Talk:Regine Velásquez
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[edit] Á á
Please note that the artist doesn't use the 'á' character in her name.
[edit] Chest notes reply
there are different versions of i have nothing live performance, what version did you listen??? If you want compare it to chaka khan's thru the fire(ab5) and the i have nothing on the audio link when she pulled the word arms and you'll see its far higher. Mariah's loverboy (when she hitted the phrase "i enjoy") is a c6 and her highest in chest voice too. Compare it with I have nothing in audio link, you will notice it sounds the same. Now in reasons(the full version not the edited version when it only shows the b5 headvoice at the end), it's a d6, compare it to i have nothing, loverboy, and you will notice it is one note higher when she pulled the word (why) w/c usually cannot be sang in full chest but you will shift into headvoice. About the butterfly, what version did you watched? it's her duet with kyla in "Kyla's not your ordinary girl concert" when she hitted b5 when she pulled the word "fly".
[edit] Tone of this page
The tone of this page is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. I'd swear the whole thing is taken from some Regine Velasquez promotional website or something. I did a lot of clean up work, but there's still more that needs to be done so I added the clean-up tag. TheCoffee 05:38, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Ok, it turns out pretty much everything was taken from [www.soundclick.com/reginevelasquez]. I did my best to rewrite most of it. TheCoffee 10:55, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Images
Pls. arrange regine velasquez images on this article. Some are automatically deleted by the admins for some reasons.. Tnx.
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[edit] CNN Interview
Regine Velasquez Interview at CNN
Transcript: Regine Velasquez Friday, February 21, 2003 Posted: 0910 GMT
[edit] Regine's highest note
Regine's highest note was f6 in more than words can say. She sang whistle register here, not a superheadvoice or headvoice... In fullvoice, her highest is c6 on her i have nothing rendition. Pls. post dis audios, and i think her song that shows her proper belting control was "i'll never say goodbye, i'll never love this way again, how could you leave me.
[edit] CNN's Lorraine Hahn interviews Regine Velasquez
Lorraine: This week a Filipino superstar who is still capturing hearts after almost 20 years in the music Business. Regine Velasquez is a favorite artist across the Philippines and she has won two MTV Asia Award of the same title to prove it.
The 32-year-old knew she wanted to be a singer when she was just 6 years old. At more than 200 singing competitions she entered during her childhood, Regine won more than 60 of them.
At the age of 14, she entered the New Champion Contest widely recognized as the stepping-stone to stardom in the Philippines. She bagged that prize too and got her first recording deal. And when she represented her country in the 1989 Asia Pacific Singing Contest in Hong Kong, she walked away with the grand prize there as well.
Those wins allow Regine to support her family and send her brothers and sisters to school. Now more than 10 years later, her star is shining even brighter. And you just have to wonder how she does it. Let's find out from Regine herself and she is now in Singapore.
Lorraine: I want to ask you it has been a long time for you in the business, how have you been able to maintain your popularity for so long?
Regine: I have no idea. I guess I just really love what I do. I like singing, I love singing. I love working. I guess that's it. I am actually very blessed that I have these supporters who continue to watch my concerts, buy my albums and watch my movies, so...I am just actually very blessed.
Lorraine: Does it feel like it has been almost two decades?
Regine: Yes....I have been in the business for like...17 years now but it has been a great great ride for me. It was just a dream before but now it's weird...It's a reality, but it's weird for me. I do a lot of things that I never imagine that I will be able to be given a chance to do...like do movies, produce my own album and I also produce other artists. I have a TV shows..I have two TV shows in the Philippines actually..so it has been really really great!
Lorraine: In all your years in the business, have you seen a lot of changes in the Asian music scene?
Regine: Yes...yes...I can say that like...right now I think we are more open to a lot of things. Like back home in the Philippines, we are more open to other sounds and other artists. We welcome Asian artists now because before, we just like to listen to Western music but now we also open to any kind of music.
