I. i dont know how to start with this post cause honestly my head is still kinda stuck in the clouds. yes i have lots of stuffs to tell you bloggy but now let's just talk about the high light of my day. no, actually, the highlight of my week! (eeep omg i just came to realize i saw him two times in just a span of like 5 days.) we're talking about seeing daniel padilla, my local celeb crush.
you see i've heard about his movie shoot with his love pair kathryn bernardo here in cebu ever since last year, and as a fan girl that i am, i was all giddy as usual. but when the schedule of the taping came i was really hopeless because some of the fan girls and fan clubs arent really giving details about the taping location. but thank goodness for ate yssa, my high school schoolmate who has sources. she updates me about kathniel's filming place. but even when im receiving infos from her, i still do my own sleuthing. and me and jezrah would even meet up together to talk about our fan girling (and ofcourse we also bond). i was really itching to see daniel again ever since Sinulog 2012 which was over a year ago.
i was feeling all sad when one thursday morning 2/7/13, after eating brunch at school, a blockmate told us about kath and dj's location. some of my close classmates even went with me. when we reached fort san pedro, the rumored destination of where kathniel were in, we were so hyped because there were already fans outside the closed gate of the tourist destination, then i texted jezrah to come over. my classmates finally bid me to go to class while i just remained headstrong. it was already like an hour of waiting when jezrah came. but i was there 10-3:00 precisely. by over 2pm, lots of fans already crowded by the area and we were all struggling to see kathryn and daniel. minutes of waiting, after jezrah and i found places to position ourselves for a better view, the staff packed up and when everything was settled, kathryn and daniel along with kath's mom, make up artist, and DJ's personal assistant (i think) made their way to the roaring sea of people around them to get into their van. it was only like a minute when we saw them but i focused much on DJ, well because he was my crush and Kath was a bit short so i wasnt able to distinguish her from the screaming fans who were looming all over them. The first thing i noticed about daniel was his nose. plus he was wearing sunglasses it was soooo asdfghjkl. his attire was his usual white shirt and black jeans. and oh oh, we even saw a bit of his red boxers when he climbed into the back of the van hihi. fan girl feels in maximum level. jezrah and i caught our breaths for like 5 minutes on the area then we rode on the taxi with big smiles on our faces.
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| jezrah and i making flower crowns and taking pictures of each other while waiting |
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| some of the people waiting for kath and dj's exit |
II. during the whole weekend, after i saw my crush for less than a minute two days earlier, i wished of seeing even more of him. when ate yssa sent me an SMS informing that the shoot is gonna resume on sunday, i was feeling hopeless already, i mean why not on saturday instead right? hihi but anyway, sunday came and i heard the info about daniel and kath going at the Tops but the sched wasnt really that clear so i waited more. day turned into night and ive finally accepted how i wont be able to see him once again. oh gosh i even tweeted about how to cope up with that realization especially when during that weekend the midterm grades were also released and mine arent really looking that good. i started welling up emotions of how im failing at my academics and even my fan girling life. i told my family about the school stuff and cried when my room mate strolled out. so i slept on that night with a heavy heart.
i woke up past 7 on monday morning knowing that i'd only be having classes in the afternoon thanks to our school's SBE week. around 8-ish i checked my phone and saw ate yssa's txt stating Dj is once again in fort san pedro for a shoot. with second thoughts i sat up from the bed i mean i already hand my chances away just before i went to bed on sunday night but then again i thought "YOLO". i immediately changed into my pants and shirt and put on some powder and cologne, grabbed my bag and went out.
