Synopsis
Ina Montecillo (Ai-Ai las Alas) meets Tony (Edu Manzano), who she considers "the man of her dreams". They both had 4 children, but Tony dies shortly after outbalancing from a stool. After finding a replacement father for her children, she meets Alfredo (Tonton Gutierrez), and they had 4 other children. Alfredo dies after falling from an overpass, and Ina meets Kiko (Jestoni Alarcon), and they had other 4 children. On their wedding day, Kiko gets electrocuted and Ina decides to stop finding another man.
One morning, Ina wakes up, finding her children Juan (Marvin Agustin), Tudis (Nikki Valdez), Tri (Carlo Aquino), Por (Heart Evangelista), Pip (Alwyn Uytingco), Six (Marc Acueza), Seven (Shaina Magdayao), Cate (Serena Dalrymple), Shammy (Jiro Manio), Ten-Ten (Yuuki Kadooka), Connie and Sweet either troubled, problematic, panicking, fighting, or confused. Later on, she finds out that her family was losing much money, and tried to pursue several jobs, from construction working to illegal DVD selling, just to make ends meet. Por reminds her mother of her début party. One morning, Juan pleads his mother to let him find a job. Ina agrees, but finds out Juan's chores at home were very confusing. Ina then finds a job from her ex-driver Bruno, who she finds out was gay. Bruno tells her of a stripping club where she will earn PHP 2,000 a night. Meanwhile, Juan meets his high school girlfriend Jenny (Kaye Abad) working at an amusement park, where he decides to apply. Tudis quits her job and tries to pursue her desired job, painting. Tri tries to impress his girlfriend Gretchen (Angelica Panganiban) and her (Pinky Amador & Mandy Ochoa) parents with his intelligence. Por tries to convince her crush Jeffrey (John Prats) to be her escort in her début. Pip, who was secretly gay, watches his crush doing his exercise routine. Six invites his mother to a mass treat. Seven was assigned to lead a program about "Bakit Natatangi Ang Aking Ina (Why My Mother Is Very Special)" while Shammy tries to protect his reputation from his classmate, Nhel's brother, because he is not yet circumcised. Pip prevents them from fighting and when Nhel arrives, accidentally mentions Shammy being uncircumcised. This causes Shammy to hate Pip.
Things go crazy as Ina causes much problems towards her kids. She prevents Juan from marrying Jenny. Tudis refuses to help her in job-seeking. She exposes herself being a stripper to Tri, Gretchen, & Gretchen's parents. This causes Tri and Gretchen to break-up. She unsuccessfully fulfills Por's million-peso début and also learns that Pip was gay. Then she ruins Six' "mass treat" after thinking it was a "trick or treat" event. Seven hasn't told her of the program yet because she doesn't want to be humiliated. Cate reveals that Ten-Ten is deaf and Shammy has high fever after having himself circumcised to an illegal doctor. Lastly, Ten-Ten is lost. She goes to the hospital where Shammy is confined while still in her stripping dress, which causes taxi driver Eddie (Dennis Padilla) to fall in love with her. During their family meeting, she expresses her feelings that she is not working several jobs because it's her obligation, but is because she loves her kids. Because of her complicated speech, Juan decides to run away with Jenny. Rowena (Eugene Domingo) comforts her problematic best friend while Ina is thinking of how to solve everything.
After quitting her job, she takes a bus ride. She sees a suicide bomber in front her, causing everyone to panic. She saved many lives, but ends up injured from the bus explosion accident. Her family went to the hospital and mourned at who they thought was their mother, only to find out that she arrived in a wheelchair behind them a few short moments later. After her family goes to the hospital, she eventually fixes everything: she permits Juan, who came back, to date Jenny, but not marry her; she convinces Tudis to get her job back; she convinces Gretchen to get back with Tri; she accepts Pip being gay; Six forgives her; Seven finishes her program; she forgives Shammy from disobeying her; Shammy gets cured; she finds Ten-Ten at a local church (but was unsuccessful to cure his deafness); and Por experiences her début after all. After Eddie takes a picture of Ina's family, the fireworks in his back ignites, sending him to the sky. The film ends with the family astonished with Eddie, and Ina saying that she married Eddie, but they can't make a child anymore, because of the fireworks accident.
In the end credits, the family is shown teaching Ten-Ten sign language, so he can communicate with the family.
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