The Awesome Adventures of the Siege Survivors part 4

And so, on to the last chapter.After a wild day and night in Bacolod we finally reached the final stop to the Tower of Doom Siege Tour in the visayas,Iloilo.But not without mentioning some interesting stuff that happened in between the two cities (literally).Remember when Marts and Corpz had that interesting powow at the docks?And how Marts finally got some sleep to reboot his body and, more importantly, his brain?Well he was actually lucky he did.Because what happened to Corpz was just as crazy as what happened to Marts,just not as scandalous.Well as we were all too distracted with Marts and his more than peculiar behaviour,we didn't pay much attention to Corpz on the roro.I was actually sitting next to him as he sat there asleep even leaning against my shoulder a couple of times which made me have to nudge him every now and then so he would sit up.Then Niche saved me by actually letting Corpz rest his head on his shoulder (thanks Niche).Then I actually fell asleep as well and so did most of the guys.When we woke up we were already at the Iloilo docks and we slowly walked off the roro.Then we all went on the bus quietly as we were all still groggy from the trip.We were fully awake when Marts made his presence known again though.But yeah,we went on our way to our next hotel.And we were all still distracted by Marts on the whole trip.I noticed that Corpz wasn't in his seat but I just assumed he took a seat in the back well away from Marts and just tried to relax myself.It was when we got to the hotel that we all heard the news.It turns out Corpz did get off the roro with us but didn't get on the bus.He was still too wasted and sleepy that he thought we were still at the Bacolod docks!So he actually went back on the roro we were on and went to sleep.He called up one of the Perlas Brothers to tell them that he was back in Bacolod.It was just friggin funny!!!(well at the time) Well fortunately,he did get back with us after taking another boat ride to Iloilo.I bet he didn't sleep all the way to the hotel that time hehe.He even delivered our lunches to our room.He didn't oblige answering any questions though so we cut him some slack.But he's just got to accept that what happened to him will be burned in our minds forever =P

Ok now that was over we finally got back on track,we had lots of time to spare when we woke up so I decided to go out to see what was there to see in Iloilo,or at least what was near our hotel.Aj,Earl and Jem went to get massages at the hotel spa.I decided to spend my money on souvenirs.I passed Garon (of Cog and OBS) in the lobby and asked if he wanted to come.So he agreed and we went out to find pasalubongs at the shops nearby.We bought some native handicraft items at a shop right in front of the hotel then Garon decided to buy a security guard's hat at a uniform shop nearby.That hat was a great idea because we all had a great time with it later at the gig.

And so,after walking for almost half an hour we decided to head back to the hotel.I went with Garon to their room to see how the OBS guys were doing.Thats when we saw Rogel,we told him about the stuff we bought and then he decided he wanted to go out too.And he wanted me to come with him.So I did,and we went around again. We even bumped into some of the Bloodshedd boys.Then after almost half an hour again we decided to head back.I finally get back to our room and find Adi,a camera crew and a couple of the AMS boys toying with the still dumbfounded Marts.Then AJ and the others come in a few minutes later and they decided that they wanted to explore the surroundings too.So I go out with them,again.We went to the public market and bought some local delicacies and we got to eat some good Bachoy!It was cheap and tasty!

And after filling ourselves up and giving our wallets a good workout we finally went back to the hotel to prepare for the gig.

A couple hours later we board the bus again and we head to our venue.A quaint little bar which was hot as hell!Then as we settled in the band area it started to rain.We were all thinking one thing,this must be that typhoon we were trying to avoid.We thought the night was ruined,but a few minutes later the rain stopped.Maybe it was just a way of getting the kids loitering outside to finally come into the place.And they did,and they just kept on coming.I don't know how many kids there were but I know there was way more than a hundred!And that was the best sign we could ever ask for.It was just what we needed to get pumped up to play.And we didn't fail those kids.Every single TOD band played their hearts out!And those kids had the time of their lives!It was the perfect end to a perfect tour!But it wasn't over yet...

