In the crowd. ParaThrillaInManila – March 9, 2010 Photo by Lester Loosseer @LesterLoosseer |
Three years later. ParaThrillainManila Part 2 – February 15, 2013 Panoramic shot by the husband, @PCheng311 (using an iPhone 4S-no less!) |
When I heard that there was going to be a twitter party to celebrate the third year anniversary of Paramore’s first concert in the Philippines (to be known here after as ‘ParaThrillaInManila’) I really wanted to make a blog post about it but I was so busy with work that I’m only doing it (the blog post) after the fact.
I think that it is good whenever people reminisce, it gives you a better perspective of things. You get to think about and relive the past memories, you get to think about where you are in the present and you get to hope for the future.
I guess that is why people celebrate birthdays, anniversaries or whatever commemorative event anyone can think of. It gives them a moment or maybe an excuse just to be grateful for something that happened or for someone that they have in their life.
I never thought I would get to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Paramore’s first concert in Manila through twitter, interacting with people I don’t know and I’ve never met in person but in some ways we belong to a family, we belong to the Parafamily because we share the same passion for music and a love for our all time favorite band Paramore!
Here is my blog post about Paramore’s first concert just click on the link. Apologies for the ugly font and layout of the page. I just copy + pasted this from an entry in my ‘notes’ in Facebook (do people still do that?) and apparently there is an ugly white on the font thing when you copy + paste.
The idea of celebrating 3YearsOfParaThrillaInManila is sharing your stories, photos, experiences, etc. about that special day on Twitter. Whether we trended (anywhere) or not, we still somehow made a mark, a stand that this moment was important for us, no matter how superficial it is for some people- for us that night held some memories and we are all proud to say that we were a part of it.
Mementos. Photo from @annetrax She tweeted: ‘way back 2010’ 3YearsOfParaThrillainInManila #Idpass RT by @TheParamorePH ‘This 🙂 <3 |
Hayley with her legendary PARA-THRILLA IN MANILA shirt. Who knew it would make history? |
Proud Owner – Martin Nicor -@Mewithoutyou93 sharing a photo of his ticket. He tweeted: Parathrilla in Manila! Here’s my VIP ticket. Fanboy lang ang datingan, haha! (I’m just a Fanboy) |
Cheat Sheet: Shared by @ParamoreLand 3 YearsOfParaThrillaInManila Remember @yelyahwilliams “Kahmusta kayo” written on her arms? @TheParamorePH |
I didn’t know that Hayley Williams had ‘Kahmusta Kayo?’ (How are you doing?) written on her arm as her ‘cheat sheet’ during the concert. (Awww! Dang! If isn’t that the cutest thing???!)
Friends in music and mosh. Shared by @camzfrominertia She tweeted: 3YearsOfParaThrillaInManila @yojoanna @netly013 -It’s been 3 years. 3 years of Friendship! thanks to @paramore |
Their own memories. The band with the crowd as their background. Biggest number of photo bombers maybe? |