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If you are a fan of Ramiele Malubay, kindly check out www.Ramiele.com, join the forum, and learn ways on how you can help her reach her dream of being the next American Idol.

For Filipino fans this is what you can do at the moment:

1. BUY her singles at iTunes.com - all her versions, please! One song costs only $0.99. You can pay through paypal.
2. Post videos or pictures of her in youtube, multiply, or wherever! You can actually post it in the forum too.
3. Email-Text-Call-Write your friends and relatives who are living in US. Tell them to vote relentlessly for Ramiele each week.
4. Go to AmericanIdol.com and post for forums that are pro-Ramiele. You know, that small big package has been receiving quite a number of hate messages, and I don’t think it’s good. Let’s remove all those TROLLS away!

5. Join the polls in Votenumber1.com.
6. Watch her performance each week.
7. If you own websites and blogs, link the official site to yours. The official site of Ramiele is found in Ramiele.com

If you have more suggestions, post it as a comment here. Thanks!

I am so grateful to the people of America for letting Ramiele stay for another week. Now, this is her last chance to prove herself worthy of the effort that the people of America is giving to her. She’s talented, but, she should show that she’s competitive enough to stay in American Idol. A lot of commentators say she’s going to last only until the eighth week of the season–let’s see how true this is. Again, I am so grateful for letting her in again. In fact, she’s one of the contestants who remained “safe” in the competition, and was not in fact not a part of the bottom three..so she must really be “popular”. I am sad that David Hernandez had to go. I really thought that it’s Kristy Lee Cook who’s going home tonight..but I have guessed it too poorly. So anyway… I was laughing out loud after the AI camera showed Ramiele Malubay’s parents and Danny Noriega..I was laughing at the “caption” that they typed into the video— Ramiele’s Parents & best friend. Haha. That was really funny. Only about 7 days ago, that “best friend” is a part of the American Idol show. It’s just weird. Oh well..it was so sweet of Danny to have come to watch Ramiele and show some love and support. The two’s really so close now. Here’s a picture of them that I really, really like.

I watched Ramiele’s video singing “In My Life” in Youtube and I can actually take back what I have said in my previous post. I am no longer disappointed about it anymore..maybe I just had some “huge” expectations from her for the past week. I never really realized that she sang the song pretty well. I really love her voice. Her version is not a contest-type still but is something that will be placed in records that will really make a big hit for every place here on Earth! I loved it. I feel better now.

While listening to her singing, I remembered how that song made an impact to me years ago. That very song is something that I dedicated to my bestfriend, Carmela. I sang it in her 18th birthday party…I struggled with the chords but somehow I managed to do so.. The lyrics contained the thing that I felt for her and our friendship. And I am just so glad that Ramiele did it.. Maybe she did it for people like me—to remind me that somewhere in my life’s journey, I have met this really wonderful person that made a very great impact.

There are places I remember, all my life.. ‘Though some have changed.. some forever, not for better..Some have gone, but some remain..
All these places have their moments–with lovers and friends– I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I’ve loved them all

But all of these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never ever lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them……
In my life, I love you more

The message of the song is so true to me. I think Ramiele did a really good job earlier. I really, really feel a lot better now. I’m sorry Ramiele. No matter what happens, know that I am still your greatest fan..That will never ever change.

Before Ramiele took the stage tonight, I had this really horrible vibe that she might not hit it once again this week! Ramiele Malubay, a 20-year old American Idol Top 12 contestant, haven’t got the approval from the judges of the American Idol again! This must be Ramiele’s roughest three weeks of her lifetime. I was glad that she chose to sing one of my favorite songs from the Beatles, In my Life, but I guess she hasn’t incorporated the song really well that it appeared as if she’s just singing another karaoke song. The arrangement wasn’t that good too. I myself is a musician and I can brag that I could sing that song better than how Ramiele did tonight! Just as she hit the first note, I felt that she can’t make the judges be proud of her. Like Randy, I was waiting for this “magic” and this “style” that she should be showing but it didn’t come off. All Ramiele’s family and fans have waited for a whole week for this, but really, I AM DISAPPOINTED. I feel a littled dishearted by what this girl is doing on the show. I think she is so being self-centered, having to choose an arrangement that doesn’t really equalize her level. She should not forget that American Idol is a competition and not only a show where she sings to entertain people. It’s both a competition and as well as a show. She entertains and competes with the rest.

She is really huge,man. And I really believe in her talent. What I meant by ‘Rami’s being self-centered’ is that she is always dwelling to the issues that she had in the past. Like the ‘past experience and stuff’ that she had that made her sing “Against All Odds”, and ’singing for the friends who have gone (I bet it’s for Danny Noriega, really)’ that she sang the song “In My Life”. It’s just that those songs were really big time that it’s hard for somebody to have the same song arrangement and singing style that could make it really unforgettable in a competition such as the American Idol. The song “In My Life” is a good song to sing though, but for a competition, Ramiele’s arrangement is just too shallow for it to become competitive. I am really disappointed that I just wanted to cry. But don’t get me wrong—I love Ramiele still. I love her outfit today..the hair and the makeup. I love the singing too, but it isn’t really a good song choice to present in a competition. Actually, if she can play the piano or the guitar, it might have sounded pretty okay though. Like Brook White’s version of “Let it Be”. Dude, if she hasn’t played the piano, she’s not going to make it. She’ll look as boring as the movie I SPY. But because she played the piano, she made a great impact to the judges and to the audience. There’s really a big difference in there. Mind you, if Ramiele really played the piano or guitar too, it’ll be fantastic!

