Philippine Asian News Today Vol 20 No 12 | Page 16

16 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY June 16 - 30, 2018 T N P s M Name: Rose Jean A. Palacpac Talent: Interior designing Hobbies: Collecting household stuffs Biggest Influence: Success of others gets me motivated/influenced Favorite Actor: Sandra Bullock Favorite Singer: Angeline Quinto Favorite Quote: If you are working on something you really care about,you don’t have to be pushed.The vision pulls you. (Photo by Christian Cunanan) Pop Diva Kuh Ledesma lights up UFCABC Gala Pop diva Kuh Ledesma always attracts audiences from all walks and ages of Filipinos in the Philippines and abroad. Kuh has been performing for more than three decades.  She started her music career when she joined the Lastiko band in Bacolod while she was still a nursing student at Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod. She finished nursing and successfully passed the Board Exam and became a registered nurse. Ledesma and her bandmates Toto Gentica and Jet Montelibano later went to Manila to form the Music & Magic band which the start of her career. Kuh eventually went solo with “Dito Ba?”, her first hit song. Kuh celebrated the 120th Independence Day of the Philippines in Vancouver recently with a mini-concert at the United Filipino Associations of BC at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Downtown Vancouver. Philippine Asian News Today and PNC- Balitang Vancouver caught up with the diva before her performance at the UFCABC Gala for an exclusive one-on-one about her projects and her very active music career. She says she likes coming to Vancouve