EWF and Chicago

Earth, Wind and Fire and Chicago. In ONE concert. How great is that!!! I was lucky that there was no one else available to use the concert ticket. Thanks to Don. I went with him, Sherree and Bea. The concert was held in Maryland Heights (a few miles from St. Louis) - a full 3.5 hours drive - last night. It promptly started at 7:30pm and ended shortly before 11pm. I got home at around 2:30am but the trip was sooo worth it!

First there was Earth, Wind and Fire. Chicago followed. Then BOTH bands performed together!

I had a reminiscing party. EWF and Chicago had many songs that triggered "feel good" memories. EWF sang Shining Star, Reasons, After the Love has Gone, Sing a Song, Boogie Wonderland, September among others. They still have it. The falsetto voice... Ohhh wind instruments, guitar and percussions that so characterized their songs. Everytime they started a song with a familiar introduction - be it vocals, drums, trumpets, or piano, people jumped up, sang along with them, danced and cheered!

Chicago sang Colour My World, If You Leave Me Now, You're the Inspiration, Hard Habit to Break, Only You. We swooned ... and WOW! To have all those songs sung in one venue!!! If given the chance to watch them again, I would. Oh yes, the audience was mostly in their 40s and 50s. But who cares ??? =)

Bakasyonista

Just posting some of the pictures of Migo in the Philippines.

At a beach in Quezon with his Marville barkada. It's a bird ... Its a plane .... Its ...

Another one at the beach.

With Oying.

Cousins reunite. They rented a room at a residential condominium in Pasig. They danced, sang, reminisced.

A night out with lovely favorite cousins, Abi and Minette.

With another beautiful cousin Lee

Sunset

Whoever makes time to look at the magnificence of the sunset anymore? I look at the sunset and I feel the gleeful anticipation of a color show. You get lost in the serenity of the image as the sun sets on the horizon. Nothing can stop it. No matter what goes on in the world. Darkness begins to creep in. A visual reminder that everything has an end. Then I remember a quote that said, "Light shines its brighest in the dark".

Migo the Grandson

It was difficult for me to start blogging again after Sonny died. It just felt wrong to delve on trivial things when something THAT major happens. But just as we allow ourselves to grieve, we must also celebrate life.

Migo went home to the Philippines to be the major "gift" that we will give to my parents on their 50th wedding anniversary. Migo, their first grandchild and need I say, their all time favorite?? My parents only knew that my gift is an overnight stay at a hotel. Little did they know that shortly after they got to the hotel, Migo will come a-knocking on their door! Everything went as planned. Ira opened the door and for a few seconds, Papa and Mama had to dig into their memory bank to see why the man at the door looked familiar.


Papa and Mama with favorite apo 

I was not there but I know how they felt. I called when excitement leveled off and all we got to say was "I love you". Can you imagine saying that and feeling the exhiliration of knowing that they HEAR it and FEEL it? Made me want to shout - GOD is so good!!

Here are some of the pictures. But I know they do not do justice to the exquisite happiness that flowed in that hotel room that day.

Looking at them, my first thoughts were - My! It has been a long time! Si Cynthia ba yun? Laki na ni Lara! I miss Ma and Pa! Uy, suot na nila ang mga padala namin!

At the restaurant for dinner. 


At the hotel room  

Ira, Lara and Papa