A Superhero flies high while Willie keeps feet on the ground



 

Revillame defines Rizal: Willie Revillame chooses to keep his both feet on the ground as he never forgets to give back more than Rizal could do.



Nomination entry to Rizal Awards @150, honoring deserving Filipinos who defines heroism in their respective field. Jose Rizal is celebrating his sesquicentennial birth on June 2012 organized by National Historical Commission of the Philippines.



Many could attest that I'm very choosy when it comes to scents. I only wear a scent of my personal choice even if I get to receive a much popular and expensive brands. My regular visits to Bench allows me to check on variety of home made products that at par to global standards and their so called celebrity collection always ring a bell on me to always try it out. I've been using Wil Eau de toilet for almost a year now and it never makes me stop using it. Bench must have put something interesting on Willie Revillame's brand of perfume that makes me gaga over it even if I don't idolize Willie at all.

The smell is so amazingly interesting suited perfectly on the life of “Papi” which eventually interests me to discover his story.

Not your usual rags to riches fairytale, Willie Revillame better known by the masses as “Kuya Wil” or “Papi” made history that was packed with controversies, romantic break-ups, tough challenges and triumphant successes like a box office movie. A dropped out dentistry student with a heart of a musician, Willie was discovered doing beats as a drummer that made him enter the world of showbiz as sidekicks in movies. Big breaks came in when he started working on noon time television, hosting game shows such as MTB and Wowowee on ABSCBN prior to his contentious transfer to rival station TV 5 producing his own show Wil Time Big Time. As all known, his shows were created for the masses to showcase their talents and life's sentiments. This also became an avenue for charitable acts by him and his Filipino viewers around the globe.

I'm certainly sure that many will raise their eyebrows if I will say that Willie Revillame and national hero, Jose Rizal are the same in many ways. Yes, in many aspects but not all for sure. Both of them lacks in height, got plenty of hot chicks, treasures family ties, charismatic charm to the people, stands for righteousness and most of all they embody the virtues of faith, hard work, patience, courage and determination in making our nation achieve freedom, changing our lives to be liberated from hunger, poverty and oppression regardless either from the past or present situation our country is experiencing.

Rizal died for his country by uplifting the minds of the Filipinos to fight for what is right and this has given us freedom we have today. Heroism in Willie might not be like of Rizal but as everybody knows, his undying passion of helping nobodies in his shows has proven that he defends the Filipino's right to hope, inspire and realize brighter future like him. Real heroes are not born to live a perfect life. Despite of living imperfectly, when a person becomes a man for others it defines real heroism.

Willie cannot fly in the sky like superheroes do even if he has all the riches in the universe because he chooses to keep his both feet grounded as he never forgets to give back more than Rizal could do.