IRIS (SBS)

Iris (아이리스) is a South Korean espionage television drama series broadcast by KBS in 2009. With a budget in excess of 20 billion won ($17 million USD), it, along with its spin-off Athena: Goddess of War, share the record for the most expensive Korean dramas ever produced.[1][2]
Premiering in October 2009, the series was a critical and commercial success, with an average viewership of over 30% in addition to ranking as the top program consistently every week after its debut.[3] The series also took home many of the highest honors at the 2009 KBS Drama Acting Awards, including Lee Byung-hun winning the top recognition in the form of the Daesang Award. Among other nominations and recognitions, Lee and Kim Tae-hee were also named as one of the best on-screen couples.

The plot revolves around two friends from the 707th Special Mission Battalion recruited into a secret South Korean black ops agency known as the National Security Service. Of the pair, recruit Kim Hyun-jun begins to uncover evidence that his foggy past may not be so irrelevant to his joining of the secret organization after all. As the two friends find their loyalties tested and forge new, unlikely alliances, the journey takes them from their home country to Hungary, Japan, and China where they find themselves at the center of an international conspiracy.
The success of the series has led to a feature film, a 2010 spin-off, and a sequel series set to follow in 2011.

source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(TV_series)

The Passion Flower - Passiflora

The passion flowers or passion vines (Passiflora) are a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants, the namesakes of the family Passifloraceae. They are mostly vines, with some being shrubs, and a few species being herbaceous. For information about the fruit of the passiflora plant, see passionfruit. The monotypic genus Hollrungia seems to be inseparable from Passiflora, but further study is needed.

Popularly, passion flowers and especially passion fruit are frequently used with sexual or romantic innuendo, giving rise to such uses as a one-time soft drink named Purple Passion. The "Passion" in "passion flower" does not refer to sex and love, however, but to the passion of Jesus in Christian theology. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion:

The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance.
The tendrils represent the whips used in the flagellation of Christ.
The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (less St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).
The flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the crown of thorns.
The chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail
The 3 stigmas represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance).
The blue and white colors of many species' flowers represent Heaven and Purity.
The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. In Spain, it is known as espina de Cristo ("Christ's thorn"). German names[11] include Christus-Krone ("Christ's crown"), Christus-Strauss ("Christ's bouquet"[12]), Dorn-Krone ("crown of thorns"), Jesus-Leiden ("Jesus' passion"), Marter ("passion"[13]) or Muttergottes-Stern ("Mother of God's star"[14]).

Outside the Christian heartland, the regularly-shaped flowers have reminded people of the face of a clock; in Israel they are known as "clock-flower" (שעונית), and in Japan they are called tokeisō (時計草, "clock plant"). In Hawaiian, they are called lilikoʻi; lī is a string used for tying fabric together, such as a shoelace, and liko means "to spring forth leaves".[15]

In India, blue passionflowers are called Krishnakamala in Karnataka and Maharashtra, while in UP and generally north it is colloquially called "Paanch Paandav". The flower's structure lends itself to the interpretation along the lines of five Pandavas, the Divine Krshna at centre, and the opposing hundred at the edges. The colour blue is moreover associated with Krschna or Krshna as colour of his aura.

In northern Peru and Bolivia, the banana passionfruits are known as tumbos. This is one possible source of the name of the Tumbes region of Peru.

source:wikipedia

Ulan na naman!

Kanina pumunta kami ni Mommy sa Sm Southmall to give something to Tita Ning2x. I passed her a resume for PAL as well. Tapos I played sfiv then we went to SM center Laspinas Afterwards. Ayun bumili Scramble tapos umuwe na. Ang init, ang lakas kaya ng sikat ng araw pero bigka na lang pagdating namin ng bahay namin baha na pala omg. Bakit ganun tuwing kelan walang tao tsaka naman bumabaha! grrrr

The Taping Experience

(Im holding the microphone and radio LOL)Hello Greta!


1st taping experience ko ay nung sinama ako ng friends ko na sina aljon at beltro sa taping ng magkaribal. Ang text pa nila 3am daw ang calltime tapos magdala ng 5 sets ng Smartcasual attire dahil strict ang magkaribal when it comes to fashion. So I went to shellselect kung san kami magkikitakita then to ABSCBN dmating kami mga 330 am. Puyat at wala pang katulog tulog.
Pagdating namin dun may van na nagpupuno ng mga tao ang sabi nila, “ Taping ng Noah” So yun pala mga talents yun na ipapadala as “extra” sa teleserye na noah. Umalis kami ng mga bandang 5:30 am sakay ng isang putting masikip na van. Mga bandang 9am nasa Ayala alabang village na kami, aun kumain kami ng breakfast na nakalagay sa styro. Tapos yung tubig kailangan may dala kang sarili mong baso. So reporter daw ang role namin. Mga 11am na kami magsimula ng salang namin. Kainit init! Sumilong lang kami sa puno, I swear nasunog ako that day.Ang eksena ko iniinterview ko si Gretchen, ayun ang ganda nya parang milky yung skin nya kaso litaw yung blue veins nya kasi sa kaputian siguro I dunno. Tapos lunch. Tapos napakup na kami ng 1pm pumunta kami ng ABSCBN to get our tf naghintay kami til 7pm pero wala pa din, in short nadenggoy kami. Tito Jimmy ang pangalan ng mokong na un, ang dinig ko binugbog daw sya ng mga pinagkakautangan nya ayun nakarma.

