Relient K visits Manila

My best friend Dezzy invited me to see Relient K as they play live for Ayala Malls which happened September 27-29 of 2013. I have heard of them before but I admit I haven't really had the chance to browse through their music so I was quite ecstatic seeing them perform live!  My life as a free lance self proclaimed music researcher a.k.a fangirl extraordinaire ( it just sounded more interesting that way! haha ) - I have always been on the look out for music that I could fall madly deeply in love with.I enjoy going to random music fests, concerts and hear all these awesome artists perform live and if i get lucky - meet them and hear their interesting stories. Being that Music is my life since the day I was brought into this world.. I get so much inspiration just watching these artists making their dreams come true..Or just how awesomely they touch peoples lives like they do mine , musically. I mean, I can still remember the first concert I ever went to!!! I still remember how it felt ..I know for a fact that from then on, I was never the same :)


The moment Relient K started playing their first song , I just immediately felt connected with their music. It felt so familiar that some of their songs felt like home. As I watch and listen to these guys perform their songs, I had to question myself why they were never on my playlists! Had I youtube atleast one of their tracks, I know I would immediately become a fan and true enough, I became a HUGE fan before the show even ended. Thank God for bffs like Dezzy who was "alert" enough to provide m & g passes before I could even want it..haha Otherwise I would have died of jealousy if I never get to meet these guys upclose after witnessing their undeniable awesomeness onstage :)


I had to go to work that same night , so I immediately booked a hotel in Ortigas just to be able to watch them again the next day since they'll be up North. At that time they were scheduled to perform live in Trinoma. Since I get off work at 10 am , I figured it'll be convenient to just leave the office and go straight into the hotel so I could catch a few hours of sleep, hit the shower and look a bit decent before going to their show. Luckily the front desk girl who had me booked at Richmonde hotel was nice enough to offer me a discount with breakfast so I already know it was going to be pretty much a fantastic day :) I also get to take another one of my bffs , Ate Myra to stay with me overnight so I wont have to be alone during my stay.

I also got to meet Matt Wilson who tours with the band who I had a major crush on the first time I saw him walking 'round G5! He is super cute!!! Told my friends about it and being the crazy friends/Partners in crime that they are, They proactively asked him to take a pic with me (which I was really embarrassed about by the way) , because he really isn't part of the band WHICH gives away the fact that I just really fancy him!  #soobusted  . He was really a sweetheart though! He was super accommodating and He didn't mind at all! He actually looked happy entertaining us haha  I remember I was standing in front of Uniqlo (G5) which is on the left part of the stage and Dezzy saw Matt standing on the side of the stage kinda close to where we're at and She started saying silly things like having Matt come down  the stage , over to us, so I can take a photo with him. I seriously thought she was just kidding but the next thing I know , Matt is in front of me saying "Hi" and because I was super embarrassed of how obvious it was! I said, You look like my favorite guitarist, Good thing He didn't ask who! Well He did look a bit like Andy Skib tho', with those pretty eyes and all *sigh* Anyways, we saw him again in Trinoma and he was even sweeter then than he was on the previous day! He even gave us his Facebook and made funny faces when we took a photo together. He made me so darn kilig , Syet Na miss ko! lols


Sharing some photos from the awesome 2 days!


Pics from Glorietta were taken by Dezzy and Trinoma pictures was taken by me =) Hope you like it!

My first shot at taking concert photos :P haha

Some guy handed us their setlist which was uber cool!

BFF pic with Relient K! We got to hug them too!

Trinoma Piccies =)

I like this guy so much that my hands were shaking when I took the pic haha

So darn cute

Cos the bestest concerts are shared with bestest friends

Bazooka Birthday Weekend

Let me start off by stating that this is , (yet again) another uber late post.. lol.

