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GIMIK WEEK

Last week was such a busy week, which involved with my work and a lot of gimik after hours. But who wants to hear about work, eh?

JARS OF CLAY

First off, Janice and I attended the Jars of Clay concert over at Araneta Coliseum. I won a pair of ticket from RX and we headed for the venue. I honestly didn't expect to be there. I was even depressed that I waited for eight years for them to come to Manila but I couldn't go because the tickets weren't cheap. So imagine my joy when I got the tickets from the station. Even if they were General Admission tickets, I was still overjoyed.

Around 8pm, Janice and I were queued up for the Gen Admin area, when one of the MArshalls announced that not all the tickets were sold and so we could move over to the Upper Box. I was all smiles.

As we huddled into the coliseum there was some kind of confusion. I just followed Janice blindly and then I found myself standing eight rows from the stage. It was all so surreal.

Bo Sanchez introduced the event and the opening act, Barbie's Cradle, who did a quick slew of 4-5 songs. And then Jars of Clay was onstage. I was awestruck. I felt numb from head to toe.

They did an incredible set, which included Show You Love, Sunny Day,Flood, Unforgetful You, Tea and Sympathy and when the guitarist strummed the first few chords for Five Candles, I thought I was in heaven. It was as though I was floating and I was in tears...and then I realized I wasn't when I heard all the member of the jolog republic sitting behind us snigger and laugh out loud.

You do not laugh at a Jars of Clay gig, especially in the middle of Five Candle.

Goth Night

Janice is really becoming my Gimik Buddy. The following night I found myself with her walking through Ayala all the way to Underground to watch the Video Launch by My Favorite Things by The LAte ISabel. I honestly had expected to be in the middle of blackness that is the crowd, but it was all good. Dominion and two other bands opened the show.

And then they showd the video. It was a completely dark parody of the Julie Andrew song sequence in The Sound of Music. And then The Late Isabel played, complete with decapitated dolls onstage.

I'll buy their album!

Foreign Film with Teresa

Again, Janice grabbed me, along with Teresa all the way to Instituto Cervantes in Buendia to watch a Spanish film titled, Sexo por Compassion. It was easily a funny film focusing on the perils of being excessively altruistic - to the point of providing sexual gratification in the name of charity. We shot some pics. Teresa forgot her umbrella in by bag.

Company Party

Thanks to Jinx I got to attend the company party, even after I've resigned. I was under the impression that it was also gonna be a reunion of sorts for our original team, but no. Only Marilou and Em showed up. I had four bottles of beer and got drunk with food.