On Queue w/ Cueshe’

My alliance with the Editorial Team behind the Filipino Expats Magazine gave me the chance to get my writing piece published, attend media-production venture and entertainingly, meet a lot of visiting talents. After Mega & Eric Santos’ pre-christmas concert at Dxb Tennis Stadium, CUESHE, - Cebu’s eminent ensemble of 6 came to town for a one-night gig setting-off supporters to swamp wildly at Delmon Hotel’s Chikka Grill Bar. The venue has had difficulty housing the increasing crowd so Editor Andrew Moreno (perhaps, seeing me in a muscle-shirt) ordered me to do a job of “Superman” - as one of the "Hawi Boys" to both living and non-living things that go against the way of the band. The extra scene we created bowled-over my mischievous watching Officemates, and as expected, my legs were pulled.

Mike Manaloto (drums), Ruben Caballero, Jay Justiniani, (Vocals & Guitar)
Jovan Mabini ( Guitar), Fritz Labrado (Bass) & Jhunjie Dosdos (Keyboard)

I’m in sync, anyway with Photographer Fred Rubio, Instrumentalist Marlon (of Brown Republic band) my ramp model-dude Brixx Javier (deglamorized, yet had merry ears as the BoyBand fans swoon over him too - matrona’s esp who’d mistaken him for Piolo). Ditto, spotlight was'nt wholly taken from the Club’s Kenyan Bouncers even we had hard time forming a barricade as we occasionally lose sight and grabs at them… (white teeth that glows in the dark does help -God is fair) :).

Just out of nowhere, this bunch of young men turned themselves in and mess things for us. Nope, they're not thugs, but they hold sinful way of making people’s hair let down. They’ve gained the multitude’s admiration for an explosive stage performances with their sound so masculine, aggressive and powerful, yet smooth and seductive at times. Their alternative and rock influences are evident in the warm responses of the party-loving 3 G’s in this so-called City of golds -girls, guys and gays, to wit.

After sequence of ground-breaking acts, we hurdled fast to their den upstairs (pag sikat pala parang hinahabol ng taga). In their couch-beds, they leaped, crawl and cool-down their jaded and partly bare bodies who fiddles still with a different timezone. Son of a gun, the boys’ garments are all over (you guys are my spitting image - parang sawa na nagiiwan na balat kung saan-saan, :) he,he). Whilst each grabbed minutes of munch and rest, Jay, the troop’s heart-rob chose to jam w/ us. He has had Gary V’s energy, Martin N’s PR and kutis na alagang Belo. Funny, 'just watched him in the hot-standing seat w/ Kris Aquino in GKNB and now, he put me in the same post, frying me w/ strings of inquiries on Dubai’s “extraordinary G-micks”. In behalf of his gang in Cueshe’, he’d made an exciting strolling-plans with us - Desert Safari’s Adventure on the topmost. Just plans. They flew back to Manila the ff day to prepare for Guam. Their faces promised tho, that (Inshalla') our plans will not remain a plan. Their fans had a dear time and so are they . I announced the same, ...even with my eyebugs, sweat and bruises.