Madonna Decena: A Cool and Talented Pinay Mom

You've heard of Madonna Decena, right? But have you heard her?

Source: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VgHNSIqNkzM

I don't know how she manages to do it. There she is in the UK, far away from her children, working hard to secure a better future for her family. She shows her emotions before she sings, and then she sings...

...beautifully!

And at the end, when everyone stands up and praises her, when the judges connect with her, when Simon makes her bitin with his pa-cute joke, she remains quite cool.

I like the part where one of the stage assistants hands her a hanky... and the audience reacts the way Pinoys react (although it didn't quite sound like "Uuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyy!")

Singing well is difficult. Doing all that in the midst of all the emotions churning inside you is simply magical.

Yung mga tao sa bahay na di gaanong pumapansin ng computer, napatigil nung lumabas ka sa YouTube.

(The people here in the house who don't mind the computer stopped and watched when you appeared in YouTube.)

Madonna Decena, we're so proud of you. Thank you for inspiring and touching so many of our lives.

(Thank you, Lorna, for your Madonna Decena in Britain's Got Talent post.)

[ First posted on 04/30/2008 by Manuel Viloria ]