Starstricken

Last Friday, I went with Allan and Charles to a Moonstar88 gig somewhere in Alabang. One of the Starstruck people, Jenilyn or whatever her name is, was supposed to perform. When Charles entered the house where the artists were supposed to wait, the lady said, "Ay! Akala ko si Rainier!"

Later on, a little girl went up to him and said, "Rainier!" to which he hastily replied, "Hindi ako yun." She then asked him whether Rainier was really going to come. He said he didn't know.

Jenilyn performed her set. While she was singing, Charles and Jepoy had to move around the stage behind her to set it for the band. Someone from the crowd said, "Si Rainier, o!" and others shouted, "Starstruck!" He immediately jumped off the stage to hide behind me and Allan.

The next day, we all went to Subic with The Youth, where they were to perform at Club Edge, "The only Rock Concert Hall in The Philippines!" Again, people were whispering every time Charles walked past.

While The Youth was performing, Allan talked to the club's owner, who said his goal was to make Olongapo the Rock Capital of the Philippines again. I asked Allan if it really was the Rock Capital of the Philippines once before and he said yes. For some reason, bands in the late 70's and 80's used to love playing there. Ooh, interesting. Well, from what I overheard, Club Edge is one of the best places to perform live, so I hope it'll be able to reach its goal. It's a nice venue and I hope candyaudioline gets to perform there in the future, which we were supposed to do last Saturday, except that we didn't have transportation. Sayang.

Anyway, we were about to leave and Charles was bringing the guitars out of the club when he "bumped" them on a girl by the bar (at least, that's what she said to him). He said sorry (I think that was her excuse to talk to him) and she told him that he looked like Rainier of Starstruck. Some of her friends started talking to him and they asked for his number and they took pics of him on their phones. Charles was so embarrassed because some men at the next table were staring and whispering "Starstruck", but of course he didn't want to offend the girls. And then, when we were approaching the van, some fans of The Youth who were taking their pictures looked at Charles when Robert said, "Si Rainier, o! Si Rainier!" They laughed and proceeded to take pictures of him, too!

Poor Charles! Well, he can't help it if the guy dresses like him. It's funny because Charles dressed like that way before F4 and Starstruck but when people see him now, they probably think that he copied his look from them. Hmmm… that reminds me of something…

Hehehe.

Dream. Believe. Eat.

Gutom na ako. Kakain muna ako ng Magic Flakes with chocolate cream filling.