.

In k

eepi

ng w

ith th

e tre

nd b

ut m

akin

g a

diffe

renc

e in

the

Yea

r of

the

Que

er, v

iz, A

ng P

agd

ada

laga

ni M

ax

Oliv

eros

, Kal

eld

o, A

ng

Ma

sahi

sta

and

Ma

nay

Po, a

ll ey

es a

re fo

cuse

d o

n th

e M

othe

r an

d G

ay S

on te

am o

f a S

tar C

inem

a fe

atur

e fil

m st

arrin

g th

e ne

xt N

atio

nal A

rtist

Aw

arde

e V

ilma

Sant

os a

nd th

e p

rom

ising

a

nd ta

lent

ed a

ctor

Joh

n Llo

yd C

ruz,

to b

e di

rect

ed b

y O

livia

La

mas

an.

Cou

ld E

nPre

ss b

est a

ctre

ss in

a c

omed

y b

e fa

r be-

hind

? Ta

lk o

f Vilm

a Sa

ntos

, the

Mos

t Aw

arde

d a

nd M

ost V

ersa

-til

e Fil

ipin

a A

ctre

ss.

The

secr

et o

f the

Gla

d G

irl's

succ

ess?

Fa

mily

com

es fi

rst. N

o su

cces

s in

life

can

ever

repl

ace

the

failu

re a

t hom

e.

The

rew

ard

s are

but

icin

g on

the

cake

for t

he 's

upre

me

sacr

ifice

', ha

rd w

ork,

grit

and

det

erm

inat

ion.

Fr

om h

er c

redi

ble

and

m

emor

abl

e sc

reen

per

form

anc

es a

s a m

othe

r in

Brok

en M

ar-

riage

, Dol

zura

Cor

tez,

Ana

k, B

ata-

bat

a, I

pagp

ataw

ad

Mo

and

Dek

ada

'70,

to h

er sa

crifi

ces a

s a re

al m

othe

r to

Luis

and

Rya

n, e

ven

to h

er c

onst

ituen

ts in

Lip

a ci

ty, t

he m

othe

r in

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

reig

ns su

pre

me.

From

reel

to re

el, s

he is

the

Qui

ntes

sent

ial M

othe

r and

Ina

ng

Lipa.

M

ay s

he liv

e lo

ng to

insp

ire th

e M

othe

rs a

nd M

othe

rs to

be

. A

nd o

ur so

ns a

nd d

aug

hter

s, to

be

an Id

eal P

are

nt, l

ike

Ate

Vi.

Mar

io O

. Gar

ces i

s ba

ses i

n N

ew

Jers

ey, U

SA.

His

rece

nt w

ritin

gs h

as

bee

n p

ublis

hed

in e

nter

tain

men

t m

aga

zines

in th

e Ph

ilippi

nes.

(n

o a

vaila

ble

pict

ure

of M

ar)

Th

e se

cret

of

the

Gla

d G

irl's

Th

e se

cret

of

the

Gla

d G

irl's

succ

ess?

su

cces

s?

Fam

ily

com

es f

irst

. N

o s

uc-

Fam

ily

com

es f

irst

. N

o s

uc-

cess

in

lif

e ca

n e

ver

repla

ce

cess

in

lif

e ca

n e

ver

repla

ce

the

fail

ure

at

hom

e.

the

fail

ure

at

hom

e.

{ visi

on g

alle

ry }

Alla

n Tr

ambu

lo

BEST

AC

TRES

S O

F A

LL TI

ME

BEST

AC

TRES

S O

F A

LL TI

ME

VVilm

a Sa

ntos

is th

e m

ost a

wa

rded

act

ress

(50

plus

and

cou

nt-

ing)

and

kee

ps o

n co

llect

ing

them

with

eve

ry b

ox-o

ffice

hit

and

cr

itica

lly -a

ccla

imed

mov

ie, w

ith a

reco

rd 8

Uria

n, 5

Fam

as,

4 Fa

p, 6

Sta

r, 2

Int�

l Aw

ard

s and

the

mos

t rec

ent U

.P. G

awa

d

Pla

ridel

Aw

ard

..

Act

ual

trop

hies

and

aw

ard

s of A

te V

i. Ri

ght n

ow it

�s in

a

secu

red

room

and

it w

ill b

e tra

nsfe

r whe

n sh

e m

oves

in

sa b

ago

ng b

aha

y ny

a sa

Ala

bang

this

sum

mer

. (ph

otos

b

y A

te A

ida

). Be

low

: Ma

yor V

i acc

eptin

g�Ke

y of

New

Je

rsey

� d

urin

g he

r NY-

NJ

visit

200

5

Sugo

d a

ko a

t bitb

it ko

ang

pin

san

ko p

ara

dalh

in a

ko

sa L

ipa

. Un

fortu

nate

ly w

ala

si M

ayo

r Vi a

t mer

on sy

ang

spea

king

eng

age

men

t sa

Chi

nese

Cha

mb

ers C

om-

mer

ce (A

nvil)

. With

her

per

miss

ion

na k

a a

ll a

cces

s pa

ss

ako

sa L

ipa

esp

ecia

lly sa

loob

ng

offic

e n�

ya.

Na

-aliw

a

ko d

ahi

l pa

g pa

sok

ko p

a la

ng n

a ki

ta k

o an

g p

ictu

re

pot

rait

ni V

i ka

sam

a a

ng m

ga p

ast

may

ors n

g Lip

a.

Ang

ga

nda

at k

aga

lang

gal

ang

ang

bea

uty

ni

Ma

yor V

i.

MA

YOR

VILM

A S

AN

TOS

REC

TO: T

HE

MA

YOR

VILM

A S

AN

TOS

REC

TO: T

HE

MO

THER

OF

LIPA

CITY

MO

THER

OF

LIPA

CITY

IIt w

as a

sunn

y d

ay a

nd i

dec

ided

to g

o to

Lip

a C

ity w

/ m

y co

usin

s.

It' ll

be

my

first

afte

r so

ma

ny y

ears

16

yrs t

o b

e ex

act

sinc

e th

e la

st ti

me

i w

ent t

o Lip

a. I

'd li

ke to

sh

are

to th

ose

Vilm

ani

ans

na

di p

a na

kaka

pun

ta sa

Lip

a sp

ecia

lly V

ilman

ians

a

broa

d.

Pict

ures

take

n in

fron

t of L

ipa

Mun

icip

al H

all.

Vilm

a!

Page

38

Page

16

Vilm

a! T

he V

ilma

Sant

os N

ewsl

ette

r No

tepa

d: M

ayor

Vi vs

Bat

anga

s Gov

. No

tepa

d: M

ayor

Vi vs

Bat

anga

s Gov

. LIP

A C

ITY�

Lipa

City

May

or V

ilma

Sant

os h

as a

ssai

led

Bata

nga

s Gov

. Arm

and

o Sa

nche

z ov

er

his p

lan

to c

lose

a p

ublic

hos

pita

l her

e. D

urin

g th

e w

eekly

fla

g-ra

ising

cer

emon

y, th

e m

ovie

a

ctre

ss-tu

rned

-pol

itici

an

voic

ed h

er o

pp

ositi

on to

the

imp

endi

ng c

losu

re o

f the

Lip

a D

istric

t H

ospi

tal i

n Ba

rang

ay

Siet

e, w

hich

is b

eing

run

and

fund

ed b

y th

e p

rovi

ncia

l gov

ernm

ent.

In

front

of s

ome

500

empl

oyee

s, Sa

ntos

said

she

cou

ld n

ot u

nder

sta

nd w

hy th

e go

vern

or

pus

hed

for t

he sh

uttin

g do

wn

of th

e ho

spita

l whe

n m

any

resid

ents

of L

ipa

and

nea

rby

tow

ns

ben

efit

from

its s

ervi

ces.

She

said

that

if m

oney

was

the

pro

blem

, the

city

gov

ernm

ent c

ould

ea

sily

ma

ke a

djus

tmen

ts to

salv

age

the

hosp

ital f

rom

per

ma

nent

clo

sure

. �I

f pol

itics

is th

e on

ly re

ason

, I a

m re

ady

to fi

ght

them

,� S

ant

os w

as q

uote

d a

s tel

ling

the

crow

d. C

ity H

all e

m-

ploy

ees a

nd o

ffici

als i

nter

view

ed b

y th

e In

quire

r sai

d Sa

ntos

� sp

eech

dre

w lo

ud c

heer

s fro

m

the

crow

d w

hich

bac

ked

the

may

or�s

sta

nd o

n th

e iss

ue.

Ma

ny sa

w th

e in

cid

ent a

s the

sta

rt of

a p

oliti

cal f

allo

ut b

etw

een

Sant

os a

nd S

anch

ez, a

wel

l-kno

wn

ally

of S

ant

os� h

usba

nd, a

d-m

inist

ratio

n Se

n. R

alp

h Re

cto.

Em

ploy

ees s

aid

Sanc

hez,

who

was

iden

tifie

d in

a S

enat

e he

ar-

ing

as o

ne o

f the

big

ges

t jue

teng

lord

s in

the

coun

try, m

ight

hav

e w

ant

ed to

get

ba

ck a

t Sa

ntos

afte

r she

repo

rtedl

y sh

owed

her

inte

rest

in ru

nnin

g fo

r gov

erno

r in

the

2007

loca

l ele

c-tio

ns.

In a

n in

terv

iew

at h

er o

ffice

, Sa

ntos

cla

rifie

d th

at h

er sp

eech

was

nev

er m

eant

to c

hal-

leng

e th

e g

over

nor t

o an

ele

ctio

n sh

owd

own

or to

sta

rt a

pol

itica

l fig

ht b

etw

een

them

. Sh

e sa

id th

at w

hen

she

said

she

was

read

y to

figh

t Sa

nche

z, sh

e w

as ta

lkin

g a

bout

the

hosp

ital

clos

ure.

�I d

on�t

have

any

inte

ntio

n to

ma

ke th

is a

pol

itica

l issu

e ...

Whe

n I s

aid

I�m

rea

dy to

fig

ht (S

anch

ez),

wha

t I m

eant

was

I�m

rea

dy to

figh

t for

the

(LD

H) a

nd le

t the

peo

ple

know

th

e re

al is

sue,

� th

e m

ayor

said

. Sa

ntos

, how

ever

, adm

itted

that

she

was

irke

d a

fter l

earn

ing

from

Boa

rd M

embe

r Ma

rc L

evist

e th

at th

e or

igin

al p

lan

was

to c

lose

the

hosp

ital o

n M

ay

6. -

By M

arlo

n Ra

mos

, A

pr 2

5/06

Inqu

irer

Say:

May

or Vi

adv

ocat

es m

ilk ed

ucat

ion

Say:

May

or Vi

adv

ocat

es m

ilk ed

ucat

ion

Mul

ti-aw

arde

d ac

tress

and

Lip

a Ci

ty M

ayor

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

Rec

to

play

s a

new

lead

ing

role

as

the

advo

cate

of a

nat

ionw

ide

milk

ed

ucat

ion

cam

paig

n ca

lled

�Lak

i Sa

Gat

as,�

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

Bear

Bra

nd, t

he P

hilip

pine

s�

lead

ing

milk

bra

nd b

y sa

les.

Bea

r Br

and

is m

anuf

actu

red

by

Nes

tlé, t

he g

loba

l aut

horit

y on

m

ilk a

nd th

e w

orld

�s la

rges

t foo

d-ba

sed

nutr

ition

, hea

lth a

nd w

ell-

ness

com

pany

. The

cam

paig

n ai

ms

to p

rom

ote,

prim

arily

am

ong

mot

hers

, the

nut

ritio

nal

impo

rtan

ce o

f milk

in li

ght o

f de

clin

ing

milk

con

sum

ptio

n in

th

e co

untr

y. D

urin

g th

e ca

m-

paig

n�s

laun

ch a

t the

Pad

re V

aler

io M

alab

anan

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool i

n Li

pa, M

ayor

Vi s

aid

that

gi

ven

the

valu

e of

milk

for c

hild

ren,

mot

hers

sho

uld

mak

e su

re th

at th

eir k

ids

drin

k �n

ot ju

st o

ne

but t

wo

glas

ses

of m

ilk e

very

day�

to m

eet t

heir

nutri

tiona

l req

uire

men

ts. S

he s

aid

that

hea

lth is

he

r top

prio

rity

both

as

mot

her a

nd c

ity m

ayor

, and

goo

d nu

triti

on s

houl

d no

t be

com

prom

ised

, es

peci

ally

in d

iffic

ult t

imes

. - B

y Is

ah V

. Red

, Man

ila S

tand

ard

Apr 2

8/06

{ VITS

} Vi

lman

ian

Vilm

ania

n

�Da

pat

sana

�y h

indi

si In

ang

(O

livia

Lam

asan

) ang

mag

didi

rek

da

hil m

ay g

agaw

in si

yang

mov

ie

ni S

haw

ie (S

haro

n C

unet

a).

Eh,

pal

ibha

sa V

ilma

nia

n si

Shaw

ie,

pum

ayag

siya

ng sa

aki

n na

si

Ina

ng,�

ani

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Vi.

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aro

n na

g-pa

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kay

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ni B

eth

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irect

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enn

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am

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ute

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s. V

ilma

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ntos

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ibun

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er V

ilman

ian

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am

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ng g

anya

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indi

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te V

i ng

pel

ikul

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ilman

ian

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ntos

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ngga

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ay Is

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ntos

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ndi a

ko m

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as g

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n ko

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ang

mam

ingw

it ng

isda

sa la

ot o

mag

bila

d ng

ina

ning

pal

ay s

a

high

way

. A

ng a

lam

ko,

ang

pa

gsus

ulat

ay

isang

bok

asy

on n

a

kaila

nga

ng p

agt

uuna

n ng

mal

akin

g o

ras a

t pa

naho

n. A

t iyo

n

ang

kul

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sa a

kin.

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tula

d k

ong

aba

la sa

tra

baho

at s

a

mga

sibi

kong

akt

ibid

ade

s ay

ma

hihi

rap

an

ako

ng k

umbi

nsih

in

ang

aki

ng sa

rili sa

kod

a ng

pag

susu

lat.

Sa la

rang

an

ng p

re-

bel

ehiy

ong

pag

tula

, pa

g-a

rte a

t tal

umpa

ti ay

mai

koko

n-

sede

ra a

ko. S

a k

onse

pton

g pa

nsup

alpa

l o d

ebat

e ka

hit p

a-

pa

ano

'y d

i nam

an

ako

pa

huhu

li. S

ubal

it a

ng k

ahi

liga

n ko

ang

pag

susu

lat a

y isa

ng m

auns

iyam

ing

pang

ara

p n

a k

ahi

t sa

ak-

ing

diw

a ay

hin

di m

an

lang

ito

sum

agi.

Sub

alit

sa b

awat

pag

kaka

taon

ang

laha

t ay

ma

aarin

g m

agb

ago�

mag

ing

mal

aya�

pos

itibo

� d

eter

min

ad

o. I

isa la

ng a

ng n

agin

g lit

eral

na d

ahi

lan

kung

ba

kit a

ko n

aen

gan

yong

ma

gsul

at---

ang

mag

ing

kab

ahag

i sa

esp

asyo

ng

lum

ala

king

pam

ilya

ng n

ag-

iisa

ng V

ilma

Sant

os---

ang

mga

loya

l na

Vilm

ania

ns.

Na

sila

ay

nagl

ilingk

od n

a m

ay k

aaki

bat

na

sakr

ipisy

o at

pag

titiis

na

ng

wal

ang

hin

aha

nga

d na

kap

alit

at h

ala

ga. N

a h

indi

man

lang

kaya

ng su

katin

ng

anu

man

g m

ater

yal n

a b

aga

y an

g

kani

lang

isa

n d

aang

por

siyen

tog

pan

inin

diga

n a

num

ang

unos

....b

alak

id...

.inga

y....

isyu!

Ka

y V

ilma

Sant

os...

ma

ram

ing

mag

aga

ndan

g ku

wen

to�

ma

ram

ing

gaw

aing

kal

ida

d na

da

pat i

sula

t... m

ara

min

g p

ositi

bong

pa

nana

w n

a da

pat

ma

-

lam

an

ng ta

o---

at sa

pa

nini

wal

ang

iya

n a

ko n

agsim

ulan

g

mag

sula

t! A

ng p

amam

ara

an

ko s

a pa

gsus

ulat

ay

hind

i ka

s-

ing

galin

g at

hin

di k

asin

g b

igat

ng

mga

arti

kulo

ng

mga

ma-

gag

alin

g na

ting

mga

Vilm

ani

ans

. Ala

m k

o na

ma

ram

i pa

ako

ng d

apat

pag

daa

nan

at is

aal

ang

-ala

ng u

pa

ng m

ai-

bal

ans

e ko

ang

kaa

lam

ang

kat

ulad

ng

sa k

ani

la. A

ng

kani

lang

mga

inte

lehe

nten

g k

ompo

sisyo

n ay

sala

min

ng

kani

lang

wal

ang

hum

pay

na

pag-

ibig

at d

edik

asyo

n sa

na

g-

iisa

ng b

ituin

ng

laha

t ng

pa

naho

n--R

osa

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

.Ang

kani

lang

men

sahe

sa p

anu

lat a

ng m

ada

las n

a pi

nagk

uku-

hana

n ko

ng

ener

hiya

up

ang

ma

kab

uo n

g isa

ng a

ngko

p n

a

Sund

an sa

pah

ina

41

{ ess

ay }

Nel

vin

Rea

From

pag

e 36

ty

pe

who

wou

ld su

bjec

t her

self

to in

dig

nitie

s jus

t so

her c

om-

ing

child

ca

n ha

ve a

nam

e a

nd p

ossib

ly b

ette

r up

brin

ging

. Bo

yet i

s the

unl

oved

son

who

wou

ld d

itch

his s

ophi

stic

ated

gi

rlfrie

nd (A

my

Aus

tria

, who

is st

ill un

com

forta

ble

in s

uch

role

, so

she

doe

sn�t

fare

too

wel

l her

e) fo

r thi

s ma

rtyr-t

ype

who

�s

bee

n im

pre

gna

ted

by h

is b

roth

er. N

ow, a

ny o

f the

se c

hara

c-te

rs m

ay e

xist,

if by

a lo

ng c

hanc

e. B

ut to

ha

ve th

em a

ll to-

geth

er liv

ing

und

er th

e sa

me

roof

is st

retc

hing

the

bou

nds o

f p

ossib

ility

muc

h to

o m

uch.