After the sets,after the partying and after a lot of pictures and autographs we went back on the bus and headed for the hotel.We were all still catching our breathes when Carlo got on the mic and made his announcements. He congratulated us for our great sets and for being the TRUE Siege Tour Survivors!Then he began to tell us about some good and bad news even asking us what we wanted to hear first.We asked for the bad of course,he told us that the boat ride home to Manila would take almost 22 hours and that we would have to leave very early.Then we asked for the good news.He tells us that we weren't going to take the boat anyway!We just got so wild that we started a mosh pit right in the middle of that tight bus!Some of my bandmates,AMS boys and OBS boys just piled up on top of each other in the aisle!I could hear Earl blissfully screaming in pain at the bottom of the heap.It was hilarious!!!Then Carlo got us to relax again as he wasn't finished giving out news.He then goes on to tell us that we all still had to wake up early,some moans went out at some corners of the bus.Then he continues to tell us that it was because we were going to the white sand beaches of Gimaras to celebrate!That just ignited another body pile!Everyone just went crazy!Then we finally got off the bus and back to our rooms.Some of the guys and I decided to grab some late night snacks at Ted's.What a great idea,the food was awesome!P80 for a bowl of their famous Batchoy with a side of rice and sisig and a drink!Sulit!We went back to the hotel very happy indeed!

After getting some much-needed sleep,we got up and got ready to leave for Gimaras.We rushed to get into the bus with the excitement of getting to the beaches.We really didn't know what to expect.We got to the docks almost around noon and we boarded these big bangkas.Because we all couldn't fit in one we had to split up into two boats.Then we were off.The scenery was just beautiful,we took lots of pics of course.And our boat even had a radio so we had music on board.We got to our beach after almost two hours and we could almost taste the sand when we bumped into some trouble.It turned out we got there during low tide and we couldn't get the boats all the way to the shore.Our boat even got stuck on the rocks.So the locals got some smaller bangkas to pick us up and get us to the beach three people at a time.We all got to the beach safely.There we got to swim and party the whole afternoon and enjoyed a feast of lechon and pancit.Then it was time to head back to catch our flight to Manila.We went back to the big boats the same way we got off them.The smaller boats brought us onboard the bigger ones.Everyone on our boat got on pretty smoothly inspite of Tatel (of VOC) almost losing his head on the side of our boat.It was the other boat who had the unlucky customers.When Garon,Gil & Rommel(of SIN) and a couple of the bouncers were trying to get on their big boat they accidently tipped over their small boat and they all fell in the water along with their bags (which contained some PSP's and Cellphones).But they managed to hang on to the side of their big boat so none of them got seriously hurt.Rommel got a small injury though,I think he hurt his shoulder when he fell and he had trouble getting on the boat.But after that the rest got on safely and we were on our way back to the docks again.

Our boat went ahead and we decided to pass shots of rhum around.Before we knew it we were dancing to the new wave and dance tunes that were playing on the radio.Everyone on our boat was dancing!Even Cha (of SIN) danced for the cameras!Then the boat operators decided to give us some more room to dance so they took out the wooden seats in the middle of the boat.We just danced that whole trip away.I think Macoy (of SIN) wasn't enjoying it as much as we were though in fear that we might tip our boat over as well.He even wore a lifejacket!But I can't blame him.I can't swim either,but I was so intoxicated I didn't care if I did fall in the sea!When the other boat caught up with us we just couldn't help but notice their grimm ambiance.Well some of their occupants did have an accident but that didn't stop us from giving them a hard time =P We were all intoxicated by this time so we started to yell at them that they had a boring boat!We didn't think they'd yell back but they did.Heckling us that we had bakla on board.We just yelled back "bakla kami!" then after a couple more yells and dances we reached the docks.And we were late for our flight!We hurried to the bus as quickly as we could and the driver just drove us to the airport as fast as he could.We did get to the airport and we did fly back to Manila.And there we parted ways.And there the Siege Tour became another wonderful memory for all of us.One that we will pass on to our sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters.The greatest adventure of our lives!...




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-Darwin