Manila recap
Sept 18
Most of the people in the office were on location for a shoot. Went home early and did some laundry. Watched the 90 minute Amazing Race Asia season 3 episode followed by a couple of different shows which was the cause of us sleeping late.
Sept 19
Had only about an hour of sleep then went to the airport for our early morning flight. Special thanks to Tito Krik who fetched me at the airport. Had to do some errands with regards to my credit card but ended up just wasting time due to a bit of complication. We went to the momo house and hung out there for a while before going to tsiken inasal for lunch and to half moon bibingcrepe for dessert. After that, i was on the road for 5 hours because of the heavy traffic. Reached mogwai in CubaoX around past 10pm already. Pablo was already closed by that time. Too bad I wasn't able to check out the frailty exhibit which was one of the things I wanted to do during my short stay in Manila. Since we had a late lunch, I decided to go light for dinner and went for their squash soup that Gabie recommended. Then we all moved to Krik's studio for the light painting photo shoot that lasted until 3am. I went ahead to grab a few hours of sleep in preparation of another early morning wake up for Graphika Manila.
Sept 20
Was at the event location early since Bel had to prepare for her hosting duties. The event was insightful and the speakers were also good presenters. Both international speakers (Simone Legno of tokidoki and Kristophe Vergne of Pixar) were really cool guys and are very willing to share their experiences from when they were just starting out to how they got where they are now. Hanging out with all there creative minds is a real treat.
Sept 21
Had lunch with my family at Greenbelt and went to check out the prices of HD TV's over at Anson's nearby the area. There was one huge ass HD TV worth 2.5 million pesos. But the 30" to 42" ranges from 60-100 plus thousand. I'm saving up to get one in the future. That and a PS3 :) I slept a bit during the afternoon before going off to fresh manila for the tokidoki signing event. There were lots of people lined up outside by the time we got there and Aram and Ella still weren't around so we decided to hang out at the newly re-opened Cow King. Patrick soon followed. I tried their new thai bagoong rice and bel sticked to their sirloin tips from the old menu. After that, we went back to fresh manila and hang out there until the signing was finished. I got Bel a Sandy plushie and Ella gave her a Sandy vinyl toy.
Most of the people in the office were on location for a shoot. Went home early and did some laundry. Watched the 90 minute Amazing Race Asia season 3 episode followed by a couple of different shows which was the cause of us sleeping late.
Sept 19
Had only about an hour of sleep then went to the airport for our early morning flight. Special thanks to Tito Krik who fetched me at the airport. Had to do some errands with regards to my credit card but ended up just wasting time due to a bit of complication. We went to the momo house and hung out there for a while before going to tsiken inasal for lunch and to half moon bibingcrepe for dessert. After that, i was on the road for 5 hours because of the heavy traffic. Reached mogwai in CubaoX around past 10pm already. Pablo was already closed by that time. Too bad I wasn't able to check out the frailty exhibit which was one of the things I wanted to do during my short stay in Manila. Since we had a late lunch, I decided to go light for dinner and went for their squash soup that Gabie recommended. Then we all moved to Krik's studio for the light painting photo shoot that lasted until 3am. I went ahead to grab a few hours of sleep in preparation of another early morning wake up for Graphika Manila.
Sept 20
Was at the event location early since Bel had to prepare for her hosting duties. The event was insightful and the speakers were also good presenters. Both international speakers (Simone Legno of tokidoki and Kristophe Vergne of Pixar) were really cool guys and are very willing to share their experiences from when they were just starting out to how they got where they are now. Hanging out with all there creative minds is a real treat.
Sept 21
Had lunch with my family at Greenbelt and went to check out the prices of HD TV's over at Anson's nearby the area. There was one huge ass HD TV worth 2.5 million pesos. But the 30" to 42" ranges from 60-100 plus thousand. I'm saving up to get one in the future. That and a PS3 :) I slept a bit during the afternoon before going off to fresh manila for the tokidoki signing event. There were lots of people lined up outside by the time we got there and Aram and Ella still weren't around so we decided to hang out at the newly re-opened Cow King. Patrick soon followed. I tried their new thai bagoong rice and bel sticked to their sirloin tips from the old menu. After that, we went back to fresh manila and hang out there until the signing was finished. I got Bel a Sandy plushie and Ella gave her a Sandy vinyl toy.