A Night to Remember

Unstoppable and rapid heartbeat. Disoriented thoughts. Inability to figure out how to let your feels out. Breaking news, you’re probably fangirling.

Oxford Dictionary describes fangirl as “an obsessive female fan usually of movies, comic books, or science fiction.”

Being a fangirl is tough. Despite having busy schedules and you know, our own lives, we still have our duties—making fan art, writing fan fictions, tweeting them, setting alarms for the next show or album or music video launch, double-checking the our own Twitter lists in case we missed an important tweet. Fangirling is pretty heavy stuff. But it's all good, because the payoff is priceless.

Just a brief background for some of you, I have this sick obsession with One Direction. It was during my sophomore year in high school when I first fell for these fiv lads but I always had an eye for the Irish one, Niall James Horan. If you know me personally you know that I never shut up whenever 1D is the topic. You would also know that my room is dedicated to them. I can still remember my carrot days. The days when I spend my time stalking and fangirling about the boys. Ever since this obsession started, I've never asked anything for my birthday because I was waiting for them to go here and have a concert and of course, my heart desires to see them live.

After years of waiting, On The Road Again Tour happened and I would personally like to thank my parents for buying my ticket!

It’s been almost two years since the concert happened in Manila. It’s been two years since the time One Direction performed as four piece on their world tour. Of course I expected and hoped that Zayn will be there, but I was kinda disappointed because he’s not there, but as a fan I have to understand his situation. Fast forward to a few hours before the concert, I went inside the concert grounds at around 6 pm. The rest of the night, as they say is history.

As the lights got dimmed and they we're showing the opening video of the boys, everyone including me was screaming to the top of our lungs and holding up their phones and cameras, I can feel the adrenaline pumping throughout my body. When the boys finally came out from the backstage, I was already shaking and I can't even hold my camera because I was shaking so much. It was surreal. I didn't know whether to take pictures or videos, or to look at them in person or at the screen. I didn't know if I would look at Harry or Niall or Liam or Louis. It was the best concert experience. I sang along to all the songs even though I forgot the set list order and some of the lyrics. From that night, Harry, Niall, Louis and Liam proved to every single one of us watching the concert that they can do it as four, that they will continue their world tour no matter what, that they really love their fans and that they will continue their dreams as a band.

It was the best night of my life, an unforgettable one at that. Just thinking about it right now makes me so happy and sad because I want to watch their concert live over and over again. I still get the feels whenever I hear the intro of Clouds, with every note and melody still running through my veins. I know I’m not the only one, that is no question, but nonetheless my love for them is immeasurable. I wish One Direction will come back again here in the Philippines for another concert and you’ll see me on the queue of concert tickets in no time.