You guys probably think I’m such an ass for not updating the blog when I’ve finally graduated and supposedly have nothing more important to do… WRONG! Let’s just say that UP is not the most efficient office during summer enlistment…

Anyway, I am here to talk about our Subic activity. We had all agreed to meet at Jollibee EDSA/Kamias at 12 noon, Black Saturday. Surprise. Jollibee was closed. But that was ok too because we didn’t have to buy anything to be able to park. Ayn and I had only been there a minute when Ralph and Charmaine arrived, together with Erap and Dodong of The Youth. Robert and Rosa arrived around 20 minutes later, but still no sign of Allan and the Youth Van. At around 1 or 1:30, it finally arrived and we were off. We picked up Sir Charles and John Paul on the way, stopped over at Shell North Expressway for a late lunch, and THEN straight for Subic. How can I describe the trip… it was long and yet short. It felt long, but when we got there, we didn’t expect to get there so soon. The ride wasn’t really a barrel of laughs as I had hoped because most of us lacked sleep and we were just staring off into space or listening to our own music. Allan brought out his compilations… meron pa siyang Doolittle ng Pixies so kantahan yung iba. Revised especially for the Knights: “Here comes your maaan—YAK!!!” It never ends.

All the bands were there so it was just a matter of meeting them inside Subic. Of course, we got lost because of the weirdly printed map (hooray for SBMA)… and when we got to the Admiral House, the bands were just leaving for a motorcade. We were tired and weewee so we decided to rest for a bit and nix the parade. Ayn and I had our picture taken in front of the stairs, as usual… ang gaganda namin ;} We went to the venue ahead of everyone else to check out the sound system. Bad trip kasi the field was one gigantic ant hill and so I was a prime target in my slippers. Hmm… at least may karamay na sina 8, 2ts at Enzo ng Cheese hehehe. Wala si Roel nung soundcheck namin kasi sumama siya sa motorcade so si Gilbert ang pumalo. Ang bagal ng Flaming Walls tapos naging dance yung Empty You. Pero maganda yung soundcheck. Feeling ko kuha na namin yung actual performance later that night. Pinakain kami ng masarap na fried chicken at pizza ng organizer… kaya lang, where were the drinks??? Ang tagal dumating. Medyo hindi nga sila organized, sabi nina Allan, kasi nagkaproblema yung ibang banda sa tulugan tapos sa venue mismo weird: walang portalet, wala masyadong security… may pulitika pa yatang involved dun, courtesy of the Gordon-Payumo feud. Hay naku, buti pa yung candy, cowboy kaya walang hassle kasi wala kaming expectations!

Come the performance, we discovered that our soundcheck was of no use because the technicians had moved the settings for the showband prior to us, and they didn’t bother to put it back. Oh well. Hindi naman kami star dun, di ba? And we’re used to crap, as always. Still, we gave good head hehe :D Este… we did good ;) After that, wala na kaming problema. Naglakad lang kami o kaya tumambay sa van. Sina Allan at Roel nga lang, may trabaho, so yun muna inatupag nila (hehe, ows??? Biro lang. Oo naman ;). Oh yeah. It WAS hot in the van, more so because there was absolutely no wind that night despite being near the sea, and there were no toilets nearby. Kung ano pang adventure ang ginawa namin para makaihi.

By the way, this is the perfect opportunity to shout out our thanks to the closing crew of Dunkin Donuts Subic. Kahit closed na sila ay naawa sila samin ni Ayn at pina-CR nila kami. Don’t worry, hindi naman kami goons, di ba? Mukha lang.

No gig sked yet excpet for Pulp Summer Slam on the 30th at Amoranto Stadium (around 6 kami tutugtog), but keep posted. I PROMISE I will, too.