Pinoy Dream Academy (PDA) Fever

Now I know why there have been few Barkada badminton nights lately. It's because everybody's glued to the TV, watching Pinoy Dream Academy, especially Expulsion night.


I never expected I'd get hooked on it. My other friends were already watching it before I even tried to see few episodes. The weekday episodes bored me, though. Most of the time, the PDA studes were not doing anything interesting, just attending classes, getting scolded by teachers, fighting or gossiping with each other, playing with the cameras. Some of the students were not that visible at all. Perhaps the only thing worth watching during the weekday episodes was the practices for the songs to be performed on Expulsion night. But these last for just few minutes. So most of the time, I watch the episode for a while, then, after getting a sort of gist, I turn the TV off.

Watching Expulsion nights is what finally got me hooked to PDA. I enjoy watching the students perform, seeing how much they improved from the previous week of schooling and performances. Eventually, I have my own favorites: Panky, Iya, and Yeng.

Panky Trinidad

Yeng Constantino

Iya Gines

Everybody are true artists in their own right. It's just a matter of picking out the one who stood out the most. And then, there's Nikki Gil.



Oh boy, she just blows me away.

So, I guess it will be a while before the barkada will play badminton again. And I don't mind at all.