What If High School Musical Was Set in the Philippines?

A winter wonderland NYE party wouldn't be possible here, so Troy and Gabriela would've met out of town, maybe in Subic or Tagaytay. But the karaoke and fireworks would still be part of their meet cute for sure!

 

As much as we love Troy's floppy bangs, he'd have a Zayn-like top knot, which wouldn't be so bad because hello, this is Zac Efron. Dude can pull off anything—even a hair trend that can look like a sad siomai on the wrong head!

East High School = Mataas na Paaralan ng Silangan

 

The school grounds wouldn't be full of students happy to be back on their first day of school; instead it would be jam-packed with school service vans, private cars, Ubers, and GrabTaxis, and everyone would be late for class.

Two words: School uniform.

Instead of getting detention, students caught with their cellphones in class would be forced to clean the classroom after school.

 

The cafeteria would be much smaller and messier. (Where do the students get food anyway? Is there another floor where they keep all the food?) 

 

Also, the lockers would be vandalized beyond recognition. Sharpay's pink locker wouldn’t last a day.

"Evaporate, tall person!" = "Maglaho ka, higante!"

 

Instead of strudels and scones, Zeke would know how to bake pandesal and ensaymada.

 

Troy would probably wear his basketball jersey and/or shorts everywhere and no one would call him out or tease him because 1) he's a really sweet guy, and 2) he's too cool to care anyway.

 

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