How About Family Got Talent

How About Family Got Talent

A family that prays together live forever.

I was jolly the other night with my family. We had just our dinner and we are all in the living room chatting together: me and my wife Lisa; our children from oldest to youngest: AJ is 17 years old; CJ, she is 15 years old; VJ is 12; Jaeden is 10 and Lian , she is 6 years old.

Just like any other kids they are so playful. They are always outside playing sports games and traditions games every Satuday and Sunday. Most of them are also going to church for worship every Sunday. And just like other siblings, it’s a riot when they are together. Sometimes they quarrel and really having misunderstanding. Even the youngest don’t back down with her brothers and sister. I can say its normal for the siblings to have some quarrel. Of course, over the top is the caring and loving each other. They quarrel but does not mean they will not protect each other. When other children may harm them, expect the other kids to protect their brothers and sisters.

Among them, I found some of them are artists. CJ can do guitar and keyboard and really can sing during their worship—she’s not for presentation or contest, shy on contest but not during worship. VJ is a member of drum and lyre in their school and can really do good in drums; AJ can sing but shy; Lian has potential in acting and the bravest of them all, and Jaeden, oh well he is the most shy of them all, maybe a supporting role.

As I was saying, I was jolly on them at that time. I told them: “why not we participate in the contest in our town?” And everyone said, “nah!” You see we are artist who have no guts to stand up in the stage and sing and dance in front of the thousands of people. Correct! Our talents are hidden in the closet. Its only in the home we perform like a truly entertainer.

I know they won’t agree. My wife is just smiling while I’m telling them my idea. But you know what—even me cannot do the performance in that contest. I was just in the happy mode at that time. For the sake of happiness I tried to tease them for us to perform in the Got Talent in our town which is dubbed as “Harana Atbp”—a singing, dancing and other kinds of talents. There are categories for children, senior citizens and the main event.

“No!” They said. Then I said again, “let’s practice the Pen Pineapple Pen.” Of course you know it—the viral video of, well, I don’t know. But it’s funny. So I think it will work for us. When they responded in negative, I told them again, “how about us dancing the Trumpet”. Oh my, you can see their faces just to disapprove my idea. Then I told them our plan, “if we win, the prize we won is what we will use for vacation in Baguio City.”.

It was a light and happy moment with my family.