Thanks to KDF boy for this one!
I really find this sis guesting cute hehehe and funny!
First ummm i love the choice of song and i love the way she does it!
:) "The Climb" from Miley Cyrus
Out on her craziness again :P
Some critics find that irritating but i find it cute yazzie made sure she'z able to squeezee
in quick thank you msgs and hehe recruiting voters for sop dance battle with jc tiuseco haha
to the point of making a clear "wag nnyo iboto c mark!!!" hahaha
Vote Vote vote! :)
"...i-vote nyo kami! wag nyo i - vote c mark!!! "_ yasmien
ehhehee
Hehehe i find it funny, yazzie on her sis guesting was trying to block
Mark's possible voters for the dance battle.
Hehe lol'z she must find mark the biggest threat on this or she won't try
to dissuade voters. Nahhh nothing serious of course.
SRO Cinemaserye presents Suspetsa premieres tonight
GMA Network's SRO Cinemaserye presents Suspetsa is a suspense-thriller that aims to keep viewers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
The new season is led by award-winning director Mark Reyes featuring three of the original and talented products of the talent search, StarStruck Season 1. These are Yasmien Kurdi, Nadine Samonte and Jennylyn Mercado. Completing the powerhouse cast are Ryan Eigenmann, Victor Aliwalas, Paolo Contis, and Baron Geisler.
Suspetsa, which is penned by seasoned scriptwriters headed by Jun Luna, is loaded with thrills and cliffhangers that promise to capture the viewers' imagination and interest up to the last episode. Every character is given equal premium, emphasizing further their acting skills.
The story centers on the lives of three women: the self-assertive probinsyana Nina (Jennylyn), smart yet bighead Leonor (Yasmien), and the lovely but feeble Abigail (Nadine).
The three childhood friends have kept their relationship intact and strong through the years. However, their bond is tested when Nina and Leonor saved Abigail from being raped by Chris (Ryan), the mayor's son. Nina and Leonor unintentionally pushed Chris from the bell tower during their fight.
Panic-stricken, they decide to abandon his almost dead body rather than report the accident. The news of Chris's death startles the three girls because he was still alive when they left him. Still, they pretended that nothing happened.
But five years later, someone begins pestering them. Anonymous messages are sent to the three, and they doubt whether someone else saw what they did to Chris or if Chris really died.
Who is the mysterious assailant terrorizing Nina, Leonor, and Abigail? While their attacker is out for revenge, how will the three escape his terrifying schemes and menacing stalking? How long will the nightmare of the past haunt Nina, Leonor, and Abigail?
Thursday nights will never be the same again with the thrilling premiere of SRO Cinemaserye presents Suspetsa this Thursday, May 28, right after One Liter of Tears on GMA-7.
http://www.pep.ph/guide/3995/SRO-Cinemaserye-presents-Suspetsa-premieres-tonight
Between my personal life and kdf life it hasn't been easy these days to switch to and fro. I knew i needed to update here and the worst is that just last week too i've been trying to get in my blogger account and couldn't. I was never able to successfully recover my passwor until just hehe a few secons ago! wahhhhhhhh
Anyway, so what's new since then?
1. YASMIEN IS ON DeaR FRIEND - just around the middle of her summer classes, she'z been dedicating taping days to be on "MADRASTA" with co-star, from stastruck 2 Iwa Motto. This month's offeringon Marvin and Jolen's Dear Friend will feature the story of a highschool girly feud carried on to later years when Yazzie who plays Shiela in the story, finds out that her father is about to marry the same girl whom she had an unforgetable bitter past. Catch it Sundays after SOP.
2. YASMIEN WILL BE ON SRO - together starstruck batchmates, Jennelyn Mercado and Nadine Samonte, she will appear in a new stronger character as Leonor on the new offering for SRO cinemaserye, "SUSPETSA". This new suspense thriller is said to keep you at your edge every Thursday nights, starting this 28th of May after gma7'S 1 Liter of Tears.
3. YASMIEN REUNITES FRIENSHIP TIES WITH NADINE -years after ss1 Yazmien and Nadine both from the same star search were said or known to have this gap which started since their overheated young starstruck days competition. Everyone's curious what's SRO like with the two on it. The answer is ....
Childish competition is over and the two have learned a thing or three about it and have instead learned like never before that after all, it isn't impossible to be friends.
Happenings on igma thread? Hehe seems like nadinesters and jennelynians are visiting yazzie's thread and there's no on going tremolous war or whatsoever. It seems like Fine Weather after the Rain. hehe People are anticipating that the three will star over next remake for DoReMi, the movie.
4. YASMIEN VS. BARON GIESLER - wAHHhh yazzie will appear with Baron which happens to be her love interest in SRO but their working relationship is in fire! Baron is reportedly yet again on another sexual harassment issue this time with Yasmien.
