"Si Val! Si Val! Palagi na lang si Val! Si Val na walang malay! Si Val na ang tanging kasalanan ay maging anak sa labas!"– Vilma Santos, Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig? (1987). The story revolves around the life of Val, a mentally retarded man. His
elder brother Rick got his girlfriend Stella pregnant, so Rick coerced
Stella to marry Val to avoid scandal. But even in Val's pitiful state,
it was amazing that Val learned to love and care for Stella. As time
passed, Stella also learned to love his husband back. Together with his adopted family Stella learned to love the retarded Val
and at the same time discovered that Val is a product of infidelity
that cause the suicide of Rick and Val's father. But a tragedy is
destined to end this otherwise beautiful story of true love.
Unfortunately Stella's
new found love ended when Val accidentally fell from a window when he
had a fight with his irrational brother one night.
A maritime lawyer by profession, sometimes called Frog Prince of the Philippines with currently more than a thousand of collectible frog items. Like the frogs with a reputation for leaping that is well deserved, jump with me to my froglandia as we travel and explore the world seeking symbols of divine powers of love, fertility, regeneration, rebirth, immortality, and transformation.
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