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    One night with Jason at Cebu
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    (21 Mar '10)

    So Jason was scheduled to have a show at Ayala Center Cebu last night, March 20, 2010, at 830pm. Hours before the show, he went around the mall to shop. Some common friends said he was so humble; he acted like there were no screaming girls trailing him. Mybuddy and I looked for him but we just could not spot him. Poor me. But things went better later on :)

    An hour before the show started, my friends and I were already seated at the venue. I was worried that it would rain, but thank God nature was on our side. (Although I swore that I would not be going anywhere even if it poured acid rain.

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on Sun, 2010-03-21 07:47

So Jason was scheduled to have a show at Ayala Center Cebu last night, March 20, 2010, at 830pm. Hours before the show, he went around the mall to shop. Some common friends said he was so humble; he acted like there were no screaming girls trailing him. Mybuddy and I looked for him but we just could not spot him. Poor me. But things went better later on :)

An hour before the show started, my friends and I were already seated at the venue. I was worried that it would rain, but thank God nature was on our side. (Although I swore that I would not be going anywhere even if it poured acid rain. xD)

Later on, the lights were dimmed and there came Jason Castro rocking his dreads with his guitar.The audience was screaming and loving and dying for him! Girls, ladies, women, ( and even men maybe?) showed their love for Jason. I loved the crowd last night. Everyone was enjoying every minute of the show, I just loved it :)

The show lasted for about 45mins. He sang, if I'm not mistaken, around 7 songs. Including his single Let's just fall in love again and 2 of his best performances in Idol, Somewhere over the rainbow and Hallelujah for the finish. Some girls printed out his audition number with the AI logo, I thought that was cute:)

* I was also observing his wife, Mandy, while the show was ongoing. She was seated near Jason's tent, singing along to his songs and taking pictures/videos of him. aww, they are so adorable :)

 

 

45minutes later, the show has ended. But I was even more excited because it was meet and greet time. I fell in line and waited anxiously. When it was my turn, I gave him my biggest hug and asked if I could take a picture with Mandy but he dint know where she was that time :)

Now I'm gonna have to wait for 10 days to claim our photo from the official photographer of the mall. I cant wait to use it as my primary picture here and in facebook and in twitter and everywhere!:)

After the meet and greet came the CD-signing session. The guard reminded me that I could only let him sign the Cd- probably because he saw me bringing another paper. The conversation went like this :

Me: Jason, can you please sign my dollar instead?

Jason: Instead? No that's okay, I'll sign both :)

 

AWW HE IS THE SWEETEST!!!!<3  * that other  autograph in red is from the Philippine's very own Anne Curtis :)*

He really is such a great person. Very handsome, very talented, very layed back; I wish I could find a guy like him someday.

So my Jason-and-I moment was over, it happened so fast! We  exited the venue and, guess who we bumped into. Stephen Kanicka! *click click, "thanks for the picture, steven". aw, lucky us!:)

 

Truly, I will remember this night for the rest of my life.

Your fans/friends in the Philippines, and Asia,  are  looking forward to meeting you again, Jason.

We love you:)

 

 

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Banichi's picture

he replied on jasoncastrocebu's twit. lol

itsmina's picture

@banichi: i hope so!! cos the next time he comes and leaves cebu out, hundreds of people will be heartbroken :(

Banichi's picture

it's ok. lol

with the response he got from us, I'm sure he'll be back!

itsmina's picture

@lizjao: aw, okay lang na! im sure there will be more meet ups in the future :)

lizjao's picture

@banichi oops sorry about that. hihihihi :)

@ itsmina: haha have fun you guys. Im sad to say that I cant join you. I'll be back in cebu around the 2nd week of april pa. pffft. T_T

itsmina's picture

@banichi: Haha, I guess the rain was a little blessing; not enough to make up for the El Nino though :/ And that would be a great idea! That way, we could share the pictures :)

@lizjao: well, I can't wait for the gathering to happen, then! Hahaha

Banichi's picture

uh-hem. . .guy here.lol

I was really early at the Marriott Hotel to chaperon two of my friends and stayed there until around 10am when I left to check the Terraces. We needed the rain alright [esp with El Niño hangin' around] but it poured only in the morning. I watched the wet stage and the chairs but I didn't worry. It's really eerie that everything within that day [and night] seemed pre-ordained.

yeah, bless those angels. I'll start a discussion like this once the official photo is out!

lizjao's picture

I was smiling the whole time i was reading your stories girls!