Because I felt unhappy, I was moved to buy a gallon of ice cream and consume all of it. I feel really bad for Ramiele. I hope America won’t forget to vote for her. She has this talent and everybody can see that. She just needs somebody that could teach her on what to do and not to do. Also, as an act of rebellion against Rami.. .. look at the picture of me below..

I’m eating the weirdest food Ramiele has ever eaten–the Balut! 18 days duck egg, boiled. I really feel bad about what happened tonight on American Idol. I really hope and pray that she’s still going to make it next week. If she’s not going to make it next week, I am dead sure she can make it to the platinum here in the Philippines. Mind you, Wowowee’s latest album went to gold. How much more if it’s from Ramiele? I sure will buy her album if she’s going to release one. Even she will not make it next week and she comes to the Philippines, I might go to Manila and meet her at the airport. I so love her….I just feel bad though…but I still love her. You can do it, Ramiele!

*Note: I may be smiling at those pictures, but really, I feel terrible inside.

PS
If she’s going to make it to the next round, I hope and pray that she’ll not mess up anymore.

I can’t believe myself about not hearing of this TOTALLY FUNNY Bb. Pilipinas 2008 Pageant until I heard the news on TV Patrol earlier this evening. The Bb. Pilipinas World 2008 Miss Janina San Miguel got only not the beauty, but also the humor. I never thought such stuffs can rise up to the most famous beauty pageant in the country! I thought they only come in small barrio and school beauty contests—hanggang sa Bb. Pilipinas din pala! Here’s the full interview of Janina:

Paolo Bediones: Janina, how are you?
Janina San Miguel: Fine. (thanks)
Paolo Bediones: Alright, so you won two of the major awards - Best in Long Gown, Best in Swimsuit, do you feel any pressure right now?
Janina San Miguel: No, I don’t feel any pressure right now.
Paolo Bediones: Confident! Alright! Please choose a name of the judge.
Paolo Bediones: We have Miss Vivian Tan.
Vivian Tan: Good Evening.
Janina San Miguel: Good Evening.
Vivian Tan: The question is, what role did your family play to you as candidate to Binibining Pilinas?
Janina San Miguel: Well, my family’s role for me is so important b’coz there was the wa- they’re, they was the one who’s… very… Hahahaha… Oh I’m so sorry, Ahhmm… My pamily… My family… Oh my god.. I’m… Ok, I’m so sorry… I… I told you that I’m so confident… Eto, Ahhmm, Wait… Hahahaha, Ahmmm, Sorry guys because this was really my pirst pageant ever b’coz I’m only 17 years old and ahahaha I, I did not expect that I came from, I came from one of the taf 10. Hmmm, so… but I said that my family is the most important persons in my life. Thank you.

I fell out of my chair after viewing that Youtube vid! haha. It would have been funnier if Paolo Bediones said, “Very well said.” Oh no… That is really embarassing. I was like hiding myself behind the computer monitor while viewing the video..I can’t believe what I just heard and seen, man! It was so real. Poor Janina, she doesn’t know that a lot of bloggers like me have blogged about it already. Oh well..I’m sorry girl.

In fairness to her, she outcasted the other girls in the pageant! What more if those other girls took her place? It would have been a lot funnier, I guess. She’s got the body and the beauty. As many of the judges say, Miss World Beauty Pageant doesn’t need a Brainy Binibining Pilipinas but a Beauty and Body Pilipinas who can wear that evening dress and swimsuit! I must say that there have been a lot of attempts from us to send out one of the brainiest lass we can chuck out from this country for the Miss World pageant but none of them ever got the title! Who knows? This person that we’re laughing at will bring home the ever precious title? The Miss World pageant allows interpreters anyway, so, I guess we should not worry much about it. She sure can speak Tagalog, right?

She’s funny too. If she can’t make it in being huge in the ramp, she sure can become the next Ms. Melanie Marquez!

I am still surprised of why they’re not going for The Songs of the 90s this week on American Idol Season 7. Maybe they’re trying to build singers who can sing the old poprock, ballads, and other genre other than what we always hear nowadays –RnB and Pop. The songs of the Beatles are a lot more challenging too, and this may also be one of the reasons why they haven’t went on with The Songs of the 90s this week. Oh well.. I have my own set of favorite songs made by the Beatles..I hope Ramiele’s going to pick one of these songs…

♥ All you need is love
♥ Besame Mucho
♥ Blackbird *but I don’t think this song suits Ram’s voice and style
♥ Here, there, everywhere
♥ Hey Jude
♥ I will
♥ In my life
♥ I’ve got a feeling
♥ Let it be * This should be sung by David Archuleta!
♥ Love me tender
♥ Obla-di, Obla-da *I actually like this song—-I miss my Dad so much..
♥ ‘Till there was you
♥ Yesterday

hhhm.. I got a feeling that Amanda and Carly will make it to the top this week.. I just can feel it.. I hope Ramiele’s going to choose the right song for her this time….*fingers crossed*

I can’t wait ’til tomorrow’s American Idol show!

