Friday, December 21, 2012

An Open Letter to Ma'am Charo from a Kim, Xian fan

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. 
Walt Disney 


Dear Ma'am Charo,


I was a young housewife with a sick child and I remember I was at a drugstore fronting Fuente Osmena in Cebu City when your entourage came by.  I was a fresh transferee to Cebu from a small city in Negros and you were the first celebrity I saw and I was starstruck. For a spell, I forgot I was there for some medicine. This was in late 1970s.

I remember your movies after your stint as Baron Travel Girl and one of them stayed in memory, Aguila and your pairing with Fernando Poe Jr.  
                                
                                  CTO  Aguila, 1980  

Your being an award-winning dramatic actress, your getting into producing films in the  late 70's and early 80's earned you an invitation to join ABS CBN in 1987 to be its Production Manager.   Maalaala Mo Kaya which you started/hosted  in early 1990s is still an all-time favorite into the 3rd millenium.

26 years later,  close to five years of which were spent as its President, you will  enter the year 2013 as ABS-CBN's  President and new Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer, Sir Gabby Lopez.   Ma'am Charo, you have not only pierced the Glass Ceiling; you have broken it.  There is no longer any Glass Ceiling to pierce after this for you!  

What a grand accomplishment!  Congratulations and best wishes and more blessings for you and the ABS CBN family!


CTO   Ma'am Charo in an undated photo.                          

Fast forward 2006, a bubbly, perky, shy but wanting-to-be-seen on TV and wanting to help the family, Kim Chiu, blazed into our consciousness.  I went back to caring for a sick person in the family, this time my husband who suffered a stroke in 2005 and as full-time caregiver, TFC shows became a major stress reliever.



CTO  Kim Chiu at the My Binondo Girl Press Con mid2011
I notice  a  close resemblance, especially in this photo,  between Ma'am Charo and Kim.  It must be the eyes that look directly  at you with a lot of candor and a lot of charm, though if I may/can say it, Ma'am Charo has  the more dreamy ones here.



CTO Kim and Xian at the Meet and Greet in LA 11-01-12 promoting IKA.
The two who captured everyone's imagination in their very successful pairing  in My Binondo Girl  are together again in Ina, Kapatid Anak as Celyn and Liam; first aired, October 8, 2012 .
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Now with me, 30 years as an immigrant then citizen of an adopted country, my  heart still beats  Pinoy and ABS-CBN  shows remain a staple in the home. I became a fan of Kim Chiu and her shows; watched all of them without exception, read all about her   and the one that broke all  "inhibitions" was My Binondo Girl and the KimXi craze that followed after.

I joined a fan group on Pinoy Exchange called Team KimXi and started a blogsite named  kimxianity.blogspot.com solely on, who else but Kim and Xian.  Being shy, introverted of sorts, I blew my cover. Too late did I learn  my blogspot sharing also lands at my Facebook timeline. My husband, a converted KimXi,   reminds me to drop my chores and join him with   Ina, Kapatid, Anak. Our kids, now grown,  are happy that we are happy with our TFC plus, plus;  one requirement we set before our move.

This brings me to the point of my open letter to you, Maam Charo.

Personally, I have the utmost respect for the creative and production teams of Ina, Kapatid, Anak as I wrote in my email to you today.

I salute them - the IKA staff, directors, actors, both veterans and the young ones, Kim, Xian, Maja and Enchong, for a cohesive, well thought-out, well-directed, well-edited and  well acted Ina, Kapatid, Anak - No. 1 in the latest AGB Nielsen and Kantar surveys.

As a Kim, Xian fan, I am very proud of how IKA has conquered both fronts, MegaManila household and the National viewership survey ratings.

KimXi followers  on Pinoy Exchange are however getting  restive. They are anxious for the characters of Kim and Xian in the show to level up. Three months , they are still in the fringes. "Patience is a virtue" is a mantra in our thread.  Now, patience is running thin.

Even my own husband, a new fan, thinks that Kim and Xian are  the support to Maja and Enchong when they are  supposed to be of equal billing with Kim and Xian;  with Kim of course  having more of an edge being the Primetime Princess and undoubtedly the advertising-load magnet along with Xian,  among the group.

Ma'am Charo, please, is there a way we can at this stage  get out of the Margaux-Ethan syndrome which has been at it for quite sometime now?  I really wish to see   Kim and Xian  emerge as "the stars" that they really are not just   "also stars" as my husband says it and may Xian's character also  come forth befitting that of one who is the  intended end-game for Celyn.   I still have to see/hear  Liam's  back story told  3 months into the IKA  airing. This would be an excellent chance for him to hone his craft more, given the chance.