If we shared these in person, were probably gonna need a sound-proofed room. hahaha

itsmina's picture

yeah, it was really awesome :) my sister told me to bring an umbrella, but i didn't want to. I'd stay in the terraces, rain or not! xD I was worried that it would rain, but thankfully, it didn't :)

Mary Rose's picture

wow..all i can say is..that day was really full of blessings...full of good things.. it didn't rain right? it was a blessing..coz ealier that morning it was raining and earlier that afternoon too..but that nigh the clouds were clear..

itsmina's picture

Well, you're lucky, too, banichi!! Without those foreigners, you wouldn't be able to meet Jason. And I got that feeling too, that God's spoiling me :P

@Mary Rose lucky you! You got 2 shots! Hahaha!

Banichi's picture

man, you girls are very lucky. . .makes me wanna share my story, too! lol

i'll say it briefly:

good thing I didn't go home after my appointment [Prayer Conference at CICC] in Cebu, good thing I went to Ayala with my friends the day before the concert or else I wouldn't know anything about it, good thing I didn't lose hope in meeting him when I wasn't able to get an entrance pass, good thing there were three foreign girls who gave me their meet-&-greet stub, good thing I begged for the staff to allow me get his autograph without a CD-signing-stub. . .It happened so fast that it felt so unreal! I feel like God is spoiling me. d:']

Mary Rose's picture

@itsmina haha..nice story..good for you you were a group.. it was only me and my cousin who went to the concert.. i also gave jason my drawing and doll which i made only for him during the meet and greet,. first we came to him very excited and i hugged him and he said "Hi, how are you" and i only smiled coz i was really starstrucked..i just said jason could you hold this for picture taking, and then he posed but i'm not yet ready when the photographer took the picture..i don't know how i looked on that picture but there were two them and i waited for the other photographer so i posed again with jason and luckily the other photographer took our picture.. then i shook jason's hand... =))

itsmina's picture

OOOIE! haha, sorry, I didn't know my experience meeting him was this long :/

@lizjao I'd want to tour him around! Meh, in our dreams nalang x]

itsmina's picture

So it was time for the Meet and Greet, and as my friends and I were lining up [we were seven], we were “rehearsing” what to say! Hahaha, lame, but yeah. So my friends told me that I should be the one to talk to him, cos they’d chicken out and just be starstruck. Duh! Who wouldn’t?!?? It’s Jason Frikkin Castro. “Mhmm.” I told them. Haha, I explained that it would be a waste not to talk to Jason! I told them to not pass up the opportunity, but yeah, they said they’d be too starstruck.
We were next in line for the group picture, and Mr. Rene Castro was there to usher us, and told us not to run! Haha, I didn’t know he was Jason’s dad, I just knew that he had nice eyes [like his son. OMG! Why didn’t I think of that!!!!] So we heeded what the kind man said and walked fast to Jason.
I said “Hi!” and hugged him in his left side. Smooth. xD He was sweaty, but I didn’t mind. Duh, he just performed. Haha. So after the picture was taken, I gave him the bracelets that Ninin and I made. So the conversation went like this:
Me: Hey, Jason! We made these for you :”) *gives bracelets*
Jason: Wow, thank you! :)
Me: Yeah, Hehe :”> *walks away*
I’m so smooth, gah. //sarcasm
Anyway, so Ninin and I both lined up for the CD signing, and the rest of the gang headed out, cos they didn’t have CDs. Again, I was rehearsing xD I was supposed to say this 3-sentenced statement: “Hey Jason! We jsut want to thank you for coming to Cebu cos it means a lot to us. We hope that you like the bracelets that we made for you! Hope you’ll wear it to a music video. *smile* :)” DING! We had a plan!!
But when it actually came to the moment, the conversation went like this:
Jason: Hey! :)
Me: Hey Jason, thanks for coming! *pause :|* Oh! We hope you like the bracelets that we made for you :D
Jason: Yeah! Thanks for that :D I like your braids! *looks at my braids and smiles*
Me: *taken aback. wasn’t expecting that!* Oh, hehe, thanks! :”D *walks away*
HE COMPLIMENTED ME ON MY BRAIDS :”D That was so magical. HAHA!

