Venue Arrival

July 31, 2008,

Here at the venue in Manila. It would be called a firetrap in the United States and they would shut it down. It is old, broken down, dirty, but it will work for the 5 hours it will be used by Passion. They shut the number of tickets sold off at 7600…that is several hundred more than capacity with the stage the way it is set. They had to turn down 750 more very upset students the past couple days…who wanted to register 2 days before the event. That is the culture here in Manila, they like to wait till the last minute and usually show up late. It is a shame we did not have a bigger venue, but you never know.
It is very hot and humid. For load-in there is NO air conditioning on and it is Houston hot and humid after a big downpour.

Apparently this is the place to get jeans “designed” and hand made however you want them. Most everyone is doing that and paying anywhere from $90-$170 US Dollars per pair. But, they are said to be the top of the line, hand designed however you want them. I am just not that person. Now, if Todd were here…

Jim