Destined to be yours Episode 12 #DTBYMahalNaNgaBa
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catatonic_17Recap
Ninay corners Sinag into admitting that she has fallen for Benjie, aghast that she still has not.
Sinag sits at the radio station, musing about love. While Benjie arrives at their room, confident that he was a step closer to getting the Obispos land (for someone who is trying to hide his real intentions, you’d think he’d be more discrete with his secret mission. Cork board with names of the families in Pelangi just screams “smoking gun.”)
The next day, the Obispos are at the kite flying event organized by Tala’s school. Sol makes a move on the girlaloo he’s eyeing. Benjie arrives and immediately borrows a kite from a complete stranger so he can make a move on SInag. So what’s his plan? Get Sinag’s kite to fall.
Sinag goes on an internal monologue about the heart being like a compass, and it’s obvious from her tone that gone is the bitter Sinag. She is falling faster than Tala’s kite (oh hey! Maybe that’s the point of this kite festival, to use as an analogy for Sinag’s heart?)
Benjie picks it up, pretending like he wasn’t aware that it was Sinag’s kite that fell. He even volunteers to help her get it to fly again. She continues her internal monologue: “And if you really are meant to be for each other, even if you get separated, even if you try to avoid him, destiny would still bring you two together.” As the kite is dancing in the sky, we are treated to a montage of Maichard SinJie moments from the past episodes. “Have I found him? Could it be Benjie? I don’t know how it happened, but am I falling for Benjie?” And Benjie gives her his megawatt smile.
Sinag’s internal monologue quickly becomes vocal as she tries to stop herself from falling completely. Unbeknownst to her, her parents and Ninay are watching her on the sides as she is watching Benjie. Enter the DTBY OST as SinJie give each other loving gazes across the field. At Bahay Obispo, Sinag stares at Benjie’s mural, giving it an air kiss.
Next morning, Benjie is text-pestering courting Sinag, as Jason teases him. Sinag gets engrossed in texting him as her siblings stare at her. And yes, the eggs in the pan get burnt. Jason compliments Benjie for his skill in pambobola, and he gets defensive, saying he wasn’t. Sally and Teddy come down to find Sinag giggling by herself and unusually in high spirits, making them puzzled.
Benjie gets a call from the mayor, asking him for a meeting, breaking the happy mood.
At the radio station, Sinag is still in her happy bubble. Arman (with Ninay watching him) pretends to be a caller and asks her “how does one know that a person is in love?” Her answer leads him to ask if she herself was in love, but Sinag immediately denies it, knowing that it was Arman on the line, hoping to trap her into admitting her feelings.
At the mayor’s place, Benjie and Jason have a chat with the mayor, who is ranting about how excessively close he is being to the Obispos. Benjie assures him that he is working on getting the Obispo property. And since this casual meeting is held in the mayor’s living room, look who was openly eavesdropping? (The word “discrete” is obsolete in Benjie’s lexicon)
Ninay still tries to get Sinag to fess up to what she feels and say yes to Benjie. But Sinag fees like the time isn’t right to entertain romantic feelings, especially since they were in the verge of losing their town to the Rosaleses. Also, she still can’t wrap around her head why city boy Benjie would fall for a simple barrio lass like her (and you just want to cross the TV screen and give her a hug to tell her she is gorgeous AF). Also Ninay was super funny with her Donna Cruz song and dance.
Marjorie and Yaya have a field day when they find out about Benjie’s real scheme. Although Marjorie wants to humiliate Sinag again, her yaya stops her and talks some sense into her. (To be fair, that siopao analogy was pretty havey)
At the radio tower, Sinag sweeps while singing along to the DTBY OST. Of course, Benjie will catch her in an awkward moment, singing her heart out. Sinag tries to get Benjie to leave because she has too much errands to do but our Romeo is determined to worm his way into her heart. So he tells her that he’ll accompany her and heaps cheesy lines on Sinag to get her let him. She agrees and gets him to continue sweeping the floor. Of course, Benjie uses that as an excuse to hold her hand and make a move.
Benjie accompanies Sinag as she delivers paintings to a buyer, where he gets schooled about the culture and community in Pelangi, pointing out to the traditions and landscapes that will be destroyed if the Rosaleses build on their land. “There are things that are more important than money.”
They reach her next “racket” and Sinag gets teased about being accompanied by a handsome non-boyfriend. They pick berries, Sinag lets Benjie taste one, and the city boy is impressed with how much Sinag knows about the town. They pause their picking when they get called for a group meal, surprising and delighting Benjie at the same time.
Random thoughts
* Why does Sinag use the radio station as her personal audio diary of sorts?
* That compass analogy is like super off-tangent, I cannot even make sense of it. “They say that a person’s heart is like a compass. Countless of times you would fall, trip and make a fool of yourself. But as long as you believe, your heart will bring you to the right person.” The person in this analogy doesn’t know how to use a compass? The writer could’ve used a kite to illustrate how a person’s heart can go through so much, soaring one moment and getting twisted and tangled in the next, until it plummets to the ground. But don’t lose hope because who knows, the person who helps you pick it up might be the right person for you. Or something like that.
* Benjie flying the kite is sooo adorable. It’s like a kid having fun at a picnic.
* Isn’t it strange that Marjorie is not text-pestering Benjie? I mean her dad knows his number, it’s easy for her to get her hands on it.
* “For sale na po ang itlog ko.” Deym. That one line makes up for all the awkward cliché in the past episodes.
* Since Maine and Sec Maine-nunal have already “met” in a dance showdown, wouldn’t it be epic if DJ Sunshine and DJ Mae “meet” as well?
* Still no Catalina OOTD. Ugh. I need my fix of classy kontrabida fashion!
In conclusion
The feeling of kilig and dread get mixed in my heart as Sinag starts to fall head over heels for Benjie. Sinag in love is such a burst of positive vibes that you’d curse anyone who’d dare rain on her parade. It’s like watching a train wreck waiting to happen. No matter how much you want to divert your eyes, you can’t help but watch because Alden and Maine Benjie and Sinag are too adorable together.
