Encounters with Lallo - Part 3

I was officially inducted to be a part of the FAMBAM...

For the benefit of those who do not know what a FamBam is, well the term can be traced to a few years back where local kids in California first coined the phrased, "FamBam" for example it was used as follows; "a party with tha fambam" , "OMG I LUVVV MY FAM BAM" and so on and so forth.

But the real definition to this acronym is Family Always Means Backing Any Member and being part of this group of family and friends has truly been something special.

"Family Always Means Backing Any Member"

There we were lounging around in our living room after an event filled Christmas, when in walks Lallo and his date for the evening. He introduces her and I immediately burst into laughter. It could not be contained and all I could mumble was, "This should be an interesting night!"

"This should be an interesting night!"

Promonova's Launch Party BigBash 10/03/12

Was it not enough that we shared the same name and now on a planned night out on the town he had to bring along a date with the same name as my wife, and off we went Lyle & Candice and Lyle & Candice. Well only he knew what he was doing and meeting new people throughout the evening and seeing their reactions to our names were just priceless.

Apart from nights out on the town, Lallo had established himself as quite an event manager putting together parties earlier in his career under the brand Fevanova which later grew into a viable business known as Promonova. And of course the FamBam were always in attendance supporting his events and to extend a helping hand and if the launch of Promonova's Big Bash was anything to go by then you knew Lallo had a talent for this industry.


I'm going to share a little story with you all and goes something like this:

Two friends (let's call them VersatileLyle and Lallo) were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and VersatileLyle slapped Lallo in the face. Lallo was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand “Today my best friend slapped me in the face”. 

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a swim. Then Lallo got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but VersatileLyle saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone “Today my best friend saved my life”.

VersatileLyle asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?” Lallo replied “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”

"Do not value the things you have in your life.
But value who you have in your life."

I think that Lallo's modus operandi was to show people a good time, that we shouldn't value material worth and that family should always stick together no matter what.

Did I tell you about the time we drove up to the Berg River Resort?

Part 4 ....

"VersatileLyle"

Out!