(At the Dome, Before & After Concert & Uwian Na)
When we reached Cuneta, we went backstage & prepared for the presscon. Btw, watch out for their interview on MYX, Mo Twista's segment on Magic, & of course Perfect Rhythm & Against the Flow. After the interviews, they did their soundcheck which was already really rockin & got me more excited for the night! Then had the meet & greet with the street team who did a great job selling tickets & promoting the event.(Shot outs & kudos to you guys!) Then later, they went back to the hotel for dinner. I stayed put to help prepare with some things going on here.

The concert started around 8:20pm. An IJM person came on stage to say some words about this cause which was a reason for this concert. Then Salamin came on & totally rocked it! I just knew these guys were perfect to do the front act that's why when Riya asked me, I highly recommended them. The crowd was already blown away by that. Then after some minutes, Switchfoot came on stage & gave us the best rockin concert we've ever seen! Too bad for those who missed it(umiyak nalang kayo!). These guys rule! Though the crowd wasn't as great as we expected(in fullpack soldout size) they were great enough that the band loved em, and that's cool! They told me the energy they felt coming to them on stage was incredible. Jon said it himself during the concert. Andy recently wrote on the Daily Foot: "jon made the claim early on in the day, before the show even started, that he thought tonight would be one of his favorite shows ever, and i don't think it disappointed. tonight was nuts. i have never heard a crowd flip out more." I'd say the Philippines got the best crowd regardless the size.

The Balut portion was definitely a great highlight for everybody.(Check out the video if you hadn't) I think I'll make it my goal/mission now to try & get every foreign artist who comes here to eat Balut! The concert over-all was simply panalo! These guys really know how to put on a show. Everything from their music, to their showmanship. Who wouldn't love these guys? They played everything we wished they'd play too. After the concert, we had a hard time getting them outta there because everyone wanted pictures with them & autographs. Alot hung around hoping they could come in at the back or that they would go out because I was told that they did do that before, but I think it was too crazy for the tough guys bouncers to handle alone.

After getting outa there, I stuck around the hotel & didn't go home Taytay or get any sleep anymore because we would take em back to the airport early in the morning. The band was in their rooms, either passed out or just watching TV. Around 2-3am, I thought I'd go out for a bite cause I was a lil hungry. Saw Drew come out & so I asked him if he wanted to come with me & Jomar to 711. He had no plans of sleeping too. So he came along and hung out some more. We let him try Siopao & Taho which he really liked. Later, got back at the hotel. I went in the organizer's room for more "Tales After the Concert stories". Dang I was sleepy. Soon we took Chris(the Road Mngr) to the airport because he had a different flight. Then went back & waited a bit till it was time to bring the guys. Later on the bus, the boys did their final autographs & pictures. We were all like zombies. I shot them singing Happy B-day to Tuesday & it was real funny because it was like the slowest solemn version yet it still rocked cuz they did it. At the airport, got their bags & gear on the trollees, said our final goodbyes. We're sure gonna miss these guys. That was that & thus the end of an awesome adventure. They said they wanna come back so let's pray & watch out for that. Let's keep supporting these guys in their music & in our prayers.

My friends are going to hate me for saying this, pero nagsawa talaga ako sa Switchfoot.haha.J/k. Sorry for the inggit. Excuse me for bragging rights. I felt like the reporter kid from the movie Almost Famous. I guess it would be gay for me to be any more happy so I'm trying to hold in all the excitement of this. I tried to keep calm & my composure because deep inside, I'm screaming like a little girl!

So in 1 day, 7 hours, I've been a tourguide, roadee, bodyguard, balut instructor atbp. for this rock band callef Switchfoot. Not bad. I could live like this. Astig! I've hung around em so much, when my friend asked "kamusta"? I said "eto, amoy paa". I say ok lang siguro sa akin mangamoy paa basta foot ng switch :p