My Kind of Life

My David Archuleta Experience

David Archuleta is beyond awesome! :)

Before I begin my blog today, let me change some information on my previous blog. He did say thank you to me not only once but twice! Haha It’s so cool.

Anyways, let me talk about now about what my Archie experience was today. It was Epic!

I woke up at 6:00am, November 17, 2010, today thinking of I would be there at the venue just in time to be one of the early birds and to be first in the line. Yes, I needed to rush because they said that only the first 400 persons who would buy the CD at SM Skydome would only get the chance to have the CDs signed by David Archie. When got there at 7:30am, there were lots of people already, around 30, in the line. It’s clear that it’s sure that I was able to make it and had a chance of meeting David again. Luckily, there are friends from AP who made it first in the line. Yes, although it wasn’t right, I skipped the line. Haha I was number 4! I was thankful that not a lot of people noticed it and the few fellow fans in the front line too were considerate. But it was nothing to them, I guess. :D Well anyways, at around 10:00am, the start letting people to get upstairs to get to the dorm and to buy CDs. After I and some of my AP friends bought our own copies of the album, we ate our early lunch first so we could finish everything else early then line again for the entrance at dome. Other AP friends who weren’t with us and got the front spots of the line helped us to be in their line. Again, we were all at the beginning of the line! Haha It was around 1:00pm when we got in the line. As we kill the time lining, some media people interviews some of us from AP and took videos of us expressing how much we love David. Past 4:00pm it was already when the security and the organizers let us get in the dome. All of the people were so excited! Who wouldn’t be anyways? It’s David Archuleta. right? Haha So when we got in, we were at the front row, in front of the piano/organ. Sorry, I don’t know which is which whenever I see them. Haha But never mind about that. So, as we were there, of course, all we had to do was to wait for the show to start for like two more hours. The show already started past 6:00pm already. A MYX VJ opened the show but I forgot her name. The opening act was the Sakto, a boy group of three from TV5. They sang and dance to prolong our excitement in seeing Archie. Haha So when they were finished, the MYX VJ came back on stage, then she talked to all of us about random things about David and asked questions too about him as David’s team set the stage. After a few moments, the show started! When the VJ shouted David’s name, all screamed to death! And the moment David show himself, personally I went so gaga. Haha It’s because it’s my first time to see him perform that close to me! Wish I had a photographic memory! So. the show went on and he sang three songs. His opening song was an acoustic version of Elevator. After he sang with the audience or us fans, he talked a bit to everyone and he he sang randomly “feeling hot, hot, hot!” Of course, the whole skydome vibrated of the shout and scream and stamp and jump of everyone! Haha That moment was so cool and it happened in the Philippines! Woot. The next song was on the piano, Crush, off from his first album. When he’s on the piano, he’s very near to me, so I took a lot of pictures of him! I had good shots. :D I should say I enjoy as he sang piano because of he changed few notes and made t his own as if it wasn’t originally his. Haha The third and final song was of course, Something ‘Bout Love from his sophomore album, The Other Side Of Down. As he sang, everyone sang with him with so much passion and dedication. Haha When he finished singing it, he had to leave the stage and us fans, as much as we want to hear him singing more songs to us and to stare at him even longer, it’s not allowed anymore. But, it didn’t there. Of course, there was still an album signing after the show! Some AP friends let the people to go first and when there where only few people left, we got in line. As I was on stage, I talked to his bodyguard if he still remembered me. I said to him that I was the one who he tapped the hand when he was trying to guard David then he looked away. Aw. Haha As I was near the table, Melinda asked me to choose among the two albums and Chords Of Strength, his book, which David would sign. I chose the fan edition album, of course. Haha Then I talked to him again for the second time! I said, “Hi, David! I was the one who gave you the flowers yesterday.” You know what he replied? “Oh, thank you!” Haha It’s always what he say to me. But it’s OK because I know he always means it and he’s happy. He’s really thankful of and to his fans. He’s such a great person! And, I hand him over my gift, a white scarf which I bought at Bench! I saw him he touched it, I think. Haha What I regret is I forgot to have a a hand shake with him! But’s it’s OK. Haha So after the signing, we went out the dome. We heard that we could still see him again and have an autograph again if we would buy another CD. A friend and I bought CDs again! Haha I bought the Christmas From The Heart album. When we were up the stage, we were pushed off the stage stage by the bouncers. I think there was some sort of miscommunication among the organizers about that. I don’t want to talk about this anymore but after all of the compalins and stuff, we had our CDs signed but we didn’t saw David face to face anymore. It’s like that we bought his autograph for price. AFterall, I’m still thankful.

Well, I don’t know what to say anymore. All I can say is David Archuleta is amazing! No, he’s beyond that. :)