all bout ely

(posted this in some YahooGroups)

wasted and alone, i braved to attend the Teatrock gig last May 18, Thursday at Saguijo... Otherwise, my effort to file a leave for that night would be for nought. i arrived at about 11.30pm carrying a bag of stress, but wearing a PUPIL shirt nonetheless. i believe i was the only one who wore that shirt that night, thank god. i believe some of those who got the shirt have size complaints? mine was perfect for me. I met what BOGS called the POWER LISTERS. they were nice and all. i met Sue and JR as well, who patiently waited with me for a jeepney at the end of the night. they are my fellow newbies.

right. isn't this supposed to be "all about ely?!" u may be thinking.

ok, here goes nothing.

PUPIL performed at about 1am. i was stading behind two pretty young chix who had their glossy digicam with them blocking my point of sight to the person i waited to watch upclose for a long time. great. previous performances bored me. but when ely came up in front, i can't help but be awed. i felt like in puberty again. it wasn't my first time to watch him play live (actually 2nd) but seeing him never fails to amaze me.the first thing i noticed was: "god i love that skin!" does he do facial every week? does he have make up on? i don't think so. he was clad in this cool pink long sleeve, a black tie and slightly ripped jeans. "god, look at the man of my dreams, so freakin' near yet so freakin' far" i thought. i wondered what he was thinking when he was staring at my cellphone lens while i was trying to video him singing Dianetic. when he went up the flatform, i told Sue "he looks drunk!"
i repeated it twice but i don't think she understood me by the loud noise sorrounding the apartment-sized Saguijo. the whole time they played i was in trance. God could have had me killed that night and i would have died a happy person. it was heaven. almost.

it sounds crazy and exaggerated. but it's true. i'm 23 years old but i still love him like i loved him when i was 11.

when it was over, i saw him go out and went to his car. he might be real soaked up with sweat as we all were. the POWER LISTERS decided to look for him when they were done taking pictures with Yan and talking with Dok (had a photo with DOk too! thanks to the pushy Ianne, heheh, thanks girl). outside we found ely, i asked him to sign my copy of Beautiful Machine which he gladly accomodated. He was with Schizo, or we know here in the Mailing List as Liam? ring a bell? he was trying to introduce Schizo to us and the power listers were like.. "err, we don't know him" something in me would like to protest and raise my hand up to say "I KNOW HIM ELY! HE WAS IN ONE OF YOUR SONGS, HE MADE THE 'HEADS' WEBSITE, AND HE'S ONE OF YOUR AVID FAN!" well, those thoughts could only remain in my head. i remembered the Surfernando cd and asked Schizo on where Timoti was, then i went and spoke with Tim. (i got the SFN's American Gurl for 200 bucks, he saw my pupil shirt, tried to swap it with another copy of SFN, i went "no?" hehe) when tim and his cohorts left, ely was just there, sitting, probably waiting for his girl Dianne. no one was talking to him. the POWER LISTERS were joking around with Bogs the chic magnet and Dok, another chic magnet. i was there, staring at him.. wishing i have the guts to go and talk to him. "so near yet so far"

after a few minutes they went home, they even waived BYE before blasting off.

"Bye ely, c ya when i c ya!" i said to myself.