Fur

ther

mor

e, it

cou

ld h

ave

bee

n a

bet

ter e

ndin

g ha

d th

e V

iva

bos

ses d

ecid

ed to

stop

at t

hat

scen

e w

here

Vilm

a fin

ds h

erse

lf le

ft al

one

on C

hrist

mas

in th

e ric

h su

rroun

ding

s she

ha

s alw

ays d

ream

t of.

Now

onl

y th

e ho

useh

old

help

ca

n gi

ve h

er to

ken

sola

ce b

y w

ay o

f a c

olle

c-tiv

e gi

ft. It

is a

poi

gna

nt sc

ene,

styl

istic

ally

don

e to

pro

per

ef-

fect

with

the

usua

l Viv

a-fi

lm th

eme

waf

ting

thro

ugh

in su

pp

ort

of si

lent

mon

tage

. It c

ould

ha

ve b

een

a g

ood

ope

n en

ding

, w

ith o

verto

nes o

f iro

ny la

ying

them

selv

es sq

uare

ly o

n Vi

lma

�s

cha

ract

er. B

ut n

o, o

f cou

rse o

ne c

an�t

disa

ppoi

nt th

e fo

llow

-er

s of t

he o

rigin

al c

omic

s ser

ial.

So th

e st

ory

goe

s on

thro

ugh

furth

er ty

pica

l ma

neuv

erin

gs u

ntil w

e�re

giv

en a

t lea

st a

sem

-bl

anc

e of

a h

appy

end

ing.

A m

issed

cha

nce,

I sa

y. -

Alfr

ed A

. Yu

son

Philip

pine

s Dai

ly In

quire

r - 1

7 Ju

ly 1

983

O

ther

Not

able

Mot

her r

oles

or P

aren

tal R

elat

ed R

oles

: •

Man

o Po

3: M

y Lo

ve

• Pa

limos

Ng

Pag-

Ibig

• A

dulte

ry: A

ida

Mac

arae

g

• Ha

ngga

ng N

gayo

n Ik

a�y

Min

amah

al

• Br

oken

Mar

riage

• M

ulin

g Bu

ksan

Ang

Pus

o

• G

aano

Kad

alas

Ang

Min

san

• Ex

� W

ife

• Sa

an N

agta

tago

Ang

Pag

-ibig

•

Yest

erda

y, To

day

and

Tom

orro

w

• Lip

a: A

rradi

a M

asac

re

55

POIN

T: �R

egal

o� a

tele

visio

n Ev

ent

POIN

T: �R

egal

o� a

tele

visio

n Ev

ent

LLip

a C

ity M

ayo

r Vilm

a Sa

ntos

, a m

ulti-

awa

rded

dra

mat

ic a

ctre

ss, a

n ex

empl

ary

wife

and

m

othe

r and

a m

odel

pub

lic o

ffici

al, i

s so

wor

k-or

ient

ed th

at sh

e ca

n on

ly m

ake

a fe

w te

levi

-sio

n a

ppea

ranc

es e

very

yea

r...M

ayor

Vi g

ives

a b

ravu

ra p

erfo

rma

nce,

whi

ch h

as b

ecom

e he

r tra

dem

ark

. She

giv

es u

p he

r act

ing

ma

nner

isms f

or a

fres

h at

tack

of a

mot

her�s

role

that

m

ake

s it a

n ou

tsta

ndin

g in

terp

reta

tion.

Reg

alo

reliv

es th

e ta

le o

f Dai

sy H

erna

ndez

, a d

e-vo

ted

wife

and

ded

icat

ed m

othe

r who

se c

hild

suffe

rs fro

m c

ereb

ral p

alsy

...A

lthou

gh

scre

ened

in b

lack

and

whi

te, R

egal

o�s e

xcep

tiona

l qua

lity

was

imm

edia

tely

evi

dent

dur

ing

th

e m

edia

pre

view

. Eve

ryth

ing

abou

t thi

s epi

sode

is n

on-a

rtsy

as d

irect

or O

live

opte

d fo

r a

stra

ight

forw

ard

pre

sent

atio

n to

brin

g ou

t the

dra

ma

with

out s

eem

ing

con

trive

d. A

ctin

g is

likew

ise d

irect

to th

e po

int,

clea

rly th

e ep

isode

�s m

ain

stre

ngth

. Alth

ough

Ma

yor V

i is

notc

hes h

ighe

r in

deliv

erin

g he

r rol

e, M

aja

show

ed th

at sh

e ha

s the

ma

king

s of a

noth

er

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

. Pitt

ing

them

toge

ther

wa

s a c

astin

g tri

umph

. Alth

ough

Reg

alo

is a

smal

l sto

ry,

cast

and

cre

w im

parte

d it

with

eno

ugh

real

ism to

turn

it in

to a

dom

estic

epi

c of

sor

ts. R

e-g

alo,

writ

ten

by D

ado

Lum

ibao

, is a

cle

ar p

roof

of M

MK�

s sup

erio

rity

as a

dra

ma

ant

holo

gy,

ma

king

it th

e lo

nges

t run

ning

ABS

-CBN

show

righ

t now

. It i

s no

t afra

id to

def

y co

nven

tion,

tell

real

-life

stor

ies w

ith th

emes

of r

ape

, hom

osex

ualit

y, o

r phy

sical

disa

bilit

y, ju

st a

s it d

eliv

ers

cont

empo

rary

stor

ies o

f lov

e a

nd s

acrif

ice,

fam

ily d

ram

as a

nd te

en st

orie

s. A

nd it

doe

s thi

s w

ith c

ritic

ally

acc

laim

ed a

ctor

s and

dire

ctor

s, aw

ard

-win

ning

stor

ies,

and

visu

al tr

eats

that

ha

ve se

mbl

anc

es o

f film

s ra

rely

seen

on

tele

visio

n (re

ad:

hig

h p

rod

uctio

n va

lues

unc

on-

stra

ined

by

smal

l-scr

een

bud

get

ary

peg

s). T

his m

ake

s Ma

aal

aal

a M

o Ka

ya a

wor

ld-c

lass

d

ram

a a

ntho

logy

. Reg

alo

is M

MK�

s Mot

her�s

Day

pre

sent

atio

n w

ith e

xcel

lent

act

ors R

icky

D

ava

o a

nd E

rich

Gon

zale

s in

supp

ortin

g ro

les.

- BUZ

ZSTA

TION

by

Edga

r Cru

z 05

/04/

2006

{ VITS

} Da

isy &

Apr

il He

rnan

dez

Daisy

& A

pril

Hern

ande

z

The

nam

es o

f mot

her a

nd

da

ught

er p

laye

d by

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

a

nd M

aja

Salv

ad

or in

Ma

alaa

la

Mo

Kaya

Tel

evisi

on sp

ecia

l.

Com

ing

Soon

Com

ing

Soon

The

succ

ess o

f scr

eeni

ng o

f V

ilma

Sa

ntos

film

s in

Ma

rch

via

Pelik

ula

at L

ipun

an

galv

anize

d a

noth

er V

ilma

pro

ject

, thi

s tim

e b

y V

ilman

ians

in N

ovem

ber

this

year

. Fil

ms a

nd m

emor

abi

lia

will

be

exhi

bite

d du

ring

this

mon

th lo

ng e

vent

.

Ano

ther

A

noth

er

�...M

aja

show

ed th

at s

he h

as

the

ma

kings

of a

noth

er V

ilma

Sa

ntos

.��

- BUZ

ZSTA

TION

by

Edga

r Cru

z 05

/04/

2006

776

776

The

num

ber o

f epi

sode

s bef

ore

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

ap

pea

red

in it

s 15t

h Ye

ar A

nniv

ersa

ry o

f dra

ma

show

M

aal

aala

Mo

Kaya

.

YYo

ung

sta

rs sh

ould

take

ca

re o

f the

ir fin

anc

es a

nd p

ay

thei

r ta

xes.

Thi

s ad

vice

cam

e fro

m V

ilma

Sant

os, w

hose

a

sset

s wer

e fro

zen

by th

e Bu

rea

u of

Inte

rnal

Rev

enue

in

the

�80s

for n

on-p

aym

ent o

f inc

ome

tax.

�Bu

t I k

now

w

hat [

othe

r sta

rs] a

re g

oing

thro

ugh

right

now

�it�

s no

t ea

sy. W

hen

you�

re y

oung

, som

ebod

y el

se h

and

les y

our

mon

ey. W

hen

you

sta

rt ha

ving

pro

blem

s, th

en y

ou st

art

won

der

ing

wha

t ha

ppen

ed to

you

r ea

rnin

gs.�

she

ad

ded.

She

con

sider

s her

self

luck

y to

hav

e re

cove

red

from

the

bru

sh w

ith th

e BI

R ev

en if

her

ma

rriag

e to

Ed

u M

anz

ano

suf

fere

d fro

m it

. �E

du

wan

ted

me

to b

e M

rs.

Ma

nza

no, t

o lie

low

from

show

biz.

But

I ha

d to

wor

k a

nd

pay

my

debt

s. I s

urvi

ved

and

reco

vere

d. N

ot e

very

bod

y is

as l

ucky

.� S

urp

rised

Vilm

a w

as s

urp

rised

to le

arn

that

REW

IND:

Taxe

s and

the y

oung

star

sRE

WIN

D: Ta

xes a

nd th

e you

ng st

ars

Lu

is, h

er so

n by

Ed

u, p

aid

a bi

gger

inco

me

tax

tha

n sh

e di

d th

is ye

ar.

�Fo

r the

first

tim

e in

my

life,

I fe

lt in

secu

re,�

V

ilma

said

, la

ughi

ng. �

Luis

was

ea

rnin

g m

ore�

I tol

d m

ysel

f, th

is co

uld

n�t

hap

pen.

But

it�s

hap

peni

ng.�

She

des

crib

ed L

uis a

s a g

ood

perso

n w

ho w

ants

to e

njoy

life

. �[

And

] the

girl

s! I

know

my

son,

he�

s def

inite

ly n

o lo

nger

a v

irgin

. But

I st

ill d

on�t

wan

t him

to

get m

arri

ed a

nd m

ake

me

a g

rand

mot

her,�

Vilm

a a

dmitt

ed. �

He ju

st tu

rned

25!

� D

irek

Vi?

Th

e ac

tress

...ob

serv

ed th

at to

day�

s you

ng st

ars

are

all

tale

nted

. �A

nd b

eaut

iful,�

she

g

ushe

d. �

They

can

da

nce,

sing

, the

y ca

n do

any

thin

g. B

ut th

e p

robl

em th

ere

is, it

�s h

ard

to

sta

nd o

ut. D

urin

g m

y tim

e, it

was

a o

ne-o

n-on

e w

ith N

ora

(Aun

or) a

nd m

e.�

- F

irst p

oste

d 10

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m (M

la ti

me)

May

03,

200

6 By

Nin

i Val

era

Inqu

irer

Vilm

a!

Page

36

In-in

sinua

te d

in n

iya

na

the

birth

del

iver

y (a

s spe

cifie

d in

the

open

ing

scen

e) c

an

caus

e ox

ygen

d

epriv

atio

n th

at m

ay a

ffect

the

bra

in d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

chi

ld, t

hus c

reat

ing

imm

atur

ity in

vas

o-m

otor

coo

rdin

atio

n su

ch a

s hea

ring

, spe

ech

and

ha

nd m

ovem

ent.

nilin

aw ri

n ni

ya n

a a

ng e

mo-

tiona

l ref

riger

atio

n (y

aon

g re

ject

ion

nina

Chr

is, D

elia

at V

ivia

n) c

an

caus

e th

e in

tens

ifica

tion

of th

e di

seas

e. H

owev

er, n

a-es

tabl

ish d

in n

iya

ang

love

and

ca

re n

g pa

rent

s (ni

Vilm

a) a

t sib

ling

(ng

ka-

pat

id n

a no

rmal

) will

be

mor

e th

an

enou

gh

to p

ush

the

child

to d

evel

op li

ttle

by li

ttle.

Th

is tim

e La

uric

e G

uille

n ha

s hit

the

pot

. The

mov

ie tu

rned

out

to b

e a

rtist

ical

ly m

ade

and

yet t

he

com

mer

cial

val

ue o

f it d

id n

ot su

ffer.

Bum

alik

na

ang

aes

thet

ic e

ye n

i Dire

ktor

a G

uille

n.

Tha

nk G

od, a

film

like

this

com

es o

nce

in a

whi

le to

giv

e us

ent

er-e

duc

atio

nal (

lea

rnin

g w

ith p

leas

-ur

e) m

illieu

. - P

ayak

, Nat

ural

, Kak

aiba

! Mov

ie R

evie

w b

y C

es Y

sobe

l Ors

al

5. P

AA

NO

BA

AN

G M

AN

GA

RAP?

(198

3) -

Lisa�

s Sto

ry

Wha

t the

crit

ics s

aid:

PA

AN

O B

A A

NG

MA

NG

ARA

P? ra

tes h

igh

for i

ts sl

ickn

ess a

nd p

rodu

ctio

n gl

oss,

som

ethi

ng th

at it

s pro

duc

ers,

Viv

a Fil

ms,

shou

ldn�

t hop

e w

ould

last

them

mor

e th

an

two

sea-

sons

. Ed

die

Ga

rcia

is a

goo

d di

rect

or. H

e st

ages

his

scen

es w

ell,

with

a m

inim

um o

f fus

s and

a

mod

icum

of w

inni

ng fa

ith in

na

rrativ

e p

rimac

y. V

iva

�s m

ovie

s are

wel

l-stru

ctur

ed, w

ell-p

aced

, and

at

thei

r bes

t sho

w h

ow th

e co

smop

olita

n Fil

ipin

o be

have

s un

der

rom

ant

ic st

ress

. But

if y

ou g

et

pa

st th

at le

vel a

nd d

ig in

to su

bst

anc

e, y

ou e

ncou

nter

that

self-

sam

e co

mp

ost p

it w

here

in a

ll th

e bi

odeg

rad

abl

e sc

rap

s of m

elod

ram

a yo

u ca

n fin

d so

uthe

ast o

f you

r fav

orite

mot

her�s

kitc

hen

have

bee

n th

row

n. S

uch

is th

e ca

se, t

o a

mos

t lam

enta

ble

extre

me,

with

Pa

ano

Ba

ang

Ma

nga

-ra

p?

It�s w

ell-a

cted

, wel

l-don

e, ta

stef

ully

cor

rect

in e

lem

enta

ry m

ode.

But

it is

stric

tly lo

cal c

omic

s fa

re, t

his w

ell-w

roug

ht tu

rn o

f circ

umst

antia

l tw

ist a

nd e

scal

atin

g c

onfli

cts w

hich

all

spel

l hig

h d

ram

a. V

iva

mak

es fi

lms t

hat a

re a

t bes

t our

ans

wer

to H

olly

woo

dia

n sli

ck, t

he st

uff o

f whi

ch T

he

Oth

er S

ide

of M

idni

ght a

nd Im

itatio

n of

Life

are

prim

e ge

nera

tiona

l exa

mpl

es. T

he B

arb

ra C

art-

land

s and

Ha

rold

Rob

bins

es tu

rned

cel

lulo

id; M

ills a

nd B

oon

on th

e bi

g sc

reen

. He

re y

ou h

ave

tw

o fin

e a

ctor

s, C

hrist

ophe

r de

Leon

and

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

, wax

ing

onc

e ag

ain

with

thei

r sp

ecia

l ch

emist

ry. B

oyet

is so

goo

d h

e ca

n, b

y m

erel

y va

ryin

g hi

s inf

lect

ion,

go

thro

ugh

a sim

ple

line

like

�Tam

a n

a..�

thre

e tim

es a

nd p

rove

pos

itive

ly se

nsiti

ve a

nd b

elie

vabl

e ea

ch ti

me.

Sub

tlety

of f

eel-

ing

is sh

are

d eq

ually

wel

l by

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

. The

y a

re b

oth

awa

re o

f the

val

ue o

f und

erpl

ayin

g th

eir

emot

iona

l sce

nes,

so m

uch

so th

at in

any

con

front

atio

n w

ith o

ther

thes

pia

ns w

ho p

lay

thei

r rol

e to

th

e hi

lt, th

ese

two,

Boy

et a

nd V

ilma

, com

e ou

t on

top

thro

ugh

the

simpl

e p

roce

ss o

f und

ercu

tting

. V

ic S

ilaya

n a

nd P

erla

Ba

utist

a a

re e

qual

ly g

ood

in P

aa

no B

a a

ng M

anga

rap

?, b

ut it

is M

ood

y D

iaz w

ho w

ins

us o

ver b

y ap

plyi

ng a

diff

eren

t ta

ck in

her

�m

ayor

dom

a�

role

, som

ethi

ng th

at is

us

ually

pla

yed

for l

augh

s and

oth

er su

ch e

ffect

s by

less

gift

ed, o

r les

s im

agin

ativ

e, p

erfo

rmer

s. A

r-m

ida

Sigu

ion-

Reyn

a is

ham

pere

d b

y he

r ter

mag

ant

mot

her-i

n-la

w ro

le, t

he c

atch

-all

cha

ract

er o

f cr

uelty

spaw

ned

by

all t

he so

ap o

pera

dra

mas

of P

hilip

pine

com

ics a

nd ra

dio

seria

ls. A

nd sh

e pl

ays t

his t

horo

ughl

y un

belie

vabl

e ch

ara

cter

, typ

eca

st a

s she

alre

ady

is, m

uch

to th

e hi

lt. T

hat

fant

asy

scen

e w

here

she

ma

kes o

ut li

ke a

sata

nic

figur

e, th

ough

wel

l-sho

t by

Rom

y V

itug

, is q

uite

em

ba

rrass

ing

for a

pic

ture

like

this,

exc

ept o

f cou

rse w

e kn

ow th

at it

is b

ase

d on

a c

omic

s ser

ial

whe

re s

uch

fictiv

e ex

cess

es m

ay a

ppe

ar.

