I S S U E S

August 17, 2014. 
Shockwave Supreme Stage! a.k.a the day we saw Issues live in Manila!

One of the best bands I have ever seen live, or should I say the best band so far that I have seen live! They sounded so great and their studio versions sounds almost the same with the live versions, even better! 6/6 are very amazing performers and very nice guys and even though Manila was already their last stop of their Asian tour, they still gave 110% of their energy to the show. I have never been so filled with excitement and enthusiasm and I have never jumped so high before. The Issues guys are so awesome and so is the crowd! 

At around 5:30 PM, the show was started with Faspitch performing their songs to open up for Issues. It was my first time seeing this band live and I have to say they really are good! Love their sound and love their vocals! By then, I realized that I should listen to this band more, and I will. ;)

Faspitch performing last August 17.

By 6:30 PM, the Issues guys got up on the stage. I was so stoked because I can finally hear them play live (and not just at their soundcheck earlier haha). I was extra excited for AJ Rebollo because he was such a nice dude and I can finally hear him play. Then, Issues started playing their first song, Personality Cult, and as soon as the intro started playing, everyone started to move and jump around. And then enter Michael Bohn's powerful screams. The crowd was definitely having a really good time and Tyler Carter also entered the stage and the crowd went wild. Venice Piazza was soaked in fun and sweat as Issues continued their set up to their last song, Hooligans. I remember being in awe at Ty Acord for various reasons and I also remember staring at Sky Acord's hair for some time. And Josh Manuel's beats were so rad!! Haha. 

Issues performing live for the first time in Manila.

Before the guys went back on stage to play their encore, the crowd broke into a "disappear!" chant followed by singing "remember when..." and holy shit, that moment was incredible indeed! Not only was that song was my personal favorite, but the Issues guys came out and Tyler, with his angelic voice, joined in singing with the crowd! It was indeed a magical moment and Issues loved it! (see here and here to know what I'm talking about!) They continued on playing two more songs, Her Monologue, and finally ending up their set with King of Amarillo. 

Michael Bohn during King of Amarillo.

To sum up everything I have said about Issues: IT. WAS. SO. AWESOME. ONE OF THE BEST LIVE BANDS INDEED. Really love this band to bits!

It was really a dream come true to see one of my favorite bands live and props to the crowd for being so fun and energetic. There was so much moshing and circle pits and headbanging and it was the best feeling ever! Furthermore, I got to spend the day with my love and meet up with my twitter friends! <3 

Thank you so much Sonic Boom for making this gig possible!! Your gigs definitely don't suck! And of course thank you also to Faspitch for a good show! And last but definitely not the least, a huge thank you to Issues for giving us a memorable night! 

I made sure how I lived that moment was worth every breath! (and sweat lol) ;)

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If you want to hear a live recording of Issues' Love Sex Riot, CLICK HERE! You'll hear that they sound exactly the same as their studio version, even better 'cause it's live and with a live (moshing) audience! 

aaaand if you want to watch a live video of Issues' Life Of A Nine on my perspective (hahaha) feel free to CLICK HERE :)

March 8, 2014 -- Part 1

I know I have to make this post before March ends (haha), so here goes...


As a birthday gift to myself and a pre-anniversary date for me and Ping, we went to see Mayday Parade at Skydome last March 8, 2014. 

The day started out definitely well. I woke up feeling excited since it was a special day, plus, I would meet a some of BForce and twitter friends. My LB friends (Roee, Quennie and Mckaye, with Mckaye's dad) picked me up at 10:30AM and we all went together to SM North Edsa. It was around an hour drive to get there. When we arrived, we went to Skydome so my other friends could get their Pulp Royalty (PR) IDs and then, we ate lunch at Kenny Rogers.

Mckaye and I at Kenny Rogers.

We still had a lot of time to kill before the actual show so we strolled around the mall and went to some random stores. (Around this time, I also asked Roee to buy a Mayday shirt for me. LOL) Mckaye and I went to see Ced on the line for PR. We had a little conversation and this photo happened. Haha. 

With Mckaye and Ced.

I also met up with Athena and we were glad to finally see each other. :) I also saw Des but it was only for a short while. I didn't get the chance to have a photo with Des, though. 

Around 3PM, Ping was already at the venue and we started to line up for the Bleachers section. I met Atari for a while during that time and damn, she sure is tall. .-. Haha ;)

By 4PM, the guards(?) at the venue asked us to line up downstairs, and so we did. We were kind of at the front of the line. And then, Mckaye tested out her camera on Ping and I and this is one of the resulting shots. LOL.

Ha. :p

We were just chilling in line 'til I got a lot of missed call from Mones and when I finally got to talk to her on the phone, she asked where I was and that they were going to meet me. Sure enough, after a few minutes, I finally met them! At long last, I finally got to see Mones, Jade, Atari, and Shane and other people c; Such pretty girls, I must say. There were obviously a lot of hugs and photos but here's some of them.

#MONEU :p

#JADELU :p

We waited for three more hours to finally enter the venue. Before 8PM, we were already inside the venue and from the bleachers, I went and say hi to Mones and others who were on the VIP area. I kinda grabbed this photo from where Mones mentioned me. Haha.

AND FINALLY, AROUND 8:30 PM, MAYDAY PARADE'S SET STARTED. Everyone at Skydome was definitely ecstatic as Mayday Parade put on a great show for us! I had a lot of fun during their set -- I was singing and jumping around and taking videos and photos. I even managed to put up a phone concert for Jezel and Patty. Hahaha. Derek's and Jake's voice were heavenly as well as Jeremy's (who did the backing up vocals). Alex and Brooks were very talented guitarists and I really appreciated them more during their live performance! 
(For my detailed Mayday Parade's concert experience (slash review), click here. c:)

The set ended by 10PM and I was exhausted yet so overwhelmed. I gave myself a pat on the back for giving myself the best birthday gift! And this was not bad at all for a concert date with my boyfriend. We hung out for a while in the Bleachers section and just as we were about to leave, I caught up with Athena (who was going to the bleachers to sit for a while) and I got a photo with her. :)

With Athena after Mayday's set :)

Mckaye, Roee, Quennie and I finally head home but we stopped over at a Jollibee store along SLEX to eat dinner. Haha. And after a long, fun and very fulfilling day, I finally got home. And with that, I could say March 8, 2014 is and will always be a special day! 

Many thanks to PULP for bringing Mayday Parade in Manila, to Mayday Parade for putting up an amazing show I'll always remember, and to everyone I spent the day with for all the fun moments we had. This was one of the best birthdays I had (even though my birthday was 4 days later, haha) :)