one kapamilya go!

i had to wake up early so that we could get to the convention center before the lines started to form. i had to drive to ontario (california) since my mom wanted to go to this event called one kapamilya go! it an event put on by the filipino channel and a few of their stars would be there, along with some other things. the drive wasn't so bad, shorter than driving to l.a.we got there maybe an hour or two before the doors opened since we still needed to get tickets and my mom said it was on a first come first served basis. there was already a good number of people waiting. and so we waited and waited. it was a good thing we went early because the line got super long. finally we got it. there was a lot of people there, it was so crowded. to be honest, i wish i could have just stayed home. it was just too much people and nothing that really interested me. plus, it wasn't really that well organized. but whatever, my mom wanted to go. there were a bunch of booths to check out. reminded me of the tents they have at the maui county fair. anyway, most were filipino related ones. there were a couple of filipino based clothing companies. this one had a hawaii shirt. and another one had a dj playing music...but just to show how unorganized the event was, just two booth over was a radio station booth that also had a dj. talk about mega mash-up.
this one booth was for this new tv music channel called myx. their main attraction was they had rock band set up. i miss our little rock band parties...even though i suck at it, still mega fun. they had this drum off contest and this guy ended up winning. he got a 81% on expert level, though i can't remember what song it was to. he's prize was an i-pod touch, lucky.

on the main stage was were the performances took place. before the main "event," myx opened up the show with a couple of performers. the host was this filipino comedian, who was super funny. then there was this female filipino rapper, a rap duo, and their main performer...david hernandez from american idol. he sang two covers, j-mac's leavin' and ne-yo's closer. afterwards he came by the crowd to say hi and take photos. he seemed really nice.
there was another long wait till the main attraction. it took so long and everyone had been on their feet for hours already. again, proof of how badly put together this event was there wasn't even a seating area. i guess they rather cram as much people into the room than take up space with chairs.
it got a little too much for me towards the end and so i picked to hang back and sat on the floor. by the end of it...it was almost 12 hours into this "trip" and i couldn't handle it. luckily, my mom also felt it was time to go soon after that.

my favorite part of it all...the food. and the best part, they had a beard papa's booth there with cream puffs. plus, towards the end they cut their prices. yum! boy, was that a long day...

till later.