No offense meant, please,  to the stars, the production and the creative teams.  We are only for improving the show not just to have our way because we are  Kim and Xian fans but to see a more balanced, creative development among the young and  the older characters alike and to not just revolve continuously on the angst that surround Margaux and Ethan (Maja and Enchong's characters).

Ma'am Charo, personally, I am on ABS CBN's side to maintain dominance in the ratings game; I hope it is not too much to ask for a build-up of Xian's character in the show and to spin off Celyn's character out of the beck and call of the star-crossed lovers.

Somehow, I see Celyn's behavior  not running true to form.  Where is the sense of defiance, her grand desire to finish school to help the family we initially saw in Celyn;  the one who fled Cebu without her elders' permission to pursue her dream of a U.P. Diliman education?  Where is the Celyn we saw who survived on 50 pesos on her first day in Manila?  Where did all these guts and gumption go?

As for Liam, if we can please have a  three-dimensional Liam; someone with more depth and more to him than just having a life when he is called on by his friends.  I wish to know who Liam is, what makes him tick?

Many thanks, Ma'am Charo for your listening ear.  I am humbly elevating  my concerns to you, with the help of some of my KimXi friends,  not because I  cannot make headway with anyone else but hoping  perhaps that you, seeing things at a perspective,  may see more clearly  where I am coming from.

I see the fruits  of your leadership in these young actors and we see these so vividly in Kim and Xian; both driven to succeed but still so fragile and vulnerable and so human at it.  I have no doubt that your example of excellence filters through to them and to all the talents, all the workers under your tutelage and the company's employ.

May ABS-CBN continue to thrive under your management and may all the shows afternoon, primetime, all the related enterprises - Star Cinema, Star Records, Star Magic, etc. remain  leaders in their sphere in the industry that is show business.

God's blessings to you all always!  Awaiting your kind response with thanks.  I wish you and the ABS-CBN family  a very Merry Christmas and a most Blessed, Prosperous and Happy New Year!


                               CTO - The Impossible Dream - Jed Madela



  Very truly yours,
  Gutsykx formerly Gutsykg (on KimXi thread, Pinoy Exchange )

This letter is prompted by my own concern over how Ina, Kapatid, Anak is going and does not involve anyone else in my group.  My concern is that this has become a Margaux-Ethan lovestory.  It is time for me to speak up. I am sorry.


Please see below a sprinkling  of the growing impatience articulated in our KimXi thread. It is still a small flame, I don't want it to become a conflagration before I cry out for help.  "An ounce of prevention is always  worth more than a pound of cure."

CTO - I thank my fellow KimXis for allowing me to use their posts here in my blog.  Those, I did not get to choose, I will probably use them some other time.


Posted by baketinay...on KimXi Thread
I have been reading all the posts of the KimXi fans in this thread and in IKA thread regarding their major disappointment as to how the story of this teleserye is going. I thought that I can be silent and just keep my opinion to myself, including the opinions of my family and friends here in the US. We are all diehard fans of KimXi since the very successful My Binondo Girl. Here's our take: 

After MBG, we were all expecting that ABS CBN will give them another primetime teleserye, since it was proven that this tandem can draw viewers all over the world thru TFC.
We were kinda disappointed that it took a little longer for the studio to concoct a new teleserye for them. Nevertheless, we were excited when the announcement was made for the IKA project. 

Around that time though, I started having a nagging feeling that this project is not 100% KimXi. I read somewhere that originally, this project was intended for other stars and that Enchong Dee was to be the main actor to play the main character. When ABS-CBN announced that KimXi and Maja Salvador are included, and that the new show will tackle a very interesting subject matter that has never been addressed before and that it will revolve around these 4 stars playing major roles, the curiosity and excitement took charge. 

When the 4 stars started plugging and advertising the show before it even started, doing a lot of mall shows, guesting on TV shows, I was confident that this will be a blockbuster like Walang Hanggan.

Watching this show everyday from its inception, I totally agree with the frustrations of the viewers most esp the KimXi fans. I hope I'm right when I say that we, KimXi fans have been anticipating everyday to see the story of Celyn and Liam unfold after 3 months of airing, not just Margaux and Ethan.

My sense is that majority of the fans of this show are educated enough to see where the story is leading - and I think, as of today's episode, it is so clear to see that the story is not about Celyn, Liam, Margaux and Ethan or the effect of the subject matter, which is surrogacy. It is leaning more and more towards the love story of Margaux and Ethan. 

Whatever happened to the pluggings and ads of this show from the beginning? For now, it is understandable that a lot of the fans are frustrated, watching this show everyday, hoping that the story will take a different turn.

