How About Some Acoustic Princess Fever

The Philippines Acoustic Princess, Princess Velasco, had a mall show at Robinson’s Ilocos Last November 17, 2012. The event was part of her promotional tour for her new released album, Acoustic Princess II. It’s out in the market but has not reached Ilocos yet.

I went to watch with Ashel (who was also an avid fan), Lem and Chris. Sadly, Chin wasn’t able to come.
Below you can see photos of her Acoustic Princess 1 Album.

I just wanted to see and hear her sing live but i ended up meeting her personally.

People started swarming at the mall atrium but it took a while before she arrived. We had to abandon our posts outside the barricade they placed to secure the perimeter because Lem and Chris grew hungry. So they had their early dinner at KFC. Ashel and I went to get ourselves some Pearl Coolers at Greenwich then  went to join the two at KFC. The two pulled a joke about the singer arriving and we believed it as a joke. Then we heard someone started to sing and we all turned our heads at the stage and she was already there.

It was Princess Velasco.

Me and Ashel ran out of the restaurant, left the two as they finished their dinner and joined the crowd. Too late though we’re a little bit far from the barricade. She is beautiful. What really egged me to get her to notice us was that moment when i waved my hand and she waved back at me with a smile. We hurriedly bought some kind of specialty paper at the nearest school supply shop and wrote “we <3 you Princess Velasco (we tried to insert our twitter handles hoping she’ll remember)” on one sheet. (Me and Ashel trembled) Chris came up with the idea of just writing “WE <3 U” on different sheets so it’d be much more readable. It was a great thought. We scribbled it and raised it for her to see. Well she did not see it immediately but we kept it up until she did. That happiness we felt when she smiled at us and said, “Kayo yung tatlong nagtwitweet saken?” (“You were that three people tweeting me?” She was pertaining to Chin, Ashel and me (Nat). She remembered us. People stared. She continued with her song, then someone (maybe her PA or manager) came over and invited us inside the barricaded area. Only those who bought an album were allowed to enter but we were asked to and it was an honor. Haha. We grabbed the opportunity. We took our seats and kept that crammed banner raised. For her last song, she moved around the area and shook people’s hand and even sang in front of me, waved at my camera which was on video mode (i failed to take it properly *sigh*) and she cupped her hands and made a heart shape. We (Me and Ashel) bought an album so we could have a picture and get her autqgraph when the uhow ended although we were not uupposed to buy anything. The thought of being there struck us though. We love her and her being so nice and lovely on twitter and in person is worth it.

They were really nice to us. They gave us two posters despite the fact that we bought only one album (One for me and Ashel). Me and Lem wrote a short letter for her as we waited in line.

I managed to take a photo of the group before us. LOL. But failed to have a photo of us in our own phones.

When our time finally came, she remembered us as the three people who usually tag her in our twitter conversations. Yes. We are guilty. She wrote our names on one of the poster (as shown below. That one went to Ashel), asked why Chin was not around and put a sad face after her name. She was just sweet.

We decided that the other poster would be for Chin since she’s not present. And the next photo shows Miss Princess Velasco reading our letter and under that was Chin’s poster.

After that, she signed her Addicted To Acoustic Christmas Edition Album.

In addition to that she gave us guitar picks (4 actually).

Lastly she asked someone to take a photo of us and after one shot, she asked for a “wacky”. We realised too late that the photos were taken using her own iPhone. How cool was it? I hugged her then we thanked her and bid goodbye. (photo below is from @princessvelasco’s instagram)

Her sweet and soothing voice will always be an inspiration.

So go grab your own copy of her albums now.

Thanks again Ate Princess.<3