Princess and I: Week 2 Review

wellflower's comments: I think in a way, drama, shows and movies are like poems. You show and not tell. This is pretty much the reason why even though I know that Rio is getting ahead of Jao this keeps Jao unbalanced and cold and nasty. However, I don’t feel it. In an episode, the competition between Jao and Rio could have served a greater purpose if it was executed well. However, the show...

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Princess and I: Episode 10

Ashi Behati visits the king and gives him gifts to "thank" him for the "help" he gave her last time that she was "wounded". The king tells her she shouldn't have done so as it is his responsibility to help his people. They also talked about how good a leader Jao is. Mikay and Jao parts for real and while he goes into the vehicle Mikay whispers in Tagalog, "You are actually quite good-looking....

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Princess and I: Episode 09

Like the scenes before, Jao declines letting Mikay go with him to the marketplace. But due to incessant pleading, he gives in. She tells him 'salamat' and with his linguistic aptitude he says he knows what it means and tells her to go inside the vehicle. Once they reach the market place, Mikay says, for the nth time, her thanks. She also introduces herself as a courtesy which Jao brushes off with...

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Princess and I: Episode 08

The candidates were gathered and evaluated based on the tasks they did for each department they were assigned to. Rio, of course, was praised by the king because of the proposals he gave to the Drukpah's council. It would have been nice to hear this proposal for us to really know if it really was any good, though. In any case, Jao was asked by the king to stay. The king pointed out how he was unable...

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Princess and I: Episode 07

Mikay's mother still dissuades her from going to Yangdon even though she tells her that they can use the pocket money to pay for the expenses in the house. Meanwhile, Behati tells Jao he must win, show himself worthy of getting the throne. By hook or by crook. Mikay's father gives his first camera to her daughter, telling her to go to Yangdon. He says, "Bring Yangdon home. For me and for your mother." Jao,...

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Princess and I: Episode 06

After graduation, Mikay learns that her father had an accident. Her father was sent to the hospital because of some minor injuries. Upon hearing this from a neighbor, Mikay and Kiko rushes to the hospital and finds her father unconscious.  King Anand's adviser, then, tells him that there are rumors about his successor and the most prominent of them is Jao. The adviser also asks if he considers...

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Princess and I: Week 1 Review

neonkim's review: For a 30-minute-per-day, wow. We were certainly put through a lot. The highlights of this week are: the Queen and the Vice-King's death, the disappearance of the Princess and her migration to the Philippines, Behati's evil schemes and the build-up of Jao, Mikay and Kiko's characters. Anyway, what made things a little difficult for me was the use of language - at the beginning,...

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Princess and I: Episode 05

From last episode, culprit guy confesses everything to Dasho Kencho out of guilt. -o- Behati overhears everything and offers her two cents: the man is obviously crazy and shouldn't be listened to. However, Dasho Kencho believes that they shouldn't just dismiss it and decides to have it investigated immediately, but decides to withhold the information from the king. Sinners should be punished, he...

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Princess and I: Episode 04

This episode we're introduced to more characters. Yay! -o- The Philippines' Cultural Attache to Yangdon is introduced to the King. Alice (Marina Benipayo) introduces herself as well as her husband Edward (Jong Cuenco) and son Gino (Daniel Padilla). There's a new kid in Mikay's block. She calls him but he runs off to his aunties. Mikay envies this sight of the little boy being extremely cared for. As...

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Princess and I: Episode 03

Picking up where we left off, the King arrives just in time to hear Behati's suggestion to the council. "If you weren't trying to dethrone me, what were you suggesting?" the King says. Behati, of course, denies. Dino tries to woo his wife into adopting the child. She ponders if she could ever love that child, to which Dino replies with "if you could love someone like me, you'd learn to love her...

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Princess and I: Episode 02

The King's remaining convoy stops in the road where the landslide had happened. The Queen's car nowhere in sight, King Anand commands his men to look for them. Actually, this would be the only thing the King would be doing for the rest of the episode, lol. Further down the landslide is the fatally injured Queen Isabel with Princess Areeyah in her arms. The culprit, responsible for the bombing previously,...

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Princess and I: Episode 01

Dundundun. The pilot wasn't that bad, really. I had actually anticipated watching it, especially after the suspense and the hype thanks to various media channels, haha. So anyway, here we go: An eagle flies over the Yangdon Kingdom and...

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Recap and Review: Princess and I

For our first drama review ever, we've chosen ABS-CBN's Princess and I. This is actually pretty interesting in many ways because one, we're not big fans of Filipino dramas, ergo we're kinda treading into unknown (more like murky) waters, two,...

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