Her

e is

whe

re th

is ot

herw

ise fi

nely

-cra

fted

film

suffe

rs.

Viv

a k

new

it h

ad

to b

e fa

ithfu

l to

the

com

ics s

eria

l, so

in e

ffect

opt

ed fo

r the

sur

efire

com

mer

cial

d

raw

at t

he e

xpen

se o

f a tr

uly

arti

stic

, cre

dibl

e film

. I�m

not

sayi

ng th

at a

cha

ract

er li

ke M

rs. M

on-

teve

rde

does

not

, or c

ann

ot, e

xist.

Perh

ap

s one

in a

milli

on. F

ilipin

o m

othe

rs c

an

be

as o

verb

ear-

ing

, pre

judi

ced

, unf

eelin

g, a

nd d

ownr

ight

cru

el. B

ut to

ha

ve a

situ

atio

n w

here

an

imp

rob

able

ch

ara

cter

like

her m

eets

up

with

oth

er im

pro

babl

e ch

ara

cter

s lik

e th

e on

e V

ilma

and

Chr

istop

her

play

, is s

tack

ing

up th

e ca

rds t

oo m

uch

on th

e sid

e of

atro

ciou

s mel

odra

ma.

Vilm

a is

the

ma

rtyr

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to p

age

37

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chie

vem

ents

: •

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of 1

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top

gro

sser

-fil

ms

55

Vilm

a!

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18

{ Sin

cere

ly y

ours

} Fa

ther

Jua

cho

Gut

ierre

z

Fath

er J

uach

o G

utie

rrez i

s b

ase

d in

USA

, and

is a

cle

rgy.

Hi

s reg

ula

r col

um w

ill be

bac

k ne

xt is

sue.

(Edi

tor�s

Not

e: D

ue to

his

rece

nt su

rger

y, F

athe

r J�s

colu

m is

not

av

aila

ble.

His

colu

m w

ill be

bac

k ne

xt is

sue.

The

follo

win

g is

his

post

ed m

essa

ge in

our

e-g

roup

s. )

�...p

inak

amam

ahal

na

May

or A

te V

i��

�...p

inak

amam

ahal

na

May

or A

te V

i��

MMag

and

ang

ara

w/g

abi

po

sa in

yong

laha

t! Ito

po

si Fr

. J

nagb

abal

ik.

Na

pka

ram

i ko

pong

da

pat p

asa

lam

ata

n fo

r the

p

raye

rs th

ey h

ave

said

for t

he su

cces

s of m

y re

cent

surg

ery.

U

nang

-una

na

po a

ng a

ting

pina

kam

amah

al n

a M

ayor

Ate

Vi.

Sa n

ag-ii

sang

Rey

na n

g Pe

likul

ang

Pilip

ino,

Ms.

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

, m

ara

mi p

ong

sala

mat

sa in

yong

pag

dara

sal a

t pag

-ala

la s

a a

king

kal

agay

an. S

a a

wa

po

nam

an n

g D

iyos

, ako

po

ay u

nti-

unti

ng g

umag

alin

g. Y

our g

enui

ne c

once

rn a

bou

t me

and

ev

ery

Vilm

ania

n is

com

men

dabl

e. T

unay

po

kayo

ng k

aha

nga

-ha

nga

May

or A

te V

i. Yo

u a

re n

ot ju

st o

ur c

omm

on lo

ve a

nd

inte

rest

, you

are

also

a p

ositi

ve ro

le m

odel

for u

s on

how

to b

e a

carin

g, f

orgi

ving

and

lovi

ng h

uman

per

son.

With

milli

ons o

f Vil-

ma

nia

ns, I

am

pro

ud to

pro

fess

to th

e w

hole

wor

ld th

at I

am

inde

ed a

Vilm

ani

an

in b

ody,

min

d a

nd sp

irit.

Sa

bi n

ga

po n

i N

ell A

leja

ndro

, may

you

r trib

e in

crea

se!

To P

resid

ent

Jojo

, tha

nk y

ou fo

r the

cop

y of

the

Libis

Chr

istm

as

Party

of t

he V

ilman

ians

with

Ate

Vi.

Ditt

o fo

r you

r pra

yers

and

conc

ern.

You

are

one

of t

he fi

rst V

ilman

ians

I ha

ve e

ver m

et in

th

is w

orld

. I t

hank

God

for g

ivin

g m

e th

at c

hanc

e. F

or y

our e

x-ce

llent

and

pas

tora

l lead

ersh

ip o

f the

Vilm

ania

n Fa

mily

, mab

u-ha

y po

kay

o El

Pre

siden

te!

To V

ice-

Pre

siden

t Eric

, sal

amat

din

po

sa m

ga d

asa

l at p

ag-

alal

a. Y

our p

raye

rs an

d ex

pre

ssio

n of

sup

port

are

gre

atly

ap-

prea

ciat

ed. D

i ka

lang

Vic

e-Pr

esid

ent n

amin

, kuy

a ka

pa

ng

laha

t. Th

e Bi

g Br

othe

r of t

he g

roup

. Ver

y ap

pora

chab

le a

nd

hum

ble.

Tun

ay n

a m

aasa

han.

Han

da

tulu

ngan

sinu

man

. Lag

ing

may

ora

s pa

ra sa

laha

t. In

gat

ka

pal

agi,

my

dea

r frie

nd.

To S

ecre

tary

Jun

e, I

alw

ays a

dmire

you

for t

he w

ay y

ou w

rite

with

cla

ss a

nd fi

ness

e. Y

our c

omm

and

of t

he E

nglis

h la

ngua

ge

is su

per

b. I

have

so m

uch

to le

arn

from

you

. Sal

amat

sa m

ga

mag

aga

nda

mon

g sin

ulat

ab

out m

e. I

can

say

the

sam

e th

ing

ab

out y

ou: a

bea

utifu

l per

son

insid

e a

nd o

ut. W

itty

and

funn

y.

Ca

n't w

ait t

o se

e yo

u ag

ain

in A

ugus

t, ka

ibig

an.

To B

obby

, you

r sty

le o

f writ

ing

is a

clas

s by

itsel

f. K

aha

nga-

ha

nga

. N

aiib

a.

Gra

de A

! Y

our i

ntel

ligen

ce, s

ense

of h

umor

a

nd y

our l

ogic

al re

aso

ning

abo

ut th

ing

s nev

er st

op a

maz

ing

me.

C

ombi

ned

this

with

you

r war

m p

erso

nalit

y, y

ou a

re tr

uly

an

ama

zing

perso

n. In

goo

d tim

es a

nd in

ba

d tim

es, y

ou

are

a fr

iend

in w

ord

and

in d

eed.

For

this,

I am

trul

y bl

esse

d.

To m

y 2

favo

rite

Titos

: Tito

Lia

m a

nd T

ito J

oey,

tha

nk y

ou fo

r the

V

CD

Mov

ies o

f Ma

yor A

te V

i. I

rece

ived

them

yes

terd

ay. I

trie

d

to w

atch

Dal

awa

ng P

uga

d Isa

ng Ib

on, a

mov

ie o

f May

or A

te V

i w

ith R

omeo

Va

sque

z bu

t my

DV

D p

laye

r is

not w

orki

ng.

I'll tr

y w

atch

ing

it in

my

lapt

op D

VD

pla

yer.

Your

gen

eros

ity a

nd

thou

ght

fuln

ess a

re le

gen

da

ry. T

ito L

iam

, ca

n't w

ait t

o fin

ally

m

eet y

ou in

Aug

ust.

Mas

aya

hin.

Wal

ang

pre

tent

ion.

Tun

ay

na

tao.

Tito

Joe

y I h

ope

we

coul

d m

eet a

gai

n. Y

ou a

re o

ne th

e m

ost t

houg

hful

per

son

I ha

ve e

ver m

et. H

umbl

e a

nd G

od-

fea

ring.

Nap

aka

bai

t. G

od b

less

you

bot

h fo

r bei

ng so

kin

d a

nd

gen

erou

s to

us.

T

o A

l, w

ala

ng k

atul

ad, w

ala

ng k

apa

ntay

. M

apag

kaka

ti-w

ala

an. E

very

time

I see

you

r nam

e in

our

e-g

roup

s I g

et e

xcite

d b

eca

use

I kno

w th

at I

will

be

rea

ding

som

ethi

ng fu

nny,

col

orfu

l a

nd fu

ll of

info

rmat

ions

abo

ut M

ayor

Ate

Vi a

nd m

y fe

llow

Vil-

ma

nia

ns. B

y th

e w

ay, j

ust t

o le

t you

kno

w th

at y

our s

erie

s of

Ala

m N

iyo

Ba?

are

now

in m

y hi

wag

ang

ba

ul to

get

her w

ith th

e b

ato

of D

arn

a, p

alik

pik

ni D

yese

bel

, Min

ica

ni V

ilma

, ka

ndila

ni

Kam

pane

rang

Kub

a at

ma

ram

i pa

ng ib

a. H

uwag

ka

sana

ng

mag

sasa

wa

sap

agka

t hin

di ri

n ka

min

g m

agsa

saw

a sa

pa

gba-

ba

sa n

g iy

ong

ALA

M N

IYO

BA

? S

alam

at u

li A

l. To

Ces

ar,

Obe

t, Ja

y, T

win

hea

d, E

d Pi

ano

, Ric

ky, a

t sa

laha

t p

ang

mga

Vilm

ania

ns n

a m

eet k

o na

sa

Pilip

ina

s. M

iss y

ou a

ll. I

still

rem

embe

r eac

h a

nd e

very

one

of y

ou. H

ow c

ould

I fo

rget

th

e w

arm

rece

ptio

n yo

u ha

ve a

ccor

ded

me

last

yea

r. Sa

na

mag

kita

-kita

tayo

ng m

uli s

a d

ara

ting

na A

gos

to. A

nd fo

r tho

se

who

m I

have

n't m

et y

et, N

oel,

Na

r, N

elvi

n, R

uben

, Kris

tine,

W

eng

at m

ara

mi p

ang

iba

, I h

ope

I will

have

the

hono

r to

mee

t yo

u so

med

ay. Y

ou a

re a

ll a b

less

ing

to th

e V

ilma

nia

n Fa

mily

. I'm

su

re th

at th

ere

is no

bor

ing

mom

ents

with

you

guy

s. Ib

a ta

lag

a a

ng m

ga V

ilman

ians

, ka

pam

ilya

na, k

ap

uso

pa.

Vilm

a!

Page

35

Cha

rles G

omez

is b

ased

in

Saud

i Ara

bia.

Ate

Vi n

ick-

nam

ed h

im �

Dub

ai�

dur

ing

his v

isits

in th

e Ph

ilippi

nes.

{ Any

thin

g G

oes

} Cha

rlie

Gom

ez

(Edi

tor�s

Not

e: C

harli

e G

omez

regu

lar c

olum

will

be b

ack

in o

ur

next

issu

e. T

he fo

llow

ing

is an

arti

cle

writ

ten

by o

ur fa

vorit

e w

riter

Mar

io B

autis

ta in

his

Peop

les J

ourn

al c

olum

abo

ut

Maa

laal

a M

o Ka

ya a

nd D

�Luck

y O

nes.

)

A g

reat

act

ing

vehi

cle

for V

iA

gre

at a

ctin

g ve

hicl

e fo

r Vi

IIT�S o

bvi

ous t

hat A

BS-C

BN v

alue

s Vilm

a Sa

ntos

so m

uch.

Afte

r

ma

king

a m

ovie

that

is a

n un

aba

shed

trib

ute

to h

er fr

om st

art

to fi

nish

, �D

Luc

ky O

nes,�

the

y no

w fe

atur

e he

r in

the

15th

ann

i-ve

rsa

ry p

rese

ntat

ion

of �

Ma

ala

ala

Mo

Kaya

.� "

We

love

Vi a

s sh

e�s n

ot o

nly

a n

ice

perso

n b

ut a

lso a

true

pro

fess

iona

l, a

com

-m

itted

arti

st w

ho lo

ves h

er c

raft,

" say

s Cha

ro S

ant

os, t

op A

BS-

CBN

exe

cutiv

e a

nd h

ost o

f "M

aala

ala

Mo

Kaya

." "F

an

na n

iya

ako

sinc

e he

r Vi a

nd B

obot

day

s and

I�ve

seen

her

evo

lutio

n a

s a

per

son

and

as a

n ac

tress

. Ka

hang

a-ha

nga

tala

ga

siya

at a

ng

kany

ang

mag

and

ang

kal

oob

an,

it ju

st ra

diat

es. Y

ou c

anno

t fa

ke th

at d

ahil

galin

g ta

laga

�yun

sa lo

ob. W

e�ve

long

bee

n in

vitin

g he

r to

gue

st in

�Maa

laal

a� a

nd s

he w

as th

e on

e w

ho

ga

ve u

s thi

s sto

ry o

f Mrs.

Dai

sy H

erna

ndez

, a m

othe

r so

devo

ted

to

her

eld

est d

aug

hter

who

ha

d c

ereb

ral p

alsy

." "I

met

Dai

sy a

t th

e SP

ED, s

peci

al e

duc

atio

n sc

hool

for s

pec

ial c

hild

ren,

in L

ipa

," sa

ys A

te V

i. "I

met

her

da

ught

er, A

pril

. The

n I d

idn�

t see

her

for

som

etim

e a

nd I

foun

d A

pril

has d

ied

na p

ala

. I to

ld h

er to

writ

e d

own

her s

tory

then

I ga

ve it

to M

alou

Sa

ntos

who

thou

ght

of

doi

ng it

for �

Ma

alaa

la.�

We

sta

rted

tapi

ng th

is la

st y

ear,

pero

m

agka

-con

flict

ang

sked

s nam

in n

i Dire

k O

live

Lam

asan

, so

it to

ok 6

and

a h

alf d

ays t

o ta

pe it

ove

r a p

erio

d o

f one

yea

r at

natiy

empo

sa a

nniv

ersa

ry n

g �M

aal

aal

a� a

t pa

ng-M

othe

r�s D

ay

pre

sent

atio

n p

a." "

This

is th

e sh

ow�s

777

th e

piso

de,

" ad

ds C

haro

. "�M

aala

ala

� ha

s bee

n m

ade

into

a fi

lm in

199

4 th

at g

ave

awar

ds t

o its

star

s, A

iko

Mel

ende

z an

d C

hin

Chi

n G

utie

rrez.

It

has g

iven

the

bre

ak

to m

any

dire

ctor

s like

Wen

n D

eram

as,

Jerry

Si

nene

ng, R

ory

Qui

ntos

, Gilb

ert P

erez

, Mac

Ale

jand

re, L

aure

n D

yogi

, Ric

ky D

ava

o a

nd M

icha

el d

e M

esa.

We�

re p

roud

to

have

Vi f

or o

ur a

nniv

ersa

ry s

how

that

will

be sh

own

on M

ay

4 a

nd 1

1." W

e�ve

seen

the

pre

view

of t

he e

piso

de, e

ntitl

ed

"Reg

alo,

" and

it�s

real

ly a

tea

rjerk

er th

at a

ims t

o w

ring

your

tea

r-d

ucts

dry

. Her

fans

will

sure

ly b

e pr

oud

of t

heir

idol

ane

w a

s she

sh

ines

in se

vera

l sce

nes w

here

she

get

s to

del

iver

kilo

met

ric

lines

. It�s

a g

reat

act

ing

vehi

cle

for a

ny a

ctre

ss w

orth

her

sal

t a

nd A

te V

i tru

ly d

oes j

ustic

e to

the

role

of a

mot

her w

ho d

oes

ever

ythi

ng to

sup

port

her d

isabl

ed c

hild

onl

y to

lose

her

late

r to

a v

iral i

nfec

tion.

All

thro

ugho

ut th

e de

ath

and

wak

e of

Ap

ril

(con

vinc

ingl

y pl

ayed

by

Maj

a Sa

lvad

or),

Vilm

a is

not s

how

n cr

ying

at a

ll. S

he fi

nally

bre

aks

dow

n a

fter t

he fu

nera

l whi

le ta

lk-

ing

to h

er h

usb

and

(Ric

ky D

ava

o, w

ho�s

eq

ually

gre

at) a

nd d

e-liv

ers s

ome

lines

that

will

sure

ly b

e a

dded

to th

e lis

t of c

lass

ic

dial

ogue

s she

has

utt

ered

in h

er p

ast f

ilms a

nd th

at w

ere

all

used

in "D

Luc

ky O

nes."

If y

ou�re

a p

are

nt w

ith a

spec

ial c

hild

, yo

u�d

be

able

to id

entif

y w

ith h

er ro

le. B

ut e

ven

if yo

u�re

not

, yo

u�d

still

be

affe

cted

by

this

true

stor

y of

unc

ondi

tiona

l love

an

d sa

crifi

ce.

