Last night watching "Maalaala mo kaya" featuring life story of Allan Pineda Lindo a.k.a. APL DE AP of the Black Eyed Peas, I can't help but wonder how talented we Filipinos really are. Just two weeks ago, a Filipina in the person of Jasmine Trias was one of the three remaining contestants in American Idol. Though quite an achievement, poor Jasmine was caught in the center of controversy who managed to survive by getting a large number of votes which costs La Toya London's farewell in the said reality TV show. There's also Mutya Buena of Sugababes, one of UK's most popular girl group. Not to mention cute Mike Mejia, winner of Star Search.

With all the bad things of being a Filipino or living in this country we face in our every day lives; Abu Sayyaf, actor-politicians and politician-actors, corruption in the government, air, water, land and noise pollution, poverty, etc. etc., but because of Allan, Jasmine, Mutya, Mike and many others making it big internationally, aren't we proud of being Filipinos? I am.