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It was just awhile ago... around 11:00, before lunchtime. Today's March 5th.

I was having a defective LCD monitor replaced up at the 4th floor (a BenQ E900HD, at ABC computers),
and was on my way down the escalators to the basement with my wife in tow, for a ramen lunch at RaiRaiKen,
when I ran into a dead ringer for Neal, sporting black T-shirt, trademark shades and tan, accompanied by this
very petite woman (at a glance, she recalled an Italianesque Cheryl Cole) followed by this well built Filipino who
I figured was their bodyguard.

They seemed to be in a hurry, so we let them get on the down escalator first.
I tapped Mr. bodyguard on the shoulder and very quietly asked if the guy with him was indeed Neal Schon.
The guy paused and firmly said no, then quickly turned forward.

Ri-iiiight. Not too many Schon lookalikes out there, especially here in the Philippines.
Anyway, they soon got off the escalator, and I saw them walking fast towards and into the mossimo store.
The same mossimo store with the poster in front, advertising their sponsorship of the upcoming Journey concert.

I might have at least belatedly wished Neal a happy birthday, but the bodyguard's response was enough
to tell me they didn't want to be recognized, and I respect that. If, as is almost certain, that was
indeed Neal, he's a lot shorter (but much broader and more powerfully-built) than I would have expected.
He seemed relaxed, despite their fast pace, but his companion and the bodyguard seemed a bit anxious.

If Neal's chilled-out enough to visit MegaMall, then it bodes well for the concert performance.
Anyways... just wanted to share.

-wech

Grab a pic of that poster promoting them and post wyc.

do they have a Chick-fil-A in that mall? love that place..

larryfromnextdoor wrote:do they have a Chick-fil-A in that mall? love that place..

Stevew2 will be around shortly to discuss that.

Nope, no Chick-fil-A there.
I had to Google up what a "Chick-fil-A" is....LOL

and Tone, the big poster on the mossimo storefront is chiefly a Journey scarab
on a black background, with the word "journey" in script. Looks handmade too.
The standard, printed concert posters are also on there

wech

wednesday's child wrote:Nope, no Chick-fil-A there.
I had to Google up what a "Chick-fil-A" is....LOL

and Tone, the big poster on the mossimo storefront is chiefly a Journey scarab
on a black background, with the word "journey" in script. Looks handmade too.
The standard, printed concert posters are also on there

wech

hey man.. it would have been cool if you had spoke up though.. sometimes being a "household name" has a

drawback.. everyone knows ya..

great story though dude..

wednesday's child wrote:It was just awhile ago... around 11:00, before lunchtime. Today's March 5th.

I was having a defective LCD monitor replaced up at the 4th floor (a BenQ E900HD, at ABC computers),
and was on my way down the escalators to the basement with my wife in tow, for a ramen lunch at RaiRaiKen,
when I ran into a dead ringer for Neal, sporting black T-shirt, trademark shades and tan, accompanied by this
very petite woman (at a glance, she recalled an Italianesque Cheryl Cole) followed by this well built Filipino who
I figured was their bodyguard.

They seemed to be in a hurry, so we let them get on the down escalator first.
I tapped Mr. bodyguard on the shoulder and very quietly asked if the guy with him was indeed Neal Schon.
The guy paused and firmly said no, then quickly turned forward.

Ri-iiiight. Not too many Schon lookalikes out there, especially here in the Philippines.
Anyway, they soon got off the escalator, and I saw them walking fast towards and into the mossimo store.
The same mossimo store with the poster in front, advertising their sponsorship of the upcoming Journey concert.

I might have at least belatedly wished Neal a happy birthday, but the bodyguard's response was enough
to tell me they didn't want to be recognized, and I respect that. If, as is almost certain, that was
indeed Neal, he's a lot shorter (but much broader and more powerfully-built) than I would have expected.
He seemed relaxed, despite their fast pace, but his companion and the bodyguard seemed a bit anxious.

If Neal's chilled-out enough to visit MegaMall, then it bodes well for the concert performance.
Anyways... just wanted to share.

