At the last minute, people I invited to go with me (get well soon Mr. McVie; Ish, you owe me one!) to the Taste Asia Blogger FoodFest at SM Mall of Asia (or Samoa, as I’d like to call it). So off I headed to Samoa, still drowsy as I had to wake up way 
earlier than my body clock is used to. I figured that since I did not have enough time after the event to go home and change, I just donned my office wear (and secretly hoping that Mr. Right would meet me at the sidelines) and my manpurse and left my pad, Terenti, without my breakfast coffee. I planned on getting a double-shot Caramel Latte from Starbucks at Samoa, so I could get my groove on and not become too shy (charot! shy daw?). But things didn’t go as planned since Taste Asia is right at the back of SM Hypermarket and the Starbucks is right near the globe. Soome people had difficulty finding Taste Asia but I 
guess I was lucky enough to have asked security personnel who knew where it was. Rocky of the Geeky Guide, whom I invited on short notice, arrived shortly after I did. Since I wasn’t in my ulirat yet and I haven’t had my morning coffee, I was a bit tame today. That, and I was carrying two heavy loads of eyebags which I’d like to believe are from LV.
Had I had my morning coffee, I would have said hi to practically everyone there. Yes, my dearies, most people’s night is my morning and most people’s morning is my night. I’m a callboy you know – Call center Boy. Oh and I saw beer… I should have taken this night off from work and called in sick or just took a vacation leave but hello naman, I have to call my fabulous American boss in the US to do that! I wanted to drink but I couldn’t because I can’t risk going to work under the influence, noh.
I had a lot of fun even though I only got to meet a few (few lang kase I was too shy, and I was still in the not-in-my-ulirat mode.) bloggers and barely ate one plateful (my stomach responds to a 12 midnight real-food breakfast, not an hour earlier). There were about 4 and a half cute guys, all straight (or they appeared to be) and Mr. Right was not there.
The representation of the gay blogging community was limited to only a few of us. What could be the reason behind this? I only met about 4 or 5 other gay bloggers at the event. Either I was too un-social or there was a live telecast of a beauty pageant on national TV. Kidding!
As the night progressed and after about 3 cans of Coke, I had enough caffeine in me to actually go in front and promote my blog. Kapal ng fez ko no? I actually grabbed the mic and started rambling about my blog. All I can remember now is repeating bakla ako over and over, like, “bakla ako, bakla ako dot com.”
Food was great, people (at least the ones I met) were fun and cool. And it was great to have finally met the fabulous fab hag Aileen. Another great thing about the event is… the Clique Photo Booth! Whoopteedoodee!!! Oh did I mention the Swag (Stuff We All Get, aka freebies)? I now have lots of new socks, a cool Coke glass, and a mini-flashlight! Yipee!
I should attend more events like this in the future – not for the swags, but for the networking value! Uhm, honestly, it’s all about the photo booth, having photos taken, and more photos! Weno if I like having photos diba? Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?
Read more about the event on these pages:
An Apple a Day
Pinoycentric
Zoul1380’s The Daily Me!
Misteryosa
Project Manila
Ramblings of a Princess
Sexy Mom
Ceskypooh’s World
Keysinunez.com
Bambastic
Single Brown Mommy
Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?
Touched by an Angel
Teacher Julie
Bababa ba?
Ultradust
The Thumbsucker
Mimi and Karl (Cliquebooth owners)
Jerico
You Will Be Forever
Tom
Mr. Kwee for SM Hypermarket
Paul’s Blog
Pinoyblogero
Biyahilo
Baratillo.net
Rockersworld.com
Techievangelism
Vignettes
The Chef at Chez Panda
Brian’s Blog
Sharmskee
Rain Contreras
Prudence and Madness
Lamonster Traveler
Pinoy Photo Blog
Brian for IAMD
Brian on Taste Asia 1
Brian on Taste Asia 2
Janette Toral
SM Hypermarket
Paradise Philippines
Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything
Ala Eh, the Batangas Blog
Jedianalyst
Half the World Away
Alan Racoma Jr.
Kutitots
Mistervader
In the Brink of the Mental Warzone
Pinoyblogero
Guitarchic.net
Cliquebooth Blog
The Parody
Vaes9
Random Pieces of my Mind
Mike Villar
Vanidosa
Ganns Deen
Mind, Heart & Mysteries
Life’s a Beach, I’m a Bitch…
This Week on Pinoycentric
Style Manila
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Noemi Dado
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Rain Contreras
Brian
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Vanidosa
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Ann
Eugene
Ganns
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Bunggaloo naman Mare!
Kung wala lang akong work that night, malamang nakikain din ang lola mo.
Great to finally meet you AJ! I am your number 1 fan! I will make my fag jelly with our photos! Hehehe. (Peace po sa iyong hag!). Hehehe.
@empress maruja – you should’ve come and sana na-meet mo si Jayvee!
Hay naku. Today I officially have the flu. My head feels light from the medicine.
Mega project ka sa bottom-right photo ah.
Oh I love your domain name. It’s pride. Nice meeting you last night.
@Steve –> Yeah it is indeed cool (uhm, whatever it was you were referring to. lol!)
@Maruja –> ako nga mega pa-late effect lang sa work. you should have made takas from work! it was fun! and yeah, nandun nga si jayvee… hikhikhik.
@Aileen –> ako rin fans mo! hehehe. I had so much fun! for the Nth time, it was great to have finally met you!
@Misterhubs –> hindi naman mega project. hindi rin bottom. ayyyy… TMI! ahhaha
@Noemi –> It was nice meeting you too! Pride na Pride itu!
@Mcvie –> Get well soon ateng!
hi,
Just to thank you for coming in that event..
cheers,
you can post also your comment to this sites thanks..
http://smhypermarket.blogspot.com
Self-painted tie? Arrggh. I should have taken a photo so I can feature it on my fashion blog!! Darn.
@Sasha
Yup. Hehe. When I get bored, I paint some of my old shirts and the naninilaw dress shirts so they’d look different na.
@Bhogksy
Thank you too to all SM Hypermarket people who were there. You guys made sure we had lotsa fun!
You can be proud and market your blog at the same time. Just scream “BAKLA AKO!”, pause for a few seconds, then follow with “dot com”
nice tie
i did not drink alcohol just the same :p
i wanna be sober that night
Thanks for the post. I was able to check the photos of the food fest.
@Kharla
Thanks. I wanted to drink that night but was forced to be sober! Hahaha
@Wyatt
Youre welcome
@Rico
Magandang ideya! Punta kaya ako sa gitna ng mall at sumigaw ng Bakla ako! … dot com! tapos sabay release a-la confetti ng small strips of paper na may URL ko. hehe.