On the other hand, I would assume that the directors and writers will have a counter argument on all of these complaints. They will think that they are doing the right thing, because they see that IKA is a perennial topgun in the ratings. And they will think that fans of the show are satisfied. Well, correct me if I'm wrong, I think the show is being pulled over the top by KimXi - they are the crowd drawers. 

In my humble opinion, one of the reasons why IKA is frontrunner in the ratings, aside from the fact that this show is well acted and well directed, is because thousands of KimXi fans all over the world will give their full support to Kim and Xian - me and my family and friends included. 

Every episode, all KimXi fans are glued to their TV set, all hoping that the writers will go easy on the Margaux-Ethan love story, and introduce the story of the other main stars - Kim and Xian, since they are also in the top billing. 

It's funny, all of us complain and get frustrated about the never-ending Margaux-Ethan story, but we still watch, for the love of our idols.

To the writers, please spare us some heartaches and headaches.

Happy holidays, everyone!!
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from kxmomma
HOHUMMM!!!! I am bored! With how it's going i'd much rather see the development of the tere-beatriz-julio conflict. Enough already! I am sick and tired of ethan's stupid immature decisions and margaux's spoiled rich girl attitude. I am also tired of Celyn's doormat role. Ano sya? Hanger on na lang? Wala ba syang mahanap na ibang kaibigan? Im starting to think this is a dumb story. Either that or the writers think we are dumb. 

Sorry venting lang. I wake up early to watch it before going to work pero it seems like it's not worth it.

from cindym (excerpt)
I want development in Celyn and Liam's characters. I actually want to have the story revolve around them. For the past three months, the IKA story has revolved around Margaux and Ethan. I'm sick of it. There's supposed to be 4 leads in the IKA serye. But the writers are inept in writing for all the leads at the same time. Celyn and Liam are relegated to supporting characters with nothing to do but be sunod sunoran to Margaux and Ethan's whims. Even Celyn's studies and ambitions are ignored by the writers. This time, I want Margaux and Ethan to be relegated into the background and have the story focus on Celyn and Liam. Coming from the success of My Binondo Girl, Kim and Xian deserve better than be a second fiddle in a serye. Actually I'm starting to think the writers and ABS didn't have the guts to write a serye for Maja and Enchong alone so they attached Kim and Xian to attract viewers.

from coloredstraw:  hmmmppp!!! ako din yung patience ko unti nalang talaga. parang ang tagal ko inantay sila 9magkateleserye, tapos dito sa IKA, bakit ang unti ng scenes nila...

to tell you honestly, mas like ko pa ang MBG.(opinyon ko ito)

from Kitkat2 (excerpt)  I think all the KimXi fans all over the world have the same sentiments sa mga nangyayari sa IKA. This is just my personal opinion only if I may. Sana hindi na lang kasama ang KimXi sa teleserye na ito, bakit hindi na lang si Enchong and Maja itong teleserye na ito anyway naman most of the takes ay para sa kanilang 2, ang KimXi ay parang supporting lang. sunud sunuran lang kila Majong. Why don't they try na sa kanila na lang itong teleserye na ito at bigyan ng bagong teleserye ang KimXi, tingnan natin kung papatok ang tambalan ng MaJong. Napatunayan naman nila na ang KimXi ay #1 when it comes to teleserye, they can do it themselves whereas ... Dapat ba gabay sila KimXi sa mga ginagawa nila. I'm sick and tired na ang IKA kung may scene man sila wlang substance para lang mapakita sa atin na may scene ang KimXi.kung sinasabi ni JP na in 3 weeks pa ang KimXi, ay naku patapos na iyan

from Mylene1 
aaminin ko tumaas ang blood pressure at kilay ko after watching today's episode, isama pa yong preview ng tom's episode. Naman, feeling ko tuloy people behind IKA are just taking us for a ride. Either Im expecting too much or IKA heads are painfully slow in delivering what they promised.........Hayyyy erase erase ang negative vibes.


OMG !!!!! ang pasensiya ko konting konti na lang!!!!! ( angelica mode) LOL seriously kelan ang Celiam. pls. writers we've been soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo patient. 3 months na oh marthan parin?????????????? mahirap bang bigyan ang 4 MAIN LEADS ( as what was promise to viewers) ng equal story and airtime. nagawa naman sa MSKM book 1 but hindi magawa dito? 
calling ms. gutsy do you think its time for writers to know what we feel? NKKLK na talaga! I swear christmas na. I just hope na pag Celiam na ang concentrate as in Celiam na ha, yung malalim ang magiging story nila. sana Marthan naman and nasa background para fair. LOL FIGHTING!!!!!

from eleanor_rigby
Natatamad na ko sa IKA, anu nangyayari?! sasabihin na naman nila atat lang tayo sa loveteam. Akala ko talaga dati parang Maging Sino Ka Man Book 1 ang dating ng teleseryeng toh wherein apat ang bida, in MSKM may sari-sariling story yung apat (Bea, JLC, Anne and Sam) pero magkakakonekta pa rin ang character/loveteam nila, eto wala nakadepende lang si Celyn at Liam sa iuusad ng story ni ethan at margaux. eh mabuti sana kung umuusad kaso paulit ulit lang

Gusto ko tuloy ang dialog ni Angelica sa One More Try: ang pasensya ko nauubos na! (not verbatim)


From uberadik
ang ayokong mangyari ay kapag bumaba ang rating nito dahil sa pagkaumay ng tao sa marthan love story na paulit-ulit nalang ay isisisi pa nila kay kim/ xian. dahil ang alam ng tao na kapag anjan si kim sya ang lead star..at kimxi soap din ito. mukhang tama nga kayo, magandang support nga ang kimxi.. kim chiu ba naman at samahan mo pa ng xian na talaga namang hot ngayon. bukod sa maraming manunuod, marami din silang kikitain sa dami ng advertisement dahil sa kimxi..o diba kumita na, napasikat pa yung dalawa... sumikat nga ba ang lt nila? parang di pa rin naman.. pasensya na sa mga fans nung dalawa.. magaling sila pareho pero parang walang chemistry. 3 months nang love story nila pero walang ingay. ni hindi nga mag-trending kahit philippines man lang.waley impact ang lt.


From maevel2002  (excerpt)
From what I know, this soap was intended for Andi Eigenmann and Jessie Mendiola with Enchong but for some reason they gave it to Kim and Maja. Isn't it that they were supposed to be topbilling with Judy Ann Santos, what happened 

Sa trulili lang the greatest virtue which is Patience has fell thin on me. I'm not using my TFC na to watch IKA coz of these latest development. I just upgraded to premium subscription eh hindi naman pala sulit kasi nakikiupdate lang ako online #sayangpera. We gave them a chance several weeks ago na sana mag turn around only to be given another U-turn balik sa MarThan 

From Lucebelle
I rush home from work everyday just to watch this show and this is the best you could do? where is this story going? c'mon!!! maybe we'd just better stop watching... what do you think, guys? sorry just venting.
  


We still   have a number more in our thread but the above I hope shall suffice to show Kim and Xian fan sentiments.    

From Mrs. Woods - 12-21
Last night's episode was really a bummer for Celyn and Liam. I think what's more frustrating especially for twitter followers is that the staff would plug an episode using CeLiam scenes and then that scene would run for a few seconds and not even a minute long.                                                            



-o0o-

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Love begets...


Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. 
C. S. Lewis 


  CTO - There is happiness that radiates from their eyes...affection is its source.



In some forgotten time, actually eight months ago, it was very hard for Kim to articulate who gave her the Love Rose Tree that dwarfed the furnishings in her living room.  There it was in her instagram with a thank you to an unnamed giver.
        
   CTO - The bouquet to end all bouquets  reaching out to a birthday girl's heart. 
                                                             4-19-12


          CTO       The Buzz Guesting of Kim Chiu (April 22, 2012) Part 2

Pls check 5:40

Xian's tender expressions of his affection for Kim elicited some beautiful responses from Kim, "He never fails to surprise me", referring to Xian; further she says, "he really knows how to make a girl feel special"; coming  from a woman, who a few months back felt so awkward at explaining her feelings on Xian's  Harana using  Church choir members singing, "You" to her  and when asked what  she wanted to say to Xian, she only said, "Merry Christmas" and "Thank You" before that.   http://www.push.com.ph/features/8364/kim-chiu-on-xian-lim-he-never-fails-to-surprise-me/


CTO - Xian's Harana with a Choir ("kidnapped" by Xian) singing "You" by the Carpenters at Kimmy's tent for My Binondo Girl taping 12-23-11.
  
Pls. ck. on.36.  Xian did not want any record of it but Direk Francis heard the song from his tent and could not resist the urge to use his phone to record it for posterity catching the last strains of the song. Aren't we glad for Direk Francis
                                                            
                                                   YOU by the Carpenters
You are the one who makes me happy
When everything else turns to gray
Yours is the voice that wakes me mornings
And sends me out into the day

You are the crowd that sits quiet listening to me
And all the mad sense that I make

You are one of the few things worth remembering
And since it's all true
How could anyone mean more to me
Than you?

Sorry if sometimes I look past you
There's no one beyond your eyes
Inside my head the wheels are turning
(From: http://www.elyrics.net)

Hey, sometimes I'm not so wise

You are my heart and my soul, my inspiration
Just like the old love song goes

You are one of the few things worth remembering
And since it's all true
How could anyone mean more to me
Than you?

