Globe Slipstream Event

I have no idea what this event was about initially.  My sister was told about this thing by a friend and I just tagged along.

The Globe Slipstream event was held in BGC on August 31, 2014.  We arrived late in the afternoon so we didn't get to see the other stuff like the celebrity go-kart.  We only got to see a bit of the race thing.  There were booths scattered with various exhibits and purposes like where you can try out a simulation, see the latest Huawei devices, or ogle a pair of Ducati bikes.

There was a meet and greet session with Marlon Stockinger.  We didn't have the ticket/band/whatever for this.  Eh.  I didn't mind, I don't go crazy over these things anyway.  I did hear that one of the girls really went for it, hugging him and saying "I love you" to him.  Wow.  Go, you!

One of the major highlights of this one-day event are the performances of various musical acts.   There were freebies given away for all ticket holders like raincoats and light-up thingies.  The raincoats were light and huge, big enough to fit a person with a backpack.  They had them in blue, red, yellow and black.  My sister got yellow, and I would have gotten it too, except it would be weird if we both wore yellow.  That, and we'll look like the MMDA.  So I got red instead.  Some people got black, but I thought since it was made of light plastic it's going to look a bit like garbage bags.  I saw a lady wear her black raincoat when a slight drizzle fell and she didn't look as much like she was wearing garbage bags.  She looked like a serial killer in a slasher movie.

I have no idea what the "18 yrs old" was pertaining to.

I have never seen this light-up band thing before so when I saw it on somebody else I'm like, 'Huh, it lights up.'  I fumbled to put on mine and I was amazed- it has an on and off switch!  Damn, I'm so out of sync with what's going on with the world.

Voltron!

The same goes for the music.  I looked at the ticket to see the acts performing and I thought, who are these people?  I'm only familiar with Up Dharma Down and even then I don't really know their songs except for "Tadhana."  I've heard of Yolanda Moon from Yahoo! Philippines, I think, and have never heard the main acts before.

Yolanda Moon bathed in light.  

Up Dharma Down.

The first band we heard was Autotelic and they were okay.  Yolanda Moon was, well, I don't think this was the venue for them.  Their music doesn't prompt anybody to get up, and their lack of connection with the audience didn't help to keep them from sitting down.  People went wild for Up Dharma Down.  I was bit surprised because those who were yelling for the band looked like they were ten years old when the band first came out.  Good for them. The main acts were... Well, we didn't sit around for them.

All in all, while the music was good, it wasn't a heart-pumping music event.  Or maybe it just takes a lot to move me.