Miss Universe 2008

Since I can remember, I've been watching the Miss Universe pageant every year. It is only when I started working that I stopped because I couldn't watch its live telecast. I could watch it on its replay in the evening but by that time I already know who won (and it's not by choice!) so the excitement and eagerness to watch has escaped me.

So anyway, I'm really excited to watch it tomorrow. I've visited the official website and I was really impressed with all the candidates. They all looked puuurty. Besides rooting for our very own Jennifer Barrientos, I also have a few favorites based on their photos in the official website: For Africa and the Middle East: Miss South Africa; South America: Miss Colombia; Asia & Pacific: Miss Kazakhstan; and Eastern Europe: Miss Albania.

Let's all cross our fingers and hope that Miss Philippines wins!!! :)

Song of the Week #13

Since it is Independence Day week, I have chosen another OPM as my Song of the Week. This song is entitled Palakpak performed by our friends' band, Jeepney Joyride. This is from their album Let's Get Party (di ako wrong grammar! ganyan lang sila kakulit talaga! LOL!). It's one of my favorites and every time I hear them play this song in their gigs, I get goosebumps and imagine a Filipino holding the Olympic torch. Hehe! Enjoy the song and holiday everyone! Mabuhay ang mga Pilipino!

Ramiele Malubay

American Idol is once again back in the tube. Well actually, auditions started a couple of weeks ago but I was too busy with school (sick and tired of hearing school? LOL!) that I was not even able to watch the Hollywood auditions. So anyway, yesterday and the day before, I was able to watch the re-runs of last week's performances in Star World and QTV (proud Kapuso! LOL!). I was particularly psyched to see Ramiele Malubay's performance because to be honest I was hoping that she'd be Pinoy. At first I didn't know that she was a Fil-Am coz I didn't hear Ryan Seacrest introduce her. Going back, I had goosebumps when she started singing! Galing grabe! The judges gave really positive remarks on her perfomance including Simon. Her being included in the AI finalists couldn't come in a better time as I am really hating our country right now (ows! ngayon lang daw! LOL!) because of all the politics!!! ZTE, JDV, GMA etc, etc. *Sigh* Alas, Ramiele's performance last week gave a bit of a shiny glow on our country. Good luck to her and hope that AI loves her back!

Here's the video of her interview and last week's performance: