GLOBAL MUSIC CHARTS: FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Bruno Mars fended off competition as he remained at the top spot with his power song "Versace on The Floor". He resisted challenge from Lady Gaga (A Million Reasons) who stormed into No. 2 spot and a surge from "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran who vaulted from No. 26 to No. 8. The Vamps feat Matona made their debut with "All Night" at No. 14.

OPM MUSIC CHARTS: FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Sud finally grabs the top spot with their song "Sila" as they unseat last week's champ Michael Pangilinan. Sam Concepcion's Afterglow made steady progress jumping into No.5 in the charts while 2 new entries entered the list with "Pakipot Suplado" by Alexa Ilacad at No. 26 and "Laro" by Autotelic at No. 29.

MISS FRANCE IRIS MITTENAERE WINS MISS UNIVERSE 2016

After weeks of great festivities in the island country of the Philippines, the 65th edition of the Miss Universe finally crowned a new queen. This time it is France's Iris Mittenaere who was successful besting out 80+ candidates for the crown. Reigning beauty queen Pia Wurtzbach crowned her successor on a jam-packed MOA Arena.

The victory ended a 63 year drought for France for the crown and has made a stunning remark on the changing of the standards for Miss Universe. She won over the judges and beat 1st Runner-up Raquel Pelissier of Haiti and 2nd Runner-up Andrea Tovar of Colombia. Philippine bet Maxine Medina ended in the Top 6.

Iris wowed the audiences in the preliminaries with her sexy national costume resembling that of a Moulin Rouge performer. Though her victory came at a surprise to some, she is one worthy title holder with beauty, poise and great heart. Well I had her at No. 6 in my final predictions. :)

REPOST: RAINDROPS

RAINDROPS...

by Bluecloud

Rain...

As I am left stranded and can't go home because of the heavy outpour from the Heavens, I realized how my life has been in a cloudy mood for some time. Gone were the days when my life was brimming with happiness... energy, fame. luxury, acquaintances... Now they are mere parts of the past... Even if I want to get them all back, I can't - at least for the moment. It would take an enormous amount of effort to retrieve what was once mine. Each and every piece of my old life seemed scattered to different places. I am hoping I could still get them back or maybe at least get a glance at them for one more time...

Rain continues to pour and I am still stuck... Decisions should be made... I want to go home and desperately desire to take refuge. How can I with the amount of rain falling down? I would definitely get wet, drenched and worse soaked... Got to make a stand and decide...

And so I go on and took a step outside, not minding the rain... letting each raindrop fall on me...

SERENA AND ROGER TAKES AUSTRALIAN OPEN CROWN

The Australian Open 2017 was one to be remembered. The changing of the guard both in Men's and Women's tennis has suddenly been put into halt by 4 veterans who stormed their way into the finals and 2 winners who both deserve the titles - Roger Federer and Serena Williams

In the Men's field, Roger Federer beat the odds and competition and at 35 years of age grabbed his 18th Grand Slam title and 5th Australian Open beating veteran rival Rafael Nadal in 5 grueling sets in the finals. None have put them as favorites for the finals but the path became more clear for them as each of the strong competitors fell by the wayside. 6-time champ Novak Djokovic was bundled out in the 2nd round while World No. 1 Andy Murray was also bundled out early. None of the young guns took the chance and each one of them failed to derail a much awaited Federer-Nadal final.

In the Ladies field, Serena was one of the favorites but with her see-saw performances in the past was not the top dog to win the title. Much more with sister Venus who at 36 has never progressed much beyond the second week in recent years. But against all odds, the sisters once more faced each other in the finals with the younger of Williams sister, Serena taking the crown. Challengers Pliskova, Kerber and Muguraza all fell with their respective hurdles paving the way to an epic final.

GLOBAL MUSIC CHARTS: JANUARY 28, 2017

Bruno Mars scores his 3rd No.1 hit in our charts in the past 3 months with his moving song "Versace On The Floor" putting Zayn and Taylor Swift out of the top spot and down to No.3. James Arthur and his tune "Say You Won't Let Go" makes a steady move up in reclaiming the top spot as he moves back up to No. 2. Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" debuts at No. 26 while Little Mix makes their entry at No. 19 with "Shout To My Ex".