Eraserheads -The reunion - Abrupt Ending

Just came from the eraserheads reunion concert. It started with Alapaap, the band rising from stage like a phoenix from the fire. There were pyrotechnics and dazzling displays at the background . For the longest time I can remember, it was probably the biggest local band concert in the country. It filled up the fort open grounds!, not even beyonce was able to do that. A band with all original songs who spearheaded a genre of their own, singing songs using the ordinary mans language straight from the heart , songs gen X and Y grew up to. Finally a band that filipinos paid to see that beat the foreign acts. All 4 of em was there, 15 songs was sang, there was kailan, shake your head, sem break, alapaap, with a smile, kamasutra, toyang ..forgot the others, everythings still a blur. Everysong by the band, I fell in nostalgia of a decade past. After 15 songs the band rested, a 20min break was announce for people to run to the restrooms and buy more food.. time to make some more money for the vendors.. Thirty? Maybe 40 minutes past, still no show, then the whole band came up on stage except one, Elys Sister was introduced, she read a letter, Ely was rushed to the hospital, the concert is ending , the stress of his mothers death and the concert itself has took its toll. The Promoter went on stage, asked for a minute of silence to pray for ely to be well, then that was that. The drama before the show started, ended with more drama.. The show still rocked, heck I think it was the best pinoy concert for the decade unless someone tops it in the remaining 2 yrs. It was well worth it, even if it didnt finish, get well soon ely.

Boracay Tips!! Get Cheap Thrills!

Pupunta ako ng Boracay sa september, para makapunta don bibili ka ng plane ticket at magstay sa hotel..ang gastos! tapos alangan naman langoy ka lang ng langoy.. gigimik ka at mag wawatersport.. ang mahal kaya ng water sport!!!

Pero.. take note pero!... si kulas the bankero ("banker") eh me mga watersport na super mura..siguradong mageenjoy ka kahit mababa ang budget. Buti nalang nadiscover ko sya..

eto mga offer nya:
Jetski - P300 /30min , kaso di sagwan
Parasail, P500 / 1hr - kaso sa leeg tatale ang parachute
Snorkling P50/2hrs - bawal lang dumilat pag underwater
Island hopping P20/pax for 3 hrs kaso 1 way lang, pabalik eh P1500/pax
Banana boat P15.50 /pax 30min minimum of 2pax , kaso yung jetski na di-sagwan ang hihila.

san ka pa! go bora !

Goodbye Greeny

Goodbye Greeny,

Soobrang badtrip ako before I left for the US. I went home to to prepare for the trip, packed my stuff, work clothes, padala, toiletries and of course looked for greeny my travelling slippers. A month ago we had our house painted, so everyone was moving stuff all over, I assumed someone moved stuff from my room so I called on our maid to find out where greeny was . I asked her had she seen my green slippers, she said much to my horror that they threw greeny away because it was already too worn down. I was sooooooper pissed off, I even taped, super glued and did all sorts of stuff just to try to keep greeny from breaking down completely and here our maid and probably even my mom made the mistake of throwing one of the most traveled slippers in the Philippines. That slipper practically went to all the places Ive went too, All over the US, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, France, India , and a lot of major tourist sites all over the Philippines. There was one time I got a point and shoot camera wet just because greeny slipped off my foot going down from a boat in boracay so I had to jump and grab him before the tide gets him. NAMAAAAN. My Greeny gallery in flickr and multiply has had hundreds of hits already on the net, people I don’t know from different parts of the globe know greeny. Its more popular than me for crying out loud. One of the first questions that a manager from our client here in the US asked me was how was my green flip flops, I told him greeny got thrown away. On the side I also felt sad knowing how my family has very little idea now how I live or who I am now, they’ve probably haven’t even ready my blog or seen my multiply site , although having my mom not seeing some of the photos I’ve took is kinda like a good thing (Leny why are you smiling) , its like me bringing home a superman #1 comic and my family would just see it as a kids book. Anyway that’s a whole different thing, but what can I do now? Using greeny as a subject for travel photos was perfect, it was very Filipino, it was obnoxiously green that makes it stand out like a sore thumb, it’s a cheapass slipper not even a nice brand like havaianas or even Spartan , even the history when I bought greeny was just right. I bought greeny during my first ever vacation I paid for myself , going to Cebu and realizing I didn’t bring any slippers so I ended up buying at the resort gift shop which didn’t have much of a selection, only some cheap but overpriced slippers colored electric green with red stripes after that I would always bring greeny to all my vacations thinking I can leave greeny on any beach, swim , then get back with no one stealing him . Now what? Probably I’m over reacting for a P60 pair of slippers maybe I just need to look for something new to do. Time to move on ..time to move on..

So after 8 countries , 14 cities, 5 beaches , 2 volcanoes, from the streets of paris , to the white sands of bracay, bye greeny ang tsinelas ng bayan.