(Repost)
General Luna
Audry Dionisio is no stranger to Pinoy Rock aficionados, the gorgeous guitarist of the hottest all-female all Filipino band called General Luna has not only rocked the hearts-off her multitude of fans but she’s also made EDSA a less gloomy place through various larger than life posters via the band’s various endorsement, most recently for a popular derma aesthetic clinic’s ad on our city buses.
General Luna is constantly on tour performing in various cities all over the country. We take her away from her raucous world for a moment and get her to slow down and talk about, well, other things.
I like to immerse myself in getting to know the places I visit and get to experience them the way the locals do.
– Auds Dionisio
In Dubai
Like this one time in my trip to Dubai, I headed straight to their marketplace. I went to the unpopular one where the main market gets all their stuff and I just sampled all the fresh produce that they had there,
it was different because it wasn’t all touristy but everything was just out there dates, olives, and stuff, things you normally see in bottles in our groceries were just laid out. I think you begin to understand a place when you get to taste what the locals are eating.
I have my favorites and I have my memorable vacations, I have to say my favorite would be Boracay, it’s really my second home and I’m always there, Boracay is a big part of my life. I go to Boracay for different reasons and with different people but of course, I go there because my favorite restaurant is there, Dos Mestizos, my uncle’s bar.
A memorable trip was after our gig with Bamboo in Isabela I had to go to Baguio after the gig because of my friend’s wedding and apparently there are no buses that go directly to Baguio from Isabela.
I had to take a bus to Nueva Ecija, I had a small budget back then so I took those tiny buses that carry chickens and stuff in the passenger’s compartment. Then on to Dagupan and from there, I took a van to Baguio. It was quite a long trip and I traveled alone and with just a backpack, I left my guitar with the band.
Isabela to Baguio, v Nueva Ecija
It felt great because I’ve never done that kind of stuff before and I felt independent, that’s what travelling does, you really get to know yourself and start to see what you’re capable of doing.
I’d definitely want to see the world. You know like Anthony Bourdain. He gets to meet all these people and see the world through their eyes and the best part is he gets to sample all those local cuisines, he gets to experience the region through their mutual love of food. That’s the luxury I have touring with General Luna not only do I meet all the people who love our music but I get to sample the food in every area we go to and it’s nice and authentic that way.
Things I can’t travel without? Definitely my iPod…and shades, I need my shades. We do a lot of waiting in airports or even on long road trips and my iPod really keeps me sane during those long periods of boredom. The shades are of course for the sun, but more importantly, they work on days that you don’t look too good and you can just cover up with them.
Ken Tan 