For a little while this space has been my favorite confidante. It has given me a place to share my most intimate thoughts, my most personal views. I have relied on it to get me through the days when I am teeming with the excitement, the inspiration, the passion that I have for this modern-day TV fairy tale. It’s been quite interesting, to say the least. The blog has now been visited more than half a million times. No tags, no keywords, and never monetized.
But I will never take credit for something that is not my sole doing. If not for the phenomenon that is Aldub, the traffic to the site would have been as clear as an old town dirt road. The most brilliant writers all over the world can write the best literary pieces known to men, but without the right subject and the right audience they will remain obscure, indistinct.
After Tamang Panahon I realized that I have been stuck on a chapter’s end for a bit too long. To see what lies ahead, to know how my own story will progress along, I felt the need to finally turn the page over. So I busied myself with things I normally got myself busy with before my madness- studying, competition shooting, HTPC building, Islands of Adventure- Orlando, Netflix, Xbox One, Steam. That’s a lotta stuff to be excited about, right?
Wrong.
I find myself each and every night staring at my blank laptop screen. It has become a burden trying to find the words I need to articulate what I want to say. Every letter seems out of place, every sentence incongruous, every line is losing all meaning. It is not for a lack of insights nor of thoughts. I have so much inside that I am dying to tell the world- but woefully I no longer seem to know how to get them down into words.
Then I regress back into watching replays of Kalyeserye.
Maybe I am melodramatic, but even though I find these episodes a bit cyclic and more deliberate I still find myself captivated. I laugh, I smile, I tear up every once in a while. It does not help that Alden seems to be showing real sincerity nowadays, the big change screaming the evident reversal of character between him and Maine. And it does not help that Meng has bloomed a whole lot since! Can I make it any more obvious?
Oh well.
I know someday I can get over you guys. Today may not be the day, but someday.
Balang araw, magbabalik-tanaw ako sa mga sandaling ako’y inyong napaluha at ako’y mapapangiti. Balang araw, magbabalik-tanaw ako sa mga sandaling ako’y inyong napangiti at ako’y mapapaluha.
But right now, I just can’t.
I give up.
I give in. ~ Vilo
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i@jchnm i would agree that A might have been attracted to patring ( guys are like that to any woman in her league) Maybe true he could have googled her that time before the KS since he wasn’t too.occupied with work back then. I also googled her after watching a replay of one KS episofde after Joey de Leon remarked ” tawagin si Patricia!” ( as if pat could give the energy he needed) while A was doing the task bringing a bundle wood to one end of EDSA.. why did JDL say that? perhaps there were talks about his atttaction prior to this ALDUB?
Then came this accidental LT of A & M. He may not be initially attracted to M the way he was with the likes of Sam Pinto ( whom he dated in cruise) or Solenn S but definitely his attraction with M is of different level. Review the pics off cam ibang klaseng titig …it’s a stare not just admiration. May laman, may lalim…it’s the look of a man who is beginning to fall or perhaps has fallen in love.
like the rest of the ALDUB fanatics i want to see A & M walking through their journey forever.
P.S. I lost my interest with patricia after i saw her old pic when she was just an ordinary beaiuty and just like most beaiuty queens she too had undergone a nose job and cheek bone enhancement
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I saw her picture too before the pageant , and I agree.
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gosh my typo errors are eyesores…beauty episodes etc. oh btw, even jim paredes is in awe to our pretty maine. one jounalist even said she is so charming in person and very enigmatic. maine’s beauty growns into you. habang tinitingnam daw ayaw mo n alisin ang tingin mo sa kanya. it could be happening to Alden.
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It looks like we felt the same thing here. Ive been trying to keep the flame out but like you guys I failed miserably. I cant take it away from my system. Like a drug I find myself coming back. Eventhough may mga episodes na dragging ang flow ng story, I keep on looking forward for tomorrow. Yes, I dont wanna lose interest. Watching previous episodes took me to another wirkd like a first time. Same feeling. So I guess, I give in and be hooked. Aldub will always occupy a special place in our hearts.
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If I were you, quit trying to quit. It is futile. Promise. 😀 I tried it before but ended up digging a deeper hole. So, here I am..just enjoying every bit of this craziness. I just try to balance my life na lang para atleast di mapabayaan ang trabaho. 🙂
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I’m the same I tried to not watch the replay but i end up deeper even the first meeting, mansion vist over and over again and I still laugh at them
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The same thing with me, I am a person who always disagree with my children who use facebook, instagram and other forms of social media communication,and I even scolded them when they are in fb even in their work place and give me an excuse that it’s their lunch break. Now, I am hooked to twitter checking and updating myself about Maine and Alden. Also, this add up to my task in which I am enjoying. Thank you Vilo. Now I just enjoy the moment with young lass who can drag me back and reminisce my younger years as a teenager. Sorry for grammar ,will improve next time..
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Any impressions on Maine’s twitter post a while ago? About wanting to go back at NY. Somewhere kasi nabasa ko that MV returned to NY. I really want to ignore the MV issue and move on na. Pero the harder I ignore it, it crawls more to my skin.
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I tried to put that aside too, but if you look closely to her tweets most of them hints at the past or wanting to go back there to NY. Any news about MV’s tweets, IG posts or FB messages?
