Another Epic Friday

Yesterday was a really epic Friday! Yes, I do get the redundancy from the title but whatever. The amount of epic Fridays that I have had early in the year makes me love and anticipate Fridays more and more every week. 2012 is being nice.

Sooo, yesterday, we were required to watch a play about Ibong Adarna for Hum. We had to wait eight hours because our classes ended at 11:30 and the play started at 7:00. EIGHT fucking hours for a play which was, sad to say, mediocre. Well, it was only a class play, so what could you expect, right? Script was nice, props were horrible, actors were okay-only some were impressive.

EIGHT HOURS. We had lunch at Robinsons which probably took about an hour and a half of our time so we had 6.5 hours left to spare. And you could just feel the intense heat in that 6 hours, my god. It was sooo hot that you'd think it was in the middle of summer or so. Jessica, Ancie and myself hung around the DBS corridor while Lee and Bia researched in the library. By hung around I meant-sitting by the very corner of the corridor, playing Pusoy Dos countless of times while complaining about the heat and watching Election candidates pass by every 30 minutes or so.

Oh yeah, it's the election season in UP Manila, and all you could probably hear University-wide are issues involving the candidates running for that certain position or the latest UP Brickwall or UP Heckler post. Yes, we were one of those chismosas who liked to talk about the candidates and their said issues-deciding which people would be suitable for the electoral positions. Or you know, maybe we just really wanted to know the latest issues and all.

Because we played cards for a really long time one of our professors (Sir Ong), decided to point it out when he walked by. He reminded us of the time we should leave on Sunday for the field trip and went back just to say "Ayan, ang mga natutunan niyo sa mga Kastila-magsugal, sigee" HAHAHAA.

Anywaaay, we played Pusoy Dos and talked about the elections and whatnot for the remaining 6 hours-some eating were done in between games too :)) Lee and Bia joined in at about 3:30 in the afternoon and we switched places with whoever lost, blah and blah. And this cycle went on until about 5 or 6. Mel joined us at around that time too.

Around that time, RP Narvaez, someone running independently for USC councilor approached us and talked to us. He knew Lee so, yeah. Anyway, he joined in the fun and played Pusoy Dos with us with the fake bet that if he wins over Jessica (who was the Queen of Pusoy Dos at that time), he gets her vote or our vote. And we joked that he tell us his platforms and modes of action while playing the game. It was so much fun. Kuya RP was fun to be with and he knew how to interact with people well. He was sooo game in whatever it is that we said. Awesome. Mary-the Master of the Queen, joined in the pseudo gambling session.

We played Bluff and Pusoy Dos with him but he ultimately lost to Jessica (hahaha). While we were playing with Kuya RP, Jason Alacapa, who was running for USC chairperson approached our group and shook hands with Kuya RP because they were fraternity brothers and moved on to shaking our hands. I honestly hate hand shake campaigns. It always seems so fake for me. We

Anyway, before Kuya Jason could even finish shaking everyone's hand in our group, the whole BIGKIS slate appeared out of nowhere and everyone from the said slate started shaking our hands too. Whoah, who were we? An independent candidate and the whole BIGKIS slate hovering over us and our gambling game. To top it all of, the slate of ASAP-KATIPUNAN was in the same floor. The atmosphere was intense, I tell you. We could feel the heat between the rival political parties from one end of the corridor to another. Meeep. One of the most awkward situations of our life, right there.

After people from BIGKIS, shook our hands, people from ASAP took their turn on us and introduced themselves one by one. This was so funny for us because, well, as said above, who were we? It felt like we were being clamored by the two powerful political parties in UPM + an independent candidate and we were virtually no one. Couldn't have they left us to our gambling game in peace? We admit though, it felt kind of nice. But, it was so obvious that we were just instruments in their heated political argument/war/whatever you want to call it. Le siiigghhh.

After the whole ASAP-BIGKIS-INDEPENDENT incident, we went back to our Pusoy Dos (yes, we are somewhat hardcore gamblers)-this time though, we played with two decks of cards. :)) This went on for a while and at about 6:30 we started to pack up to go to the play.

