to the left...to the left (my BEYONCE experience that never was)

it was my most-awaited concert...

the last time i got this excited was when alanis morissette came to manila for a concert at the araneta coliseum several years ago...which i did watch with some college friends. i remember we were in the front row although we only paid 500 each. i think it was a friend from a recording company who gave us VIP access. we surely had a blast!

when news reached me that beyonce will be having a concert here in manila, i told myself, it's something i shouldn't miss. aside from gwen stefani, i like beyonce a lot!

no prob about the tickets because hubby had some connections who promised to give him tickets. same thing happened with babyface's concert which i also got to watch for free.

i was rejoicing when i learned that my work schedule is clear on the night of the event...but for some "evil intervention",,,work suddenly got in the way! there was no scheduled taping but why on earth should we be there in the studio that same night? the hell!

even so, i was determined to go but i got a call from my EP. so hubby had no choice but to proceed to the concert alone...he even got late because of me.

i thought i could still follow and catch even just the closing part of the concert, but as i was leaving abs, i was told the concert finished already as it started on schedule.

so here's the ticket which i never got to use. not the complimentary kind but worth P5,500, i should have been seated at the VIP right section... sabi nga ni glenn, mabi-bwisit daw ang lahat ng beyonce fans who weren't able to watch for lack of available tickets...some would say i should have just given my ticket to them, but sorry that wasn't possible because hubby was only able to get hold of our tickets upon his arrival at the venue.

so why the title? aside from it's a line from beyonce's hit "irreplaceable"...
earlier on, i predicted that beyonce's opening number would be "crazy in love" and her finale number would be "irreplaceable"...amidst my frustration that night, i was too excited to find out if i was right so i texted hubby to check, when he wasn't responding, i texted one staff of VIP Pass who i knew was covering the concert, his reply was, "ang last song yung...the left, the left"... i laughed out loud and texted him back that the title of that song is "irreplaceable". he even didn't get the right line. i know some people wouldn't really know the correct song titles, it's just that, this same person had never failed to give me laughing moments in the past due to his "mali-mali" syndrome. hehe!

my next mission-- akon! but ronald already warned me that he might not give me a ticket anymore for i might not be able to use it anyway, sayang lang. last month we were suppose to watch josh groban's concert together but he ended up going alone and gave my ticket (again a VIP ticket) to garlic, his ASAP-mate. i was suppose to watch because i'm normally free on the day of the concert, BUT as usual biglang may schedule ng taping. haay!

until now, i'm still feeling bad...and frustrated!
but of course i should have long accepted that with my kind of work (TV job), things like these do really happen. most of the time, you can't plan your life or your schedule because you're always at the mercy of your program/s's schedule which oftentimes changes at the last minute.

but until i decide to find another job, most probably, i'll continue missing out on personal or family events whether i like it or not.