I am one of the very few people in the Philippines who has never seen a single episode of AlDub and therefore doesn’t truly understand the AlDub craze. Yes, I hear about it and I am constantly amazed by the things that I hear, but it wasn’t until after the Sam Smith concert last night when I truly, truly understood how crazy AlDub fans can get.
Imagine this: I was leisurely walking out of the concert hall with my friends when suddenly, people all around us started screaming and running towards a certain direction like crazy. It was contagious. My heart started racing and in my (clearly not-really-thinking-clearly) head, I (stupidly) assumed Sam Smith had decided to come out the front entrance to meet all of his fans. There was pushing and so much screaming that I thought my eardrums would fall out. Being short, I couldn’t see a thing. And then I heard what the people were screaming. “It’s Maine!” “Si Yaya Dub!” I was amazed.
Yes. This is how intense the crowd was.
That was the first time I witnessed firsthand how huge AlDub’s fan base really is and I absolutely salute Maine Mendoza for keeping her cool, keeping that signature smile on her face and being so game to take pictures with people despite how scary the amount of those people were.
Were any of you there to witness this, too?
All of these photos were found on the MAINEsters ILOILO Twitter account: @MAINEsters_ILO by the way. Maine Mendoza fans should definitely follow them!
Now she proved that she’s a star….
Now, one thing is for sure..”NEVER EVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF ALDUBNATION”
Korekajan! Mabait talaga si Maine. That’s one virtue na wala sa karamihang artista. No wonder people admire her more! Agree kau?
Bihira sa artista na sikat na walang attitude problem like Maine.
Iba ka 🙂
EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT AS WELL. I was like “How stupid is Sam Smith to come out the front door?” ’cause hello, even I would push people just to get to the royal Smithness. But then, I heard people screaming “Nasan si Alden??” I am an AlDub fan myself and my heart raced when I saw her from afar haha! Her car was behind ours going out the premises but it was just cray when people really legit mobbed her. In fairness to her, she looked tired but she didn’t deprive everyone of being able to say hi to her and stuff. From there you can see how down to earth she really is.