The play was okay. It was okay, considering that it was done by students but of course, the story line was predictable. Although I liked the comedic parts because they proved to be effective and all. The guy who played "Tuko", I failed to remember his name, did it all. He was the overall guy of the play :)))

The play finished at about 9:00. It's a good thing Bia offered me a ride home. It was a looong day and I was too tired to blog about it yesterday :O This Friday was different-in a good way. I think? If you didn't enjoy the story, then I must say, it's one of those, you should've been there momentsss. :))

Of gambling, political parties and cliche story lines.

Maybe the Happiest Son of a Gun right now

Today, is the morning after the LIV5 concert series. I am kind of already experiencing post-concert depression buut, I'm trying to fight it so it's best if I write this before it devours me wholly. Today, I shall reminisce because that is all I can do and nothing more.

I got to attend three out of four shows and I was voiceless for most of that four days because of all the screaming and the singing. Worth it. I think I got thinner during those four days because I have eaten nothing but air and water (lol, this is an exaggeration, it sound better like that). Fangirling is hard business.

FIRST DAY (February 16)

I was worrying about the first day ever since they announced the venues for the dates. The venue just happens to be Alabang Town Center, the farthest venue ever. Down south just in the border of Metro Manila-beside Cavite and Batangas. What the fuck even. And to top it all of, my class on Mondays/Thursdays ends at four. How was I suppose to get there?

Anyway, I got to ATC with my mom at about 9 or 10. I thought it was going to open at 10 but apparently, ATC opens at 11. Why? We'll never know. Anyway, when I got there, I say Iyah, Ina and Arjuna (Comm 3 classmates that apparently likes the same music genre as I do!). They got a picture with Jonathan Cook. I missed them by about half a minute. Just kill me, please because I'm so goddamn unlucky,

Anyway, we hanged behind the stage for a while, watched their sound check and waited for 11:00. Caleb was the first person I saw. Caleb is the first ever ginger I saw in real life (I think?). I waved at him, he waved back, My god, I just died a little inside. I took a picture of Caleb. I just really wanted to see Kyle Burns, okay? He's one of the loves of my life band people. I love him to pieces. He went out and started drumming and all. I didn't have courage to shout out his name-I was starstruck. Kyle, why are you so beautiful? He saw us (or me, because I'm just being really assuming here) and I waved and fuck the whole world because he smiled and waved back. My heart dropped on the floor. It's a good thing he didn't look for too long because I went bonkers out of kilig. His smile was so nice, I can't even ciaskhfaljsa and his teeth are perfect (loool, I just had to comment on that). Breaks out into the Chip Skylark song called Shiny Teeth and Me. When ATC finally opened, all hell broke loose because people were running and jumping and panicking and being excited and all-yes, including myself. We go tickets, hooray! :))

Me and my mom rode the bus which passes by my school. Worst decision ever. The traffic was unbelievably heavy and theeen, to add to my luck, it started raining. Really really hard. If you know me, you probably know why his is bad. I don't bring an umbrella, everyday, forever and always. I don't like my bag heavy. Anywaaay, y'all can guess what happens next. Yep, that's it. I got drenched in rain water. Me and my mom had to go to Robinsons to buy the first clothes we see because we were really fucking soaked.

Got to school, watched some lame ass boring movie. Oh, here's the best part: our professor, who always always checks the attendance decided not to-on the day when I only had one class and on the day that I had to go back to school soaked in rain water when I could be in ATC, dry and safe and not tired. Fuck.

Me and my sister, were late for the show. I blame you Professor. When we got there, it was already The Ready Set playing so yeah. I don't even like The Ready Set that much. I mean they're okay, but I'm not really into them/him. But whooaaah, a lot of people are, definitely.

I wasn't happy with our area. Gaaah. Only half of the VIP area and half of the A-card and VIPinoy area were occupied. They could have let us in. Gaaaaah. :(( Anyway, after The Ready Set, A Rocket to the Moon came out and sdhfilksajf I just sang my heart out okay? ARTTM is one of those bands who writes music beautifully, especially lyrically. I always love how they string together beautiful words and how they play with it. Gaaaah. Awesome, awesome writers! We were just sooo far away. But that didn't really stop us (or me) from partying. I screamed out every word of every song they sang. It was magical.

