Tonight I can write the saddest lines - Pablo Neruda

I'd like to share to you a poem that moved me a week ago. This was given to me to have it interpreted in our training class. This poem is so melodramatic and I was emotionally attached to it. Here it is.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. 

Write, for example,'The night is shattered 

and the blue stars shiver in the distance.' 

The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. 

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. 

I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. 

Through nights like this one I held her in my arms 

I kissed her again and again under the endless sky. 

She loved me sometimes, and I loved her too. 

How could one not have loved her great still eyes. 

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. 

To think that I do not have her. To feel that I have lost her. 

To hear the immense night, still more immense without her. 

And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture. 

What does it matter that my love could not keep her. 

The night is shattered and she is not with me. 

This is all. In the distance someone is singing. In the distance. 

My soul is not satisfied that it has lost her. 

My sight searches for her as though to go to her. 

My heart looks for her, and she is not with me. 

The same night whitening the same trees. 

We, of that time, are no longer the same. 

I no longer love her, that's certain, but how I loved her. 

My voice tried to find the wind to touch her hearing. 

Another's. She will be another's. Like my kisses before. 

Her voide. Her bright body. Her inifinite eyes. 

I no longer love her, that's certain, but maybe I love her. 

Love is so short, forgetting is so long. 

Because through nights like this one I held her in my arms 

my sould is not satisfied that it has lost her. 

Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer 

and these the last verses that I write for her.

Penshoppe Fan Conference for their NEWEST ENDORSER

Penshoppe announces the mechanics on how to get passes for Fan Conference for their newest endorser. No clues were mentioned but as per rumors spread in the web – its Mario Maurer. Asian Teen Obsession is rumored to come to Manila for a Penshoppe Endorsement and a movie with Philippines number one movie firm Star Cinema. For the press time, no detail information yet but one thing is for sure – He will make Thrilla in Manila 2 !

Here is Penshoppe’s announcement through their  official Facebook Page:

MECHANICS:

1.     Promo is valid from August 1 – October 15, 2011 in all participating Penshoppe & Teenlab boutiques nationwide.

2.     Customer gets one stamp card with one stamp for a minimum purchase of P500 (regular price or sale items).

3.     Customer earns one stamp for every P500 purchase (regular price or sale items) at Penshoppe.

4.     Customer must complete 10 stamps in order to get a free pass to Penshoppe’s Fan Conference with their newest brand ambassador. Completed stamp cards may then be exchanged fan conference passes. One stamp card is equivalent to one pass only.

5.     Strictly no combining of stamp cards allowed.

6.     Meet and greet passes may be claimed at any Penshoppe boutique nationwide from October 20 – 28, 2011.

7.     Fan conference schedule will be indicated on the passes and will be announced on Penshoppe’s website, Facebook and Twitter pages.

8.     Passes are transferrable but not convertible to cash.

9.     Passes are not for sale.

10.   Golden ABC, Inc. will not shoulder any other expenses incurred by meet and greet pass holders such as transportation, accommodations, food, etc.

Per DTI NCR Permit No. 6732 Series of 2011

A Talented Young Pinoy

No Doubt – Philippines is populated by extremely talented people. To date, we have contributed stars in the world’s list of constellations of outstanding performers. Lea Salonga, Apl De Ap (Alan Pineda), Regine Velasquez, Charice, Nicole Scherzinger, Billy Crawford, Enrique Iglesias, Bruno Mars, Maria Aragon, and dozens more. We have wowed the world many times and I believe will always be. Philippines have many undiscovered talent yet – including me. 


The most popular story today is Charice’s story. Her voice has literally brought her everywhere else in the globe - from Korea, to United States to Europe. She never fails to wow the world. From Ellen De Generes to Oprah to David Foster to Andrea Bocceli and even the late Michael Jackson. A surprise performance with Micheal Jackson with Charice is planned for the latter’s concert. But too bad that due the King of Pop’s sudden death it didn’t went through.