-wech

Why in the fuck would they have some body shorter{if there is such a thing] to be neals bodyguard?? Im sorry but a Filoipino body guard is an oxy moroun if i ever heard one.What happens if somebody 6 foof 7 inches want s to kick neals ass?No wonder the dude was anxious.They are to cheap to hire there own body guards

wednesday's child wrote:It was just awhile ago... around 11:00, before lunchtime. Today's March 5th.

I was having a defective LCD monitor replaced up at the 4th floor (a BenQ E900HD, at ABC computers),
and was on my way down the escalators to the basement with my wife in tow, for a ramen lunch at RaiRaiKen,
when I ran into a dead ringer for Neal, sporting black T-shirt, trademark shades and tan, accompanied by this
very petite woman (at a glance, she recalled an Italianesque Cheryl Cole) followed by this well built Filipino who
I figured was their bodyguard.

They seemed to be in a hurry, so we let them get on the down escalator first.
I tapped Mr. bodyguard on the shoulder and very quietly asked if the guy with him was indeed Neal Schon.
The guy paused and firmly said no, then quickly turned forward.

Ri-iiiight. Not too many Schon lookalikes out there, especially here in the Philippines.
Anyway, they soon got off the escalator, and I saw them walking fast towards and into the mossimo store.
The same mossimo store with the poster in front, advertising their sponsorship of the upcoming Journey concert.

I might have at least belatedly wished Neal a happy birthday, but the bodyguard's response was enough
to tell me they didn't want to be recognized, and I respect that. If, as is almost certain, that was
indeed Neal, he's a lot shorter (but much broader and more powerfully-built) than I would have expected.
He seemed relaxed, despite their fast pace, but his companion and the bodyguard seemed a bit anxious.

If Neal's chilled-out enough to visit MegaMall, then it bodes well for the concert performance.
Anyways... just wanted to share.

-wech

Thanks, Wech. Neal is the man.

This is absolutely silly. These guys are closer to 60 than 16.
Is this a report from 'Tiger Beat'???
Geez...


later~

Arkansas wrote:This is absolutely silly. These guys are closer to 60 than 16.
Is this a report from 'Tiger Beat'???
Geez...


later~

Well, when your fanbase starts referring to you as The JBoyz...just saying.

Gunbot wrote:

Arkansas wrote:This is absolutely silly. These guys are closer to 60 than 16.
Is this a report from 'Tiger Beat'???
Geez...


later~

Well, when your fanbase starts referring to you as The JBoyz...just saying.

Wtf? Are they now Jilla-boyilla, the rappers from Manilla?
They're a soft-core rock band, and obviously aging too.
If this crap is really happening, they should be embarrassed...and so should any real American chasing over there to see them. Whatta f'ing joke.


later~

stevew2 wrote:

Why in the fuck would they have some body shorter{if there is such a thing] to be neals bodyguard??[/quote]

This is your comedic crowning achievement, Steve. A definite top-25 response...LOL.

7 Wishes wrote:

stevew2 wrote:

Why in the fuck would they have some body shorter{if there is such a thing] to be neals bodyguard??

This is your comedic crowning achievement, Steve. A definite top-25 response...LOL.[/quote]Thanks I had a breif moment, im fading though. really what the fuck are they doing over there in that mans country? shit by the time they are done, they will have a more accent then Arnel .Ross sounded like a retard trying to talk shit to that asian dude

stevew2 wrote:Why in the fuck would they have some body shorter{if there is such a thing] to be neals bodyguard?? Im sorry but a Filoipino body guard is an oxy moroun if i ever heard one.What happens if somebody 6 foof 7 inches want s to kick neals ass?No wonder the dude was anxious.They are to cheap to hire there own body guards

Steve, you dumb fuck... LOL.
Where did I say the bodyguard was shorter than Neal?

The guy looked around 5'11" to 6'1", and was ripped.
I know midget Filipino martial artists who would probably kick
your bigger American lummoxes up and down main street, and twice on Sundays.

