when it rains...it rains...

I was kind of looking forward to this September buzznight, as I always did with the previous buzznight. This month is really special to me and to the other two, my brother and Aris, because this is the month where the inception of Lazy Lorelei happened. This is also the month where we three first watch buzznight. Also, September is my birthday so everything about this month is kinda special to me.

Anyways, Pao and Wally already confirmed that they will not go to Mayrics because they presumed that there's already flood in Espaňa area and going there will be really difficult. I guess it’s really not necessary to make any assumptions at all because its already a fact that Espaňa is a flood-prone area. But the three of us on the other hand decided to just push through with the plan, since Wally and Pao will not be coming we decided to do an acoustic set instead.

I did not expect that Id be stuck in traffic at NLEX. I was stucked and almost exhausted already from waiting for 45 minutes. The rain kept on pouring which made the traffic really worse. My brother on the other hand was also stucked in traffic somewhere in timog for quite long. Aris, by the way was also stucked in traffic somewhere in Manila. He's original plan was to head home to get his stuff but my brother just told him to go straight to Mayrics and we'll just passed by their house to get the stuff - so that was settled.

Finally after coming out from a horrible traffic, I waited for my brother for a few minutes and we met, I think at around past 11 or 12. The problem during that time was looking for a taxi cab to bring us to Aris' house and to Espaňa. Guess what? We almost plead the drivers to bring us to our destination but not a single soul agreed to bring us to our destination. I was trying to call Sir Allan during those times but he wasn’t answering his phone. Anyways, we just took a jeep to get us to 10th Avenue and from there we got a taxi cab to bring us to Aris house to get the guitar. Since no taxi drivers would willingly sacrifice to take us to Espaňa, we decided to just commute by riding jeeps to get to the venue. As we're heading to Solis to get a ride to Blumentritt the three of us were all worried if we could get in time to Mayrics, that’s why I contacted Sir Allan for the 2nd time to confirm.

The gig was canceled due to rain and the flood in Espaňa. I hastily texted Aris about the canceled gig. Poor Aris, he was already near Mayrics when he received my text. And the worst part for Aris' adventure to Mayrcis - NILAKAD NYA MULA CITY HALL NG MANILA TO MAYRICS AND FROM MAYRICS TO TAYUMAN. That poor, thin soul. Wala daw kasi talagang masakyan. The areas were not passable. The worst part, lumusong sya sa baha na abot hanggang bewang nya!(Siguro hanggang ulo ko na yun pag ako ang lumusong) Imagine that! Grabe talaga....Kaya nyo yon?!!!

So, we waited for Aris in a 24-hour Jollibee somewhere near St. Joseph church in Manila yata yun or Caloocan. Naawa na kasi kami sa kanya, imagine yung nilakad nya!. Susmaryosep... We waited until 2 am for him.

Finally at 2am dumating na din sya sa Jollibee.

We didnt went home yet. We sitted there until 5am. Wala lang. Chika lang kami about the band, the members, the future of lazy, the side project, music, tapos banda uli. The foreground members of Lazy Lorelei bonded for the first time (na naka-upo at kumakain at the same time)

Sobrang dedicated ang band pagdating sa Buzznight - umambon, umulan, bumagyo, tutuloy pa din kami kahit 3 na lang kami basta makatugtog lang sa buzznight. Grabe! ganyan namin ka-mahal ang production ni Sir Allan...

Ayus!

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We thought the rain is our friend but we’ve proven another underlying theory that forms the foundation of this band – we later realize that the mishap that happened to us was due to the digital camera - we didnt bring THE ONE CAMERA that bears the future of Lazy Lorelei. The ONE CAMERA which started it all. hehehehe...