wish you were here… again

As the year is ending, people tend to think of what were the things that happened to them throughout the year. I’m one of those people, but I’m trying to focus only on the good stuff. The first thing that came to mind and stubbornly stayed there, not letting me think of anything else, is the concert of one of my favorite bands—Incubus.

Truthfully, it was the most enjoyable thing that I did this year. 2008 was characterized by NOT having enough money. haha. I really like the band, and I wasn’t able to watch their first concert in the country, so I wouldn’t miss it for anything.

We weren’t able to immediately buy tickets from the ticketing outlet located at malls. It was really frustrating when months before the concert, all the good seats are sold. We cannot just get out of the office and head to the nearest mall to purchase tickets, and frankly, we weren’t expecting that fast ticket sales. Luckily, a friend’s friend was selling her lower box tickets because her reservation online for VIP seats was just approved. It took days before the approval, hence she already bought the next best tickets that she could get just in case. Lucky for both of us, we got the tickets we wanted.

But it was just some stroke luck that we got good seats. If her reservation wasn’t approved or if she was not a friend’s friend, we wouldn’t be able to get better seats, and I would have missed what would have been the highlight of my year. I wish there was more efficient way of buying tickets. Watching our idols live shouldn’t be so hard. Browsing through the net for upcoming concerts (there were rumors of U2 and Madonna coming to the country), I found a site that sells even soldout tickets for good events (read: Concert Tickets). If there was something such as that here, music fans wouldn’t have to go through the hustle and bustle of buying that precious piece of paper, and I would be eternally browsing for any upcoming Green Day events. haha.

Anyway, enough of my complaints. haha. It was just horrifying to think I could have missed my Incubus concert. I don’t want them singing Wish You Were Here to me. :p

I dig my toes into the sand

The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds

strewn across the blue flame

I’m leaning against the wind

pretending I am weightless

and in this moment I am happy

It really felt great seeing them play live. I wasn’t expecting them to sing their old songs because I thought they were promoting their new album, but they played both their classic and new songs. It was a delightful surprise to me. I was particularly happy with Megalomaniac, Wish You Were Here, Stellar, Nice to Know You, and Drive. They did not sing I Miss You, my favorite from them, but I wasn’t really expecting they would. No disappointments there. I also think they’re enjoying the Filipino crowd. We really are great fans. I lost my voice for a day after the concert, I think along with many people. I just love singing with them. :)