As I watched Jovit Baldivino wait for the announcement of his sure win in the Pilipinas Got Talent last night, the more I was convinced that destiny in any form is always there for the taking. It's not available for just anybody though, but only for those who were conceived to go for the kill, and Jovit is one of them.
Jovit Baldivino was an ordinary pinoy before PGT. He would have been just an ordinary hopeful spectator all through his life, had it not been written in the stars that he will soon be one of the stars- and that, you call destiny. Kris Aquino says it's charisma, FMG may say it's just sheer talent, but having any or both won't assure anyone of superstardom as immediate as that which happened to the 16 year-old Batangueno. As it is, life would surely not be the same again for the diminutive singer that has rocked the whole of Araneta with a voice so powerful it has sent people from all over the world, including me, texting PGT JOVIT to 2331.
Melay Cantiveros was a simple lass from Davao before PBB. She would have been forever simple had it not been her destiny to conquer Big Brother's house and PBB fans. The euphoria of his winning PBB Double Up- Season 3 has already died down, but look where she is now, rubbing elbows with the gods and goddesses of movie and television fiefdoms. A feat that has steamed not from extra-ordinary looks and a super-duper talent because we know she cannot boast of so much. Yet, whatever it is that has endeared her to the masa, there is no denying that Melay is already there where her stars should be. So again, for me, that is destiny.
Charice Pempenco has been wishing to reach the stars since she was a kid, until a contest in ABS-CBN shuttered all her dreams. Young as she was then, and not quite prepared for that one big loss, she retreated and stopped her fancy flight for a while. It took someone else to upload a video of her singing in another country for her to redeem the victory that she felt was denied of her, and the rest is history. Where is Charice now? She's all over the world. What is she now? A renowned artist of the first caliber hobnobbing with the mightiest of the mighty in the international music world. If you don't call that destiny, then what do you call that?
The above-mentioned references with how destiny chartered itself is not so much different from the fate of Benigno Simeon Aquino III being finally elected to the Presidency. Who would have think PNoy would be President of this country? First, it was never an ambition for him. Second, the Aquino family was against the idea: no, not again, never. Third, his critics say there was no outstanding political performance to back him up, just in case. In fact, he and his family were so reluctant to give the nod even up to the last hour, an the decision was such in a haste that not even a clear platform was made available until halfway through the campaign. Moreover, he didn't have the much needed political machinery and campaign funds yet he survived through the help of millions of volunteers and donations, and finally he was elected.
PNoy's percentage of the votes at 42.08% is the highest plurality since the restoration of democracy in EDSA. It may not have been pre-programmed but he was destined to lead, and so it is. No one can ever prevent destiny because it's there for the taking, and so it goes..
Jovit Baldivino was an ordinary pinoy before PGT. He would have been just an ordinary hopeful spectator all through his life, had it not been written in the stars that he will soon be one of the stars- and that, you call destiny. Kris Aquino says it's charisma, FMG may say it's just sheer talent, but having any or both won't assure anyone of superstardom as immediate as that which happened to the 16 year-old Batangueno. As it is, life would surely not be the same again for the diminutive singer that has rocked the whole of Araneta with a voice so powerful it has sent people from all over the world, including me, texting PGT JOVIT to 2331.
Melay Cantiveros was a simple lass from Davao before PBB. She would have been forever simple had it not been her destiny to conquer Big Brother's house and PBB fans. The euphoria of his winning PBB Double Up- Season 3 has already died down, but look where she is now, rubbing elbows with the gods and goddesses of movie and television fiefdoms. A feat that has steamed not from extra-ordinary looks and a super-duper talent because we know she cannot boast of so much. Yet, whatever it is that has endeared her to the masa, there is no denying that Melay is already there where her stars should be. So again, for me, that is destiny.
Charice Pempenco has been wishing to reach the stars since she was a kid, until a contest in ABS-CBN shuttered all her dreams. Young as she was then, and not quite prepared for that one big loss, she retreated and stopped her fancy flight for a while. It took someone else to upload a video of her singing in another country for her to redeem the victory that she felt was denied of her, and the rest is history. Where is Charice now? She's all over the world. What is she now? A renowned artist of the first caliber hobnobbing with the mightiest of the mighty in the international music world. If you don't call that destiny, then what do you call that?
The above-mentioned references with how destiny chartered itself is not so much different from the fate of Benigno Simeon Aquino III being finally elected to the Presidency. Who would have think PNoy would be President of this country? First, it was never an ambition for him. Second, the Aquino family was against the idea: no, not again, never. Third, his critics say there was no outstanding political performance to back him up, just in case. In fact, he and his family were so reluctant to give the nod even up to the last hour, an the decision was such in a haste that not even a clear platform was made available until halfway through the campaign. Moreover, he didn't have the much needed political machinery and campaign funds yet he survived through the help of millions of volunteers and donations, and finally he was elected.
PNoy's percentage of the votes at 42.08% is the highest plurality since the restoration of democracy in EDSA. It may not have been pre-programmed but he was destined to lead, and so it is. No one can ever prevent destiny because it's there for the taking, and so it goes..
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