Tanduay Rhum Rockfest 5

October 14, 2011

It was my final examination week and there I was, standing in the middle of the crowd, screaming my lungs out for my favorite bands. I'm such a good student.

It was already in my mind, attending the event ever since I saw the poster in 711. I was not able to attend the last year's event because of my Logic exam. I was such a good student back then. Attending gigs was at the bottom of my TO-DO list. But this sem was different. I want to come so I did despite the schedule. 

THE TICKET

The tickets were only available at 711 or ministop outlets when you buy a bottle or three of Tanduay. I never bought liquor at 711/ministop because they would never believe that I am not a minor anymore. They would always ask my age and for my valid ID. Unfortunately, I don't have yet any ID that shows my birth date. I would always think of bringing my birth certificate with me if I would buy alcoholic drinks. But the night when we (Vhey and I) bought Tanduay was different. We weren't even asked of our age. Vhey brought her passport if in case they would ask our age. We were too lucky then.

THE TRIP

The day came. We did our morning rituals then went. Our first stop was Tanauan City. We have to meet Robert first. We rode the bus at 2:30 PM hoping that we could reach MOA by 4PM and do a little something before attending the event. Have mercy on the traffic jam. An accident occurred ahead of us. We got stranded for about 45 minutes. We came to the venue at around 5PM. We were still able to eat our dinner and meet some of Robert's friends. Then we went inside.

THE SHOW

The show was amazing though we were too far from the stage. The general admission area was like one ride away from the stage. I could barely see anyone from the stage. Good thing there were LCD monitors near us. The area was starting to get jam packed with rockers as time passed. The band line up was extremely great. There were young and old performers/bands. We were screaming at the back hoping that they would hear it from there. We were having fun. We drank. We danced. We sang. It was on hell of a night. Maybe if we were in the VIP area we would not be able to enjoy because that area is so secured and crowded. At the general admissions area, we can do anything, even PLANKING. 

Here are some of the photos from the events. Thanks to Sir Leo, Ms. Roxanne and Ms. Pablo for the photos.

NOT FOR GRADES SAKE

photo courtesy of von beredo

I know that thing blogging-thing is just a requirement for one of my major subjects. Sadly, I think I failed to maintain my blog posts. I actually told myself when I started this that I will be posting regularly (to get higher grades) but laziness devoured my senses. Ha-ha! I really can't write anything when I am not in the MOOD. I don't like writing for a different purpose. I want to write because I wanted to say something or there's an IDEA  trying to come out of my half-empty mind. It's just hard to force your mind to think of something to write when you really don't feel like writing. I've got loads of ideas to write but they just pop when I am AFK or somewhere I don't have a paper and a pen to write on. That's too ironic. And when I am holding my journal or here in front of the computer, I can't think of anything nor can I remember any of those suddenly-popping ideas. I can always remember the times when I'm riding on the bus and I suddenly think of the best story plot ever then when I went down, BOOM! I forgot everything.I know I am not the only one experiencing this but I just really pity myself for my  writing. I don't care anyway. I love and hate writing.

photo courtesy of von beredo