ano kaya ang gagawin mo kung minsan, isang ordinaryo at tahimik na araw, ay makakita ka ng celebrity? would you go screaming and jumping like most fans do? magpapa-pirma ka ba ng autograph sa suot mong t-shirt? magpo-posing ka ba at magpapa-kodak kasama sila?
mahilig ako sa movies and i'm a certified couch potato so you would expect me to go gaga when i meet a celebrity in person. fortunately, hindi naman ako ganon.
nakita ko na si pops at si martin together in a concert noong mid-80's na kasikatan nila. and i didn't go nuts. siguro dahil hindi ako fan (never was) at kaya lang a
ko nandon sa concert eh dahil sponsored ng kumpanyang pinagta-trabahuhan ko yong concert. thus the complementary pass. o baka naman hindi lang talaga ako fanatic ng local talents. it might be a different scenario if it was a foreign artist (talk about colonial mentality huh!).
pero hindi pa rin. fan ako ni kenny g at kumpleto ako halos ng albums niya noon. then i saw him up close, just two feet away from where i was sitting when he had a concert back in the 90's at the folk arts. but i didn't jump out of my seat. i was thrilled. pero hindi yong tipong nagwawala in excitement.
and then a few more celebs crossed my unappreciating path.
i was working in coke (project) na ang office ay nasa feliza building (legaspi village) where the advertising giant saatchi & saatchi was also located. isang araw, pagpasok ko ng eleveator, there's this familiar face which i immediately recognized as marc nelson. siguro papunta sa saatchi. naka-barong tagalog ako (pormal huh) so i acted just like i'm worth the attire. i just smiled and said a very civil 'hi'. (in fairness, marc was nice to say 'hi' back). yon lang.
minsan, my friends and i were hanging out at virgin cafe (glorietta) nang may pumasok na matatangkad na lalaki - mga pba players pala, mostly unknown to me coz i'm not a basketball fan. ang nakilala ko lang si vince hizon from his tv ad. they were just a table away from us but i didn't bother to join the crowd (supposedly A crowd, the snob type of creatures) who suddenly turned just as 'bakya' as anybody else getting their snapshots taken with the players. aha! mas sosyal pa pala ako sa inyo! hahahaha!
minsan naman i was having lunch sa dome (greenbelt) when i saw this lovely lady in a pink suit. si carmi martin pala. i gave her a good look. maganda talaga sya in person, lalo siguro kung visible ang buong mukha nya at hindi natatakpan ng oversized dark glasses. ah well, my sandwich is getting cold so i just chewed along.
isang araw naman, i was quietly working on my desk sa ramcar head office (again on aproject) when out of the blue, this guy asks kung saan daw ang office nong marketing director. i looked up, tinuro ko yong office na tinatanong while at the back of my mind, iniisip ko kung sinong artista yon. si marvin agustin pala. and so, nagkagulo ang mga bebot na staff, pati yong mga manang eh nagpa-picture. buti na lang wala si jolina!
so wala lang, may makita man akong celebrities, don't care. ok, i watch you on tv or films pero yon lang. nagbayad na ako to watch you so tama na yon. di nyo naman ako babayaran or gagawing artista kung mahihimatay ako in your presence. afterall, you're big on screen pero in person, pareho lang pala tayong may tastas na sinulid ang suot na shirt!
although one time medyo natawa ako from my own stupidity.
nasa 12th flr ng antel (salcedo village) ang office namin. i was with my american boss and we took the elevator from the ground floor. pagpasok namin, may mga tao na obviously coming from the basement. one of them was a tall, dark guy na familiar sa akin. hindi ko ma-recall ang pangalan but i was thinking to myself 'sigurado akong artista to'. then the doors opened and i stepped out. tinawag ako ng boss ko 'dante, it's not our floor yet'... ay mali! ang lumabas yong artista. balik ako sa elevator. tsaka ko lang na-realize si richard gomez pala yon. damn you richard, nagmukha akong tanga sa kakaisip kung sino ka!
was i starstruck that time? hindi pa rin. nainis lang ako sa sarili ko dahil hindi ko agad ma-recall ang pangalan nya. and it happens to me all the time pag may isang bagay akong hindi agad ma-alala. naiinis ako and let my mind work overtime to retrieve that piece of information. not necessarily because he was an artista. yon lang!
mahilig ako sa movies and i'm a certified couch potato so you would expect me to go gaga when i meet a celebrity in person. fortunately, hindi naman ako ganon.
