We Chasters all have a story of how Charice has touched our lives. I myself have been touched in so many ways. Please tell us how she touched yours. Charicemania received this testimonial from Jomz that I want to share with you:
I’ve never been a super fan of someone until Charice. Let me share with you how Charice touches my life just by doing what she does best… Sing!
I stumbled across Charice way back her during her “Little Big Star” days. I remember coming home from school during the weekends and my mother would immediately say, I’m just right on time. My mother and I bonded a lot cause of charice just by watching her perform and I’m grateful for that because we’ve never had that kind of relationship before. So when Charice got eliminated, we got so disappointed that we never watched little big star again after that. It’s like why bother now? My mama and I used to say, ‘what??? I mean, that was the best vocals we’ve ever heard. Then the ‘beauty factor’ came in and I was like…’hey, she’ll grow into a beauty someday’. And that time I was also like, ‘come on..It’s easier to do something to our outside appearance than do something with what’s within’. I guess they had never seen what’s within her that time, the amount of talent she has.
But then a friend of mine told us that there will be a wild card on LBS and we we’re like, ok! We’ll watch LBS again, hehehehe. We’re so thrilled that she got back on LBS then and when the finals arrived, when they were announcing the winners, we’re like holding our breaths and said…’noooh.. 3rd place?’ Again we felt disappointed but still she’s the winner for us.
After that, I constantly waited for her appearances on local tv shows, but I guess there’s only a few back then. And then on one faithful event, while I was browsing YouTube, I come across her video of “And I am telling you I’m not going” in korea….and I know this sounds like what everybody felt when they first saw that video…’goosebumps! I’ve felt that too’. From that video, so many surprises have happened to her since then. International TV guestings…’hey that’s more than what I want to happen to her too’. I just want to see her on the local shows and look what I get to see…Ellen, Oprah…’wow! how good things are going for her’.. But it never stopped there. I get to see more surprises from Charice. And everyday I’m beaming with pride and smiles.
I’m actually a graduate student of chemistry and being so means a lot of studying to do, lots of sleepless nights and most of all stress. Believe me, when I feel like I’m gonna burst because of the pressure of my studies, I always find myself listening and watching to charice’s songs and videos. And just listening to her soulful voice calms me. She does make me feel that, I too, have a lot of surprises that are yet to come in my life. Knowing that, I get right back on my feet.
In different ways, I know Charice had touched our lives. I also believe that she will become more of what she is now because there are lots of people who believed in her. I guess that’s what it takes for us to succeed in our lives, to have someone believe in us no matter what.
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I would like to address this to all of you who posted dated Oct 2009,
I am new to Charicemania (3 months old) and I can only agree with you because you all said what I wanted to say. I feel the same way and you said it all. I’m so Chaddicted already and I don’t want to be cured. I’m married with 2 pre-teens – that’s enough stress lol, but I have my escape and therapy. Thanks to you all, you now belong to my world – Chariceworld, like I wrote elsewhere, where the sun is always shining and the sky is blue and friends abound…
from vancouver
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Ooh dang i just typed a long comment and when i submitted it it come up blank! Please please tell me it worked properly? I dont want to write it again if i do not have to! Either the blog bugged out or i am just stuipd, the second option doesnt surprise me lol.
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Fuzu, I’m releasing this comment which went to spam, but bad news, I don’t see your long comments. You will have to re-submit, sorry.
Thanks,
Max
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hey CM, what happened to comments 1 to 10, just disappeared? my comment was number 7.
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no worries Lola-Elrem. I still see your comment, just click “older comments” at the bottom of these comments and it will take you back to the first page to your comment #7 Well, they’re not numbered any more, too bad. But it’s still there!
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I Googled her and OMG, it was like i was a child at a party where the ceiling opened up and candy filled the room. I can seriously say I did nothing for the next day but watch her videos. Then strangely enough, something happened to divert my attention, and I let her slip from my mind for a few months.
A friend of mine mentioned that she saw this little Filipino girl on TV, and recorded her singing on tape. Well, to make a long story short, I watched her appearance on the Oprah show. That immediately brought back the memory of her Ellen Show performance.
After that, it was on to her website where I watched more videos. Then the clincher…..her MMK documentary. After I watched her story, Chaddictness came over me like a storm. Then I discovered Charicemania. Before long I was commenting and becoming more involved in interacting with her rabid fans.
Then I planned to attend the first David Foster and Friends after party in Las Vegas. Fate intervened and I was unable to go. But I tried to help the party be successful and pleaded for all fans, even if they were not going, to contribute to the party because I so much wanted it to be a success.
