After Jasmine Trias, it looks like the Philippines will, once again, show the world how talented Filipinos are. That’s via Ramiele Malubay, 20 years old from Miami, Florida who, with her black hair, chinky eyes and very cute height is undeniably carrying Pinoy blood all over her.
She made it to the top 20 of American Idol season 7 after the first elimination round where 2 guys and 2 girls were eliminated from the 24 qualifiers.
Judging from the AI site, she’s quite popular. Discussions on various forums are always focused on Ramiele. Or maybe this is Pinoy bayanihan in full force again. Something Simon Cowell poked at during Jasmin’s time when he said ‘the whole of Hawaii must have voted twice to keep you here’. … or something like that. Coz he thought Jasmin didn’t deserve to be in the top 3 spot of AI season 3.
What Simon didn’t know is that talented or not, Jasmin deserves that spot because of the ‘kuyog’ voting system all Pinoy-blooded Americans must have used to keep her in the competition. In fact, if AI will only allow internet voting, Jasmin will win by a thousand miles from Fantasia.
Pinoys support each other fiercely especially if it touches upon Pinoy pride and identity. Especially on international stage. Something that the organizers of Miss Universe beauty pageant has realized after one of their minor awards (was it Miss Photogenic?), which was done via internet voting, was won by the Philippines two years in a row. They immediately scrapped the voting system the following year.
Actually, that shouldn’t be a surprise anymore. We are the inventor of People Power. An original phenomenon no other country has ever done before. Until we showed them how powerful it can be.
This leads me to the current situation in the Philippines where mass protest actions are going on again. Al-Jazeera news channel just showed footages of the rallies that went on today. It estimated the protesters to be at 75,000 strong. Gloria must be having sleepless nights. She’s seen this before. And she knows it’s ominous for someone who’s at the receiving end of the booing.
And so I’ve started from AI and ended up with the Philippine political climate. What’s the connection, you might ask.
Well, Pinoy power can put two ladies in the exact opposite of fortunes. Ramiele to the top spot of AI in the entertainment scene and Gloria to the bottom of the pits in the political arena. Let’s just see what happens. In the meantime, go go go Pinoy People Power!
She made it to the top 20 of American Idol season 7 after the first elimination round where 2 guys and 2 girls were eliminated from the 24 qualifiers.
Judging from the AI site, she’s quite popular. Discussions on various forums are always focused on Ramiele. Or maybe this is Pinoy bayanihan in full force again. Something Simon Cowell poked at during Jasmin’s time when he said ‘the whole of Hawaii must have voted twice to keep you here’. … or something like that. Coz he thought Jasmin didn’t deserve to be in the top 3 spot of AI season 3.
What Simon didn’t know is that talented or not, Jasmin deserves that spot because of the ‘kuyog’ voting system all Pinoy-blooded Americans must have used to keep her in the competition. In fact, if AI will only allow internet voting, Jasmin will win by a thousand miles from Fantasia.
Pinoys support each other fiercely especially if it touches upon Pinoy pride and identity. Especially on international stage. Something that the organizers of Miss Universe beauty pageant has realized after one of their minor awards (was it Miss Photogenic?), which was done via internet voting, was won by the Philippines two years in a row. They immediately scrapped the voting system the following year.
Actually, that shouldn’t be a surprise anymore. We are the inventor of People Power. An original phenomenon no other country has ever done before. Until we showed them how powerful it can be.
This leads me to the current situation in the Philippines where mass protest actions are going on again. Al-Jazeera news channel just showed footages of the rallies that went on today. It estimated the protesters to be at 75,000 strong. Gloria must be having sleepless nights. She’s seen this before. And she knows it’s ominous for someone who’s at the receiving end of the booing.
And so I’ve started from AI and ended up with the Philippine political climate. What’s the connection, you might ask.
Well, Pinoy power can put two ladies in the exact opposite of fortunes. Ramiele to the top spot of AI in the entertainment scene and Gloria to the bottom of the pits in the political arena. Let’s just see what happens. In the meantime, go go go Pinoy People Power!
3 comments:
spaghetti? hehehe...
sencia, d ako nakakapost ng comment recently...bz kc. pero i get to read ur new posts kahit late na...
basta ang nangyari today sa Makati is an indication of something to end with GMA. may not be now, but itll be soon. her pathetic moves (putting checkpoints and blocking groups of people from joining the rally, ATO raising "no fly zone" in Makati, etc.) are just too obvious to be ignored. looks like those are sending chills to her and her government to make drastic moves to ensure she stays in power...
i cannot offer any solution as who should replace her, either constitutionally or by snap election. what i know is that whatever good she is doing for the Philippines as she brags about, it is not felt. she could be doing something for the country, but her corrupt government and family overshadows her performance. so to me, it should be stopped!..she should be made accountable. the people no longer believe her, or the government for that matter. the Filipino people are now surviving through his own means. so the majority will no longer participate in national issues, they will prioritize filling their empty stomachs and just rely on someone else to move for the changes to happen...very complicated!
as for Ms Lullaby, este Malubay, she's another talent who wants to make a mark in the international business, she happens to be have the Filipino blood. Filipinos take pride when somebody succeeds and gets famous, and we feel ashamed when somebody lands on a list as Top 10 Most Corrupt Officials...
she may get far and probably win the coveted title, BUT this is her success, only she can benefit and we can only share with her some of that success. she wud probably be wooed by ABS CBN or GMA and end up just like Jasmine. at the end of the day, we're still hungry. hehehe...
ahhhh, am just so overwhelmed with our issues and got tired. maybe im just thinking wishfully that we will have a better life, and enjoying that life with our family.
going up, going down? SPAGHETTI nga!...masarap naman daw spaghetti ko sabi ni Ka Raoul! hehehe
hey there ega. i know it's been crazy for you the last few days. but i know you never fail to visit my flowershop anytime your sched permits. at alam ko di ka makapigil pag may political theme ang posting! hehehe... i bet kung nasa pinas tayo lagi tayong nagkikita sa mga rally!
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