Beyond your eyes

You're my heart and my soul, my inspiration
Just like the old love song goes

You are one of the few things worth remembering
And since it's all true
How could anyone mean more to me
Than you?

CTO - Kim and Xian head to head at "You".  Xian and his hidden surprise...a holiday Santa Bear.

     CTO - The Look that Kim gives to Xian and no other and Xian knows it too...

                                  CTO - The closer I get to you...
  "The Closer I Get To You"
The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving me all you've got
Your love has captured me
Over and over again
I try to tell myself that we
Could never be more than friends
And all the while inside
I knew it was real

The way you make me feel
Lying here next to you
Time just seems to fly
Needing you more and more
Let's give love a try
Sweeter and sweeter love grows
And heaven's there for those
Who fool the tricks of time
With hearts in love will find
True love
In a special way
The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving me what you've got
Your love has captured me

Over and over again
I try to tell myself that we
Could never be more than friends
And all the while inside
I knew this was real (got to be real)
The way you make me feel (you know)

My baby, my baby, my baby, my love
Come a little closer so we can see into the eyes of love
Just a little a closer let me speak to you
I wanna tell you something
Here I am-- I just want you to come closer
Come a little closer let me whisper in your ear
‘Cause I wanna tell you something
Move a little a little closer we can say for real
The way we feel about each other’s lovin’…

        CTO - A fan's vid showing Kim and Xian sweetly swaying to music in place.



KimXi followers techie and non-techie have learned to read twits and posts on Instagram photos and quick to note exchanges between the two or thoughts for the day they openly share. 

There has been a profusion of  short and sharp responses on Instagram mostly ribbings since their faces appeared in each other's IG in May,  this year. Kim opened an Instagram account for sure from Xian's influence in February, 2012 but both cropped or deliberately left out each others faces on their IGs until that fateful day in May after their Carson show when Xian boldly posted his and Kim's offcam photo followed by a group one by Kim on her own with Xian on it. This was in May, same time they sat down to a very revealing interview with Henni Espinosa on Balitang America, May  2012.

CTO Kim and Xian and their brimming happiness.  Xian and his long and tender gazes punctuated by happy laughter; Kim, the Kimberly Sue, so ladylike, soft-spoken and demure; the girl of Xian's dreams unbelievably (to him) on his side and happy at it as early as May, 2012 or maybe even earlier.


Since then the Likes on each other's photos multiplied at times a minute from each other. The latest ones are a bit more with it, intriguing  creating a Tsunami wave among KimXi followers in their long waahs and giddiness that is contagious as Kim is normally the reticent one and Xian being the same at least on Instagram until they probably decided to let their hair down and let us glimpse into a reality reserved for their eyes only.

CTO - Xian was there supposedly to pick her up.  He did not have taping that day. Kim, so unlike Kim, must  not have expected the "sundo" (fetch); notice the almost stranglehold so atypical of Kim especially with Xian and Xian's suppressed or could be pleasantly surprised reaction.  Happiness!  Even Jayson Gainza who took the pic commented baka langgamin sila ...so sweet the ants might invade them. Kim warming up!


Like water whose constant drip carves a hole on solid rock, there is now a "hole" in the solid rock that is Kim's heart. The "constant drip" of Xian's unique pursuit has worn the heart of the ladylove  to shed off her defenses enough to bravely  make comments on Xian's Instagram which she rarely did before and lately  to  bravely go to a Rockwell event  that marked a milestone in her good  friend Xian's musical life, an orchestral debut of Piano and Trombone, rendering Mozart's Rondo alla Turca and Christmas Song   respectively, in the presence of ABS CBN Chairman Gabby Lopez and other business luminaries and a mix of the rich and not so rich and the cultured in the arts and those just  wanting to relax and hear some good music.


Kim, regal; poised and  looking and moving like a "beauty queen"  as a friend described her, choosing to sit at the back, still  "bowled over" concert goers who were in the tail end of an applause for Xian who just exited.

Kim caught  the last two songs of  the ABS CBN Philharmonic Orchestra all poised and soft spoken making a friend who glowed with "closet" KimXi pride  to remark that Kim with her beauty and bearing deserve no less than a Xian Lim who impressed the concert crowd as a man of "much class" and talent. She did not appear at all harassed  from a very tight schedule that included ASAP rehearsals and performance and  a Bench Photo Shoot  which explained her made up good looks.  Normally, her "Xian" face is minus eye makeup and heavy foundation.

There was a curious buzz when Kim came in looking so beautiful in her "white georgette longsleeved top, black formal shorts and killer heels" and when Xian came back to the stage and saw her wave from the audience he broke into this brilliant smile that lit his countenance while  the concert crowd connected the two; their exchange of smiles and a lingering look from Xian betraying and marking him as "Taken".