The people beside us were ARTTM fans as well so it was so fun! Plus, they played my favorites off their album-She's Killing Me would be the first off that list. I love that song! My goodness :)) Anyway, they also played crowd favorites like Mr. Right, Baby Blue Eyes and Dakota. Also part of the setlist were On Your Side, Give A Damn and If Only They Knew I do think that is the whole setlist excluding the new song they played. Hihihi. The crowd sang the loudest with the said crowd favorites and oh my gosh, Baby Blue Eyes was just beautiful, okay :')

When A Rocket to the Moon ended, it was time for Forever the Sickest Kids. And oh my god, can I just fucking say that I was so fucking excited? dkfhjsdkljfs I CAN'T EVEN, ohmygod. The timing was just perfect because I was just rekindling my obsession with this particular band. Hahahaha. But I've been listening to them for about 3 years already and yeah.

WHEN THEY CAME ONSTAGE, I WAS FLAPPING MY ARMS EVERYWHERE AND I WAS JUMPING LIKE A MADMAN. Which is more funny due to the fact that people in the non-VIP area were so quiet when FTSK came onstage. They were like "kroo-kroo" :)) I didn't care really. I don't remember what song they played first. What I do remember is that after the 1st or 2nd song, Jonathan said "If there's anyway you guys can come over here closer, please do" and the wildness began.

Everyone was jumping barricades and the guards/bouncers started to panic. But they really couldn't do anything. Fans were jumping left and right. I helped my sister jumped through the barricade and I threw her my bag and told her to run for it. The guard was already nearing our side and I thought I wasn't going to make it through the first barricade. I MADE IT! PUTA, and the barricade was so fucking tall-it was up to my chest area. Anyway, there was still a second barricade which me and my sister successfully crossed as well.

That right there was an amazing moment. Everyone was at the VIP area by the time of the 2nd/3rd song. Jonathan said he liked it because all of us are so close now. Hahaha. I really felt like barfing. I ran so fast because adrenaline took over the best of me-thank God and I haven't eaten anything and all. So I felt a little dizzy and I wanted to throw up but that didn't really stop me from rocking it out. Me and my sister climbed on a chair where a photographer was standing as well, and we were probably so rowdy that he decided to go away. Hahaha. I found that highly amusing.

Anyway, FTSK played some of my favorites and their setlist was just fucking quality ok? :)) They have the best setlist ever! My favorites were Crossroads, She Likes, Robots & Aliens, Whoa Oh and of course, She's A Lady. They also played Keep On Bringing Me Down, Shut the Front Door, Hip Hp Chick and Catastophe. The crowd was loud, I liked, no, loved it.

During Crossroads, Jonathan Cook pointed at me because I was doing his dance. Hahaha. The arm thing dance, and I was so happy because, well, he noticed how into it I was. I was seriously like a jumping maniac because I was rocking it out and all. FTSK has the best rock out, party dance music. Hell yeah! Aaaand, I finally got to see Kyle Burns performing! hihihi. He was just so into it. So coool. @.@ I love him. Hahaha

Jonathan made like comments on how beautiful it is, and how awesome the country was and all that. He said that our energy and love for music was amazing-saying that there were no hierarchies in the band because we gave the same amount of energy to all of them. He said he feels like it was all just like one big party with family and friends and it didn't feel like just performing onstage at all. I, being the feeler than I always am, was flattered throughout the whole time. Hahhaha. Filipino crowds are the best, yo.

SECOND DAY (February 17)

The second day was at Glorietta and not much happened because we were outside, at the side of the stage. I met up with some of my schoolmates, mentioned above. And we ended up there, at the side of the stage. It's okay though because it was so near the stage. The problem was that you couldn't rock out much because most people there were just passersby who just wanted to see what the fuss was all about. So, yeah.

