“Hello, I am from the kingdom
of Yangdon,” has been my cliché here in the Philippines for the last 1
week. Everywhere you go, be it in the shopping
malls, on the beach or on the street they mistake us as a fellow Filipino because
of the same race to which we belong to. To avoid that confusion, I have been
saying the following:
1. I
don’t speak Tagalog, the Filipino language and
2. Since
they don’t know where Bhutan is, Kingom of Yangdon tells them the
location: P.
Kingdom of Yangdon is the fictional kingdom based in Bhutan
in the Filipino television series Princess
and I and it is currently airing on ABS-CBN since April 16, 2012. Read here
to know more. Since its telecast I have wanted to watch it
unfortunately it was not uploaded.:( And it is the top most series on my
wanna watch list. It was shot in Bhutan and portrays the Wangchuck dynasty. The costumes
worn while in Bhutan are our traditional dress. From the trailer I could see
that it has been worn with so much grandeur,poise, beauty and elegance. And from what I learned
Mr. Pila Wangyel was involved in selecting their costumes. So hats off to him!
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| The mystical sunset |
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| A walk on the beach |
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| The deep blue sea in Subic Beach, Manila |
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| Momo from Zombala, oh i miss it :( |
Bhutan has become popular as the fairytale kingdom of Yangdon
and its people as Yangdonese hehe. So I tell here that I come from a fairytale
kingdom to which they seems intrigued and for some few minutes I am busy
advertising Bhutan lol.
The warm beaches with blue sea, plenty of sunshine, awesome
food and the warm Filipino people are making me intoxicated :P and I am enjoying
to the fullest. While I miss hot momo (dumplings) and the cold weather of
Thimphu I will be basking in this glory of life for another week. Until then
hope you lovely people had a wonderful Sunday and here is wishing you a great
week ahead!
I'm going to have to watch this tv series too! When you're able to find it online, do let me know :) I often get confused reactions when I tell people I'm from Fiji, they think "Fuji" and then I have to explain Fiji Water, Rugby, or Vijay Singh (famous golfer!) Enjoy yourself! xoxox
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ReplyDeleteThank you Vanisha, thats so kind of you. Will definitely let you know about the tv series.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to send you a thank you email for the condolence message you left about my nanna but couldn't find your email address on here. Please email me at vanishasblog (at) gmail (dot) com so I can send it through to you xoxox
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