Rocking with the Girls at the RAK OF AEGIS

PLDT Home DSL has once again given me a chance to bond with my family – this time with the girls I grew up with, my sisters!  I was given five tickets for the June 20 show of Rak of Aegis at the PETA Theater.  I couldn’t take my preschoolers who were still too young to understand and to appreciate the play so the first thing that I did upon receiving the invite was to text all my sisters and my mom.  It turned out to be a great girls’ night out for us! 🙂

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Meeting Diego – The Latest Celebrity in Town

While waiting for the show to start, we were able to catch the Ledesma family who obliged us with a photo opp.  Although we’ve seen their family during previous events by PLDT Home DSL, this was the first time we were able to have a picture taken with them.

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It would have been better though if my kids could have also met Diego, the latest celebrity shot to fame by PLDT. This seven-year-old wonderboy has gone from simply adorable to famously awesome in just a couple of months.  His Facebook Page, AskDiego, now has over 235,000 “likes”.  He is so endearing that his popularity has jumped off social media sites into mainstream media.  Diego and his family has been doing the rounds in various events and in top-rating TV shows such as Eat Bulaga, The Ryzza Mae Show and Confessions of a Torpe.  If you want to meet him personally, watch out for PLDT Home DSL events and barangay tours. You just might spot Diego and be able to ask him for advice.

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Rocking with the Girls at the Rak of Aegis

From meeting the newest celebrity in the country, we also met some of the most acclaimed artists in the Philippine theatre industry.  We didn’t just get to be amazed by the powerful voices of Robert Seña, Isay Alvarez- Seña, and Kakai Bautista – we got to meet them after the show too!

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Back to the musical, I couldn’t help asking why I never bothered to watch the previous runs.  The show was spectacular!  It stirred a myriad of emotions making us want to laugh and to cry at the same time. Set in a barangay that has been inundated for months, Rak of Aegis shows us how resilient Filipinos are and how we always manage to see the brighter things in life despite dire circumstances.  The show tackles social issues that we have long been struggling with but does so in a comedic manner.   The rendition of Aegis songs by Robert Seña, Isay Alvarez, and Aicelle Mendoza were so powerful that one can’t help being moved to tears.

I’m no big fan of Aegis and can’t even name any of their songs but after watching Rak of Aegis, listening to their songs will never be the same again.  If you haven’t watched this show yet, Rak of Aegis will be running from until August 31 with shows on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at the PETA Theater. Hopefully, I’d be able to take my husband to watch it before the season ends.

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