while on the jeep, i was still feeling kinda 1/4 asleep and at the same time nervous about how this risk would go. when i arrived at fort san pedro, ive recognized the familiar trucks filled with filming equipment and some crew wearing a star cinema shirt and i was feeling a bit pumped already. it was drizzling when i officially got in the gates of the plaza. i scanned the place and i didnt see the black van in which DJ is usually in and there were no crazy fan girls yet so i decided to walk towards the kiosk when some of the staff noticed me. one even said
"oh magpayong ka muna, baka magkasakit ka niyan", i just giggled and told him
"okay lang yan" and continued walking with a big smile on my face. i texted ate yssa and jezrah for my situation in the area and waited. but then my feelings could not stay put so i asked the a roaming guard whether they'd shoot the movie inside the fort or at the plaza but he told he didnt know so i tried my luck again and my feet then brought me to the gates of the fort. i saw some movie crew and tourists getting in and out of the area. when i was about to ask the guards i noticed three girls wearing our school uniform and asked them if they also came for Daniel and they said yes and we decided to get in the fort. they were my companion through out my fan girling that day. we still didnt know about the actual place of the location so we checked outside just incase. we were having notions because we saw some of the crew placing their cameras at the plaza. eventually we introduced ourselves to each other (they were glydene, brigette and nylean), and figured out that the staff decided to shoot their so we stayed put on the benches watching some of the extras being placed by the director. one guy even caught our attention because he kinda looked like daniel for about 0.5% which is probably because of the way he projects what he's wearing and because he was thin like the DJ we saw in Growing Up. we later on found out that he's still in fourth year high school, thanks to a girl extra who deicded to sat with us for a while and she even did us a favor of letting my companions take a picture of the guy.
Anyway, it was starting to drizzle again and its been like 10am in the morning when DJ's van finally decided to move near the location. fan girls from different school were starting to circle around the van who stopped just right in front of us. we gathered around and we saw Hope Soberano came down first then ofcourse, after like a minute, a guy in gray collared shirt and black pants in which by that moment was not fully processed by my brain as the daniel padilla ive been dreaming to see was right in front of me. it all seemed surreal somehow. we were like a meter close. then i drink in the features of his whole face. the way he smiled at the people calling his name, how his eyebrows moved though his eyes was covered by sunglasses, how pinkish his cheeks were, the seeming softness of his face and that small healing stitch right below his glorious lips hihi. i was sure i just stood there all starstruck for how many seconds before i completely returned to reality, mentally slapping my face that the guy in front of me was indeed that guy whom i spent hours of wasting by looking at his pictures and videos on the internet. by that moment, i wasnt aware if i was shouting his name or what, all i knew is that i followed his tracks along with the other fan girls. but there was no Kathryn on sight.
The shoot was starting, me and my friends were finding a good spot to watch Dj and Hope do their acts, the weather wasnt so good and i was also struggling to open my umbrella while keeping my eyes on DJ as CCTV-like as possible. whenever each take would end, the crew would immediately run towards the actors to shade them with an umbrella. in between one of those takes, when DJ was going back to his position where he walked on the direction facing us, he spared us a glance and gave us a playful wink. needless to say, we all went gaga. and i think DJ smiled at our reactions then went serious again for the shoot. me and my friends then transferred sides to see a better view DJ and took pictures of him. Andy yea, based on my observations, he seems hyper cause he keeps on moving.
After how many minutes of Dj and Hope's stills for the movie, the crew ended the shoot and then guards are starting to surround DJ once again when the fans were on a pushing spree while attempting to get autographs and pictures of him. i walked along the crowd while just staring at DJ's face and randomly doing some clicks from my phone. eventually Dj got into the van. Me and my friends then ran inside the fort and met two other fan girls from other school who seemed like some executives in kathniel's fansclub here in cebu. together, we waited for the crew to arrange the equipments but the rain started pouring and pouring. while having our juicy chitchats about our OTP, one crew passed by and we asked about the taping, he told us that they wont be doing the shoot inside the fort any more and that they were going to another location.. which was in ... ... and well, its kinda far so we just decided to head off. cant say we didnt try after our encounter with daniel, i say we were already privileged. i rode back here to school in a taxi with some new friends.
The pictures shown below are positioned based on the sequence of events from 2/11/13
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credits to me for the pics
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glydene owns the pics
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credits to me for this one
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| glydene's pics, my edit |
-head stuck in the clouds, geianne.
(btw im open for grammar corrections, please)
