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The 2016 Sang'gres garbed in gowns designed by Francis Libiran ( source ) Kylie Padilla as Amihan, Glaiza de Castro as Pirena, Sanya Lopez as Danaya and Gabbi Garcia as Alena Encantadia is a Filipino fantasy television series by GMA Network. It is a reboot to the 2005 fantasy series of the same name. It previously starred Sunshine Dizon as Pirena, Amihan by Iza Calzado, Karylle as Alena and Danaya by Diana Zubiri.   Wikipedia Some of the Characters Hagorn (John Arcilla) Pirena (Glaiza de Castro) Amihan (Kylie Padilla) Alena (Gabbi Garcia) Danaya (Sanya Lopez) Aquil (Rocco Nacino) Hitano (Pancho Magno) Mira (Kate Valdez) Lira (Mikee Quintos) Ybrahim/Ybarro (Ruru Madrid) Wahid (Andre Paras) Wantuk (Buboy Villar) Cassiopea (Solenn Heussaff) Wikipedia 2016 List of Characters   Reboots or re-imaginations of movies or TV series normally pale in comparison to the original or predecessors, but thankfully, this 2016 series of Encantadia is steered b...

Sinag Maynila's Balut Country Where a tragedy becomes a blessing in disguise BALUT COUNTRY is a movie about family, relationships, decisions and realizations revolving around the Duck/Goose industry and the lives of Jun and Dado. I learned a lot of things while watching this film...things that I probably took for granted while growing up. I know I was fond of mallards and geese(I played with them without hurting them) when I was in my formative years in the US of A and I guess I was one of the few who came from there  that love to eat balut  the moment I tasted it(not knowing it was the embryo of the duck).  I was not scared to eat it and I loved to sip the soup from the shell. I didn't realize that for me to enjoy balut , lots of people are involved and the process is long and hard...probably even tedious.  One of the things among many that I've learned via this movie is that ducks and geese eat snails  and for me, that is a very interesting ...