Inci

dent

ally

, we

final

ly g

ot to

see

"D L

ucky

One

s" a

nd w

e�d

like

to c

ong

ratu

late

Dire

ctor

Wen

n D

eram

as f

or su

ccee

ding

to

ma

ke u

s la

ugh.

The

re a

re m

any

hila

rious

scen

es in

the

mov

ie

that

eve

n no

n-V

ilma

nia

ns w

ill a

ppre

ciat

e, th

anks

to th

e fin

e p

erfo

rman

ces o

f Eug

ene

Dom

ing

o, S

and

ara

Pa

rk a

nd P

ok-

wan

g. E

ugen

e is

the

best

am

ong

them

as s

he d

oesn

�t ex

ert t

oo

muc

h ef

fort

in ti

cklin

g us

. Sa

ndy

is al

so a

nat

ural

com

edie

nne,

b

ut P

okw

ang

ca

n go

ove

r the

top

at th

e tim

es sh

e sh

ould

hav

e b

een

rest

rain

ed a

bit.

The

film

ha

s tw

o hi

ghlig

hts.

First

is th

e d

anc

e sh

owd

own

betw

een

Euge

ne a

nd P

okw

ang

at t

he P

hi

Bar w

here

they

get

to re

-cre

ate

the

intri

cate

pro

duct

ion

num

-b

ers A

te V

i use

d to

do

in h

er T

V sh

ow. T

he se

cond

one

is th

e fil

m�s

clim

ax

whe

re A

te V

i ma

kes a

spec

ial g

uest

ap

pear

anc

e to

reco

ncile

the

wa

rring

Eug

ene

and

Pok

wan

g a

nd th

en d

oes

a d

anc

e nu

mbe

r with

the

entir

e ca

st. M

ost l

ocal

com

edie

s fa

il to

mak

e us

laug

h, b

ut th

is on

e re

ally

wor

ks.

{ Mem

oirs

of V

ilman

ians

}

Glo

ria

de G

uzm

an

II wou

ld lik

e to

sha

re to

all o

f you

how

I b

ecam

e a

die

hard

vilm

ania

n in

the

early

pa

rt of

197

0 n

aglih

i ako

sa p

ang

ap

at

na a

nak

nam

in a

t ang

nap

aglih

ian

ko a

y si

vilm

a sa

ntos

, pag

m

ay p

umip

inta

s sa

kany

a no

on a

y in

aaw

ay k

o sa

ka p

ag m

ay

nakit

a a

kong

pic

ture

niy

a ka

hit n

asa

put

ikan

ay k

inuk

uha

ko

at n

ililin

is ko

ga

nyan

ako

ka

dedi

cate

d ka

y vi

lma

sant

os n

oon

tapo

s sum

ulat

ako

sa k

any

a sa

bi k

o ku

ng p

uede

sana

ng

pa

dalh

an

ako

ng

ka

nyan

g pi

ctur

e na

may

ded

icat

ion

sa

likod

kas

i ka

ko n

aglili

hi a

t gus

to k

o ta

laga

yon

gal

ing

sa k

any

a m

ara

mi k

ako

na

bibi

li sa

ba

ngke

ta n

oon

per

o a

ng g

usto

ko

kako

ay

galin

g m

ismo

sa k

anya

sa k

abut

ihan

pal

ad

sum

ago

t yo

n p

resid

ent n

g v

ilma-

edga

r fan

s clu

b na

si a

ling

ma

ring

ya

ta a

ng p

ang

alan

at a

ng a

pely

ido

yata

ay

ma

rin k

aya

lang

na

kalim

uta

n ko

na

tala

ga p

ina

dal

han

ako

ng

litra

to n

i vilm

a na

may

ded

icat

ion

sa li

kod

kaya

tuw

ang

tuw

a a

ko n

oon

ta-

pos

sabi

sa a

kin

kung

gus

to k

o ra

w m

aki

ta si

vilm

a at

pun

-ta

han

ko ra

w si

ya s

a ba

hay

niya

at i

sasa

ma

ako

sa b

aha

y ni

vi

lma

eh n

agka

taon

na

tag

a ca

looc

an d

in p

ala

siya

mal

apit

lang

sa a

min

g b

aha

y ka

ya n

agp

unta

ako

at d

oon

na n

ag-

simul

a a

ng p

agpu

ntap

unta

ko

kay

vilm

a na

paka

bait

ng m

ga

mag

ula

ng n

i vilm

a na

sila

mr.

ama

do sa

ntos

(sum

ala

ngit

naw

a a

ng k

any

ang

kal

uluw

a) a

t si m

ama

sant

os g

ano

on d

in

sa m

ga k

ap

atid

niy

a d

oon

sa p

roje

ct 6

sila

noo

n na

katir

a a

t m

agka

talik

ura

n p

a a

ng b

aha

y ni

la n

i edg

ar a

lam

niy

o b

a n

a no

ong

ma

rchi

al la

w a

y na

ndoo

n a

ko sa

ka

nila

at n

agul

at p

a si

vilm

a d

ahi

l na

ndoo

n ka

mi s

igur

o m

ga s

ampu

kam

ing

vilm

a-ni

ans

doo

n na

min

nal

aman

na

ang

ara

w n

a iy

on a

y m

arci

al

law

sabi

sa a

min

ni v

ilma

noon

lum

abas

at n

akip

agus

ap

sa

amin

ay

nagt

aka

siya

ba

kit n

and

oon

kam

i eh

ma

rchi

la la

w

kaya

raw

niy

a na

lam

an

ay w

ala

ng n

ewsp

aper

at b

alita

sa

rad

yo sa

bi p

a sa

am

in a

y pa

noor

in n

amin

ang

pel

ikul

a n

iya

ng

kond

ucto

ra k

atam

bal

niy

a si

jay

ilaga

n sa

bi sa

am

in m

agki-

taki

ta k

ami s

a gl

obe

thea

ter a

t kun

g sa

kali

na b

aba

rilin

daw

ka

mi n

g m

ga s

und

alo

ay a

t lea

st sa

bay

saba

y ka

min

g m

amat

ay ta

pos

sum

agot

si te

ss y

on k

apa

tid n

iya

mal

iliit p

a

sila

noo

n na

ndoo

n di

n si

win

nie

at k

uma

kain

pa

ng

ice

crea

m

sabi

ni t

ess e

h d

apat

mag

dasa

l na

lang

kay

o b

akit

sasa

bihi

n m

ong

sab

ay sa

bay

kayo

ng m

amat

ay k

asi

ang

aka

la n

g m

ga

tao

noon

ay

pag

ma

rcia

l law

ay

pue

de k

ang

ba

rilin

ng m

ga

sund

alo

eh h

indi

nam

an

pal

a o

mah

aba

na a

ng p

ostin

g k

o ka

ya it

utul

oy k

o na

lang

uli s

a su

suno

d m

ag k

apw

a ko

vilm

a-ni

an

ma

ram

ing

sala

mt u

li ha

at l

agi

kay

ong

mag

iinga

t sa

an

ma

n ka

yo n

aro

roon

bye

inuu

lit k

o ng

a p

ala

ang

pas

asal

amat

ko sa

inyo

ng la

hat n

apa

kab

uti n

iyo

tala

ga h

indi

ako

nag

kam

ali

ng p

agid

olo

kay

vilm

a sa

na la

lo p

a siy

ang

mag

tag

umpa

y sa

su

suno

d m

ara

mi p

a a

kong

ikuk

uwen

to sa

inyo

bye

God

ble

ss u

s al

l N

ay G

lo.

(E-G

roup

Pos

ted

Mes

sage

on

May

2, 2

006)

Nel

vin

Rea

A

A

gen

uine

gol

d m

easu

res i

t's p

urity

whe

n ex

pos

ed th

roug

h fir

e.

Brot

herh

ood

's te

st o

f loy

alty

dep

end

s on

it's f

inal

rite

s ha

zing.

Yo

u w

ill be

cal

led

a la

wye

r onc

e yo

u've

pa

ssed

the

ba

r exa

ms.

And

you

'll be

pin

ned

SOLI

D V

ilma

nia

ns b

ecau

se y

ou a

re b

orn

in

the

nam

ed V

ILM

A S

AN

TOS.

V

ilma

nia

ns' f

irst c

hoic

e is

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

. V

ilman

ians

' firs

t lov

e is

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

. It'

s ve

ry e

asy

to

bec

ome

a V

ilma

nia

n bu

t to

live

as a

true

-sol

id V

ilma

nian

is so

te

stfu

l and

cha

lleng

ing.

If y

ou lo

ve V

ilma

Sant

os--s

how

it!

If yo

u b

elie

ve V

ilma

Sant

os--p

reac

h it!

Ask

you

rselv

es...

Whe

re a

re y

ou

whe

n V

ilma

was

suffe

ring

in th

e fie

ry d

arts

of t

he ic

onia

ns p

ush-

ing

her d

own?

Whe

n V

ilma

was

cry

ing

in e

mpt

ines

s, w

ould

you

sh

are

you

r hel

ping

ha

nds?

Are

n't y

ou th

ere

in V

ilma'

s sho

ulde

r w

hen

she

was

lost

dur

ing

Rubi

a -

atsa

y er

a?

How

ma

ny ti

mes

yo

u fig

ht fo

r her

? M

y fe

llow

Vilm

ani

ans

, ple

ase

don

't be

Jud

as

of y

our l

oyal

ty.

Bei

ng a

Vilm

ania

n ha

s no

rew

ard

but

it is

mor

e th

an

a tre

asu

re.

It is

a li

fe-te

stim

onia

l rev

elat

ions

. If

you

have

m

any

ene

mie

s bec

ause

of V

ilma

Sant

os--a

tlast

you

're a

Vilm

a-ni

an!

If m

any

peo

ple

laug

h at

you

bec

aus

e yo

u id

olize

the

Que

enst

ar,

so w

hat a

t lea

st y

ou

are

ver

y pr

oud

to b

e a

pa

rt of

th

at b

ig a

s Vilm

a Sa

ntos

' th

rone

. "D

iba.

..kaa

way

niy

a,

kaaw

ay m

o rin

..la

hat n

g m

aha

l ni

ya, m

ahal

mo

rin".

I'm

a

toug

h-m

inde

d V

ilman

ian

--a

com

plet

e V

ilma

nia

n. A

nd b

e-ca

use

of V

ilma

Sant

os, n

agk

a-sa

ma-

sam

a ta

yo. w

e co

uld

com

-m

unic

ate

each

oth

er w

ith th

e sa

me

spiri

t. on

e m

ind

. one

ac-

cord

. one

pla

ce.

Kahi

t maw

ala

ma

n a

ng ib

a- I

neve

r nev

er

neve

r lea

ve h

er. I

nev

er p

lay

my

faith

to A

te V

i. N

asim

ula

n ko

ito,

ta

tap

usin

ko.

M

y D

ear V

ilma

ni-

ans

fini

sh th

e ra

ce w

e ha

ve b

een

sta

rted.

(

E-G

roup

Pos

ted

Mes

-sa

ge o

n M

arch

20,

200

6)

Vilm

a!

Page

19

Vilm

a!

Page

34

Ach

ieve

men

ts:

• G

awa

d U

RIA

N

Best

act

ress

•

Mov

ie M

aga

zine

Aw

ard

s •

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gue

Mag

azin

e Re

ader

�s C

hoic

e Aw

ard

saa

n a

ng si

nasa

pian

ay

nagw

i-with

dra

w sa

reya

lida

d ng

buh

ay.

Na

nana

tili s

ila sa

sa

riling

dai

gdig

na

nilik

ha n

g isi

p at

pa

nta

sya

.) da

hil s

a au

tistic

chi

ld (E

dwar

d C

arlo

s Ga

rcia

) unt

i-unt

ing

naw

asa

k a

ng p

amily

a n

ina

Vilm

a. V

ilma

vow

ed to

pro

tect

and

ca

re fo

r the

chi

ld b

eca

use

she

felt

this

is th

e on

ly w

ay a

mot

her c

an

assu

re h

erse

lf th

at e

very

thin

g ca

n be

giv

en to

the

son.

(Pin

atun

aya

n ng

a ng

pel

ikul

a n

a m

as a

pt a

ng ti

tle n

a P

aa

no B

a A

ng M

agin

g In

a ri

to k

aysa

roon

sa g

inaw

a ni

Nor

a A

unor

). O

n th

e ot

her h

and

, nire

-reje

ct n

i Chr

is at

ng

kany

ang

fam

ily (D

elia

Ra

zon,

et a

l) a

ng b

ata

d

ahi

l na

kab

abaw

as it

o sa

dig

nida

d ng

fam

ily st

atur

e ni

la. T

he c

onfli

ct p

rog

ress

es to

giv

e us

the

diffe

rent

vie

ws o

n ho

w to

acc

ept t

he fr

ailti

es o

f peo

ple

with

in o

ur fa

mily

. Pa

ra b

ang

kun

g pa

ano

ta

tang

gap

in n

g m

agul

ang

na

may

ana

k siy

ang

may

but

as s

a p

uso

or w

orst

ba

kla. T

he fa

ther

and

m

othe

r im

age

wer

e de

liber

atel

y ex

plor

ed a

t sa

tuw

ing

mag

-aaa

way

sina

Vi a

t Boy

et, p

ara

ng

naki

kita

nat

in a

ng a

ting

mga

mag

ula

ng n

a n

agt

atal

o. th

e sc

enes

wer

e to

o re

al fo

r com

fort.

N

ad

ale

ng V

iva

ang

kiliti

ng

ma

sa. H

indi

mo

nga

kaila

nga

ng b

igya

n ng

hea

vy st

uff a

ng ta

o pa

ra

mas

abi

ng m

atin

o a

ng p

elik

ula.

Tam

a n

a ng

a sa

mga

pol

itici

zed

film

s or p

a-s

ocia

l rel

eva

nce.

Bug

-b

og n

a b

ugbo

g na

ang

ga

nito

ng te

ma

sa m

ga d

iya

ryo

at se

nsay

unal

ismo

ng T

V P

atro

l ng

Cha

n-ne

l 2. M

as k

ina

gug

usto

ng

bala

na a

ng m

ga p

elik

ulan

g na

kase

ntro

sa m

ga k

ara

niw

ang

pro

blem

a

ng ta

o, la

lo n

a�t

may

kin

alal

aman

sa o

rdin

ary

ong

rela

syon

g pa

nta

o. N

apa

pana

hon

ang

stor

y ng

�I

pagp

ataw

ad

�. S

impl

e. N

atur

al n

a p

ina

kilos

ng

mga

tauh

an

ng d

ula

na h

alos

pa

rang

hin

di m

o na

mam

alay

ang

pel

ikul

a la

ng p

ala

ito.

Aa

kala

in m

o ng

ang

nak

ikin

ood

ka la

ng sa

isa

ng sc

ena

rio

sa b

uhay

ng

kapi

tba

hay

mo.

Gan

ito k

atin

di a

ng ta

ma

ng p

elik

ula

sa m

ano

nood

. Th

is is

inde

ed a

ve

ry sp

ecia

l mov

ie fo

r Boy

et a

nd V

i. Sa

ntos

is a

gain

in th

e ru

nnin

g fo

r Bes

t Act

ress

. She

was

abl

e to

sink

her

teet

h to

the

role

of a

dist

urbe

d m

othe

r tor

n in

the

love

and

resp

onsib

ilitie

s for

her

hus

-b

and

and

the

abno

rmal

chi

ld. E

xcep

t for

som

e re

stle

ss g

estic

ulat

ion

of th

e ha

nds,

dam

ang

-dam

a m

ong

buo

ng k

ataw

an

niya

ay

nilu

kuba

n ng

kaa

kuha

n ng

role

. All

her s

cene

s ca

n be

con

sider

ed

high

light

s, b

eca

use

she

was

con

siste

ntly

goo

d in

them

. Her

dur

o sc

ene

with

Boy

et w

as sa

tisfa

cto-

rily

bloc

ked

and

orch

estra

ted.

So

far h

ere,

Vilm

a ha

s an

edg

e ov

er R

uffa

Gut

ierre

z, M

ona

Liza

, Ja

nice

de

Bele

n a

nd L

orna

Tol

entin

o in

the

actin

g de

rby

next

yea

r. D

e le

on w

as a

ble

to re

gain

his

act

ing

bril

lianc

e in

this

mov

ie. h

indi

puw

ersa

do. C

ool,

less

faci

al c

onto

rtion

whi

ch b

ecam

e ev

i-d

ent i

n so

me

rece

nt fi

lms h

e m

ade.

I lik

e hi

m b

ette

r her

e th

an in

�Sa

lingi

n� a

nd �

Ma

kiusa

p sa

Di-

yos�

. Na

kab

aba

gbag

-dam

dam

in �y

ung

pag

hing

i niy

a n

g ta

wad

sa a

nak.

The

mon

olog

ue, w

hich

st

arte

d sa

pa

saka

lye

to re

conc

ile e

nded

in p

aine

d ca

tha

rsis,

that

eve

n a

ma

n w

ith a

hea

rt of

st

one

who

uld

mel

t in

dep

ress

ion.