CTO
Pink Parasol ‏@ParasolPink
@Joxian21 @reyesamanda16 yung ACROSS THE ROOM...KILIGURTS AKO...haha, you caN SEE THE INTIMACY OF THE relationship, di sya mababaw

A friend who was watching from a distance felt teary eyed at the sight of their  eyes and smiles that spoke volumes. The electricity in the air that crackled and sizzled  it seemed also  entranced the crowd  perhaps dashing to the floor some  high hopes held  for the extra good-looking, classy and multi-talented Xian but sadly for some, he only   had eyes for  this "regal, refined, ladylike", unobtrusive  beauty named Kim   uncharacteristically attending his event coming from a very tight schedule that made her effort the more appreciated. What a coup for Xian on both counts. Happiness!

Kim came just as Mommy Mary Anne, Xian's Mom, left the venue. My friend surmised that there must have been some communication between the two leaving the son to Kimmy. Fair enough.

CTO

Pink Parasol ‏@ParasolPink
@AbustanBlessed pero bago dumating si Kim, si mommy, text ng text...at nung tumugtog na si Xian, may kausap sya sa phone

Pink Parasol ‏@ParasolPink
@AbustanBlessed tapos lumabas sya...tapos bumalik, tapos dumating si Kim, di na bumalik si mommy..LOL

CTO - Simply beautiful and glowing Kim with Jerry Voyage and partially hidden Mommy Elena enjoying  the music of ABS Philharmonic Orchestra awaiting  appearance of Xian at the Finale.


CTO
Pink Parasol ‏@ParasolPink
@Joxian21 @reyesamanda16 oo nasa heat sila after...sabi ng pamangkin ko, na kauuwi lang, ang sweet daw nila

Amanda Nina Reyes ‏@reyesamanda16
@ParasolPink @joxian21 yes! Every inch a woman in love! Oh, and well loved and taken cared of. :-)))



CTO - Thanks KimZ and Buensensation.


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Jayare Buensuceso ‏@buenSENSATION
a lot of people in the house tonight. Xiam Lim, Kim Chu, LA Tenorio, Marc Pringris, and of course @cabaggie_5 #Heat #Shangrila 

WEEEEEEEEEEEE!!AFTER ROCKWELL..EDSA SHANG IS <3!



CTO  Kim, tall, composed and glowing beauty, exuding confidence; among friends at Rockwell to be with Xian for his oschestral debut on piano and trombone. 
Kim with some fan-friends who also had pictures taken with Xian earlier.  Kim not seeking to draw attention from Xian preferred to stay in the background.  She did not come for some photo-op; she came to support a special friend who has managed to "carve a niche in her heart" for his selflessness and kindness towards her and her household and towards every single member of her family.  In their coming together in God's grace for work they also discovered each other, finding strength where weakness lie, and to quote a friend, "without meaning to do so, they bring out the best in each other."

Kim also left Xian to savor his well-earned moment without Kim distracting the crowd or him as he played with such a prestigious group,   a powerful and difficult piece (to my untrained eye and fingers) Rondo alla Turca or Turkish March on the baby Grand Piano and Christmas song on trombone.  

Kim is such a nurturer.  She is never one to steal a scene.  This is innate in her.  Her presence in Xian's events is valued but knowing how Kim also affects him can be a minus "pogi" points for Xian  if he fumbles on the keys in front of his Inamorata. 

The fear of a distraction  is  not unfounded;  Four days before his performance a fan posted the following on the KimXi fanpage on Facebook:

Lynn Catolos-Agbuya share ko lang... (From FB)  CTO


last 12-12-12 IKA shot scenes at EK.. we were also there for my kids' school tour.. during one scene of maja and xian, kim wasn't in it and was just standing by.. when kim smiled at xian, he fumbled with his lines and had to do a re-take..  
xian, nakakabulol ang ngiti ni kim?   
Thursday at 1:21pm · Edited · Like · 6



CTO - Xian Lim on the Baby Grand Piano with the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra  playing  Mozart's Rondo alla Turco or Turkish March - 12-16-12 at the Rockwell Tent, 2 pm performance.

CTO Xian Lim trending.


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Rjean ‏@camiaciara
RT"@francaraos: I was so surprised to see Kim Chiu support Xian Lim at the PhilHarmonic Concert. Sweet ha. <3"

7m Karla Fuertez Karla Fuertez ‏@KC_Fuertez
At napaka succesful ng pagtugtog ni Xian with the Philharmonic Orchestra! Sobrang nakakaproud! :-))

8m Karla Fuertez Karla Fuertez ‏@KC_Fuertez
Hayy nako deadmahin na nalang natin sila! Ang saya ng weekend natin! Nanalo sina Kim sa ASAP, nagpunta si Kim sa event ni Xian! 
                             