2nd Taping experience ko naman sa rosalka, nagpunta kami ng Marikina ng mga 7pm kasi sa hospital dun ang shoot so dinner na muna. Kasama namen si Mickey ferriols, kier legaspi, matt evans at empress. After the taping ayun punta ulit abs ang tf na binigay ay 600pesos. Medyo nabadtrip ako dahil sa isang kasama ko dito. Pero ayun ok lang ganun talaga eh.

3rd taping experience ko magkaribal ulit, 7am ako pumunta sa alabang countryclub at Napack-up kami ng 4am at nagpunta ng ABSCBN ng 7am. 24 hours na puyatan tapos ang tf ay 600.Pagkatapos nun nagpunta pa kami kay Tito Meng sa Marikina for Endless Love Audition, ayun nagustuhan naman ako kaya isasama ako sa taping.

4^th Taping experience ko ay sa Endless Love, ay ito Masaya! Ibang klase ang production staff ng gma feeling ko alagang alaga ako, ang daming pagkain, kasundo ko mga cameraman at yung mga makeup artists todo retouch sameng mga talents. Nakakatuwa nga eh. Basta lahat Masaya. I rililili like it! Pag sa ABSCBN kasi, feeling mo alipin ka, lahat ng tao galit sayo at uutos utosan ka. Kala naman nila sobrang laki ng tf na binibigay nila para maliitin ang mga talents nila. Palibhasa ang papanget nila at hinde kasi sila nakikita sa TV! Buti na lang sa GMA hinde ganun ang attitude ng staff, they were all so nice and maasikaso. Ang kasama ko sa Taping ay sina Dennis Trillo, Kuh Ledesma at ang new friend ko na si Daryl shaw. First time ko din nameet ang tanyag na manyakis na talent supplier na si “John Taba”. Ayown everything went well naman tapos maaga kami napak-up. TF ko is 800 kaso binawasan ni Ate Jilma dahil si Crystal daw ang nagsama sakin ayon 700 na lang natira. Not bad for 5 hours of bonding with the stars. Sa Marikina hotel kami nagshoot if im not mistaken. Party yung scene eh at bisita ako ni Andrew yun ang role ko. Here’s the Video.

I'm here! watch part 6:00 -Endless Love July 14,2010

5th and 6th taping experience ko is with IMORTAL naman, unang role ko is Yuppie guy na kakainin ng Vampires na sila Maricar Reyes at Rocky Salumbides. Sa Timog yung location namen, sa rooftop ng isang building dun. Nakakatakot! Kasi nman madaling araw na tapos ni wala man lang harang yung gilid ng building pwede ka talaga mahulog ng di oras! Eh ang eksena pa naman namin eh tatakbo kami sa takot dahil kakainin kami ni Maricar! Haynakow ayown napagalitan ako ng Direktor kasi hirap kami iexecute yung mga pinapagawa nyang acting. Pasaway pa tong si Maricar nagpapatawa sabi ba naman nya” Bakit kayo natakbo? Naligo naman ako?!” ayown! PAK UP! Hahahaha napagalitan ako at galit ang mga staff pero hinde ko talaga kasalanan, yun kasama ko kasi ang palpak nadamay lang ako, pero wala na kong magagawa nangyre na eh =] tapos next immortal taping si John Lloyd Cruz at Angel Locsin na ang kasama ko.Sa Pedro Gil Landbank Building kami nagtaping. Ok naman lahat except for the fact na halos mamatay na kami dahil bumabagyo sa labas! Kasumpa sumpa yang production staff ng Imortal na yan! Pumasok kami sa building na parang mga basing sisiw habang pinapanuod nila ang kalunoslunos naming mga itsura! =] hay sarap nilang anuhin. Ang sasama ng ugali nila, buti pa sa GMA mababait ang staff at walang ere. Si Angel Locsin at Directors lang ang masasabi kong ok sa ABSCBN taping ko na yun. Puro sama ng loob ko! Buti na lang may picture ako kasama sina Angel At Johnlloyd kahit papano nakakatuwa.Tf=600
So ayun ang liit lang ng kita sa pagtataping unless sunod sunod ang projects mo. Nakakapagod lang ang boredom kapag wla kang ginagawa lalo na kung wala ka pang katulog tulog. Malas mo pa pag ang eksena nyo ay sa arawan! Paktay tayo jan!=]

blackberry blog

How I miss blogging, wla na kasi ako masyadong time. Pero mas ok ngaun kasi I'm using blackberry na. Mas madali na for me ang makapag blog so hope you continue visiting my page guys!tc!!!!! :xoxo bryja