SI MALAKAS AT SI MAKISIG ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

The Strong and the Handsome

It all began with a magical tree.

Split in two, a deity was set free.

Out he came, rushing headlong.

Big and burly, his name was Strong.

Free now from all his bounds,

Strong stretched and looked around.

Suddenly, he heard a strange knock,

“TOK TOK TOK!”

Coming from another tree.

Could it be another to set free?

Strong showed off his might,

Biceps bursting in moonlight.

He broke the bark in two,

and another deity came through!

With dashing looks and lips of plum,

Strong asked him his name, he said “Handsome.”

Handsome was so happy

Strong helped set him free.

And on this freedom

their world had been found.

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLA HOMES ENGLISH SCRIPT

This was supposed to be her night off,

but Sherla Holmes is sucked into another case.

She’s seen this all before — straight up club D-R-A-M-A.

A locked bathroom; a lonely and confused girl;

and a misunderstanding.

Recipes for a disastrous evening.

The gossips come around to a classic cheater story.

Or so they thought.

What 👏 is 👏 really 👏 going 👏 on 👏

Sherla opens the locked restroom with a few tricks.

Who’s inside… a pair of boys.

The crowd is SHOOKT.

Looks like girly came too late.

Her match already found another.

So Sherla extended her hand

and gave the girl a new partner.

And off they went to dance and party.

Tomorrow would be for the real mysteries.

Tonight was for Sherla Holmes and Jane Watson.

It’s elementary mga sis,

it’s just bi-night in Poblacion.

CASE CLOSED.

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THE GAY GATSBY ENGLISH SCRIPT

Fresh from Silicon Valley,

Gatsby returns with a multi-billion patent, and more

importantly, a brand new name.

Gay Gatsby is back. Full of pride and no shame.

To share his success,

Gatsby hosts lavish parties

at his Forbes mansion

every weekend.

Although there are always many

in attendance, he still feels alone. Worried it’s his money that's

actually won people’s acceptance.

Then one evening, he meets Nick,

the famous stylist to society’s glitterati.

They instantly hit it off, and for once,

Gatsby doesn’t feel so alone.

But then Tom, owner of “What’s the Tea” tabloid

and #1 gossiper, tells Gatsby that Nick is not

who he thinks he is.

This plagues Gatsby’s mind,

so he confronts Nick about the rumor.

But when Gatsby tells Nick what Tom told him,

Nick just smiles.

And it was a smile that felt oddly familiar.

A smile he knew from 15 years ago.

It’s true, Nick was not

who Gatsby thought he was.

He wasn’t just some guy

Gatsby met at one of his parties.

Nick was that young boy from Gatsby’s childhood,

who loved and accepted him

long before he was the great Gay Gatsby.

DRAGULA ENGLISH SCRIPT

When John read, "Bedspace for rent in Marikina” little did he

know these five ordinary words

would change his life forever.

Excited to strike out on his own, John answers the post

and meets his new roommate, Van Hidalgo.

One night, Van takes John to this club.

The doors swing open to the underground world of drag balls.

There's an explosion of colors, spectacular outfits,

glam and glitter.

And when Van takes the stage as Vanity Kween,

John saw his destiny.

Weeks honing his talent and sexy-spooky queen look,

John returns to the ball as Dragula ready to SLAY.

The judges give 10! 10s across the board!

And everyone’s spellbound by Dragula's charisma,

uniqueness, nerve, and talent.

All except Lucy…

Jealous of the attention the new queen is getting,

she tears off her pearl necklace

and scatters the beads on the runway,

hoping it will lead to Dragula's downfall.

But then, like a supernatural occurrence,

Dragula just glides on the beads and starts voguing

in a style no one has ever seen before.

Gracefully contorting her body to create all manners

of unbelievable poses and shapes.

The audience is hypnotized. And Dragula is immortalized in

drag herstory as the ball legend who invented 'vamp' voguing.

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IBONG ADANA ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

The Nightingale Named Adana

Somewhere in the kingdom of Alabang,

there lived a very wealthy family.

Troye and Marge Melet and their three noble sons.

The first son was Don Peter, the brave one.

The second was Don Diego, the smart one.

And the third, Don Adan, the one with the heart of gold.

One night, a wicked nightmare crept

and haunted Troye as he slept.

Troye fell very ill, and in the kingdom,

a great sadness befell.

The wise doctor said there was only one cure:

To wake Troye from deep sleep,

the “lip-sync for your life”

of the Nightingale Adana they must seek.

Which could only be found in the lands of Malate,

at precisely midnight, not a second too soon nor too late.

And so the first son set out on the quest.

Only to find his bravery wasn’t up to the test.

Next went Don Diego, the smart one.

But the task was harder than the Harvard exam!

He came home without the Nightingale in hand.

The last hope was Don Adan.

On his search for the cure,

he met a wise old kween in a rainbow kaftan.

“My child, I see you.

The Nightingale Adana is in you!

Set yourself free that’s what you should do!”

AHA!

The key to the mystery was with Adan all along.

The cure to his father’s illness lay in his gown and a song.

He just needs to accept himself and make his father happy —

through a lip-sync extravaganza that would set them both free.

Adan came home as fast as he could

in full colorful Nightingale look

and lipstick that was harlot-red.

He walked up to his father’s bed,

and with a soft, loving voice said,

“Father, this is me, Adan…nnaaah.

The Nightingale Adana!”

