No, I am not talking about gold fillings for your teeth. I am also not talking about going for an Olympic gold medal either. I am talking about another point of Pinoy pride and Arnel Pineda. Journey with the lead singer in Arnel have gone Gold!

That means the latest Journey CD, Revelations, has sold 500,000 copies. Yes, I have done my part by getting my copy as I am certain many other proud Pinoy have done. The first CD is the new songs sung by Arnel and the second are the classics by Steve Perry. When you alternate the CDs you can barely tell the two apart. Go figure there are fan sites and Planet Arnelia or Arnel Pineda Fans even carries products promoting Arnel. I’m not really certain if those are licensed or not but why not?

For those of us here in the USA, we can all identify with Arnel in yet another way. He had a scare with immigrations as many do who come here legally. From the APF, we can read this clip from his biography.

“When Arnel arrived to apply for his US visa citing his reasons as auditioning for Journey, the immigration agents did not take him seriously and were about to send him home empty-handed. Luckily, one agent had seen Arnel perform at the Bagaberde club the previous night and recognized him. The agent recalls being impressed with Arnel’s vocal skills and thinking he sounds like Steve Perry. He asked Arnel to sing “Wheel In The Sky” a cappella in the office. Everyone applauded and Arnel’s visa was granted.”

So if any of my Filipino readers haven’t purchased their copy of Revelations yet, you know what to do. If I had 500,000 readers then we would make the CD go platinum. But if I had that, my page rank would be through the roof. (Wish ko lang haha!)

Thank you,

Anah

Photo credits from clickthecity.com

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