Once again, I was invited to sing for the Philippine Consulate on June 11,  This time I will be singing the Philippine National Anthem for the first time with 4Tones, a newly-formed group composed of Beth Juane, Nora Licop, Terry Elegino and myself.  The program will end with "Ako Ay Pilipino" which I will aslo be singing, 

The Philippine Consulate holds the Open House every year close to the Philippine Independence Day, which is Jun12.  Everyone is welcome!  Lots of food, entertainment and good people.

It's been a while since I was here.  I should be sleeping by now since tomorrow will be another long day for me. I only had 2 hours of sleep since yesterday. I slept from 3-5pm. I had to do some school work overnight because I am still catching up due to my absence. I was very busy in the morning that I was not able to sleep. I had to finalize my friend's flight to Manila later at 12noon . His father-in-law passed away in Davao the other day. This reminded of my grandmother's passing away last Jan21 in Bago City, Negros Occidental.

"This Christmas... a concert presentation"
Featuring:  Crystal Sahagun, Donald Torres, Vanessa Lim, Rodney Ronquillo & Chyrell Samson

Dec 19, 2009
St. Thomas More Parish Church
1 Dormington Dr. Scarborough , On
(nearest intersection is Markham Rd and Ellesmere.  The church is along Ellesmere.)

Organizing Committee
PRESS RELEASE
November 27, 2009
Toronto, Canada

Not-to-miss event of the year: Unity Concert: Rebuilding People’s Lives 2009

TORONTO – Only about two weeks to go to Dec. 13 and the community will be treated to a musical extravaganza to raise funds for the typhoon victims in the Philippines. With Canada’s Miss Saigon lead star Ma-Anne Dionisio as guest performer and some of the finest Filipino performers in Toronto, the show promises to be a not-to-miss event of the year.

On September 26, 2009, the Philippines was devastated by Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana and we all have been a witnessed to the havoc brought to our fellow Filipinos especially in Metro Manila. Days later, while our fellow Filipinos are still trying to recover from the destruction brought about by Typhoon Ondoy not only in their properties but in their lives, another typhoon hit the northern part of the Philippines...the supertyphoon Pepeng.

I would like to invite everyone to our show on March 28th called "Spring Rhythm" produced by Studio Six Productions. I will be performing with John Alix and Jules Tinsay.

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The GK Walk Kick-Off was held at the Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre on Mar 5, 2009.

March 2009..start of being busy again with rehearsals and singing engagements. After my vacation in the Philippines for almost a month, here we are again...

I know that starting this month, it's going to be rehearsals every week until next month. Well..hmm..not too bad for now compared to how hectic my schedules were years ago. I like it this way since I won't be too tired and stressed out. I remembered there were times I had to juggle two or three singing engagements in a day.

I had a lot of fun being part of Mabuhay 2008.  This was the first time we had a large Studio Six group and it was a big production.  Rodney couldn't make it to this show because there were some problems with the recording studio computer, plus he needed to prepare for Sine-Sine musika the following weekend.

As for the performance, poor Alvin's character had to face my wrath.

I gave Slumber, my cat a bath this morning. He was still quiet as usual while I was giving him a bath. Anyway, last night, Rodney and I went to Rice Cafe and was able to watch only the last featured artist. I forgot the band name but the singer was Sharen Martin. I almost did not recognize her because if her new hair color. I haven't seen her in a long time. I saw some old friends too like Toni, Pam, Joy, Cecillie & Jerome, Zasshy &; RJ, JP & Janet, Eric, Flo, Zad, Janey and so many to mention that I cannot remember right now.