The process could either be simple or not that simple. It could be complex or more than complex. Boonai spins the tale and sets it straight.
Have you ever wondered how the SOBE FAMILY came into existence? What's with the name and why? I bet you haven't. I bet it never crossed your road. Not that I blame you, who cares about it anyway. But it's such a provocative and fascinating question that I'm utterly amazed that no one has ever thought about it before. It's probably one of the world's greatest mysteries and yet not one historian, scientist nor clergyman has ever ventured to investigate and clear things up with the populace. How can this be, when SOBE FAMILY have so much consequence on our lives? Indeed, it affects our emotions, our thoughts, our appetites, the very way we conduct our day to day communion with our fellowmen but still we dont have one single clue as to the SOBE FAMILY's origins. Not one person has dared to look for an answer to this riddle.
Well, maybe I'm wrong about this. Maybe some of you have indeed asked the same questions that I have. If that is so I am grateful, mah friend. For I feel safe in the knowledge that I am not alone in this dilemma. That someone out there has the guts to at least wonder.
But that, I think, is where the similarity ends. For I am not just a girl who wonders. I am a girl who does. And just what did "the girl who does" do, you ask? Why, I am the only person on earth that I know of who has dared to seek out the answers to all my questions. And all the things I have learned will make a man shudder to death just thinking about them. Now I'm revealing everything in the story I am about to tell. A story which I have kept inside me, burning like a hot stove. A story which will probably shake the foundations of Christianity as we know it, as well as shatter many unquestioned myths in our world's history. A story that will drive any man crazy.
As I remember, it all started back in November 22, 2002. It was a Friday night. Mau told me that she'd be going out with Ethel and Kathy. And where? Sa SOBE! (meron pa bang iba?!) Then i said, "Ah... e... sige!" Mau and Jun, in their blue Mitsubishi Gallant, picked us up at around 8:30 pm. And then we were there. We ordered drinks. San Mig light pa lang nun. Wala pag strong ice. Pero super dry sa min ni Jun. (We never liked the taste of San mig lite anyway) The band played and then... WHOA! All together we said, "Ang gwapo ng vocalist!" All night long we watched how this goddamn good-looking vocalist woo the crowd by his good looks and nice voice. After 3 bottles of beer had already kicked in, I finally had the guts to ask this gwapong vocalist his name. Through a tissue paper I wrote, "Wat's d name of the male vocalist?" Upon receipt, the gwapong vocalist said, "Richard po. Richard." Aha! Richard pala ha! We enjoyed the night away. I think we had 5 rounds of beer that night. Hindi ko na maalala. Lasing na ko nun e. Lakas ng tama sa min nung Richard na yun ah! And then there was the last song for the night. Mau, already sober by that time, insisted we stay. Hoping that maybe we could ask the gwapong vocalist his number. After paying the bill, Mau told the waiter, "Pag di mo pinalapit sa min si Richard, hindi kami aalis." Having no choice, the waiter did what he was told. Tapos ayan na yung gwapong vocalist! Richard approached us and then of course we introduced ourselves. We realized mas gwapo pala siya sa malapit. Richard exchanged numbers with Kathy. I also remembered he said,"May anak na ko." Pu cares?! Gwapo ka naman. No problem.
That was the start of the new beginning. Until then, we started to have regular gimmicks, I think twice a month. And the usual place? SOBE! Well. We also had some out-of-san pablo escapades like Studio 1 in Alabang and Ratsky Malate. But I'd rather not talk more about it. Baka uminit lang ulo ko. May kasama kasi tayo nung "thrasher".
Every now and then, we enjoyed every Reborn gig. Mapa-sobe, mapa-zyppzone. Richard would inform us thru text about their gigs. Di nagtagal parang naging ka-close na namin yung gwapong vocalist na yun.
Then pano nakasali si Lloyd? Eto po ang nangyari. It was October 31, 2003. Halloween night at Zyppzone. Two bands played that night - Layag laya and Reborn. Syempre present kami. Todo matching-attire pa. That was the night nung pinakilala sa min ni Richard si Lloyd. And, all-together now, ANG GWAPO PALA NUN! Hindi kasi namin siya masyado napapansin dahil na kay Richard lang lagi attention namin. That night I realized na crush ko si Lloyd. Ah! Hindi pala! Mahal ko na pala siya! Gusto ko siya i-friend simula nun kaso mukang shy guy yung gwapong bahistang yun. Hindi mo maitindihan kung suplado lang ba sa personal or shy lang talaga. I really wanted to make friends with him but I cant figure out how. Thank God there is this Friendster.com. I asked Richard about Lloyd's email ad kaya lang di daw nya alam. I thought I would lose hope na pero good thing there is this user-search thing in friendster. I ask Richard Lloyd's surname and... VOILA! Instantly, me and Lloyd became "friendsters". It is also through Friendster where I met Helen. I found Helen's page in Lloyd's friends' list. Until then, Helen, Lloyd and I have somehow became friends. Kinda close. Kinda open din.
Isn't it amazing that I've managed to get this far and still not saying anything about my main topic? It's a trick I learned in college. Anyway, now that you're already aware of the time frame that we are in, you may already have a better picture of the origin itself.
Bakit nga ba SOBE FAMILY? Bueno, eto, magkaliwanagan na tayo. The name came about last September 2003. Sobe's anniversary. We were regular customers back then and we insisted to be there during the anniversary celebration. Everybody was eager to celebrate except for Ethel, for no reasons at all, and Mau, who was still pregnant for her second baby back then. Pero tumuloy pa rin kami kahit na we were only three because Jun said in his text message, "We're already part of the Sobe family kaya di tayo pede mawala dun."
I guess by now you've already guessed why we got that weird name. If you guessed that SOBE FAMILY originated from that text message, congratulations. Give yourself a pat on the back. If you guessed correctly then you have indeed been following this story closely.
Everytime I got to organize a Reborn gig gimmick, I always emphasize SOBE FAMILY in my text messages. And then there is this yahoo group which of course is named SOBE FAMILY. Well, nandyan na yan e. Might as well, pangatawanan na!
That's it! Getz nyo na? Getz nyo na?! Ahh... Lokah lokah! nyihihi....

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-Story by Hanna Grace Lagaya a.k.a. boonai

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