I think remaking classic teleseryes is a bad decision. Have you see an episode of the remake of Mula Sa Puso? The teleserye ended already. I saw a few episodes while waiting for TV Patrol and talk about mediocre acting! The lead stars were blah at best! I don’t know why that starlet Lauren Young was given a chance to topbill a classic teleserye. She had only one expression that of a worried young lass. She was nowhere near Claudine Barretto‘s acting prowess. And that guy who took over the role of the late Rico Yan? My goodness! I don’t know where ABS-CBN got that man! He clearly needed another talent workshop before being asked to step into a lead role!

Remaking a classic is bad decision. I hope the giant TV networks (ABS-CBN, GMA7 and TV5) will stop remaking classic teleseryes and movies and instead create new ones that will appeal to this day’s generation.

Agua Bendita is the newest teleserye to touch the hearts of many Filipinos. It is being shown on ABS-CBN directly after TV Patrol World. In the beginning, teasers of this teleserye were shown during the Primetime Bida timeslot. It shows Andi Eigenmann, daughter of Mark Gil and Jacklyn Jose, emerging from the pool looking so much like Angel Locsin.

ABS-CBN must admit that the teaser showing Andi did not generate that much interest for the show. Agua Bendita is a classic komiks story from Rod Santiago and to be quite honest, I watched the pilot episode because I was a fan of that komiks when I was a teen. An aunt used to buy Liwayway magazine every week and I would read the Agua Bendita komiks. That’s mainly the reason why I watched at first, to see how they will translate the komiks into a teleserye.

But then I saw the little girl playing the dual role of Agua, the good little girl who looks like water, and Bendita, the bad twin. She’s Xyriel Anne Manabay. You can say that Xyriel made a huge impact on everybody including me. It got me hooked to the teleserye in no time at all!

The little girl undoubtedly captured the hearts of the many viewers of the teleserye. When she’s Agua, the little girl can really make you cry and sympathize with her. When she’s Bendita, you feel this urge to make her stand in the corner and face the wall all day long! She is that good!

Critics are actually raving about the little kid playing the dual role. It is said that Andi and her mom Jacklyn are already pissed with ABS-CBN because the deal was the little kid will only stay onscreen for two weeks and then Andi will come in. But it’s been two months already, if I am not mistaken, and the little kid is still playing the dual role. Xyriel captured the hearts of the viewers of the teleserye that there’s actually a clamor for Agua and Bendita to stay as kids.

I guess after Santino, the viewers are looking for another good little kid that they can watch every night. A kid who can be a role model for the little kids who are still awake and watching tv with their parents. A kid who can show us that we can all be good despite the setbacks we encounter in life.

Watch Agua Bendita. It’s really good! I hope that when they start showing Andi Eigenmann, the story will be as good as right now.

I switched channels. Wwe are watching TV Patrol in ABS-CBN but then the report was about that icky Pinoy Dream Academy overacting singer-wannabe/winner so I told my sister to change the channel to GMA-7. Mel Tiangco of 24 Oras was interviewing ex-president Joseph Estrada about the passing of his mom, Dona Mary and at one point she asked this overly STUPID question… “Ngayong namatay na ang mama mo, Mr. Estrada, napaiyak ka ba? (Now that your mother passed away, Mr. Estrada, did you shed a tear?)…

Is that a stooooopid question or what??? Your mom died. The one person you consider as your inspiration and strength, the one you are very vocal about the respect you had of her. Did you cry???????

If that is not a ridiculously stupid question, I don’t know what is!