Mitoy Wins The Voice of the Philippines!

Wazzup Pilipinas!

I knew it from the first time time he stepped on The Voice of the Philippines stage. Blind auditions pa lang, si Mitoy na talaga yung Voice of the Philippines material. Tumatayo ang balahibo ko every time he sings.

After weeks of battle rounds and live shows, The Voice of the Philippines announced its Final 4: Mitoy Yonting, Myk Perez, Klarisse de Guzman and Janice Javier.

Now, Mitoy Yonting from Pangasinan emerged as the grand champion! In a tight clinch and walang mintis!!!!  This victory by Mitoy was a communal event!

I have to say that the Lea-Mitoy-Vice Ganda production of The Voice of the Philippines singing competition cum reality show topped all performances that night at Resorts World Manila. Mitoy held himself up against such stellar performers! It was epic!

Mitoy Yonting with Lea Salonga and Vice Ganda sang "Total Eclipse of the Heart."

Miriam Defensor even posted an image on Twitter showing the "Face of Mitoy and Lea".

Ang lapit ng labanan 57-43 in favor of Mitoy! Congrats Mitoy and Klarisse! Congrats to the whole @TheVoiceABSCBN team! Mitoy wins The Voice of the Philippines with 57.7% of the public votes.

37th People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) Awards : Celebrating HR Excellence

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Congratulations to the winners of the 37th People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) Awards! The awarding was held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PIC) Reception Hall last September 25, 2013 as part of the three-day celebration of the PMAP 50th Annual Conference.

The 2013 Employer of the Year award goes to Analog Devices, Inc. while the 2013 People Manager of the Year was won by lone candidate Ms. Fidelina A. Corcuera, SVP and Head of Human Resource Management Group of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).

You can see from the photo above the representatives of the two winners being serenaded by premier entertainers Dulce and Robert Sena. Miss Fidelina Corcuera couldn't personally make it to accept the award because she was out of the country attending to a prior engagement in the performance of her role as the HR head of BPI. She sent a video delivering her message of gratitude instead.

Mr. Barbie Atienza hosted the event and an inspiring talk was provided also by world-renowned top spinner Rev. Joseph "Joe" Mauk, a missionary of sorts in the Philippines who succeeded to a humongous top measuring 3.8 meters tall by 3.6 meters wide in diameter. He revealed that he got hurt by a metal debris in the process but claims that he was saved by the Lord due to his faith and trust in him.

Mr. Rene Gener was Committee Chair of the 37th PMAP Awards.

The Last Pistang Pinoy of My High School Life

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We celebrate “Buwan ng Wika” every August of every year. This year, the "Buwan ng Wika" was scheduled last August 19. In our school we named it “Pistang Pinoy” where students are required to wear Barong Tagalog, Marongs, Filipiniana, and other traditional Filipino wear.

I was also awarded for winning the 2nd place in the category called "Pick Up Lines". I really didn’t expect to win in that event because all of the contestants were all good. After the awarding ceremony, it was our time to shine. We had our own performance on stage to dance for the teachers and the students to make them happy. I really appreciated the students because of the cheering that they’ve made when we were dancing.

After the program it was the time to eat which I am always looking forward to during events like these. We also rented an ice cream cart  which offered "sorbetes" or dirty ice cream  for everyone. After that, our batch mates celebrated their last Pistang Pinoy together.