W.E.L.C.O.M.E.

Grabe! bigla kong n-miss ang "Heat of the Night" song ni Ken Zhu! Kaya naman mega hanap ako sa imeem, buti nalang may nakita pa ako dun!^^ Hmm sa lahat kasi ng mga kinanta nya, yan ang pinaka-favorite ko! Nadamay lang yung "Inside of my Guitar" nung nagtanong si Ricardo kung ano pa ba daw ang english song nya. Aba! ilang ulit din naming pinakingggan yung "Heat of the Night" ah! Nagustuhan din kasi ng brother ko. Actually, trip din ng Kuya ko yung song na yun! Natatandaan ko pa, madalas nyang patugtugin yung sa component namin, kahit na hindi sya maka-Ken Zhu at yung cd-ing meron nung song na yun eh lahat chinese na yung mga tracks. Nasa playlist ko na nga yung mga kanta na yan eh. New addition kung baga.

Hay.. I feel reminiscing my f4 days now. Naalala ko pa yung noong itsura ni Ken na kinababaliwan ko. Tsk! Si Ken kasi eh! Mukha ng tatay ngaun! TT Feeling ko lasingero yun?! Hmm parang ganun naman madalas pag-rakista ka di ba?

Ah! another thing! Kaya din pala lately naaalala ko si Ken, eh dahil kay Ms. Weng. Last Wednesday kasi, habang nagbabasa sya ng dyaryo, nabanggit nya s'kin si Ken Zhu. Tinatanong nya kasi kung sino sya dun. Ofcourse, naman ako galak na galak all of a sudden, kasi nabanggit nya yun, at yung fave guy ko pa ah! Tapos, nagtanong ako kung bakit nya natanong, sabi nya kasi may balita daw dun sa dyaryo na binabasa nya na gagawa daw sya ng movie with Iza Calzado. Wowowee! Gulat nga ako eh. Hmm ano kayang magiging itsura ni Ken dun? At ano na rin kaya ang itsura nya ngaun?

Iza goes F4

By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Inquirer
Last updated 11:57pm (Mla time) 08/25/2007

MANILA, Philippines - Following her Hollywood debut in “The Echo,” Filipino actress Iza Calzado is set to co-star with Taiwan’s Ken Zhu, formerly of the boy band F4, in a movie to be shot in Batanes.

The news was confirmed by the film’s producer, Arleen Cuevas and co-directors Adolf Alix and Dave Hukom of Ignite Media.

Adolf says Iza is “perfect” for the role—a Manila sales girl who relocates to Batanes and falls in love with an Ivatan man and a stranded fisherman from Taiwan.

The Taiwanese fisherman is to be played by Ken, while the role of the Ivatan is yet to be cast.

Adolf recalls that Judy Ann Santos was originally tapped for the movie, tentatively titled “Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan.”

“She loved the script,” Dave recounts. “But there were scheduling problems.”

“Judy Ann recommended Iza, a good friend and co-star in the hit movie ‘Ouija,’” Adolf says.

Iza immediately expressed interest in the script, written by Arah Jell Badayos, who wrote and co-directed “Mudraks” for last year’s Cinemalaya.

Iza, however, bagged a major role in “The Echo,” the Hollywood version of Yam Laranas’ “Sigaw.”

Thrilled

That was when they thought of Iza’s fellow GMA 7 talent Jennylyn Mercado for the part. But Iza’s schedule eased up a bit and “she eventually signed up for our project,” Dave says.

Lito Calzado, Iza’s father, confirms that his daughter will start working on the Batanes movie in October.

Adolf says that from the start Iza has been excited over the script and the prospect of going to Batanes.

“She wants to get a feel of the place before the shoot. From Toronto (where she is shooting “The Echo”), she will proceed to Batanes.”

Ken Zhu, one of the stars of the popular youth drama “Meteor Garden” (currently aired by GMA 7), was just as thrilled over the script, relates producer Arleen.

“I got in touch with him through a friend of a friend who’s a Hong Kong producer,” she says.

After sending the script’s first draft to Ken’s agent, Arleen was surprised to get an e-mail from Ken.

“He said that he had read the script himself,” she notes.

Ken also acted as consultant, giving tips on the cultural practices in Taiwan, to make the script’s flashback scenes more accurate.

“Sa Dulo” is Adolf’s second film to be shot in Batanes, after Cinemalaya’s “Kadin” this year.

“After I did an ocular for ‘Kadin,’ I told Dave that Ignite should do a love story set in Batanes,” Adolf says. “For ‘Kadin,’ we used an HD camera, but for this new movie, we will be using a 35mm film camera. Batanes should really be captured on film.”

Ehem! Ken Zhu? Fisherman?! HUAATTT?!!! Well...

So, suppose to be, si Judy Ann Santos pala ang dapat partner nya. Thanks goodness! At may isang Iza Calzado na dumating!heehee~ Um hindi naman sa anti-juday ako ah, hindi ko lang kasi ma-imagine yung mga love/kilig moments nila ni Ken dun (if ever).hehe. Pero sayang din na tinanggihan ni Judy Ann yun. Obviously, yung movie nila na yun eh mare-release din sa Taiwan or in Asia. Kaya parang nakakapanghinayang din ang opportunity na yon. Pero ambait din nya, kasi ni-recommend nya na si Iza nalang ang gumanap ng role na dapat para sa kanya. Kakatuwa syang friend noh? Parang hindi sya dupang. Na kahit na maaring sa ginawa nya eh baka maungusan na sya ng friend nyang yun. I think Judy Ann saw na mas bagay kay Iza yung role, at hindi nya yun pinagdamot, and that she knows deserving naman eh. Best of luck, Iza!