last night was the christmas party of the other company (softwarepronto) i am associated with and we all got an excuse to spend and drink. aside from good company which consisted not only of my officemates but my cousins, friends and of course cy, we also had good food and thankfully, good music played by local bands michaelangelo and southborder.

last night was probably the second time that i liked the opening band better than the main one. michaelangelo proved to be very promising because aside from good music selection (they only had a number of original compositions), their vocalist had a really good personal style which seasoned the song dramatically. i tell you, i never knew that madonna's like a virgin could even be played the way they played it. anyway, all (and i mean this literally in all its quantitative implications) the music they played i like (classic alternative ranging from beatles' come together to oasis' wonderwall to the verve pipe's the freshman to matchbox20's unwell to maroon5's she will be love etc etc). they really won me over when they played waiting in vain (a bob marley classic which has gone through a lot of renditions by various artists both international and local). their music cut across all brackets and that is to say a lot.

anyway, southborder was alright as well although i admit that i enjoyed the first act more. the only moment i remember distinctly when south border was performing was when they sang rainbow. cy, coming back from the bathroom took his seat next to mine and whispered the song along. well, with cy around, it's not hard to relate to the lyrics of the song, even if you were once a pessimist.