Thursday, August 27, 2015

Series Watch - Philippines: On the Wings of Love (Wk 1)

OTWOL Week 1:

1st Week:
Young Lea and young Clark met when young Lea's dove escaped it's cage (the same time that she heard the news that her mom - while working in the US - died due to an accident) and landed on young Clark's house wounded. Clark saw that the dove has a tag with the owner's address and therefore decided to return the dove ti it's rightful owner.
Clark went to the address found on the dove's tag and met Lea where he returned her dove, but since Clark has a flight to catch, they were not able to chat long because Clark was called by his mom who's in a cab. But since they originated in Pampanga (a province in the Philippines), his mom used a different dialect to tel him to come back to the cab as they will be leaving. His mom said "mekeni" meaning come here. Since Clark did not introduce himself to Lea, Lea thought that Mekeni was his name.
When Clark and his mom arrived in the US, they met his aunt "Tita Jack" who's a TNT (tago ng tago / illegal alien) there. They went to visit Clark's father (who is an American) to introduce him, unfortunately he didn't accept him as his son because he already have a family there. Clark's mother decided that they will stay in the US until he's recognized by his father. Unfortunately, his mother died before anything even happen. The US government got a wind of Clark's situation and sent him to the orphanage - Jack (his aunt) was unable to fight for him to keep him because she's an illegal alien. Since Clark is already a bit old to be adopted, no one does and therefore he was sent to foster home.

After some years:

Adult Lea is in US embassy applying for a US visa because the choir (she's a member of) will be competing there. She was asked by the immigration officer why she'd want a US visa and she said that it's because of the competition. But the officer does not fully believe her story and asked if there's more. While the other choir member's are all also applying for US visa, including Jigs (Lea's boyfriend, Jack's son, a cousin of Clark). Lea told the officer that she wanted to visit her mom's grave who died in the US a few years back who died and was buried there - because they don't have enough money to fly her remains back to the Philippines. The officer's heart got nicked and approved her application, on the other hand, her boyfriend's application got denied because of the unbelievable things he was telling the immigration officer.
When Lea told Jigs that her visa application was approved, Jigs expected her to decline flying to the US because his visa application got denied. When Lea corrected him and told him that she will still push through, Jigs got mad and asked her to choose between US and him. When Lea told him that she still would like to go to the US because that's her dream and because she really wanted to visit her mom's grave, Jigs told her that her answer means that they're now on a break.
Lea's been thinking twice because of Jigs, but because she really wanted to pursue her dreams, she still go through with her plan.
In the US, Clark is working multiple jobs just to be able to send money to his half siblings for their school and needs. He talks to them via Skype and ask how they're doing and what they need.

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