{"id":207403,"date":"2019-03-29T02:53:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T06:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=207403"},"modified":"2019-03-29T02:53:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T06:53:10","slug":"bianca-umali-is-now-officially-a-senior-high-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/29\/bianca-umali-is-now-officially-a-senior-high-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bianca Umali is now officially a senior high graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Mama, my superhero, this is for you.” (Photo<\/a>: @bianxa<\/a>\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nineteen-year-old Kapuso actress Bianca Umali celebrates getting her diploma from Veritas Catholic School in Para\u00f1aque City last Thursday, March 28.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a photo posted on her Instagram, Bianca is seen wearing her graduation cap and gown dedicating her commencement to her paternal grandmother, who she calls her \u201csuperhero.\u201d She lost her parents at a young age – her mother at the age of five and her father at the age of ten.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amidst receiving her diploma, Bianca was also recently granted her biggest role yet as the main character in television drama series \u201cSahaya,\u201d where she portrays a Badjao girl. \u00a0Because of this professional achievement, she is currently putting furthering her studies on hold. <\/span><\/p>\n

When talking about her character, Sahaya, Bianca elaborates, \u201cWe want to raise awareness and educate viewers as to who the Badjao people are. I\u2019m amazed by the simplicity with which they live their lives. They treasure the little things they have and will fight for their culture.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

She adds, \u201cI have always been drawn to the water, that\u2019s why I have a personal connection with my character, who loves the sea and gets life from it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To fulfill the role, she said that \u201cdoes [her] own research,\u201d explaining, \u201cI studied their language and their dance; how they dress, move and talk. I don\u2019t want to just rely on the creative team\u2014I want to treat the material with care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Last November 2018, the Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP) asked the young actress where she sees herself in 10 years, to which she answers in a mix of English and Filipino, \u201cThat\u2019s a hard question. Because what I learned is that life is unpredictable. It\u2019s hard to say even what will happen tomorrow because it can change,\u201d but adds, \u201cWell, in 10 years, I\u2019ll be 28? [I want to be] happy, blessed, fulfilled, and content.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nineteen-year-old Kapuso actress Bianca Umali celebrates getting her diploma from Veritas Catholic School in Para\u00f1aque City last Thursday, March 28. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":207404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207536,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207403\/revisions\/207536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}