My sister got in the pit by the way! Hahhaa, lucky bitch. loljk, I love her. Someone who had an extra ticket-a parent actually, probably thought she was pitiful :)) She gave her the extra ticket and I told her to go on and take it. Hahaha. So I was stuck there, alone ;__; huhuhu. So pitiful.

The only significant thing that happened really is seeing The Summer Set perform. Whooaaahh, they were awesome. I am so glad that I saw them perform and all. Jess was just flawless. She's the reason my want of becoming a drummer despite being a girl strengthened. Hahaha. She's just so badass and all. They played a lot of songs from the new album too. Unfortunately, I didn't like their setlist that miuch. It was okay though. They played Chelsea, Punch-Drunk Love, Someone Like You, etc. I would have loved to hear Where Are You Now? but yeah :))

PLUS: J.Cook looked and pointed at me again even if I was just in the sides. Hihihi. Love J.Cook forever. :) Again, it's so embarrassing to remember because I was rocking out and I probably looked terrible and out of it and wasted. Ugh. Hahahaa. At least J.Cook loves me :)))

FOURTH DAY (February 19)

Yes, I skipped the third day which was in Trinoma because we didn't go.

Anyway, I scavenged all night and all day to get tickets for me and my sister, and I got tickets! Woo-hooo! :)) This means we get to barricade! And it's M!M! again, just like in LIV3. Hihihi. I am so happy all my hard work paid off. :> Anyway, we got there early because we had to meet up with three people who were giving us tickets and all. PLUS: I finally got to meet Ram! She's someone I met online and coincidentally is my schoolmate from UP Manila but we never see each other in school since she's in a different building than I am.

Sooo, when we got inside, we were just really fangirling inside. My goodness. Ram was so ecstatic about the fact that we were so near. And we were! Ram liked Kyle too so we spent most of the time jokingly arguing about Kyle. Plus, we took pictures because it's our first time to see each other and I was excited of how close we were onstage.

When A+ Dropouts came onstage, everyone ran to the barricades. THANKFULLY AND I MEAN THANKFULLY, we got hold of the barricades. We have awesome awesome fangirling skills you guys. :)) If only this could be a day job. lol. SO, I really didn't care much about the A+ because I didn't know them but they were okay. They were all probably younger than me and all but the boys in this band were foooinee. :))) I held up a sign that says Bianca Loves You and Cheska noticed it and said I love you too Bianca. leelzz.

Nothing to say about The Summer Set. Le sigh. My sister got a pick from the guy in The Ready Set. Awesome balls. And then A Rocket to the Moon came onstage. Woo-hooo! NIck made us sing a lot of parts of Baby Blue Eyes. He said he loved the way our united voice sounded. Hihihi. And true enough, everything was beautiful :') He also winked at me during Give A Damn. Awww, Nick. Stop it you :"> I didn't actually feel a lot giddy because it was an obligatory wink. He always winks during a line in Give A Damn so it just so happened that his gaze landed on me, so yeah. :|| :))) Anyway, my sister was holding up this sign and Halvo noticed her a lot and smiled at her. Yiheee, kilig-pwet :)) ARTTM ws flattering us and all, saying they don't ever wanna leave the country. And they were asking us if we would watch them again if ever they will have a show in the PH again, and of course everyone responded with a big YEEEAAAAHHH. Hahaha.

Forever the Sickest Kids came onstage again and whooaaahh. Still so much energy and party spirit. It never changes! Plus, they were all really hyper. I'd say FTSK is one of the most hyper bands I've seen. They really can't stop moving around so much! I think J.Cook knows me already because he kept looking at me again, while I was rocking out and all. He would laugh-that bastard :)) Anyway, Rico threw my sister two picks but we didn't get them since the first one didn't reach the audience, and the other one got lost-magically. :((

Anyway, I think they were completely at awe with the crowd in M!M! because they had these faces of awe, you know. Especially during "She Likes" though because the crowd just screamed it out and we may have sang it louder than the speakers and amps and all. The boys were all like "Did you expect this?" "That is awesome" and blah :)) Flattered fangirl is flattered.

