As we were watching the news one night, something must have triggered Kap’s memory that he out of the blue asked me if there were any upcoming concerts by all or any of the “four-gets” aka Rico J. Puno, Rey Valera, Marco Sison, and Hajji Alejandro.

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Even their photo is antique-finish, HAHAHAHAHA! #oldage #peace

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I almost fell off my seat. Swearbear! ;)) Not that I don’t like them, I do -in a lola sort of way. (Homaygas hindi lang ako Tita of Manila. Lola na talaga! @_@)  But it’s been a while since we indulged our down-memory-lane bingeing of “old hits” like Apo Hiking Society et al.

Hala, nag-google agad si Kap. Hanap-hanap. No Rico J. -his fave dahil sa angking kabastusan! The next best thing is Rey Valera. Meron. Naka-jackpot sya!

The next day as soon as SM Ticketnet opened, he dragged me & my Bae -his dakilang alalays, to the ticketing office and bought 4 tickets. 2 for us, and 2 for my kuya & his wife. Mga ka-age group naman namin hahaha! Opppps.. wag kayong magulat. Yung pinaka-murang tiket naman ang binili nya. Tipong kailangan na naming gumamit ng telescope at hearing aid! 😛

And so, we had a double date. We planned on treating my Kuya & his wife to dinner at our fave hotpot place, Four Seasons, which was right beside Kia Theatre where the concert was being held. But traffic ate the 3 whole hours that we alloted for dinner & travel. Kaya hayun, nabulilyaso ng hindi oras ang lakad namin. Yung all-you-can-eat dinner, naging Burger King nalang pantawid gutom & Aristocrat (another oldie but goody) after the concert which ended past 12 midnight -waaaay beyond our senior citizen bedtime.  😛

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Me: Honey ang layo. May makita pa ba tayo? Kap: Pwede na yan Sweetheart, hindi naman tayo pupunta para manood. Makikinig lang tayo.

From Hotpot to burgers. FML. 😐

Our first time at Kia Theatre all the way in busy Cubao. Hay ang pag-ibig nga naman, hahamakin ang lahat masunod ka lamang. Kahit na 3-oras na traffic pa yan! 😛

May kabakyaan talaga itong pag-ibig ko. Dati Jose at Wally. Ngayon naman si lolo Rey Valera. Anong kajejehan pa kaya ang susunod, my Honey???

At least Martin Nievera & Regine “songbird” Velasquez sang a couple of songs as a show of support to Louie Ocampo & Ogie Alcasid. It made the traffic worth it. Yan ang mga tumatandang walang kakupas-kupas. Agree? 😉

But your beautiful smile & happiness is super worth it. May Regine at Martin man o wala. Honest truth. 😉

In fair, madami-dami ding tao na-uto hahaha! ;))

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Sayang! Had I been the one who googled, we would have gotten tickets to this instead. Meron naman pala, hmp!

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Awwww. Kap will feel bad if he finds out his dream team got together just as he had hoped :'( Magka-repeat pa kaya sila sa tanda nilang yan? ;)) Internet-challenged talaga itong asawa ko!

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Hindi bale my Honey, sa 30th natin, I will hire the four of them (if they are still alive ha! #joke) to sing & serenade us at our Pearl Wedding hehe. Pare-pareho nang mapuputi ang buhok natin at uugud-ugod na, but I will still want to play beautiful music with you, my OTL. :-*

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Kung tayo ay matanda na sana’y di tayo magbago,
Kailan man nasal ma’y ito ang pangarab ko.
Makuha mo pa sayang ako’y hagkan at yakapin oooooh,
Hanggang sa pagtanda natin.
Nagtatanong lang sa ‘yo ako pa kaya’y ibigin mo?
Kung maputi na ang bukok ko.

Pagdating ng ara, ang ‘yong bukok ay puputi na rin,
Sabay tayong mangangarap ng nakaraan sa ‘tin.

Ang nakalipas ay ibabalik natin oooooh.
Ipapaalala ko sa ‘yo, ang aking pangako na ang pag-ibig ko’y laging sa ‘yo,
Kahit maputi na ang bukok ko.

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Speaking of pearls and OPM, sana ganito din ang matanggap kong regalo sa haba ba naman ng pasensya ko, trololol.

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My ode to South Sea Pearls.. “Kahit sa panaginip na lang maangkin. Makapiling, mayakap sandali. Masuot sandali, kahit hanggang sa panaginip lang” . 😛

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