Yasmien Kurdi files charges of acts of lasciviousness against Baron Geisler __ARTICLE HERE
5. YASMIEN IS ON BELO LESS IS BEAUTIFUL TV COMMERCIAL - catch beautiful yazzie on it with other endorsers, Mark Herras,Richard Guttierez,Lorna Tolentino and Judy Ann Santos. :)
Thanks to KDF boy for uploading the this one where yazzie is a part of. Umm
Watch yazzie'z flawlessly beautiful and fresh morning beauty! hehe coz these are seconds you'd want to play and replay!
Cute and sweet! :p wahhh nothing just to
show how intese Yazzie and Iwa still are
after taking a scene hehehe
I love this one! She sure looks like ummm that lost dirty beautiful doll
some rich kid lost along the way.
In case you need to watch DF episodes ... :)
Anyway Congratulations ! Despite ummm what i think was lousy promotion ehhe somehow DF on it's pilot episode did amazing job with a healthy result.
Dear Friend: Madrasta 14.1 vs. Your Song 9.2- (GMA-7) - 13.4% .....which EVEN SOP WASN'T ABLE TO ACHIEVE. Hmmm
And I don't intend any offense ... Marco is such a hunk but yeah i feel he's too old for yazzie too but anyhow thanks it didn't matter.
For the past 2 Sundays they've consistently won the ratings game! :)
Keep watching guyz! muahhh
Dear Friend: Madrasta premieres on May 17
Dear Friend delivers the third offering of its summer specials featuring a touching drama in "Madrasta." This Sunday afternoon drama is slated to premiere on May 17.
The four-part episode of "Madrasta" is topbilled by GMA-7's Drama Princesses, Yasmien Kurdi and Iwa Moto. Both are products of the first batch of the GMA-7 talent search StarStruck. Completing the cast are Gary Estrada, Marco Alcaraz, Kevin Santos and Dang Cruz.
With director Jay Altarejos at the helm, "Madrasta" tells the story of two women whose lives are intertwined by shades of intrigue, personal ambitions and resentment.
Iwa plays the role of Gellie who is often misjudged as a flirtatious, easy to get type of girl by her schoolmates. Unknown to them, Gellie is trying to cope with her harrowing experience as a battered girlfriend.
During these trying times, she finds comfort in the arms of Arnold (Gary Estrada), the owner of the school where she studies. On one occasion, Shiela (Yasmien) chances upon Gellie talking to Arnold and immediately gives the wrong impression that Gellie toys with older men. She brands Gellie as a gold-digger.
Gellie and Arnold start seeing each other and despite their age differences, they fall in love instantly. However, things get complicated on the day of their engagement. Gellie discovers that Shiela is Arnold's daughter, her former classmate who spread the false rumors about her.
Will this revelation ignite the feud between the two women? How will Shiela deal and accept the truth that Gellie is the new mistress of her father? Will Gellie find peace in her heart?
Don't miss Part 1 of 4 "Madrasta" episode of Dear Friend this Sunday, May 17, right after S.O.P. on GMA-7.
http://www.pep.ph/guide/3922/Dear-Friend:-Madrasta-premieres-on-May-17
I've been hearing about this last month and more lately that IGOROTA, a classic movie by the late icon, Charito Solis will be reinvented and the choice just happens to be YAZZIE herself again. The first time i've heard of its adaptation into tv series, was a year or two ago but it was heard of to be Diana Zubiri for the role.
I haven't seen this movie but here's a synopsis.
This drama, based on Philippine tribal ritual and ceremony, tells the story of two defiant lovers from different castes who insist on being married. This creates friction between the families on both sides. The couple moves to the groom's family's home where the bride copes with years of constant humiliation. This forces them to move to her family's territory where the groom is felled by the axe of a clan member. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Sure, It's another big thing to look forward to about yazzie and even now you can hear detractors making same worthless weight issues vs drama prowess.
To those who question why Yazzie? Well, why not? !
She has proven herself too may tmes then and
i am sure slim stick igorota's will
look too bad!
I believe yazzie will make a very vbeautiful IGOROTA.
Guyz, tv ratings for last sunday'z Sop showed that they lost it again over ASAP! lol's
and it just fell on the so-called First Kapuso Tag Awards Revelation Day.
Hhehehe
I bet yah people know what's bakin up in the oven ahead.
The first Sunday i was able to catch a glimpse of Sop showing partial results and I noticed that for each category they only revealed the top leading nominee with no figures beside it whatsoever. From there on, my predictions were kinda confirmed.
Lol's do you honestly think it was so serious when you couldn't even see corresponding vote percentages of each nominees? Even Myx shows daily status of the votes percentages of the nominees for different categories. Even voting online will give u those figures.
