Traffic

Over 30 minutes ago Jex texted me that the shuttle he's in hasn't moved for almost 30 minutes. A few minutes ago I check up on the traffic situation. He says no, they still haven't moved. Less than a minute later he suddenly texts me:

"We MOVED! OMG it's barely at 5km per hour but it feels like I'm on a JET."

Sad sad traffic in Manila.

Marketing Fail/Success?

We saw this advertisement in the mall:

It just looks and sounds so wrong! But I just had to take a photo. Blurred out the details, because it felt appropriate to do so.

Poor kid, I wonder if he knew where they were going to use his picture.

Marketing-wise, I guess it works because it sure is eye-catching haha.

A7X Experience

I think it was around three or four years ago that Jex and I were talking about how awesome it would be to be able to watch Avenged Sevenfold live. We became fans of the band by discovering "Bat Country" from a Devil May Cry AMV. After being able to "play" their songs on Rock Band 2 Jex became a fan of The Rev because he was the better drummer on game between the two of us. I became a fan just because they made awesome music. Unfortunately, The Rev died even before we even heard of rumors that the band was touring to Asia. Jex and I were sad because we'll never get the chance to watch him play with Avenged Sevenfold live.

A few months ago I saw some tweets on my feed about Avenged Sevenfold coming to Manila for a concert. I went crazy. I told Jex "WE HAVE TO WATCH. IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE!" The only other time I reacted that wild to an upcoming concert was for the 30 Seconds to Mars concert last year (which we watched!) There was no argument needed really. We were watching the concert!