The whole year of 2008 was really bad for me. There’s some misunderstanding with my friends that ended up as ‘not being friends’ anymore. And also that year, I’ve lost my special friend, my love… my boyfriend.
I’ve been dreaming of being on a band ever since I was in high school. Male vocalist of every band like Chicosci, Dashboard Confessional, Anthem of our dying days – all foreign rock bands, was a dream guy for me.
Two years ago, I’ve never thought that a stranger in a mall would be the guy that I‘ve love almost a year back then.
at Betty Go Belmonte.
March 2008, simple and yet I consider it as the best event happen to me that year. Joseph Chavez is my special friend, my love… my boyfriend. He is a drummer in their band, “Iskargu”. As a celebration for our first year anniversary, he invited me to watch their band’s first ever gig at Dayo Bar in Cubao. Aside from watching their band performing, especially him, I am also excited for the fact that another great band like Zelle and Giniling Festival will perform that night.
Time flies so fast that night. It is 11 o’clock in the evening when they perform. Luckily, they got a chance performing twice in one night, 3 songs per round.
the drummer boy.
As they perform, I watch him hit the drums and sing along with their vocalist. “My Hero” by Foo Fighters is one of the songs they perform.
“There goes my hero, he’s ordinary…”
(from the song My Hero by Foo Fighters)
Maybe in the eyes of someone he is ordinary but for me he is not. He’s always been there for me. He sings for me when I’m down, he never fails to cheer me up with the way he screams like a metal rock star.
Year 2008 is a tough year for both of us. There are lots of misunderstanding in our relationship that in the end we decided to cool it off. Like the way it is expected, we broke up.
Though we’re apart, yet he is still there… not just a friend, but a special friend for me again. Loosing Joseph as a partner in life in 2008 was worse, but letting me feel so loved by him is the best thing that ever happen to me in 2008.