nakita ko na si pops at si martin together in a concert noong mid-80's na kasikatan nila. and i didn't go nuts. siguro dahil hindi ako fan (never was) at kaya lang a
ko nandon sa concert eh dahil sponsored ng kumpanyang pinagta-trabahuhan ko yong concert. thus the complementary pass. o baka naman hindi lang talaga ako fanatic ng local talents. it might be a different scenario if it was a foreign artist (talk about colonial mentality huh!).pero hindi pa rin. fan ako ni kenny g at kumpleto ako halos ng albums niya noon. then i saw him up close, just two feet away from where i was sitting when he had a concert back in the 90's at the folk arts. but i didn't jump out of my seat. i was thrilled. pero hindi yong tipong nagwawala in excitement.
and then a few more celebs crossed my unappreciating path.
i was working in coke (project) na ang office ay nasa feliza building (legaspi village) where the advertising giant saatchi & saatchi was also located. isang araw, pagpasok ko ng eleveator, there's this familiar face which i immediately recognized as marc nelson. siguro papunta sa saatchi. naka-barong tagalog ako (pormal huh) so i acted just like i'm worth the attire. i just smiled and said a very civil 'hi'. (in fairness, marc was nice to say 'hi' back). yon lang.
minsan, my friends and i were hanging out at virgin cafe (glorietta) nang may pumasok na matatangkad na lalaki - mga pba players pala, mostly unknown to me coz i'm not a basketball fan. ang nakilala ko lang si vince hizon from his tv ad. they were just a table away from us but i didn't bother to join the crowd (supposedly A crowd, the snob type of creatures) who suddenly turned just as 'bakya' as anybody else getting their snapshots taken with the players. aha! mas sosyal pa pala ako sa inyo! hahahaha!
minsan naman i was having lunch sa dome (greenbelt) when i saw this lovely lady in a pink suit. si carmi martin pala. i gave her a good look. maganda talaga sya in person, lalo siguro kung visible ang buong mukha nya at hindi natatakpan ng oversized dark glasses. ah well, my sandwich is getting cold so i just chewed along.
isang araw naman, i was quietly working on my desk sa ramcar head office (again on aproject) when out of the blue, this guy asks kung saan daw ang office nong marketing director. i looked up, tinuro ko yong office na tinatanong while at the back of my mind, iniisip ko kung sinong artista yon. si marvin agustin pala. and so, nagkagulo ang mga bebot na staff, pati yong mga manang eh nagpa-picture. buti na lang wala si jolina!
so wala lang, may makita man akong celebrities, don't care. ok, i watch you on tv or films pero yon lang. nagbayad na ako to watch you so tama na yon. di nyo naman ako babayaran or gagawing artista kung mahihimatay ako in your presence. afterall, you're big on screen pero in person, pareho lang pala tayong may tastas na sinulid ang suot na shirt!
although one time medyo natawa ako from my own stupidity.
nasa 12th flr ng antel (salcedo village) ang office namin. i was with my american boss and we took the elevator from the ground floor. pagpasok namin, may mga tao na obviously coming from the basement. one of them was a tall, dark guy na familiar sa akin. hindi ko ma-recall ang pangalan but i was thinking to myself 'sigurado akong artista to'. then the doors opened and i stepped out. tinawag ako ng boss ko 'dante, it's not our floor yet'... ay mali! ang lumabas yong artista. balik ako sa elevator. tsaka ko lang na-realize si richard gomez pala yon. damn you richard, nagmukha akong tanga sa kakaisip kung sino ka!
was i starstruck that time? hindi pa rin. nainis lang ako sa sarili ko dahil hindi ko agad ma-recall ang pangalan nya. and it happens to me all the time pag may isang bagay akong hindi agad ma-alala. naiinis ako and let my mind work overtime to retrieve that piece of information. not necessarily because he was an artista. yon lang!
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Amazing how celebrities (movie stars, athletes, businessmen, politicians, etc.) look so big on screen or televsion. But once you get to know them personally, they're just ordinary mortals like you and me. And besides, celebrities get starstruck with other celebrities too.
thanks for the comment. and thanks for breaking the silence here coz sometimes i'm wondering if anybody ever visits this blog (at least the moving hit counter is reassuring! hehehehe).
i'd love to see names also if you don't mind. i understand you have no choice but to post as anonymous coz of account issues but maybe you can leave your name somewhere in the text of your post. sure you understand my feeling when i say it's difficult to talk to the other end without knowing who's there!
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