Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Our PuSikat Doll


She's a Pussycat Doll. She's part-Pinay. She's here. And she wants to sing the Philippine Anthem. Ok, let's see how we would react if she performs a sexy version of Lupang Hinirang on the next Pacquiao match or whatever national activity.  Would we disown her? Would we persecute her, when she's one of the few global personalities that make us proud to say "Pinoy yan!"? Big deal yon sigurado, dahil sobrang high tayo pag may kahit sinong may kalahating patak ng dugong Pinoy na gumawa ng pangalan sa international scene. Kapag nagkataon, baka ito ang maging dahilan ng pagrevamp sa batas na hindi pwede kantahin ang Lupang Hinirang pwera sa march format.

Sa ibang usapan naman, gusto ko lang punahin yung pagiging takaw-pansin natin. Dapat bawat isa satin magsumikap gumawa ng magaling para hindi na tayo nakikisawsaw sa glory ng ilan. Proud ako kay Nicole pagdating sa music at pop culture. Proud ako sa sinumang Pinoy worth commending.  Pero hindi necessary na lahat ng Pinoy o may dugong-Pilipino na recognized in a global scale e dapat ipagmalaki.

Tanong lang bago ako matapos: Paano natin nasabing half-Filipino si Nicole kung ang tatay nya e part-Filipino, part-Russian, at part-Hawaiian?






Pussycat Doll wants to sing Philippine anthem
Associated Press
First Posted 15:27:00 06/10/2009

MANILA, Philippines—The half-Filipino lead vocalist for the American pop group Pussycat Dolls says she wants to sing the Philippine national anthem when boxing champion Manny Pacquiao fights again.

US-born Nicole Scherzinger, who is performing with three other members of the band in Manila on Thursday, told ABS-CBN television she has always been a fan of the Filipino boxer.

Junior welterweight champion Pacquiao hand-picks the singer of the national anthem at his bouts. After his latest match with Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas in May, Filipino singer Martin Nievera was criticized in the media for altering the 1898 revolutionary anthem, which by law must be played at a marching tempo.

Pacquiao has not announced whom he will fight next, or who will sing the anthem.



Pussycat Nicole too busy to have love life

Right at the NAIA when she arrived with the three other Pussycat Dolls at noon last Monday, Nicole Scherzinger said she was overwhelmed by that “coming home” feeling.

“I felt the warmth as soon as I got off the plane,” recalled Nicole during a one-on-one with Funfare yesterday at the Executive Lounge of Sofitel Hotel (formerly Westin Philippine Plaza) where the Dolls are billeted until Friday when they fly back to the States after their concert at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Concert Grounds tomorrow night.

“Everybody was calling my name and I was so touched,” added Nicole who is half-Filipino (her father is surnamed Valiente, from Batanes), part-Russian and part-Hawaiian. “I felt that I belong here.”

She felt even more so when she saw her face on the huge billboards advertising Clear, the shampoo she’s endorsing.

“Then I saw the commercial on TV and I realized why everybody knew my name,” she sounded amused. “In the commercial, I said, ‘My name is Nicole.’ No wonder, at the airport they were calling, ‘Nicole, Nicole!’ I was teary-eyed.”



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2 comments:

  1. JaninaJune 12, 2009 at 1:29 AM

    Ay i didnt get tickets. :( I like her. Not fave fave but its not everyday they come here. and yes im proud of her too. i hope she does more things that can make us even prouder. PS. I dont like paquiao.

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  2. siyetehanJune 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    kung minsan hindi na rin ako natutuwa kapag sinasabing may lahing pinoy si ganito, may lahing pinay sa ganyan.

    lagi na lang nating pinipilit na i-associate ang bansa natin sa mga sikat.

    ewan, pero minsan, nakakainis na.

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