Lift up your hands to God

maligayang pasko = merry christmas

typical christmas lights in bf homes neighbourhood, and 1:30 into the video samples of lavishly illuminated houses in by now famous policarpio street, mandaluyong city

sana'y wala nang wakas

clip only recently taken, we enjoy flowers in winter while others enjoy a winter garden :-)
... dedicated to a friendly friend who lives in an area where life is celebrated in names of municipalities and cities
... dedicated to those who think less is more, especially when talking about snow in winter

thrill my heart again

This song is dedicated to

- the special someone for whom AWITAN is history and who is not yet history for AWITAN.
- the friendly hopefulls who dream to be part of AWITAN's future and who please understand AWITAN right now is dreaming of her own place with food and music

8 more songs recorded

choosing songs


during recording

dreaming of my own place with food and music

some 6,500 different people visited this blogspot and exactly 8 (as in eight) inquired to learn more about awitans dreams. we tried to answer individually and now for the benefit of all we come up with some pictures.


awitans dream is reasonable, realistic and achievable. here is why:
eatery in the philippines is a bit of all of the following: a diner in the US, bistrot in france, eethuis in netherlands, imbiss in germany,

it can be fastood, junkfood or home cooked,

it may come with entertainment like sports, cable tv, karaoke singing, live band

the locals love to sing dance and eat. it is not uncommon to see people in a public parc ballroom dancing at 6 am before work,

they all sing, many out of tune :-) ,

they love to eat and they amuse themselves almost without alcohol...

a franchise is out of reach, that would be high end
in a good location. more down to reality the investment can be anything starting for a streetcorner pushcart, - and the sky is the limit.

it depends on buying land or not, building a structure or not etc.

going into the business is easy, staying there is difficult, lots of competition

so here is the plan:

- look for good location, dont buy land, just rent

- built own cheap light and open-air structure. please note here they separate ownership of land and ownership of buildings and structures.

- start small expand as it goes, no loans.

- i saw a 24 h well working concept offering only

- grilled or fried or boiled

- fish or chicken or porc,

- vegetable of the day,

- soup of the day,

- mango or papaya or pineapple,

- soft drinks or beer

- for awitan i suggest opening time 11.00am to 11.00pm sun to thu, 11.00am t0 2.00am fri sat)- add a karaoke so guest may sing themselves, live band evenings thu to sun, may be cable tv with sports channel and sure awitan sings herself at times as well

face mask from samar

artificial body parts have been of interest since centuries, here an artificial face from awitans home island of samar.

nice outfit?

this is the outfit when performing

celine dion couldnt come, POWER OF LOVE

again the audio track of this clip dates back to one of my recordings in december 2005.

please note the name of the boat is goteborg, for obvious reasons the titanic was not available...

singing commercials, please consider... or just enjoy the song

mansion for rent, serviced or non-serviced, weekly or monthly

contact perlita_opalo@yahoo.com

- mansion for rent,
- serviced per week or per month
- non-serviced

located white sands resort villas, maribago, lapu-lapu city
mactan island, cebu

- walking distance from white sands beach resort
- 30 minutes from mactan-cebu international airport
- 30 minutes from mepza 1, mepza 2 and light industrial parc

living area 360 sqm
lot area 1050 sqm

- 24 hr security,
- 5 hp generator,
- 2,500 liter water tanks

satellite tv
internet wireless

sounds of nature, sounds of awitan

awitan sings karaoke HINDI KO KAYANG IWAN KA



love birds, storm, thunder, beautiful tagalog song HINDI KO KAYANG IWAN KA

for rent or for sale:

office building, for sale or for rent, located San Andres Bukid, Manila
lot area 239 sqm, building area 4 floors


contact perlita_opalo@yahoo.com

available next May 2009:
studio 37 sqm, furnished, for rent, located across Greenbelt 1, beside AIM, Makati
contact perlita_opalo@yahoo.com

awitan sings karaoke ALL AT ONCE

the audio track of this clip dates back to one of my recordings in december 2005.
this weeks post is dedicated to some people very special:

- a lovely 3-year young girl and her very good father
- to the first since years to ask for my autographed picture
- to the one who gives useful suggestions about what is needed to proceed with my career
- to Miss Ma Qi, may she never stop singing
- and last not least to the one who asked what is needed to fullfill my dream

awitan sings karaoke ABBA

trying abba, bits of dancing queen and fernando
anyway philippine dancing queen! me? hehe

The meaning of AWITAN

as told by the lady singing, translated by the blogger.

AWITAN is not a name. It is a word, a verb, an order, a battle cry.
Here is why:

What to do when depressed? Sing!
When facing tragedy? Sing!
When struggling? Sing!

Some are around to help. They dont know what to do nor what to say.

The voice of somebody very special says: Sing! Awitan!...
... and I sing! Awitan ko!
I sing for you! Awitan ko ikaw!

The voice of somebody very special says: Mama, sing!
... and I sing! Awitan ko!
AWITAN KO IKAW! I sing for you!

introducing myself

abba and sheryn regis medley followed by BAKIT NGA MAHAL KITA

dreaming of my own place with food and music http://awitankoikaw.blogspot.com

one of the must-see in this beautiful city

taoist temple, cebu city, philippines



Cebu City is also known as the Queen City of the South.
The Taoist Temple is a major landmark overlooking the city

me: some glimpses...

pleasant to the ear... or so i hope

awitan sings karaoke HUWAG KA NG BABALIK

awitan sings karaoke TILL I MET YOU