My Girl (2008 TV series)

Directed by Erick C. Salud and Jerome C. Pobocan, it stars Kim Chiu, Gerald Anderson and Enchong Dee.

[1] The story starts with Jasmine (Kim Chiu), a girl working with her two friends, Christine (Alex Gonzaga) and Jeffrey (David Chua), as guides for Chinese tourists, to earn money for her and her father Chito (Lito Pimentel) who always gambles.

One day he scores big time at a horse race; however he and Jasmine got robbed and Chito can no longer pay a gangster for his borrowed money.

Jasmine is at the airport waiting for Christine and Jeffrey to arrive with their tour group.

As a way of stalling, Jasmine acts as though her true love is on the plane and says that she wants to tell him how she feels before he leaves.

Jasmine bumps into an old lady and accidentally falls onto the lap of Julian, making it the first time they ever see each other.

He had a girlfriend (Annika) who had refused his proposal for engagement to pursue her career as a beauty queen.

Jasmine wants Julian to give up so she devises a plan to get Anika to have her as a target and as a liar to the whole family.

Julian planned not to leave and to start over so he pretends to go on the plane and stays in Nico's house for a day.

Upon meeting Jasmine, Julian's life will get turned upside down, but for that he will fall head over heels in love with her.

However, as he discovers Jasmine's true identity, he will also find out her love for his best best friend Julian.

Now that he's suffering from a serious ailment, he wants to correct his mistakes by asking Julian to find his long-lost granddaughter: Hannah She's the only one her father could count on ever since her elder sister eloped with a poor man.

This certified nerd undergoes a makeover when he meets Sheila and develops a huge crush on her.

The Pinoy version of the hit Korean drama series, My Girl, starring Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson, premiered May 26, 2008.

[2] ABS-CBN via Star Records Philippines released the "My Girl: The Original Teleserye Soundtrack" featuring its carrier single "Sabihin Mo Na" revived by Pinoy Dream Academy alumna Yeng Constantino originally sung by Top Suzara.

The album also includes "Crazy Love (Chinese version)" performed by Kim Chiu, a duet of "Sabihin Mo Na" by Kim and Gerald, "My Girl" by Sam Milby, "Gulo, Hilo, Lito," by ex-Moonstar88 vocalist Acel Van Ommen and others.

[3] Track list: The mansion used to film the home of the Abuevas is used again as a setting during the production of the Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson series Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin (2017-18).