other awardees together with my sister--- pilita corrales and pilar pilapil, hahaha! i teased my sister about it... so you're in their league, eh? kini ra silang duha akong nganlan kay mga pop culture personalities man, mas nailhan sa uban nga rarefied ang mga accomplishments, like that awardee who is an international pianist and concertist nga niabot nag tokar sa spain.
i must point out that pilita is a rare breed. morag di graduate sa class of 1953, por santo wa pa man tingaliy natawo nato dinhi anang tuiga. that makes her an octogenarian, aka diamond jubilarian. por santo, ang iyang ka-batch nagtangag na ug private nurses, siya nag-miniskirt pa, energetic pa kaayong ni-perform. she opened the program by regaling the crowd with 6 songs(!)--- english, tagalog, cebuano and spanish (she happens to be spanish-speaking too kay katsila man gyod tawon na siya). whew! she asked the crowd to sing along with her "usahay"; the crowd obliged. wow! what a real great singer, peformer, and trouper. really, she's not pilita for nothing.
p.s. i knew only now that she beat olivia newton-john in an international contest sometime in the 1970s.
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