So, then the most kilig part of the show was when I was holding up this sign because I am an attention-whore and I wanted Kyle's attention and Austin noticed the sign and approached Kyle and I think he told Kyle about my sign because Kyle looked in my direction, smiled and nodded. Ohmyfreakingosh. Just hold me because I'm dead. Kyle, Y U SO ADORBZZ? :))

Anyway, FTSK was flattering us too much too. They said they loved the Philippines and Manila is probably their favorite city and all that plus it may have been one of their best shows to date. I love FTSK, they never fail to flatter me and of course, the whole fangirl/fanboy society in Manila. They said they don't want to leave and that if they stay they'd have to play shows everyday and they asked us if that would be ok. And of course, the whole crowd responded with a big YEEEAAAAHHH.

Their tweets are the best though. I'm really lazy to put it up right now but I will when I find the time, guys :)) Hahahaha.

LIV5 was awesome sauce. No voice. Sore body. Didn't study for anything so I might fail something. ALL FUCKING WORTH IT.

SocSciyawan Fun

Yesterday, I got to watch DSS' variety show called SocSciyawan. We thought it was a requirement but apperently it was 'just for fun'. Well, it was fun, but I wouldn't have attended if we didn't thought it had an incentive : Thankfully though, I did have fun! :))))

Anyway, my friends left early because they had to go shop for new clothes. I am poor so I can't really shop. Le sigh. I would have left but I wanted to stay for the professors' dance number. Hihihi. It's not everyday you can see your profs, present and past, dancing. That was the only fun bit, to be honest.

Of all the courses, I liked the performance from DevStud. They were well-prepared and well-researched. Plus, it wasn't boring. The whole performance was both entertaining and informative. Kudos to the DS freshies! I hope they won because they totally totally deserve it. If they didn't, well, fuck you. :\

Anyway, I got to watch the faculty's performance, and it was truly entertaining. I did not regret having to stay 4 hours to watch that! Even if it was simple, it was the thought of seeing your profs not be profs for a day. Ha.ha.

Sir Ong danced the best (I think). Who knew? He has this certain appeal to him, even when teaching-even more when he's dancing. Even his mistakes were charming, I mean, what the fuck, right? :))) Sir Vinzons didn't know how to dance. I'm still not sure if he was faking it or if he really didn't know how to. He was too adorable-like a kid, even with all those piercings and his undeniable hotness. Ms. Jopson was sooo good too. She hasn't become my professor yet (or never will) but I felt the need to comment on this. She was really good and she's pretty and she looks so sexy dancing! Omggg. How can a teacher even do that, my gosh :)))

My friend found this video! Omggg. Ma'am Jopson is the girl in the purple dress in the far left, Sir Ong is the guy with a white shirt and a black blazer right smack in the middle and Sir Vinzons is the guy wearing the black long sleeved thing with a beanie in the far right. Whoooaaaaa. Enjoy :)))

Yesterday was nice. I liked it very much. Thank you Friday :)

The Maine Live in Manila

Just a few days ago, I was obsessing about them yet again. I even told my mom I am absolutely sure that the man I'm going to marry is John O'Callaghan. How delusional, I know-but whatever. I think he's perfect. And The Maine, as a band is indeed, perfect. I love them to pieces. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

They are coming back. There are no words. They kept their promise. I am screaming on the inside. John. Jared. Pat. Kennedy. Garrett. I'll see you on March 31. So fucking excited. I hope I get Pulp Royalty passes-me and my sister, that is. I need to meet them. There are too much words, declarations of love and utterances of adoration to be said.

February is Hell

I have not blogged for a while. The last few weeks were hell, I didn't really have the time, the energy or a functioning computer to blog. Gaaaaah, we need to catch up on some really important stuff dear blogger.

February will be hell, so I'm not expecting us to catch up anytime soon. In the meantime, here's my twitter to let you know I am still alive and kicking. Also, if you are quite the stalker, you'll get more updates in ze tweets rather than here.

I promise promise promise to blog soon :>

xx