Saturday, February 9, 2008

join the club lister's night and grand eb

last february 8, 2008, join the club had their lister's night and grand eb after 4 years of planning it to happen. finally! the venue for the event was at mayrics, espana in front of ust. the show was entitled: The Electric Banana Showcase.
me and my friend dana had our exam that day. last day of our exam for the midterms. we didn't hurry with answering the exam because we want to pass. we read the questions and answered them with the correct answer..hopefully.. anyways, we were so excited, the two of us, we just couldn't stop giggling. we were supposed to be three who would go to the lister's night but the other backed out during the last minute because she doesn't have money for she already paid for the ticket that we were supposed to watch in our computer subject. also, one of our classmate wanted to watch but she didn't appear there during the event.
anyways, after me and dana finished with our exam, we immediately went out of our school but we didn't know where we are supposed to go because it was still early. we talked with some of our former classmates and me and dana decided to eat at jollibee with our friend joanna. so, we waited for the time to pass us by. after eating at jollibee, we decided to go to mayrics. me and dana hailed a cab for us to take us at mayrics. it wasn't that easy to do so. most of the taxi's are full and fortunately, we found one that has no passengers on it.
the taxi driver drove us to some place that was far from our destination. inikot niya kami in short para lumaki yung metro namin. nagdahilan pa si manong, sinisi pa kami kung bakit kami lumagpas. anyways, we had to make a turn and we arrived to our destination safely. it was my first time to go to mayrics so i was surprised to see that it was a small place but can accommodate people. we went to see if we know some people who were already there but sadly we don't know anyone yet. so, we sit at the stairs of BPI bank. we listened to some of the songs on dana's mp3 player. my cellphone was already battery dead while waiting for our companions.
me and dana then saw migs mendoza, guitarist of join the club. he was the first one to arrive there. dana became ecstatic when she saw migs so i told her to that we should approach him but both of us was so shy..hehe..^^ anyways, after which, we saw ate teta and we approached her. after that, we went inside mayric's to look for a table for us to be seated. then, inside, we waited for more people to arrive and for the program to start. i was really in need of a bathroom but we can't leave our table kasi walang magbabantay. then, i saw some of my clan mates outside who just arrived. dana was telling me to go there and greet them but at first i wasn't really sure if it was them.
so, we waited for more people to arrive. dana's friends from publico appeared one by one. first it was louie who arrived. then, dana and louie talked with each other so i approached the table of my clan mates. there, i introduced my self to ruth and in turn she introduced me to her sisters, mau and ate maricon then ate beck. i also introduced them to dana. we took some pictures and chatted for a while. then, the members of publico, as i have said appeared one by one. i was shocked whenever one of them will appear because they will sit down on the chair in front of us quietly. they were very nice people, publico.
pao santiago, drummer of join the club sat with us. he was entertaining us kasi wala kami masyado kausap ni dana. he was such a nice guy. ayon, ang dami namin pinagkwentuhan. he still remembered the handkerchief i gave him during the nurses' day of our freshmen year. he really appreciated it and he still has my handkerchief. he told me that it was his first time to receive a handkerchief from a fan and i was really touched. we also asked him for some autograph and pictures. dang! i was really happy. madami pa kami encounters sa kanya before pa non pero dahil sa sobrang excitement ko magsulat ng blog, hindi ko na sila mamention lahat. pao santiago is my favorite member of the band. he also told us that they will come back again at ceu. i hope so.
then, i saw one of our clan mate as well, rafael. i didn't know he texted me. i saw him first then that's when i saw his text message. more people arrived at the venue. more people drink and smoked. then, finally the event started. ate teta was the host of the night's program. the guest band were the first to perform. second to perform was the band publico. i didn't know all the names of the bands who performed but they were great. i enjoyed publico's and mom's cake's performance. the vocalist of mom's cake was hilarious. they put on such a great show. it was my first time to see them perform live. i was really shocked with the way the vocalist performs but he is truly good.
then, it was join the club's time to perform. in between bands who had finished performing, there were some questions asked and prizes were given. i really wanted to answer because i want to win the demo cd but i was shy and i didn't want to go in front. anyways, i think they sang 7 or 8 songs which was 2 songs from their new album rakista and bagong panimula, tinig, lunes, nobela, mahiwaga, emotional overdose and i think dekada. anyways, they also had the initiation for poch, to be an official new member of the band. it was really fun. the initiation was really nice. pao santiago also displayed his talent for beat boxing. man! i was blown away with it. it was my first time seeing him beat boxing and i was super impressed. i was like, wow! that was great. they also had some joke time on the stage and it was really funny.
i so love join the club. after the show, me and dana took the opportunity to take pictures with the other band members and have their autograph. i was really happy and i was loving the moment. then, we went outside. we talked with the others, my clan mates. they were really nice people. rafael was gone immediately after the show. me and dana waited for a good taxi for us to be able to go home. then, a good taxi arrived and got in. we said our goodbye to the people we've met. i went home to dana's house because i don't have a company to go home with to rizal.
their house was nice. dana has lots of cats. i went home at about 11 am. dana toured me to their house. ang tagal ng proseso bago makauwi sa bahay nila dana. and daming kelangan sakyan but good thing we wer able to come home safely. then, dana accompanied me hanggang sa cubao kasi hindi ko alam kung pano umuwi pag galing sa kanila. ayon, nakauwi naman ako sa bahay namin.
it was really a night to remember. i was really happy that i made the right choice. hope to see more of them next time. can't wait for that time to arrive. that's all.

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