Hmm then came the revelation day, you didn't even notice GMA making announcement that the votes by certain-"this-time or-from-this -point-is-closed"
Then i am sure one by one they revealed the results with all the flare but with no corresponding figures again.
If you don't find that strange hmmm.... that's even more strange! :D
RAISE YOUR VOICE part 1
RAISE YOUR VOICE part 2
Guyz The event extended up to the next hours after 24 hours and ws so much a success. Thanks for the overwhelming support!
Thanks to all kdf's who've been here for RYV
to all regular posters
and not so regular
and even non-active postng kdf's too
too buzy and yet they've spared some time for a line or two for yazzie!
tnx guyz!
chrissy
cassopea
phenomonica
ghara
reign
domz
lyn
swirl
bluebabydoll
jejojo
betchay
eclecticfan
boy
mvelasco
scribbler
kdfjerly
shine
lovisolineed
cindy
tirna
yishin
arleneberardino
robeflo
lanie
yassie_davidcook/yeye
shern aka solidbok
umm to norie,krisca and mj for msgs on ym
tomany others guyz hehe dnt get it agaist me if your name isn't in
i LOVE u ALL!
God Bless!
After series of successful projects and explosive SDAU yazzie has proven herself so much more.
How does one rise up with flyin colors on the ratings game?
despite
weak and hal-hearted support
lousy promotions,
less-budgeted
lazy odd timeslots
less popular loveteam partner one after another
She repeatedly does it and how? That's the in-built yazzie prowess within.
So how can there be so much dark obscurity it seems ? More and more of them have asked just like u and me..."so what's next?
...
three dots of uncertainty
Who are those who got reserve projects before one ends?
HOw successful and worthy are they lately?
Who are those who took a quick magic leap level 1 to 10 ?
HOw long have they proven themselves and how much?
HOw weird can it get?
YOu are faithful and succesful with those intrusted on your hands
and then you are neglected and driven to uncertainty
while reward is given to less worthy.
Yazzie has fallen another victim of dirty showbiz politics!
Can't sit around and watch it!!
If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
'cause I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding hands
If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than her
If I trust in you oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
'cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain
So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
'cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain
So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you
Wahhh I was supposed to write soon after the livechat last Thursday, March 5 but I was tied down with sudden illness. (lol at least not that serious) I was just too weak sneezin, coughin and feelin' feverish.
Anyway, so how's the live chat?
It wasn't my normal time online but i did all i can just to make it an hour ahead for the chat. Normally, 2 hours before the chat starts the room is activated and you can start sending in your questions and other messages, a trick that increases greater chance for you to get answered amongst the pile of messages accumulating before he chat starts proper. I was happy to see that some of the non-posting kfd's were there. I spotted nanyabiz,kapuso_sa_qc,cyruz, among those and wow it feels really great to see how they're still so much of true-blooded kdf's despite how other turns in life keeps them from being with us on the thread regularly. Guyz i miss you muah! hehe
When the moderator on igmachat lounge signaled that yazzie'z on, we were crazed to send in more and more msgs haha and i can just imagine the other end. When yazze started saying hello in the chatroom haha ghara was faster than i was she got yazzie talkin to her first and i was second hehe. Too many chatters were impatient and anxious to see them on webcam or see yazzie type back on the chatwndow. Geeeez the webcam wasn't available for almost an hour! Those who wanted to see yazzie and participate from abroad were starting to get too fidgety. Well i think we all were to some amount reall impatient monitoring the black empty square that should have been filled wiith live djyaz. Wahhhhh that was really a tortue waiting for the webcam to work seems like they didn't inform chatters there was some technical problem.
Awww,well when that black window suddenly started to sound off and take form and picture hehe yayy all the wait was worth it umm yazzie and dj stirred commmon jolt of excitement coz the two wore identicall-colored tops hee. Purple is usually yazzie'z color, i ddnt know about dj. :p
Just that gained too much attention on the chatroom.
I hope you were there and if you weren't yez you've missed too much that you shouldn't have! I should say that yazzie's third chat was the jolliest i've ever been and omg...what makes too much difference is the musical blend yazzie and dj had. It was really super cute to hear them sing every now and then while poking on their keyboards, laughing at the press-like questions lol and staring right to you through the webcam to answer questions on the chatroom.
here's a full article from igma about the livechat
Testing-the-Love-Team-of-Yasmien-and-Dion
The full chat log isn't available on igma as of this moment but they promise full video soon
however thanks to kdf boy hehe who took time to take vids during the chat. Snippets of the webcam chat are ready for you.
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
PART 5
PART 6
PART 7
The last SDAU blast is here!