                                                 CTO - On Trombone
Xian is not your run of the mill "artista" with the great looks and acting prowess and "that's it".  Multi-awarded "conductor, arranger, orchestrator, musical director" Gerard Salonga (from Wikipedia) of ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra has this to say of Xian,  "he is a genuinely real good guy, he gets along with everyone very, very well.  We're very glad to have him here to play for all of you".       

CTO - with Musical Director Gerard Salonga  and mother, Ligaya Salonga. Xian with Mommy Mary Anne. Mom Mary Anne, simple, beautiful, the piano teacher and ideal single mom who raised her son with much love, counsel and attention; imparting her own skill on the piano and the traditional values of the Filipino to a quintessential artist, her own son, Xian.


CTO Xian with Sir Mickey Munoz - Managing Director, ABS CBN                    Philharmonic Orchestra.

CTO - Xian, proud Mom Mary Anne with Chairman of ABS CBN, Sir Gabby  Lopez, looking equally proud of ABS-CBN talent Xian.



As a fan of  Xian, I can only be proud that I am following a person of true grit; one who takes the bull by the horns, finding time, keeping equilibrium to get to where he's at now -- on top of the stage playing classical pieces along with a great orchestra under the baton of a great conductor  for the masses and the creme a la creme of Philippine society including the Chairman of ABS-CBN himself, Mr. Gabby Lopez in the audience; melding the low and highbrow society through  the beauty of  classical music in one lazy afternoon that stretched into the night; the night when  "lumuhod ang mga tala"; when  one  crossed over from a most unlikely source, the world of Philippine showbiz into the world of classical music.

ABS - CBN, for once I feel gratified that I did not see more of Liam on Ina, Kapatid, Anak , if this were the exchange - a chance for Xian to find acceptance among musicians who walk, talk, eat music day in day out.  This time I see Xian as "fish in water"; happier or at his happiest and in his element.

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Rico Hizon ‏@RicoHizon
@XianLimm My family & I will be home for X'mas & NY, and would like to watch, let me know. Ty! Merry Xmas to you, your family and #KimChiu

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KV22 ‏@KV22_KimXi
RT: @heyXIANshine Awww Chiuhin! <3 pic.twitter.com/wrso4CpE

 CTO - Xian proudly sporting his ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra Jacket. 

Gerard Salonga who graduated from Ateneo for his undergrad and went to Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts  for formal music studies graduating Summa Cum Laude recounts how Xian got to go from "artista, recording artist" to playing with an orchestra under the baton of 4 time Aliw Awardee for Musical Direction- Gerard Salonga himself.

It seems there is nothing impossible with God's help to a determined and inspired soul like Xian, this leading man of this season's top-rater Ina, Kapatid, Anak.  His entry into the ABS Philharmonic Orchestra is a product of confidence in his skills and perhaps desire to make more of his music.

Xian, shy and diffident in the past took courage to approach  a fellow gym enthusiast  Mr. Mickey Munoz, Managing Director of the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra if he could "jam" with the Orchestra.
http://www.abscbnphilharmonic.com/managing-director/mickey-munoz/

It turned out , there  is no jamming with an orchestra; orchestras are for serious music, highbrow, as they say.  Against all odds, coming from a 3 night all-nighter and only 5 days of practice with a Master Trombonist   whom  he had to chase at the orchestra's mall tours, Xian played his preferred instruments and emerged sweaty but victorious!

From "jam" to "play" is a huge leap and I credit Xian for his guts  to pursue his dream enough for noted musical director to say that as fans we have plenty of reason to be proud of our man and we are extremely proud of our man, Xian!  First on the line after his Mom and his lady love Kim or to be precise coming after the three most important women in his life (his Mom, his Lola and his Kim), we salute Xian!.

CTO - Thanks Bebi Abigail...Xian with his loves...Mom, Kim and his music.

The hard work paid off.  Son of a piano teacher, deep into acting and wanting to get into his  love perhaps, now his star which is skyrocketing has added "pogi points" (Bianca Gonzales mode) into this bundle of talent that has Gerard Salonga twitting, 


XIAN (the musical genius) on TV Patrol   (Thanks to Mika and to Disco.)

http://www.youmaker.com/video/svb5-a...--45-2012.html


CTO - The effusive congratulations posted by  Kim  on Xian's Instagram with a dig on his being termed a "Musical Genius by Gretchen Fullido on TV Patrol and the equally effusive response from Xian.

