The Greatest Love Ends in 3 Weeks

We're at The Greatest Love finale presscon today. And it looks like they're ending the show in 3 weeks. Sad news indeed!

Joshua Garcia says "I am really thankful to be part of the show. It has brought upon attention to a degenerative disease that doesn't choose age, brain activity, as this still has no cure. I will miss everyone, the management, staff and stars. I wish I could still get to work with them after the show. I have two Moms, like Ms. Dimples and Ms. Sylvia, and I want that to remain."

Aaron Villaflor added "I don't even say I love you to my Mom and Dad before this show and it has changed me, in a way that I do always say I love you to them now in a regular basis. I was sad to see it'll only be 3 weeks before our story ends. We're happy that our shots work, even the revisions of the writers. We know how hard it was for them to work at this. We knew what we were getting ourselves into even before the show so in some way, the HATE was kinda expected. They have to know though that we are actors. I will miss the off cam moments, all the live instagram updates we do while on set, these people are my greatest love and I hope they connect with Paeng and feel sorry if they also are in the same situation. From black, he went to gray and now white Allegre and I'm thankful and blessed because Paeng had a really interesting journey."

Andi Eigenmann says "My Mom said I changed a lot because I don't even say po or opo in texts, and I do now. She's also a fan of the show so it was just lovely to see people's reaction while the show was going on. Everybody who's in TGL is happy because we finally have something that works on Philippine TV. I now see what my priorities are, it's family. Everything happens for a reason, even our partners and children would visit us and have fun the set, it helped built my relationship with my child and boyfriend. It helped me see things clearly."

Dimples Romana says "This show affected me so much that it changed my relationship with my Mom. I say I LOVE YOU more to her now that she thinks I'm too clingy, and at first she even thought it wasn't me. I had to hate myself while doing Amanda and I had to push myself to be as real as possible. I asked myself a lot of times but it happens and I had to do it. The whole point of the show is teach and touch people. We bully each other a lot if we can't say the lines, that's how supportive they are haha. Thank you for this role that has been given to me. Before a scene, they revise things a lot of times and we had to make sure it touches a lot of people, and we play with that. We don't want to bear the weight so much, we're tired after a scene but we keep the set happy because we need to do that. We read all the feedback, I even get threats (her kids included too) but the writers have redeemed the character and they made sure they fix that. This is real because someone guilty of it tweeted me last night and admitted she's an Amanda no matter how evil she is."

The show's star Ms. Sylvia Sanchez says "Thank you for letting me be recognized. All the awards and accolades I got would not be impossible without you all! I don't think a mother's love would be gone, but there are times people should do tough love. It'll make them look at people with respect. I want to make sure my kods are safe, they're okay and just have good health, happiness, and a great life. This is our passion and we learn a lot in the show, but we stand to tell the story of the Allegre family. Everyday that I portray Gloria I sometimes have to erase her because I carry the character even when I'm already home. I just stand there and look dazed, and we need to snap out of it. I remember my scene with Z, I cried but I didn't have to because I was showing symptoms. We have more of that, you have to be ready."

The Greatest Love is shown in the afternoon primetime block of ABSCBN right after The Better Half and you'll have to see them in their last 3 weeks. You'll discover this is more entertainment, this is real emotions, real love for parents, siblings and put yourself in these situations as they do happen in real life.

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Botejyu Authentic Japanese Cuisine Megamall

This is not a ramen place but the premise of this restaurant is to serve the best of what Japan has to offer in one place, meaning they put all the famous regional dishes on their menu. I'm alone so I could only eat so much. The place can sit about 60-70 people including outside seating.

The menu is VERY pricey and the servings are normal sized, so if you're on a budget this isn't the one for you. A normal meal here would need about 500 bucks, more if you plan to eat like a king.

The Ramen I ordered is called Paitan Ramen with Charsiu Pork which hails from the Kyoto region. For me, it was already bordering fusion because Charsiu is already chinese. There were only two varieties and the Chicken was breaded like Tempura so I chose the Pork. It's got a bone based broth, already milky prolly by boiling for hours and had some dried fish hints on the flavor. The pork is prolly boiled then roasted over fire so you also get a little smokey flavor from it but not as sweet as normal HK chinese charsiu. It's a tad salty, but just enough if you want something for a rainy weather like today. 

If you want it a tad spicy, they have these Schichimi spices upon request, also some dried NORI which I used and it changed the broth's flavor. I love it more now. I also like the crunchy veggies and tamago added on it.

PS. They don't serve coke but they have Pepsi products and a couple of alcoholic drinks including Asahi Beer.

This would be okay for families who are looking for a Japanese fix but really, it's not for those looking to save a few bucks for lunch or dinner. But the service is superb, as they have people kinda assigned per table. 4/5 Kumags which means it's just alright. Botejyu is at the SM Megamall Atrium, right across the MANGO store.

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Get Ready for #SmartFifthHarmony

If you've been to the ILLUMINATE tour with Shawn Mendes in Manila, get ready for more as #SmartMusicLive presents Fifth Harmony on their 7/27 Tour. 

Fifth Harmony has been loved by Filipinos as they swooned us with their best hits "All In My Head", "Work From Home", "That's My Girl", and my personal favorite "Worth it!" which has topped the charts locally and around the world. They're also one of the most spirited dance girl groups and they've proven that in the US charts as they're still in the most watched dance music videos with millions of views to boot. 

Smart subscribers will have the chance to get first dibs on VIP passes and pre-event happenings while the girls are in the country. When Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui performs in the Philippines, they promise to always bring their A game as they know how passionate we are with music. Make sure you follow Smart's social media channels to get a chance to win tickets and watch the show! That's @livesmart on IG and Twitter, and Smart Communications on Facebook. 

This is gonna be good! Let's try and see if we can cover updates live from the show because I'm using Smart Giga Plans too! Remember, April 5, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena! 

New Guy Does "Wanted Sweetheart"

Looks like there's a new guy in town and people are starting to take notice. Why? Well you could see in the photo, he's Barangay LS 97.1’s newest man on board for Wanted Sweetheart, taking the monicker Papa Bol. He hails from down south in General Santos City and did the regional counterpart at Barangay 102.3. In real life, his name is Benjur Evangelista and he takes his craft seriously. His forte is matchmaking and love advice and will start this show broadcasting nationwide Mondays to Fridays at 9 PM. He's replacing the hit show's DJ Papa Dan and is crazy nervous about it. He deems it like filling his shoes, a big one at that but understandable.


Papa Bol as you may understand isn't new to the radio scene, he's been doing this since he lived in General Santos City for 7 years. Born Ilonggo, he gave raidio a try and got pretty good at it. Prior to this, he didn't have real experience on radio. He applied like everyone else and the love for the industry just grew. He loves it so much now. Today, he's going to be a realist, a cool match maker and he has been so successful doing that in the regional station. He plans to take that success nationwide now that he resides in Las Pinas City. He recently has also gotten thanked by people who met on his program, a mark of success he says that he hopes to multiply now that he's on board LSFM.

He is single by the way and if you want to catch him, just tune in 9-12AM Mondays to Fridays at Barangay LS 97.1 GMA's Flagship Radio Station. He's got tough competition though, you know who. And I listen to him a lot, I wonder if he's gonna be of a challenge. Let's see!