Hi guys! So I know this is kind of a late post already but whatever, I know I HAVE to post this because of too much 'fangirling' feels and excitement that I have never felt before--with a band. As you all know, The Script is my ultimate favorite band in the whole wide world! I have been a fan since the first time I heard The Man Who Can't Be Moved and I was still a freshman high school that time! Not only that they make really good music--they also serve as my inspiration. The Script has inspired me love and enjoy life more. And though sometimes, we may fall, we must learn how to accept things and move on. No words could perfectly describe how much I love Danny, Mark and Glenn! They are just amazing human beings I never thought could exist in this universe!
Anyway, when I heard that they're going to have a concert AGAIN here in Manila, I knew I couldn't let this chance pass again. I wasn't able to watch their first concert here since I was still in the province in my high school years so you could really feel my despair when I knew I couldn't watch and hear them sing live. But deep inside, I have the feeling that I would really see them live soon. And I was right! That wishful thinking eventually came true when Manila Concerts Scene officially announced that they would be performing in Manila for their #3 World Tour! I was really excited and immediately contacted my friends who are also their fans. We were able to buy the tickets the third day it was released and man, the VIP section is already sold out! And there are few more seats left for the other sections! Well, I anticipated that it would be a sold-out concert but I didn't expect that tickets would be sold that fast! Okay, so I really wanted to buy the VIP ticket since there are many perks and I know it would be super sulit but yeah, everything was sold out the moment we went to Ticketnet. Ugh! I even remembered buying that ticket 4 months right before the concert!
Then, MCS announced that they would be having a Meet-and-Greet contest! Of course, I SHOULD JOIN and I know, (deep inside) that I SHOULD WIN. So here's what I submitted to them:
The Script has been one of my favorite bands ever since I was in high school. I've been one of their biggest fans since then. Their songs never fail to impress, inspire, amaze and touch me. The honesty and sincerity of the lyrics of every song makes me realize a lot of things. I could still remember their first ever concert in Manila. I was in my province back then and you could imagine my frustrations and sadness when I knew I won't be able to watch them live. But I was still hoping that someday I would see them and there's a part of me that's always telling me that they will come back here. So when I got here in Manila, I promised myself that if they are indeed coming back here again, I know I can't and won't miss it.
So when I first saw the post about The Script coming back in Manila for the 2nd time, I was really excited and stoked! So I bought myself a ticket. (yay!) Even though it's not VIP, the feeling of seeing my favorite band LIVE would really make me happy but what would make me the happiest is that when I would meet them in person.
I've been constantly checking updates in Facebook and Twitter if there's a meet and greet contest and just recently, I found out that there really is a contest! So I quickly studied for my concept on how my picture would turn out since part of the criteria is the creativity. Well, basically... I'm all about simplicity and minimalism. I searched for The Script's #3 album poster and I got my inspiration there.
My favorite The Script song would not just limit into one but two which are 'The Man Who Cant be Moved' and 'First Time'. I just love how sincere and honest the lyrics of the songs are. It expresses how love can be so powerful and how love can make us do things that we think we can't actually do. Not only does it talk about love, but it also tells us about faith, hope, sacrifice and compromise.
Meeting Danny, Mark and Glen in person and telling them how much they inspire me would be such an honor! It would mean the world to me! And I'm not saying this because I want to win this, but because it's true. I hope you would give me the chance for this dream to turn into reality and make it indeed, a happiest Easter for me.
Unfortunately, they didn't pick me :( And I even cried the night that they announced the winners and that my name was not on the list :( But oh well, moving on... March 31 finally came and I honestly cannot contain my excitement! Aaaaaaaaaaah!!! I even painted a customized shirt with The Script lyrics on it! (Talk about major fangirling feels!)
It was my first time to see Araneta jampacked with people like literally! The colisuem was so full, there are even people who don't have seats anymore yet they paid the exact price of our tickets. Insane! (For the love of The Script, indeed!) The show was supposed to start 8 PM but as expected, it started an hour late. And finally---I could see and hear Danny, Mark and Glenn!!!! Aaaaaah! They sang Good Ol' Days as their opening.
People filling in the seats (Before the show)
Brought the Easter Bunny with me! Haha!
