not just another rocking night

Four individuals.
Thousands of fans.
One night.

The night was August 30, 2008. It was the much-awaited comeback of the band that redefined Pinoy rock. And I was there to witness it all.

At 8:15, the band came to life. Singing the the song Alapaap, it was the start of another chapter in OPM history. Then, came the other popular Eheads songs: Sem-break, Toyang, Wag mo nang Itanong, Ligaya and many more.

The song Lightyear was the last one for the first set. But it felt different that after the song, Ely kneeled down and leaned on his guitar. An intermission of 20 minutes began.

But then 20 turned to 30 then to an hour. The band came to the stage minus Ely. His sister announced that due to overwhelming feeling his brother has to be rushed to the hospital.

It was the end of a dream, but then that one hour of pure nostalgic feeling will always remain inside of me.

the weekend officially starts

Finally, it's Friday. But not exactly the end of my week since there will be a lot of things happening this weekend.

This Friday I'll be going to an art and music festival where I was invited by my office mate to come (more of that on my coming posts). And the fun part is I think it's for free, or the tickets are cheap. Anyway, I decided to come since it would be a nice thing to do after the day's work.

Then, tomorrow, I'll be going to the much awaited concert of the band Eraserheads. It was a nostalgic event, as what my friend said. I was a kid of the 90's but I was too young to go their concerts then. But amidst all that, I grew listening to their songs. Their songs spoke of simple, border less life.

And not just that, it is a reunion concert since they disbanded in early 2000. I can't keep my excitement. I'm sure many people are feeling the same way too.

I'll keep you posted about my busy weekend.

the thing and the headache

I felt so stupid. Things are getting complicated. Or am I just the one making things complicated?
Am I that shallow-headed to assume things? I think people are right to say that when a person assumes, he/she makes an ass of u and me, thus the word 'assume'.

But hey, some things are so hard to understand, even a deeper action of comprehending. Like now, I'm so confuse of my feeling about something. Yeah, I want to be friendly but my feeling goes beyond that. And right, I'm such an idiot to be feeling this way.

Can somebody punch me and shake this headache off?

the rural tale

I’m not really from the province. But I actually spent more than ten years enjoying the rural life. And that ten years include my visit to the place I first call home.

We decided to live in the city after my mom found a job there. On the other hand, my dad embarked to work abroad. So I was left under the care of my aunts. My childhood was pretty simple. I go to school, play with my neighbor and eat sweet candies.

After three years, my dad came back. And that’s when the whole family moved to the province. It was literally what a province looked like: mountain view, trees all around, and few people.

Fast forward to 2008, I’m done with my studies and came back to the city for work. However, it’s a bit different now. I got the taste of the real world. I work to earn my own money. But aside from that, I get to meet new people and learn new things.

And now, with this blog, let me share to you the anecdotes of my everyday life here in the city. This is the narrative of my journey of rediscovering the urban life.