siyempre hindi ko sinama yung "for peace", di ba?! hehe.

anyway, since i only made my blog today, i wasn't able to write about the concert--which is actually a stupid thing to do, since nothing as exciting as that would ever happen again while i'm in ssc-w (haay, ga-graduate na eh...). so i'll just relay my story today. may hangover pa naman ako from the concert eh! (grabe, tagal na noh? nag-Pasko na't lahat-lahat...tsk, tsk.)

so, on wth my story...

21december2005, wednesday--before the concert:

so, there i was, on my way to our last rehearsal sa tambayan ng bayan, ang studio cafe. i made sure i had everything: my 10th muse shirt, my ever-important bass guitar, and my spongecola cd. can't forget the cd, siyempre!

but damn, wasn't the morning just a bummer. my dad had to drive my mom to calamba before driving me to the studio. when we got to calamba, super traffic! grabe! i was late for rehearsals, and i thought of what my mates would say. so my dad (alabshu, dude!) drove me to paseo de sta. rosa. iniwan na namin si mama, hehe.

and then when i got to the studio, my friends said kaka-open lang daw! shite talaga! nahiya tuloy ako sa 'rents ko, minadali ko sila, eh on time lang pala ako. kawawa tuloy si mama, nag-commute.

as rehearsals went on, i didn't really feel like playing anymore. iba yung tunog, probably because we were all jittery. whew! first major concert, baka sumablay.

we had lunch at lee's place (i love their house, very homey...) and played with her dog, wally, before going to school. it was around 01.30pm then, and the whole idea of playing in front of an audience was getting on my nerves, especially since i have this weird 'disorder' na laging sablay pag ending na--in everything i do, nice start lagi and then crashing ending. haha.
after what seemed like a decade, we got to school and went in through the lobby. we passed by the crew of nu107, who were probably thinking, "anong ginagawa ng mga batang 'to dito?". then we saw the stage--damn! good thing i didn't blurt out, "Dyan ba tayo magpe-perform?!" or else baka pinagtinginan ako nung mga nagse-set-up nung instruments. duh, fides!

since matagal-tagal pa before the concert, we hung out by the playground. i probably looked like an idiot jumping on the seesaw, but who the hell cares, right?

21december2005, wednesday--it's showtime:

by around 03.00pm, my friends and i were getting worried. concert was just an hour away, and there was still no sign of anybody na pupunta sa concert. kahit family ko, wala pa. eh di sinong manonood sa 'min?

we got even more frustrated when we were told that our band was performing first. ano sila, hilo? eh wala nga kami audience, tutugtog pa kami? kahit naman di kami professional band, siyempre we want people to watch us--sayang yung pinaghirapan namin sa studio! the solution was to find another school band to perform before us. so, pinamadali kong pumunta yung insan ko, si john and ang kanyang band (cookiesandcream). haay, pinoy nga naman oh--siyempre late. pero we got them to agree to play first, next yung cdbs girls. kaso, yung cookiesandcream walang dalang instruments, pinahiram ko pa tuloy yung bass guitar ko (and si lee, yung electric guitar niya). pero ayus lang, buo pa naman nung binalik sa akin eh--nawala nga lang yung cable ko. shite yun! buti na lang sabi ni mama ibibili niya ako ng bago. haha. nakakatuwa yung performance ng cookiesand cream. ang tindi nung "jingle bells" nila! haha! nung sa cdbs girls, hindi ko na masyado napansin yung pagtugtog nila, because i was too worried about ours.

when it was our turn, we got onstage. the hosts interviewed us, and asked why we named our band the '10th muse.' i think lee answered (i was too busy fixing my bass to pay attention to what was going on around me), pero i don't think she said the real reason. hehe. bawal eh, secret lang namin yun. and then we started to play--first was the christmas medley. i was very conscious the whole time, kasi hindi ko masyado gusto yung medley namin eh (nahihirapan kasi ako dun). buti na lang i saw the parents at one side of the field, cheering us on. my mom was there, dancing and singing along (and out of tune at that!). seeing her made me feel better, aww. then ailora and loraine exchanged roles (loraine was the drummer for the christmas medley, then ailo on vocals, tapos nagpalit sila), and we went on with "play that funky music." i was more comfortable with this song, kasi dun talaga ako nag-focus nung bass lessons ko. maayos naman, and our schoolmates (alabashu all, din!) kept cheering for us. favorite ko yung ending namin nung song, kasi astig (kahit pinahirapan kami ng aming mga dakilang teachers para maayos yun)! by the time i got down the stage, my legs were shaking. nahirapan ako bumaba, pero when i was finally back to the lobby, ayos na ulit ako. i actually felt real good after, talagang ang saya-saya. i want to perform again! hehe.

21december2005, wednesday--the professional bands take the stage:

i saw the lineup of the bands, and it was planned out:
1) juan pablo dream
2) spongecola
3) urbandub
4) orange&lemons

j.p.d, though i didn't really know the band, was actually good. siyempre, i was watchign the bassist nila, para naman meron akong guide as to how to perform the way a bassist should. and they were nice backstage, when we had a picture-taking.

when they were nearing the end of their set, my mom came up to me and said, "dumating na spongecola!". I was jumping up and down, and my friends got as excited as i was. kaya lang sabi ni mama bawal pa daw lumapit sa kanila, kasi baka pagod pa daw from their trip. okay, hintay muna ako.

instead of spongecola performing after j.p.d, urbandub went onstage. they changed the lineup kasi daw magpapahinga muna ang spongecola. ang cool ng bassist ng u-dub, astig mag-bass. natuwa ako panoorin siya.

siyempre, when spongecola finally performed, nagwala na yung mga tao (kasama ako!). i'll give a more detailed entry about the sc performance later, plus yung mga kalokohan ko and kakapalan ng mukha backstage...

of course, di pwede kalimutan ang orange&lemons. hinintay ko lang talaga yung "hanggang kailan", and yung "pinoy ako," although i never really got to watch a single episode of pinoy big brother, kaya when everyone was dancing to it, hindi ako masyado makasabay. hehe.

a few other school bands performed, pero di ko na masyado napakinggan, because i was so tired na. grabe, what a night! astig talaga! ayos na beginning ng christmas vacation. haay...

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