WCOPA Champ Enzo Morales Shares Secrets to Success

 

Filipinos have been known to be very talented singers around the world. Our beginnings have always been that story of our parents egging us to sing during family gatherings, and new artist Enzo Morales has had about the same fate. To tell that he's musically inclined is shortchanged. His family has always exposed him with the love for music and also, encouraged him to sing. 

Though talented, he's always had this notion of insecurity. He wasn't too keen in joining contests like what usual amateur singers would do in the country. After joining choirs in primary and secondary school, he was urged to join a school competition during his senior year, and that landed him 1st Runner Up. It was then that made him think to pursue greater things in singing. 

 Later on, he decided to audition for something big. It was for the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in 2014. He passed the auditions to represent the country and got mentored by former champ and singing phenom  Jed Madela. He says "I knew then that I had to use the gift and share it with people. In the competition, I was glad to have been able to represent the country and we bagged four awards in that stint. The WCOPA surely wouldn't be my last, and I am open to more opportunities that would come." This resulted in him winning one gold, one silver and two bronzes for the country.

When he got back to the country, he had the opportunity to perform in different radio and TV stations like DZRH, the Eagle network, participate in ASOP (A Song of Praise) competition, guest at DZMM Teleradyo, Wish FM and Walang Tulugan with Master Showman Kuya Germs.

Currently, Enzo Morales finished his Bachelors degree in Psychology from Far Eastern University and is working as a flight attendant for the nation's official carrier Philippine Airlines. He also continues to hone his craft by joining Center for Pop Music Philippines and Star Magic Workshops. 

His advice for those pursuing their dreams of becoming a professional singer is that "You need to practice, surround yourself with people that have the same passion as yours. I feel alive singing, it gives me that adrenaline rush when I am in front of a crowd. Each time I do, I feel like I'm a different person bringing different emotions on stage. Know who you are as an artist and people will adore and support you in your journey."

That makes a lot of sense. If you want to know more about the artist, you'll get to see him more events soon. He's very talented and surely, he's going to give honor to the country even more.

Choose Your Prize with Mentos #ChooseFresh Promo

 

It's everybody's and my favorite Mentos on today's article, we're bring you great news as they launch their very first promo, but you'll be the boss and choose what prize you want! Sounds crazy? But it is true. 

I personally love the different fruity flavors of Mentos but have also grown to like the AIR Action and Spearmint flavors too. It kinda falls on what mood I'm on in different days and yes, I'm sure that I'm not alone when I say that it's been a huge hit for years that, you probably grew up with it. This promo that they're having is just a good way to remind you to CHOOSE FRESH especially this summer. It's pretty hot in here and the pandemic has kept us in cramped, tight spaces, we need something that can cool us down, to feel like we're on a vacation even with a simple thing as a piece of Mentos. It's also meant to be shared and honestly, I'm going to give away some of these to frontliners here in my neighborhood so that they'll have something to feel happy about, even for just a few minutes. I want people to feel they're appreciated at times when they feel like the world's about to fall apart especially in this part of the globe.

 

 

Up for grabs in the promo are choices between Potato Corner or Chatime Vouchers (for week 1), Prepaid Load of Pocket Wifi (week 2), iTunes or Netflix Vouchers (for week 3) and an 8th Gen iPad or Smart TV (on week 4). Now if you actually win the Grand Prize, your choices would be a chilly vacation in Baguio City's The Manor Hotel or Batangas' dreamy Acuaverde Beach Resort. Think of it, you'll get away and spend chilly nights with a cup of coffee in hand and a fireplace, or spend the whole day frolicking in the sand and swimming in the crystal clear waters off the coast. See what I said about being the boss?

To join the actual raffle, you need to buy any of these Mentos rolls then keep the receipt as that would be the convenient proof of purchase that you need to also include in the raffle. Go to their website MentosPromo.ph and fill up the form, submit the required information and you're on your way to win the prizes I mentioned above. 

So now, you know exactly what to get when you're by the counter of 7-11 or groceries and stores nationwide. The receipt is important so make sure you do keep it handy.

Meet the New Mi 11 Lite

One of the leading smartphone manufacturers Xiaomi Philippines has launched the newest addition to the Mi 11 family, they call it the Mi 11 Lite. It's young, fresh and hip, designed for young trendsetters in mind and donnes an ultra slim and light design. The actual unit only weighs 159 grams and the form only is around 6.81mm thin. If you compare that with things that have come out recently, this is definitely one of the lightest. The grip on the other hand isn't flimsy and don't be fooled, this is a pretty powerful phone. 

It has a Qualcomm SM7150 Snapdragon 732G processor and is octa core.It comes in 8GB+128GB variant of storage and memory. The triple camera setup comes with a 64 MP f/1.8 wide main camera, an 8 MP wide angle lens (ultrawide) and a 5 MP f/2.4 which can do macro shots for those closeup things you do for food. The battery is also fast charging at 33W so you can do more things in less time, plus it has a  4250 mAh capacity which can last you the whole day.

The front camera is 16 MP, pretty decent to take selfies with. The video capability of this stays on HD range at 1080p 30fps and 720p 120fps, perhaps enough for online content. When I said young earlier, they got the colors very fancy and called it Boba Black, Bubblegum Blue and Peach Pink. The Mi 11 Lite 8GB+128GB variant is only Php 14,990. You can now purchase it via authorized Mi Stores and their partner retailers nationwide. It is also available online at their official stores in Lazada and Shopee. 

Don't tell me I dind't tell you ha!

See IKEA's Life at Home

What does your home look like? What do you think your home needs in order to make it better? How do you live your life at home?

As you know, IKEA is set to open its doors in Pasay City soon. But before that, IKEA wants to know these too so that they would be able to bring modern furniture design that could help Filipinos thrive at home. This helps them understand what we need so they made the effort to talk to several locals who will benefit with IKEA opening at the SM Mall of Asia grounds soon. It's why they had the Life at Home series launched in their official Facebook page recently.

They now know that eating and sleeping is pretty much cookie cutter but there are really stark differences when it comes to culture because we're very sentimental, and always have extended family at home. Your grandma for instance play a role in the lives of everyone in the family, which is not common for other EU or US households and they talked to Filipinos about it. 

Georg Platzer the Store Manager of IKEA Pasay City says "The four dimensions that help us define home are: the people we live with, the things we own, the amount of space we have and the place we live in. Home is a feeling. This fascination helps us to better understand people’s needs, dreams, and challenges, especially for the new markets we enter like the Philippines."

If you want to know more about how they did it, check out the videos here and their website. You would learn a lot how IKEA studies are conducted in the Philippines.