Ramielle love..I know you can do it! kayang-kaya mo yan! We are all here behind you.. and if you can’t make it (which is really impossible).. WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. You can be a great Filipino artist and singer.. I will surely be buying your records..

Ramiele Malubay is T.oo M.uch T.o H.andle! She’s not just gorgeous..she’s sweet..she has a really good  voice..plus..she is just so natural. Even though there are pictures of her in the internet that shows her not-so-good-image, still I think she’s nice. Wtf!? Anybody can pose like that! I mean, the girl’s just having fun with friends and coworkers when they took that pic. It’s not like she’s creating a pornographic material. If you see those pictures, you can really tell that she’s just having fun with her friends–no BIG deal. Period.

Anyway, I was so glad to have heard her sing one of my favorite songs of all time — Against All Odds. She had her own arrangement of the song and I think it was really good. But…I just have one issue about her singing…….. she should let it all out.. I mean, she had it pretty fine, but I think she hasn’t shown her real vocal talent yet. I only wish Lani Misalucha (who is in the States right now) should come and see her and give her words of inspiration. I know she has the talent that’s why America’s voting for her. She should let her true talent come out before it’s too late. People might get lazy to vote for her. That’s a sad truth.. but…I really like her anyway. I had her picture on my phone’s wallpaper and screensaver. I really like her a lot.

Nobody really knows how far will all the TOP 16 American Idol Season 7 contestants go after this week’s elimination…Nobody knows, even the judges doesn’t know. But, I am confident that my American Idol Season 7 bet, Ramiel Malubay will go a long way…Maybe longer than Jasmine Trias, who knows, right? For as long as there are a million of both Filipino and Americans who will vote for her in every elimination week, I think she’s going to be alright. Jasmin Trias won the third place in Season 3 because of the call votes she got from the State where she came from –Hawaii. So I guess, Ramiele will be just fine.

I don’t know why Ramiele hasn’t got a wikipedia page yet, but I hope somebody will write about her soon. Anyway, when you go to www.google.com and search in the words, Ramiele Malubay, the first 10 pages out of 8,590 is pretty interesting to note. The very first search comes from www.americanidol.com (which I think is the official website of the contest), which says “Ramiele Malubay–Top 24 contestants”. Second in rank is from an American Idol fan page which posts videos of past performances of this season’s Top 24 contestants from week 1. The third page is again another fan site which corrects Ramiele’s name spelling, stating that Ramiele comes with only one L. The fourth page feature is another weblog about Ramiele Malubay saying she’s far from the bottom two. The fifth was another wordpress blog for Ramiele (gosh..with this, I know she’s getting the vote of the Filipinos in the US who watches American Idol). THe sixth is a forum which is pro-Ramiele..(haha).. The seventh page is a profile in Myspace.com, made maybe by a fan of Ramiele. The eighth page was quite interesting because it stated: How tall is Ramiele Malubay?..it was answered by Yahoo! answers..cool… the answer says she’s 4′11″.. and the tenth page was from ricky.org… another pro-Ramile site! whew! Btw, I have been to Ramiele’s official website, I hope you come to visit it there and show some love!

This is the third week for the American Idol Season 7. They said that this week’s theme will be Songs of the 80s. I wonder what Ramiele Malubay, a Filipino-American semi finalist, will sing. I hope she considers singing one of my favorite 80s song. Here is the list of my favorites from the 80s:

•  Heaven  (Bryan Adams) •  When I see you smile (Bad English) • Eternal Flame (Bangles) • Time and Tide (Basia) • Against All Odds (Philip Collins) • I want to know what love is (Foreigner) • Let’s Wait Awhile (Janet Jackson) • Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx) • It Must have been Love (Roxette) • Do That to me One more Time (Captain and Tenille) •

Ramiele Malubay’s voice is really cool for slower songs. I hope she will not again choose another song that unfits her singing abilities and her style. She should go for songs that she likes singing, even if they’re all slow songs. I am a fan of many good, local and international, singers and I really wouldn’t mind if a singer cannot sing a fast song. Who cares? At least, if that singer can’t sing a fast song but she can be really great with the slow ones, that’s totally okay. Not all “fast songs” singers too are gifted with versatility to sing slow songs…and Not all “slow songs” singers are gifted with versatility to sing fast songs also. Let’s consider Leah Salonga, she only has a few pop and not-so-fast songs in many of her albums being released…and, honestly, Pop doesn’t really suit her. What I am trying to emphasize is, Ramiele’s lullaby singing is totally okay. At least, we all get to sleep sweetly and peacefully when she sings.