Lost In Translation
The entire Voltes Team checked-in at a hotel last night for a joint birthday celebration for 5 of us born this month but that will be another blog entry all together. What made it more memorable was that ABS-CBN, the television station that will show A Love To Kill on Monday made a special last night to introduce Rain to their viewers.
It have to give them credit for a well planned hour long tv special. In fact they really hyped about it that the entire room was buzzing from the sms messages of our non Rain friends who are regular viewers of the said tv network asking we I'm watching. You see I seldom watch shows from that station since I'm a regular of their rival network that aired Full House last year.
Most of the clips were taken from the October 2005 KBS Special where he talked about his beginnings, his family and his dreams. To attract the masses they have it budded in the local dialect Tagalog (yeah it was a major letdown for most of us) but we understand the reason behind it. So while my attention was divided between the special and at the same time chatting online with a friend who is now in Korea for an extended stay the rest of the gang are all eyes and ears in front of the tube. Then I heard the dubbed Rain saying "Hindi na nga ako makalabas kasama ng girlfriend ko" which when translated to english means "I can no longer go out with my girlfriend." You could only imagine the SHOCKED reaction coming from us! Paulette and I looked at each and said "did we actually heard it right?" You see we all watched the original clip and what he actually said was "I can't even have a girlfriend" so you can imagine how our jaws dropped from that wrong translation. True enough, we all began receiving messages asking if its true that Rain already has a girlfriend and who is the LUCKY GIRL. Boy of boy, that certainly created an impact but will it help generate the interest to boost the ratings is still to see.
It have to give them credit for a well planned hour long tv special. In fact they really hyped about it that the entire room was buzzing from the sms messages of our non Rain friends who are regular viewers of the said tv network asking we I'm watching. You see I seldom watch shows from that station since I'm a regular of their rival network that aired Full House last year.
Most of the clips were taken from the October 2005 KBS Special where he talked about his beginnings, his family and his dreams. To attract the masses they have it budded in the local dialect Tagalog (yeah it was a major letdown for most of us) but we understand the reason behind it. So while my attention was divided between the special and at the same time chatting online with a friend who is now in Korea for an extended stay the rest of the gang are all eyes and ears in front of the tube. Then I heard the dubbed Rain saying "Hindi na nga ako makalabas kasama ng girlfriend ko" which when translated to english means "I can no longer go out with my girlfriend." You could only imagine the SHOCKED reaction coming from us! Paulette and I looked at each and said "did we actually heard it right?" You see we all watched the original clip and what he actually said was "I can't even have a girlfriend" so you can imagine how our jaws dropped from that wrong translation. True enough, we all began receiving messages asking if its true that Rain already has a girlfriend and who is the LUCKY GIRL. Boy of boy, that certainly created an impact but will it help generate the interest to boost the ratings is still to see.
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