Which fairy tale character would you like to be?
November 2, 2003 | 12:00am
Once in a while, it’s nice to be a child again, never worrying about what tomorrow may bring. When I was a child it was easy for me to believe that life, just like every fairy tale story, would have a happy ending. But as I got older and hopefully wiser, I was awakened to the reality that life will not always turn out the way I want it to. Sometimes because of the blows in life that come my way I get depressed and confused. But I have learned to accept whatever life brings my way. I always make the most of my life because this is the only way I am able to appreciate the blessing – be they big or small – that come my way.
JM RODRIGUEZ, TV and stage actor: I would probably choose to be a frog prince. Ugly on the outside then one day when the princess kisses me, I become a handsome prince. I like seeing the good in people no matter how ugly or bad they seem to be on the outside. I believe every person has some good in him.
MICHI CALICA, fashion designer: Who wouldn’t want to be Sleeping Beauty? She didn’t have to do anything to win the prince and her kingdom. Not even housework like Cinderella or Snow White! She just lay there and was kissed by a prince. For me that is a sweet deal!
RITA NERI, events planner: Mulan. She’s gutsy, Asian and female without being un-feminine despite all those martial art moves. A beautiful blend of the traditional Asian values, youthful idealism and rebelliousness in a woman. I just love the way she breaks the mold of the usual stereotype fairy tale princess!
CLAIRE BETTITA-SAMSON, managing editor, Preview Magazine: I’d choose to be the third little pig in "The Three Little Pigs," who labored over building a house made of bricks – instead of making a flimsy house of straw and sticks which the two other little pigs did. The third little pig had the sagacity to anticipate times of adversity such as the coming of the big bad wolf. He sacrificed his time of play and did his best to build a strong house. Though I’m not a person who is likely to say puwede na yan, I wish I had his foresight and planning strategy. It has always been my belief that the way to get through life is to do things as well as you can. No shortcuts.
MENCHU LAUCHENGCO YULO, stage actress: I’d like to be Cinderella because she never stopped dreaming and believing that dreams come true.
MANDY DELA RAMA SANTOS, businesswoman: I would be Peter Pan. Imagine never growing old, being able to fly, and having a bunch of lost boys to do my bidding!
CHRISTIAN ESPIRITU, designer/restaurateur: I definitely want to be Peter Pan! That way I will not only be able to cling to youth, verve and vitality, I would also be able to aid our battered country by eliminating all the Captain Hooks in our government.
MANUEL L.QUEZON III, president and assistant for Historical Affairs, Office of the President: My favorite fairy tales were always either Hans Christian Andersen’s or Oscar Wilde’s. So I’d have to choose the Little Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen although the Blind Prince by Oscar Wilde comes a close second. I was a weak child, so I guess the one-legged tin soldier and the blind prince are both characters I can identify with. Being an only child, I can identify with the loneliness and yearning of the blind prince. But in the end, it is the tragic, noble romantic yearning of the little tin soldier that captured my imagination early on; there’s no greater thing than to prove your love and loyalty to someone, right? The way the tin soldier proved himself to the little cardboard ballerina that scorned him.
JM RODRIGUEZ, TV and stage actor: I would probably choose to be a frog prince. Ugly on the outside then one day when the princess kisses me, I become a handsome prince. I like seeing the good in people no matter how ugly or bad they seem to be on the outside. I believe every person has some good in him.
MICHI CALICA, fashion designer: Who wouldn’t want to be Sleeping Beauty? She didn’t have to do anything to win the prince and her kingdom. Not even housework like Cinderella or Snow White! She just lay there and was kissed by a prince. For me that is a sweet deal!
RITA NERI, events planner: Mulan. She’s gutsy, Asian and female without being un-feminine despite all those martial art moves. A beautiful blend of the traditional Asian values, youthful idealism and rebelliousness in a woman. I just love the way she breaks the mold of the usual stereotype fairy tale princess!
CLAIRE BETTITA-SAMSON, managing editor, Preview Magazine: I’d choose to be the third little pig in "The Three Little Pigs," who labored over building a house made of bricks – instead of making a flimsy house of straw and sticks which the two other little pigs did. The third little pig had the sagacity to anticipate times of adversity such as the coming of the big bad wolf. He sacrificed his time of play and did his best to build a strong house. Though I’m not a person who is likely to say puwede na yan, I wish I had his foresight and planning strategy. It has always been my belief that the way to get through life is to do things as well as you can. No shortcuts.
MENCHU LAUCHENGCO YULO, stage actress: I’d like to be Cinderella because she never stopped dreaming and believing that dreams come true.
MANDY DELA RAMA SANTOS, businesswoman: I would be Peter Pan. Imagine never growing old, being able to fly, and having a bunch of lost boys to do my bidding!
CHRISTIAN ESPIRITU, designer/restaurateur: I definitely want to be Peter Pan! That way I will not only be able to cling to youth, verve and vitality, I would also be able to aid our battered country by eliminating all the Captain Hooks in our government.
MANUEL L.QUEZON III, president and assistant for Historical Affairs, Office of the President: My favorite fairy tales were always either Hans Christian Andersen’s or Oscar Wilde’s. So I’d have to choose the Little Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen although the Blind Prince by Oscar Wilde comes a close second. I was a weak child, so I guess the one-legged tin soldier and the blind prince are both characters I can identify with. Being an only child, I can identify with the loneliness and yearning of the blind prince. But in the end, it is the tragic, noble romantic yearning of the little tin soldier that captured my imagination early on; there’s no greater thing than to prove your love and loyalty to someone, right? The way the tin soldier proved himself to the little cardboard ballerina that scorned him.
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