Okrayfest!

Wednesday, October 4, 2006. Despite it being a weekday, my feet took me to the first leg of the San Miguel Oktoberfest in Megamall. And because it was a weekday, there weren't much punkitos in sight. Great! Haha.

Left the office with Con at 8pm and five minutes or so later, we were at Megamall to party and rock on with everybody else. LT made it really easy for us to get inside the backstage (a big shout-out to you LT! Haha) and for a few moments we loitered a bit looking for the perfect spot to hang.

I saw Darwin (of course) and Ketel when I arrived. Apparently, Ketel just stepped off the stage playing for Top Suzara, who was the first act for the night. Missed that. Not that I really mind. Hehe.

The next band made my head hurt. Big time. They called themselves DNA Rock (or something like that, I'm not really sure) and when they got on stage, they played a medley of rock tunes (intro parts) for their soundcheck piece. Boy, did they murder the songs! Grrr. They played a bunch of covers and a couple originals. I wasn't really happy with anything they played, which made me say out loud, "Cover na nga lang di pa kayang plakado!"

A rocker dude heard me and actually laughed at what I said. Maybe he was thinking of the same thing. Hehe.

So while DNA was playing, Con and I launched into Okrayfest, dishing out okrays here and there. Of course most of the okray went to the band itself. Haha. But there were others too.

Like the girl in front of us who was wearing a tanktop, mini-skirt and ballerina slippers (not sure if that's what they're called but I think yeah... hehe). Like hello?!!?!? Why would you wear something like that knowing full well that there are throngs of beer-guzzling punkitos and manongs all around? Sure she was backstage... but the way to the backstage wasn't exactly jolog-free!

Then there was this uber-weird guy we didn't know but apparently was famous because people kept on having their pictures taken with him. Later on we found out he was a host on JackTV.

Then there was this manong who kept on coming too close for comfort. He stank of beer and sweat. Blech. Good thing the bouncer spotted him and escorted him outside. Good 'ole bouncer probably saw how he was kinda irritating us.

Then this girl (who is actually the gf of one of the musikeros... I won't mention who out of respect for him) wearing something really outrageous and you wouldn't be caught dead in in a rock show.

:::Sigh:::

Some people talaga!

Haha.

More on the Oktoberfest in a bit. Work is kinda piling up and I need to get things done before it's too late.