Sweet Sixteen Versus Guitar Man

Yes, prayers have been answered. The news that Jessica entered into the finale truly made my day! What a relief! God Bless Bebe Chez!

We also thank the judges for using that crucial save and possessing foresight and confidence in Jessica to go the full distance. Certainly not misplaced! Imagine, official results show Jessica garnering almost 80 million votes out of 90 million votes;with the rest divided between Philips and Ledet [in the most lopsided voting ever in American Idol history.]

So tonight, America's leading pop princess, Jessica Sanchez has wiped the competition to take the coveted first spot at the AI finale on 23 May. If it had been a marathon race, Jessica would have touch the winning tape while Phillips would still be outside the staduim somewhere. Good show,Jessica! Way to go! God sure loves ya!

[Interestingly, Ryan announced that Jessica was safe before Philips and Joshua taking away all the anxieties from Jessica's fans leaving the two male contestants to battle out for the other spot.]

As for Phillip Phillips' fans, he came in too leaving Joshua Ledet in the cold to go home as Number 3. All the best to Joshua!

For me, all three are winners though commercially Jessica is destined for phenomenal success at such a tender age and with vocals and appeal to boot.

I prefer her to the guitar playing wizard anyday!

A Prayer for Jessica

I think a very big proportion of humankind is rooting for Jessica Sanchez to get into the final of the eleventh season of American Idol. I sure am. I am rooting for her!

We stumped for her because she is great. We want her to win because we know that she will go to the next level professionally with this bragging title under her belt.

We want the Americans to support her not because she is a Mexican Filipina American but because she is American and one with talent to boot. Period.

We want voters to phone in their support because she is an underdog performing with a sore-throat and with a poor song selection provided by both judges and Jimmy Iovine. What a week!

As the midnight hour approaches, we pray for God's deliverance for Jessica to enter into the final play off of American Idol.

It's already morning in America if you go by Jessica's Twitter.

Support her.

AI-The Eleventh Hour of the 11th Season

Three horse race and it is now over as the voters takes over.

By morning tomorrow, we will know who has come in and who will go home as No.3.

Let us look at the judges response and reactions.

They seems to favour the vocalists rather then the wholesome entertainers.

First stop-Joshua Ledet. Top cat here;very strong vocals and backed by hymnal chorus most of the time.

Can he win? Yes, he will come in on the home stretch.

Phillip Phillips did an okay performance. Two good ones and one without the pow factor so it seems. Looks likely to go home.

Jessica Sanchez fighting a homecoming dose of sore-throat battled it out with two good ones and a so-so Michael Jackson number, I'll Be There. While Jennifer and Steven were supportive, Randy did not show any positive response to this third number.

Overall, if judges comments are to be accepted, it will be a Joshua-Jessica battle it out.

If voting pattern can dissent, it is likely to be the same as I would assume Phillip's voting base would only increase incrementally and Jessica's may go ballistic!

So, let us see what the final results are.

My All

I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

I’Will Be There

No United Nations Needed Here!

We humans really got a lot to learn to get along with one another!

A load of these pictures will put us to shame!

The Sensational Sanchez Homecoming

It is unbelievable!

The way they welcomed their pop princess back is sensational to say the least.

She is definitely a singing sensational that has won the hearts of all those Spanish speaking people including the armed forces like the Marines. Listen to her sing the National Anthem!

If the uproarious celebration for Jessica is to be the indicator, she is the hot favourite to win this season's American Idol.

Watch these home-coming videos and also see some of the audition videos to know more of the background of Jessica Sanchez.


The Homecoming






The Homecoming Interview



Eastlake School Visit



Homecoming USS Midway Museum



Arrival on the USS Midway



The National Anthem





Proud Mary



I Will Always Love You



Stuttering



Try A Little Tenderness



Leaving the Stage



Leaving The Family on Monday's Day



Introducing Jessica Sanchez



Road to Hollywood



The Audition







Top 24



Top 13 Finalist Diaries



Top 6 Diaries



Top 5 Diaries



Top 4 Interview



The Jessica Diaries



The Hollywood Interview



I Surrender-America Got Talent



Jessica's Voice Range

Chaplin's Insightful Gems for Living

How true,this encapsulation of living a truly worthy life.

How insightful of Mr Comedy Man Extraordinaire!

Boutique Hotels are Getting Popular

My Home Hotel, SS2

There was a time when you either have to go very up-market or very down-market if you want hotel accommodation. The upmarket is now almost entirely an enclave for the very rich as their star ratings have propelled them to big bucks, denying the common man of ever thinking of spending a night at one of them.

Alamanda Hotel, Petaling Street

Then, came the Bed and Breakfast hotels-they are cheap but hardly good and appears to be a haunt for back-packers, mostly from the continent.

Now, we have the boutique hotels,affordable and well located.

Hotel JJ,SS2

Mostly carved out from three-storeyed shop-houses in prime locations with easy access to food and transportation,they are mushrooming in Malaysia.Their rates from RM60 to less than RM200 is a welcome come-uppance to many, particularly sales personnel that needs to stay for short stints to do canvassing for their goods and services.

I-Hotel, Kota Damansara

By and large, they are clean though some come without windows and expect the noise to be many decibels higher.

So, next time when you come to Petaling Jaya or Kuala Lumpur, remember there is affordable hotel accommodation in boutique hotels.