I'm so happy to say that sdau started at the TOP and ended at the TOP!
the ever consistent top rater, record-breaking SDAU bid farewell
and just found a graceful way for its exit winning and topping again and again mega and nutam tv ratings!
Wahhhhh no big promotions
but it's A BIG success!
Celebrate KDF!
Congratulations Yazzie! :)
Mega Manila TV Ratings
Abu Tilamzik
NARITO ang AGB Mega-Manila overnight ratings ng mga programa ng GMA 7 at ABS-CBN 2 nu’ng BIYERNES (Pebrero 27):
SiS 8% vs. Ruffa and Ai 8.2%;
Lalola 12.2% vs. Game Ka Na Ba 14.2%;
Eat Bulaga 21% vs. Wowowee 16.1%;
Daisy Siete 17.4% vs. Parekoy 12.6%;
Paano Ba Ang Ma ngarap? 20.6% vs. Pieta 10.6%;
Saan Darating ang Umaga 23.4% vs. La Traicion 9.8%;
Family Feud 14.6% vs. Deal or No Deal 13.1%;
24 Oras 25.8% vs. TV Patrol 25.4%;
Luna Mystika 31% vs. May Bukas Pa 28.8%;
Totoy Bato 32.7% vs. Betty La Fea 26.1%;
Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang 31.1% vs. Tayong Dalawa 27.3%;
Fated to Love You 29.4% vs. Showbiz News Ngayon 20.9%;
Bubble Gang 21.9% vs. Friday Sine Special 10.3%;
TNS Media Research National TV Ratings
*February 27, 2009 (Friday)
Patuloy na tumututok ang mga Kapamilya sa mga maiinit na showbiz balita na hatid nina Boy Abunda at Kris Aquino sa SNN.
SNN (23.3%) vs. Fated to Love (18.7%)
Ruffa & Ai (8.2%) vs. SIS (7.5%)
Game K N B? (16 %) vs. La Lola Orig (10.8%)
Wowowee (21.1%) vs. Eat Bulaga (15.7%)
Parekoy (14.9%) vs. Daisy Siete (16%)
Pieta (17.4%) vs. Paano ba mangarap? (20%)
La Traicion (12%) vs. Saan Darating Ang Umaga (21.8%)
Mr. Bean Live (8.7%), Zoids (7.9) vs. Be Strong Geum Soon (11.4%)
Mischievous Princess (10.6%) vs. Love at the Corner (9.4%)
Kapamilya Deal or No Deal (17.2%) vs. Family Feud (13.6%)
TV Patrol World (31.3%) vs. 24 Oras (20.4%)
May Bukas Pa (38.1%) vs. Luna Mystika (25.7%)
I Love Betty La Fea (35.8%) vs. Luna Mystika (28.7%)
Tayong Dalawa (37.1%) vs Babaing Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang (20.7%)
Eyyyy thanks to all wonderful people who were one with our request for DJYAZ livechat! Thanks to gma7 for taking time to read and cater the people's demand! Yeyyyyy March 5, 2009, 2-4 pm
will DJYAZ live chat on igma so dnt you miss it!
Is this the third time for yazzie on the live chat? hehe okay it will be my second time then. :) Be sure to be there 2 hours before the chat could start. They usually activate the chatroom that early. YOu'll have more chances of getting quick answers if you send in questions ahead as those accumulate but those on the first line wll be tackled sooner then. Prepare questions if you want and watch out coz you just might win something hehe. Get ready to see them on via webcam too wahhhi know the time slot is really odd but do all you can to be there when it happens. I just really wish it will be extended by 2 hours more so most of us who get home from work by then would be able to catch up.
http://www.igma.tv/livechat/
bookmark the link if you want
Thanks guyz see you there! ;) Let's all have a nice chit chat! :)
Jewel Mische starstruck 4 ultimate sweetheart will replace Yazzie on GMa 7'z "Dear Friend" new offering. I am not at all that disappointed although Yazzie'z new loveteam could have been JC Tuisco,the first "Survivor Philippines" champ. Hmmm i know lots of peeps out there were expecting the new JC with Yazzie but since the schedule is in conflict with her studies we have to give way for others. Anyway, I am not grieved and we shouldn't be because there's something in the air that there's a bigger and wider-door openning for Yazzie soon! Expect the best!
SDAU is where she has proven herself again and again with the "records" it has established. For sure gma7 going blind or deaf over this matter is something we willn never tolerate and they musn't dare, and should rather know better how to handle with pride and care!
I guess Yazzie might have time for her new album too yeyyyyy! We've alwayz been excited for that! UP next, YAZZIE'Z BIGGER BLESSING more than triumphantly deserved is on it's way!
Cheers prncess! Cheers KDF!
