ISANG SURPRISE call ang natanggap ng isang reporter-friend, umiiyak sa kabi-lang linya ang nagpakilalang “Zara”.
“Tito, tulungan n’yo naman po ako,” tumatangis na sabi ng tumawag. Initially, the receiver of the call thought it was Sarah Lahbati who made an overseas call from Switzerland. Dahil malapit din naman ang aming reporter-friend sa nobya ni Richard Gutierrez, hindi imposibleng the personal call could come from Sarah who, as everyone knows, needs help as well.
“Si Zara po ito, tito… si Zara Lopez (dating miyembro ng Viva Hot Babes),” only then did our reporter-friend na ibang Sarah ‘yon whose voice cracked dahil ang hinihingi palang tulong nito ay may kinalaman sa kanyang anak na na-dengue.
“Tito, pasensiya na po, wala na po kasi akong ibang malapitan. Nautangan ko na po ang mga kaibigan ko, walang-wala na po talaga ako. Pababa na po kasi nang pababa ang platelets ng anak ko,” pagsusumamo ni Zara sa reporter who, at that time, was inside the church.
“Zara, nasa simbahan lang ako, i-text mo na lang ang kailangan mo,” tugon ng reporter. Kung tutuusin, the amount that Zarah needed was insignificant, limang libong piso lang ‘yon. Consumed by compassion, hindi nagdalawang-isip ang reporter na magbigay ng tulong-pinansiyal.
Ora mismo, after coming out of the church ay naghanap ang reporter ng pinakamalapit na Western Union, sending the exact amount that Zara needed.
Habang ikinukuwento ng aming kaibigan ang kanyang act of charity, we were trying to figure out kung ano ang itsura ni Zara Lopez. Oo nga’t naging byword ang Viva Hot Babes, but only members of the group like Katya Santos, Andrea del Rosario, among others ang rumehistro lang sa aming kamalayan.
Although Zara may not have made it big in showbiz, we cannot help but draw an analogy mula sa kaso naman ni Ms. Bella Flores. Perhaps, kung uso na noon ang mga “Hot Babes”, Tita Bella would sit on the throne.
A primera contravida then and before she met an accident (that caused her mental dementia), bukod-tanging si Tita Bella lang ang maituturing as the most enduring character actress. Yet, the sad refrain kumbaga sa isang awitin is that it seems whatever she was worked for all these years has gone to proverbial waste.
Nakalulungkot na ipinanawagan ng kanyang mismong anak—na gusto ring mag-artista—na tulungan ang kanyang maysakit na ina. During her time, let’s face it, Tita Bella had her glory days but apparently, not a single trace of those memories remains.
MASASABING TINUKLAW ng suwerte si Kim Komatsu ngayong Year of the Water Snake, on her lap landed her firtst ever lead role sa aabangang afternoon prime ng GMA na Serpentina.
To pilot on March 4, Kim gets her biggest break sa loob ng almost two years na niyang pakikipagbuno sa naturang istasyon. Having been introduced via Tween Hearts, Kim got a more challenging part in the Tagalized Koreanovela na Coffee Prince, kung saan nagmarka ang kanyang sutil na karakter bilang anak ni Tessie Tomas at nakababatang kapatid ni Kris Bernal.
Bilang paghahanda sa kanyang Serpentina role, ginudtaym daw si Kim ng GMA na kesyo meron na raw presscon para sa teleseryeng ito nitong February 6.
But little did Kim know na memey-k-apan lang pala siya to prepare her to a bigger challenge na nangyari nitong February 11, kung saan sumailalim siya sa “snake workshop”. The drill required Kim to get familiarized with all the snake species na pinahahawakan sa kanya until she got comfortable with the scaly reptiles.
“Nu’ng una po, takot na takot ako sa mga ahas pero trained naman po sila. Pero happy po ako na ako ang napili ng GMA to play the lead role,” over the phone na pagmamalaki ni Kim whose love interests in Serpentina are Enzo Pineda and Kristoffer Martin.
Pepperoni
by Ronnie Carrasco III
