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Last week PGT announced that there would be wild card week. This was after the wild card competition which brought the 6 semi-finalists who didn’t make it to the grand finals together. As usual, performance night happened last Saturday and last night was the results night. Rico the Magician made it to the Grand finals of Pilipinas got Talent Season 2, after garnering total votes of 41.68%. Skeights also made it to the finals with 30.16% total votes. For those who wasn’t able to watch the show, here’s a video I found on youtube.

And here are the Grand Finalists of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2:

1. Freestylers – dance crew
2. Madrigal Siblings – young singers
3. Baguio Boom Boom Boys – dance group
4. Angel Calalas – hula hoop tricker
5. Happy Feet – tap dancers
6. Jem Cubil – acoustic singer
7. John Michael Narag – singer
8. Filogram – dance crew
9. DJP Trio – singing trio
10. Buildex Pagales – singer
11. Leoniel Enopia and Elizabeth Dazo – ballroom dancing duo
12. Marcelito Po Moy – singer
13. Rico the Magician – magician
14. Skeights – band

I mentioned earlier that we will go to the mall for a little strolling, so we went to SM Marikina. Marikina is one of the cities here in the Philippines and considered as the shoe capital of the country. It created the largest pair of shoes that was recognized by Guinness World Records. They are several shoe manufacturers in the city, all of them producing quality shoes and sandals that all Filipinos can be proud of. Maybe they can even produce a nice pair of ugg boots.

Marikina City received different awards and citations. One of them is being the Cleanest and Greenest city. They are also considered as the Healthiest and Most Livable Cities in Asia-Pacific region. It also received an award for the Most Competitive Metro City in the Philippines from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). Now, Marikina is one of the richest and industrialized local government units. Among its landmarks and attractions are Cityhood Park, River Park, World of Butterflies and Shoe Museum where in you can see the shoe collection of Philippine’s former first lady, Imelda Marcos. There are other attractions in the city that’s why they are often visited by students during their field trips.

First Grand finals of Showtime happened today. There were 11 groups who performed and showed their talents. Complete list of the finalists can be found here. The grand winner was the last group who performed, XB GENSAN. It is very interesting that this group won considering that they joined the finalist as the wild card winners together with Boys unlimited dancers. But this group deserves to win. The routine was great, they are great dancers and you can just feel their emotions. Here’s a video from youtube. Enjoy!

Congratulations to XB Gensan and to the 10 other finalists. They are all good and they are all world class talents. Proud to be Pinoy.

I just love watching talent shows, may it  be local or international. The latest show that caught my eyes is Pilipinas got talent. Kapamilya network acquired Got talent Franchise, a British TV format. Pilipinas Got Talent is hosted by Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano, while Marc Abaya will host the daily spin-off, Pilipinas Got More Talent. The judges of the show consists of Kris Aquino, Freddie Garcia, and  Ai-Ai Delas Alas

Anyway, I’m just here to share to you one of the aspirants. He is 16 year old Jovit Baldino. He’s young but he’s good. Ai-Ai was even touched with his story. Anyway, here’s a video I got from youtube.

Cebu inmates have been very popular especially in youtube and in the news. Michael Jackson’s Choreographer and two back up dancer visited the inmates. They are just so amazing and talented. Here’s the video I got from youtube.

I posted the list of Holidays on my bulletin board already. So, I decided to post it on my blog also, to inform everybody else. Knowing the Holidays for the year is important not just for planning bonding time with the family but also for my work. Work performed on Regular Holidays means additional 100% and Special Holiday means additional 30% on the daily compensation of all employees.

Regular Holidays

New Year’s Day  – January 1
Maundy Thursday  – April 1
Good Friday – April 2
Araw ng Kagitingan  – April 9 (Friday)
Labor Day  – May 1
Independence Day  – June 14 (Monday nearest June 12)
National Heroes Day  – August 30 (Last Monday of August)
Bonifacio Day – November 29 (Monday nearest November 30)
Christmas Day  – December 25 (Saturday)
Rizal Day  – December 27 (Monday nearest December 30)

Special (Non-Working) Days

Ninoy Aquino Day  – August 23 (Monday nearest August 21)
All Saints Day  – November 1 (Monday)
Additional Special (Non-Working) Day  – December 24 (Friday)
Last Day of the Year  – December 31 (Friday)

Special Holiday (for all schools)

EDSA Revolution Anniversary February 22 (Monday nearest February 25)

I wonder if they will add additional holiday for Labor Day, since May 1 is a Saturday. hehe

Plan your vacation now! yipee!

source: proclamation 1841

I landed second place in Filipino Blog of the Week (week 187). Thank you very much to all who voted me. Special mention to Sam, Charlotte, Pinkmask and Jhen. I appreciate it a lot.

Congratulations to the 1st placer, Msmiray and the 3rd placer fiel-kun.

I’m still on the week 188 nominees, so if you have time, kindly vote for me again. Just CLICK HERE and scroll down, you will see the poll located on the right side.

a repost from my main blog

Hi everyone! This blog, Simple Pero Rock is one of the Nominees for Filipino Blog of the Week Award (week 187). They have been doing this since April 2006. I feel so honored to be one of the nominees for week 187. Thank you so much to “talksmart” for choosing me to be one of the nominees.

The reward? I’ll get a free space in Talksmart’s site, and of course the happy feeling that my blog is beginning to be noticed in the blogosphere.

So I appeal to you blogger friends, if you have time, Please don’t forget to vote for me. Please click here to vote. Just scroll down, and you will see the poll on the side bar. please vote for redismarose.
Voting is daily.

Thank you so much in advance!