A Moment to Remember

You know that surprised feeling when a totally unexpected thing happens to you that you just don't know how you're gonna react to it? That's how I felt earlier. Actually, I was in a state of shock, disbelief and overflowing joy. Mixed emotions, ika nga.
Why? Well, you wouldn't believe who we bumped into last night! (Hint: He's an Azkal player :D) I didn't expect to see him at the UFL Cup opening ceremony yesterday kasi nga kakatapos lang ng game nila against Singapore the other day (Hint #2: Tapos injured pa siya) so when my friend, Mel and I saw him, napatili kami ng "Chieffy!" nang slight. Hahaha!
Yez, that's Chieffy Caligdong, the 2011 Long Teng Cup Golden Boot Awardee no less!! So you could just imagine that surprised, starstruck-ed feeling we felt that time! Waaaaaah!!!
We were on our way home when we saw him. Naka-mizuno jersey, shorts at cap lang siya. Sobrang simple. We congratulated and shook hands with him before leaving. Parang nagmamadali sya. Papunta sya sa gate ng RMS, kami naman papuntang LRT station. I thought the story ended there... But wait there's more! :D
Mel and I were talking about the brief experience pa when we saw Chieffy again! Nasa Vito Cruz na kami nun sa tapat ng Starbucks! Haha! Ambilis nya maglakad! We called him and thankfully, nakilala nya kami! Weee! Then, he invited us to have snack with him! Nakakahiya pero nakakahiya din syang tanggihan. Hahaha. So we ended up eating at Jollibee. He treated us cheeseburger meal and he bought fried chicken with spaghetti for himself. While eating with him, di pa din ako makapaniwala na kausap ko sya at kumakain ako kasama nya. Di ko nga nakain yun cheeseburger eh. Haha!

Sabi nya, kami daw unang taong nakasama nya after their trip to Singapore. Sobrang flattering! Answerte namin!! :p Then, pauwi we took the LRT. He said that was the first time after a long time that he rode the train. I feel so lucky and flattered that I get to share that experience with him. :)
During that moment with him, dami naming napagkwentuhan: from his kids, wife, parents, plans and the team. Haha. Makwento sya to think na it was our first time to talk to him. Nakakatuwa. He doesn't choose the people he talk to. Feeling ko mas lalo ko syang nakilala.

Chieffy is sooo bait, sobrang down to earth and very approachable! No wonder a lot of people look up to him and idolize him! Idol, saludo ako sayo! Iba ka! I will never ever forget this day! Thank you Chief sa snack, kwentuhan at sa autograph! Unforgettable experience! Sana maulit! :D

Kutless in Manila

Okay. I noticed I've been blogging most about sports lately. Can't help it! I love sports. Hehe! But today, Imma blog about one of the things that I so much love as well, which is music. And the Only One who will forever be a first to my heart, God. :)

So, yeah, Kutless is here in Manila! Yay!!! They're doing a 3-night concert for free (because Ptr. Sumrall believed that sharing the gospel is free)! In Cathedral of Praise (where I go church to, btw! I feel super blessed!:>)! Their first night concert last Friday was a blast according to my Mom (yes, she's a fan of rock music too!) and an awesome number of a thousand people got saved! Wow! And last night, I attended their second night concert here! I was alone because the person I invited to the concert didn't make it. :( But then I didn't feel so alone at all. How would you be able to feel that when you are so overwhelmed with praise and worship towards God? :)

I've known about and had been listening to Kutless for years now since I heard one of their songs sang in our church which is "Strong Tower".

After that, I googled them, looked for their songs online and saved in on my mp3 player. ;)

Last night was one of the best nights of my life. I've never had so much fun worshiping God on a rock concert as much as I did last night!
Seeing so many people coming and responding to the invitation of receiving Jesus in their hearts was just so awesome and amazing feeling knowing that God is moving in their hearts! I felt so much blessed! :')

Thank you Kutless for coming to Manila! And thank you so much COP for bringing them here! Most of all, thank You, Jesus for looking out for our souls and for loving us unconditionally. You are the best thing that ever happened to me. <3 To God be the highest glory!

PS. Please come back to Philippines soon, Kutless! :)

PPS. Now playing: What Faith Can Do (on repeat! LSS na ako last night pa;) )

PPPS. You can check 'em out online: here. :) Or you can follow them on Twitter! Thank you!

I Can Serve Invitational: Kaya FC v Philippine Azkals

So, what is I Can Serve Football Invitational? It is a charity football tournament featuring the Philippine Azkals and top United Football League clubs; Global Smartmatic Futbol Club and Kaya Signal Futbol Club. Scheduled on September 19 to 24 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, the tourney is a single round format with Azkals like Aly Borromeo, Anton del Rosario, Jason Sabio, and Nate Burkey of Kaya Signal FC and Misagh Bahadoran, Paolo Pascual, and Angel Guirado of Global Smartmatic FC playing for their respective clubs when they face the national football team players like Phil and James Younghusbands, Mark and Matthew Hartmanns, Chieffy Caligdong, Ian Araneta, et al. Proceeds of the tournament go to the ICanServe Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes early breast cancer detection through community-based screening and high-impact information campaigns.

As much as I wanted to watch all the three games but my sked wouldn't allow me. It was just only yesterday that I was able to see the last I Can Serve invitational game between Kaya FC and the Philippine Azkals, together with my friends: Jean, Mel and Kate (extended friend hihihih! Nice to meet you, Kate!).

Being the ever sluggish that I was, I came almost late but not quite. I came just in the nick of time! Thank goodness! :) My friends and I got a free tix each as Kaholeros (yep, we've that perk! But just for this invitational games hehehe!) but we didn't use it because the seat we were designated to seat was in the white bleachers and the sun was scorching hot yesterday that we thought of just buying an upper grandstand tix para di masyadong mainit. Arteh? Hahaha!

The game started so slow with both teams couldn't find a chance to strike a goal until "Mark Hartmann opened the scoring parade of the national squad in the second half via free kick in the 55^th minute. The 19-year old Fil-British striker sailed his attempt above Kaya Cignal’s wall defense to score the stunning goal.

Fil-Spanish Angel Guirado, who just arrived from a brief vacation in Spain two days prior to the match, made the second goal with a crossover fake off his defender at the 67-minute mark of the match. Three minutes later, Chieffy Caligdong followed up a saved shot by Kaya Cignal’s goalie Saba Sadeghi to hike Azkals’ lead, 3-nil.

Phil Younghusband, who aggressively attacked Kaya Cignal’s defense all throughout the match, finally gained ground with two goals – a great feed from his brother James in the 82^nd minute and the final goal four minutes later.

Fil-German goalie Roland Muller also made a good account of himself in his debut with the team, saving four attempts of Kaya Cignal." (from here)

I super enjoyed watching this game! It was so much fun! Thanks to all the people who came up with this idea and made it possible. The real winners in this tourney were the fans who watched and all the women fighting against breast cancer. :)