.backstage nung concert.
here it is, my story--mainly focused on spongecola, siyempre. hehe.
so, being a performer (nyak! performer daw! kapal!) for the concert, and since senior student ako, i had the privilege to hang out backstage during the concert. although yung paglabas-pasok was tolerated, i don't think the nu107 people and the security guards and the bouncers weren't too happy with me and my mates going back and forth, to and from the lobby. pero siyempre, me, being the pasaway, sige lang nang sige. paki ko ba, di ba?
actually, i didn't really hang out that much backstage, hindi man ako kumuha nung food. may hiya pa naman ako. it was only when mr. yael yuzon and company came that i really hung out sa lobby.
when i saw my classmates running to the lobby, sumama na ako. and as luck would have it, nandun si yael, naglalakad-lakad (baka kukuha ng food, i dunno). grabbing the opportunity, i asked ailora kung pwede ba niya ako kuhanan ng picture with yael sa cam niya. ang sira ko kasi eh, di nagdala ng cam--kitang may concert! (all together now, "ang bobo mo talaga, fides! haha!). anyway, mga classmates ko pa yung naunang mag-take ng pictures, so i asked someone (i forgot who) to call my lil sis, jinky. i know she'd love to have a picture with yael, and it would somehow be my christmas gift for her na rin. but jinx wasn't around yet, and i didn't want to ask yael to wait for her (nakakahiya yun noh!) so i took a picture with him without jinx. and then a few minutes after jinx came, sabi ko na lang later na kami ulit magpa-picture sa kanya.
armo also went past us, and one of my mates had her picture taken with him. i didn't bother asking armo, hehe, kasi kay yael ko lang naman gusto magpa-picture.
lumabas ulit ako ng lobby to watch urbandub. then my mom came from i dunno where and showed us a ticket that had something written on it. nakalagay: "MM and Chinky, hi!" then signature. i couldn't recognize whose sig it was, so sabi ko kay mama, "kanino galing yan?" and then she said, "kay yael!" haha. astig! he spelled jinky's name wrong nga lang. at least yung sa kin tama, 'MM'. hehe! thank you, yael!
so i went inside, thinking baka pwede na magpa-autograph. i went to where my bag was, and as i was getting my spongecola cd, lee told me, "oy, fides! sikat na naman pangalan mo. nung nag-sign si yael ng poster and nilagay nya ung name mo, sabi niya, 'fides? di ba latin yun for faith?'" haay, for the first time in my life, natuwa ako sa pangalan kong kakaiba. hehe!
i ran to the other side of the lobby, kung saan yung professional bands. i think yael was watching urbandub perform, kasi nandun siya malapit sa stage. my mom saw jinx and me, and she got yael and introduced us.
mama: eto yung daughters ko, si mm and jinky.
yael: ah, okay. hi!
mama: (pointing to me) she plays in a band, bassist siya.
yael said something like, "okay," hindi ko na naintindihan because i was too embarrassed with my mom. pwede na talaga siyang stagemother. geez, nakakahiya! kay yael yuzon pa, di ba? syet. oh, by the way, my mom kept saying "nael" or "mael", i dunno, instead of "yael." hopefully, maingay masyado for yael not to have heard it. kahit ngayon, both mama and papa call him "mael", pero pang-inis na lang sa 'kin, because they know how big a fan i am of the guy.
then, naalala ko si mikee. sabi ko i'll find a way para ma-meet niya si yael. kaso security got really tight, kaya hindi ko na siya mapapapunta. i went to my mom and told her, "d'you think you can get yael's autograph for mikee? basta, si mikee, yun na yun." she said okay, tapos nagtanong na rin sina lee and loraine kung pwede isabay yung sa kanila. i got the signed ticket for mikee, tapos takbo ako para hanapin siya. then bumalik na naman ako sa lobby.
anyway, madz (ang bokalista ng 10thmuse) came with her cd and a marker. nagpa-sign siya kay yael, so sumabay na ako. yael asked for her name.
madz: madz.
yael: (something like) ikaw yung isa dun sa mga may posters dun?
madz nodded. and then i handed yael my cd inlay for him to sign. he also asked for my name. siyempre ako, ever the starstruck fan, di pa makasagot nung una.
me: uh, fides.
yael: oh, ikaw pala yun. (mama introduced me kasi as 'mm', eh it's my nickname at home lang) di ba it's latin for 'faith'?
me: yeah, yeah. hehe. (to no one in particular) haay, parang nung reco namin yan din yung unang tanong sa 'kin, di ba? (we kinda laughed it off na lang...)
it was a really awkward moment, because yael is probably the umpteenth person to ask about my name. wala lang. usually i get a bit pissed off kasi dinidiin ng ibang tao yung meaning ng name ko, pero since si yael yun...haay...haha! mahal ko na ang name ko! weee! and when he was done writing, i got it and said thanks. nakasulat: "fides! hi! faith! hehe! -- yael, sc". astig talaga!
