The cycle of life – one minute you’re at the top of everything, the next you’re at the bottom. Aside from the financial aspect of everything, I’d pretty much say that I’m at the top right now.
Satya
Last night, we watched a Berklee Jazz band here in Manila. GP, being from Berklee, knew the band leader/keyboard player and was given complimentary invitations to what should’ve been a 2,000 peso per ticket show.
The band was ok, but there were a couple of major turn-offs on the whole event. One was the crowd were all sponsors. It kinda gave it a whole “pointless” feeling to the show. You want to share your music to the world but all people that ended up watching were “required” to because they actually are the same people that brought you here hehehe.
Another was the vocalist. She practically sucked. Sure she had a high voice, and could carry a pitch, but my god, jazz being jazz (and were still debating whether or not most of the repertoire should be considered as the “jazz” that we should’ve been expecting, as Katz would say, it was simply CityLite 88.3 music, hardly old-school)… especially in the “Berklee” context (as GP explained to me the Jazz culture in the school) she was definitely mediocre. The instrumentalists were good though, so basically if she hadn’t been there, we would’ve probably enjoyed it more.
Nawawala, bumabalik… eto nanaman.
Has it been that long since I posted? Oh well just prove’s that GP is indeed back, as he is here to destroy our lives once again hahaha. That is how we describe his “influence” on people since he can manage to screw anyone’s daily routines because everyone likes hanging out with him.
Anyways, so a bunch of days ago I get a call from him on my cell:
GP: So, kelan natin sisimulan ang atin Berklee tutorial? ME: (jokingly) Ikaw, anytime… how about now? GP: cge ME / GP: (pause) GP: Meron ka ba cellphone na pede mahiram? ME: Even if I did have an extra cellphone, how will I be able to get it to you since nasa US ka at nasa pinas ako. GP: Nasa Pinas din ako ME: (swearing like crazy) – Ano gimmick? Punta na ako diyan!!!