bebot
im really excited to see bebot video of apl… this is going to be the first ever tagalog song to be popular in the world of music. being a quarter of the black eyed peas, apl is so lucky to be heard by the world.
i really like the guy coz hes so proud of his roots and heritage. having him in there is giving us so much filipino pride.
speaking of the bebot video, its kinda cool… man, its loaded with pinoys.
among those i saw in the teaser are nump of gorillaz, camile velasco (shes doin a collaboration with apl.. haha.. nice), jasmine trias, NVID, DJ Rhettmatic, Jenesis, Flipchild, Devotion, Vicky Mercado, AJ, Christine and Melissa from Pinays.com, DJ Icy Ice, E-Man, Kim del Fierro, The Speaks, Next Phaze, Brian "Hawaiian Punch" Viloria, Bambu, Little Manila, Tiffany Limos, and Leejay.
i was actually hoping for vanessa minillo, nicole of pcd, mutya of sugababes, cassie, chad hugo of nerd, dante basco and rob schneider… but i guess their schedules do not meet… maybe in apl’s next song (:
he could also asked j.lo’s ex chris judd, enrique iglesias, and billy crawford… its going to be pinoy invasion haha
at the teaser, fergie tried to speak tagalog and it’s cute! just watch out for the video coz its comin later july… i have this feeling they would first show it on bep’s concert in manila… i bet my last penny on that. i just know apl
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From day one, the first minute that I looked in your eyes
It seemed, seemed as if you caught me by surprise
The very first time my eyes laid sight on you
I knew that you would be the one
Somebody I could call my own, my best friend
Someone you could always run to
My love, you’re the light of my life
I never felt so right, I love spending all my time with you
I don’t, care what other people say
I’ve learned to love you anyway
Trust me that I say all I need ?
da da da…
Baby can’t you see you’re all i need
You’re all i need
Baby can’t you see you’re all i need
You’re all i need
Now we’ve been going strong for so long
Stuck together for quite some time now
I never knew true love would come for me in the first round
So I, I gotta do whats right in my heart
I cry, everytime I picture us apart
You’re the one I give my heart to
And you, you are the only one
And all I need is you to spend the rest of my whole life with
My love, you’re such a part of my life
I promise never to leave your side
Know that I will always be there for you
It’s only us two
I’ve always been so in love with you
I’m telling you all I need is you
da da da..
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so… i know i’m fortunate, i’ve accomplishied at least a few things in my life so far. i do what i love but sometimes… sometimes…
"night time is when the days heavy… feel alone & you want somebody…"
laying alone in bed listening to a mix of slow jams wondering what’s to come in life & love. part of my heart is still trying to heal from the last time i fell in love… see for me, it doesn’t happen that often, so it still hurts… no matter what you do, try something new, try not to think about, try to get lost in work… it works momentarily but times like this it creeps back in…
some people i know are more resilient when it comes to love… i admire that in them, the ability to love again openly without worrying about getting hurt again…
beyond love, there’s work… an arduous task… and being filipino in this world is damned near impossible… so for me to have the success i’ve experienced so far, believe me, i know i’m fortunate & i also know how hard i’ve worked and all the things i’ve sacrificed in my life to achieve my goals. sometimes you just want to do good work and it seems like no one will let you, it can almost drive you crazy…
so as an almost accomplished young woman i look forward with hope that life & love have good things in store for me… the perfect role… the perfect man…
who knows… but the perfect song is playing right now, brings a smile to my face & reminds me that it’s all going to work out… it always does…
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read this write up from the real dante basco:
in the philippines…
laying up in bed at 2am, manila time. i just got home from the premeire of "take the lead," here in the p.i. & it’s all so surreal… so many things have been racing through my mind since i’ve been here for this press tour. and many more emotions have been racing through my heart & feelings through my soul. see, i’m filipino, but i’m born & raised in the states, people here call us "fil-am’s" (filipino-american). now coming home, especially as an adult & artist, i find myself overwhelmed with something so powerful, yet somewhat unexplainable. i mean, i’m here in this land, i can’t understand anything anyone’s saying and it feels sometimes as if i’m another planet yet the second i stepped out of the plane as walked through the thick moist air and felt the humidity hold me and took a breath of the air… i’m overwhelmed by this connection to this place… this island… the beuaty of the land and the people, the heat, the food, the traffic, the shanty towns filled with the meloncohly faces, the kids laughing and playing in the tyrantal showers, literally swimming in the flooded gutters… laughing and splashing… the mega malls filled with masses of people who look like me… a sea of black hair, a place where i’m not a minority, a place rich with history of turmoil & war, conquer & colonization which somehow made a race of truly mixed blood… this magical place… my homeland.
here i am, a son who’s come home… and the thing i see most in everyone’s eyes who look at me is pride. everyone is so proud of me here, that i’m in hollywood, working with big stars representing filipino’s… representing them. it’s weird because i’ve been an actor almost all my life and i do my work because i love it. i never did this with the mind of representing a whole coountry… i’m just a filipino kid from a blue collar town who was maybe a little bit of a ham and loved to perform and now here i am.
i don’t know what it all means yet. part of me feels this sense that somehow this place is going to complete me… & the thing is, i didn’t even know i wasn’t complete before i got here…
it sure feels good to be home…
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