The past few weeks has been stressful for me since I spent most of my time thinking, brewing something for my 'plans.' I'm thinking of sharing it with you, but on the right time. Today is too early for me to share it, I think.
Anyway, few weeks ago, I have had some interesting encounters and musings. But let me start with LeBron James coming to the Philippines. I'm not a basketball fan, never will, even if my future man is a great fan of it. I will never conform to what he likes anyway because I have my own interests. Going back, people had lined up at BGC area to get hold of free tickets to see him in the flesh at Mall Of Asia Arena. Hmm. Well, I think it's free, why not grab it, right? I think I'd do the same thing if it's my favorite band or artist who will come over and the admission is f*****g free. And I guess I'm just not really a fan of this basketball star.
But what's my point? My Facebook newsfeed is full of updates on his presscon, which reminded me that I should unsubscribe from this news network that posts crap about nonsense. Yes, it's nonsense to me.
Then the same newsroom posted a status:
LeBron James: I can't believe this is my first time here. It's definitely not my last.
Why on earth ask the same f****** question to every celebrity that comes over in our precious country? Of course, they will, obviously, say f****** good things about our country, or the capital on this matter because, first, that's what we want to hear, and second, they want to have a good image to their fans. Why make it on the news? But I have absolutely no problem with him (and other celebs) saying the exact same thing over and over again if they really mean it. It's just that I find it very cliche. I actually commend those couple of celebrities who were blunt about their stay here in the Philippines, and they, eventually, got banned from our precious country because of the sensitivity of Filipinos. Us, in general, can't accept criticisms. Blech. That's why our nation doesn't grow.
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I just went to a gig the other night. I've been around the music scene for so long and I'm the type who's a fan of some artists that I get the chance to meet in person due to my work but don't get to ask for a photo or an autograph. Why? Well that's because I can totally feel (and know) that MOST artists doesn't like too much attention when they're offstage. They can't move as much as they want to because they spend most of their time for photo ops. They can't smoke alone because they're bombarded with crazy fans. They can't internalize before they go onstage because of the fans, again. But I'm not saying they are not willing to spend time for those shit. It's just that let them approach you first, talk to you guys, say hi or smile towards your group, which is the clear signal that they are up for meet-and-greet and not the other way around. Or the best way for them to talk to you is to treat them like a normal person, not a die-hard weirdo fan that will freak them out. After all they're just like us, they just have these great talents.
And, yes, innies are really sensitive to tensed environment or what's going on even though no one's speaking. We observe, a lot. So our job is to pacify things or give some space towards the person involved.
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