Thursday, July 17, 2008

The long journey to Journey

What normally takes a 35-minute drive to Irvine from Anaheim took us more than an hour.  The road leading to Journey’s live concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater was jammed.  On 405 freeway, just past South Coast Plaza , traffic was so bad that we were virtually inching our way all the way to the Irvine Center Drive exit.  My wife & I were beginning to feel restless thinking that we may not make it on time for the concert.  When we finally made it to the off ramp, it just took us a couple of minutes to get to the parking area of the amphitheater.


As I have expected, the venue was packed with Journey fans and among the spectators were many Filipinos who obviously came to see Journey’s new lead singer, Arnel Pineda.  As the band made their entrance the crowd went wild.  Journey had a terrific performance to the delight of the audience.  Three of the most applauded songs Arnel sang were Don’t Stop Believing, Open Arms & Faithfully.

It was great seeing & hearing Arnel Pineda sing.  He is indeed a world-class rock singer!  It was quite heartwarming for me to hear him say on stage, “MGA KABABAYAN” !!!  I guess that was his sincere way of acknowledging the presence of several Filipinos among the audience.  We even spotted a guy near the stage displaying a huge Philippine flag.

Arnel Pineda made us feel proud to be Filipinos.  We too are so proud of him and his achievement.  We are happy for him and hope he takes good care of his God-given talent.  We wish him well.

Posted by Ed at 16:00:49
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