Faith in Fate: My Survivor Weekend [part 1]

I just have to write this now lest I get lazy and never find time and energy to ever write it. I already wrote the first part last night and I am kind of editing and writing some of the other things [in my story] as I read back and type it down. *wink*

For most part, it was a game of survival but the Higher Powers are on my side and I am favored by the Universe. Three words: written in the stars. [Oops, okay, so that was four XP]

The first time I heard about it, I just had to sign up right away. It was exclusive and limited to only a number of attendees but luckily I made the cut. This isn't something I would miss out for the world so I took the challenge with my eyes locked on the prize: a chance to meet him. The first problem I had to encounter was where to get funding. I can tell you the whole sitch but that would take up most of the post and I don't wanna be posting too much details. So there, fast forward, got my Dad to lend me some money, write me down the directions because it's not really a secret that I am 'geographically-challenged', and went on my journey to the ultimate Survivor experience. With my props ready since the other night, all geared up and ready for battle, I took off at almost 1500 hours. The travel was gruelling and the city is such a bigger and more dangerous terrain than the wilderness that I get to enjoy when I go out for an outdoor adventure. After almost three and a half hours of travel time, two smokey bus rides with two equally annoying conductors, and few blocks walk, I touched down at 1830 hours. To my surprise, I came very early. There was only one of the staffs and one attendee when I got there. I kind of had the place to myself and I was able to take pictures of the place, the tribal banners, and get to choose my seat. Lucky, lucky me.

And the others started pouring in

The very first person I met there was Sir Joey, known in SP.tv  as adventurer. He looks a lot like Sir Gigit and almost the same age, only beefier, even beefier than the obviously buff Jace. Had little chitty-chat while taking pictures and we were the first ones to register when Forum Admin Garuda, who's very nice and pretty, came. I seated at the first table at the left of the hall, near Garuda, and near the 'stage' where the Castaways [CAs] will be sitting. Comfy on my seat until the others started coming and I was invited to join some of my newest new friends at their table at the right side of the room. They were broombroom, a boy in his teens, zaikenhuo, who sat beside me to the right, infront of me was bgkqueen, and the perky airatotzkie who sat beside her to the left and puccapooh to the right, also, beside me to the left was angalamat. I was supposed to meet with other attendees during the earlier part of the day but I just woke up on the time that we were supposed to meet so I said I'd just go straight to the venue to meet them there.

Good food, though we were a little short of rice and drinks

Then the party begins. They took out the food and fed us as we wait for the CAs because some of them were already in the vicinity but they weren't complete yet. Some ten to fifteen minutes after, we were asked to clean up the tables, and the staffs came in with black plastic bags to place the food containers that we used. The time has come, the Castaways came one at a time. Screams filled the room. My heart stopped and everything stood still when Kiko finally entered the room. I had that strange feeling. It felt like waking from a dream and realizing that the dream was really happening and you were actually there. I don't even remember winking. Just like when I went to see BSB for the first time and they were just a few steps away from where I was standing. That moment was reminiscent of that scene when time paused as everything did along with it from the movie Bigfish. He was wearing this black and gray vest, skinny jeans, slippers and his signature armlace, necklaces, and bracelets. [I suddenly remembered this episode of Fairly Odd Parents where Timmy , Jorgon, and Cosmo was talking about how vests worn over a plain shirt attracts women. Well, he doesn't need a vest to attract women and he's not even wearing a shirt under it. Just the vest and pure, natural, Kikomann sexiness.] Okay, back to the topic. So there the real party began. They were first asked to give a message to the fans [Oh, by the way, there were live cameras because GMA-NMI provided live streaming for the SP.tv forumers who can't come, ang hopely they show it again, I wanna see what happened then, and you know, we had a lot of "exfoshur" during the party]. I ran for mybag and got my phone so I could record it. I wasn't really going to record it because I was to enthralled to think, but after Emerson [the second CA to be booted out, and who didn't really get much attention [obviously not one or very few fans during the event, and is really the least interesting among the CAs, in-game or voted-off] and first to speak because Chev couldn't make it because she went to her home town in Iloilo] spoke and it was Sir Gigit's turn, I seemed to have woken up and recorded their messages. Sorry, Emerson. They spoke when their turn came but my eyes were locked on only one person. Then I had them sign my tickler with my shiny, blue glitter pen, starting with the Emerson and told him to pass it to the other CAs when his done. After the messages, we were all given to ask questions. By this time, we were all infront trying to get a good shot of the CAs.

And there they came.

