Sunday, November 6, 2011

CARMELA'S BLOG.... well, about LIBERA.....

tonight, as i write errr type this blog, i'm shifting sites from blogspot to lexi's mini angels site. i'm viewing yuki's video of the after-concert signing. awww, brings back good memories. only, during the credits towards the last part of the video, i noticed sammy moriarty's name misspelled - moriaty. that's big deal considering mr. moriarty suffered a lot of mispronounciation of his name (thanks to the female host who partly didn't do her homework), as she pronounced 'moriarty' as mo-ra-yar-ty.

little did i know, my daughter, carmela, also created her blog and as i peeped from where i was, i thought i saw pictures of libera! right this very moment, i'm using my netbook (lilli) while she's busy with her laptop (bibi). off i went to read it - it was funny... i would have wanted her to edit it again but i gave her the go signal to just leave it as is.

she writes well, having a degree of mass communication major in broadcast journalism from the st. paul university at gilmore, quezon city. i wished i'd write the way she would but i'm just stuck with my 'elementary english' - oh well, at least my readers understand me perfectly well.

carmela has never been a fan of libera (sorry about that). of course, as she grew up she adored the music of the 90s - Nsync, backstreet boys, 98 degrees, spice girls, britney spears, christina aguilera and a lot more. she was not into choir-type music/songs. so in 2009, when i was first introduced to libera music & we played eternal's CD in the car, she would request to just turn on the radio instead, hah hah but never complained if i played my libera CDs inside the house.

my love for choir-type music dates back to the early 80s when during sunday mass, my husband & i would take our seats just across to where the choirboys were - they were called the "tiples de santo domingo". and this was at the santo domingo church, which is just near our place. their voices were heavenly! i would be honest to tell you i'd always look forward to sunday masses just to listen to them - the mass was pretty boring (sorry again for this) but tiples made it alive for the churchgoers to savor sunday masses. their rendition of songs i was familiar with in my school (sta. catalina college) during my elementary & highschool years made it even more special.

in 2009, carmela was still with businessworld (a business newspaper). she gave us our tickets for the first libera concert at the PICC, BW being a major sponsor of said concert. thus started my "rock & roll" experience with libera. she has been with me through my ups & downs - even reminding me to 'slow down' on being a fan, esp during those times in november last year when i was duped into believing i was in actual conversation with the boys.

but gladly & thankfully, she has been with me during the 2 M & G's . april 2010 & 2 weeks back at the SM d'block. she may not like some of my libera friends whom i met on the internet/facebook. she gamely went up the stage to take photos on my behalf and volunteered to look after our things (bag, CDs, posters, etc.) which were left on the empty seats while i walked around to take more pictures & look for AW. and thoughtfully reminded me to turn on the "record button" of my corby before i focused it on the boys. in my excitement, i did not.. :(

and just as i end this blog early morning today, i realized how she has also shown support for my love with my favorite choirboys. she likes cassius so much!! she has openly expressed her fondness for little cassius during last april's concert when this munchkin went on meowing to the delight of everyone - from television to meet & greet.

i need not say more. just go visit her blog thisisimagined.blogspot.com

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

LIBERA X'MAS CD, PROGRAMME & POSTER



my libera x'mas CD, a gift from my daughter carmela (for x'mas).



this is the second time i had a dedication from josh madine. thank you, josh for taking the time to spell my name. adorable cassius "ca$$"!!!



my libera programme signed by andy winter - he made it even more special by drawing a "CAT" - ORANGECAT, he says. thank you, andy.


GIFTS FROM MY LIBERA FRIENDS...

this is a murano glass from sofia rodriguez.

pili nut wrapped in gabi leaves.

i think this is a a butanding.

jack evasco's pasalubong from sorsogon city.


during the meet & greet, jack evasco gave me this beautifully-wrapped native box with some bicol goodies inside. thank you, jack. the pili nuts were good (was it wrapped in gabi leaves?) & so were the salted & roasted pili nuts. as for the decor (is that a "butanding"?), i always use it to scare my baby dog, finn! LOL!!

apart from the libera tickets for me & carmela, lala segismundo had a bag of goodies for us, too. she also bought our programme and poster (the reason why she left during the intermission). thank you so much again, lala for everything!!



EXTRAS WORTH REMEMBERING....(2)






this is the bus where the boys rode after the concert enroute back to AIM , parked at the executive prkg area at the back of PICC - just a few meters away from where our car was parked, too. funny thing, our vehicles were the only ones left (while we were hoping to catch a last glimpse of them). this bus wouldn't start at first, hah hah but it went on to fetch the boys & crew, nevertheless -

by the way, this bus was escorted by 2 motorcycle-riding cops.

---thank you to the security detailed at the PICC for letting us in.


EXTRAS WORTH REMEMBERING... (1)





part of the crowd at the PICC before the concert started.


Monday, October 31, 2011

MORE PICTURES (taken by my libera friends)

me and eric paulin
mitch, irvin, me and riel javan-sacop
me and mr. roberto de ocampo or "RFO".
me, mitch and riel with mr. andy winter.
an unforgettable meet and greet with mr. andy winter. thank you, andy for your time to meet us.
me, walking back to my seat with my corby on hand (thinking i had the best video of the boys)...turned out, i forgot to turn on the "record button". thanks to mitch, he had his 2 cameras with him & save my precious meet & greet.
with libera friends, irvin flores, mitch and riel javan-sacop. we all met during last year's meet & greet at the podium and concert at RCBC plaza.
with mitch young. he didn't have the intention of going to the M & G as he was on duty as a male nurse at the ortho. i "pressured" him to go to SM! LOL!
me, shaking the hand of mr. roberto de ocampo. i met him several times during last year's meet and greet but this is the first time i shook his hand in the presence of mr. andy winter.