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Loida Vrina - Gulong Ng Palad
I'm sure there's something infinitely more interesting or worthwhile to talk about here in Tonga, but ... Lu'isaa, Carding, and Mimi are quite the discussion points at the moment.
The story of Luisa and Carding unfold once more ... The two star crossed lovers played by Kristine and TJ will bring back the good old days of Gulong ng Palad which was first a radio drama in 1949 then was made into a movie and a TV series in 1977. The classic story line of rich kid love poor girl will surely reach out and touch the hearts of audiences again.
Well, it looked 'filipino' when I first saw it, but it is definitely the current craze here in Tonga to get episodes of this show, and being that it comes on 8 DVDs there is quite a few marathon viewing sessions for house-holds to see the whole thing.
Of course, there is no Tongan language discussions, with a few interspersed English here and there, but no one seems to care.
As viewing sessions get out of sync, the later DVD's are doing rounds in the machine as different people in the same household take turns in watching their bits.
Wikipedia
Even as children, Luisa and Carding were not allowed to be friends because of their different social classes, with Carding's family being a prominent wealthy member in their town and Luisa's mother a laundrywoman. So when Carding's father dies his mom, Menang Medel, decides to take him away to the U.S. Although they promised to write to each other, Carding doesn't fulfill his promise, leading Luisa to distrust him and become determined to stay away from him when he returned ten years later.
Manang Medel does not approve of Luisa because of her social class and is always encouraging Carding to date Mimi, the rich daughter of her friend Dona Carmen, who if they married would help her gain the mayor candidacy and her wealth. Yet when Carding gets into an accident, Luisa can no longer deny the love she feels for him but with her family encouraging her to stay away from Carding, they decide to keep their relationship a secret. While they try to keep their relationship hidden Luisa's brother, Totoy, tries to keep his love hidden from tomboy Jojo, because of his family obligations, which will get even harder as Tomas, their father, his secret about his heart condition comes out.
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