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THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES: DREAM COME TRUE

 

Last Saturday, my friends and I trooped to Sofitel Philippine Plaza's Harbour Garden to watch one of my favorite acid jazz bands perform live in the recently concluded Philippine International Jazz & Arts Festival.  It was March 2008 when I last watched a performance sponsored by the P.I. Jazz Fest folks and that was when I saw Incognito in the flesh.  Since then, my friends and I have been keeping our ears open on the next set of bands which will grace us with their presence here in the Philippines.  Good thing my eyes, my ears and my budget were wide open when I got an SMS from my friend that the Brand New Heavies will visit Manila.

I have been a BNH fan for as long as I can remember.  I have most of their albums and like Incognito, I had some of their albums purchased from Japan because our music stores don't carry them.  I think it was 5 years ago when a friend of mine who's into the music business told me that there have been negotiations of BNH coming over to MNL.  But it never materialized til NOW!

Since I do not want to be late for the concert and do not want to suffer the Saturday traffic, I decided to check-in at Sofitel Philippine Plaza for an overnight stay.  I checked in at 3pm and got myself the Classic Room with a king-sized bed and a view of the bay.  I'll share with you the photos I took of my room on my next post.  With what happened to me recently, it became very hard for me to get a decent sleep.  I'd often wake up in the middle of the night with my heart beating furiously.  I'd often only get 3-4 hours of sleep every single night with several interruptions as I always wake up for no reason at all.  So it was actually a good move for me to spend the night in a hotel where I can feel safer, ergo, get my much needed sleep.

On the ticket, it was indicated that the concert will start at 6pm with 3 front acts namely SinoSiKat, Mishka Adams and the Thailand-based musicians, Jirapan.  I was too beat to get myself ready at 6pm so I went to the Garden Harbour at 8pm only to find out that they started the front acts just 5 minutes ago.  By close to 10pm, the crowd went wild as the stage lights went out.  Finally, it was time.

THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES LIVE IN MANILA!

After Incognito, here comes The Brand New Heavies!

I can't wait to see them perform live!

AS I AM...TONIGHT!

I can't wait. *giddy*

 

I WENT TO AVENUE Q TO GET MY GENKI UMBRELLA IN THE RED BOX

Finally!  i got to watch Avenue Q last night!

the orchestra center seats that we were able to get were definitely the best!  of course, i was with my fab friends.  Avenue Q was definitely fun, fun, fun to watch.  even though there were puppets, laughter and merry singing, it didn't hide the harsh, sad, unfair and unbelievable facts of reality such as racism, one-night stands, schandenfreude, internet porn, heartaches and poverty.  it talked about people finding their purpose in life, getting lost along the way but getting back on track just in the nick of time.  after watching Avenue Q, it made me remember the saying "Don't take life too seriously because nobody gets out of it alive anyway".

even though shit happens, life is still beautiful. *smile*

NIGHT WITH THE SWING OUT SISTER

after watching my ultimate favorite Incognito play at the Sofitel Hotel last March 14, i bought tickets to Swing Out Sister's Breakout concert at the Araneta Coliseum 2 weeks after.  the S.O.S. concert was last night. *smile*

thank God April 7 was a holiday so there was no bumper-to-bumper traffic at all.  we breezed thru all major roads and highways enabling us to get to Araneta Coliseum at 6:30pm.  i asked Ninang to meet me and jeddokun at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.  we got inside the coliseum around 7:30pm and the place was almost like a ghost town.

we all had this nagging feeling that the show won't start on time.  but then on the ticket, it says "Show starts on time" so we just had to put our faith on what was stated in the ticket.  when 8 o'clock kicked in, there was still no sign of a show starting on time. i knew it.