Lorraine: You know there are a lot of young talents coming out. To me, it is almost every week. Do you think a lot of them are well prepared?
Regine: I think they wouldn't be here if they don't know what they are doing. I suppose they are. For me it's just.. may be they are just really having...trying to have fun. Of course it is also hard work. You know they are not just playing. I used to think that it is just all fun. But it is also hard work. You have to be serious withwhat you do also. You have to keep learning. You can't stop. You know...learning....like discovering things and opening up yourself to other things.
Lorraine: Regine, you have worked with some of the best singers in the World. Did you learn anything from them?
Regine: O..yeah..I love singing with Jeffrey Osbourne and of course I recorded a song with Paul Anka and Peabo Bryson. And of course...it is always a great pleasure for me to work with international artists. It's like one of the things that I only dream about but now it's actually coming true. I also had a chance to work with Brian McKnight. He had a concert back home. It was such a great experience for me.
Lorraine: Regine, aside from yourself, who has been the most instrumental person in your career?
Regine: I have to say...my father. He is the one who believe in what I can do. He is the one who also train me and introduce me in music. Even up to now he is still very very much involve in my career and my life. So, I have to say is it's him.
Lorraine: What sort of things did he do to encourage you?
Regine: He let me do the things that I have always dreamt of doing. He never really thought that I could act. But I wanted to try it so he supported me in doing that. And he never ...When I think I make a mistake, he just keeps pushing me pushing me and pushing me until I get it right. And...both my parents are like that actually. Even back home, all the major decision I don't really do that all the way unless I ask him first. He is my advisor, I make my own decision of course but I still like to ask him first for opinion. I think it's nice.
Lorraine: Very good. So were they pretty strict parents?
Regine: No actually, my parents are not very strict. My mother is very conservative but my father is very modern..so, it's a good mix!
Lorraine: I mentioned earlier you started singing at the age of 6. What attracted a 6-year-old to singing?
Regine: Both my parents sing. My mother plays the guitar and the piano and my father sings. So, I think I really got it from them.
Lorraine: In the genes?
Regine: Yes..that's how I started. I used to just listen to them. I remembered when I was like around 3 to 5 years old, I used to wait for my father to come back home from work and asked him to sing me to sleep!
Lorraine: O...how sweet!
Regine: He used to do that before and he would sing all the old songs he knows until I fall asleep.
Lorraine: Were they like nursery rhymes?
Regine: I actually don't know any. Cos I was listening to old music, songs that my father sings. So, I don't know any nursery rhymes.
Lorraine: When you started out singing in a lounge for example. Were those tough times?
Regine: Yes, when I was starting, yes! I used to sing in restaurants and lounges...I couldn't really say it was tough for me as I was singing, singing is always been a joyful things for me. Everytime I sing, I was happy. I wasn't really thinking of anything else because I was enjoying, I was singing and performing.
Lorraine: Now you've been singing for so many years. Do you still need to train your voice and practice before you go on stage or before you record an album?
Regine: Oh, yes, I still...like I said earlier. I think it is very important for artists like me to always keep an open mind, keep learn and not stop. Listening to music and not stop. Trying new things and experiment.
Lorraine: And how do you do that, do you still do that in the water?
Regine: No, not anymore, not anymore! But every time I have a concert, of course we have to rehearse the songs that we have to do in the concerts, so I do that still.... before a concert, I just try not to speak too much because I am such a big-mouth...I keep talking before the concert so I end up not having a voice when the concert started...so...I just ask people around to stop talking with me for a while so that I will be able to preserve my voice.
Lorraine: And where did this idea, the rehearsing in the water...come from?
Regine: My father did that. I have no idea where he got that , I don't know, he just did it. But it worked. It was supposed to make my stomach muscle stronger or whatever, and develop my lung power... make my voice stronger, I suppose...(laughs)
Lorraine: Regine, do you think that yourself not coming from a privileged family have made you a more determined person in your career?