As

a te

am, g

amay

na

gam

ay n

a ni

na V

i at B

oyet

ang

isa

�t isa

. A

ctua

lly. s

a te

nder

mom

ents

nila

, you

don

�t se

e th

em a

s the

sta

rs. Y

ou a

re m

ade

to b

elie

ve th

ey

wer

e re

ally

hus

bad

n a

nd w

ife.T

hey

wer

e to

o re

laxe

d. T

heir

mov

emen

ts w

ere

free

and

nat

ural

. Thi

s is

real

ly w

hat w

e ca

ll tea

m a

ctin

g. W

ala

ng s

apaw

an. T

he m

ovie

add

ed m

ore

lust

er w

ith th

e co

n-vi

ncin

g p

ortra

yal o

f the

kid

s. (E

dwa

rd G

arc

ia, B

enne

t Ign

aci

o at

Ter

ence

Bay

lon)

who

pla

yed

Vi�s

ch

ildre

n. S

pec

ial m

entio

n di

to si

Ga

rcia

na

gum

ana

p na

3-y

ear o

ld J

unju

n. A

ng n

uanc

es n

iya

ng

ritua

listic

ha

nd m

ovem

ents

and

ech

olal

ic sp

pech

(sym

ptom

ng

aut

ism) a

y ta

laga

ng b

elie

vabl

e.

He

is no

t eve

n co

nsci

ous o

f the

cam

era.

Not

to b

e ou

tdon

e ay

ang

gre

at su

ppor

t nin

a C

harit

o So

lis, a

s the

cho

leric

mot

her o

f Vi:

Joon

ee g

ambo

a, a

s the

phl

egm

atic

fath

er; R

uby

Rod

rigue

z, a

s th

e ya

ya n

a ta

laga

ng a

gaw

-eks

ena

, lal

o na

sa c

arn

ival

scen

e; B

ing

Loyz

aga

, na

mas

imp

rove

d a

nd b

ette

r ver

sion

ni G

retc

hen

Barre

tto

sa m

ovie

; at V

ivia

n Fo

z, as

the

wro

nged

con

fuse

d sis

ter o

f V

i. E

xcep

tiona

l din

ang

cin

emat

ogra

phy

and

ligh

ting

wor

ks n

g m

ovie

. As

usua

l, ex

pect

ed sa

Viv

a

mel

odra

ma

ang

glo

ssy,

fabu

lous

sett

ing

na

nag-

capi

taliz

ed s

a af

fluen

t hou

se in

terio

r. ka

ya la

ng,

pa

rang

di t

ugm

a an

g th

eme

song

ni J

ann

o G

ibb

s sa

stor

y. B

ut m

ore

tha

n th

is, la

uda

ble

ang

scrip

t ni

Ms.

Lam

asa

n. V

erita

ble

na m

ay re

sea

rch

wor

k an

g w

riter

. Dah

il na

-info

rm n

iya

na

g m

adla

tung

-ko

l sa

aut

ism n

a d

omin

ant

sa m

ga b

ata

ng la

laki

nga

yon.

Nai

pab

atid

niy

a n

a a

utism

is d

etec

t-a

ble

at th

e fir

st tw

o ye

ars,

whe

n th

e ch

ild is

suffe

ring

from

hea

ring

and

spee

ch im

pairm

ent.

Tu

rn to

pag

e 36

Vilm

a!

Page

33

Ipag

pata

wad

Mo

(199

1)

Wha

t�s th

e cr

itics

sai

d: P

aya

k, m

aka

bul

uha

n ng

unit

kaka

iba

ng p

elik

ula

ang

�Ip

agpa

taw

ad

Mo�

ng

Viv

a F

ilms.

Sap

at n

gan

g ip

aki

pagl

aba

n ng

Vilm

a S

ant

os a

t Chr

istop

her d

e Le

on ta

ndem

a

ng p

agh

aha

nap

ng ib

ang

kla

seng

scrip

t na

lalo

pa

ng m

apat

ing

kad

sa st

atus

nila

bila

ng m

ga

akt

or s

a m

akat

utur

ang

ka

hulu

gan

nito

. Ma

pal

ad si

la s

a p

anu

lat n

i Oliv

ia la

mas

an

ng is

ang

stor

y na

tum

atal

akay

sa

rea

ksiy

on n

g is

ang

pam

ilya

sa p

agka

karo

on n

g ab

norm

al n

a a

nak.

Hin

ugot

ni

Ms.

Lam

asa

n an

g au

tism

synd

rom

e na

first

tim

e na

inila

nta

d sa

Pilip

ino

scre

en, b

agam

at ti

nang

ka

na ri

n ito

ng ip

aliw

anag

sa �

Rain

Ma

n� n

i Dus

tin H

offm

an s

a Ho

llyw

ood

. Sa

stor

y, si

na V

ilma

at

Chr

istop

her a

y in

telih

ente

(TV

bro

adc

aste

r at l

awye

r res

pec

tivel

y) a

t mat

agum

pay

na

indi

bidw

al.

May

kaya

sila

sa b

uhay

ng

unit

nag

kaa

nak

ng a

utist

ic. (

Ang

aut

ism, a

yon

sa m

ga m

odre

n ps

y-ch

olog

ists

na si

na B

erna

rd R

imia

nd a

t la

uret

ta b

ende

r, ay

isa

ng u

ri ng

infa

ntile

psy

chos

is na

kun

g

Ach

ieve

men

ts:

•

Win

ner o

f 2 A

wa

rds a

t the

20

03 M

akat

i Cin

eMan

ila

Inte

rnat

iona

l Film

Fes

tival

•

Philip

pine

s� O

ffici

al E

ntry

at

the

76th

Aca

dem

y A

wa

rds B

est F

orei

gn

Lan-

guag

e Fil

m

• O

ffici

al E

ntry

to C

ann

es

Inte

rnat

iona

l Film

Fes

tival

•

Film

Des

k of

the

Youn

g

Crit

ics C

ircle

•

Gaw

ad

Sine

ng-S

ine

• PA

SAD

O A

wa

rds

• St

ar A

war

ds

• Fi

lm A

cade

my

of th

e Ph

ils.

• G

awa

d U

RIA

N

• G

awa

d TA

NG

LAW

•

Cin

ema

One

�s R

AV

E A

wa

rds

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ritic

�s C

hoic

e - B

est P

er-

form

er

• Pe

ople

�s C

hoic

e - B

est

Perfo

rmer

•

Ma

kati

Cin

eMa

nila

Inte

r-na

tiona

l Film

Fes

tival

as s

ched

ulin

g p

robl

ems,

bug

ged

the

pro

duct

ion.

Fin

ally

, the

film

is in

the

can,

and

the

big

ques

-tio

n on

eve

ryon

e�s m

ind

is: Is

it w

orth

the

long

wai

t? T

he tr

oubl

e w

ith lo

ng w

aits

is th

at p

eopl

e te

nd

to e

xpec

t a lo

t fro

m a

muc

h-a

ntic

ipat

ed m

ovie

, esp

ecia

lly o

ne a

s he

avily

hyp

ed a

s �D

eka

da.�

Th

ere

is al

so th

e te

nden

cy to

mak

e co

mpa

rison

s with

sim

ilar m

ovie

s like

Mik

e de

Leo

n�s �

Siste

r St

elle

L,�

whi

ch a

lso to

pbi

lled

Sa

ntos

. Th

e re

ason

�Si

ster

Ste

lla L

� w

ill p

roba

bly

end

up b

ette

r ap

-p

reci

ated

is th

at th

e m

ovie

was

sho

wn

dur

ing

the

ma

rtial

law

era

. The

mov

ie w

as re

leva

nt to

the

times

and

Vilm

a w

as p

ortra

ying

an

activ

ist n

un, a

role

not

usu

ally

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

Sta

r for

all

Seas

ons.

�D

eka

da,�

on

the

othe

r ha

nd, i

s bei

ng sc

reen

ed a

t a ti

me

whe

n th

e m

emor

ies o

f ma

r-tia

l law

ha

ve re

gref

ully

fade

d. M

any

of o

ur y

oung

peo

ple

wer

e no

t eve

n a

roun

d in

the

�70s

. In

fact

, we

are

told

that

, whe

n C

hito

Ron

o w

as sh

ootin

g th

e sc

ene

at S

to. D

omin

go

chur

ch w

here

th

e w

ake

for t

he m

arty

red

Nin

oy A

qui

no w

as h

eld

, he

coul

d no

t get

the

right

moo

d fr

om th

e cr

owd.

The

peo

ple

did

n�t e

ven

rem

embe

r who

Nin

oy w

as!

Whe

n he

told

the

extra

s to

ma

ke b

e-lie

ve it

was

Ric

o Ya

n in

the

coffi

n, h

e fin

ally

got

the

right

em

otio

nal r

esp

onse

. Th

e p

robl

ems f

aced

by

the

fam

ily i

�Dek

ad

a�

may

not

reso

nate

wel

l with

toda

y�s f

amilie

s who

did

no

t suf

fer u

nder

the

ma

rtial

law

regi

me.

The

pro

blem

s the

y fa

ce to

day

ha

ve to

do

mor

e w

ith e

co-

nom

ics a

nd se

curit

y ra

ther

tha

n w

ith th

e su

ppre

ssio

n of

thei

r fre

edom

s: In

oth

er w

ord

s, ho

w to

m

ake

end

s mee

t and

how

to a

void

bei

ng a

vic

tim o

f ter

roris

ts-a

s wel

l as c

ell p

hone

snat

cher

s!

Alth

ough

�D

eka

da�

is se

t dur

ing

the

ma

rtial

law

era

, it f

ocus

es m

ore

on th

e d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

ch

ara

cter

of t

he m

othe

r, pl

ayed

by

Vilm

a, f

rom

a ti

mid

hou

sew

ife to

an

empo

wer

ed o

ne, a

fter

the

deat

h of

her

son

and

the

imp

rison

men

t of a

noth

er so

n. M

ovie

goe

rs m

ight

find

this

cha

ract

eri-

zatio

n sim

ilar t

o th

e on

e V

ilma

por

traye

d in

a p

revi

ous m

ovie

. The

y m

ight

also

find

the

first

two

reel

s of t

he m

ovie

too

hea

vy o

n di

alog

ue. S

ince

the

mov

ie re

volv

es a

roun

d a

fam

ily, t

he m

ovie

ta

kes t

ime

to fl

esh

out t

he d

iffer

ent f

amily

mem

bers

in th

e st

ory

(Vilm

a, C

hrist

ophe

r de

Leon

, M

arv

in A

gus

tin, P

iolo

Pas

cual

, Ca

rlos A

gas

si, D

ani

lo B

arri

os a

nd J

ohn

W. S

ace)

. Eac

h of

the

chil-

dre

n m

ust b

e gi

ven

his m

omen

t for

the

aud

ienc

e to

ap

prec

iate

his

role

. A

s the

mot

her,

Vilm

a d

oes j

ustic

e to

her

cha

ract

er, h

oldi

ng b

ack

her s

trong

em

otio

ns u

ntil t

he e

nd, w

hen

she

final

ly

conf

ront

s Chr

istop

her d

e Le

on a

nd w

ants

to b

rea

k up

with

him

. Des

pite

the

ma

ny tr

agic

eve

nts

that

bef

all h

er c

hara

cter

, Vilm

a ch

oose

s to

und

erpl

ay h

er ro

le e

xcep

t at k

ey p

oint

s tow

ard

s the

en

d of

the

mov

ie. B

oyet

is h

is us

ual c

ompe

tent

self

as th

e ch

auv

inist

ic h

usb

and

of V

ilma

who

is

forc

ed to

cha

nge

whe

n hi

s wife

bre

aks

out

of h

er s

hell.

Pio

lo P

asc

ual a

lso d

eser

ves m

entio

n fo

r his

real

istic

por

traya

l of t

he a

ctiv

ist tu

rned

NPA

rebe

l. S

o, is

�D

ekad

a �7

0� w

orth

the

long

wai

t? If

you

d

on�t

have

exc

eedi

ngly

gre

at e

xpec

tatio

ns o

f thi

s mov

ie, t

he a

nsw

er is

yes

. It i

s def

inite

ly a

land

-m

ark

mov

ie th

at p

eopl

e m

ust w

atch

to re

min

d th

em o

f a tu

mul

tuou

s per

iod

in P

hilip

pine

hist

ory.

-

Deka

da �7

0 dr

amat

izes

a w

oman

�s em

pow

erm

ent i

n a

time

of tu

rmoi

l by

Edm

und

L. Si

cam

Phi

lip-

pine

Dai

ly In

quire

r

44

Vilm

a!

Page

20

WWhe

ther

in re

el o

r rea

l life

, Vilm

a Sa

ntos

is a

n ep

itom

e of

an

idea

l mot

her.

Thi

s is m

y tri

bute

to

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

, ang

Ulir

ang

Ina.

Sh

e ha

s had

faul

ts o

r wro

ng c

hoic

es in

life.

Like

her

, we

all m

ake

mist

akes

. As t

he y

ears

go b

y, w

e le

arn

from

thos

e m

isste

ps, w

isen

up a

nd c

hang

e fo

r the

bet

ter.

I cou

ld w

rite

a bo

ok a

bout

Vilm

a, a

nd p

erha

ps o

ne o

f the

mos

t poi

gnan

t cha

pter

s will

be a

bout

he

r as a

mot

her.

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

Vi

lma

Sant

os

as a

as a

M

othe

rM

othe

r By

Mar

io O

. Gar

ces

{ fea

ture

}

Vilm

a!

Page

21

Oh

yea

h, w

e've

ha

d `m

othe

r' ro

le fi

gur

es in

sho

wbi

z vi

a th

e la

te

Ms.

Rita

Gom

ez, t

he o

rigin

al b

ad

girl,

or h

er `a

rch

rival

' Ms.

Cel

ia

Rod

rigue

z. T

hen

ther

e's M

othe

r Lily

, the

mat

riarc

h of

Reg

al st

u-di

os.

Ther

e is

the

pro

tect

ive

Am

alia

Fue

ntes

, who

at d

aug

hter

Lie

zl's p

rime,

was

the

bes

t kno

wn

mot

her/

actre

ss o

f the

Phi

lip-

pine

s. A

t one

tim

e, N

ora

Aun

or w

as a

pic

ture

of a

ha

ppy

fam

ily

with

real

son

Ian

De

Leon

and

a b

atta

lion

of a

dop

ted

child

ren

who

ap

pea

red

on m

ovie

s tog

ethe

r with

eith

er C

hrist

ophe

r De

Leon

or T

irso

Cru

z a

s fat

her f

igur

es. I

n fil

ms,

som

e of

Nor

a's

mos

t m

emor

abl

e ch

ara

cter

s are

mot

hers

: Bul

akl

ak

sa C

ity J

ail,

An-

dre

a, a

nd P

acita

Mad

rigal

. Bu

t no

one

is a

s bel

oved

a M

othe

r Fig

ure

tha

n th

e Q

ueen

Sta

r, M

s. V

ilma

Sant

os.

Rem

embe

r the

"I

love

you

Luc

ky!"

day

s whe

n, a

fter a

gru

elin

g VI

P/V

ilma

live

show

, mot

her V

i wou

ld s

ay th

ose

end

earin

g w

ord

s to

her s

on

wai

ting

at h

ome?

Tho

se w

ere

the

mos

t fam

ous g

reet

ings

that

w

ere

hea

rd e

very

Frid

ay, f

rom

Luz

on to

Min

da

nao,

yea

r afte

r ye

ar.

"I lo

ve y

ou, L

ucky

!" Th

e w

ord

s sa

y it

all,

from

a lo

ving

, dot

-in

g, r

esp

onsib

le m

othe

r. A

t the

hei

ght o

f her

TV

(top

ratin

g V

ilma!

) and

mov

ie c

are

er (p

rime

mov

ie ro

les a

nd b

ox-o

ffice

tri

ump

hs in

the

90's)

, Vilm

a m

ad a

toug

h ch

oice

: to

give

new

hu

sba

nd S

en. R

alp

h Re

cto

a c

hild

. In

her

fare

wel

l Vilm

a! s

how

, sh

e te

arfu

lly sa

id g

ood

bye

to fa

me

and

fortu

ne, a

nd h

er fa

ns,

to g

ive

way

to fa

mily

/mot

herh

ood

. Why

eve

n m

egas

tar S

haro

n C

unet

a w

as a

ll p

raise

s to

the

Real

Que

en fo

r the

toug

h b

ut w

ise

dec

ision

she

ever

mad

e. N

o su

cces

s in

life

can

ever

repl

ace

a

faile

d fa

mily

. Eve

n th

en, M

s. V

ilma

Sant

os w

as a

dmira

ble

for h

er

bra

ve, s

ma

rt de

cisio

ns.

Risk

ing

her c

are

er, e

ven

her l

ife, s

he

wen

t thr

oug

h a

mos

t del

icat

e p

reg

nanc

y th

e Ph

ilippi

nes h

ad

bee

n a

voy

eur t

o. S

he h

ad to

be

liter

ally

ca

rried

to th

e ba

th-

room

in o

rder

not

to b

leed

and

lose

the

bab

y. W

hat a

sacr

ifice

fro

m a

mot

her a

nd w

ife. A

nd h

ow G

od b

less

ed h

er w

ith a

new

so

n, R

yan

Chr

istop

her R

ecto

. A

nd o

h ho

w a

vid

fan

Sha

ron

Cu-

neta

follo

wed

in h

er id

ol's

foot

step

s. Tw

o g

reat

mot

hers.

Tw

o g

reat

sup

erst

ars.

(Whe

n th

ey a

ppea

r in

a film

2ge

ther

? A

s to

film

s, no

oth

er a

ctre

ss h

as e

ssa

yed

a ga

mut

of c

redi

ble

mot

her

role

s, th

an V

ilma

Sant

os.

Br

oken

Mar

riage

� fa

ilure

as a

wife

, but

NEV

ER a

s a m

othe

r. A

ida

Mac

ara

eg. �

her

poi

gna

nt m

omen

ts w

ith h

er so

n, u

nfor

-g

etta

ble.

Lin

o Br

ocka

cou

ld n

ot h

ave

foun

d a

bet

ter A

ida

. Do

lzura

Cor

tez.

