Monday, September 21, 2009
In my dream, I was supposed to embark on my weekend trip to the mall. Along the way I stopped by a store along Dart Street to pick up some snack. At the store, I thought about grabbing a meal so went to the store next door. There, I saw this man who looked like a foreigner. His skin was pale; he had a receding hairline and a stubble. He was dressed in white sleevless shirt and slacks. He didn't seem like someone I knew...and yet he looked familiar.
It was when I went back to the other store that I realized who it was: Gordon Matthew Sumner himself...the musician also known as "Sting"! I don't know what he was doing there or why he looked the way he did. But it didn't matter as I found him in the other store later. Since Sting was a celebrity, it was natural that people would be swarming him. After all, as far as Filipinos go, any foreigner is a celebrity. At first, there were only three of us there as he gave an "impromptu press conference" (I was sitting on the "conference table" to his left) but soon more people came. Later, the onwer of the store decided it was time for lunch and gave everyone a boxed meal that consisted of rice and "lumpiang shanghai". Check out my Doberdog's Art Update blog for more "lumpia" reference.
It was when I went back to the other store that I realized who it was: Gordon Matthew Sumner himself...the musician also known as "Sting"! I don't know what he was doing there or why he looked the way he did. But it didn't matter as I found him in the other store later. Since Sting was a celebrity, it was natural that people would be swarming him. After all, as far as Filipinos go, any foreigner is a celebrity. At first, there were only three of us there as he gave an "impromptu press conference" (I was sitting on the "conference table" to his left) but soon more people came. Later, the onwer of the store decided it was time for lunch and gave everyone a boxed meal that consisted of rice and "lumpiang shanghai". Check out my Doberdog's Art Update blog for more "lumpia" reference.