Regine: Yes, I think so and it has made me more ...it made me appreciate all the blessings that I have been getting...cos my family was really really really poor...I just really wanted to help them, I want to send my siblings to school and I was able to. That was my greatest accomplishment actually.
Lorraine: Regine, that must be quite a responsibility.
Regine: I didn't really think of it that way. I wanted to help but I didn't really think that it was such a big responsibility. I wanted to sing and I was given an opportunity to sing. My father helped me and my whole family supported me. And return, I just gave something back to my family. I think it's a good thing!
Lorraine: Most definitely. Is it true that at one time in your life you wanted to be a nun, a nurse and a doctor, I am sure your fans would die hearing that...!
Regine: When I was about 3 years old, I wanted to be a nun. I don't know why but for some reason I wanted to be a nun. When I was fie, I wanted to be a doctor. And then I started singing when I was six, so that changed everything.
Lorraine: Regine, I am glad that you didn't become a nun.
Regine: Me too! Me too!
Lorraine: Regine Velasquez is now calling the shots not just in front, but behind the microphone. Regine, tell me more about you record label.
Regine: I have a label call Song Bird. I am really proud of it. I have been producing new artists. The first artist I produced was Gabby Agamen and he was an actor back home. He was the first artist that I produced. I am producing another artist and actually I am still working on his album and his name is Sebi Deann. It is coming out soon. Of course his album is going to be under my label too.
Lorraine: What is it like behind the microphone though?
Regine: It's great! You just tell people what to do and I haven't done that before, I am so used to having people tell me what to do but now I am telling them what to do. So, it's like Great! This is like a great job! I think I like this! It's fun because it is a different kind of fulfillment that I fell. I think of the concept and we pick...I choose the song. I let my artist to listen it...During the recording session, I am there making sure that the artist is singing the song that I want it to be. The sound, the mixing and all the stuff...It's really really great. It's different from what I usually do but I am having so much fun doing this.
Lorraine: Do you ever have time to have fun yourself?
Regine: Yes, of course, I try to do that. Spend time with my family, go out with my friends, Oh! shopping!
Lorraine: What about just lazing around and listening to music?
Regine: Yes, I always have time for that. I always have time to listen to music. I like to read now...for some reason, I never used to like reading. I find time to do that now....find time to sleep and eat and watch TV! I love watch TV and watch movies! Go to the movie house and watch movie! I love to do that! That is my relaxation!
Lorraine: You mentioned acting. Would you ever choose singing or acting? What is the difference between the two?
Regine: What is the difference between the two? Acting is a really really difficult job, doing movie is not an easy thing to do.I mean you go there and you're all giggly and giddy...then the director will tell you "you have to cry now!" and I will say 'What?!' I am happy, how could I be crying in this scene! It is pretty difficult for me to do but it's also fun! It's different, it's really different. I can't like really compare it with singing, it's totally different.
Lorraine: At 32, when is the time for you to settle down?
Regine: Right now!
Lorraine: Have you found the simple man that you are looking for?
Regine: I haven't! Not yet! But I am still looking!
Lorraine: Surely can't be that hard!
Regine: I keep telling myself that. I don't know...I don't know what's going on..I haven't really ...I have myself to blame because I don't really go out that much also but I promise this year that I am going to go out more and meet people. So hopefully, I will be able to find somebody who would be interesting enough.
Lorraine: Would you ever consider giving up your career to become a housewife or a mother?
Regine: Ya! Yes! Anytime! Why not? I have been singing for almost all my life! If I decided to settle down, I would want to just think of my family and my ids and my husband.
Lorraine: Looking forward Regine. How do you plan to stay on top?
Regine: I don't really think about this that much! Mm...I guess I just really have to keep giving my audience something new! Mm...hopefully they will enjoy whatever it is that I work so hard for. I am trying to change my sound little by little so that my audience would not be too...so...they won't get tired of my sound!
