Brotherhood and Sisterhood Go Hand-in-Hand

By: Abby Aquino UPLB"02/TIKOB"09 

The recent activity “Musik Pasiklaban”, an all Filipino Bands Charity Concert, on Dec. 16, 2009 held at Ramada Palace Hotel in Gudaibiya was a big hit which organized by Triskelion International - Kingdom of Bahrain Council and fully supported by the Philippine Embassy. The objective is to augment the remaining funds in completing the Gawad Kalinga’s “2nd Bahrain Village”, a housing project for the poor, located in Tarlac.

Five well known Filipino bands in Bahrain performed and brought to life the hours-before-empty stage. The Amatz , In Your Face , Love Child, First Element Bands were truly effective in making us want to take the moshpit and the Crazy Knot blew our minds to smithereens with their hilarious gimmicks.

The throng of humanity rocking with the bands was unbelievable. Laughter was everywhere as some of the band members amused the multitude by their antics. It is somewhat nostalgic as we sang along with the familiar Tagalog songs we used to play at home. For a moment, surrounded by this familiarity, one can almost forget that we’re in a foreign land.

Though this is a concert for Filipino Bands, it’s nice to see some other people (i.e. Arabs, Indians, etc…) supporting this noble cause. Surprisingly, they are the ones who sang with much gusto, banging their heads with the music. Rock on, guys.

Everybody assigned with their specific tasks did their work efficiently. Although it’s now on its fifth year, our pledge in reaching out to the less fortunate is unwavering. Instead, the fire of our commitment is burning continuously, offering warmth to the needy and the deprived.

Token of Appreciation are given to Amatz Band of Philippine School Bahrain, In Your Face Band of Havanas’ City Center Hotel, Love Child Band of Cyclones’ Aradous Hotel, 1st Element Band of Diggers’ Delmon Int’l. Hotel, Crazy Knot of Twisters’ Ramada Palace Hotel, our host; Mel Liamco, sponsors; Mobitel Telecommunication Inc., Flamingo Restaurant, Mr. Khair Moh’d Khan of Al Ameen Stationery, The Lost Paradise of Dilmun Water Park (http://www.alareenresort.com/waterpark_main.htm) & Mr. Benjamin Rongavilla.

With light steps and minds at rest with the success of the activity, brothers and sisters went forth for the victory party. Cheers, Triskelions!

source: triskelion.blogsome.com