before he went, my mom got him again and asked if he could pose for a picture with me and jinky. he said sure, so smile naman kami ni jinx. ailo lent her cam to mama, then took the pic. kaya lang, ailo said afterwards, "fides, isa pa. madilim eh." and when i saw it, walanghiya, eh di talaga kami kita! ayus talaga pag nanay ko kumuha eh. so i approached yael again, and asked, "hey, pwede bang isa pa? mali kasi yung kuha eh." so pose ulit kami, tapos ayos na. happy na lahat. hehe. grabe, super humiliated na talaga ako. start pa lang yun ha! then we were told to leave the guys alone na, kasi magpe-perform na sila. eh di takbo na ako sa labas para hintayin sila tumugtog.
the hosts were still talking when chris came out, then si gosh, armo, and lastly, yael. hindi na masyado narinig yung hosts kasi nagsisigawan na yung mga tao for spongecola. when they were finally set to play, yael said their first song was 'lunes', and he was hoping that "magsasayawan ang lahat." so, kaming mga yaelistas sayaw naman, sabay sigawan and kantahan. i had just bought their album about three days before, so i wasn't familiar with the song. but i sang anyway, at least the lyrics i know. they got most of the crowd dancing and singing naman, although naawa ako sa kanila because the crowd didn't seem so 'on a high'. ang boring nung mga nanood. i didn't really care, sayaw lang nang sayaw. ang cute ni yael, because after 'lunes,' he said, "pagpasensiyahan nyo na boses ko ngayon ha. nag-test pa lang kami kahapon, so...and you know naman yung mga tests sa school..." haha! cute! mama was joking, "ano ba yan?! nag-test pa pala!" yael did look tired, may sakit pa yata siya he. because after he sang their second song, 'una', he said again. "sorry talaga, hehe. pagpasensiyahan nyo na lang boses ko." he added something else and used a word, lee said it was olats (sp?), meaning paos na raw. i dunno, saan ba galing yung word na yun? i think he was kinda sick, inuubo pa yata. aww, wawa naman si yael...their next song was 'pare ko.' i dunno if anybody else noticed it, pero parang he did this cute expression on his face when he sang "in love ako sa isang kolehiyala". hangkyut talaga! some girls screamed when he sang that particular line, heehee. kilig naman sila! i had a part of 'pare ko' recorded on my phone, ang ganda nung version nila. after 'pare ko', yael said, "yung next song is the theme song for romeo and juliet--" he didn't finish na, because everyone started to scream na, "yeah! gemini! gemini!" so they played, and the whole crowd was (finally) singing along. when they finished, tumayo si chris and pumunta kay yael. yael handed the guitar to chris, and settled on the drums. astig, palit sila! gawain din ng banda namin yun eh. hehe! chris got out his phone (yael was like, "oh no, he's really gonna do it"), tapos he requested na the whole crowd say "merry christmas, jillian". hehe, ang sweet. then kinanta niya yung 'jillian.' actually, i didn't pay much attention to him (sorry, chris), because i had my eyes on yael. ang cute niya sa drums, hehe. basta, di ko ma-explain, he was really good. nakakatuwa panoorin. for their last song, they sang 'jeepney.' i guess favorite yun nung mga pumunta, kasi talagang kantahan na lahat.
when they finished, the whole crowd seemed pretty much high na. chris threw one of his drumsticks to the crowd before he went down. sceiy, a junior sa school namin, got it. lucky girl! orange&lemons went onstage, pero i didn't watch them na. i went backstage to meet spongecola. i had armo, chris, and gosh sign my cd, too. si loraine nagpa-sign sa likod ng phone niya, so (inggit kasi ako), i asked the guys to sign mine, too. gosh signed it first, then si chris, then armo. armo's sig took up most of the space, kaya yung kay yael pinagkasiya niya. hehe.
my friends and i hung out by the professional bands' side of the lobby. yung iba kumain na. i was standing with my friends lang, then...
lee: hoy, fides! dinaanan ka lang ni armo!
me: ows?! talaga?! (i was so excited pa!) saan?
lee: sira, dumaan sa likuran mo! ayaw mo kasi padaanin. nag-'excuse me' kaso di ka pa rin nag-move, kaya sumingit na lang dun sa likod.
me: oh? di ko narinig eh...pasensiya...
embarrassing moment na naman. hehe. kung sakaling maalala pa ako ni armo, baka isipan niya ako yung batang bingi na hindi siya pinadaan. hehe. oh well, promise, di ko narinig na nag-'excuse me' siya. haha.
after one last group photo with the spongecola, the guys said goodbye and went out the lobby na. haay...ang saya talaga. buo na gabi ko.
all in all, i had three sets of autographs from spongecola: one at the back of my phone, one on my cd, and another on a poster (together with the autographs of the other performers--jpd, u-dub, and orange&lemons). astig!!!
the doctor is out
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