Arkansas wrote:This is absolutely silly. These guys are closer to 60 than 16.
Is this a report from 'Tiger Beat'???
Geez...

WTF?
I'm not asking anyone to start swooning or nutting over my news, but I thought I'd post it,
simply because the odds of my running into Neal are astro-fuckomically small.
In the same sense that you fuckers will repost bizarre news from all over the web,
I'm sharing this weird-ass encounter.

Pigfuckers.

-wech

Thanks for the post Wech! If anyone on the board ran into Neal or any other Journey member, it makes sense that they would write about it on a Journey forum. It's not like Wech was freaking out going "OMG, I saw Neal!!". If I ever run into a member of Journey, I'll post about it too. If it's Steve Perry though, you may get a lot of OMG!! I'll try to remember to tone it down. The probability that I would ever encounter a member of Journey is even more astronomically small than Wech seeing Neal at the mall, so no worries!

Jana wrote:
Thanks, Wech. Neal is the man.

How do you figure? Had he actually talked to Wech and said given him the chance to take few pics with him, THEN he wouldve been "the man" .
He may be good at playing the guitar, but as a person, specially with fans, he is nothing but an arrogant asshole.

Behshad wrote:

Jana wrote:
Thanks, Wech. Neal is the man.

How do you figure? Had he actually talked to Wech and said given him the chance to take few pics with him, THEN he wouldve been "the man" .
He may be good at playing the guitar, but as a person, specially with fans, he is nothing but an arrogant asshole.

Unless Wech was a woman. I think he has a reputations for being friendlier to the ladies

StevePerryHair wrote:

Behshad wrote:

Jana wrote:
Thanks, Wech. Neal is the man.

How do you figure? Had he actually talked to Wech and said given him the chance to take few pics with him, THEN he wouldve been "the man" .
He may be good at playing the guitar, but as a person, specially with fans, he is nothing but an arrogant asshole.

Unless Wech was a woman. I think he has a reputations for being friendlier to the ladies

Which makes him a bigger (sexist) asshole

(not sexiest Stevew2,,,, )

Behshad wrote:

Jana wrote:
Thanks, Wech. Neal is the man.

How do you figure? Had he actually talked to Wech and said given him the chance to take few pics with him, THEN he wouldve been "the man" .
He may be good at playing the guitar, but as a person, specially with fans, he is nothing but an arrogant asshole.

Aye.

Behshad's actually cut close to the big reason why I didn't press for actual interaction.
I don't know what Neal's like in person. I just dig his guitar work.

My wife was with me, and I couldn't risk even a miniscule chance that Neal might be rude in front of her,
in which case I'd have had to stomp his ass into the floor, bodyguard or no, and the many
concert ticketholders might have taken THAT rather badly.

-wech.

Behshad wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Behshad wrote:

Jana wrote:
Thanks, Wech. Neal is the man.

How do you figure? Had he actually talked to Wech and said given him the chance to take few pics with him, THEN he wouldve been "the man" .
He may be good at playing the guitar, but as a person, specially with fans, he is nothing but an arrogant asshole.

Unless Wech was a woman. I think he has a reputations for being friendlier to the ladies

Which makes him a bigger (sexist) asshole

(not sexiest Stevew2,,,, )

Oh, like you or any other man would be any different (not that I am defending him, he is arrogant )

StevePerryHair wrote:

Behshad wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Behshad wrote:

Jana wrote:
Thanks, Wech. Neal is the man.

How do you figure? Had he actually talked to Wech and said given him the chance to take few pics with him, THEN he wouldve been "the man" .
He may be good at playing the guitar, but as a person, specially with fans, he is nothing but an arrogant asshole.

Unless Wech was a woman. I think he has a reputations for being friendlier to the ladies

Which makes him a bigger (sexist) asshole

(not sexiest Stevew2,,,, )

Oh, like you or any other man would be any different (not that I am defending him, he is arrogant )

I was nicer to Dan that I was to you, so bullshit .