Then she proudly performed,

lip-sync galore,

in radiant Pride colors

her spirit soared!

Soon, Troye slowly began to open his eyes.

Tears of joy dripping down his face.

“My son, I’m happy that you are happy.”

Troye smiled and hugged Adana tightly.

In loving embrace the whole family came together

and they all lived happily, fabulously ever after.

FLORANTE AT AWRA ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Florante and the Trans Kween Awra

Warning: This COVID-19 love story is rated PG.

Florante, the ideal bachelor and only son

of the business tycoon Lucio Tang,

was forced to come home from LA.

His father bemoaned, “Christ! Business is down,

expert bitcoin investment is the new trend?!

Only you can help the company!”

The bachelor would have never imagined

that his homecoming had another ROI.

Quarantine Day 1:

Straight to the quarantine hotel.

Florante caught a glimpse

of a beautiful woman in a window.

It was love at first sight.

He stared for 13 minutes.

Day 2:The shy bachelor continued to peek

at the woman in the window.

Day 3:

He peeked again.

Day 4:

And again.

This time, leering longer,

full of desire.

Day 5:

Florante dreamt of her.

Day 6:

And again.

This time, it was a wet dream.

Even with social distancing,

Florante was hit by the beautiful Awra virus.

Day 7:

He tried to make her notice him,

but no luck.

Day 8:

Florante was so lovesick,

he barely touched his breakfast.

Just a glimpse of the beautiful Awra

was enough to keep him full.

Day 9:

Ouch! He saw Awra

with another man in her room.

Last day:

Instead of being happy about leaving the hotel,

the bachelor was heartbroken.

Then, someone knocked on his door.

To his surprise, it was the man in Awra’s room!

Turns out he was the staff member

who gave out test results.

He handed Florante his.

The result:

NEGATIVE for COVID,

POSITIVE for LOVE.

It came with a secret note.

“I see you. I hope you truly see me too.”

It was signed, Awra in the window,

the proud trans kween of Balintawak Quezon City.

Florante smiled, his thought bubble:

“I know. I see you, all of you."

MEMOIRS OF A GAY SHAH ENGLISH SCRIPT

STORY 7 – MEMOIRS OF A GAY SHAH

In a past lifetime,

I walked through these streets before.

Will they still love me?

So I took the leap,

as I walk these streets anew

free from my shackles.

I’m born to be me.

A mask that I was wearing

no longer haunting.

This is me reborn.

Facing my home and myself,

I take the first step.

I make my way down,

enter my family gate,

see the town I knew.

The love I have shared

comes back when I needed it,

more than just my home.

That moment, I knew,

love is to be understood.

“Welcome Home, Cindy.”

Oh yes, that is me.

The first trans kapitana

of Bagong Buhay.

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LIFE OF BI ENGLISH SCRIPT

After surviving 227 days of shipwreck,

Piers is set free from all of his fears.

Today, he is talking to a famous TV reporter,

to finally reveal his truth.

He recalls his story.

He isn’t alone in the island after all.

On the 3rd day of the wreck,

he is found by Ricardo,

who lets him into his little house and takes care of him.

Soon enough, Piers starts to like Ricardo.

He knows he likes women,

But he is definitely developing a liking for Ricardo.

And liking turns into longing —

That turns into love.

Until he meets Natasha, Ricardo’s neighbor.

It’s love at first sight.

And Piers starts to get confused

about his feelings again.

He tries to hide it but the longing

just keeps growing.

But what bugs him the most:

his love for Ricardo isn’t in any way fading.

One night, Natasha pulls Piers close.

She pulls him so close to her

he can feel her heartbeat

through her chest.

Piers isn’t able to resist the temptation.

He brings Natasha to his room.

And to their surprise,

Ricardo is waiting there.

A quiet intensity ensues.

A sexual tension

heavy and raging

like powerful waves crashing

on a shore.

And so Piers, Ricardo, and Natasha

They start… to talk.

Piers confesses that he has fallen in love

with both Ricardo and Natasha.

And that his love for one of them

does not devalue his love for the other,

as both help him unravel new parts of himself.

And so this is Piers,

speaking his truth to the world:

He is now openly bisexual and polyamorous.

It is true that sometimes,

that which we most need

can be found in the least likely

of places.

And in a shipwreck in a desolate island,

Piers found love in both Ricardo and Nastasha.

But most importantly, he found himself.

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LITTLE WOMEN LOVING WOMEN ENGLISH SCRIPT

Jess

I tried to be

what papa calls me,

“A little woman.”

Not be too brazen.

Nor be too bold.

Just be content.

Instead of wanting

something else.

Instead of wanting

someone else.

Pa, how could I explain,

that conventional life

is not what I wanted.

I’d trade in that picket fence,

to wholly come to her defense.

The one who makes me smile,

the one who I call mine.

Anya

Sweet sapphic lover.

She lays quietly,

tenderly,

under my ruffled covers.

My clumsy hands try to find her map,

feeling my way around her holy grounds.

One touch and I tremble.

Jess

She wears her spirit

as she wears her hair.

Long, free…

Wild.

Her wild lilies.

An unforeseen path,

my honest love,

no man is above.

Anya

Running my fingers

through her thick brown hair.

Like a maze to unlock,

I come through her tunnel.

She is my favorite dream

always running through my mind.

That loving woman, I love to call mine.

Jess

And I love her.

My Anya.

That little woman

so much larger than life.