al fin

Finished our run of Sinag-tala 2007. As always, the show came together. Someway, somehow... it did. This was the first time in a long while where i didn't feel like i was part of the cast, which is different, but at the same time really cool, cuz i was with THE BAND! before our last show on sunday, i sat in the audience, all by myself, for some reflection time and to THANK GOD for giving me this chance in life to be with my FAMILY doing something I love to do. i also needed to thank Him for Blessing me with the talent and drive I, and my FAMILY, have been given to make this show happen.

so i sat there in the 10th row thinking about all the times i was on that stage. a lot of good memories replayed. about all of my theater dreams took place on a Sinag-tala stage: sang, played drums while bj played the kulintang for the tiboli suite, acted, danced, directed, wrote, sang backup, built part of the set, opened the show... and finally played with the band. but there's STILL more things i want to do: work backstage, stage manage, write a 5-10 minute play for the show, run the spotlight, direct more, and it'd be cool to have another solo. i kinda got the itch to be up there again, even though i've said time and time again that i'll never want to be there, cuz i never thought i was good enough and sometimes, i felt like why? why me? how did i ever get to be this LUCKY to be here on the most awesomest place on earth - a darkened stage with a spotlight in front of an audience. and when i thought about it some more, it just deepened my faith. not only in God, which will never cease, but also my faith in these talented people on that stage and in Uncle Sonny for keeping this going. i'm just amazed.

i got asked about something at the VIP reception. it's about something that i haven't thought about in a couple of months, but come February or March... it's ON! i'll write about it more later when things look more concrete. i don't wanna jinx anything now.