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>Asia's Nightingale flies away >Posted:(Manila Time) | Apr. 23, 2004 >By Nestor U. Torre >Inquirer News Service > >LAST weekend, viewers were surprised to hear that Lani >Misalucha, >dubbed as Asia's Nightingale and regarded as one of >the country's top >pop divas, had decided to give up her flourishing >career here in >favor of a quiet life with her husband and children in >the States. > >Some people were shocked by Lani's decision, which >they said they >couldn't understand because it flew in the face of >standard show biz >practice in these parts. > > > >After all, Lani had a show biz career to die for, with >high-paying >recording, concert and TV gigs that had put her and >her loved ones on >easy street. Why was she giving up all that so her >husband could work >as a pastor in the US? > >Decision > >But people close to Lani and her family understood her >decision. >Unlike many other singing stars, Lani wasn't fixated >on stardom and >all its perks. She was a musical artist before she was >a celebrity, >and she felt she didn't have to play the show biz game >that others >were so obsessed with winning. > >After all, she became a star after she had gotten >married and had >become a mother. Like Boots Anson-Roa decades before >her, Lani valued >her family more than her career, while enjoying >performing and all >the financial rewards, popularity and acclaim that >went with it. > >Good wife and mother > >Show biz success did not define her; her being a good >wife and mother >did. > >So, when the option to start a new life with her >family in the States >came up, Lani made what she felt was the right >decision, with no >regrets. > >Of course, her fans are disappointed-but, being more >mature and less >ga-ga than the usual musical groupies, they >understand, and wish >their nightingale well in the new chapter of her life, >away from the >show biz spotlight, but firmly at the center of her >family's heart. > >Musical recollection > >Besides, it isn't goodbye forever, and definitely not >out of sight, >out of mind. Because Lani's records and performance >videotapes will >always be there for some welcome musical recollection >whenever the >need arises. > >The nightingale may have flown away, but her songs >remain. > > >------------------------------ > >Maybe its not over for Lani yet. > >But its important to know the real >truth behind her leaving the scene. > >It really is. > >-mmJ > >____________________________________________ > > >NOTE: BOTH CHANNEL 7 AND STAR NEWSPAPER >HAS BEEN SUPPRESSING ALOT OF THE INFORMATION. >ONE SHOW ON CHANNEL 7 HAS BEEN POSTING ON HER >BUT HAS BEEN AVOIDING THE REAL REASONS WHY SHE >QUIT HER MANAGEMENT AND DECIDED TO LEAVE THE >COUNTRY COMPLETELY AT THIS TIME.. > >_______________________________________________ > >>POPS FERNANDEZ is the new co-host >>with Michael V. sa Celebrity Turns. >>Pops replaces Lani Misalucha
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