A former officemate asked me two days after the Dinig Sa Guimaras event how the gig turned out for the first musical fund-raiser for the province. At first, I was delighted to ‘hear’ from this then colleague that it was so nice of this person to inquire how the evening transpired. So, I politely said it went ‘well’. Of course, people were expecting us to fail since it was the production’s first attempt and I simply said it went ‘well’ for the sake of brevity. Since brevity is the soul of wit, let me be a fool this time by being brutally frank while still being Roy.
It was great to have power back after 72 hours since the typhoon razed havoc in Metro Manila. Electricity was out for three long days in the Greenhills area but on the night of the event itself, I believed for a moment that God was not that angry anymore as I was informed by a co-organizer that Meralco’s electricity had flowed like honey once more!
Having no power for that long, it was impossible to imagine the lack of cold beer in convenient stores within proximity. Nevertheless, if Bela Bar was flooded with beer, I would estimate that the amount of beer could have probably touched the edge of my balls. The people had to scavenge for slightly chilled Red Horse beer just so everyone could have a dose of alcohol that they all deserve. The beer could have been frozen cold from where they got it from but due to traffic and distance, the beer temperature had probably altered to a nearly undrinkable state.
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For more details on how to order, please write to Laura at: [email protected]. Rock for Guimaras t-shirts is a part of the concert project of Versus team headed by Laura Mejias.
Organized by the Versus team headed by Laura Mejias. Versus is a a small group of concerned individuals who organize a benefit concert to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the island. (Just like Joseph Araneta and Roy Alberto of Dinig Guimaras rock series. Hmmm can we smell a future collaboration) For more details, please write to Laura at: [email protected]. Versus is also? a partner group of SaveGuimaras. (We are all trying our best to make a bigger and better benefit concert this Christmas so please tune in!)
Congratulations
Congratulations to the organizers (Joseph Araneta, Roy Alberto and Paqs Sardillo of Bela Bar) of the first rock gig of Dinig Guimaras series and to all the bands who participated in the show. We will be featuring more pics soon. More power! (Thank you to Suzainne Marie Ombid for these pics. She will be writing us a feature on the rock gig!)
Finally a rock gig for Guimaras. Clap clap clap! I found this announcement, where else, but in the very reliable social network, Friendster.? For only 200 pesos on September 30, you can get a drink, listen to fine rocking music and improve the lives of thousands of people.
The gig will be held at Bela Bar, Wilson Corner, P. Guevarra St, San Juan, Metro Manila.? The event is spearheaded by Roy Alberto (
[email protected])? and Joseph araneta (
[email protected]). Joseph, has already written to us before expressing his plans of mounting a benefit concert. Kudos to you two.
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Roy wrote this entry in his Friendster blog and said, “If you don´t like rock music, quit being a panzee! If you dont want a free beer, there is always iced tea for you! If you don´t want to help the people of Guimaras, then you definitely suck salty balls!”
I second that emotion. Now, I was expecting the very famous group to mount a benefit concert. Where are you Rock-Ed? I want to make a bang!
