The following night, Jun and I trekked to UN Avenue in Manila for a violin recital at the Philam Life Auditorium, featuring Romanian sensation Alexandru Tomescu and pianist Mary Ann Espina.
Jun sat beside a society matron (she’s what we call a Doña) who ignored Jun’s polite queries regarding the seating arrangements. At the close of the first part before the intermission, Jun informed me that she threw haughty looks, sort of lowering her patrician nose, down our direction when we refused to clap in between movements during the Mozart and Brahms sonatas.
Hey señora! We’re more musically-literate than you are. Don’t you know that you are NOT supposed to clap in between movements?
Jun wanted to clap loudly in her face.
Outside during the break, we couldn’t help notice that we stuck out like sore thumbs in what appeared like a geriatric bingo socials club.
After the recital, we headed towards Figaro for coffee and its signature chocolate cake. We didn’t mind the calories. We jogged a full hour at the UP Campus the following morning anyway.
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Haha, that was a fun, fun culturati weekend, Ron. Thanks! Last night, I made sure to catch the opening night of Pinoy Big Brother Season 2 to bring back my pop culture sensibility, but I could temporarily lose it anytime for another round of concertos.
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