The Beatles in Manila

The day after my 9th birthday -July 4,1966, while I was perched on top a carabao to graze, people in Manila were giddily scampering around to watch the Beatles that night.

The Beatles performed and on their day off, understandly they just wanted to chill out. But Imelda didn't think that musicians needs rest too. In fairness to both parties we have to try to understand where it went wrong. Rejection does not make anyone feel good, but she should not have made a big production of her being snobbed by the Beatles. They were not impressed by her gold, so she sent out the goons.
The Beatles experience in the Philippines made headlines then and thanks to bloggers and YouTube, we can still be reminded of it now. It shames the crap out of me but fact is fact - you might as well read it here.