Guyz remember when Gaano Kadalas an Minsan of Marvin-Diana-Camille Pratts when they had their winnin streaks on cinenobela? WEll, they made it big consistently but as far as i can remember never this big and consistent. NOt even "Una ka Naging Akin" when it filled straight no.1 slots, it never reached a high as this. Geeez and to think SDAU conquers not just MegaManila but Nutam ratings! :0
Wahhhhhhhh
Wake up call for GMA7 indeed. If you play blind again, nahhhh...i hope you won't, or else...
:p
congratulations again SDAU!
GB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households:
February 17, Tuesday
Daytime:
February 18, Wednesday
February 19, Thursday
Daytime:
February 17, Tuesday
Daytime:
February 18, Wednesday
Daytime:
February 19, Thursday
Daytime:
wee dj'z b-day present for yazzie cute! toooo cute!
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. - Henry Ford
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. - Napoleon Hill
We don't accomplish anything in this world alone ... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something. - Sandra Day O'Connor
To laugh often and much: To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I've been too busy and i apologize for lack of updates but now that i'm back i'm making up for all that i've missed to share. :)
First things first. Who isn't overjoyed with the news this week? :p
In the daytime race, GMA-7's afternoon soap Saan Darating ang Umaga? stole the No. 1 spot from perennial top-rater Wowowee; 21.5 percent against 20.6 percent.
Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) among National households:
February 16, Monday
Non-Primetime:
Ruffa and Ai (ABS-CBN) 12.1%; SiS (GMA-7) 9.3%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 16.1%; Lalola (GMA-7) 13.9%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 20.6%; Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 18.9%
Parekoy (ABS-CBN) 15.9%; Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 16.4%
Pieta (ABS-CBN) 16%; Zoids (ABS-CBN) 8.5%; Paano Ba ang Mangarap? (GMA-7) 19.2%
La Traicion (ABS-CBN) 12.1%; Saan Darating ang Umaga? (GMA-7) 21.5%; Be Strong Geum Soon (GMA-7) 13.1%
Mr. Bean Live (ABS-CBN) 11.1%; Wanted: Perfect Family (GMA-7) 11%
Mischievous Princess (ABS-CBN) 13.1%; Love at the Corner (GMA-7) 10.3%
February 16, Monday
Non-Primetime:
SiS (GMA-7) 8.7%; Ruffa and Ai (ABS-CBN) 8.8%
Lalola (GMA-7) 14.7%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 13.3%
Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 23.2%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 15.5%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 18%; Parekoy (ABS-CBN) 14.5%
Paano Ba ang Mangarap? (GMA-7) 21.9%; Pieta (ABS-CBN) 14.2%
Saan Darating ang Umaga? (GMA-7) 28.1%; La Traicion (ABS-CBN) 10%
full article below
http://www.pep.ph/news/20853/AGB-Mega-Manila-TV-Ratings-(Feb.-13-16):-Kapuso-shows-still-on-top
With all the ever- heated ratings game quest between two major networks, it is more than a recognition indeed to have conquered at the top both megamanila and NUTAM ratings. The ever consitently top-rating SDAU is now a phenomenal success!
~for the girl who messaged on the chatbox~
blowing 20th birthday candle
Yazzie'z birthday with few close showbiz friends as reported weeks ago
wahhh Hehe okay privacy impotant yazzie is the only star so i'm
hiding kdf's faces with flowers :p
This was the birthday celebraton at the orphanage as usual.
http://www.pep.ph/news/20703/Yasmien-Kurdi-hosts-belated-birthday-party-with-her-real-friends-in-showbiz
this should be familiar if you watched yazzie'z birthday at SOP
:p
There are a lot of pics with kdf's activities with the kids but i can't post them. I figure they might want their identities private. So i've chosen ones with pics showing their backs.
yazzie in one of her simpliest forms
no fancy dress, no make up, no hairdo hehe
but even prettier huh...
weeee another birthday cake! Umm i am making sure kdf domz won't beat me to death lol so i
cropped this pic. ;P
Get your copy! Good luck to those who can grab it sooner!
:p will this raise some eyebrows again?
Dunno don't care ..
lol
She'z simply pretty!
Others call it luck or fortune hmmm for me they are blessings.
Not that i am superstitious but hehe i love predicting our blessings!
This year is yazzie'z wealth and oppurtunities! yayyyy
How true is Feng Shui?
I don't have a chinese blood but whatever it is i believe there is power and magic in what we think, feel,believe in, have faith in. We are very much connected with certain energies that sorround us, cosmic or whatever.
Eyyy, hehe i love yazzie'z outfit here! So flattering all over. :)
Just as usual, here's this years birthday and year 2009 random list that kdf's have in common.