Heck I try to be consistent but I have been ridiculously busy that I barely have time to get online the last few months. I am trying to take advantage of this one week freedom though...( Yay to VLs that i almost didnt get!) hence the semi-flooding blog posts :D

My birthday falls on the 27th of August and I think it was extremely amazeballs that Bazooka Rocks II took place just 2 days before my birthday! -Thank you PULP!- This year's line up made me freakishly giddy too! The list had a number of my international faves such as All Time Low, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, A Rocket To The Moon (which was , btw, the last show of the guys in Manila :( ) Radio Drive By and many others like We Came As Romans, Tonight Alive, Anberlin and amazing local acts such as Save me Hollywood, Mad Hatter Day etc...

A day before the show, Me and my gals went to Mall of Asia for the m & g sesh, Some of my friends who had themselves booked asap scored royalty passes but bcos we didn't made it in time to get us m&g's we settled at some spot where we can see them entering the venue upclose to atleast say "Hi'. Got a bit of a luck cos we did see them walking by..We didn't get too close though , With the number of securities they had, We couldnt risk our luck, Just too scared, they'd beat the crap out of us haha :P

Everything worked out in the end though! We got to hang out with TA a bit, Met the lovely guys of RDB a night before and "during" the show who all hugged and wished me a Happy Birthday! I even got a postcard c/o bff Dezzy with these guys writing me a HBD! Evan from RDB also pinky-swore that they're coming back which was quite sweet! We also met Anberlin's lead vocalist and I got possibly the "GREATEST" fan pic you could imagine with my most fave RJA ever - Joey Westwood ! I also "swapped" shirts with "Eversay" and Ronnie Winter's friend/entourage Jesse Carroll who hang out with us , and Nadeem from Skesh Ent, their uber cool Asian tour manager! Both stayed about an hour or 2 chitchatting with me and 3 of my friends (Dezzy, Myra and Cherry) on the streets of Manila to one of the most inspiring conversations I ever had my entire "fangirling" life ! Thought it was amazing how they were both super down to earth! I've learned so much just by talking to them :) Jesse also made me these 4 page list of bands I should listen to, had me watch one of their tracks on Youtube called This Time (Ronnie Winter is the drummer!) which is really a big favorite of mine now! I remember apologizing for being "where we were" at that moment afraid that we might be disturbing them in any way but they were nice enough to say that they could totally get where we are and Had it been their choice , They'd get us past security! I love how they kept saying that they are just like us and how they told me I look between 24 or 25 haha! We were gonna take some photos when Jess saw my Forever 21 shirt which had Jim Morrison from The Doors face printed on it and begged (literally) to swap shirts with me. Its crazy how he never cared that I was wearing it, He just got to have my shirt! lol. He went up and got me a clean shirt to swap with and I didn't realize just how serious he was until he took his shirt off and wore mine unwashed. Crazy dude lol ..Truth is, The shirt isn't so bad. I actually kind of liked it! =)

Nadeem also handed us all A "Scarlet Heroes" CD and loved every track! Everyone reading this, You should hear "Rock n Roll Juliet"..You'll love it for reals!!! 

Anyway sharing some photos! Please G+ or share if you love pls! =)

Me and my girls

Tonight Alive with me and BFFs ♥

Austin from RDB! - He was super sweet!

Trent Clark - RDB

Joey during BFR

With the rest of RDB cuties

The "Joey Westwood"

Fandom Heaven

Halvo nice enuf to take a pic even when they're rushing for their departure

Steve from Anberlin

Jesse and Nadeem

Shirt Swap

Amazing Pico

Last month , My uber awesome friend Gypsy took us out to Pico De Loro for her birthday treat! That was the 3rd time she tagged me along and loved it every time! She took some of her friends with her that I also became friends with eventually! Ella, Chy and Ams are so much fun that there were no dull moments or any awkwardness whatsoever the entire trip! Everything was just exactly what I needed at that time :)

Pico De Loro by far, is the most beautiful beach club I've ever been to . Its perfect if you just wanna chill and escape from the hustle and bustle of the big city. The place ain't crowded.. The people are extremely friendly and Every corner of the beach club boasts understated opulence. I cannot help but be grateful that I have been into this place and live the lifestyle of the rich and the famous for atleast a day! haha Thanks to super friends like Gypsy ♥

Sharing some of my favorite photos from the trip =)

Kultura at Pico, Beautiful dress :)

Hope you love the photos ♥