The Anthem-Singer, Jennifer Bautista Speaks!

Ok, so here you can find Ms. Jennifer Bautista, mah best buddie ( 1 of 3), answering questions very candidly about her singing the national anthem for the Pacquio Morales bout last January 21. This isn't a formal interview. it's just a portion of our chat today January 25, 2005 at about 5pm. Just thought it'd be fair to hear her side of the story too. And, yes, I have her permission to put this up.

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= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
yo
Jennifer says:
waddup???
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
Hi, musta, stilll in Las Vegas?
Jennifer says:
Nope , I'm in SAN Jose now
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
they played ur song in TV patrol in a pacquiao montage
Jennifer says:
yeah
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
you saw? And Ted Failon, like, HAD to comment
Jennifer says:
yeah... oh, the bad omen thing? Yeah, I cried because of that
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
look at the bright side, even et al do THAT ,like evry week
Jennifer says:
LOL, thanks
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
seriously though
Jennifer says:
I saw that bit in TV patrol, and was like... yeah, go ahead, ignore the rest of the song and just focus on the part where I messed up
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
hahaha
Jennifer says:
and it wasn't even THAT bad
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
Yeah, but JON SECADA!!!!
HAHA
you totally freaked cuz of him, no?
Jennifer says:
hahahahahah!
I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we were walkin' through that long hall way
leading to the arena, right?
there were a couple of guys escorting me
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
uh huh...
Jennifer says:
sabi nung isa
hey, guess who's singing the mexican anthem?
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
hahaha. It's in my blog. 'Jen vs Jon'
Jennifer says:
the other guy said, who?
JON SECADA
hahahahahahahahah!!!!!
I froze for like a second
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
harharhar
"If I Never Knew You..."
Jennifer says:
oh, you wrote about us in your blog, ey?
sige nga, mabasa nga yon
hahahaha!
I KNOW!!!!
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
i was like, shooting the TV with my cam!
Jennifer says:
I even posted his friggin' song sa blog ko!
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
hahaha
the irony of it all
Jennifer says:
yeah!
I have that song in my car too!
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
stomach butterflies?
Jennifer says:
If I never Knew you!
Kakaloka!
he was nice though
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
Ah
can i just ask though
what exactly happened?
Jennifer says:
k... here's what happened
usually, kapag shows... may monitors/speakers sa tabi ng stage so the singer can hear himself
kaso di naman yun show
fight naman yon
so walang monitors
right?
nahirapan ako to hear the music, saka yung boses ko
pero okay pa rin naman nung umpisa kasi tahimik naman
right?
eh tapos, nung nag-build up na yung song
people started shouting
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
ah
Jennifer says:
di ko na narinig yung boses, honestly, I didn't know na flat pala
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
can iquote you on that?
Jennifer says:
yeah!
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
like. this whole chat?
haha
on my blog?
Jennifer says:
hahah! no prob!
yeah, please!
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
honestly
i never ever heard you do a flat
Jennifer says:
for the record, di naman yun excuse
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
and ive known you for what?
48.5 years?
Jennifer says:
awww...thanks man
I know I didn't sing the song perfectly, and I should've done better
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
actually I was like, Wow, I dinnae know she can do that! hahaha
Jennifer says:
hahahahhha!!!!!
funny!
anyway, as I was saying
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
yeah?
Jennifer says:
although I have an explanation as to what happened to me when I was there on stage
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
yeah, i can so see skeptics jumping on that and saying it's not solid
Jennifer says:
or rink, or whatever
ring ata
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
ring, ija
Jennifer says:
hahahahah
kulit!
ring nga pala
yeah, yun nga, like i said
'lam ko naman, it could've been better...sayang talaga
na-disappoint din ako sa sarili ko when I found out na flat pala
but I was like...
well. I just hope people could see the song as whole
kasi marami rin naman lumapit sa'kin, saying that they were moved
some of them even cried
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
yeah
Jennifer says:
during the anthem
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
that's the diff when you hear it live and on TV
Jennifer says:
I know it's important to nail every note
especially in such a big event like that
pero sa'kin lang, ms importante yung heart
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
yesh
Jennifer says:
and if the song had an effect on those watching/listening
yun lang naman ang point ko
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
uh huh
AND has anyone evr gotten your side about this?
Jennifer says:
oh.
my side?
Jing Reyes of ABS CBN
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
oh
Jennifer says:
ininterview niya ako for Kontrobersyal
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
what was that like?
syempre for Kontrobersyal, hahahaha
Jennifer says:
hahahah!
O nga eh!
Ay! saka, si Lhar Santiago pala
for GMA
phone patch naman yon
well,nung sinabi ni Lhar na mixed emotions nga raw ang mga tao sa Pinas
some were moved
may umiyak
may kinilabutan
meron ding nainis
dahil nga it wasn't perfectly done
hindi naman ako nagulat, kasi lam ko naman I can't please everybody
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
and?
Jennifer says:
I explained it to them
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
like this?
i mean like u said it?
Jennifer says:
nah, this is more in-depth, I guess
sinabi ko rin, na pasensya na sa mga hindi nasiyahan
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
wow! i have a blogger exclusive
Jennifer says:
hahhahha!
sakto!
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
what about Ms. Reyes?
Jennifer says:
I'm gonna write my experience...the entire thing
sa blog ko
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
k
will link you
Jennifer says:
Ms. Reyes... yeah, I told her din
na ganon nga yung nangyari
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
uh huh
Jennifer says:
I apologized sa mga tao
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
pano naman sa mga hindi tao?
haha
Jennifer says:
for not nailing that last note
becuase I know i should've
hahahhah! sira ka talaga!
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
yes yes, i try
Jennifer says:
hehheh
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
so what did your mom and dad say?
I know they were disappointed too
di lang nila sinasabi, but I know
pero suporta pa rin sila all the way
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
so they pretty much were hush hush about it.
kasi nga
i'll say
in comparison to the way u usually sing
this was no biggie
Jennifer says:
nah, I guess they knew that I was already pissed off with myself
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
oo nga naman
i do that too
Jennifer says:
and they didn't have to rub it in
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
harhar
Jennifer says:
and yeah, that too, they've heard me sing higher notes, na kaya ko naman
my parents were like, "it's okay, what matters is you did your best"
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
well, that IS true
Jennifer says:
...."and we're still proud of you."
iyak nga ako eh
hahahah!
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
tach tach
nakakatach
haha
Jennifer says:
hihihihih
sobra
dami pang issue
like...
Pacquiao chose me over MArtin Nievera daw
hindi naman totoo yon
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
where has this been brought up?
Jennifer says:
nako! bago pa ako pumunta sa States
issue na yan
na nag-offer daw si Martin Nievera to sing the National Anthem sa fight
for free
however, guess It was just a matter of timing
Pacman already gave me his word,
saka pa lang nag-offer si Martin Nievera
= Christophe, 豆腐, 명연 or いちろ says:
ah
Jennifer says:
ganon lang naman yon.

IM Ends now.

Note: Certain portions that were off-topic and most likely irrelevant to readers were removed. Also I put the replies together so they're easier to read.

We were disconnected and reconnected with a new topic. Hope this enlightens one and all. ^^^

EDIT- Here;s the anthem on streaming video.