I've been missing out on Steve Aokis concert in the country. And that has been remedied as of late. While on our way home after spending the Holy Week in Boracay, I learned that Cedric Gervais and Steve Aoki will be performing in Epic as part of Nestea’s event. Although I’ve decided that I will be back for the labor day weekend , my resolved to spend the holiday in the island became even more concrete. April 30 I was on my way to Boracay with a friend. It was even double whammy because there was Cedric Gervais the night before Aoki. Plus my company is a co sponsor – I just made sure my name is on the list to get to the event. Although being a co sponsor did not assure lots of free tickets even if you are an employee because there is a main sponsor so lots of insanity ensued while trying to get the passes for the event. It was shall I say a kinda beg, borrow steal, prostitute yourself #notreally to get the passes but it was all worth it. (Im saying this with a little exaggeration of course) I was not very familiar with Dj Cedric but a little research on him I learned that he did collaboration with Miley Cyrus and the original summertime sadness by Lana Del Rey was mixed by him. I followed him in Instagram shortly. Getting to his concert was a breeze But Aoki is a different story, he has been in the country several times and performed in Manila, recently. He is the number one touring DJ having gig schedules around the world almost twice or more in a week in a different country. I also learned that he is not into drugs and alcohol and I am in awe of him considering his energy while performing and his crazy antics. The cake throwing, the raft sailing with the audience, the champagne spilling ( he doesn’t drink, he just spits the champagne out) . A lot can be said about the evils of drugs and how it has took the lives of so many people, many of whom are celebrities. I guess there are even more unknown victims however, celebrity deaths just get published and all. Edm parties indeed are an avenue for drugs I've known this from friends and Ive actually been offered once or twice to try but my curiosity never got the better of me. I've been to a lot of slinky parties in Boracay every holy week some years past and I could say, drugs are aplenty. I wont judge these people doing drugs to party. I was almost convince that maybe, some people rationalize that its better than taking large amount of alcohol. Personally, at one time I've embarrassed myself for getting drunk to the point of passing out. This guy i was with asked me why I would rather have alcohol than drugs because is it more socially acceptable, this same guy told me about Aoki not on drugs or alcohol and I said, Oh I love him already, and so he asked me if I don't like him coz he is into all of this shit. I did like him to the point of actually looking the other way and actually trying to tolerate this vice, tried to understand the reasons why people take these stuff and all the other things such as LSD, MDMA and all those slang. My major is psychology and I understood how these drugs can give altered state of consciousness but I still felt naive when talking about these stuff but well, its another story. Good sense still prevails and that all the percieved convincing fleeting fancy effects of drugs such as creativity and life changing trips will never eclipse all the bad effects these drugs made to most people, to some families and the society in general.
http://kroq.cbslocal.com/steve-aoki-discusses-touring-throwing-cakes-at-fans-drug-use-in-edm-working-with-linkin-park-more/
Steve Aoki is the brother of Devon Aoki the actress and model who is also an It girl few years back having starred in one fast and furious franchise. I don't know but I kind of have a thing for Japanese men. Im not sure though if my crushing Aoki, is entirely because of his chinky eyes or just my remnant college obsession with the long haired, artsy type.
The beach area of the Epic bar where the concert is happening was already filled by the time I got in. He was playing boneless while most people are still lining up me included. It was enough to get everyone excited. As I got in the area it was filled to the brim literally I don’t have the energy to actually get near the stage as you can barely move . Luckily I found some space in the press stand who are filming and taking photos of the concert. I tried to make friends with these guys from this local channel . So I just stayed there the whole time. It was quite far but its directly in front of the stage. We had small talk, and was a little embarrassed when my date came in. I find it funny because when some girls try to squeeze themselves to be on that ramp where I was standing and start to dance I was the one who reminded them to take it slow as not to damage the camera of the station covering the event. I don't know if my concern was real or was it because I was jealous i cant dance myself. My date came in later because he met some friends and I when I texted him about my position , ( he said cest la vie - "such is life" ) true enough - whats important is that I was there and enjoying the moment and seeing it all. The photographer took amazing photos of girls having their faces caked and all those happening in the concert. Aokis set was done with the usual fire works but we stayed and partied till the morning, the Dj already played Sun is coming out which was very fitting..
It was indeed one labor weekend to remember because of my crush - Steve Aoki - I hope hes coming back next year. I still don't know who I will be with but I will make sure I definitely be on guest list, au naturelle.
Check this links: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152429463502969&id=308222742968
Fascinated by this photo from his Instagram taken from the boat of our host, the Tirols of Boracay. Sir Leonard and Bong Tirol of the White house resort.... But kids stay away from heroin #drugshttp://www.drugs.com/celebrity_deaths.html
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