You might have just wondering why Filipinos are extremely talented. I have thousands of reason but I’d like to sum it up into three. There could have been 3 major factors why Filipinos have this severe hunger for showcasing their talents.

Filipino loves showbiz/limelight

We love to talk about celebrities and we love to invade the world of show business. Admit it – everyone wanted to see themselves in TV. One good evidence for this is the ‘phenomena’ of reality shows in the local television. From Pinoy Big Brother to Starstruck to Survivor to Showtime to Talentadong Pinoy and many more. I don’t know whats with our genes that we want to be in a television.

Filipinos love showbiz and idolizes celebrities. Most of us are trying to emulate our idols and fortunately, we are successful in doing so. There is a fan in each of us. And we idolize at least one personality. We love to get into intrigues and that gives revenue to popular names like Boy Abunda, Ricky Lo and Lolit Solis.

Filipinos happy people

We are happy people in the sense that even in the middle of adversity we never fail to smile. Yes that’s true. Even in times of calamity and disaster, we smile and face the world with a positive outlook that we will stand up amidst tragedy.

Filipinos are very emotional

We love the ‘telenobela’ life or rags to riches stories of famous personality. We picture their stories to our own. It gives us hope that one day our own star will shine. This is true with the stories of Sarah Geronimo, Manny Pacquiao and many more.

Here is a video of a talented boy from Clark, Pampanga. I hope that one day; he will be recognized and be discovered. This guy is such a talented boy. 

YOU WILL SEE IT FIRST HERE !

Top Social Network Stars Worldwide

Last time I wrote about most like celebs in the Philippines. Now lets talk about the top like celebs or personality in the world. Again, this was tabulated by Fameaccount.com that manually categorizes process and orders the data into the pages you see.

First on the list is the popular entertainer Lady GaGa. She has been active in social networking and updating her fans in her personal Facebook and Twitter account. She uploads every performance in her YoutubeVevo and let the people watch it over and over. Lady GaGa never fails to surprise the world with the things she does and wears. She has been so eccentric and that makes the world like her most. She has been so controversial that she became a household name in few years time.

Second on the list is the phenomenal Justin Bieber. He is this generation’s answer to Frank Sinatra, Beatles and Elvis Presly. He is tagged as the ‘Heartthrob’ of today’s era. Everywhere else he go, he is mobbed and followed by fans. Even his private life and beyond is being publicized because of his fame.

Third is Rihanna. Her good girl gone bad image is epic. She is one of today’s fashion icon and musical diva. She is one of the most followed celebrity with it comes to hairstyles, tattoos and dress style.

Eminem ranked in number four slot. He has been in the industry since the late 90’s and he has built his reputation. He just doesn’t sing – he sings life. Unlike other rapper who lambastes unprofaned words, Eminem sings and rap the life’s adversities. He shared what he learned on his own experience.

Here are the list of the top social network stars worldwide.

Album Review : Piolo Pascual - Timeless

Take it from the title itself – “Timeless”. This OPM album is very truthful to its objective to render everlasting music. The album contains 16 timeless tracks sung in Filipino and English. This was released on August 12, 2007 for Philippine Ultimate Heartthrob – Piolo Pascual. This is under Star Records, a recording company owned and managed by ABSCBN. The album reached the Gold status on September 16, 2007.

In this album, you can feel Piolo’s sincerity to give quality and outstanding album for his listeners. What I really like about this album is - it showcases combination of original and revival songs. Piolo serenades his listeners with his timeless renditions of popular songs.

The album starts with the songs ‘One More Chance’. This is the theme song for the box office movie of Star Cinema featuring bankable stars; Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz. The songs exposes how a man wanting for another chance to love. Defeating the odds of time just to win back the love he once own. A very good song to be positioned in the beginning of the album. It is followed by a Tagalog song ‘Ikaw Na Nga’. Piolo sang very fluent and clearly in each of his song. I almost forgot that Piolo was a product of theater arts. The third track is ‘If Only Love’ with Toni Gonzaga. I’d like to take note of the beautiful arrangement for this song. 

