Mel and the New Normal

This birthday celebration was definitely the best I've had in years. =D It started off the day before my actual birthday. On the afternoon of May 8, J and I trooped to SM Arena to watch Aerosmith, one of my favorite bands of ALL TIME. I don't seem like the type to love rock bands (and in fact, buying these tickets surprised some of my close friends), but Aerosmith is LOVE! My childhood default channel was MTV, so I love love love Aerosmith, Meatloaf, Bon Jovi! In addition to that, I love Guitar Hero, and I can rock the Aerosmith game like a pro. Well, maybe not, haha, but I love their albums! Last year, while I was on bedrest, American Idol would play almost every hour on Star World. Therefore, it was my default channel and show for the last few months of my pregnancy. Whenever I would feel sad about our situation, Steve Tyler's antics would make my day. Well, there was more to him than that. He was a great and funny job during that season too. Anyways,...

I just wanted to share a great experience I had with SM Tickets / SM Arena. As I had mentioned in my previous pos t, I was not looking forward to celebrating my 30th Birthday. J, with much struggle , tried to find me other gifts, but I persuaded him to just get me the cheapest Aerosmith tickets available. I mean, what were the chances that Aerosmith was coming the eve of my birthday? They MUST be meant for me! The cheapest tickets were quite expensive at P2,600 each, considering they were GA, and he offered to buy more expensive ones. I didn't think it was practical though, since we had just paid a lot of money for tuitions in Woodrose and Zobel.  So he bought the GA tickets at Southmall, handed them over to me, and that was that. And then, I lost the tickets. That night, I was using a Cambridge satchel bag. I placed the tickets on the front pocket as soon as J handed it over to me. By the next day, the tickets had gone missing. Everything was inside the bag -- except the ...