Lorraine: Regine, we wish you all the best, thank you very much for speaking with us.
Regine: Thank you so much Lorraine, thank you for having me!
[edit] Regine's Speak Your Mind Special for MTV Network was a nominee for UNICEF Child Rights Award
Nominees for the UNICEF Child Rights Award
Regine's Speak Your Mind Special for MTV Network
The Award ceremony was held at the NHK Hall, inside the compound of NHK Broadcasting Centre where it is also NHK Symphony Orchestra's home concert hall. The ceremony was held 17:30-19:00 on November 7, in conjunction with an Asian music concert that was live broadcast in BS-2 and HDTV channel.
[edit] Voice section
Can somebody clean the voice section up? The audio samples do not support or prove that Regine Velasquez has a 4 octave vocal range. Nor are there any references to support the entire voice section claims.
[edit] Websites created by Foreign Fans
Below are several websites that were created and maintained by fans who are non-Filipino. Isn't that cool?
Korean Fansite http://cafe.daum.net/regine
International Website http://www.askmen.com/women/singer_150/153_regine_velasquez.html
Malaysian/Indonesian Fan(?) Not entirely sure http://greatestvoices.blogdrive.com/archive/cm-10_cy-2005_m-10_d-14_y-2005_o-0.html
UK fansite http://www.btinternet.com/~regineuk/main.html
[edit] The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn Is To Love And Be Loved In Return
Moulin Rouge clip from the concert 'Regine at the Movies'.
She's really such a great interpreter of songs.
[edit] Image problems
There are far too many images currently being used in this article in order to qualify as fair use. In addition, a lot of these images are not properly sourced or licensed. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 15:02, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Oh no!!! They took it off! @$###!!
To the person who created most of the graphics that were removed by the admin, you might want to read on this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Boilerplate_request_for_permission I hope that you can obtain permission to use those graphic files. The article looked much better with them in place.
Luckily we can use the Carnegie Hall poster courtesy of REAL Entertainment. Thanks Tita Alice!
[edit] Chest Notes
Highest note in chest quality: d6 (reasons) c6 (once in a lifetime), b5 (Reasons, butterfly, i'll never love this way again) c6 (I Have Nothing) f#5 (light in a million mornings)
Right...almost all of these are wrong. 1) Reasons - the chest is B5 NOT D6 and there is only one high chest note. 2) Butterfly - the highest is F5 NOT B5. 3) I Have Nothing - the highest is A5 not C6 like fans make it out to be.
[edit] == == Ho hum -- Only in the philippines still??? == ==
<Hey you added something to the title, minus 10k brownie points for you> <sheesh! do you realize that you back up your claims with other people's achievements? if regine sang with streisand, then does that transfer streisand's popularity over to regine's? i don't have to be crabby to understand that. what are you doing anyway? advertising? wikipedia is not a repository for fan claims. have you ever seen a true encyclopedia? maybe all you ever read are entertainment magazines. why don't you get a dictionary and see the correct spelling for "reak"?> <Huh? Did you regard my last response as an attack (and cheap at that)? I only pointed out a mispell and you hold it against me? Come on, why be a hothead when you could have focused on answering intelligently instead. You don't even analyze what is being said. Anyway, what have I to lose ground for? I am not debating with you. I don't even know you and I don't care about your personal beliefs because you have a right for that. I am stating facts: you continuously associate regine with other people's successes and you use this as the heart and soul of your claim. Why deny that? You mention 7 platinums and Legrand and Streisand... what are they? Regine's lifeblood? I'm just saying that Regine is a local star and an international artist. You act as if I am degrading her by categorizing her on that position. If you want to categorize her as being an "international star", then you could at least let the facts prove themselves first before stating it in Wikipedia. It is misleading because she is not regarded as such, I can tell because she is not that famous on cable tv, international news, or at least in magazines like Time. How could she be an international star if she's not "there" in the spotlight from time to time? She may reap awards and platinums but will that do any good for her being famous internationally? The only thing I can see that she's achieved is an international cult following. Just like what the JPop bands of Japan have done in the US. Crab mentality? That's passe in my book>
