INDONESIA CONTINUE IT'S WINNING STREAK

Known for her creepy ghost-like appearance and dramatic twitchy movements, Indonesian illusionist The Sacred Riana romp away with the grand prize of US$ 100K in the second edition of Asia’s Got Talent held in Singapore Thursday night.  Sacred Riana beat other 8 acts from across Asia including two other heavy favorites from the Philippines (DMC hip-hop dancers and Beatboxer Neil Rey Llanes) who placed second and third, respectively.  Since there were three Filipino acts in the grand finals it did somehow gave Sacred Riana a big edge since the votes coming from the Philippines were distributed to the three Filipino grand finalists. 

Indonesian beauties are also doing well in international pageants joining the so called Asian powerhouse countries like India, Thailand and the Philippines.  Indonesia’s Kevin Lilliana won theMiss International crown in Tokyo last month and another Indonesian beauty made it to the  top 10  in the recent Miss World in Sanjay, China.  However Indonesia’s representative to Miss Universe this year (Bunga Jelitha Ibrahni) failed to make the cut despite all the hypes online.  Two other Asians performed well; The Philippines Rachel Peters managed to reached  the top 10  while Thailand's Maria Poonlertlarp advanced  to the top 5.  Indonesia also won the Bangkok based Miss Grand International title last year.

The Philippines together with Indonesia and Japan will stage the first-ever multiple hosts for the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2023 and will see the Group Phase take place in the three countries, with the final phase to follow in the Philippine capital city of Manila.

Meanwhile, Indonesian Superstar Anggun will be performing in the Philippines in a few days (see picture for details). I wish I can see her in person but sometimes I feel lazy to go out :) and I can't bear the traffic specially during this season.