Sarah Geronimo: The Philippines' Music Royalty Proved The Popstar In Her

Multi-awarded singer and box office queen redefined the popstar as Sarah G. Live!, her first musical variety show, started airing last Sunday, 26 February 2012.  The show is also hosted by Luis Manzano and Derek Ramsay; plus the regular dancers G-Force with Gab Valenciano give color with every production number. Her segment Sige Go! which she shoot her different adventures. Her leading man in the movies Catch Me I'm In Love and I Won't Last A Day Without You, Gerald Anderson, was featured as her surprise guest and gave a post valentine date in a yacht. The comedy concert queen Ms. Ai Ai Delas Alas visited and put flavor in the show.

Sarah proved to the viewers and fans that she is the one and only popstar princess. Catch Sarah G. Live! every Sunday night after Rated K only on ABS-CBN. 

A1: The First Boyband I Liked And Loved

I am a fan of late 90's music. One of them is A1. They were composed of Ben Adams, Mark Read, Christian Ingebrigtsen and Paul Marazzi. I completed in buying their albums and purchased some merchandise like button pin and t-shirt.

Their first album called Here We Go had 12 tracks. Be The First To Believe, Summertime Of Our Lives, Ready Or Not, Everytime, and Like A Rose were included in that album.

Their second album The A-List contained the hits such as Take On Me, No More, One More Try, and Same Old Brand New You.

Make It Good was their third album that showed Mark and Christian's skills in playing musical instruments: keyboards and guitar. Songs that were included in that album were Caught In The Middle, Make It Good, Learn To Fly, and One Last Song.

As Paul left the group they released the greatest hits album called A1: The Best Of. It includes their hits from their previous albums plus their unreleased tracks titled High And Dry and You're Not In Love. You're Not In Love and Living The Dream are my most favorite among their tracks since their debut.

When the group disbanded, they were active releasing their solo albums and singles in Europe. At the year 2009, Ben joined Celebrity Big Brother in United Kingdom and took fifth place at the show's big finale night.

More than a decade after releasing a total of four albums and Paul's departure, Ben, Christian, and Mark regrouped and continued their career as A1. They released their latest album Waiting For Daylight.

Few days before their concert in Manila, I decided not to attend because of financial problems. I would not be able to see them perform live on stage. Good luck to them together with Blue and Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees.

Top 7 Asian Drama Love Teams

Today is Valentines Day! Though I'm still single, I felt in love when I see onscreen couples either on TV or film. So I listed my top 7 team ups in Taiwanese and Korean dramas. 

7. Jiro Wang & Rainie Yang

Fahrenheit’s rocker met a bubbly lady in Taiwanese idol drama ToGetHer. Even though I’m not a fan of its female lead, I still watched the drama and loved her character. It was because of the male lead why I liked the drama even more.

6. Lee Min Ho & Park Min Young

The sweetest MinMin couple in the biggest and most expensive Korean drama called City Hunter had found love each other last year. I wasn’t familiar with its female lead; but when I saw her in Philippine TV this year, she’s very pretty. Though their relationship lasted for six months, I had seen their eyes sparkle in this drama.

5. Calvin Chen & Reen Yu

A guy with sunshine smile and a girl with charming personality collaborated with a scent of magic in Taiwanese drama Love Buffet. Because the male lead is my favorite Fahrenheit member, I liked and loved the female lead when she replied four times in both Facebook and Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. Thus, their drama was one of my favorite Taiwanese idol dramas I’ve ever seen.

4. Rain & Song Hye Kyo

The most talented Korean superstar and the most beautiful face in Korea made a mark in Korean drama hit Full House. These two were crazy in some funny scenes that viewers loved not only through its characters but also the story itself. I listed them as one of my favorite love teams in Korean dramas.

3. Park Shin Hye & Jung Yong Hwa

They first worked together in Korean drama You’re Beautiful. Because of fans’ demand, they worked again in Heartstrings: classical and modern music bonded by strings in their hearts. Because of this drama, I liked these two individuals on both music and TV scene.

2. Aaron Yan & Gui Gui

One of the most clicked tandems in Taiwan came from idol action drama Mysterious Incredible Terminator. The cutest member in Hey! Girl and the most talented member from Fahrenheit teamed up together and fans wanted to know the real score after they wrapped up the said series. As I became somewhat a fan of this team up, I felt that there’s something going fishy between these two, especially when they posted micro-blogs to each other in the Chinese version of Twitter called Weibo.

1. Wu Chun & Ella Chen

The most romantic pair made in Taiwanese TV from idol drama Hana Kimi that stole fans’ hearts because of their chemistry. Though they didn’t get together in real life, their fans still support them as the former Fahrenheit member continues to prove himself as a movie actor and SHE member will tie a knot with his Malaysian fiancé. Although I wasn’t really their fan, I ranked them first because of their mysterious connection between them from filming to promoting the drama.

My Top 7 Korean Stars That I Want To Date This Valentines

Nowadays, I noticed some male Korean celebrities that are good-looking. Because Korean wave is still in demand not only in Asia but also worldwide, female fans like me want to date with whoever is her bias. When I watched Showbiz Korea Year-End special on Arirang channel, they conducted an online survey for viewers to know who were on top 7 among Korean male celebrities that they want to date. Thus, I also made a personal list in who are my top 7 male idol stars in Korea that I want to date because next week is Valentines Day.

 7. Adrien Lee

He’s one of the emcees of Arirang’s Showbiz Korea. When I watched this show, I noticed him because he’s so handsome and can speak in English. Because of that, we could easily communicate with each other if we’re in dating status.

6. Rain

Jung Ji Hoon is his real name; I saw him as an actor in Korean drama hit Full House before I knew him as a singer. He’s more handsome when he cut his long hair for his album Rainism. Though he’s older than me, age doesn’t matter. I would prefer to date a guy that is older than me.

5. Kim Jonghyun (Shinee)

He’s the most handsome among Shinee members. I recognized him in the music video Ring Ding Dong. He’s cute and has a shining smile with amazing moves. If he would invite me to dance in a romantic dinner, I would definitely say yes and enjoy the time that I’m with him.

4. Jung Yonghwa (CNBlue)

I liked him when ABS-CBN recently aired Heartstrings in the Philippines. Before, I didn’t recognize him as a vocalist in his band CNBlue neither as one of the cast in his drama You’re Beautiful with FT Island’s Lee Hongki, Jang Geunsuk, and female lead Park Shinhye. Because he can play guitar and sing with his whole heart, I would easily fall in love with him.

3. Sungmin (Super Junior)

He’s one of the most handsome and cute member from my favorite Korean boyband Super Junior. I noticed him in the music video Mr. Simple. Though he’s my latest bias, I made him in third rank that I want to date.

2. Choi Siwon (Super Junior)

He’s my second bias in Super Junior. The reason was both my eyes and my heart were melted when I saw his sexy body. I would be the luckiest ELF if he will ask me for a date.

1. Kim Ryeowook (Super Junior)

He is the first Korean celebrity that I liked and loved. His charming personality and cute smile caught my attention. Also he is a good dancer and has an awesome voice. I would scream if he would sing my favorite Super Junior song No Other before asking me either to date me or better to marry me.