Crap and Scraps

the next day, i found myself at eastwood (my brother had to fetch his girlfriend, who was working at one of the e-com building tenants) an hour and a half early for my shift.

i recall it was raining badly that as soon i got down from the car, i was welcomed by water of all forms. perfect. i didn't have an umbrella plus i had to clumsily navigate the terrain to the crowd with bad, slippery rubber sandals (i'll never buy roxy again) a gym bag, my lady's bag and bad skirt day get-up. as soon as i got near the stage, i was usisero enough to stand by the side but because the PAs and other event-related crew were everywhere, it was hard to see so i made my way through the crowd until i found myself near the front on the left side of the stage. i told myself that i was lucky to have inched my way through. imago was just warming up so i took the opportunity to scan the crowd until i looked behind me - oops, why was there enough space for people but they were behind the security guard? i checked out the people beside me - uh...vip stickers? i checked out the young, vibrant fashionistas in front of me (promise, i looked like their maid behind them) - uh...people were taking their pictures and the mtv crew even took statements from them - ugh! artistas. unknowns, as far as my local showbiz catalog is concerned. therefore, i was really lucky to even be where i was standing except i felt like a total moron beside them.

that would be my first time to watch imago performing live after rounds of abusively singing their song "akap" (take note: paborito ni Johann ang kantang ito) during karaoke sessions with my friends.

my eyes caught aia: nice hair hehehe. it suited her, though, i was a bit disturbed because the last time i saw her, she was a life-sized poster figure promoting tokyo-tokyo with long hair. the rest of my thoughts are unnecessary. oh, oh, myelene! i always wanted to know how raymond marasigan's wife looks like in person. cool! i love her! hehehe, ever since i saw her sport the same outfit as her husband's at some music awarding event (it was a tuxedo i think, hmm), i was a fan of the couple. lol. what can be cooler than a mom who has agreed to name their daughter "atari"?

fast forward: maxine and pia shared their message on the importance of spreading cervical cancer awareness, elmo (franis M's son, who resembled him. the ladies and gays in front of me seemed to drool over them, based on what i overheard) got to sing a duet with aia, a fashion show paraded their clothing line for the cause and an mv by the late Francis M was shown, by that time, i was already a bit impatient because i swore i won't leave without seeing ely buendia and 10pm was fast approaching. finally, the feminine colors drowning the venue faded to make way for pupil's sound check, a relief at 9:35pm.

...15 minutes later, ely apologized to the crowd for the delay due to some technical problems then rendered "disconnection notice" to the delight of the crowd (take note, that wasn't their first song. it was the second). he was naturally aloof, as i have observed from the eraserheads reunion concert videos, so whenever he smiled (rarely), it felt like an added bonus. too bad, i was not able to stay longer, i had to be at my station by 10:20pm. still, i was satisfied to have seen him at close range that i never realized i took too many pictures of him until i had uploaded them to my laptop.

so ending...what was the cause of my attendance to the cause? well, i did learn a thing or two about cervical cancer but i got the facts from the internet after i had read quark's twitter message that same afternooon. promise.

yes, ely. just ely.

the rest are a plus...like the laban ni maria sticker and bookmarks. tara let's!

trivia: when i was in first year college, my brother organization, the knights of columbus (ust chapter) held an eraserheads concert so i was actually able to meet the quartet when they were just starting. pasikat pa lang ang "ligaya" nung time na un (so it has been that long???).