haay, mejo naaadik na ako ngayon sa mga j-dorama, recently bumili nanaman ako sa Quiapo ng bagong dvd and in 3 days tapos ko na sya! Well, anyway, we’re here to talk about one of the most memorable j-dorama i’ve watched - BAMBINO!

starring Jun Matsumoto, Bambino is about an aspiring chef that tried his luck in an upscale Italian Resto in Tokyo. Being the ‘head chef’ in their local restaurant in the countryside, he was confident that his skills are enough to succeed. But as soon as he entered the doors of Baccanale, things began to turn ugly - he was tested on the spot and asked by the head chef to make pasta - which was supposedly his expertise. Anyway, he failed and was later assigned to be a junior to the one making pasta and unfortunately, things didn’t go smoothly as he thought.

Ban encountered several obstacles - proving his worth as a chef and succeeding in a craft he loved so much despite all the negativity around: people not believing in him and even doubting himself. He had to make difficult decisions to pursue working at Baccanale which paid off in the end.

Bambino is an inspiring drama about dreams and doing everything to achieve it. Ban exceeded himself, pushed and strived to be the best! He loved what he was doing and had to leave his loved ones and drop his college application to pursue it. Although he thought that the people around him is being mean, they were actually inspired by his attitude towards work, starting from nothing and improving until the end.

What i loved about this drama is that i can relate to it, like when i was in Jollibee, i had to face everybody who had a lot of experience and skill but i was able to pull it off and finish my contract. Now that im in a new field of work, totally different from anything I’ve ever had, im really back to being a bambino…a newborn, helpless child who needs support from everybody to keep on moving forward as they move.

I want to learn iro-iro koto from now on, be better and achieve in this field of work. The people around me is good and all i need to do is stretch my muscles a bit more, pray some more and believe that "we can make it true", yume wa itsumo soba ni aru…dakara!