The questions were thrown here and there. Everyone started to get fan signs for themselves. Surprise. Surprise. I was more than prepared. I made this little card and wrote a little note for Kiko. I asked Emerson to pass the letter and bracelet to Kiko but he was kind enough to actually stand up and hand the letter directly to Kiko. You may think that the note I made is a love letter but it isn't really. It's just a little note saying how much I admire him and appreciate his existence.. basta those things. I also told him in the letter that I wouldn't give him a bracelet because I know he'd be getting a lot of it from his supporter but, well,I still gave him a bracelet off my collection that brought because I-dunno-why. When he got the letter he went, like, hey, who is this from? [O, kanino 'to galing?]. He wore this surprised, wondering face. He searched for that face in the crowd, then when I finally caught his eyes, I waved at him. He signaled, is this from you? [sa'yo galing 'to?], I nodded. He gestured a thank you, and I gave him a two thumbs up. He raised the bracelet and said using hand gestures that I'll put the bracelet on him, I smiled and gave another thumbs up. He smiled back and thanked me again. Ang galing because I actually got to talk to him without speaking. We just spoke to each other using facial expression and hand signals. Now that's connection, hehe.

I am very lucky to have found a photo of him reading the note I gave him. Look, and it looks quite the same as the card I made for my friends to sign for me before I officially left school. Actually, it was the other half of it, because it was so big so cut it to two. And there, I wrote a few of the many things I wanted to say to him on that note. Life is good.

There he is, reading the letter I wrote him. Credits: geopad22

I didn't get to take a picture of it before I gave it to him but it kinda looks like this one:

Back to the story. The Q&A was shortly interrupted when Kaye made a grand entrance and when Paolo Bediones made a grander entrance. Like everybody else in the party, I took the chance to take the pictures of the CAs. When it was time for Survivor to go on air. The Q&A was cut for a while then the hunt began. The CAs stood up from their seats and we began tailing and running after them so we could get our pictures with them taken. People were everywhere I was hot and crowded but after a few chases I finally got to reach Kiko. I was already behind him while he was taking pictures with his fans. I was so close, I can't help but study his detail. Like, the way he looks on back view; his hair, his face, his skin. When I had my turn to take a picture with him and there we started talking. I don't really remember everything we talked about but I'm sure it included Eugene, his cousin, and my friend [Hi, Cuz!--We kinda call each other cuz-in-law, and I'm kinda liking the idea hehe]. Of course, I can't really keep him to myself for a long time, as much as I would have wanted to, so he told me that he'll get back at me, he would just have his picture taken [Teka, dyan ka lang ah. Papa-picture lang ako--forgive my translation XP]. So, I said okay, 'cause it isn't like I have any choice, and just went on chasing after the other CAs so I can take pictures with them.
                                                                                   Lookey, got his arm around me :">

All the CAs are so nice. Like when I asked Jace for a picture, he took our photo himself 'cause he's tall, and I didn't ask him to do it. Nanay was so sweet, I was already talking business [she said something about Networking] with her until we were interrupted. Marlon granted me a video message I asked of him for my friend Anna. Basta it was fun. I had to take a break for a while and take a sit and rest because it was really exhausting and I am starting to get a migraine attack. I just sat for a few seconds and followed Kiko again. When I found him free again, I got to sit with him and talk again. He sat beside me, so close, that his knees were leaning on mine, just like when I'm talking to my closest friends. He signed autographs, answered calls for the fans who asked him to talk to some people on their phones. I showed him the bracelets that I brought. He said the one I gave him was small. Told him, I made it for myself, it's my size so it's small. It won't fit him, so he's putting it in his journal instead. We talked some more, had him sign something for Issah, I went to observe his details some more. Like his armlace, his arm, his bracelets, his nose, his face, his facial hair, his dreadies, his big eyes, everything.
 See that, he's holding my tickler.

*Isang flashback mula sa maraming pwedeng mai-flashback*

K: Saan ka pa galing nyan?
L: Cavite.
K: Layo ah. *shake hands* Salamat at sinadya mo pa talaga dito. Sino kasama mo papunta dito?
L: *hehe* Wala. Ako lang.
K: Oh? Mag-isa ka lang? Paano ka nakarating dito?
*turo ng left and right middle at index fingers ng both hands sa temples*
K: Telepath?
L: Teleport. *tawa*
K: Ah, oo nga, teleport. Telepath, iba nga pala yun... *tawa*

*Bitin ka. End ng flashback*

For a while I got to follow him around, tailing like a mouse. Again, can't keep him to myself for long so he left again to talk to other. I stayed seated because I was already tired and he was just in front of me so I didn't have to run around and stalk him. I continued staring at him from behind. Took some pictures while studying him, while painting his image in my head. When he took off, I moved and followed him again.

He moves his arms a lot so it's hard to take a good shot of it without having to disturb him. That is why it's blurred.

By this time, the people are starting to leave. I sat still together with my newest new friends  [chezka, queen_blair, dzkate, tsona, bgkqueen, pinaytunay, lockheart] in one corner and talked. It was now time for the CAs and PB's time to eat. We waited for them to finish their dinner. After their meal, Kiko  went to we were and had another chat, this time with us, who were the only ones left. There were still some people from the other SP site on the other side of the room, and the CAs and PB was still there. Mingling with the others. He opened up about a certain issue that I will not disclose here. We got to talk to him some more. Well, I will tell you more about this encounter on my next post esp. that goodbye kiss. For now, I have to go 'cause it's really late and this post is too long already. You'll read more tomorrow. Goodbye for now.

Keep the faith!