Well, to delete a whole discussion about how Regine Velasquez is really like proves my point -- fans will always be overtly defensive when their idol is under scrutiny. <but it is also wikipedia's policy to be highly objective, you anonymous fan. your tone is simply fanatic right from the start, which was more than a year ago> <yeah, its really obvious who's being objective and who's being pro-regine. i never discredited her or said i didn't like her. i just categorized her as a local star and you reacted like i'm taking ice cream away from you.> <Tsk, tsk. Angry are we? You have a penchant for using bold, don't you? I don't hate regine, why should I? I'm very well off with or without her. The reason I said "Ho-Hum" is because I was referring to my Wikipedia Talk topic which was erased (cf. Wikipedia history) by fanatics like you. So, I incorporated that title again so that past readers will remember my last post. I am here to clear stuff about Regine, you know -- not to defame her. What YOU are doing is biased because you always say I don't have qualified answers and all you do is cover your ears (er.. eyes) on what I am saying. If you regard Regine as one who has achieved international celebrity/stardom status, then prove it by stating events that count; like an appearance in the Grammy's, AMA, CNN, Brit awards, Top of the Pops, JPop Live, and other noteworhty international shows and events. But all you ever do is mention the names of the artists she has worked with and her 7 platinums and the highly regional MTV Asia awards-- OVER AND OVER. That is hardly enough evidence from any authority's point of view. Any analytical person with access to international events knows that>
Tell me, since when did having a fansite qualify anyone for genuine international stardom (in their own left... er, right)? <wrong! if people from 20 different countries make fansites and awards for one single person, then does that mean the person is an international star? i thought you were at least defending your claim with a bit of logic. it only means that that person has won some titles, honors and praises, just like bea lucero or banig roberto. an international star is someone who is recognized by a much bigger body, and is considered a household name. unless regine is shown regularly on all the major cities of the world (or asia at least) and a huge number of people (not only fans, but also, people who are NOT fans) can instantly recognize her voice, face and name then she is not that kind of star.> <oh, you do read other stuff. good, then do you know what a compound noun is? "international star" is very different from simply being international and being a star. you like me to back that up while it's self-explanatory. is regine "highly celebrated" in the u.s.? how about taiwan? japan? if she is, then how come she's never been to the american music awards? the brit awards? or even a lifetime achievement from a taiwanese, hongkong or indonesian music awarding body other than the mtv awards that you cherish so much? no, nada. she's just a philippine-based-star, that's it. and you delude yourself of being objective...good grief> <You therefore conclude? Why not give the statement of the problem and the hypothesis while you're at it so you may complete your college thesis? No, seriously, enough with my sarcasm. What is so funny with getting a lifetime achievement award? Michael Jackson got it, so did Jacky Chan. They are all still young and are considered international superstars in music and movies respectively up to now. I've already given a very specific and lengthy definition for "international star" above. If the meaning of a compound noun puzzles you, then why not check out the meaning of it in Google? Heck, here's a link: www.einfoweb.com/grammar/nouns/comp.html. I am feeling rather generous today, you see. So there, I was able to provide a definition for a compond noun (unfortunately). "Therefore", that makes YOU what?>
I should make a fansite about my neighbor named Ogor. He can sing while scratching his belly. Maybe that will make him famous-- he may even be called "Asia's Schlongbird" <well, my fictional neighbor must have upsetted you. i should make a fansite about you instead, because you are certainly a major defender of other people's websites. you only lack objectivity though> <well, please try harder. designing fansites is not a valid qualifier for fame.