Center for Pop Music, Practicum

So this is how it feels to be a stage mother. It's very tiring but at the same time it feels so fulfilling to see your child performing live on stage.

We enrolled our daughter at Center for Pop Music Philippines (CPMP) the whole summer. She was really excited about the program and so was I. My daughter loves to sing. She already sang on stage in school, a concert for the members of the music club. She did pretty well. She has no stage fright and she loves to perform.

She sings in the room and can very well carry a tune. To hone her singing talent further, I decided to let her take a class at CPMP. I saw how two of her classmates gained confidence and honed their singing talents after enrolling here.

My daughter had a busy summer but she said she's not complaining because she loves what she's doing. I can see how her voice improved as well as her performance level. She also gained new friends with the same interests. I love it that her personality is developed more with these kinds of exposures.

She had her practicum last May 16. She did two songs, one by Rihanna, Take a Bow, and the other one, from Taylor Swift's songs, You're Not Sorry.

She got three awards - two minor and one major which was really a pleasant surprise to me. :) She was awarded Best in Slow Song, Best in Voice Projection and Record Artist of the Year.

As the coaches/hosts mentioned, she has very good stage presence and projection, her singing voice improved dramatically and she's very pretty. I was happy to hear all these comments. I'm a doting mom.

Here's to more energetic and productive performances. I'm so proud of my daughter. :)


Singing her first song for the day, You're Not Sorry.



Group song


Her badges of recognition.


Mother and Daughter. :)

Justin Bieber in Manila, Never Say Never Concert

It's been more than a month since I last updated here. I've been really busy both at the personal and professional fronts. The whole family is actually. But I took some time off from work, at least half day last May 10. It was a big date my daughter has been waiting for.

Yes, we were two of the gazillions of people who watched Justin Bieber's Never Say Never concert in Manila. We bought the tickets last December 2010 just to be sure we have secured ourselves passes to see JB. We don't want what happened with Taylor Swift's concert when we were not able to get tickets right away.

It was a fun night but I was not exactly impressed with Justin Bieber's performance. I thought something was lacking. I thought he seemed less energetic and enthusiastic. I was expecting what I saw in his concert movie, like his concert in Madison Square Garden. There was not even much special effects.

He was looking tired. I told myself watching his 3D concert/documentary Never Say Never at the theater was a lot better. The live concert by the way is much like his movie with video clips when he was still a young child. I appreciate him better on the big screen than watching him perform live. But of course, my daughter did not notice what seemed to be JB's lackluster performance. She was really in high spirits watching Bieber.

Going home in the wee hours of the morning after the concert and checking my Twitter and Facebook, I found out Justin was sick during the concert and even had throwing up episodes. That explained why the show was not as spectacular as I thought it would be. But kudos still to the boy for doing his best and not cancelling the show.

My daughter was really happy and I was really happy seeing how excited she was watching the show. I actually had fun not only from watching the concert but witnessing a crowd of young people so alive - screaming from joy, dancing to the beat, singing their hearts out. Boy, they have memorized all the songs JB did. JB really owe it to his fans. :)


Justin in his famous purple shirt.

Probably singing one of his mellow songs.

Until I've watched his 3D concert movie/documentary, I didn't know this boy plays a lot of musical instruments.

The text above the picture was edited by my daughter, not me, haha. Yes, she was really excited.

Oh yes, the mom is just too happy to see her daughter having a great time. The crowd was so alive.