Selena bags most awards in her practicum with Center for Pop Music Philippines

Selena showing her certificate card adorned with all 11 awards :)
Our daughter started having her voice and stage performances sessions when we were back in Manila in June. We enrolled her at Center for Pop Music Philippines in SM Megamall to further enhance her confidence onstage. During her orientation, her coach, who is called Coach Prince, was really impressed with her voice, stage presence, and beauty. :)

Anyway, weeks passed by and today was her practicum at Padi's Point in Starmall, along with 13 other students of different ages. Since we're not there to take care and give her moral support, I asked my good friends Dior and Claire to see what Selena might need. Dior brought some dresses to choose from and she also groomed Selena.

All practicum performers were asked to perform 2 songs each with spiels in between. Selena sang an inspiring Tagalog song "Patuloy ang Pangarap" by Angeline Quinto and a fast one, "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera. As her nanny told me, she was the most applauded performer in the batch. In fact, she bagged the most awards - 11 awards in all! Here are the lists of her awards:

  • Best in Voice Quality
  • Best in Tonal Quality
  • Best in Body Sway
  • Best in Belting Out
  • Best in Reaching High Notes
  • Best in Enunciation
  • Best in Stage Performance
  • Best in Expression
  • Best in Spiels Delivery
  • Most Applauded Performer
  • And the most coveted.... STAR OF THE DAY!
WOAHHH! Who wouldn't be proud of that!??!?! I was so overjoyed upon knowing this that my eyes got filled with tears reading the text message from my friend Dior and from her nanny. She even beat other students who are a lot older than her! I'm a PROUD MOMMA!

She is indeed something special. And with few more sessions left, she will soon have her recital performance for Level 1. I can't wait to see her video performance which are actually stored in her laptop. And for sure, I will blog about it again soon. Very soon! :)

RIP Amy Winehouse...


There are so many shocking news this weekend which includes the tragic death of a great singer, songwriter, and performer - Amy Winehouse. She was found dead in her apartment in London, probably from an unexpected complication with her health and vices. She died at the young age of 27, which makes her a recent addition the '27 Club' - performers who died at the age of 27 including Janis Joplin.

She's been one of the talented singers that I look up to, in terms of pure talent. Too bad that she wasn't able to win over her battle against excessive drinking and taking prohibited drugs. Her infamous shabby performance videos on Youtube have been heckled by many but those will now remain as memories of her existence in this world.

Thank you, Amy, for the wonderful music and immense talent you've shared with us. Your music will definitely live on. Thanks for the inspiration. You will always be remembered...

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Back to Beijing for the 3rd time

Yes, we're finally back in Beijing... for the 3rd time! :)

After more than a month of holiday back in Manila and a little hassle with the processing of our Chinese visas and OEC's, we are finally back to perform at the Shangri-La Hotel Beijing... with a new twist! Marl and I are performing as a duo. Really exciting as we have more than enough in our repertoire to play as a duo but nervous coz I have to do the songs that my ex-colleagues used to sing. Who else would sing their songs anyway? :)

We've been performing for almost 2 weeks now and I guess, we're doing a pretty good job. The sets are more relaxing as there's no pressure for us to get the people expect for more. I mean, what can a duo do aside from a singing songs? I get to wear my beautiful long gowns again and I get to really do a makeover every night. I chose to have my hair styled in a way that it would be easy for me to curl it every night. I found a perfect curl volumizing gel and it really makes my hair beautiful.

I like our current setup. I like that I get to sing while my microphone is on its stand, too. The freedom of expression is different. Although I was known to be an energetic live performer, I don't really miss dancing onstage at all. I can do it in the room, anyway. I'm willing to 'transfer' that energy into something else... that is to make us a perfect dynamic duo. :)