� o

n he

r dea

thb

ed, d

ying

from

AID

S, sh

e te

lls

her m

othe

r Cha

rito

Solis

(SLN

) �"a

ng m

ga a

nak

ko, h

uwag

nin

-yo

ng p

aba

baya

an

ang

mga

ana

k ko

." U

rian

was

won

ove

r. Bo

w! A

war

d, o

h! G

rand

slam

num

ber t

wo,

oh!

Sa

an N

agta

tago

ang

Pag

-Ibig

? �

as a

`sur

rog

ate'

mot

her t

o V

al

(Ton

ton

Gut

ierre

z). R

emem

ber t

he lin

es, "

si V

al, s

i Val

!"? B

est

pict

ure!

Ip

agpa

taw

ad M

o �

"si J

un-J

un!".

Uria

n ju

rors

mad

e th

e rig

ht

choi

ce. B

est a

ctre

ss o

f '91

. A

s Lea

in B

ata-

Bata

� s

on sc

ream

s "hi

ndi t

otoo

`ya

n. `h

indi

to

too

`ya

n!" M

othe

r and

son

scen

es. M

othe

r and

da

ught

er

scen

es. M

othe

r and

chi

ldre

n sc

enes

. Unf

orge

tta

ble.

Gra

nd

slam

ng

a, e

h! N

umbe

r thr

ee!

As

Josie

in A

nak

� w

a na

ko

say.

BO

W! W

OW

! PO

W! P

MPC

Sta

r, PA

SAD

O a

nd C

MM

A d

id th

e rig

ht th

ing.

Aw

ard

s! O

sca

r for

eig

n la

ngua

ge fi

lm e

ntry

. A

man

da

Barto

lom

e (D

ekad

a '7

0) .

Mot

her C

oura

ge, N

esto

r To

rre d

escr

ibes

Vilm

a of

her

cha

ract

er a

nd b

rillia

nt p

erfo

rm-

anc

e. G

rand

slam

num

ber f

our.

Seco

nd tr

ip to

the

Osc

ar f

or-

eig

n la

ngua

ge

film

cat

egor

y a

s an

entry

. Lil

ia (M

ano

Po 3

) � "p

ati b

a ik

aw iiw

an m

o a

ko �

saba

gay,

sa

nay

na a

ko n

g in

iiwan

?" A

wel

l writ

ten

role

for V

ilma

(si N

esto

r To

rre u

lit, o

h!) a

s mot

her,

wife

, aba

ndon

ed g

irlfri

end

, ant

i-crim

e cr

usa

der

. The

env

elop

e, p

lea

se!

Kayo

, may

mai

da

dagd

ag p

a ba

kay

o? V

ilma

Sant

os h

as d

one

it al

l. Be

en th

ere,

don

e th

at.

As

for m

e, V

ilma'

s bes

t mot

her r

ole

is th

at o

f bei

ng m

othe

r to

sons

Luc

ky a

nd R

yan,

and

to h

er c

onst

ituen

ts in

Lip

a ci

ty w

ho

vote

d he

r, in

a la

ndlid

e, th

ree

times

, for

bei

ng a

n ex

celle

nt,

inco

mp

ara

ble

INA

NG

LIP

A. B

ow!

HA

PPY

MO

THER

'S D

AY,

M

AYO

R V

ILM

A S

AN

TOS-

REC

TO!

Vilm

a!

Page

32

3. D

ekad

a 70

(200

2) -

Am

anda

�s St

ory

Wha

t�s th

e cr

itics

said

: The

�70s

wer

e a

dec

ade

of t

urm

oil i

n th

is co

untry

. Lua

lhat

i Bau

tista

ch

roni

cled

that

per

iod

in h

er n

ovel

�D

ekad

a �7

0� a

nd it

�s ta

ken

qui

te a

whi

le to

brin

g he

r wor

k to

th

e bi

g sc

reen

. A

fter S

tar C

inem

a gr

eenl

ight

ed th

e p

roje

ct, i

t wou

ld m

ake

two-

and

-a-h

alf y

ears

to fi

nish

the

mov

ie. U

nfor

esee

n d

evel

opm

ents

like

the

serio

us th

reat

on

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

� life

, as w

ell

2. A

nak

(200

0) -

Josie

�s St

ory

W

hat�s

the

criti

cs sa

id: B

y no

w e

very

film

revi

ewer

in to

wn

has a

lread

y sa

id h

is pi

ece

abo

ut th

e cu

rrent

ly sh

owin

g S

tar C

inem

a ,

mov

ie �

Ana

k�. N

o do

ubt a

box

-offi

ce h

it (t

he b

igge

st si

nce

the

phe

nom

enal

�Isu

sum

bong

Kita

sa T

atay

Ko�

), th

is m

ovie

by

Rory

Qui

ntos

, how

ever

, rec

eive

d

mixe

d re

view

s fro

m o

ur lo

cal f

ilm c

ritic

s. I s

aw th

e m

ovie

mys

elf a

nd b

elow

is m

y op

inio

n of

the

film

. A

s we

alre

ady

know

, �A

nak�

cas

ts V

ilma

Sant

os a

s a d

omes

tic h

elp

er w

ho h

as s

pent

yea

rs

slavi

ng it

out

in H

ong

Kon

g. T

he m

ovie

wise

ly c

hoos

es n

ot to

con

cent

rate

on

the

crue

lty a

nd

ab

use

mos

t ove

rsea

s con

tract

wor

kers

expe

rienc

e in

the

hand

s of t

heir

empl

oyer

s ab

roa

d sin

ce

ther

e ha

d b

een

at le

ast

four

loca

l film

s tha

t ha

d al

read

y ta

ckle

d su

ch to

pic

in th

e p

ast:

the

two

�Flo

r Con

tem

plac

ion�

mov

ie v

ersio

ns (w

ith N

ora

Aun

or a

nd H

elen

Gam

boa

), a

nd th

e C

arlo

Ca

-p

ara

s film

on

Del

ia M

aga

(with

Gin

a A

laja

r) a

nd �

The

Sara

h Ba

lab

aga

n St

ory.

� �

Ana

k� c

hoos

es,

inst

ead

, to

focu

s on

wha

t ha

ppen

s to

a fa

mily

hom

e w

hen

a m

othe

r lea

ves i

to to

wor

k a

bro

ad.

in

the

stor

y b

y Ri

cky

and

Ray

mon

d Le

e, V

ilma

lea

ves b

ehin

d th

ree

youn

g ch

ildre

n in

the

care

of h

er

husb

and

, Joe

l Tor

re, t

o w

ork

as a

DH

in th

e fo

rmer

Brit

ish C

row

n C

olon

y. W

hen

she

deci

des t

o co

me

hom

e fo

r goo

d, s

he st

arts

que

stio

ning

the

wisd

om o

f hav

ing

left

for a

bro

ad -

espe

cial

ly a

f-te

r rea

lizin

g th

at s

he h

as b

ecom

e a

stra

nger

to h

er th

ree

kids

. It

is ea

sy to

und

erst

and

why

�A

nak�

b

ecam

e a

blo

ckb

uste

r hit.

For

one

, the

mov

ie re

ally

pla

ys to

the

galle

ry -

esp

ecia

lly in

the

beg

in-

ning

. And

this

is m

inus

poi

nt fo

r the

film

bec

ause

it g

oes w

ay o

verb

oard

with

its c

row

d-pl

easin

g s

cene

s - to

the

poin

t tha

t the

vie

wer

alre

ady

feel

s aw

kwa

rd a

nd u

ncom

forta

ble.

The

m

ovie

, for

tuna

tely

, com

pens

ate

for s

uch

exce

sses

by

tack

ling

the

subj

ect m

atte

r in

the

mos

t rea

l-ist

ic m

ann

er p

ossib

le. A

lot o

f wom

en w

ho h

ave

wor

ked

as d

omes

tic h

elpe

rs a

bro

ad

mus

t ha

ve

iden

tifie

d w

ith m

ost o

f the

scen

es d

epic

ted

in �

Ana

k�. I

n fa

ct, I

�ve

met

a c

oupl

e of

them

who

ha

ve c

ome

to m

e to

say

that

they

shed

tea

rs ov

er V

ilma�

s con

front

atio

n sc

enes

with

Cla

udin

e Ba

rrett

o (w

ho p

lays

her

inso

lent

da

ught

er).

But

ag

ain,

eve

n in

the

dra

mat

ic sc

enes

, thi

s film

ha

s th

e te

nden

cy to

go

to th

e ex

trem

e en

d in

ord

er to

wrin

g th

e te

ar d

ucts

of t

he v

iew

er. A

ctua

lly,

this

film

doe

s not

onl

y tu

g at

you

r hea

rtstri

ngs.

It al

so tr

ies t

o es

cap

e ev

ery

nerv

e en

ding

in y

our

bod

y. B

ut d

espi

te it

s exc

esse

s, �A

nak�

is st

ill a

qual

ity m

ovie

. It i

s a v

ery

wel

l-ma

de c

omm

erci

al fi

lm

with

a h

eart.

Thi

s mov

ie h

as t

hree

thin

gs g

oing

for i

t: a

rele

vant

subj

ect m

atte

r , it

s tho

roug

h re

-se

arc

h a

nd th

e w

ond

erfu

l per

form

anc

e of

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

. In

this

film

, Vilm

a go

es th

roug

h a

wid

e ra

nge

of e

mot

ions

from

a sp

oile

r of a

mot

her t

o on

e w

ho h

as h

ad

it w

ith h

er in

gra

te o

f a d

aug

h-te

r - a

nd fr

om a

fun-

lovi

ng b

ark

ada

(to

fello

w d

omes

tic h

elp

ers A

my

Aus

tria

and

Che

rry P

ie P

i-ca

che)

who

kno

ws h

ow to

app

reci

ate

the

simpl

e jo

ys o

f life

to th

at o

f a b

rea

dwin

ner w

illing

to

slave

it o

ut fo

r the

sake

of h

er c

hild

ren.

Thi

s may

not

be

a c

lass

ic V

ilma

Sant

os p

erfo

rma

nce

in th

e tra

ditio

n of

�Si

ster

Ste

lla L

�, �

Rela

syon

�, a

nd �

Bata

, Bat

a...P

aano

ka

Gin

awa?

�, b

ut it

is d

efin

itely

a

n in

spire

d o

ne. I

n fa

ct, n

o ot

her a

ctre

ss c

ould

ha

ve p

ulle

d it

off t

he w

ay sh

e di

d -

ma

rvel

ously

, if I

m

ay sa

y. -

Ano

ther

vie

w o

n �A

nak�

The

Rev

iew

er b

y Bu

tch

Fran

cisc

o Pe

ople

�s Jo

urna

l - 2

6 M

ay

2000

sa m

agk

aiba

ng la

lake

. Tin

ano

ng k

o si

Chi

to R

ono

kung

nai

imp

luw

ensiy

an

na si

ya sa

pa

gpili

niya

ng

iba

pang

da

rat-

ing

na p

roye

kto.

�O

o, d

efin

itely

�, w

ika

ng

dire

ktor

, �ku

mba

ga, m

ay

stan

dard

na

ako

, lal

o na

sa m

ay k

inal

am

an

sa

kaba

baih

an.

� -

Mar

ra P

l. La

not,

Dia

rio U

no, 1

6 Se

pt 1

998

Ach

ieve

men

ts

• St

ar A

war

ds

• G

awa

d Si

neng

-Sin

e

• PA

SAD

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ased

OFW

s wer

e am

ong

the

win

ners

in th

e re

cent

ly c

oncl

uded

ess

ayw

rit-

ing

cont

est o

f the

Ana

k: B

uhay

OFW

web

-sit

e of

ABS

CBN

.

Mar

lon

Mes

ina

grab

bed

the

maj

or p

rize

in th

e "B

uhay

OFW

" ca

tego

ry a

long

with

two

othe

r OFW

s in

Singa

pore

and

Hon

g Ko

ng.

In th

e "B

ida

Nga

yon"

cat

egor

y, F

red

Arz

obal

was

one

of

thre

e m

ajor

win

ners.

Mes

ina'

s ent

ry w

as e

ntitl

ed "P

alay

sa D

i-sy

erto

," w

hile

Arz

obal

's w

as "F

ind

ing

Goo

d Fo

rtune

Ove

rseas

." A

side

from

Mes

ina

and

Arz

obal

, fou

r oth

er K

SA O

FWs m

ade

it as

co

nsol

atio

n pr

ize w

inne

rs. T

hey

wer

e N

orbe

rto R

onda

rio (H

eroe

s ar

e Fo

reve

r), F

eder

ico

Rae

Nag

talo

ng (H

omec

omin

g), R

ante

A

nche

ta (I

na a

t Ana

k, O

FWs)

and

Em

car B

ayan

i Raw

(Tim

e St

ood

Still

Whe

re P

eace

See

ms t

o be

End

less

).

pina

pa

nga

rap

at n

abi

gyan

nam

an

ng k

atup

ara

n. D

iyan

ako

hin

ang

aa

n ng

mga

ka

pitb

aha

y sa

luga

l nam

in a

t nag

da

rasa

l sila

na

sana

pa

gla

ki n

g ka

nila

ng m

ga a

nak

ay

mag

ing

katu

lad

ko ri

n sil

a. N

apa

kasa

rap

paki

ngg

an

ng m

ga k

atag

ang

iyon

. A

t ng

ayon

g ta

ong

2000

ay

sam

pung

taon

na

ako

rito

sa S

audi

Ara

mco

. N

asa

Ger

-m

any

pa

rin

ang

Inay

ko

at n

agta

trab

aho

sa e

dad

na

54.

Si K

uya

Ed

gar a

y m

ay 3

a

nak

na.

Si A

lvin

ay

may

2 a

nak

na.

Si L

orie

ay

may

4 n

a a

nak

na.

Ito

ang

buh

ay n

a na

rana

san

ko.

Ang

mag

karo

on n

g isa

ng O

FW sa

miy

emb

ro n

g p

a-m

ilya

iyon

ang

Inay

ko

at a

ng m

ara

nasa

n na

man

ang

mag

ing

isa ri

ng O

FW a

t iyo

n ay

w

ala

ng ib

a ku

ndi a

ko.

Edito

r�s n

ote:

This

is a

new

sect

ion

dedi

cate

d to

all

Vilm

ania

ns,

who

wou

ld lik

e to

shar

e th

eir p

erso

nal s

torie

s. S

torie

s tha

t may

no

t be

rela

ted

to A

te V

i. W

hen

we

conc

eptu

alize

d th

is se

ctio

n,

by m

ere

coin

cide

nt R

ante

Ach

eta

subm

itted

this

awar

d w

inni

ng

artic

le.

An

artic

le a

bout

his

life

in S

aud

i Ara

bia

and

his F

amily

. In

spire

d by

Ate

Vi�s

mov

ie �

Ana

k,�

�Ina

at A

nak,

OFW

s� w

as c

ited

as o

ne o

f the

bes

t in

the

Star

Cin

ema�

s ess

ay w

ritin

g co

ntes

t in

year

200

0 - m

pl.

Vilm

a!

Page

30

NEN

A AL

ACIO

- Pa

reha

ong

pa

ng li

ght a

ng d

atin

g.

VA

N M

ANA

LO -

Wal

a p

wed

e m

agpa

taob

kay

Vilm

a! P

wed

e b

a?

N

AR

SANT

AND

ER -

Vilm

a.

BO

NG M

ORI

- I h

ave

n't s

een

MM

K la

st n

ight

. I c

ould

eas

ily

wat

ch it

in d

ba

r, b

ut w

e ha

d a

ver

y se

lect

ive

cust

omer

s. If

M

ade

r Tim

e ch

ang

e m

e fro

m sh

rieki

ng fa

n 2

a sil

ent f

an,

Ma

der

D

estin

y b

ruta

lly m

ade

me

2 ju

st a

pla

in b

usin

essm

an

with

no

time

4 sh

owbi

z (c

hoz)

. Sa

na m

an

lang

gra

dual

cha

nges

from

fle

etin

g b

utte

rfly

2 so

cial

but

terfl

y, n

ot fr

om c

ater

pilla

r 2 a

na-

cond

a. (C

harin

g).

Will

it b

e a

noth

er la

urel

4 V

i? i

s d p

erfo

rm-

anc

e tru

lly e

xcep

tiona

l tha

t cou

ld m

atch

rela

syon

, bur

lesk

q

ueen

, dol

zura

and

ang

gal

ing

galin

g m

o m

rs. jo

nes?

BOBB

Y BA

NTILI

NG -

Siem

pre

c A

te V

i alth

ough

ma

husa

y ca

m

aja

, sa

traille

r pa

lang

yun

g um

iiyak

c V

i, um

iiya

k di

n m

e, k

a-ka

inis

nga

bitin

nex

t wee

k pa

uli.

FLAV

IAN

O LI

RIO

- D

i ma

kaka

arte

c m

aja

kung

wal

ang

isan

g V

ilma

Sant

os.

wal

ang

kup

as.

M

ELC

HOR

BAUT

ISTA

- A

ng ti

ndi n

i sup

er A

te V

i! P

alal

amun

in n

g al

ikab

ok a

ng m

aka

kala

ban.

Kuk

urut

in k

o an

g A

te V

i na

yan!

Gra

beee

!

ED P

IAN

O -

Far s

uper

ior n

ama

n ac

ting

ni V

i: co

nsist

ent,

text

ured

, m

ore

mat

ured

, ib

ang

leve

l, m

ara

min

g b

agon

g ip

ina

kita

, con

fi-d

ent b

ut c

ontro

lled.

C m

aja

, cha

rmin

g, r

efre

shin

g.

Surp

risin

gly,

sh

e de

liver

ed c

redi

ble

actin

g.

