The REAL Spongecola Experience
On January 15, 2010, Touch Mobile sponsored its own Ati-atihan concert entitled “Astigfest” inside Magsaysay Park. The hosts were local radio personality Mark Sy and some girl named Jaijai. TM Sim cards were distributed with the entrance tickets while the highlight of the whole concert was the band Spongecola.
Like any typical concert, there were food kiosks all around. Most of them were unnamed and appeared like they were brought in by the local government. An IT tent was placed in the middle of the park. The tables and chairs, placed near the kiosks, were protected from mild showers by umbrella-like red cloths. The wind buffeted them gracefully though they were held in place by tendered ropes. A lot of the people who came in early were groups of old men, families with young children and giddy fan girls.
I was with Khalleen that time, since it was also our monthsary, and we waited for my sister Joy and my cousin Mia. Mia’s boy toy, Ar-ar, was to arrive later but he didn’t sit with us because he brought his uncle along and it would have been awkward.
Year Ender 2009-2010
There is nothing much I’d want to say about Year 2009. It was a mixture of happiness and sadness, successes and failures, hits and misses. While I earned several accolades and moved on a few past nightmares to grow up into the next stage of adulthood, I also lost several limbs and bruised my ego more times than I’ve wanted to.
LITERATI: REPLICATE BOOK FAIR AND FILM EXPO
LINNE’S DEBUT: SAMPAGUITA GARDENS
COPRE 2009
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