3rd Album - yazzie'z hectic schedule swallowed with the merging of her classes and her career has delayed our most awaited new album. Some time soon when the time fits well with demands then for sure early this year the expected new yazzie chart-topping hits and award-winning album will rock you! ;)
primetime comeback- she deserves this reward once more no doubt about that. With the consistently high-rating SDAU she has proven that regardless time slot, she is capable of excelling with any onscreen partner because her talents and charm isn't dependent on it. This girl can make a leading man worth of a guy! :)
movie - let's hope for this one. ummm i dn't mean types like "loving you" last year but i mean types whch will radiate her full brilliance as a dramatic talent.
acting award - she'z been nominated buti think she should seriously be nominated and fairly hold the star! If those folks on the board watch sdau, they should know what we mean. hehe
educational success - with all her hard work and persistence yayyyy sure she'z making it with flying colors!
health - at the top a sound, tough mind and body and a happy heart!
Okay, SOP is just too fast while this one is just on time.
She'z a lady now but will always be our baby! :)
Your hair longer than the last time, more beautiful
Your eyes they sparkle twice, more than beautiful
Your smiles are sweeter and you laughters even dearer
Still you're younger as it seems
butthen,even wiser and stronger, the tougher it may go
Love will always be your life-breathing soul,
your happiness!
Happy Birthday Yazzie!
Love you Alwayz!
I think for others who question the album sales, or undervalued her music prowess, they should take a serious look at the start of this vid.
By the way, didn't it struck you what Direk Gina said? hehe True enough, WE LOVE YOU FOR YOUR CRAZINESS! :)
i love the songs here but just wondrin why they didn't include LIAN in the medley.
Anyway hehe it's nice to see yazzie'z sweet and humble leading men. LOL! Great way to tell who'z a complete opposite!
nyahahahaha
"She is a revelation in every role she portrays!"
telebabad or dramarama THE ONLY REAL DRAMA PRINCESS REIGNS!
I've been away for almost 2 months but i've just been happily back! It's pretty late but I wish us all a very Happy and Blessed New Year!
:)
The successful Yearly KDF grand EB just last NOvember somewhat gave another highlight for 2008 and and brought a fruitful culminating year of fun,togetherness and friendship.Time ticks on but we've remained united as ever despite dissensions. Some have left but a greater bunch filled up and we're ever increasing onwards than dropping down.
With Yazzie'z birthday on 25th, surely we are blessed to be ushered unto yet another
blissful year. Right on ahead is gleaming and where we are at this pathway, cheers to what is about to unfold day to day. Thankz God this year is even better! :)
Women's Journal
COVER STORY:Yasmien Kurdi Into a New Era
By: TINNA S. BONIFACIO
PHOTOGRAPHED BY APPLE TAPAN SERRANO MAKEUP BY GERALD MENORIAS OF RICKY REYES SALON (SM NORTH EDSA II) AND HAIRSTYLING BY ROSE CRUZ (SM CITY STA. MESA)
Away from the limelight and the attendant showbiz controversies that, she says, can be tiring, Yasmien would rather go back to two things closest to her heart: making music and going back to school to take up International Studies at the New Era University.
Yasmien is one celebrity who jealously guards her privacy. “Yung ibang artista, 75 percent ang ino-open up nila. Ako, 50-50 lang talaga. You don’t need to tell people your deepest secrets. ‘Yan ang isang natutunan ko sa showbiz. May ibang bagay na hindi na dapat ilabas. May ibang tao din naman kasing maapektuhan, hindi lang ikaw. Oo, public figure ka pero hindi ka public property. Puwede kang pag-usapan, but they don’t own you. Kailangan may personal life ka din.”
Yasmien admits that being in showbiz has toughened her up. It was difficult adjusting in the beginning, but now she likes to think she’s not just older, but wiser. One of the things she’s learned is how to draw the line between her personal life and her career. She realized, very quickly, that it is the key to surviving the rough and tumble world of show business. “Kailangan talaga, i-separate mo,” she says. “Kailangan minsan, pusong bato ka dahil minsan, paulit-ulit na ang ganoong intriga kaya parang namamanhid ka na.”
Then, perhaps realizing how jaded she sounds, Yasmien tries to soften the blow of her words. She pauses for a few seconds, adopts a thoughtful expression, and says: “Siguro not totally naman. Basta ‘wag madamay ang family at personal life ko sa mga issues . . . lalo na kapag sa parents ko, ayokong lumaki. Iba ‘yon. Hindi sila artista. Gusto ko, hayaan silang mamuhay ng normal. Ako, hindi bale dahil sanay na ako.”
REACTING TO CONTROVERSY
As this story is being written, it is just days after the sudden death of Marky Cielo. Marky—who, like Yasmien, was a product of StarStruck—was her ka-loveteam in Bakekang. Of course, like everyone else, Marky’s death hit Yasmien hard as it cut short his promising career.