Photo: Ang sweet lang sa instagram.:))

CTO - the object of Xian's affection in the look he likes best on her -  long flowing hair and light makeup and conservative skirt length that accentuate her simplicity and luminous beauty - his one great inspiration.

Kim attending Unisilver Christmas party together with the extended Chiu family - Lakam, Twinkle and Baby Raine along with handler Portia and PA Ate Tata.


Loving and affectionate, Xian has not ceased making Kim feel happy, feel special. Here is one post he made on Kim's Instagram 12-18-12   as he sent her off her way.

CTO - Beautiful couple sharing a seat, comfortability level hitting the roof.

Xian could have taken another seat and Kim too.  They prefer to share a seat built for one.  Oh well, saves the cam lady the trouble of taking an angle shot to keep the two in one frame.

CTO - Change of outfits but not of seats. Kimmy is still carefuly maintaining  distance and wholesomeness.


CTO - Proprietarial...This girl-woman is mine!   Xian looks so happy in declaring it...Kimmy uncomplaining.

Many thanks to Team KCG for the off-cam pics while KimXi are on standby at taping 12-18-12.

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Jocelyn Cello ‏@Joxian21

@reyesamanda16 @ParasolPink so much love to share.. :-))



There is affection; it is expressed and it is visible.  We who follow Kim and Xian are witnesses to Xian's and Kim's loving expressions for/to each other.  Xian, we are so familiar with.  It is Kim who is the revelation.  


Is there love?  Love is an act of the will; unconditional and committed.  The Beatles had a question set to music sang in the inimitable Beatles way, "will you still love me, will you still need me, when I'm 64".  

Love is eternal.  Only death do as part type of thing.  Affection is the loving expression that makes the object of affection feel happy, special, safe and cared for.

"Love is the commitment and the action, and affection is the safe, secure feeling that results".  http://www.marriagemissions.com/love-and-affection-are-different/

This love story is a journey of two people living a goldfish bowl existence. It takes true grit and guts and strong determination to make it through, to sustain the love and affection amidst stifling public scrutiny; fortunately and in God's grace Xian has enough for both himself and Kim.  

Kim, the shy one,  is getting some second-hand advice from Xian's  IKA character Liam, about "Fear killing all possibilities of love".  I still maintain that the opposite of love is indifference for "Love conquers fear."  Liam could also be right; how can one have love if one is afraid to love?  There has to be an outside agent to drive away the fears.

In the Kim and Xian love story, superhero Xian is the slayer of Fear.  He has succeeded in allaying the fears of a maiden in distress; afraid to love and declaring it aloud on National TV in December, 2011.  

A year has passed after that Kris TV interview; the winds of change have blown and our maiden no longer distressed has boldly "marched" into what to her before could be the equivalent of a lion's den -- the stage where her superhero has conquered his latest prey - his own fears at parading  his talent  before a mixed crowd of the elite and the Rockwell regulars together with a full-blown orchestra under the baton of a multi-awarded Conductor.  

His maiden once in distress has come   to lend support to join him in his victory and ride high with him as he soars upwards after breaking into sweat  at his performance; boy, was he ecstatic at the sight of her, his face all lit up...a loving face in the crowd, all else in a haze...love begetting love!  Kim and Xian, soar high!

I have seen Xian's consistency, sincerity and openness in declaring his wants at times arousing disapproval from certain quarters who still have to understand the intricacies of 21st century networking where likes and dislikes and personal angst are vented out on personal twits and instagrams.  

Kim is the perfect buffer for Xian's heightened energies and multi-tasking ways.  She is his calm center; his anchor. Xian has many publics now and Kim who "has been there done that", it seems to me , is his mentor of sorts.  

CTO  Wide smiles and sparkling eyes!   Happiness!

Indeed, they bring out the best in each other; the love of one laser-like in its beam begets love from the other.  Kim and Xian have arrived in a place of love, peace and joy; one of their own making; we see clearly as  their eyes betray them.  Kim and Xian, may your tribe increase!

Some bonus to the bargain: 
             

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          Kim Chiu and Xian Lim Loveteam Remains the Undisputed Leader  in Primetime
Monday, December 17, 2012 , Posted by JED at 4:36:00 PM
Kim Chiu and Xian Lim Loveteam Remains the Undisputed Leader in Primetime


IKA, no 1 on AGB Nielsen Survey ratings from December 10-13, 2012.

Fellow KimXi fans, we have a lot to thank God for, we are following a couple who are admirable in their personal and professional traits; let us all keep Kim and Xian in our prayers for continued blessings and continued good health,safety, guidance and protection in everything they do.  Advance Christmas greetings to everyone!  May God shine on you and shower you with His graces always!

Many thanks to the owners of vids, pics and twits.  Merry Christmas to you too!



CTO - El Divo - Hallelujah!




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