Just As I Expected... At Least It Turned Out Just Fine...

Hello Everyone...

Just one entry ago i expressed my excitement at being with my Pillow-mates once more... well, during last Sunday's practice, Marian could not be with us... i was a bit disappointed but she had a valid reason so we just went on with our scheduled practice... it was quite enjoyable really because we had a special guest that night... Lara (Ex- Pillow Bassist) asked me if she could tag along with me... so before going to the studio, i went to pick her up at her place and proceeded to New City where we always practice... during practice i let her play bass letting Rene play the guitars and me just singing and taking videos... i was quite surprised that Lara still knows most of the songs... i think the last time she played bass for Pillow was way back November 2005... we went eating afterwards though Charles couldn't stay because he had to go home...

Last night at around 8pm, i decided that we play another gig at 70's Bistro before going to Dayo so that we could practice the new song a bit more... i texted everyone... Marian texted me at aroud 8:30pm telling me that she won't be able to make it... i was really disappointed this time around but what can i do but just simply understand the situation she was in at the moment... "Hope you're doing well Marian, we missed you last night!!!"... I was about to cancel the gigs since i too wasn't feeling well but i really miss Playing with this band plus the fact that Charles and Jann Paul will be present... I called Lara immediately and begged her to sing for us... She only wanted to do the Dayo gig and not the 70's thing but i insisted... She agreed but during the 70's gig, she came late (i know it was intentional though i understand her)...

The 70's gig was quite a surprise and we did enjoy it a lot... we played just 3 songs and we did it in a very laid back fashion... we did play the new song there but i guess it lacked a female voice and my singing that time was really crap... but i was quite a good song... hopefully next time it'll be a much stronger version... after our 70's set, we wasted no time and rushed to Dayo Bar where we shamefully got ourselves lost... when we got there, we were all surprised that it was a "ROCK" gig... 2 bands went before us then we were up... i had no choice but to play really old songs because Lara isn't familiar with the new ones... we settled on doing "Bathing In The Sun", "Harsh Words", "Stolen Flowers" and "It Will Never Last (Forever)"... we did quite well i think, even the few remaining people at the bar enjoyed our very noisy set... Highlight of the night for me was during "Harsh Words"... really missed this song...



We went to Iceberg's Timog right after our gig before going home...

It turned out to be a great night after all... Thanks to Lara...