Gay Stampede at the New Eastwood Mall

My friends and I went to the new Eastwood Mall to watch Regine Velasquez's mini concert at the new mall's atrium. We stood in line, hoping that we'd get good seats. Unfortunately, people from who-knows-where jammed the mall's atrium to get the good seats, too. Sadly, they could only accomodate 75 people inside the corded area so there goes our chance.

Come to think of it, not being able to get a seat inside the corded area was a blessing in disguise. Who would've thought that the

view would be more magnificent from the sides of the red cords? Well, there were more people (and I mean MORE) outside the corded area. (Word for the day is ... corded area). Different kinds of people from all walks of life came pushing and shoving one another just to get a glimpse of the main event's star. We found the best spot ( I loved it eh!) and settled there until the show started. As my friend was getting his camera ready, a Grandma suddenly burtsed through the crowd to get in front (beside me) at the sides. I heard someone from the back say " Ang tanda-tanda na, pa-regine-regine pa rin". I felt for Grandma

and made sure we had the best view among everyone else from our side all throughout the show. There was also a "Donya"-looking character behind me and she didn't mind the sweat and stinking breath of the other people who didn't want to leave their good spot for a gargle or something to replenish their dry throats from all the shouting and also because of the mall's very cold airconditioning system.

If there's one thing I hate about Regine's show, it's the bitchy guards who could actually replace Regine as the Diva of the show. They were such scene-stealers that they've walked past everyone else's face. Very annoying. Why don't they just stay put in one corner and not move until the whole show is over. Another thing is IT WAS A FREE SHOW. It's a mall so do you expect everyone to be of the "Alta Sociedad" class? Of course not

. There were people who came all the way from Cavite, Bulacan and CAMANAVA just to get a few clips of Regine's rare renditions of some of the best lovesongs in musicdom using their digital cameras for videos or their cellphones to take videos, and what did these jaguars do? They walked all over the place to make sure everybody taking videos were annoyed of their unwanted appearances while filming the songbird perform. That's not all. When they realized that 90% of the crowd was recording the performance, they started making people stop recording "as per their manager". Who the hell do they think they are making people stop recording a public performace in a public mall? Is it ABS-CBN's request to the management? It was ABS-CBN shooting the performance and they want to hog all the rights to air the videos of the show. I'm sorry but I think the idiots behind this "No Recording" Bull should put up his sign at the right venue like concerts,TV studios and other exclusive places. But the mall? Come on. Take a hike.

Let's drink to that, Ate Chona!!
After all, the event was a