lizjao's picture

@mary rose a friend (sorta) saw him at the airport :)

@ taj REALLY HOPING!

@Igmamaoftwo it was awesome.. like... awesome! hahah

@itsmina ya we gotta tour him around the city! hahahha

itsmina's picture

AI7 was the best season ever! And my whole family agrees to that!

Yeah, I was really hoping that Jason would have time to visit the beaches. But no :[ Oh well, the next time he comes here, he better have time to enjoy the whole trip! Hahaha :)

lgmamaoftwo's picture

What an awesome experience for you! I do hope Jas' gets to visit the PI's beautiful beaches. He was also treated to Filipino's finest hospitality...while the girls are screaming..ha ha! Great job kababayans!!

taj's picture

hope JC will have another gig here in cebu!!

Mary Rose's picture

@lizjao, didi's my fave too and casey james... =)... how did you know they flew to manila at 12nn?..

lizjao's picture

@jny808 hmmm personally, i dont think so. he flew in cebu around 12 nn.. maybe he dint time to go around the city anymore

jny808's picture

I waj just wondering if Jason got the chance to visit Cebu's finest beaches??? I hope he did!!! I'm sure he'll definitely fall in love with our country and he'll surely come back!

lizjao's picture

ya that was a good season. they were all unique. never got bored maskin kinsa ma out ok ra. this season if didi goes, wala na. haha

shyenssy's picture

Ay, I mean, si Stephen Kanika diay! Ako cousin kay naka-agbay pa jud sa papa ni Jason! Hehe...

shyenssy's picture

Nkakita jud ko ni Jason nag-shopping sa Speedo ug Nike!Pagdayon jud nako sud sa Ayala hibulong ko nganu daghan two, mao to nihapit me sku cousin sa pamasin nga si jason to, ug wala jud ko nasyop! mao una nako nbantayan iya hair kay nagtalikod p man sya unya niingon ko sa ako cousin nga "Tin, si jason!!!... nangurog jud ko! Strict lang kau ang guard! Pagbalhin nya sa Nike kay nakduol jud ko nya, niagi sa amo ubangan, ako cuz nkahikap jud kaduha sa iya kamot!

Sa Nike kay nag-fit sya ug Soccer uniform, angayan kaayo sya!

Mura mi stalker kay cge me sunod@X nya! Hehe..

Kauban nya nag-shop iya wife nga si mandy, si Rene castro, ug si Katong ni-guitar pag concert nya!

Jason is my fave American idol Season 7!!! love his style and personality!

Mary Rose's picture

me too,,my favorite season... i like all of them in that season..=)

ninjamiann's picture

Lage. The gurads were major KJ. But nevertheless, we all had fun, didn't we? :DD I just love Ai7 ?

lizjao's picture

DAMN THOSE GUARDS!

ninjamiann's picture

Hahaha we weren't even sure if that was actually rene. all we knew was rene was with him but we weren't that familiar with how papa castro looked. We tried calling him again and again, and he looked back and said hi with a look of astonishment in his eyes. he probably ddin't think anyone recognized him. Mandy though was so sweet. she kept taking pictures of our signs and she wanted to come to our side during the concert when we asked her to come but the guards didn't allow her :(

lizjao's picture

@mary rose i even thot the girl wearing all black was Mandy! lols took me awhile to correct myself. O_o yes, we love the Castro's because they love us back. xD

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