Cami and Enzo are watching the Black Eyed Peas concert tomorrow night thanks to me.

My company works closely with Globe Telecoms, one of the two leading telecommunications company in the country as we've got lots of tie ups with them. Negotiations with Gentxt, the special privilege card for their subscribers, are made with none other than the Executive Assistant to the President of Globe. Wow, second degree separation to the Ayalas! Originally, Globe arranged for BEP to have dinner at the bar I work for.

Anyhow, my sister is a huge fan of BEP. When I told her that BEP would indeed be having dinner at the restaurant, she said she'll ask my dad if she could go and see them. He said yes. I guess he was so happy with my sister's grades from summer school that he asked me to ask for 2 tickets from Ms. Executive Assistant to the President. Though the dinner wouldn't push through, she said she could give us 2 tickets to the concert tomorrow. They'll be seated near the stage, I guess, since the tickets were the 2nd most expensive ones (P1,960). Damn lucky! Had Ms. Executive Assis- well, you know how it goes- offered 2 more tickets, I would have gone with A, just like that (snaps!). But I already felt so kapal just asking her for two tickets. I couldn't ask for another pair!

She YM-ed me her thanks (for scoring the tickets for her) and told me her biggest dilemma: How can she sneak in a digicam into the conert. I jokingly said, "Hide them between your boobs!!! Oh, yeah, what boobs?!" And then I realized, why are cameras not allowed in such public events? After all, you came to see your favorite artists. Shouldn't you have something to capture that moment so you could treasure it forever? (For some people, having an actual picture of some star gives them bragging rights. "See? I saw Fergi of Black Eyed Peas! She's hot! I swear, man, she definitely noticed me! See how she's looking straight at me? I'm telling you, man, she was flirting with me through out the 'Shut Up!'") I've got two theories why cameras and video recorders are not allowed:

1] To avoid higher rates and damages of pick pocketing. Everyone knows that the price of cameras, especially the good ones, nowadays averages 5 figures. Thus, worthy of pick pocketing and re-selling. If venues ban cameras, there are less items to pick pocket and if you do become a victim of such crime, be grateful that the damage, the loss, isn't as high as losing a camera.

2] To prevent temporarily blindness of the performers and ultimately, expensive lawsuits. Imagine if everybody brought cameras and took pictures whenever they wanted. All those flash bulbs popping, going off in all parts of the venue, sometimes at the same time. Don't you think the artists would go blind?! That's a lawsuit waiting to happen. And if the performers go blind, they wouldn't be able to concentrate on their song and dance number. If they screw up, the audience would boo them for putting such a bad show. Thus, another expensive lawsuit hanging upon the organizer's heads.

I'm guessing the answer is theory no.2. After all, in show business, it's all about the money. When I told Cami that they should allow cameras because people would want to take pictures of their favorite star yadda- yadda- yadda (as I mentioned earlier, no need to repeat it), she said and I quote, "I know!!! argh. they're so stupid! they know people will be able to sneak in naman the cams eh! nag rule pa sila! theyre such dumb asses!!!"

"Ooooh! Blog material!" I quipped.
"Yeeeaaaahhhh!!! Updating now!" She replied.
"Don't forget to say 'I lurve my sister talaga!'" I joked.
"Hahaha! I'll give you a shout out." She said.

I'm gonna check out her blog to see my name in stars once I post this.