Soon, KV invited me to become a contributor and join the CM team. I just thought I had spent time enjoying Charice until then. Now it seems I cannot go a day without helping here at Charicemania. Some days I spend more time involved with Charicemania than I really should. It has become a fascinating volunteer job that tends to keep me glued to the PC more and more. I have to force myself to take a break from my cyber world life and enjoy my real world family and friends.
But I have made so many friends here that I will have to say it has been one of the most satisfying aspects of my life. The Charice Community is a great community and I am proud to be here.
Do you think Charice has touched my life?
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Been to the Middle East in the 80s (ARAMCO & SABIC). Boredom and homesickness are hindrance to planned and continued stay there. So you are lucky, you have CHARICE to relieve stress and ease those homesick feelings. Of course cellphones are of great help too, unlike those costly long distance telephone calls during our days.
Your last sentence said it all: CHARICE is the best thing that ever happened to you and to us too… I had my plans realized, I hope you too.
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Good Luck Charice
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jn,
You are so right. Two years ago I would have never in all my wildest dreams imagined that I would become an advocate of a prodigal young talent who I ont only enjoy every day of my life, but also acquainted me with a whole new country and all of it’s wonderful people. I have made many frinds there…..all becuase of Charice.
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I live in the US and I have been following Charice ever since she was on the Oprah show. I have downloaded as many videos as I can of her performances and interviews. I have a fairly large collection and I have watched her go from her days on Ellen to now and I have seen her grow and get better and smoother at her performances. I fix computers for a living and one day a friend of mine asked me to come to his house and help him fix a problem with a Microsoft product. After about 30 minutes of looking at the program I could not figure out the problem, so we called Microsoft tech support. After we were on the phone for quite a while and after trying several different things which were not working the tech support lady contacted a more experienced support person and that person was doing some research into our problem. In the mean time we were just sitting on the phone with this Microsoft tech support lady waiting for the next thing to try. Having to fix a lot of computers I often spend a lot of time on the phone with other technical support people and usually they are from and in countries where their accent is so thick that I have difficulty understanding what they are saying, but not this lady from Microsoft. I could clearly understand what she was saying, but I knew she was not American, so I asked her what country she was in and she said the Philippines. I said wow I did not expect tech support from the Philippines, because there are a few other countries that are better known for their companies that provide tech support for US companies. After I complemented her on her easy to understand english accent I asked her if she heard of Charice Pempengco, and she said she had and that she was one of her favorite singers. I told her that I was a huge fan of Charic’s and I loved to listen to her sing. This tech support lady told the other people in the call center that she was talking to an American who was a huge fan of Charice’s and she told me that they were all very surprised to hear of an American who was a huge fan of Charice. This created an instant connection between us and calmed an otherwise somewhat tense situation, because we were not real happy with this Microsoft program that was being very difficult. Where I live in the US I don’t know any Filipino people, although I’m sure there are some around here. It is very cool that an awesome young singer can breakdown international boarders and connect people in ways they never expected.
Thank you Charice, keep singing.
Kentw
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Welcome kentw to our world Chariceworld. lol music is the universal language afterall.
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Looking for Manang Babes of Anaheim for Charice LA gig:
Manang Babes, are you going to watch Charice at Universal Studios? I dont drive in LA and hoping I can pay gas and ride with you to Universal and watch charice. It will be fantastic.
I didnt lose your email but cant remember. I owe u lunch.
Lola F
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Then the boys grew into full adults – but my half-self dragged on.
Last spring, my chaddicted-sisters from the West Coast emailed me you tube videos of a 16-year old Filipina singer. I deleted any messages but my sister was relentless – “Ate” just listen. It was Charice entertaining the post-Oscar guests. She didn’t look too impressive when she walked into the stage.. I asked myself what can a disney-age kid do but sing disney-like songs in a disney-trendy way. But when this little girl opened her mouth, lo and behold! .. my jaw dropped, got goose bumped, and tears welled in my eyes. Oh my god, oh my god, who is this girl??? Her angelic voice soothed the inner me, and I started feeling complete.
I googled about Charice, shocked to learn that she started years ago. Where was I.. rather, why was I ignoring her all these years?? Never had a singer affected me as much as Charice had, and continue to do.
Yes again and again I say, Charice completed me. Charice is my daily companion, she is the healer of my lonely soul. Thank you Charice for singing to me! Thank you God for bringing Charice into my life! LABYO CHARICE!
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I am planning to buy the other Christmas Album for Special Olympics it is good because Ican play it every Christmas. I am on a tight budget that is why I can not buy all of her albums besides I am waiting for her International album too.
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fr Camel family
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