DAVID COOK ON FIRST MANILA VISIT: ‘I ALMOST GOT FORCE-FED BALUT’
14/07/2012 17:19
David Cook On First Manila Visit: ‘I Almost Got Force-Fed Balut’
David Cook, “American Idol” Season 7 champ, has a lot of fond memories of his first Manila visit.
“Ah, I almost got force-fed balut, which was fun,” he tells Bulletin Entertainment with a smile during the pocket interview after the presscon for the “David Cook Live In Manila” concert this weekend. “I couldn’t do it, though,” he admits.
Three years since that first trip—and hopefully with newfound nerves of steel to face off with the Philippine delicacy we love to foist on our foreign visitors—David still talks about the Manila show he’s done with David Archuleta in May 2009 with such warmth.
“That was far and away the largest crowd we’ve had a chance to play for. I think it was, I’d heard a hundred thousand, a hundred fifteen thousand; it was a lot, whatever it was,” he points out.
And it is because of this fondness he has for the country that he notes, “I think the Philippines gets undersold. It’s a very beautiful country; there’s so many beautiful things about this country. And the people here are so nice and so accommodating. I definitely enjoy coming around here.”
David and his companions never got the chance to go around much during their first visit. “We were a little secluded last time we were here. I would love to get lost in this country for a while and just kind of see the sights,” he says now.
But with a show on Saturday, July 14, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and another one at the Cebu Waterfront Hotel the following day, time isn’t on David’s side for a little R&R. “Unfortunately this time, the trip is so fast; I don’t know if we’ll have a whole lot of time… But I guess I just have to schedule a vacation out here at some point,” he says.
CREDIT/SOURCE: Annie S. Alejo | Manila Bulletin