Two Vespa Spottings on local TV in one night!
Since my side of the family is not exactly small, the whole brood gathers at least once a month to celebrate someone’s birthday. It’s usually held on a Saturday, and for the past three or four birthday dinners we’ve had, we never failed to get a glimpse of a show called “Celebrity Duets” on GMA. Hmmm… if catching the show happened on several occasions already, it couldn’t be dismissed as a mere coincidence anymore. Someone in the family is obviously following every episode religiously; but I’m not one to reveal who it is. 
Anyway, there was a segment last Saturday where Tessa Prieto-Valdez (she’s one of the contenders) had a duet with the legendary Mike Hanopol singing, what else, but the anthem of all jeproks (Tagalog street slang for ‘tough’) called “Laki sa Layaw.” As a prop to this live performance, Tessa posed beside a white Vespa ET right up there on the stage at the start of the song. What’s the connection, right? I guess it’s jeproks to have a Vespa… hahaha
I went to youtube to see if I could grab a broadcast recording of the show but only found this home video of the said performance taken by a studio audience. It was uploaded by a certain hkpirate/DV which I could only assume as Dennis Valdez, Tessa’s better half (Note: If you’re following the show, you may be interested to read his blog and read about rumors about what the other contestants are doing to get text votes).
Watch their performance:
The vocals weren’t clearly audible because of the quality but the band sounded great… and Mike Hanopol still rocks!
During the break, I saw this commercial — with pretty newcomer Maja Salvador — where I spotted another Vespa. The ad is for a product called Lewis & Pearl cologne and I think the ad was shot in Downtown Manila. If you haven’t seen it, take a look at it here.
Did you see the Vespa? It crossed the screen from left to right for just a little over a second. If it was my Vespa, I’d be proud! Any ad guy out there looking for a Vespa? Anyone? hahaha!
Laki sa layaw, jeproks!
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sino kayang mama ang may-ari ng ET na ginamit ni tessa prieto????
mukhang malaki TF ata john,matagal ang exposure eh,hehehe
bhong08, mukhang Hello Kitty yung design ng ET so baka Gift Gate lent it to her. hehehe
Hi John!
I was at the celebrity duets last saturday for a little bit and i too noticed the Hello Kitty ET4. Apparently its owned by Giftgate who loaded it to Tessa for her performance. My wife was able to take a few pics of it on her phone. Just let me know if you would like a copy, you are more than welcome to post it if you wish
hehe, meant to say “loaned it to Tessa.” Anyway you’re absolutely correct John. Giftgate did loan it to her. At first i thought it was hers but my wife confirmed that it is in fact owned by giftgate.
Uy, Hello Kitty nga. Parang anti-thesis ng jeprox yun ah! bwahaha!
Sige Vexel, send me the pics that your wife took and I’ll post them here. Just curious, why were you in the studio? Does your wife work there?
Hi John! I emailed the pics!
Wait a minute…you were able to watch TV and blog while we were working on your book? Great multi-tasker you are! I practically abandoned mine hehe
uh-oh. You got me there, Jaymie. Baka naman those times you thought I was working, I wasn’t doing anything at all.
hahaha!