bitin sa ligaya

about a month ago, the adiks thru confi have been buzzing over the great reunion. n, our insider in this event, said the event will be sponsored by marlboro so it's gonna be free. all we need to prepare are 20 packs of marlboro and register online, how hard could that be? k must have consumed innumerable packs enough to make a giant parol from its 'palara' that would put the giant parols from pampanga into shame. me, on the other hand, asked tatay to make hithit marlboros instead of his usual brand. i just got a stern look.

but in just a week before the event, news broke out that it's cancelled thanks to DOH. my fwends were devastated. only a few days before, the event was salvaged but this time it's not free already. P800 for general admission, and P1,300 for patron. come friday, k made pilit that i go with them (yes, i like when friends make pilit, hehehe). i declined at first, sabado night, and i have something else to do. last minute, nagpa-pilit na rin ako. g bought patron tickets for the group.

sabado mowning, feeling eggzited na! i bought chips, cookies ang bottled water, like we're going to a picnic. i made sure the batteries of the cameras are fully charged.



and here's my get up, white shirt jeans and crocs. the jeans were dug up from the baul, i had this pair years years ago. i've never wore jeans for the longest time. k made sure that i don't wear a skirt at the venue. before, this pair fits very well, medyo low waist pa.. but now, i had to jump up and down, inhale like it's my last, and squeeze my tummy like crushing my internal organs just put this on..



g and hubby picked me up with e and her tart. we made a quick stop at g's first, they came from a relatives burial so they need to change into their rocker outfits before we go. we're supposed to pick up k in manila, pero dahil susyal si k, she was just brought to serendra by a driver instead.

on our way, n informed us that pro cams and foodies are not allowed inside. pro cam? but why? faced out na nga ang rebelde ko, how can it be a pro cam? and besides, i don't even have a telephoto. sa mga ganitong event, dapat well defined ang mga gadgets. dapat pwede ang "pro cam" as long as the lens attached to it is not a telephoto. good thing i have a back up plan, the good old sony digicam.

while looking for a parking slot, we saw a familiar crv in front of us. texted j if it was him, and wadayaknow, siya nga! we parked side by side, met k at serendra, and off we go to the venue. medyow walang sistema ang pila, so d said we'll just make ikot on the other side assuming that there are less people there. when we got there, mas konti nga ang tao.

we have passed 3 security checks. on the last kapkapan, my cologne, my very very precious cologne and johnson's talc powder was confiscated. pakshet, the powder i can easily let go, but the cologne, noooooh! it's a b&bw warm vanilla sugar, a very rare 'flavor' na hindi available dito sa pinas. bakit ba kasi bawal? bakeet? how can a cologne in spray bottle sabotage a concert? tell me please!

so here's our view. one fourth inch na lang sina ely, but it's okay, we were expecting this anyway. d bought 18 hotdogs, all for 90 pesos! e bought flavored drinks for all.



and here's us! we're back to high school all over again.



the ticket says the show is at 8pm, pero pinas 'to, nothing here starts on time. at around half past 8, a 10 minute countdown flashed on the screen. excited na kame! until the last 10 second count, game na!

kaboom! a familiar tune waved, like a spell that brought everyone into trance.

may... isang umaga...

na tayoooooy magsasamaaaaa

adranaline rush... o anoooong.. saraaaapppppp! haaaaaaa!!!

crowd was very high, we sang on top of our lungs, raised our hands, banged our heads

fireworks!

shet. this is really is it!

song came one after the other. we were high, really high! k, whose feet is still injured, jumped up and down with us. we were all sweat but wadaheck, we're havin a hellavagoodtime! i felt like a rock star, singing out loud with head banging like shaking my brains out. never mind looking like tanga, di naman ako kilala ng mga tao dun.

i wasn't able to take note how many songs were from the first set. around 10-ish, a 20 minute intermission was flashed on the screen. jep and chette met us.



we looked for water, wateeeer! unfortunately, the booths were out of water already, the only availabe liquid are the bottled iced tea and the flavored water. so tambay tambay muna while waiting for the next set. shortly before the 20 minute break ended, ely's sister went up announcing ely was rushed to the hospital due to distress.

whuaat? are you joking? totoo ba? i still haven't heard pare ko, huling el bimbo and other songs, and now the concert is ending... this can't be happening. we were so high, so high in the clouds, lumilipad na sa alapaap until this. biglang lagpak sa lupa.

we didn't leave the area. stayed for about 10 to 15 mins. we need to digest the sad news, get it in our system. hindi pa namin matanggap. ely, we hope you get well soon. and we hope for another reunion. at sana, admitted pa rin ang tix namin.

the night is still young, and we're still high despite being thrown out early from the event. so what to do? eat drink and be merry? well, drink as in drink water, dahil sooobrang uhaw na kami. we went back to g's truck and continued to party. ala picnic style, we munched on our chips, sang like demented drunks, and took pics from our slrs.



k was picked up by cousins after an hour. and the five of us thought and looked for a good but cheap resto to have dinner/breakfast at. we landed at chowking still at the fort area. i had goto, the g, d, e and r had bangus.



got home at 2am, still singing eheads in my mind.