Tuesday, November 18, 2008
cb and little miss sunshine in taguig
i was able to watch rihanna and chris brown concert, though all i got was a silver ticket - i still managed to watch the concert (too bad, there are some people who doesn't believe i was there. well, i can't force them to believe me - what will i get if i do right? WML!!! ) ANYWAYS, i was with my college friend rich but he went home early because of his nausea alibi. lol PEACE richmond :)
i was able to get in the concert grounds before chris brown's opening. i thought he will just appear somewhere from the back but he surprised the audience when he appeared from a cable suspended in the air (think of beyonce's mtv performance. hehe) chris was cute pala in person. hehe. he sang almost all his hits songs including yo! (with matching mulatta girl in black making pakipot and flirty at the same time) no air, forever etc. what i like the most about his stint was the michael jackson number. galing sumayaw ng thriller grabe! :) there was a DJ booth in the right portion of the satge and the DJ keeps on saying that there's an after party that will be held in alchemy (i miss jaja - booz nyts. hehe) though i'm kinda skeptic if the two (rihanna and CB) will be there though chris said that he will be there but i really doubt it. lol
after CB there was an almost 30 minute break which i find really tiring considering that it's a jampacked venue and we're all standing - good thing there was a fire works display which i think lasted almost for 15 minutes atleast there was something to watch while they are fixing rihanna's stage. after pink's so what and britney's womanizer - rihanna started her number with disturbia. i was stunned when i saw her wearing a "tangga" (spelling?) haha! tangga kung tangga ang lola mo.
my favorites from her are the hate that i love you and the shut up and drive number. with matching liyad parang nag li-limbo rock. haha grabe galing! though i was kinda na turn-off kay rihanna because he said something like make some m*therf*ckin' noise when she noticed that the audience is quiet. panung hindi tatahimik eh kase after nung opening na disturbia, di na alam ng audience yung mga kinanta nya. haha. lol
i like the part when she sang please don't stop the music. there were a lot of adlibs including the lyrics from BEP's Bebot yung Filipino! Filipino! Filipino Filipino! - as replacement for mamase-makusa-mamakusa. hahaha! kalurkey :)
As expected, they shared the stage only once - the finale song which is umbrella. sweet nila sa finale song in fairness with matching tummy hug from the back - CB to rihanna hehe.
Final Thoughts:
This is really the biggest concert of the year from an international act. imagine 70,000 came together - punong puno ang open field near NBC. all roads leads to the fort last sunday. parang parking lot naman sa other open fields hanggang market! market! - i'm not kidding. sumakit din paa ko pauwi, hirap maghanap ng taxi. nyahaha! naubos pa yung load ko kase tinawagan ko pa sila marlon and ren while the two were performing. haha!
On a serious note - well, i can say that they were really, really great. they know how to impress their audience and they look good together. rihanna said "they can't wait to go back" well sana nga.
larry h salen at 1:21 PM
Sunday, November 02, 2008
musings
i woke up early this morning and i decided to take a jog. i can sense that my body needs some stretching and i need to sweat a little. it was fun 'cause there were no cars that went my way maybe it's because of the time. i think it was approximately 530 am. anyways, this would be my last week here in davao, (rejoice! rejoice!) i'm very proud of the outcome after my 2 months of hard work. (and if i say hard work, it really means HARD work.) i can say that my trainees are doing well. the numbers that they are giving us are very impressive! and what i like about it is that they keep on improving; AHT especially the Quality from Austin. well atleast i can say that i did something right.
hay. i'm gonna miss davao.
larry h salen at 5:14 PM