Charice held a concert in Madison Square, with Celine Dion as guest, and more

Selaplana has just elevated Charice to international stardom. She even had pop diva Celine Dion as guest of her concert, in Madison Square Garden, no less. Wow.

National pride and patriotic adulation aside, I am not so sure if this was failure to check facts, or carelessness in writing. But then again, the rest of the entry may prove something else.

Here is the opening paragraph; my comments are in parenthesis:

"You know, as I was watching the movie clip of the duet of Charice and Celine Dion during the former’s concert (italics mine) at the Madison Square Garden, my body’s hairs stood.

(Okay, I can understand that some people still find it difficult to differentiate former from latter. But body's hairs standing is too much to look at! For the record, we don't really use the term movie clip for a concert footage. Video clip might be more acceptable.)

Yes! I feel something strange. Maybe because Carice (sic) is Filipino and she was bringing our nation’s pride as she sung my favorite song “Because You Loved Me”.

(sung? tsk tsk tsk, too elementary)

I know, most of us are impressed of the talent of Charice. Just like what Celine Dion told to her audience about Charice, Charice is really wonderful. She’s incredible singer, sings in her soul, and has the voice that can literally blow the roof of the Madison Square Garden. And yes, I really admired Charice for all of that.

(Oh dear:"impressed of?" I can take that. "sings in her soul?" How does one do that? And as far as I know, the roofs of Madison Square Garden remained intact after the duet, and Celine was using a hyperbole to praise the young singer. Celine said, "You did amazing, and the roof of the Madison (blew) up tonight," To say that Charice has the voice that can literally blow the roof is almost accusing her of destruction of private property.)

But what really impressed during that duet is Celine Dion’s humbleness and generosity. You see, Charice is not really as popular as her, yet she gave Charice the chance to bright at Celine’s fans who watched the concert.

(Who was impressed by Celine's humbleness and generosity? Alright, humbleness maybe acceptable to the Filipino reader, but you can always spellcheck and know that humility is just around the corner. And as to the misplaced pronoun in the "as popular as her" I will pretend it doesn't exist. But this one takes the cake, "she gave Charice the chance to bright at Celine's fans")

So much for that. We have to be proud being Filipino. And let’s all thanks Charice for what she did.

(Yes, and lets all thanks you too.)