> <OMG. It should've been obvious that I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble if I didn't have access to internet, cable tv, and international magazines. I also made several websites for students, teachers and aspiring singers myself. And I am also a member of a band who has gone to Malaysia, Japan and Singapore. Shocking isn't it? I actually KNOW what I am talking about here in Wikipedia, unlike what you accuse me of. Please use your psychic powers on yourself first because you don't have an inkling of who I am> it should have been obvious that that is one of my points from the start, but you lack understanding <Really? Then why are you still a hothead after all this time? Using boldface and such to emphasize your points.. Have you actually won an argument before? The problem is you focused on me as a writer, not on the content I am writing. If you had really read and understood my points, you would not have stuck to the 7 platinums you are so proud of as the heart and soul of your defense because I have already said that getting platinums across Asia is not that uncommon. Artists such as L'Arc~en~Ciel, Glay and Apache Indian have albums that have also gone multiplatinum but they are virtually unknown in the Philippines and most parts of the world. That makes them local stars in their country and international artists just like Regine, but not international stars> i should have been less sarcastic, because it clouded your better judgement<My judgement? I was being sarcastic because you were being repetitive with your 7-platinum argument, which was getting old. I categorized Regine as a local star and international artist and that makes me a bad judge of talent? Why don't you visit the countries she's been to and ask the entertainment industry there how Regine fares in THEIR news programs? > what proofs do you need? <So sorry because it is fact. It's not my problem as well. The facts speak for themselves. If you must categorize Regine as an international star, then you must think in an international scale, not on your fanclubs, fansites and celebrity tie-ins. Calling this garbage is like saying "facts don't matter to me as long as I'm happy with Regine, weeeee!!!"> should i randomly contact people from other countries and ask them if they know regine? or should i contact the people at the grammy's, ama, brit, etc. and ask them if they will have a recognition ceremony for regine in the near future? but then, you'll ask me that i should try instead to contact the mtv-asia people or jacky cheung or the past international recording artists that regine has been with so it would be a sure-fire proof for you. my proof is simply this: i know a lot of people from abroad and they don't consider regine to be an international star. and these people are nurses, businessmen, bands, and students. and some of them are filipino. are you waiting for me to mention someone famous for you, like you always do? <Huh?! I think you just ate your own words there. Whatever happened to the definition of "star" you cited from www.dictionary.com? It doesn't matter now?> And what are you arriving at here? Transfer of popularity -- again? If Michael Jackson got impressed by Mark Bautista, and he announced it publicly then does that mean that Bautista is automatically an international star? What's up with that logic? Also, you talk about Regine's albums so much. If these albums received acclaims other than the precious 7 platinums you mentioned (an achievement which other artists in Asia have gained as well), then why is she not ocassionally in the limelight in the international entertainment news? Why is she not nominated in the Grammy's for best foreign artist? Even artists from Mexico, Brazil and India ocassionally get nominated in the Grammy's. But never Regine... hmmm> sorry, it's not going to happen because these people i mentioned are too common. they do buy music cds though.> <Oh, Lea is an international star, no doubt. Regine is not. Lea has appeared in the Tony Awards which was broadcasted over an eager international audience across the globe. She was also in Newsweek, Asiaweek, and Time magazines in the height of her career. She is known until now and I don't have doubts about her. Let's see... Regine was in... MTV Asia! So was Parokya ni Edgar and Ogie alcasid. Do you consider Parokya ni Edgar international stars just because they appeared in MTV? And there goes that 7-platinum argument again...>
