Featured PDA Scholar of the Day: Van

Full Name: VAN LOUELLE POJAS
Age: 18
Birthdate: 08 November
Place of Birth: TalisayCity, Cebu
Height: 5’8”
Civil Status: Single
Occupation: Student
Educ. Attainment: B. S. Physical Therapy (ongoing)
School Last Attended: Cebu Doctors University
Interests (other than singing): Playing the guitar
Favorite Bands: The Used, Mayday Parade, Paramore
Musical influences: Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, REO Speedwagon
Discovering my voice: At school, my teacher asked me to sing.
First song ever performed: I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing by Aerosmith
Musical instruments I can play: Guitar
Musical instruments I’d like to learn: Piano
Greatest achievement: Making it to Pinoy Dream Academy as a scholar
Greatest Dream: To finish my studies and be a very good physical therapist
Songs of my life: All That I’ve Got by The Used; Warrior Is A Child by Gary V.

Quote Me: “I’d go as far I could go as long as people love to hear my music and my voice. I would do my best to show my talent.”

Notes on Van:

Coming from a well-off family, good-looking, and talented, Van is expected to be contended with his life. But when asked what song would describe his general feeling, his immediate reply is “Incomplete.”

Van’s family used to be complete and happy until his parents separated. His mom is now based in the States while his father has his own life away from Van. All by himself, he has no one else to turn to but his textbooks and his music. But since it’s music that make shim happy, he has opted to postpone schooling for the meantime.
PDA will not give the Van the feeling of wholeness that he yearns for, but it will train him to become a better singer and perhaps, a complete artist.

Source: www.pinoydreamacademy.ph

Songs Performed:

1. Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
2. Next In Line - Wency Cornejo
3. Turn Back The Clock - Johnny Hates Jazz
4. Nobody Wants to Be Lonely - Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera, duet with Apple
5. Bed Of Roses - Bon Jovi
6. Yesterday - The Beatles, a cappella trio with Sen & Bugoy
7. Tearin' Up My Heart - *NSYNC, trio with Sen & Bugoy
8. Through The Fire - Chaka Khan, face-off with Sen
9. Tatsulok - Bamboo
10. Maybe - Peabo Bryson, counterpoint with Poy
11. Bulong - Kitchie Nadal, duet with Kitchie Nadal