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.