Behshad wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Behshad wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Behshad wrote:

Jana wrote:
Thanks, Wech. Neal is the man.

How do you figure? Had he actually talked to Wech and said given him the chance to take few pics with him, THEN he wouldve been "the man" .
He may be good at playing the guitar, but as a person, specially with fans, he is nothing but an arrogant asshole.

Unless Wech was a woman. I think he has a reputations for being friendlier to the ladies

Which makes him a bigger (sexist) asshole

(not sexiest Stevew2,,,, )

Oh, like you or any other man would be any different (not that I am defending him, he is arrogant )

I was nicer to Dan that I was to you, so bullshit .

Well, he did come to you with open arms

wednesday's child wrote:accompanied by this
very petite woman (at a glance, she recalled an Italianesque Cheryl Cole)

-wech

Don't be a rat.

wednesday's child wrote:
Pigfuckers.

-wech

LMAO!!!

wednesday's child wrote: Pigfuckers.

Good to see you, Wech; cool Neal-at-large story.

DrFU wrote:

wednesday's child wrote: Pigfuckers.

Good to see you, Wech; cool Neal-at-large story.

Actually after meeting him, Neal is what I call height challenged. Still he was nice to me. Guess it depends on where you get to meet him. I think it was wise to back off. Apparently he was only wanting to be left alone right then.

wednesday's child wrote:

stevew2 wrote:Why in the fuck would they have some body shorter{if there is such a thing] to be neals bodyguard?? Im sorry but a Filoipino body guard is an oxy moroun if i ever heard one.What happens if somebody 6 foof 7 inches want s to kick neals ass?No wonder the dude was anxious.They are to cheap to hire there own body guards

Steve, you dumb fuck... LOL.
Where did I say the bodyguard was shorter than Neal?

The guy looked around 5'11" to 6'1", and was ripped.
I know midget Filipino martial artists who would probably kick
your bigger American lummoxes up and down main street, and twice on Sundays.

Arkansas wrote:This is absolutely silly. These guys are closer to 60 than 16.
Is this a report from 'Tiger Beat'???
Geez...

WTF?
I'm not asking anyone to start swooning or nutting over my news, but I thought I'd post it,
simply because the odds of my running into Neal are astro-fuckomically small.
In the same sense that you fuckers will repost bizarre news from all over the web,
I'm sharing this weird-ass encounter.

Pigfuckers.

-wech

I ve never seen a 6 foot asian dickhead,then afterwards you talk about midget matial artists,you are a retard

Arkansas wrote:

Gunbot wrote:

Arkansas wrote:This is absolutely silly. These guys are closer to 60 than 16.
Is this a report from 'Tiger Beat'???
Geez...


later~

Well, when your fanbase starts referring to you as The JBoyz...just saying.

Wtf? Are they now Jilla-boyilla, the rappers from Manilla?
They're a soft-core rock band, and obviously aging too.
If this crap is really happening, they should be embarrassed...and so should any real American chasing over there to see them. Whatta f'ing joke.


later~

I guess the great Rip Rokken and La Michelona who belong to MR aren't "real Americans."

Neal must be screwing around on his old lady already : Neal, sporting black T-shirt, trademark shades and tan, accompanied by this
very petite woman (at a glance, she recalled an Italianesque Cheryl Cole

Jana wrote:

Arkansas wrote:

Gunbot wrote:

Arkansas wrote:This is absolutely silly. These guys are closer to 60 than 16.
Is this a report from 'Tiger Beat'???
Geez...


later~

Well, when your fanbase starts referring to you as The JBoyz...just saying.

Wtf? Are they now Jilla-boyilla, the rappers from Manilla?
They're a soft-core rock band, and obviously aging too.
If this crap is really happening, they should be embarrassed...and so should any real American chasing over there to see them. Whatta f'ing joke.


later~

I guess the great Rip Rokken and La Michelona who belong to MR aren't "real Americans."

He never said theyre not real Americans. He just said they should be embarassed, SPECIALLY if theyre real americans ../. Pay attention next time