Last Wednesday, I had a long day. Well, I don’t know, my day started at 10:00 AM. I went to Divisoria and bought some stuff I couldn’t see in the mall and then went back to Joco’s condo and changed for the LTime Studio event.

The event happened at Greenbelt 3, Capriciossa. I went there a bit early and I talked to David and he asked for help reviewing the things he’ll talk during the event. By the way, this event featured David Guison. He talked about how to match outfits, personal style to the watch that you’ll be wearing.

I’ve always admired David Guison’s style. It was my first time to attend to one of his talks, and I was able to take a few cues on what to wear, how to wear things, and all the other stuff that he’s talked.

LTime Studio offered some watches that were called ODM. I think. And good thing they got someone like David Guison to be an ambassador of their brand. Knowing that the bloggers are now the freshest advertisers of brands, I think it was a big leap taken by the LTime Studio to move from traditional advertising to the newest way of advertising… Through bloggers.

Here are some photos I took.

Cute Lego watches.

What I wore to the event.

Pickled and Peppered Pants, DIY Studded Denim cover up, Boots from Korea.

Structured heart necklace that I designed for CraveMore. They will be available soon!

DIY Denim Cover up detail.

I think I ate a lot of these.

Cool people! Tiyang Tisay, or ate Rovie (rightmost) won the best dressed of the day!

VJ Joyce Pring hosted the event.

Some of the watches they showed us. I liked the Illumi watch that illuminates.

David Guison talking about his style.

The model during the hands on styling David Guison had.

The styling challenge where Paul The PR Guy and Paxieness won, they got ODM watches! I envy them.

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After the event, I went to SM Megamall with Kelly and Arnie and Ate Jackie to pull out some items at HangTen.

I am not a fan of Hangten, but I was amazed by their clothes! It was, honestly, my first time to go inside an actual store of HangTen. I was surprised that they had some items that are beautifully plain. Although they have their lovely basics, they also had some shirts that are in right now.

I love their buttondowns!

This aztec inspired shirt is cute! I might own one one of these days.

The bracelets.

I got one coin purse from their wallet collections.

I got this bag too!

Thank you Tin and Miki for letting us pull out some stuff.

I love all these people. It was nice meeting all of you!

Thank you Hang Ten!

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After I went to Jam 88.3 FM… I will blog about it in a different post.

Thank you Hang Ten and LTime Studio! I’d love to stay here in Manila forever and experience all the events you’re having! :)

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TheAidxParedes

I haven’t heard DJ Mon play before, that’s why I got a bit excited to know that the Daily Grind was having a session last Tuesday night. After the shoot I did with Ecks, I went back to Joco’s condo to change and edited a bit and then off I went to my first Daily Grind Session!

Got hungry because I did not eat anything before going, so I dropped by at Big Better Burgers in Jupiter St., and ordered their best selling Bistro Rice.

Walked a bit and reached Distillery.

I met a lot of people that night, and it was cool to know and shake hands with The Diegos.

They were trying out the new beer that the Distillery had, Satan Beer. It was driving me down the highway to hell, in fairness.

The Diegos, The Mighty Miscellaneous, and Indenial played that night. But I only got to hear The Mighty Miscellaneous and The Diegos. They were both amazing!

Played with my camera inside the little CR. Haha.

DJ Mon starting his set.

I loved the indie songs he played, and I don’t know… I wanted to dance.

Mon’s wife, Kate, was my buddy that night!

1/2 of the Proud Race.

Jowee!

I don’t know what the person gave me but the drinks were awesome.

The Mighty Miscellaneous.

Mon + Kate :>

The Diegos.

I had fun that night, and thank you to everyone I talked to. The only name I could remember was Nicole. Haha.

Thank you!

X,

TheAidxParedes

I don’t know when I started looking at Ecks’ photos. I saw her, that I’m sure of, in one of Pat Nabong’s photo sets. I saw this girl with tan skin, beautiful eyes, long hair, and the loveliest sense of fashion. I used to call her, whenever I see her photos or posts in my Tumblr dashboard, my golden girl. I don’t know why I called her that, but I think I’ve figured out why.

I met Ecks Abitona last Tuesday afternoon, after I scored some expired films at The Collective. I was, although hiding it, excited to actually see her. I was sitting right next to the sitting statue of McDonald’s, and she texted me she could not find me. So I told her where I was and after a few minutes, I saw her smiling behind the glass door, covering all the busy people inside. Maybe, my heart leaped.

She walked me into this cafe, where I am now, and we talked about things. Things that I like, things that she like, and all the other things that people liked. Haha. I don’t know, it was a lovely afternoon spent with a lovely girl.

I could not help but take pictures of her, and here are some of them.

I also took videos, and I’ll post it as soon as it’s done uploading.

Ecks, thank you for spending the afternoon with me. I hope to see you soon.

Stay golden, Ecks.

X,

TheAidxParedes

One of the coolest things that happened to me in this little vacation of mine here in Manila - I GOT TO VISIT THE OFFICE OF TEAM MANILA. Well, I am not really familiar of the streets and whatnots here in this big city, but I managed to get myself into their office. I did not get lost, thank God. But I almost did because the taxi driver dropped me off far from the office. Good thing there was this tricycle driver that got me near the street where the office was for free.

I walked for about 20 mins, sweating and swearing, til I reached the place. I was accompanied by Julia to Mon’s office and I hung out there. I waited til the meeting was over, and I roved around like a lost kitten.

I got to see all the corners of the coolest place, by far, I’ve been to! All the graphic designs, books, people, guitars, and everything!

A cool wall near Mon’s table.

The books Mon had, I was dying to ask if I could read while waiting, but I didn’t. Got too shy. Haha.

A peak at Joey’s table.

The cool people working! Imagine being surrounded by the most artistic beings God made, wouldn’t you be inspired to work everyday?

1/2 of Proudrace.

Their cool Instax collage, all the photos were taken by Camille.

THE BOOKS.

Camille said, this was a big collaboration with an international brand.

See how Joey’s table is so cool and awesome? I want to sit their all day…

Guitars, drums, and a disco ball. How cool is that? I bet they have mini office parties here. Especially when Pedicab comes over…

I don’t know what this is but it’s cool.

Office people.

UNITED WE STAND, WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE. This was near the kitchen.

And I was the only customer for their warehouse sale, because they had to close for a day. Good thing they allowed me to shop for pasalubongs here. Yay!

Camille’s cool DMs.

The shirts they sell, all the pretty things…

Mon taking a picture of me taking a picture of him.

Camille and I had a chat about the blogging society in Davao, and I referred a lot of people.

This is what I wore during my visit. By the way, this photo was taken at the rooftop where most of TeamManila’s shoots happen.

Me with Camille.

Had to leave in the afternoon because I went to meet Ecks and I bought some expired films at The Collective.

Thank you Mon, Joey, Camille, and everyone else who had been nice to me in your office. And all the people I got to talk to that day, and I still can’t get over how cool all of you are. I want to intern there someday, and I hope I could contribute to your works of art someday.

And guys, if you want to shop in their Warehouse Sale, go to 3rd floor, 20, Bel Air, Jupiter Street, Makati (Edsa Side). