626

its 1130 am, Saturday and I have a splitting headache. Hangover, actually. I came from bahay ganid where I drank til I dropped as always. But before that was the 626 concert of campus radio 97.1 wls fm. Fun, fun. I was actually waiting for these bands to perform: KJWAN, sugarfree, bamboo, boldstar and imago. I wasn’t sure if boldstar would be performing there though, I left in the middle of imago’s performance, and KJWAN was the first to perform when the concert started at 6 pm. I was in First Friday Mass at the time.

“O, kay tagal din kitang minahal…
O, kay tagal din kitang mamahalin…
O, mamahalin….”

These were the first words that came out of Ebe Dancel’s mouth that I heard when I entered the Bahay ng Alumni while waiting in Choc Kiss for them or anyone of the four bands that I mentioned to perform. I rushed into the crowd, not caring that all these jologs rocker dudes were throwing themselves at each other. I don’t care. I love sugarfree. I didn’t know how loud I was singing until some guy from the crowd puts a makeshift microphone in front of my mouth. What the hell? It was amusing/scary.

“Alam mo ba… kanina pa ako magdamag na nakatingin sa yo…”

When Ebe sang the first line of Mariposa at an incredibly slow tempo and a capella, I nearly freaked out. Goosebumps rose all over my body and my hair was standing on end. Especially when Ebe Dancel starts scream/singing into the microphone making him sound so desperate and so freaking sincere. At that point, I suddenly didn’t mind that rocker guys were shoving and throwing themselves at each other. I didn’t mind that their sweat was clinging to my pores. I didn’t mind that I was always in danger of joining the mosh pit. Ididn’t mind that I was at the semi-back of the crowd. I didn’t mind that I only caught the last few snippets of Burnout. Anything to hear them play this song live. Anything to see them live, period.

“Nagsisisi… nagising sa katotohanan di ka naman talaga akin..”

That’s part of the song Mariposa, only because I don’t know the lyrics of Sinta. That was the last song in their set. As they were exiting the stage, people started chanting “bamboo! Bamboo! Bamboo!” over and over again. Hello, pwede ba? Konting respeto naman sa Sugarfree. I mean, no offense to Bamboo, I love them and all, but Sugarfree is a great band with a huge following too, they don’t need to hear that shit while exiting the stage. I remember something Marc Abaya told us when Anth and I were interviewing KJWAN for the PUGAD Sayk Acle. What they hate about crowds is when in the middle of some band’s performance, the audience suddenly chants “Keso! Keso! Keso!” (for Cheese). “With respect to Cheese and all, we love them, they’re great and all, but that’s showing so much disrespect.” Something along those lines. As much as I love Bamboo, please, a little respect to Sugarfree wouldn’t hurt.

“Ang pag-ibig ganyan talaga… masaya.”

Bamboo had this certain effect on the crowd. I thought the crowd was already crazy when Sugarfree performed, but no. It was a sight to see when Bamboo performed. Every lyric in their 3-song set was chanted by the crowd. The once non-existent girls in the crowd suddenly came alive when Bamboo started singing and especially when Ira had his guitar solo. Oh, did I mention that we were able to get the autographs of Bamboo? Because Mia and Tong were waiting in Choc Kiss for us during the early performances. After being tired of getting caught in the crossfire of all the mosh pits, chatz, kat, au and I decided to go to Choco Kiss. When we arrived, guess what: Bamboo and South Border were there. I’m not exactly a fan of South Border so I didn’t really bother getting their autographs, it was Bamboo I wanted. So being the kupal/kapal that I am, I approached them and asked for their autographs which they gladly gave. Shit. They are all so good looking. Hehe, I’m a groupie. Funny, after Bamboo performed, that was when the crowd started to leave too. As in, it was impossible to get out of the Bahay ng Alumni because of the sheer number of people trying to get out. This what they were waiting for, I guess. Bamboo.

“I take one step away, I find myself coming back to you, my one and only, one and only you.”

Crap. I forgot the lyrics of that Parokya song. That was playing in Chatz car on the way to bahay ganid, where for the second time in 2 weeks, I got drunk. No tears, though. Hehe. So I’m stuck with a splitting headache unable to remember the lyrics to that parokya song. Ew. I haven’t taken a bath yet and I have a class at one. Oh well. Whoa to my classmates. Petra is in the tamabayn and it’s nearly one. Gotta go!