I can’t believe that there are
actually people who don’t know who Noel Cabangon is. Like ermahgerd. After
hearing him perform live during the launching concert of the Diamond Jubilee of
the Archdiocese of Palo, I started doubting whether I really am a fan of Jason
Mraz or Simple Plan or whatever (there’s no point comparing them). This man… He’s
just epic. Like totally awesome.
When he sings, it’s like one can
feel the original emotion when he wrote the song. I’m not the type of girl who
ordinarily thinks of what her wedding should be like but earlier tonight, I
have just decided that when I get married, I want some Noel Cabangon songs to
be played during the wedding ceremony. Sure, it’s going to be different when
somebody else sings it but it’s a Noel Cabangon composition still and it would still
be lovely.
His songs simply captivate me. It
captures the way I like love and life to be. His songs talk about
inequality in social status, about changing for the better, about real and everlasting
love, about how time passes, about how life has to go on and many more. You should really listen to his songs although it's a different experience to hear him perform live. He
ended the concert with this song which talks about being a good Filipino
citizen and he made the audience sing along “’pagkat ako’y isang mabuting
Pilipino”.
A friend of mine, who is a K-pop
fan, once found out and laughed at the fact that I had Kanlungan and Kahit Maputi na
ang Buhok ko on my playlist. Tonight, I was reminded why I had such songs on
my playlist and I continue to love listening to these songs. There is no reason
for it to be funny at all that old songs are in a young person’s playlist.
Of course, my brothers and
sisters in YFC, Mani and I were seated in the front row. You can only imagine
how much we could feel the song and the cold dry ice (is that what you call
it?). We sang along, we danced and waved our hands up high. Zeus even came up
on stage when Jackie Oda (not sure of the spelling of her name) asked him to.
People started to leave and yet we were still there enjoying every song. I bet
Noel Cabangon didn’t expect to see young people hype up the crowd and dance to
his music. It’s the age of rock music and, yet, we were there singing along
with him. I really had a blast.
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Now, we move on to another
segment of the Launching Concert. Bro. Michael Lobrin spoke about being blessed
with money. He said money isn’t bad at all. It’s not even true that money is
the root of all evil. Jokingly, he said the lack of money is the root of all
evil. He made a good point right there. Come to think of it: broken friendships
because of unpaid debts, people stealing, etc. Other times, it is not the lack
of money at all but being greedy for more which leads to corruption.
Bro. Michael emphasized that when
we are blessed by the Lord in material wealth, it is our responsibility to
bless others as well (financially or not). And if we don’t think we are, there
has to be a reason behind it. Accordingly, God might feel like we can easily
forget Him when we have enough money to live with, how much easier would it be
when we have more than enough? That’s why, we should be thankful for the times
when we run out of cash because we are reminded to call upon our ever-present
financer who can give us more than just money but also real joy of being able
to know Him. When we live with Him, there ought to be no evil whether or not we
are blessed with material wealth.
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