My Girl (Philippine TV series)

My Girl
Genre	Romance, Comedy, Drama
Created by	Hong Jung Eun SBS ABS-CBN
Directed by	Erick C. Salud Jerome Chavez Pobocan
Starring	Kim Chiu Gerald Anderson Enchong Dee
Theme music composer	Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
Opening theme	My Girl by Sam Milby
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	Mainly Tagalog, with English, Cebuano, Ilocano, Minnan and Mandarin dialogues
No. of episodes	75 episodes
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABS-CBN (2008)
Original run	May 26, 2008 – September 5, 2008
Chronology
Related shows	My Girl (2005 TV series)
External links
Website

My Girl is an adaptation of the Korean drama series of the same title by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The original series was aired by the said station in 2006.

Synopsis

The story starts with Jasmine, a girl working with her two friends, Christine and Jeffery, as guides for Chinese tourists, to earn money for her and her father Chito, who always gambles. One day he scores big time at a horse race; however he and Jasmine got robbed and Chito can no longer pay a gangster for his borrowed money. He overhears one day that he is a useless father and he leaves.

Jasmine and Julian first meet on an airplane. Jasmine is at the airport waiting for Christine and Jeffrey to arrive with their tour group. As a way of stalling, Jasmine acts as though her true love is on the plane and says that she wants to tell him how she feels before he leaves. Meanwhile, Julian is on his way to Cebu in search of his long-lost cousin, Hannah. Jasmine bumps into an old lady and accidentally falls onto the lap of Julian, making it the first time they ever see each other.

Julian is introduced as the new president of his grandfather's Amana Hotels. He had a girlfriend (Anika) who had refused his proposal for engagement to pursue her career as a beauty queen.

After Jasmine and Julian's paths are crossed, Jasmine becomes a Chinese translator for Julian. Apparently, his next project is building another hotel in China. When Jasmine earns enough money, she sends away her father into hiding, while she handles the problems made by her father. After a while, Julian resumes his search for his long-lost cousin Hannah. When he sees the resemblance between Jasmine and Hannah, he's forced to ask Jasmine to pretend to be his cousin so that his grandfather's last wish can be fulfilled. So therefore, they both are bound in a lie where no one in Julian's family can know the truth. Soon as Jasmine and Julian begin to get closer, Nico and Annika begin to suspect that something more is going on between the two

They soon Found out the truth about Jasmine and Julian when they overhear from other people. Niko keeps it a secret but lets Jasmine and Julian know that he knows about the secret. But Anika confronts Julian about it, and when Anika cannot stand it anymore, she yells at Jasmine and tells John and Lolo Greg the truth. After Jasmine is confronted, they tell her to leave and go far away from Julian. Jasmine decides to go to Baguio to live with her father. As Julian drives home from the airport, he has no idea what happened until he was confronted by Greg. Julian threatens to leave the family but Greg has a heart attack so Julian stays.

Hannah is found and is soon reunited with her family. Everyone knows this but Julian because if Julian found out, then he would be searching for Jasmine. As Julian returns home expectantly, he sees Hannah and finds out that she is his cousin. Julian leaves the family and searches out for Jasmine. As he found Jasmine, he tries to make her stay with him. Jasmine is really headstrong and does not allow it until she finally gives in.

When everything seems normal again, Greg calls Jasmine and threatens her to leave Julian which she does. Julian follows her everywhere and does not give up on it. Jasmine wants Julian to give up so she devises a plan to get Anika to have her as a target and as a liar to the whole family. Julian decides to leave for America then. Greg decides to give Jasmine another chance for them because he does not want Julian to leave, so he asks Jasmine to chase him. Julian planned not to leave and to start over so he pretends to go on the plane and stays in Nico's house for a day. Jasmine then believes that she is too late and Julian is gone. Nico decides to bring them back together so he brings Jasmine to Julian's house and after that, they get married.

Cast

Cast	Character	Summary
Kim Chiu	Jasmine Estocapio (Joo Yoo Rin)	She is from Cebu. She speaks Tagalog and Chinese. Streetsmart and optimistic, she manages to always get her and her father out of trouble. After pretending to be Hannah for Julian's sake, she falls in love with him. But Nico falls in love with Jasmine too. When the secret spills out what will happen??
Gerald Anderson	Julian Abueva (Seol Gong Chan)	A workaholic and tense. Julian just wants to please everyone and succeed. He hired Jasmine to pretend to be his long-lost cousin named Hannah because his grandfather's final wish before he died was to see Hannah. He falls in love with Jasmine as well, but is not willing to admit it.
Enchong Dee	Nico Legaspi (Jung Woo)	He is exactly the opposite of his best friend Julian. Nico believes that life is all about pleasure and women. But he soon falls in love with Jasmine. Nico has strong feelings for Jasmine and hopes to make her fall in love with him. But as Jasmine is talking to herself about loving Julian, Nico overhears and finds out that she is in love with Julian, his best friend, not him.
Niña Jose	Anika Ramirez (Kim Sae Hyun)	A beauty queen who is Julian's ex-girlfriend. They broke up when she decided to leave him after winning a beauty pageant rather than getting married to him. She still continues to hope for Julian to love her again. Anika has strong feelings for Julian and is counting on getting him back, no matter what comes in her way.