Marky is just one of several male GMA talents paired with Yasmien in the different series that she’s done. “Before, my loveteam was Rainier. Tapos naging si Jay Aquitania. Nagka-trabaho kami ni Marky sa Bakekang. Tapos naging si Rainier ulit.”
However, her most lasting—and also most controversial—screen partnership has been with JC de Vera. They first worked together in Pati Ba Pintig ng Puso, a local remake inspired by the Sharon Cuneta-Gabby Concepcion movie of the same title. The intrigues that came out last year about her and JC drove Yasmien up the wall. They made her look like she was desperately running after JC. At the presscon for one of their projects, she actually confronted JC about the rumors because they were making him uncomfortable. She asked him, point-blank, “Mukha ba akong naghahabol sa iyo?”
Although she acknowledges that what she did might be considered being “taklesa,” Yasmien says never in her wildest imagination would she run after a guy. “Nakakaloka yung mga naglabasan,” she says. “Ang sabi, nade-depress daw ako, eh hindi naman. Kesyo nag-aaway daw kami, eh hindi rin naman. Walang ganoon. Hindi na rin ako nag-react kasi ayoko nang palakihin ang issue.”
She hates it when people put words into her mouth. “They’re putting words in my mouth na hindi ko naman sinabi,” she says. “Kahit sa law, hindi puwede yung ganoon. Masama ‘yon. Bawal ‘yon. Di ba dapat kung magsasalita ka, speak for yourself, at hindi para sa ibang tao?”
Yasmien explains that she’s not angry; she’s just trying to make a point. “Hindi ako galit. Pinapaliwanag ko lang na hindi dapat ganoon. Dati din kasi ako, sobrang taklesa ko eh. I remember myself before, kahit schoolmates ko, sinasabing sobrang taklesa daw ako.”
Her concern is actually not so much for herself, but for her parents. She says that she can take anything that’s thrown at her, but she can’t say the same for her parents. As a star, she is fair game; her parents are not. “Ako naman, basta huwag madamay ang family at personal life ko sa mga issues, okay lang. Iba kasi ‘yon, eh. Kung may issues about my parents, ayokong lumaki. Hindi naman sila ang artista—ako. Sila, namumuhay ng normal. Naku, lalo ang mommy ko, apektado ‘yon kapag may mga issues sa akin. Si papa, mas affected ‘yon. Sobra kasi silang conservative. ‘Yung isa, Muslim. Yung isa, Iglesia (ni Kristo). Kamusta naman ‘yon, di ba?”
It may be old news to some, but Yasmien denies that there was ever anything going on between her and JC. “Never at any point nagkaroon ng off-camera thing,” she says.
There are times, says Yasmien, that the intriga becomes too much to handle, even for someone like her who has been in showbiz for years. “May times na nakakapagod talaga, to the point na gusto ko nang magbakasyon,” she says.
HER PRIVATE PLEASURE
But since she is too busy to go on vacation, Yasmien has learned how to find pleasure in the things she does—like her music. Although she is known more as an actress, Yasmien has found that she enjoys making music just as much. “Minsan nga, mas masarap kumanta kesa umarte,” says Yasmien. “Sa acting kasi, lagi kang puyat.”
Yasmien can get very excited talking about her music. Her last album, released in 2007, is titled Love Is All I Need. Yasmien feels a bit sad that she wasn’t able to properly promote it because she became very busy with her TV assignments. “Since nilabas ko, na-busy ako sa kaka-TV, kaya nawalan ako ng time para sa album,” she says sadly. “Wala akong time mag-promote, nakaka-sad.”
Another reason she misses singing is because when she is a singer, there is less controversy to deal with. She focuses on the pure pleasure of making music. But Yasmien says that while she has not been able to do much by way of music lately, that doesn’t mean she is giving it up. “Yung music naman, nandiyan lang ‘yan,” she says. “Puwede ko namang balikan later on.”
GOING BACK, MOVING FORWARD
Speaking of things “to go back to”, one of those things is her schooling. Yes, Yasmien has gone back to school—and her new and busier schedule is partly why she hasn’t been able to do much singing lately.
At the time of this interview, she was planning to enrol at New Era College for the second semester. She plans to take up International Studies. It is a discipline close to the heart of Yasmien, who is of mixed parentage and who grew up in countries other than the Philippines. With her background, and her degree, she will probably end up becoming an ambassador one day. But for now, all she wants to do is fulfill her dream of going back to school and getting a degree. “Na-miss ko kasi mag-aral,” she says. “Gusto ko talaga, kaya I’m really going to make time for it. Feeling ko kasi minsan, nabobobo na ako na puro scripts ang binabasa ko, na parang doon na lang gumagana ang utak ko.”