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What happened? Bakit parang nawala yung spark? So invested ako sa kanila 😥
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Perhaps A & M have becone too comfy that both have uncovered each ither’s mystery. Have watched thr vid where A gave a so-dianswerm why can’t he simply admit that it is mainr who brought out the real Aldrn na may taglay n kapilyuhan.in today’s episide at least he thanked maine for giving him happiness ( sana ibang level hindi yung pampatanggal lang ng stress)
Buti pa si sir Jim P.may nakita k maine.https://youtu.be/KZi_vHL_Ang
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Advice Lang ha, Pag privacy Ang Pag-uusapan, respect Na Lang kasi Wala tayo right Kahit Ano Pa gawin and stop stalking please. Kayo kayo rin self-destruct Kung me nakita kayo Di maganda or malalaman Na Di naman totoo. Yan tayo, Ang Daling maniwala Sa mga tsismis either totoo man Yan or Hindi. Yung post ni M Na she wants to go back NY? Cmon, Di Lahat Ang reason Na Lalaki Ang dahilan Kung Bakit gusto Nya bumalik dun. There’s no way Na Hindi namiss when it comes to that. NEW YORK CITY and everyone love that place. Sorry ha, gasgas Na yang reason ng iba dyan. Yan Ang problema ng mga fans Kahit sang fandom Pa Yan Meron talagang Ganyan and in the end Sino me benefit ng Ganyan? Sa fan din Kaya Ang nangyayari nag-aaway Na. we can’t blame some of them pero were adults here. Tama si Lola Nidora Na Di araw arAw ay kilig. Chill Lang tayo, wag mag-assume, judge at maniwala Kung Ano man yan. Peace everyone.
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It’s their 17thweeksary and A’s first tweet is about his announcement later in the day about his new project. What a bummer! As much as I’ve seen a change and his actions nowadays, at times I still question if it’s his real feelings I’m seeing or him playing his part. 😦
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Fitting of the title of this blog entry….I give up….
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I just shake my head sometimes.. 😞
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I was debating on whether to add smh at the end of what I wrote…I had a long reply about separating professional and personal lives and the reel and real….then I just gave up. Nothing I say will matter. I give up….
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It’s just so disheartening. All the Aldub fans are looking forward to weeksary and he can’t even be bothered greeting them on his first tweet today but he made sure to invite everyone to come see him at MOA later for his big reveal.
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I understand how you feel, but I would caution against making assumptions based on twitter posts. I would have loved it too for both of them to greet each other on twitter, but I don’t think that can be imposed. Thank you for sharing. 😊
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I had the same thoughts and disappointment this morning when I saw A’s tweet. Weeksary pa naman. This guy blows hot and cold faster in a minute you wouldn’t know which side of his is real. But anyway, ganun siguro talaga, artista pa rin sya, career is topmost on his list. But our girl M is tough and witty enough and I’m counting on her to shrug this off, do her thing and yet again leave A always in awe, jaw-dropped 😉
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my take.. we have to consider that A nowadays rarely posts too much personal stuff to express what he feels and thinks and wants unlike before and I don’t see any problem with that (given also that the guy rarely has time for himself).. his life has changed so much and he same as M is still adjusting on a lot of things …
M I think is slowly adjusting to the with her social media accounts.. given also na she is used to posting even before KS with her dubsmash. for A he is still trying to figure it out.. from someone na di masyado napapansin dati ng fans tapos now all eyes on him… consider this in his recent interview in PEP, he said that what we see is the real him off cam and the serious one is what he puts on on cam. I guess he is still figuring out how to become more comfortable again with the use of social media.
Besides… nag tweet din naman sya di ba abt it.. Let’s not forget.. kahapon pa si A sa KS nag FS na reminding na weeksary nila today.
GV lang.. Sabi nga ni M kay Lola… kalma lang… =) Peace!
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Para mawala na po yung bad vibes na nararamdaman nyo, please allow me to post this tweet from a fan who went to the Broadway this morning. Search niyo sya if you want. She even had a photo with M and A. @RizzanityMarie
She said, “As soon as Alden arrived in Broadway this morning, he went straight to Maine para bumeso. Then suddenly, I died. XD” ..
eto pa..”Yung wala muna syang ibang binati pag dating na pagdating. Direcho kay Maine. Pak! Pak! Ganern!”
(Maine had an early shoot today at Broadway Centrum for coca-cola)
Ang akin lang, hindi naman lahat kailangang ipost ni A at M sa social media. Baka nga nagbatian na sila first thing in the morning lalo’t nagkakatextan na sila dba? 🙂 Yun lang po 🙂
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Hi Jo! I agree. Alden (the actor) posted the announcement about the project. Understandably so, it is his professional/social obligation. RJ (the individual) greeted Maine privately at BC.
All is good. GOD bless!
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Bumati na po siya kanina sinagot naman po ni maine ng always ty po
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Hello Vilo! I love your site. Everything you write is spot on. Anyway, I heard about A not having much interaction or connection with M bts of their movie. I ignored it at first but then I couldn’t help but look for the Alden that I saw during the TP event. He seem to appear now only in kalyeserye. I hate to overanalyze and just focus on M. She appears genuinely happy and content and so I feel relief from that.
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Maybe A is not as much as expressive as we want him to be. There’s DM or text where he can send her messages and if I were Maine, I’d rather receive them privately than read sweet messages on Twitter. It would be “pashowbiz”. But, actually, guys if you know the real score between them… hahaha
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