Danny O' Donoghue!!!!!!!!
When they played The Man Who Can't Be Moved, Breakeven, For The First Time and Nothing, I literally burst into tears because of happiness and my God, there were goosebumps all over me! No kidding! It was also funny when they were about to play Nothing, Mark told us to do something inappropriate which was to call our exes. Haha! Danny also grabbed a fan's phone while singing Nothing!!!! Talk about major lucky! She may not be able to watch the concert but Danny freaking O' Donoghue just serenaded her!!!!!!
And like their other concerts in other countries, they would have to take a picture on the stage with silly props and acting with the crowd. And since it was Easter, I anticipated they would wear bunny ears and you know, Easter stuffs and I was damn right! Here's the picture:
Photo grabbed from The Script's official Facebook page
Danny singing 'I'm Yours' with Glenn
Mark Sheehan the great!
Encore- Hall of Fame!
Encore AFTER the Encore!
Another important highlight that night was the fact that they did an encore AFTER the encore! And Glenn even tweeted that it was their first time they did that ever! So Manila must me really lucky! Amazing! After the concert, I immediately uploaded some of the videos that I took during the concert (some--because most of them are really shaky since my friend I were freaking out the whole time! Good thing my cousin was there to record everything. Haha!) And saw this random video from someone who also went to the concert that night. And to my surprise, I could hear my voice loud and clear, screaming Danny's name like a desperate kid who wants a candy! No joke! She must be probably sitting near us. Here's the link of the video from cherrymariano:
This, ladies and gentlemen, has got to be the best of the best concert I've ever been! Thank you to the producers but most of all, thank you God for making this happen!This would surely be an unforgettable and memorable experience for me that I would gladly share this story to my future grandchildren. For the nth time, I love you so much The Script! Please come back again, soon okay?
Love, your obsessed-but-not-creepy fan from the Philippines. x
It's our last day in Bacolod and believe me, it was the saddest part of the vacation. Kidding! We are just going to miss Bacolod, Keith's house, his family since we were like their adopted children for a week! Before anything else, we dropped by Virgie's and Bongbong's to buy some Bacolod delicacies and pasalubongs for our families and friends back home! Of course, I could not leave Bacolod without buying my favorite, barquiron and other famous delicacies such as piaya, butter scotch and barquillos! Plus, we also discovered a new favorite--Napoleones! Too bad I didn't have a picture of it (before we ate it) but trust me, it was really delicious and mouth-watering! Aaaaah! Couldn't describe the feeling!
We then headed back to Keith's home to continue packing up. Anyway, since our flight is 8:55, we pretty much still have enough time to drop by Calea's which (they say) is a must-try if you're in Bacolod. Now since I'm pretty much obsessed with cheescakes, hence, oreo cheescake. (as usual, haha) Too bad I didn't have a picture here in my laptop but I posted it in my Instagram! You can follow me at: bealogy19
Hot mocha
Their bestseller. Choclate Cake!
Now would you look at those lovely cakes.
Photos are from DJ Poblete
After Calea, we headed to the airport and time to face the reality again. We're really sad that we're leaving since we feel like Bacolod was our home for what--a week or so? Awww, worst part is we found out that our flight is delayed for like 3 hours! Ugghhh! And I still have an early flight the next day from Manila to Ozamiz. So you could imagine my horror and anguish when I heard that. :( Okay so much for that.
Well, let me take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to first of all, Keith's parents-- to Tito Rene, for being so patient and our personal 'tour guide' and driver (even though we know you're already tired, you still get to crack some jokes, haha!) and to Tita Jackie for taking good care of us, for cooking us dinner and generally for the overwhelming hospitality! To Keith's other relatives, housemates (which were also our housemates for a week), to our parents for trusting us and letting us experience this vacation with my favorite people in college and of course, to our dear friend Keith for inviting us over to his hometown. This is such a memorable and unforgettable experience not just to me, but to all of us. Would definitely love to visit Bacolod again soon! :)
With our 'parents-for-a-week' Tito Rene and Tita Jackie! :)
I love these people so much and I'm so glad I get to spend this amazing summer experience with them (even though we're not complete.) So, how's your summer vacation so far? :)
Day 5 came and at first, nothing really special happened during the day except that we just woke up late, played the XBox and the PS3. During the afternoon, Keith's mom took us to grab some meryenda. Hence, burgers! So she brought us to BBB- Big Beefy Burgers and man, their burgers are delicious and really affordable. Another highlight of this food trip was that like other burger chains that I know, there's this thing called 'challenge' wherein you have to finish this huge burger, fries and iced tea in 5 minutes so that you wouldn't have to pay for it anymore. It was really funny watching JP anxiously trying to finish that giant burger. But in the end, the burger was too big and that JP was not that hungry--that's why he wasn't able to finish it in 5 minutes. But oh well, we still had fun watching him. Haha!
