V.I.P. ako!

I wasn't supposed to attend the MTV Pilipinas Awards 2005. I didn't feel like it so I gave up my ticket. But then...

Darwin short of dragged me into going with him... so I did.

I arrived early at the venue with Ate Gina and Espie. Ate Gina's ticket gave her red carpet privilege. But she didn't want to walk the red carpet what with all the cameras milling about. I didn't know where I was supposed to sit since Darwin wasn't there yet when I arrived. Anyways, since Ate Gina and I were both starving to death, we decided to eat before going on. Besides, I was still waiting for Darwin.

LT (Darwin's staff) called me and said Darwin will be late. She says she has my ticket and so we met up so she could give it to me.

Lo and behold! My ticket said Patron. Woohoo!!! Hehehe. It was really funny coz all the while I was whining and moping about being seated farther than Ate Gina and her friends. Yun pala, mas malapit pa ko sa kanila. Haha.

So there.

I didn't realize how near the stage my seat was until I got inside...











Tada! Kewl. :o)

I looked around and saw that Parokya ni Edgar had reserved seats behind me. So did Cueshue (not that I care...) and Juan Pablo Dream. To my right was Rivermaya, Kwjan and Hale. Kewlies!

Darwin loves me. Hehe.

Anyways, I saw Buddy (Zabala) and just had to go over his side and say hi. He hasn't changed a bit, well, except maybe he lost weight but as far as personality is concerned, he's the same old Buddy I knew more than nine years ago. He pointed Earnest (his wife) to me and I went over to her to say hi. Like Buddy, she lost a lot of weight too! Sana ako din hehe.

I was walking around saying hi to some other people like Marc (Abaya), Sammy, Jet, Beng... when Chito (of Sony-BMG) SMS'd me:

Chito: Kita kita
Me: Ha? Pano? San ka?
Chito: Dito kami sa taas e

As it turned out, all record label and industry people were seated either at the Lower or Upper Boxes.

Ooohhh... Darwin loves me.

Hahahaha!

Best New Artist went to... whoelse?

HALE! As if it wasn't obvious... haha






Rivermaya won two awards... one for Best Group and the other for Best Song ("You'll Be Safe Here"):







Marc Abaya presented the award for Best Commercial Video, which went to Bamboo. Unfortunately, Bamboo wasn't there to accept their award. So I just took a pic of Marc with Cindy Kurleto. Hehe.



Oh and I just couldn't resist the urge to take a pic of FrancisM, who presented the Best Director Award alongside Peque Gallaga.



Hale performed with Cueshe... Naturally, I just took a pic of Champ. Wehehe.





The highlight of the night was the All-Star performance from some of the biggest rock icons in the Philippines.


Ely Buendia


Francis Reyes and Mike Elgar


Marc Abaya


Pepe Smith


Marc Abaya and Karl Roy


Thanks to Darwin, I actually had fun and enjoyed my evening. Maybe if I hadn't gone with him, I would have ended up "lost"... like the night before.


Agent for a Day

It took me a while to blog about this but I actually spent last weekend like I was a character in a Dan Brown novel. Or maybe John Grisham?

I'd rather not go into details lest I get myself into trouble.

But it was a fun experience. Weird and scary but fun.

I wonder when the next "session" is... Hmm... Hehe.


The Davao Experience

I was in Davao last Sunday. It was fun. Life was so much better there than here in Manila. I would've wanted to stay there forever. But then again, as if that's possible. Oh well...

Anyways, I'm pressed for time right now so maybe I'll just post about my Davao experience next time.

Till next!