Ma

hira

p y

ung

role

, nee

ds re

-se

arc

h. D

uda

lang

ako

sa

ilang

scen

es k

ung

ganu

n ta

laga

ang

m

ay c

ereb

ral p

alsy

, pa

rang

fem

ale

versi

on n

i ben

tot a

ng p

ag-

kade

liver

.

JEA

N DO

LOR

- Yun

g n

ano

od d

ito sa

am

in c

maj

a a

ng p

inur

i. K

c ng

a ib

a a

ng ro

le n

ya.

Kahi

t ako

hum

ang

a sa

ka

nya.

Na

ng

ma

kita

ko

cya

sa h

omeb

oy d

i ko

aka

lain

g ga

noon

cya

ka

-hu

say.

Cg

uro

nga

da

hil m

ay d

ugo

cya

ng sa

lva

dor.

Per

o m

a-g

alin

g di

n c

vi a

t sa

ka n

ext w

eek

pa.

Na

roon

nga

ang

hig

h-lig

hts.

Nai

yak

ako

nun

g c

la n

i eric

h at

rick

y.

So

, aya

n a

ng m

ga re

aks

yon

ng m

ga n

ano

od k

aga

bi sa

MM

K

Reg

alo

episo

de P

art

1. P

ara

sa a

kin,

kan

ya k

anya

ng o

piny

on

lang

nam

an

yan

at d

apa

t nat

ing

iresp

eto,

pa

reho

sila

ng m

a-

gal

ing

pero

si V

ILM

A a

y p

ang

-Bes

t Act

ress

at s

i Maj

a a

y p

ang

-

Best

Sup

por

ting

Act

ress

lang

kas

i ang

isto

rya

tala

ga

ay n

a-

kase

ntro

kay

Vi a

t sa

ka sa

laha

t ng

scen

es a

y a

ndun

sya

. Yu

n

lang

. H

angg

ang

sa su

suno

d...

.. F

rom

: Alfo

nso

Vale

ncia

04

May

2006

Maa

laal

a M

o K

aya

Maa

laal

a M

o K

aya

P

rese

nt�

Pre

sen

t�

A S

pec

ial

Tel

evis

ion

Eve

nt

A S

pec

ial

Tel

evis

ion

Eve

nt

Vil

ma S

an

tos

Vil

ma S

an

tos

Ric

ky

Dava

oR

ick

y D

ava

o

An

d

An

d

Maja

Salv

ador

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ador

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In

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EG

AL

O�

M

ay

4 &

11

Vilm

a!

Page

29

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

Ver

sus

Maj

a Sa

lvad

or

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

Ver

sus

Maj

a Sa

lvad

or

NNa

g-te

xt a

ko k

ani

nang

um

aga

sa m

ga V

ilman

ians

at m

ga

clos

e fri

end

s ko

kung

sino

sa ti

ngin

nila

ang

ma

s ma

husa

y ki

na

Ms.

Vilm

a Sa

ntos

at M

aja

Salv

ado

r sa

MM

K Re

gal

o ep

isod

e p

art

on

e.

Eto

ang

mga

sago

t nila

.....

PO

NTI

REYE

S - M

ay m

ga e

ksen

a ta

ken

from

Ipag

pat

awad

, A

nak,

Bat

a, D

olzu

ra a

t Dek

ad

a. N

o d

oubt

, eve

n sim

ple

scen

e,

ate

vi sh

ines

. M

as b

igat

role

ni M

aja.

NEL

VIN

REA

- C

Vi.

Baki

t?

W

ILLIE

FER

NAND

EZ -

D c

onsis

tent

c m

aja

. sh

e lo

oks s

in2

sin2

at d

m

ay sa

kit.

Gal

ing

Ate

Vi d

un u

miin

om n

g be

er, s

educ

ing

rick

y,

da

nce,

laug

h, c

ried

and

kiss

rick

y, d

iffer

ent e

mot

ions

.

MA

NNY

NAV

A -

C m

aja

kc

saw

a ka

na

kay

ate

vi u

n a

ng

toto

o.

RE

NE N

OVI

STER

OS

- Si V

ILM

A a

ng m

as m

agal

ing

pa

ra s

a a

kin,

A

l! In

fairn

ess

hang

a rin

ako

kay

Maj

a. B

aguh

an p

a la

ng sy

a p

ero

very

effe

ctiv

e a

ng ro

le n

ya.

Para

ng to

too

tala

ga

, ryt

? I

re

ally

like

the

stor

y! P

ower

ful p

a rin

per

form

anc

e ni

ate

V

i! U

nang

eks

ena

pa la

ng k

agab

i, tu

mul

o na

ag

ad a

ng lu

ha

ko.

Ate

Vi i

s rea

lly th

e Be

st A

ctre

ss!

Al,

sulit

ba

ang

pan

onoo

d

mo

ng M

MK

kaga

bi?

Sob

rang

LU

PEEE

T a

ng a

ctin

g n

i ate

vi

! Pa

rang

vin

tage

win

e, h

aba

ng tu

mat

agal

lalo

ng g

uma-

galin

g. P

hysic

ally

dem

andi

ng a

ng ro

le n

i maj

a b

ut a

te v

i shi

nes

in e

very

scen

e. S

impl

e m

an it

o. A

te V

i del

iver

s a g

amot

of

emot

ions

.

JON

ATH

AN

MAN

GAO

ANG

- Eq

ually

gud

but

vi i

s d le

ad

sta

r-re

r. P

ara

ng V

i-Ser

ena

sa b

ata

2, w

alan

g itu

lak

kabi

gin.

RON

NIE

GA

N -

Si A

te V

i of c

ourse

. Sa

first

pa

rt a

ng d

ami n

yang

hi

ghlig

hts.

Sup

er g

alin

g si

Vi.

Maj

a is

goo

d in

som

e sc

enes

. Ho

w's

d ra

ting

? M

ala

kas b

a?

N

OEL

DE

GUZ

MAN

- C

yem

pre

pa

ra sa

aki

n c

vilm

a pa

din

. Mab

i-g

at n

ga

lang

ang

role

ni m

aja

dahi

l sa

abno

rmal

per

son

cya

at

sa k

any

a um

iikot

at n

aka

sent

ro a

ng st

ory,

per

o na

ngin

gib

aba

w

pa

rin

ang

act

ing

ni v

ilma.

Ag

ree

Al?

ARI

EL C

UIZO

N -

Hind

i pa

nam

an

buo

yung

mov

ie.

Pero

pa

ra s

a a

kin,

c V

i, d

ahi

l sa

sa k

any

a n

aka

sent

ro y

ung

stor

y, k

ung

paa

no

{ e-g

roup

pos

ted

mes

sage

}

dal

hin

ng is

ang

ina

ang

kal

ba

ryo

at p

ang

-una

wa

na n

ara

ram

-d

ama

n ny

a sa

pag

kaka

roon

ng

isang

ana

k na

may

ka

pan-

sana

n, a

lthou

gh m

agal

ing

din

c m

aja

pero

1?3

na

sya

ng

mov

ie lu

mab

as.

Ano

sa p

alag

ay m

o?

O

BET S

API

N -

Al n

aman

kai

lang

an

pa

ba

ng im

emor

ize y

an.

He

he!

Syem

pre

si M

aja

, cha

ring

! C

Ate

Vi o

f cou

rse.

D n

ga

con-

siste

nt c

maj

a.

Wal

ang

tata

lo sa

bra

vura

act

ing

ni a

te v

i.

CES

AR

SAN

TIAG

O -

Cye

mp

re c

Ate

Vi!

Ka

hit c

neg

ra p

a un

di

nila

kay

ang

talu

nin

c V

i. L

alo

cya

ng g

umag

alin

g.

RU

BEN

LITAN

- A

y an

g hi

rap

sagu

tin h

aha

haha

kai

lang

an p

a

ba

ng im

emor

ize y

an h

aha

ha g

rab

e a

ng g

alin

g n

i ate

vi.

O

RLY

MAL

ONZ

O -

Di d

ap

at n

ama

n m

agco

mpa

re, a

ng la

yo

nila

, pa

reho

cla

ng m

agal

ing

. Pe

ro sy

emp

re, V

ilma

pa ri

n.

VE

R TO

LEN

TINO

- C

Ate

Vi.

Lal

o na

sa k

asu

nod

?

ERIC

NAD

URAT

A -

Phys

ical

ly c

halle

ngin

g a

ng ro

le n

i maj

a a

nd

she

lived

up

2 it,

but

Ate

Vi's

role

has

a w

ider

rang

e of

em

otio

ns

and

she

del

iver

ed m

agni

ficen

tly.

JA

Y RI

FARE

AL -

Si A

te V

i pa

rin

kasi

ma

rara

md

aman

ha

ngg

ang

b

uto

ang

hira

p at

pa

saki

t nya

bila

ng is

ang

ina

sa te

lesin

e. M

at-

indi

ang

mga

ata

ke n

ya d

ito.

Ver

y co

nsist

ent s

i maj

a in

fair-

ness

. M

ay k

inab

ukas

an

sa sh

owbi

z.

JO

JO LI

M -

Cie

mp

re c

Vilm

a, s

entro

ng

stor

y c

ap

ril p

ero

full

leng

ht e

xpos

ure

c V

i, cy

a a

ng n

agku

ento

ng

buha

y at

dam

i ny

ang

high

light

s, la

lo p

a sa

2nd

hal

f ng

stor

y, b

ut m

aja

is ve

ry

goo

d m

agal

ing

cya

.

JUN

E SI

SON

- M

as a

ngat

ang

akt

ing

ni A

te V

i she

will

mov

e u

to

tea

rs w

ith h

er sc

enes

and

how

she

deliv

ers

her d

ialo

gue

s bu

t i

can'

t sa

y le

ss a

bout

maj

a, s

he is

a re

vela

tion.

PAO

LO S

ALA

S - A

no b

ang

kla

seng

tano

ng y

an?

My

God

! ur

co

mpa

ring

Ate

Vi w

ith a

new

bie?

Nxt

que

stio

n pl

s.

CLA

RISS

E PI

LAN

DE

- C A

te V

i b

ut o

f cou

rse.

pero

in fa

irnes

s m

ay fu

ture

tala

ga

c m

aja.

TED

CO

LEG

IO -

Hay

na

ku d

ako

nak

apa

nood

kc

sira

ang

tv k

o,

d k

o al

am k

ung

sino

naka

sira.

Kc

d b

may

kas

ama

ako

2 n

a pi

nsa

n ko

! Pa

gbuk

as k

o ka

gabi

wal

a lu

mal

aba

s! K

aini

s!

Turn

to n

ext p

age

Vilm

a!

Page

24

PProba

bly

, one

of t

he b

usie

st w

omen

on

this

plan

et, A

te V

i giv

es D

arna

, tou

gh

fight

whe

n it

com

es to

acc

ompl

ishin

g su

per

-hum

an fe

at.

She

is ab

le to

jugg

le

thre

e ca

reer

s ver

y w

ell a

nd sm

ooth

ly.

She

is a

wel

l res

pec

ted

, muc

h - a

dm

ired

act

ress

, a v

ery

effic

ient

and

ver

y ef

fect

ive

pub

lic se

rva

nt, a

nd a

ver

y w

ond

er-

ful m

om, t

oo, o

n to

p of

all

tha

t.

Car

ing

for h

er so

ns, L

uis a

nd R

yan

Chr

istia

n

and

her

con

stitu

ents

in L

ipa

City

brin

gs o

ut th

e M

OTH

ER in

the

Sta

r for

All

Sea

-

sons

. "I

gues

s he

mos

t im

porta

nt th

ing

in m

y lif

e rig

ht n

ow is

bei

ng a

mot

her,

kahi

t nga

yong

may

or a

ko, k

ahit

bal

ik-b

alik

, bin

ebiy

ahe

ko a

ng L

ipa

-Ma

nila

,

Ma

nila

-Lip

a pa

ra la

ng sa

gab

i ma

kasa

ma

ko

ang

mga

ana

k ko

. Pa

ra m

ay

time

ako

ng p

atu

lugi

n si

Chr

istia

n an

d a

t the

sam

e tim

e, I

have

tim

e fo

r Lui

s

par

a ku

mus

tahi

n siy

a.

Na

gda

-dia

logu

e ka

mi."

Ate

Vi r

elat

es.

In sp

ite o

f bei

ng a

full-

time

pol

itici

an, M

ayor

Vi p

lays

wife

and

mot

her e

very

day-

to h

er

sena

tor-h

usb

and

Ral

ph

and

her

boy

s Lui

s

and

Rya

n C

hrist

ian.

L

uis a

t 23

is g

rad

uat-

ing

this

yea

r with

a H

otel

and

Res

taur

ant

Ma

nage

men

t cou

rse a

nd h

as b

een

pursu

-

ing

a ca

reer

on

tele

visio

n a

nd m

odel

ing

for

two

yea

rs al

rea

dy.

Her

seco

nd so

n, R

yan

Chr

istia

n is

still

in th

e g

rad

e sc

hool

at L

a

Salle

whe

re h

e m

ade

it to

the

Top

5. H

e

also

got

a fe

w m

edal

s las

t yea

r in

the

ora

-

toric

al c

onte

st.

He d

oesn

't w

ant t

he ta

g,

Mam

a's b

oy.

Ate

Vi a

llow

ed C

hrist

ian

to

app

ear i

n sit

com

Oka

y, F

ine

Wha

teve

r and

Goi

n Bu

lilit.

A

te V

i giv

es h

er w

eeke

nds

to h

er fa

mily

. Pol

itics

is a

dem

andi

ng

callin

g b

ut s

he m

ake

s it a

poi

nt to

spen

d

Satu

rday

and

Sun

day

with

her

son,

Chr

is-

tian.

The

re is

suc

h th

ing

as "q

ualit

y tim

e".

"Wee

kend

s are

real

ly sa

cred

for u

s. N

o

one

can

dist

urb

us,

exce

pt k

ung

ta-

laga

ng e

mer

genc

y.

We

eat o

utsid

e,

we

go sw

imm

ing

, wat

ch T

V in

the

hous

e

tog

ethe

r." s

he sa

ys.

As

a m

othe

r, A

te V

i

is ve

ry p

roud

of h

er so

n, L

uis'

rece

nt

ach

ieve

men

ts in

the

field

of e

nter

tain

-

men

t. Bu

t her

big

gest

sacr

ifice

as a

mot

her-a

nd fo

r thi

s she

ea

rned

my

undy

ing

resp

ect -

was

whe

n sh

e ris

ked

her c

are

er to

giv

e bi

rth to

Rya

n C

hris-

tian.

Ate

Vi w

as th

en h

ostin

g he

r top

rate

d m

usic

al v

arie

ty sh

ow o

n G

MA

-7,

VIL

MA

. Bu

t in

her d

esire

to g

ive

Ralp

h

thei

r ow

n ch

ild, s

he re

signe

d to

rest

and

get

pre

gna

nt.

She

had

a d

iffic

ult

pre

gna

ncy

and

had

to h

ave

com

plet

e

bed

rest

so a

s not

to lo

se th

e ba

by.

On

Mar

ch 2

5,19

96, s

he g

ave

birth

to R

yan

Chr

istia

n.

Her

gre

ates

t fea

r as a

mot

her i

s the

tim

e w

hen

her s

ons m

ust

lea

ve h

ome

to liv

e th

eir o

wn

lives

and

have

thei

r ow

n fa

milie

s. "

Sana

they

won

't fo

rget

me.

I'm

a lib

eral

mom

and

I und

erst

and

na

may

sarili

sila

ng b

uhay

.

I won

't m

eddl

e in

thei

r priv

ate

lives

per

o ka

ilang

an

nand

oon

pa

rin a

ng

resp

eto

nila

sa a

kin

bila

ng n

anay

nila

."

Ate

Vi a

dded

. O

fcou

rse, A

te V

i ma

n-

age

s to

be

the

mist

ress

of t

he m

anor

,

the

hom

ema

ker.

She

ha

s the

tim

e st

ill

to c

hoos

e th

e m

enu

for t

he d

ay.

"Isa

lang

ang

ala

m n

iya

ng lu

tuin

, mea

l-in-

one.

Kap

ag

may

na

kiki

ta

siya

ng n

aglu

-

luto

, tin

ata

-

nong

niy

a

kung

pa

ano

ito g

ina

-

gaw

a. S

he is

inte

rest

ed in

coo

king

, she

just

doe

sn't

have

tim

e to

lea

rn."

Ate

Em

elyn

rela

tes.

As

a m

ovie

sta

r - p

oliti

cian

, Lip

a C

ity

May

or a

nd S

tar f

or A

ll Se

aso

ns V

ilma

Sant

os m

ark

s her

gol

den

yea

r, he

r 43r

d

yea

r in

show

bus

ines

s and

her

first

dec

-

ad

e in

pol

itics

. A

te V

i is e

njoy

ing

her

stat

us a

s a m

othe

r, w

ife a

nd a

wom

an.

"Now

, I k

now

wha

t the

y m

ean

whe

n

peo

ple

wou

ld sa

y

VIL

MA

, V

ILM

A,

AL

L

AL

L --

SE

AS

ON

S

SE

AS

ON

S

MO

MM

OM

by

Willi

e Fe

rnan

dez

{ cov

er s

tory

}

�Her

gre

ates

t fe

ar

as a

mot

her

is th

e tim

e w

hen

her s

ons

mus

t le

ave

hom

e to

liv

e th

eir

own

lives

an

d ha

ve

thei

r ow

n fa

mili

es�

Vilm

a!

Page

25

iba

ang

ba

bae

. M

ay m

ga b

agay

na

mag

agaw

nila

bet

ter.

I lik

e m

y w

ork

as

the

lady

may

or o

f Lip

a C

ity. I

feel

that

peo

ple

com

e to

me

bec

aus

e I a

m a

p-

pro

acha

ble.