After BBB, we went to Robinsons and basically just stroll around the mall. While waiting, we grabbed some gelato's and witnessed the breathtaking sunset (ala-LA ang peg).
Then grabbed some gelato from Green Tree!
Before dinner, Keith's parents invited us to try this 4D thing we always see in Timezone, etc. At first, we were hesitant but gave in eventually. Since it was our first time, it was really funny (not to mention, physically painful) since there's 7 of us yet it only has 4 seats so imagine ourselves, all 7 of us trying to fit in those seats. Then, we were asked to choose what film are we going to watch, (as expected), we chose 2 horror films: Scary Abandoned School and the Devil's Place. Compared to the Devil's Place, the Scary Abandoned School one was really scary since some of us can totally relate! (Ehem) It was actually really funny because of our horror, there was actually a TV outside wherein different strangers from the mall can see us! Oh my goodness, my stomach was aching the whole time because it was such a funny experience to all of us! No one could ever forget that night!
Photos grabbed from DJ Poblete
After Robinsons, it's dinner time! But before that, we grabbed some milktea from Qualitea, of course. (our new favorite chos)
All photos are from DJ Poblete
We then rushed to this restaurant which serves Monggolian dishes! Sadly, we weren't able to take pictures and I forgot the name of the restaurant. Super sayang! But oh well, after dinner, we decided to go to the city's capitol. It was really fun since we played some games like Dodge Ball and Patintero with some of Hazel's cousins! Plus, something really FUNNY happened to Keith that shocked us all. Hahaha! I won't tell since I'm a good friend :P
Day 4 came and we were way too excited to start the day since we are going to one of Bacolod's famous tourist spot, the Mambukal Mountain Resort. We left Keith's house around 7:30 and arrived there around 9 something. Well, original plan is we were going to stay there overnight but since Etheline has a flight back to Manila, we decided to go there early instead. Mambukal is such a very nice place! I mean for nature-lovers out there, you certainly cannot miss this when you're in Bacolod! Funny thing is that when we arrived there, it was a really a big surprise when I saw two of my batchmates from high school! Too bad we didn't have a picture from my camera but it was surely a surprising yet exciting moment for me.
Apparently, this butterfly has a thing for Haya's foot.
Ziplineeee! Photo grabbed from DJ Poblete
We left Mambukas at around 1 or 2 and then headed back to the city and then to the airport. We then decided to watch Iron Man 3 and although I haven't really watched the first two movies, man, the ending was sick and really cool! Plus Robert Downey Jr. is oh-so-charming and really funny! And, did I mention that Gwyneth Paltrow's abs are to die for? Ahhhh, such a fitspiration!
Getting ready! (Mirror effect, charot!)
Photos from DJ Poblete
Overall, this was such an amazing day--full of adventures and surprises! :)
Morning came and it's time for us to go back to the city proper. Again, with the 30-minute boat drive from the island to the port, a one-hour drive from the port back to the city. Arrived at the city around 12-1, had our lunch and then grabbed some milktea from Qualitea which has a really cute store with those sticky notes and pictures on the walls!
Photo grabbed from Qualitea's facebook page
After lunch, we decided to drop by Citi Hardware to buy some paint and brushes because they're in the mood for some art. Hence, graffiti! (I was too tired and lazy to paint that day, haha!)
Photos grabbed from DJ Poblete
Can't wait for the product of their labor! (Wait, that sounds deep.) Haha!
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