The MTV EXIT Concert at MOA

The MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) campaign is a multimedia initiative produced by the MTV Europe Foundation to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking (wikipedia.org).
I got lucky. Bestfriend Carmela got us tickets to the event.
we were late. for practical reasons, i availed of the company shuttle which left the office at sometime past 3 p.m. what i did not anticipate was the side trip to bacoor to drop off a colleague. so the trip took 2 hours. on the other end, makay was also caught in the middle of friday traffic that by the time we met up at figaro (in moa), i already bought myself a new running shoes (for my scheduled tennis lessons when i get home) and was nursing a tall size of coffee frap while reading 'life of pi'.
from having to wait in qeueu to get to the concert grounds, we were directed to a different gate after we presented our VIP tickets. after passing through marquees selling dinner (we had complimentary pasta, chips, deep fried fish fillet and iced tea), we climbed a short flight of stairs towards a platform and claimed two seats on the second row.
this is the first concert where i get to see the famous bands get together for a cause. not as up close as i would have wanted them to be though (but can i just be grateful for once?)
we missed a number of bands perform, 'parokya ni edgar' included. thankfully, we were just in time to see ely (who i never get to see during the eheads heydays even when they performed at elbi), gary v (who renderred a fine number with son gabriel and sponge cola) and bamboo whose appearance was a perfect ending to the show. sigh!
of course, i paid attention to the cause of the event (seeing bamboo and ira was a welcome bonus). after all, i have a sibling who was set to work in the middle east before the month ends.

program launching at cocomangas

gash! it was a far cry from the launching at mo2. the place was too crowded for comfort and the volume of the sound system was defeaning. but the early birds seem not mindful about it. our group dominated the narrow dancefloor (and the tables that surround it as well). cocomangas is favorite hangout of the party people around san pedro area. it is located behind as a respite from non-stop gyrating, the emcee called in four males (3 of which were from our group) for a beer drinking contest which sean won hands down. the girl's turn followed but with a little twist. they had to dance around a guy while they finish off the entoxicating brew. the boys had a blast. but i was uneasy. well, i was hungry, for crying out loud. the waiter passed by me three times without so much a gesture of recognition to the food stub i raised in his direction. after a tad too many attempts without success, i gave up and nursed two bottles of almost warm light beers on an empy stomach. andrea came shortly after we arrived. after the much anticipated meeting and the endless "photo shoot" that followed, we went back to our respective groups.when we had enough, we left and convened at macdonald's, olivares to quell the hunger pains :D while we waited for the hotel shuttle which jen arranged to pick us up.