Jessica Sanchez Almost Did Not Make It

Jaw-dropping result right? Have you watch the American Idol last night? "Jessica Sanchez is one of the best singers in America ever" said Randy Jackson.



This is an awakening moment for us all. This is NOT about the "race". But being a Filipino, we should show our support by casting our votes for Jessica Sanchez every week. Votes matter a lot in a competition like this. If we want her to be the next American Idol, do your part. Judges can't save her all the time. We know that Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler believed in her but, it's not enough. Votes count a lot! So, let us all do our part. Good luck to Jessica Sanchez. No matter what happens, win or lose, you will go a long way girl!

Salute to the US Troops

Please pray for the family of the 30 US service members who died in Afghanistan last Saturday. 22 of them were Navy Seals and considered as the "best of the best", too sad that their lives ended this way. May they rest in peace!Let us continue to support our troops. To all my friends who are married to the "men in uniform", my great respect for everything you endure. Patriotic people are praying for the safety of your family always.

Let us all honor the men and women in uniform. They served our country with courage and dedication so; it is but right to support and defend our soldiers.

America the Beautiful

written by: Katharine Lee Bates

Happy Fourth of July! I would like to share this song to all of us who enjoyed the Gift of FREEDOM and LIBERTY which this country has given us!

( This is a poem by Katharine Lee Bates, first appeared in print in The Congregationalist, a weekly journal, on July 4, 1895. She revised the lyrics in 1904 and again in 1913- source:kids.niehs.nih.gov)

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!

America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness.



America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for heroes prov'd
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life.

America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears.

America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.