Ma

s may

pus

o. M

ay fa

m-

ily-o

rient

ed."

Kap

ag ta

o na

ka

si a

ng

nagd

idikt

a a

y w

alan

g m

atig

as n

a p

uso

ng p

oliti

ko n

a hi

ndi l

umal

ambo

t, ka

hit

pa

gus

to n

a n

iya

ng m

ama

hing

a ay

ma

s

mag

igin

g m

alak

as p

a ri

n a

ng k

away

ng

pub

liko

at p

agse

serb

isyo.

Ang

bos

es n

g

may

orya

ng ta

ga

-Bat

ang

as n

a a

ng

nags

asa

bing

kay

May

or V

i pa

ra tu

ma

k-

bon

g g

ober

nado

r ng

kani

lang

pro

bin-

siya.

Na

kiki

usap

ang

mga

ito

na n

apa-

ga

nda

at n

apaa

ngat

na

niya

ang

esta

do n

g Lip

a C

ity, k

aya

kung

ma

aari

ay

ang

ma

s mal

aki

ng re

spon

sibilid

ad

nam

an

bila

ng g

ober

nad

or a

ng k

an-

yang

pa

sukin

. "O

f cou

rse, I

'd li

ke to

tha

nk th

em fo

r the

trus

t. A

ng s

ara

p-

sara

p m

arin

ig a

ng m

ga p

ap

uri a

t pag

-

pa

pala

kas

nila

ng

loob

sa a

kin

to ru

n fo

r

a h

ighe

r pos

t as g

over

nor.

Mga

reli-

giou

s gro

ups t

ula

d ng

Igle

sia n

i Kris

to,

mga

pa

ri at

mga

mad

re n

a a

ng n

aghi

-

hika

yat s

a ak

in n

a tu

mak

bong

gov

er-

nor.

Sila

daw

ang

bah

ala

sa a

kin.

Per

o

wal

a pa

tala

ga a

kong

des

isyon

o p

oliti

-

cal a

gend

a sa

ng

ayon

. M

ara

mi p

a

ako

ng m

ga p

roye

kto

na d

ap

at p

ag-

tuun

an

ng p

ans

in a

t tap

usin

sa k

ing

hulin

g te

rmin

o.".

pal

iwan

ag n

g w

ala

ng

kup

as p

a rin

g a

ktre

s nun

g fa

ns d

ay n

a

gina

nap

sa M

ax's

Res

to sa

Ea

stwoo

d,

Libis

Que

zon

City

. A

ntim

ano

nam

an

na

inam

in n

g b

utih

ing

Ina

ng B

aya

n ng

Lipa

that

bei

ng a

may

or o

f a c

ity a

nd a

gov

erno

r of a

pro

vinc

e w

ere

two

diffe

r-

But o

ver a

bov

e th

e sc

ope

of re

spon

sibilit

ies

na n

aka

aki

bat

nun

, A

te V

i bel

ieve

s tha

t it's

not t

he e

nd o

f the

road

pa

ra m

aisa

katu

-

pa

ran

niya

ang

ma

ram

i pa

niya

ng p

lano

pa

ra s

a siy

uda

d na

kan

yang

sina

saku

pan.

On

top

of th

at, "

ma

ram

ot" a

ng m

ga L

ipen

o-

aya

w n

ilang

I-fo

cus n

i Ate

Vi a

ng k

any

ang

pa

naho

n sa

buo

ng B

ata

nga

s. K

unsa

baga

y,

hind

i nat

in m

asisi

si a

ng m

ga k

aba

baya

n ni

Ate

Vi (

alth

oug

h da

pat

din

nam

an n

ilang

haya

an

na i-

expa

nd n

g k

ani

lang

may

or a

ng

pol

itica

l hor

izon

nito

,no!

). S

aks

i kam

i sa

mga

test

imon

ials

ng m

ga c

onst

ituen

ts n

g a

ktre

s-

polit

iko

kun

paa

nong

nai

saka

tup

ara

n ni

May

or V

i na

mai

lag

ay sa

Top

Ten

Citi

es o

f

the

Philip

pine

s ang

bay

ag si

nila

ngan

ng

kan-

yang

ma

hal n

a es

poso

na

si S

enat

or R

alp

h

Rect

o, a

ng L

ipa

City

. A

s in

ever

y p

art

of th

e

univ

erse

, hin

di n

aman

tota

lly m

ae-e

limin

ate

ang

dru

g p

robl

em, b

ut to

Ate

Vi's

cre

dit,

since

she

beca

me

a m

ayor

noo

ng u

nang

pa

nunu

ngku

lan

pa

lang

niy

a, d

rug

men

ace

has d

ropp

ed c

onsid

era

bly.

O

, di b

a, t

unay

nga

ng In

a n

g m

ga K

aba

taa

n sa

Lip

a si

May

or V

i. D

urin

g he

r reg

ula

r ba

rang

ay

visit

s,

kara

niw

an n

ang

tina

tano

ng n

i May

or V

i

kung

ano

ang

mga

pro

blem

a ng

mga

ito-

rega

rdle

ss k

ung

kap

anal

ig n

iya

o hi

ndi a

ng

kany

ang

ka

usap

. Ki

tang

-kita

rin

nam

in 'y

on

kung

pa

ano

ng h

indi

mai

pint

a a

ng m

ga n

giti

ng m

ga e

mpl

eyad

o ng

City

Hal

l -th

ey

all

wan

t ba

ck in

the

pos

ition

. A

ng p

robl

ema

nga

lang

, hul

ing

term

ino

na it

o ng

but

ihin

g

Ina

ng L

ipa

City

, May

or V

ilma

Sant

os.

For

ty-

thre

e ye

ars

in sh

owbi

z, t

he "B

urle

sk Q

ueen

",

Bobo

t's lo

vete

am, L

ucky

's a

nd R

yan'

s mom

,

awa

rded

tim

e an

d ag

ain,

Sen

ator

Ral

ph'

s'

dea

r wife

, mus

e of

Lip

a C

ity, t

he Q

ueen

sta

r

and

Sta

r for

All

Sea

ons,

May

or D

octo

r Vilm

a

Sant

os h

as re

ally

com

e a

long

, lon

g w

ay.

Ther

e is

no e

nd to

lea

rnin

g,

Ate

Vi p

oint

s out

. Sh

e is

al-

rea

dy v

ocal

abo

ut n

ot re

stin

g o

n he

r

laur

els.

She

att

ribut

es h

er su

cces

ses

to a

lot o

f ha

rd w

ork

and

focu

s. A

te

Vi i

s the

bes

t exa

mpl

e of

a p

opul

ar

mov

ie st

ar w

hose

love

life

and

ca

reer

are

bot

h flo

urish

ing

wel

l, a

nd s

he h

as

no o

ne to

tha

nk b

ut th

e Lo

rd fo

r the

grac

es sh

e a

nd h

er fa

mily

con

tinue

to

rece

ive

from

Him

. D

espi

te h

er b

usy

sche

dul

e, A

te V

i's v

alue

s and

prio

ritie

s

rem

ain

sure

and

stea

dfa

st. I

ndee

d,

that

is w

hat a

true

Sta

r for

All S

easo

ns is

all a

bou

t.

Vilm

a!

Page

28

�Ate

Vi,

pwed

e na

ako

ng m

amat

ay�

�Ate

Vi,

pwed

e na

ako

ng m

amat

ay�

TThis

was

said

at l

east

thre

e tim

es b

y lo

ng ti

me

Vilm

a fo

llow

ers

who

ha

ve se

en h

er fo

r the

first

tim

e at

last

Sat

urd

ays�

Vilm

a

fans

da

y. T

o so

me,

this

may

soun

d m

orbi

d b

ut it

is re

ally

a

conf

irmat

ion

of th

eir h

app

ines

s to

see

her f

ace

-to-

face

and

have

the

cha

nce

to a

sk h

er th

e q

uest

ions

that

they

ha

ve a

l-

way

s wan

ted

to a

sk.

The

ent

ire se

cond

floo

r of t

he re

sta

ura

nt

was

alre

ady

fille

d w

ith V

ilma

nia

ns b

y 11

am

. We

had

our

lunc

h a

few

min

utes

bef

ore

noon

. The

ad

vanc

e p

arty

of a

te

Vi,

com

pos

ed o

f ate

Aid

a, a

nd h

er st

aff

in L

ipa

like

Win

nie,

Wen

g, D

ong

and

C

ard

ing

arri

ved

befo

re n

oon.

A

te V

i, w

ho

cam

e w

ith si

ster

, ate

Em

elyn

, arri

ved

at a

bout

1:3

0 pm

. We

open

ed th

e p

rog

ram

with

a p

raye

r fol

low

ed b

y an

ope

ning

rem

ark

by

Willi

e Fe

rna

ndez

. VSS

I Pre

s. Jo

jo L

im fo

llow

ed w

ith

his r

epor

ts a

bou

t the

gro

up. Y

ours

truly

follo

wed

with

our

spe-

cial

pro

ject

s. I m

entio

ned

all t

he fo

ur y

aho

o g

roup

s and

the

gro

ups�

mod

erat

ors.

(Law

renc

e, w

e m

iss y

ou. I

told

ate

Vi t

hat

you�

re w

orki

ng fo

r a c

all c

ente

r at n

asa

nig

ht s

hift

ka k

aya

hind

i ka

na

ka-a

tten

d, H

ope

you

can

give

me

your

new

num

-

ber

. Ka

ya p

ala

wal

a ka

ng re

ply

sa te

xts n

amin

g ni

Joj

o).

I

also

men

tione

d ab

out J

ohn/

AA

�s b

ook

driv

e p

roje

ct a

nd th

e

dro

p of

f poi

nts a

roun

d th

e w

orld

. I a

lso th

ank

ate

Vi i

n be

half

of a

ll the

ya

hoo

grou

p m

embe

rs. I

told

her

that

her

mes

sag

es

mea

ns a

lot t

o al

l of u

s, on

whi

ch s

he re

plie

d th

at s

he e

njoy

ed

rea

ding

all o

ur p

ostin

gs. S

he e

ven

men

tione

d th

e na

mes

of

thos

e w

ho p

ost o

ften.

She

also

sai

d th

at s

he le

arn

s of t

he la

t-

est n

ews o

n th

e p

ostin

gs li

ke th

e Lo

ren

inte

rvie

w o

n Le

a Sa

-

long

a.

O d

i ba

, tal

aga

ng n

agba

bas

a siy

a?

I al

so m

entio

ned

to a

te V

i how

gla

d w

e al

l are

that

we

mad

e th

e rig

ht c

hoic

e

in c

hoos

ing

her

as o

ur fa

ve.

Jun

e Si

son

cam

e ne

xt a

nd h

e

mad

e a

roll c

all o

n al

l the

yah

oo g

roup

mem

bers

end

ing

with

a sp

ecia

l mes

sag

e fro

m H

enry

Lla

neza

. A

te V

i tal

ked

nex

t.

She

said

that

she

fini

shed

the

MM

K ep

isode

the

day

bef

ore.

It�s g

oing

to b

e ai

red

as M

MK�

s Mot

hers

Day

offe

ring.

She

won

�t b

e do

ing

Flor

es d

e M

ara

afte

rall.

A

new

scrip

t abo

ut a

mot

her w

ith a

gay

son

to b

e pl

ayed

by

John

Llo

yd C

ruz i

s be

-

ing

rea

died

for a

Sep

tem

ber p

lay

dat

e.

{ e-g

roup

pos

ted

mes

sage

}

Kasa

ma

rin sa

mov

ie a

ng m

agal

ing

na c

hild

act

ress

na

si Sh

ar-

lene

Sa

n Pe

dro

, si G

igi n

g �M

ga A

nghe

l na

Wal

ang

Lan

git�

at

ang

nag

-I-im

perso

nate

kay

Kor

ina

Sanc

hez

as K

orin

a K.

Kanc

hez

sa �

Goi

ng B

ulilit

�. S

hoot

ing

will

sta

rt by

May

. Hop

e-

fully

. Heh

ehe�

Ate

Vi a

lso sa

id th

e b

ad

new

s tha

t she

ma

y

not b

e a

ble

to m

ake

the

sta

ge p

lay

for C

CP.

CC

P w

ants

her

to re

hea

rse 3

day

s a w

eek

for t

wo

mon

ths a

nd th

eir p

lay

dat

e

is A

ugus

t, ka

ya m

ukha

ng h

indi

ito

mag

agaw

a ni

ate

Vi s

a

ngay

on, d

ahi

l buk

od s

a fil

m n

iya

sa S

tar C

inem

a, p

upun

ta p

a

siya

sa U

S fo

r the

trib

ute.

Ate

Vi a

lso sa

id th

at sh

e�s v

ery

hap

py to

see

that

her

vilm

ania

ns h

ave

gro

wn

up.

Sum

asa

bay

na ri

n sa

mga

com

mun

ity w

orks

. Sh

e al

so a

nsw

ered

que

stio

ns

from

the

vilm

ani

ans

. O

ne a

sked

if sh

e ha

s cop

ies o

f her

Vilm

a!

Show

s. S

abi n

i ate

Vi,

na k

ay C

hit G

uerre

ro a

ng m

ga it

o, I-

req

uest

raw

niy

a ka

y C

hit n

a m

abig

yan

tayo

ng

cop

ies k

ahi

t

iyon

g m

ga p

ab

ulos

ang

op

enin

g nu

mbe

rs la

ng n

iya

, pag

balik

niya

from

abr

oad.

A

noth

er o

ne, s

i Che

f Na

r, a

sked

abo

ut h

er

old

LPs a

nd so

ngs.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, w

ala

raw

kas

ing

roya

lty a

ng

mga

arti

sts d

ito sa

Pilip

ina

s kay

a w

ala

silan

g c

ontro

l sa

mga

ito.

She

wa

s ask

ed b

y Lia

m w

ho a

mon

g he

r lea

ding

men

she

miss

es m

ost t

o w

ork

with

, asid

e fro

m C

hrist

ophe

r de

Leon

.

Sina

Din

do F

erna

ndo

(�A

ver

y go

od a

ctor

at k

asun

do k

o ta

-

lag

ang

ka-

traba

ho�)

and

Gab

by C

once

pci

on (�

Isang

na

-

pa

kaga

ling

na c

hara

cter

act

or a

t nin

ong

siya

ni R

yan.

�) W

e

did

n�t k

now

na

mer

on p

alan

g in

iha

nda

na ra

ffle.

Ang

una

ng

nab

unot

ni a

te V

i ay

ang

pa

ngal

an n

i Jun

e Si

son

na n

anal

o

ng fo

od w

arm

er p

lus P

500.

Ako

po

nam

an a

y na

nalo

ng

Blac

k &

Dec

ker f

lat i

ron.

Bat

iin n

atin

g la

hat s

i Alfo

ns A

l Val

en-

cia

na

na

nalo

ng

pers

onal

ref.

Hal

os la

hat a

y na

bun

ot a

ng

pa

ngal

an

at n

aka

pag

-uw

i ng

reg

alo

o ka

ya a

y ca

sh.

Tun

ay

nga

ng s

uper

saya

ng

ara

w n

a iy

on.

I end

ed m

y re

por

t by

sayi

ng �

tha

nk y

ou a

te V

i for

bei

ng a

goo

d ro

le m

odel

for a

ll of

us. M

amam

atay

ako

at m

ulin

g m

abub

uhay

, per

o vi

lman

ian

pa

rin.

� T

his w

as m

et b

y a

wa

rm a

ppl

ause

of a

ppro

val b

y th

e

vilm

ania

ns p

erse

nt.

I�m

sure

tayo

dito

sa e

gro

up g

anu

n di

n,

di b

a?

Pic

ture

taki

ng w

as m

ade

by ta

bles

pa

ra h

indi

ma

gul

o.

Att

ache

d ay

ang

pic

nam

in sa

tabl

e na

min

with

ate

VI.

(See

our G

alle

ry se

ctio

ns fo

r the

pic

ture

s �m

pl) F

rom

: Eric

Nad

urat

a,

Sun,

19

Mar

200

6

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alle

ry }

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pril

2006

)A

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(Apr

il 20

06)

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d th

e A

SAP

staf

f and

fans

for

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Vi j

oine

d th

e A

SAP

staf

f and

fans

for

Luis

Man

zano

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urpr

ise b

irthd

ay

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Man

zano

�s s

urpr

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irthd

ay

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ebra

tion,

fres

h fro

m h

er E

urop

ean

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ebra

tion,

fres

h fro

m h

er E

urop

ean

and

Am

eric

an v

acat

ions

. an

d A

mer

ican

vac

atio

ns.

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ON

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pril

2006

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pril

2006

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ith th

e re

al L

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pre

sent

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the

real

Luc

ky p

rese

nt, V

il-m

ania

ns h

ad a

bla

st d

urin

g th

e m

ania

ns h

ad a

bla

st d

urin

g th

e pr

emie

rre n

ight

of t

he m

ovie

, pr

emie

rre n

ight

of t

he m

ovie

, �D

�Luc

ky O

nes�

, a tr

ibut

e fil

m to

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ky O

nes�

, a tr

ibut

e fil

m to

th

e re

al s

uper

star

of a

ny s

easo

ns,

the

real

sup

erst

ar o

f any

sea

sons

, M

s. V

ilma

Sant

os R

ecto

!M

s. V

ilma

Sant

os R

ecto

!

VSSI

Fan

s Da

y (M

arch

200

6)VS

SI F

ans

Day

(Mar

ch 2

006)

Fa

ns D

ay w

ith o

ur b

elov

ed A

te V

i bro

ught

joy

and

laug

hter

for V

ilman

ians

! Fa

ns D

ay w

ith o

ur b

elov

ed A

te V

i bro

ught

joy

and

laug

hter

for V

ilman

ians

!