Also, if you make platinum here, then does that mean that you will be platinum elsewhere? I think the basic qualification should be like this: you have to be known at least 60% worldwide to be considered an international star. <so, that should improve her status eh? you are way beyond the point. look at the question again. "hoping" is not a qualified precursor to reality> <again, you continue to hope. "hoping" is not a quaified precursor to reality. becoming platinum is based on sales for a particular area and time. do you know apache indian of india? glay of japan? stone roses from the uk? a lot of people don't but their albums reached platinum as well on <Really? Thank you for that correction. See? I'm not holding that obeservation against you...>> several countries , and they are obviously not as popular as regine in the philippines. but ask how they fare in their native countries and you'll get a different reaction. <Oh? Then you consider these people international stars? Even if YOU yourself don't know them? What, if anybody reached platinum on a foreign country then that automatically makes him/them international stars? We're saved! You are a indeed a master of redefining terms! Oh, man... there is a thing as being an "international artist" you know. What if "some people" constitute 99% of the world?> that's what i meant about international stardom versus local stardom. <Who's "we"? Did you ask for help from your co-fanatics? That's ok, hehe. I live in a world called "earth reality". Where's yours? Oh you live in a world full of international stars that's right. It must be pretty wild in there since you all type in boldface and capital letters. Have you been abroad lately? Why not check the entertainment industry in Laos and Pakistan. Ask if they have international singing stars. If they don't, then I guess they are not part of your world> and what if legrand does consider regine next to streisand? is he the majority? <A respected maestro, ok. But can he make a star out of Regine? Let the facts prove themsleves. Is Regine featured in CNN from time to time? How about the Grammy's? How about Time magazine?> does he buy thousands of her cds? <Ho-hum... so?> and why do you always associate regine with other stars? are you associating her success with their successes? then you are reducing regine to a star who depends on others for fame, not her talents> <That's pretty funny. You just admitted you don't listen. Then that means you don't understand anything I've said. What? Does plain English antagonize you? You didn't answer the question. Why do you associate Regine's status with the success of other stars? Do you work your way up in the world by being a parasite? Because that's the way you think! Anyway, you certainly have a hate relationship with my former magazine. And I remember when my editor used to praise a young Regine in the columns.. tsk tsk. Certainly, not "Wikipedia-like" of you. I wish you stick to the questions you "ins-and-outs" fanatic> Well, you'll probably delete this one too. But I'll probably paste it back anyway. These keyboard shortcuts are really marvelous. I'll be doing it for Wikipedia though, not for anyone else. <really? i was kind of suspecting you fanatics did it> <aww, don't be sorry. its in the nature of fanatics to act that way> <No, I learned that from fanatics like you who live and breath fantasy that they don't see reality. I must say it was a funny yet sad learning experience, seeing others delude themselves and calling their facts encyclopedia material. What a waste of space>
Peace be with you. -AYBABTU <yes, i used to write for jingle magazine. oh, does that qualify me? i hope not because i would like to play fair. how about you, what qualifications do you have besides being a fanatic? > <oh, brother... and you call that a comeback? i was really expecting that you can come up with something better than "but i know the ins and outs". oh well, a fanatic is a fanatic. i just hope someday regine does get to be a legitimate international star so you may retire happily. until then, she's a star "only in the philippines"> ((I'm sorry my "oh, brother" expression creeped you out. You must really hate brothers. I am never going to call you that I swear)) <Did I call you anything other than a fanatic? I don't think of you as a lesser human. If you can provide me a sentence that I've made in this Wikipedia Talk that has me lowering my perception of you, then capitalize it and make it boldface> <So do I. That's what critics do. But I am much much more realistic. I just don't understand why you had to mention your parents...> <IMHO, you have been a biased fan. Period. That's why I had to straighten the facts based on CNN, Time, BBC, NHK and other international news media that says she's only a local star and an international artist> <Use past tense, it helps -- the grammar criminals> <Who's convincing who? I merely asked and answered some questions. Being a strict realist I can't twist facts. I am unable to. That's why I write in Wikipedia. No hard feelings here. Bye.>
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[edit] Redirecting Regine Velásquez
According to a few Wikipedia editors, as well as multiple web sites, I can't find instances of her name being spelled with any accent marks. So I've redirected Regine Velásquez to Regine Velasquez, and am removing the merge template. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 00:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
