kimmies

it's the year of the kimmies! yes, eugene domingo's kimmy dora and the new grandslam winning mom, kim clijsters.

sept. 5, zel, cathy, mylene and i went to see kimmy dora. the movie did not disappoint. a good mix of slapstick comedy and deadpan humor was fused together to tell the story of twins kimmy and dora. what really carried this movie was eugene domingo's sheer talent - the plot itself has been used many times over and is too shallow, while the movie also failed in some technical aspects, especially when kimmy and dora were singin' in the rain. it was a showcase of how talented eugene is, way better than those comediennes she used to be a sidekick of. she easily shifts to kimmy and dora and the scene where dora pretended to be kimmy was the highlight! when asked by her dad: "anak, nagda-drugs ka ba?". dora answered: "i'll look into it. i'll get back to you on that. i'll give you an update." she definitely can carry a film all by herself, even without those cameos from other celebrities like regine velasquez, who by the way did the worst one in the movie! hilarious quotes were all over, one of my faves was this:

“Elena! Kunin mo ang cheque book ko at bilhin mo ‘yang bus sa labas.”

i wonder what kind of smorgasbord is in store for the next installment of this. obviously, they'll make a franchise out of this.




on the other hand, the belgian kimmie, kim clijsters, stormed through the US open draw and won her second US open title over caroline wozniacki. kim was given a wildcard coz she's not ranked yet, playing just two tournaments after a two year break to start a family. she lost to dinara safina and jelena jankovic in her first two tourneys in cincinatti and toronto. new moms rarely make any big impact on the women's tour after giving birth, with evonne goolagong as the last mother to win a grand slam title in 1980. kim defeated viktoriya kutuzova, no. 14 marion bartoli, kirsten flipkens, no. 3 venus williams, no. 18 li na, no. 2 serena williams and no. 9 wozniacki. she was tested by bartoli and of course, venus gave her a tough time as well. the match with serena was the highlight 'though, as the american completely lost her cool, getting a penalty on match point. of course, that is not to say that kim did not win the match entirely. according to tennis pundits, kim outplayed serena for majority of the match, shot for shot and power for power. against a defensive-minded wozniacki, kim was initially rattled, but ultimately won over the dane's patient play and the windy conditions.

kim's now ranked no. 19! she'll play a limited schedule but i hope to see her in big tournaments. it would really be wonderful if she can join the elite 8 women field in this year's season ending tournament in doha. she won the season ender twice, so she can definitely bang away with another title.