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Eastern Goth Valley

April 13, 2002

Klub Fluid

Meralco Avenue

Pasig City

Manila, Philippines

gates open at 9:30 PM

DJ Runeschadow + Dj Fleshwounds

EVE OF DESTINY

+ Dj Eiji (Club Eve the New Church)

- report by Darkfrozenmind -

I spent half of my day in the office working, it was Saturday (what was I thinking). But there was less nervousness in me, and more of a certain optimism about the show that I was going to attend that night. I guess I just ha to get out of the house just to pass the time. Around 1:00 pm I was at the mall writing Razzy a letter and waiting for my pictures to be developed as well. After that I proceeded to lounge at home. Eventually falling asleep and waking up around 8PM just in time for the show.

The ride to the place was more relaxed, upon arriving at Klub Fluid I saw the same people, dressed in the same theme. For the life of me I still wore the most casual thing I could find ^^; I felt like "Rocket Dive hide" walking into a Malice Mizer video.   At this point I pretty much knew what to expect so I wasn't as nervous as I was the night before.

Though tonight I made a lot of wrong assumptions. I texted Razz once I got to Klub Fluid It was around 9:30 and I had expected EOD to play arrive around 12:00 and then play like they did the night before at around 1:00 am.

Doubly wrong, and sorry for it ~_^

EOD arrived at around 10:30 PM, taking their place in a booth located in crowded area of the bar. Fate must've been feeling nice because one of Subkulture's staff approached me, having recognized me from the night before. He was being extra nice in explaining that there was miscommunication between the Klub Liquid staff and their staff in arranging and reserving the booths. It turns out that the booth we were occupying (the one under the blue Klub Liquid logo) was supposed to be for the band. he was really being sweet and convincing, bribing me that it was for Kozi -_-;;; Of course I just smiled and told my cousins the situation - that we were to trade booths with EOD. I found no problem with that. The Japanese were already standing by BUT my cousins took their time standing up -_-; and as I passed Kozi by I took that as an opportunity to greet him. I told him -"Konbannwa Kozi-san, I'm Aggy desu" - now for the life of me I don't know if that even made sense. But he was nice and bowed curtly and mouthed a quiet "Domo". Again, I felt like flying. Specially when they took their seats and Kozi took the one which I was occupying before *beats head with rolling pin, dies* I in turn took the place he sat in as well - hehehehe.

Kozi wore something a little more conservative this time [awwwww >_<] he wore a black off shoulder sabrina top and flaired pants, fitting and then the famous five inch platforms. IMHO I like this attire better ~_^ Haru-sama wore a white tunic type of top, going over black cut-off shirt and a long black skirt going over his pants. I bet he was aiming for the layered look. But then again Manila is known for its hot climate and at one point he took off his white tunic. Yatta!

It was around 11:00 PM when they performed. Doi introduced them and some idiot in the audience greeted them with a very sarcastic "Konnichiwa" -_-;; I'd love to strangle that person, whoever he was - yes the voice was male >_<

Me and Crow [my cousin] took our places near the bathrooms, we had the absolute perfect view as we watched EOD perform. This time there were no power failures, and the sound system of Klub Fluid was excellent. I enjoyed watching Haruhiko make excess hand gestures to Eiji and then watch him to kicking motions to catch Eiji's attention for the sound adjustment. This time around I paid more attention to Haruhiko. He is an excellent performer. Again among the four songs they performed I could only decipher 1 which was entitled "Desperado". Haruhiko's fading voice sounded real sexy indeed. As he sang the final lyrics "my foh~len despera~h~do" he then proceeded to say a message to us in English. Something along the line of "T~ank you Pirrupins..." The others I couldn't understand anymore. And if I let Crow translate it...never mind...it's better to not let him translate or interpret anything we might end up cracking a new alien language XD

By 11:30 PM the performance was through and I had a blast taking pictures. With that in mind I thought I was going to make it home early. But like my former assumptions I was wrong again. After their performance I followed EOD to their lounge area, heehee I was able to steal two more shots of them, I then saw Doi and his wife and very energetic son.
 

I took pictures of them and the proceeded to take pictures of the rest of EOD's entourage [ie, the lovely ladies that travelled with the band]. I had a minor crush on one of them [right] she was so cute she looked like Emiru. Okay! so after that Eiji proceeded to dabble with the turntables. I watched a bit before I started taking pictures. I had the feeling that I wouldn't be going home early as I saw Haruhiko clutch his CD carrier with him and go to the DJ booth as well. Then I saw Kozi stand up and go where Haruhiko was. I was definitely NOT going anywhere in this case.

So I took the liberty of hounding them and taking pictures here and there. Being brave enough at one point to call out to Kozi, and as he looked for the source of the voice I stole a shot ~_^ I guess at that point he decided I wasn't a cow anymore, I was a nosy fly.

I was amused with all the dancing going on around me, I am the type that doesn't sing or dance - more like I am better NOT to sing and dance for the sake of this world :P So it was really amusing for me. EOD's entourage loved dancing. I then lounged around waiting for something to go down aside from EOD DJing, I had almost consumed the last roll of film I had with me, and when I saw Kozi and Haru-sama go back to their lounge area I knew what to do. I approached them quietly and bowed (yet again!) to Haruhiko asking if I could take a picture. He was so gracious and stopped smoking and posed...Kozi then took his lighter and lit a stick...that was probably him posing :P I had two shots remaining and they were spent on EOD. both shots Kozi was looking at the stick that he was lighting, while Haruhiko-sama looked at my camera. After that I heard my camera rewind, and I smiled bowing [again!!] to Haruhiko and telling him "Gambatte" he replied with a low yet decisive "Arigato." At this point Kozi had his cheek resting on the backrest of the chair he was sitting on he looked tired, it was hard to see if he responded to me bowing to him - if he bowed back or not I'll never know XD With that I motioned my cousins that it was time to go home.

It was around 2:00 AM anyway and we drove to the mall, and spent the remaining hours before daylight over at Seattle's Best. Sunday was rolling in and I decided that it was a weekend well spent and worth remembering.

~darkfrozenmind
 

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Eve Of Destiny left Manila on April 14, 2002 at 4:30 PM

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I would like to thank Doi and DJ Runschadow for the information above and for being so kind. If it weren't for them I wouldn't have been able to meet Kozi and deliver the gift. I would like to thank Razzy for being there with me all the way. I never thought I'd be this happy owning a mobile but because of this I am. *hugs Bugsy* <-- my keitai.