One of the neat things about being here is being blissfully unaware of their pop culture. Like last night - I scored comp tickets to see Noel Cabangon ('he's the Philippines version of Damien Rice!'). It was a sweet deal, but all of his songs were in the local dialect and I had to rely on my friend next to me to translate the meaning of each song.
On account of being Foreign, I got to meet him and have brief chats afterwards via some sort of backstage set-up, where people crowded at the door and tried to take pictures through the glass. It was bizarre: just outside the door were people screaming his name and hoping to get within arms reach of him, but to me he was just some guy who happened to be a decent singer.
'I liked your performance', I told him. 'But I think I only got about half of your jokes.'
'I didn't make any jokes', he replied.
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