Support cast

Cast	Character	Summary
Alex Gonzaga	Christine	If worse comes to worst, Christine is someone whom Jasmine can depend on whenever she’s in trouble. Aside from being a tour guide like Jasmine, Christine also works as a beautician/hairstylist in her mother’s salon parlor. Christine is looking for someone special.
Ronaldo Valdez	Gregory "Greg" Abueva	A self-made millionaire who had made cruel decisions in the past. Now that he’s suffering from a serious ailment, he wants to correct his mistakes by asking Julian to find his long-lost granddaughter: Hannah
Bing Loyzaga	Bel Abueva	She’s the only one her father could count on ever since her elder sister eloped with a poor man. Because of her unwavering dedication to their family, she ends up becoming a spinster who dotes on her nephew, Julian.
Lito Pimentel	Chito Estocapio	A widower who raises his daughter Jasmine the best way he knows. His lack of education, however, forces him to rely on gambling as a means of income. But because he often loses, he ends up running to Jasmine for help.
DJ Durano	John	Aside from being a loyal bodyguard/driver of Lolo Greg, he is also an aspiring sculptor who keeps his talent a secret. His stature in life stops him from revealing his long-hidden feelings for Auntie Bel.
Kaye Brosas	Tessie Legaspi	Her late husband was Lolo Greg’s business partner in their hotel chains. This company vice president is an ambitious woman who desperately wants to take over the presidency of the business.
Regine Angeles	Shiela	She is Julian’s ever-efficient executive assistant and confidante in his search for his long-lost cousin. As her family’s breadwinner, her job is really important to her.
David Chua	Jeffrey	He is Christine's twin brother, as well as Jasmine’s close friend. This certified nerd undergoes a makeover when he meets Sheila and develops a huge crush on her.

Extended Cast

Cast	Character	Summary
Nicole Uysiuseng	Hannah Abueva/Miranda Castro	She is the long-lost grand daughter of Greg Abueva, the millionaire owner of the hotel. She is the cousin of Julian. She is staying with her step auntie named Nena, until Chito unveils the truth about who she really is.
Robi Domingo	Vincent	A rich guy who met Hannah in school, also the cousin of Samboy. He owns the auto-repair shop where Samboy currently works. He is also in love with Hannah.
Josef Elizalde	Samboy	He is the so called enemy of Tita Nena because he was courting Hannah although he is a clumsy boy who has no money and yet, he still pursues his love for Hannah.
Keanna Reeves	Nena	Hannah's step aunt who is taking care of her while her step parents are abroad. She dislikes Samboy.
Malou Crisologo	Tilde	The Mother of Cristine and Jeffrey.

Reception

The Pinoy version of the hit Korean drama series, My Girl, starring Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson, premiered May 26, 2008. It became the number one show of ABS-CBN and ranked no. 4 in the GMA Network-dominated Mega Manila^[1]

Soundtrack

ABS-CBN via Star Records Philippines released the "My Girl: The Original Teleserye Soundtrack" featuring its carrier single "Sabihin Mo Na" revived by Pinoy Dream Academy alumna Yeng Constantino originally sung by Top Suzara. The album also includes "Crazy Love (Chinese version)" performed by Kim Chiu, a duet of "Sabihin Mo Na" by Kim and Gerald, "My Girl" by Sam Milby, "Gulo, Hilo, Lito," by ex-Moonstar 88 vocalist Acel van Ommen and others.^[2]

Here is the complete tracklist:

1. My Girl by Sam Milby
2. Sabihin Mo Na by Yeng Constantino
3. Crazy Love (Chinese Version) by Kim Chiu
4. Gulo, Hilo, Lito by Acel van Ommen
5. Kahit 'Di Mo Napapansin by Richard Poon
6. Pusong Lito by Kim Chiu
7. Sabihin Mo Na by Kim Chiu & Gerald Anderson

See also

• List of shows previously aired by ABS-CBN

References

1. ^ Philippine Entertainment Portal | News | TV Ratings (May 23-26): "My Girl" poses threat to GMA-7's Telebabad block
2. ^ Philippine Entertainment Portal | Television | ABS-CBN's romantic comedy "My Girl" premieres May 26

External links

• My Girl My Girl Drama
• My Girl Telebisyon
• My Girl at the Internet Movie Database