The fourth to sixth songs are ‘Why Can’t Be Together’; ‘Nagmamahal ng Tunay’ and ‘There For Me’ respectively. Tagalog songs ‘Wagas’ and ‘Turuan Mo Ako’are two of my favorite track for this album. The next track is ‘To Hear You Say You Love Me’ featuring Jim Brickman. This song has a very beautiful lyrics and very addictive melody. Next song is ‘Ikaw Pa Rin’. As I listen to the song, I noticed that Piolo has a resemblance to Gary Valenciano’s voice. Especially when he stressed on the high notes. The next track is a cover of True Faith’s ‘Ikaw Pa Rin’. Piolo gave a very excellent rendition for this song with a twist of romantic ballad.

Followed by song ‘Ikaw Lamang’ – a theme song for his television series ‘Sa Piling Mo’ with Judy Ann Santos. Another track is ‘Walang Kapalit’ also a theme song for his TV series with the same title with Claudine Barreto this time. The last track is ‘Complete’ – a theme song for multivitamins Centrum which is endorsed by Piolo Pascual.

No doubt that Piolo Pascual is tagged as the Philippine Ultimate Heartthrob. Box Office films, Top Rated TV shows, Bankable Concerts and Multi Platinum Album. No doubt he remains to be successful for past years and to come. He maintains his star in the limelight despite the coming of young stars. The secret of his success is his humility and sincerity to his craft. Also, he never ending grateful to our almighty God.  

photo courtesy of Pep.ph and Google.com

Charice is back with "One Day"

Charice is back on the scene with her latest endorsement and single – “One Day”. The music video is now posted on youtube and now becoming viral of every social networking site. Charice describe her latest single as to empowering youth to overcome their adversity and finding the confidence within you to achieve their dreams. The video showcases lucky fans who won to be part of this music video. Those are the winners for Acuvue 1 Day contact lenses contest exclusive in the United States only. Acuvue is a brand of contact lenses prescribed by eye doctors in the US and anywhere in the world.

Back to Charice, she does a little bit of dancing in this latest video. She showcases her talent in dancing and singing. She only proved her versatility of her performance. She mentioned on her tweet posted last June that she was so excited for the shoot of her dance scene in the video.

Meanwhile, Jonas Brothers member Nick Jonas co written the lyrics for the song ‘One Day’.  In the interview by MTV, Nick Jonas shared her thoughts about Charice. He described the Filipina singer as just a normal girl and she will really shine because of her vocal talent. He mentioned that he is so blessed having the chance to work with Charice for the latter is extremely talented and he was amazed to see her big voice comes from within.  

Here is Charice’s newest video:

Top Facebook Pages in the Philippines

Since Facebook has been known in the Philippines 3 years ago, everyone has to like certain pages of personalities and entities - whether it would be in showbiz or politics. Last 2010 election, campaign were not just in streets and avenues but also in the television/radio broadcast and social networking sites that includes Facebook. Today, you can easily access to your idol’s official fan page. Unlike the yesteryears, when fans mobbed their idols either inside the cinema or in the studios. Fans now a days, easily adapts the cyber world to reach the attention of their idols.

Here are the top facebook pages in the Philippines:

The top spot belongs to comedian/singer Vice Ganda garnered an overall 3,431,683 likes. Followed by Angel Locsin and President Noynoy Aquino with 2,352,452 and 2,143,928 consecutively. ABSCBN noontime show Showtime rank at number four with 2,039,575 and actress Cristine Reyes positioned at fifth spot with 1,735,599. Other list are included from top six to twenty.

This tabulation was made by Fameaccount. Their aim is to help people locate and connect with the stars and personalities in each major social network – Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. The manually categorize, process and order the data into the pages you see. They are an independent service provider and they are not affiliated to Youtube, Twitter, Facebook and other networking sites.

So whether you are a fan, a hater or just simply a facebook liker, you are counted.


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