So here are pictures of almost all the stuff that went on. Pictures taken by me & my WMC friends. Some never before seen footages. From our pick up to the pasyals/tours & jeepney joyrides.

(taken from thejesusrocker.blogdrive.com)
I still cannot believe what had just happened the past two days. I still gotta hangover from all it.hehe. Sunday night, we were off to the airport with our church bus. They arrived 12 midnight at the Ninoy Aquino Airport. So we met & for me it was too unbelievable to get starstruck. The reality of it just wouldn't hit me & but now finally I do get struck talking about it. Were these really the guys on the CDs, MTVs & posters? Was this really happening? Anyhow, we loaded up their gear & then everyone got on. They were real nice guys & humble rockstars they were. They seemed real excited to be here, especially Jerome(the Filipino) who hasn't been back since he was 3. Right away we taught em some new words & took as many pictures without annoying em. They already knew kamusta & mabuhay. I said that's old school so I taught em "astig!" which later they'd use alot. We brought them to the Diamond hotel where they stayed & after dropping them off, headed to Cuneta to drop off their guitar & stuff.

The next day, we went to pick em up again in the morning to show em around Manila as fast as we could before getting to the Astrodome for the presscon, soundcheck etc. Ako na daw ang bahala so I had become the official tourguide of the group. From the hotel, took them to Walled City, Intramurous. On the way, told them how traffic was a way of life, explained things about our culture & answered their questions about the Philippines.

I must've failed my Philippine History classes otherwise I'll use my being in the States for Grade 1-6 as an excuse for being so bad at it. I probably know more about American History which is why I struggled to explain to the guys some of our history. This experience has challenged me personaly to go back & relearn these things because I was caught off guard at the moment, I better be ready next time. We went to Fort Santiago. Spent time walking around there, reading the history, taking pictures etc. Now I know about Jose Rizal, it's just that it wasn't that clear to me where exactly he was shot at by a firing squad. So the real funny embarrasing thing happened with me when I explained that the footsteps on the floor in the fort were Rizal's. That it was his death march or final steps to his execution. So somehow I ended up telling them that if we follow these footsteps , it would lead us to where he was shot. But the problem was, the steps ended at the exit. They asked, did he get shot here? I said he must've escaped! I had no idea at the moment, but later on I got to explain that it happened at Luneta where the monument was at. Maybe I suck at the history part but at least the tourguide part went ok.

We had lunch back at the hotel. Turns out they served balut there but only on Wednesdays so too bad. They really loved the mangoes here just like all the rest who came before. We had to be quick because we had to be back at Cuneta by 2. I felt kinda sorry for them because their touring time was really limited, they didn't even get to do any shopping except for the Jeepney hat that Jon bought at Fort Santiago.

After lunch, took em to SM Mall of Asia. We didn't get to walk in or around the mall but we just went around it by bus. Got off the parking lot, there got on a Jeepney ride that would take us back to dome. The guys really had fun with that. Taught them how to pay(bayad po) & get off(para po). Even taught Jon how to surf(make sabit).

Thanks to Dan(http://www.sendusout.com) for the awesome pictures. Grabbed a couple from www.jorem.ph as well. I took all the ugly ones.

To be Continued...