From Philstar.com: The truth about Ely and Diane

I don't know what to make of this news. I've read the blind item before, and Ely and Diane did indeed come to mind. And as much as Ely is one of my most major crushes since high school, it's still sad to know of one more broken family.

So, did I read the article right? Ely and Diane have broken up, but are keeping their professional relationship going? Isn't that, like, hard? And why now? Isn't this still a time when Ely's heart is healing, literally and figuratively?

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20090210/tel-truth-ely-diane-dd408b0.html

Updates on Ely Buendia, the Eraserheads reunion gig

Dahil bawal na mag-Multiply dito sa trabaho (office hours na kasi, hehe), dito ko na muna ilalagay itong mga balitang ito.

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Ely ligtas na sa peligro
Ni Cristy Fermin
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Lots of details about Ely at the hospital, and Ely right after the 1st set of the reunion gig. Nalungkot naman ako nung nabasa ko 'to: "...ayon sa aming pamangkin ay wala siyang [si Ely] malay nang dumating sa emergency room."Nakakaawa yung anak niya, iyak nang iyak, yung wife niya naman, hindi malaman ang gagawin."

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Ely Buendia gets better after angioplasty
Manila Bulletin Online

More on Ely and Eon: "But what was really heartbreaking to see was his son Eon crying beside his dad while at the Makati Med emergency room. "When he asked his Dad what was happening to him, I saw Ely really go out of his way to give his son a smile and assured him that he is fine and that he just needed to rest a little bit," Day said citing the fact that the father and son are so close."

And about the reunion gig: "He told us that although the guys were sort of "uncomfortable" around each other during the very first meeting, that feeling vanished totally when the rehearsals proceeded. They had gimmicks for some of those songs. The band had a fun time doing video recordings to complement some of the songs. Too bad, the public didn’t get to see that last Saturday," we were told."

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Raimund's word on the "saGuijo set" post-reunion gig: SKATE OR DIE (on Yahoogroups, pwede niyo rin hanapin sa Multiply kung di kayo member ng Subsandwich)

Excerpts (...really just bits and pieces. Read the whole post!):

i dont usually rant but ive been hearing reports about people questioning why we played saguijo after the concert...

here's what you dont understand. playing music is what we do...we played saguijo because we wanted to, we needed to. our hearts andsouls dictated it. we could just go home and sleep. we did not talk about it. there was no invites there was no plan. we did not get paid. we borrowed equipment...

if we finished the eheads show that night you would STILL have found us in guijo playing after.

yes i visited ely in the hospital yesterday. i hope he recovers soon. we have a show to finish.

ABS-CBN News Online: Ely undergoes 3rd angioplasty

The manager of Ely Buendia confirmed Monday that the former Eraserheads frontman underwent another angioplasty procedure Monday morning following the band's Saturday reunion concert that was cut short by his hospitalization.

Day Cabuhat, who manages Buendia and his current band Pupil, confirmed that the singer underwent heart surgery earlier in the day. Cabuhat said that the blood vessel that was operated upon is now "100 percent fully restored". She said Buendia is recovering.

Read more.

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Pagaling ka, Ely...

Was it me or did Ely smile...

...when the audience fumbled with the lyrics of Fruitcake?

Ely: Take a bite...(cues the audience to sing)
Audience: ...it's alright...(mumble mumble mumble)

Tapos feeling ko natawa si Ely kasi parang nakita ko siyang ngumiti. Siyempre sa big screen ko nakita yun kasi I hardly saw the Eheads during the Eheads concert. Kainis. Hehe.

Sorry, this is my nth Eheads post, and I can't stop talking about them because I'm such an Eheads fangirl - the band's name is in my high school yearbook writeup, and I even declared myself the future Mrs. Ely Buendia.

Another crappy thing about the gig: I was without my camera for almost the whole night (see previous posts). And those who know me know I'm obsessed with taking gig pics. I know I was FAAAR from the stage, but Tomi the Cam is all-powerful and almighty - kaya niya yun! But no. I had to settle for frantically texting my friends, "May camera sa bag ko, gamitin niyo pleeease!" (Salamat pala, Jam!) Oh, and by the way, Globe signal was extra crappy that night, too. Hirap magsend o tumawag kahit na full bars.

So yeah, enough ranting. More on the good stuff about the gig... 15 awesome things about the Eraserheads Reunion Concert:

1. Alapaap - iniyakan ko 'to nung high school dahil sa intrigang backmasking
2. Ligaya - I remember hearing this on the school bus radio one grade school afternoon
3. Sembreak - love ko 'to kahit walang sembreak dati sa Pisay
4. Hey Jay - si Cherry naaalala ko dito (you made a comment on this song one night at the dorm)
5. Harana - crush ko si Ely (more than the usual) sa vid nito
6. Fruitcake - because of this video, naging fan ako ng Abba
7. Toyang - naisip ko kagabi, nasa audience kaya si Una at Toyang?
8. Kama Supra - kept trying to figure out what "malupit na unan" meant
9. Kailan - Manhid!
10. Huwag Kang Matakot - this is such an awww song
11. Kaliwete - I remember trying to figure out the lyrics of this song back then
12. With A Smile - classic!
13. Shake Yer Head - performed this during my last ever class in Pisay (English 4, Ma'am Oble!)
14. Huwag Mo Nang Itanong - love the metaphors in this song
15. Lightyears - Wonderful. Beautiful. I clapped with glee and stood transfixed at the projector screen near the hotdog stand when this started.

They say high school is the best time of your life. I totally agree. Because of Pisay. Because of my friends in Pisay. Because the Eraserheads provided the soundtrack to my Pisay days.

Oh, wait, four more awesome things about the Eraserheads Reunion Concert:

1. Buddy
2. Marcus
3. Raimund
4. Ely

No wait, one more awesome thing about the Eraserheads Reunion Concert:

1. Seeing Buddy, Marcus, Raimund, and Ely together onstage once again.

Yun yun eh.

It must be hard to be a Buendia right now...

...their mom very recently passed away, and Ely is now recuperating from his heart condition.

Watched the news just this midnight, and GMA aired footage of Ely on a gurney being transferred from Makati Med to Heart Center - definitely something I would've preferred to NOT see

There are talks about a part two for the reunion concert - it was even mentioned in the news. I, for one, wouldn't risk any emotional investment yet again. For 08.30.08, I tried my best to NOT get overexcited for the gig. I guess I succeeded to some degree; else, I'd be more than devastated at how the gig turned out. So now, I'm not gonna take a bite outta those reunion part two chismis. Mangyari siya kung mangyayari, pero di na muna ako aasa.

What's important right now is that Ely gets back his ticket to good health. Let him rest, let him mourn his mom's passing in peace. Let's shove these part two reunion talks to the back seat for a while and let the things that matter take precedence first. Yet again, please keep the Ely and his family in your prayers tonight.

GMANews.tv - Mother of Ely Buendia passes away

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Let's keep Ely and the Buendia family in our prayers tonight.