My Pre-Valentine Experience: Videoke Madness!

So after the Boyce Avenue concert, Me and my friends ate at Chef De Angelo. It was so good because Vincent treated us all for dinner.

We have planned to go karaoke afterwards and was just waiting for another friend, Galilee. She was still at work that time so we decided to meet at our destination, Top Grill.

Mau said that Top Grill is a really nice place to hang out and sing. You can just order whatever you like and you can sing for free! Well, it's just that you have to sing in front of the whole crowd, that is. Haha! Well that was our agenda, really, -To sing in front of drunk people without getting any tomatoes on our faces.

So we found our table. The place was cold and full of drunk people. There was a small stage where two performers can sing in front of all the people. We immediately ordered a bucket of beer and chose our songs. We can only sing two songs at a time to give way for other people to also sing (duh?).

I can't find a song that I can sing on the songbook so I just let Mau choose the songs for us, we're going to sing together anyway. The first song we sang is Cool with You. I just backed her up on that song but thought I did it very well. Actually, I think I did not do it well, I did it perfectly. Hahaha!

So we sang other songs and I forgot some of them but here are the things that retained on my mind:

Til my Heartaches end- we were appreaciated by the audience. They clapped fairly

I'd still say Yes- again I backed Mau up. I smashed it this time by hitting the Über high notes. Mwahaha!!! Everyone clapped loudly! I wanted to laugh at the sound of it. It gave me a different feeling. Flattered. Wahahaha!!!

Beautiful In My Eyes- my only solo song. Mau said I had to practice singing solo so I did. I love her because she wants to bring out the best in me. Awww... Ü And yeah, I like the people's reaction. Since it was already Valentine's day, the couples one by one dance in front of all the people. It was so sweet. It was really a different feeling seeing them enjoying my music. Gosh.

Well we sang other songs well too it's just that the crowd became too drunk and some of my fans already left. Hahaha! We were actually waiting in line to sing Ever After and Don't stop the music but it was too late so we decided to go home. Mau and Tin had to go to the CR so I waited at our table alone. Surprisedly, the 25-something guy on the other table smiled at me and shook my hand. He said something like 'Congrats'. Haha! Mau and Tin caught glimpse of that and asked, so I said, "Just one of my fans, you know..."

We headed home and laughed happily at all the funny things that we had that night. By the way, our total charge was less than 200php. ÜÜÜ

-lorenz adam

My Pre-Valentine Experience: Boyce Avenue in Manila!!!

Yes! I was there! Who knew that I would be watching the YouTube hit band Boyce Avenue on February 13?! Although it was a Friday the 13th that day, everything went well for me. It was a really blurry day for me but it was really fun.

My roomate Mau told me a week before about the concert and I said, "What the? Why did you just told me about it? You should have told me sooner!". She said that she thought that I wasn't really that into Boyce Avenue. "Well that was before I had a blog! I have to cover that event! Nyahahaha!!!", I laughed.

So I started planning what to do, what to bring, and everything. I was so excited to put it on my blog.

February 13, 6pm. I arrived at MOA. I wanted to freshen up so I went to the CR when suddenly my phone rang. It was Jeff. Jeff is an officemate who just resigned from the company. I guess he was intrigued about the text I sent earlier about me coming to the concert. So I invited him to come. We talked on the phone for about 15 minutes. As usual, he said no and gave some really bad alibis. In short, he wasted my time (duh).


I knew that Jeff would just be wasting my time so while talking to him, I walked towards the concert grounds. The call was disconnected and I really can't hear him so who cares. The stage was really stunning. It's as if I was watching an American rock band (well, kinda) it's just that I only see them on TV or movies. I went straight where I could find seats only to find out that I have to buy a CD to get in. No problem. I went back quickly to where I could buy them and went inside and saved two seats for my friends.

Mau and my friends came from work so they were late. The people became incredibly crazy at about 6:45pm. The audience became so overcrowded. I doubted whether my friends will still make it on time.

6:50pm. There were fireworks display. Everything was splendid! Although, yeah, I felt really alone watching them. It's as if I were in a Disney movie minus a partner. Okay enough of that. Haha!

7pm. Kyla opened the night promoting her new songs from her new album. She sang Heart to heart, Old friend, and You make me feel. I love her rendition of Heart to heart but I swear to God that I promised myself to sing that song once I get my record label done. Ugh!


After Kyla's performance, we still waited a few minutes before the Boyce Avenue came out the stage. I really don't know their names until now. Hahaha! The people screamed and screamed at the sight of them. I felt awkward. Haha!

The guys performed songs like Apologize, Here and Now, With You, Change Your Mind, Wonderwall, The Freshman, Umbrella, and last but not least, my fave, Bleeding Love.

My friends were so late that they ended up watching the show at the far side of the stage. They couldn't get in through the thick crowd. So I literally watched the whole show without company. Anyway, I had fun taking pictures and vids.

There was a Meet and Greet and autograph signing after the show but it was only given to early birds and I wasn't one of them. So sad. :(

My Pre-Valentine experience doesn't stop there! I will be posting my friends' night-out after the concert.

-lorenz adam