Even before the final episode of “May Bukas Pa” was aired, I already received messages through my Facebook account and even personally from friends and office mates I met in the corridors and even inside the elevator asking that magical question that one usually gets after the end of a project: “Ano ang next project mo?” On a personal note, such simple question is actually not that simple. After hearing it many...

  The text of Ms. Hazel Parfan, our Associate Producer said that the May Bukas Pa cast party will start at 6:00 p.m. Last friday, 05 February 2010. The party will start with mass, after which the cast will watch the final episode, then dinner was set to follow. As the habitual early bird, I left my office immediately after I swiped time out at 5:00 p.m., and drove to Il Terrazo on Tomas Morato Avenue, the venue of the Party. When I...

  Two years ago, the migratory birds in the Candaba swamps made it to the headlines of the national newspapers for being suspects in transmitting the dreaded bird flu virus which affected the local poultry industry. The avian visitors believed to be coming from Mainland China seek refuge in the Candaba swamps during winter. They could not survive the below 0 degrees Centigrade temperature in China and have to fly all the way to the...

May Bukas Pa finally ended last friday, 5 February 2010. It made history as the teleserye that got the most number of discussions on twitter on the day of its final episode! The final episode of the show ended with reportedly the highest viewership rating worldwide but this blog would like to document my experience during its final taping week, for the record, so to speak. During our January 31 taping, the cast were told to reserve...