...unexpected date, slow day...

che and i celebrate something every 11th and 29th of the month... we got together on nov29, with only the two of us knowing it, but eventually, she agreed to spread the word on dec11... so for at least twice a month, we get together for a special date...

yesterday was the 11th [and i totally forgot it was tuesday, when i was supposed to meet someone for a hopefully inspiring conversation]... she planned on surprising me, but she didn't know where my office is... so i just told her to meet somewhere near... then at around 4pm i think, i got a message from my uncle's girlfriend [who i might add is almost as good as an aunt already, considering the duration of their relationship] that says:

"lozada pamangkins!!! sino gusto manood ng earth, wind and fire concert? mei extra two tickets pa ko. sino una magtext."

boom.

che mentioned it was her parents' all time favorite band, and turned out to be theirs too [well, if you get to hear their songs over and over on a regular basis, i think you'd kinda get to like their songs too] and i don't think they're bad either. so what i thought was, that was a great chance for a great date. i texted her, asked for the two tix for us, but she said another cousin texted first, so she could only accomodate one more... so i said i'd rather not take the other one and just have a date somewhere if that's the case... i didn't want to insist and i didn't want my cousin to give his spot up for my girlfriend... but he did... and i don't know how to thank him for that... so it was all set... i didn't tell my girlfriend where we were going until we were with each other already... we drove to cubao [on the beetle whose airconditioning still hasn't been fixed due to everything going on] and decided to have dinner first... we looked at pancake house first [no, we don't normally eat there.. i normally suggest the food court, but she never finishes her food if we eat there... besides, let me be somewhat luxurious at these times, it is our special day, after all.. and all it takes is not eating lunch everyday... haha] to check out if the food was good. everything looked good except for the prices... and she especially had her sights on a PhP700++ rib steak... so we looked elsewhere, decided to drop by other places, we checked out this filipino-dish place, but i said it was kind of redundant seeing that we are filipinos and all the food we eat at home are filipino-dish. eating there is like eating glorified "lutong-bahay"..

we eventually ended up in pizza hut bistro, where the rib steak costs only around 179... we had pasta and cheese puffs[which turned out to be a disappointment] and ate till we got full... met with my uncle and his girlfriend at cafe bola, and went on inside the collesium...

one thing that baffled me was why was mocha chosen as the front act of the event? they can't get the crowd pumped with their songs, and their best reason for being their were their hot bods... they're dance steps sucked, their songs sucked, even their wardrobe sucked, so i'm not surprised if they sucked to get that gig (ooohhh... sorry underaged readers)... anyway, after the 5 songs that seemed forever, and some dance moves from each of the members, they finally stepped off the stage... people were clapping in anticipation, and even the voice over was saying "relax, it will come"... and when they came, it was fun to watch.. the three singers were dancing in the dark while the band was setting up... when the lights turned on, they turned around and sang songs i didn't know but surely i appreciated... their dance moves were, as i described it, for oldies... simple steps, not too flashy, but really fun or funny to watch... important thing is that they were really trying to get the crowd pumped and entertained... me and my girlfriend decided to bet on what their last song could be... i gave her the chance to go first. she said it would be "september"... then i was stumped. that was the song that came to my mind too. so for the sake of the bet, i said i'll go with "let's groove tonight"...

now, on with the concert..their jazzman was really great... he's an old guy but man, can he play that jazz... it was amazing what he did... and this long-haired singer had a voice incomparable to anything i've ever heard... it's like, you tune your guitar with another guitar, right? in his case, you tune the jazz to his voice... however high the jazz went, he could reach it effortlessly... and he can sing in a low voice too, and he does so effortlessly just the same.... it was great... first song we recognized was also the first slow song they sang: after the love has gone... then they followed it up with reasons, or whatever the title of that song was... then some crowd playing, eventually singing some other songs before they sang september.. and that was the point where everyone was off their feet, and my girlfriend kept hitting me on the arm claiming victory on our bet... so after the song, they said thanks and lights turned dim and all of them left the stage and that was it...

but people know better... they missed two hits, ellaine[uncle's gf] said: let's groove tonight and boogie wonderland[which i didn't know they sang originally. i just heard it in happy feet]... so they chanted "more!!"... and the voice over played it even more, and eventually they came back one by one for an encore.. they let this old guy, the lead guitarist, i think, introduce all the other members on stage... each had a solo upon introduction... then the long haired guy introduced the guy who made all the introductions... as it turns out, he was one of the founding members of the original band, among other things he has accomplished... and then they played another dance tune, then boogie wonderland, then another song, and they ended the night with "let's groove tonight"... it was great, crowd was dancing, and to think more than half of the people in araneta were old people... it was really fun to watch....

and i won our bet...:p though we didn't bet on anything. so it seems like an open bet, help me out, what could i ask for?? haha...

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so another day in the office... it's freaking slow... i'm thinking with this work, you have a lot of deadlines on one day, and after doing around 3 jobs simutaneously on that one day, you'd have nothing left to do the rest of the days... it's 3pm now... for the whole day, all i've done as work is scan a catalog and crop images in that catalog... what i've been doing to pass time? reading nba analysis and scores, making a paper for my college "dad" about the zte-nbn probe, playing nfs on my psp, listened to good times in magic when it was still on, played bubble breaker on my cellphone, slept, and made this blog... it's freaking boring... i'm in no position to complain... it's like i'm getting paid for doing nothing, but man, sometimes i wanna give back, you know... let them get their money's worth...

and to think i have another 4 months with this work... man... i hope things pick up... this is boring the hell out of me...