Of course, she knows that balancing a full-time student’s schedule with a full-time showbiz career is not going to be easy. But Yasmien remains optimistic as she goes into a new era in her life. “Kaya po ‘yan,” she says assuredly. “Time management lang ‘yan. Siyempre, kapag gusto mo ang isang bagay, hahanap ka talaga ng paraan. At saka gusto ko naman talaga mag-aral.”
There will be other dreams, bigger ones, for her to fulfill later on. Who knows, falling in love and getting married will even be among them. But Yasmien, who has now grown wise to the ways of the world, guards her heart as jealously as she does her privacy. When she falls in love, it will be at the right time, with the right guy. She doesn’t know when that will be, or with who. All she knows is that it will happen to her one day—and when it does, it will be special.
In fact, even at her age, Yasmien shows how much of a modern woman she is with her views on love, romance and yes, sex. She is alarmed by the number of unexpected pregnancies happening to her friends in showbiz. At the same time, she promises it won’t happen to her. “Mas maganda pa rin kapag binigay mo na ang sarili mo sa lalaking mahal mo talaga,” she says. “Kahit matagal, mas maganda na i-gi-give up mo ang virginity mo sa taong worth it.”
Ultimately, though, more than a wife or mother, what she wants most of all is to become a thoroughly modern and independent woman. She wants to break out of her shell and break away. She wants to find herself, even if that means doing it alone. “Ayoko kasi mag-depend habang buhay sa magulang ko,” she explains. “Gusto ko din maging independent sa sarili kong paraan. Hindi naman ibig sabihin na mag-re-rebelde ako sa parents ko. Walang ganoon. Wala naman silang kailangan ipag-alala.”
FACTS SHEET
Yasmien Kurdi was born in San Juan, Metro Manila, on January 25, 1989, to Filipino-Chinese Miriam Ong-Yuson and French-Lebanese Mike Kurdi. Her childhood years were spent mostly in the Middle East because her father worked there.
Her name should have been spelled “Yasmine”—Arabic for the fragrant flower Jasmine—but her mother mistakenly wrote it as “Yasmien” after her delivery in the hospital and it has been reflected so in her birth certificate.
Yasmien started competing in singing competitions at the age of three. At seven in Kuwait, she performed monologue acting as “Maria Clara” in a zarzuela adaptation of “Noli Me Tangere” that was hosted by the Kuwaiti-Filipino community in celebration of the Philippine Independence Day.
After her parents separated, Yasmien and her mother returned to the Philippines. She studied at New Era University where she was reported to be at the top 10 of her class. Meanwhile, she did commercial modeling and her first print ad was for the beauty product Ponds. Then she auditioned at GMA Network's StarStruck in 2003, and was runner-up to Jennylyn Mercado in the female category. After the stint in StarStruck, she appeared in Click and SOP Gigsters, then appeared in various movies including SoHappy Together, Ai****e Imasu (Mahal kita) 1941, Lovestruck, and Happily Ever After.
In 2005, she released her debut album entitled In The Name of Love through GMA Records and her carrier single "I Know" (used as a soundtrack of Korean teledrama "Sweet 18") won the Viewer's Choice for Song of the Year in the 2005 SOP Music Awards. Also in 2005, one of her biggest projects was playing the role of Mira in Encantadia.
In September 2006, Bakekang began to air, where she played the role of Bakekang’s ugly daughter, Charming. It has been so far her biggest break as an actress. In November 2006, Yasmien became one of the stars of the film Pitong Dalagita where she played a lesbian and one of the seven girls who committed suicide all at the same time. In March 2007, she was the voice behind the character Rukia Kuchiki in the anime Bleach.
And in May 2007, Yasmien starred in Pati Ba Pintig ng Puso with JC de Vera, playing as Jenna, a maid who has an eye on her employer's grandson. In September 2007, she starred again with JC de Vera in the remake for TV of Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig, which originally starred one of Yasmien’s idols, Sharon Cuneta.
A strict vegetarian, Yasmien Kurdi is also part of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia-Pacific’s television commercial to promote vegetarianism. In November 2007, she posed inside a cage while holding a sign that said: "Liberate your diet. Go vegetarian."
In early 2008, she starred in her first drama-action-thriller show, Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita. In the middle of this production, she headlined a drama-comedy anthology series called Tasya Fantasya. After the said series, she took a rest to study. Starting last November, she is reprise the role of Maricel Soriano in Saan Darating Ang Umaga?.
In the second quarter of 2009, her home studio GMA Network—where she is back as princess of afternoon drama—is, sources say, giving her the lead role (with co-Kapuso star Angelika dela Cruz) in the serial Sine Novela’s Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?
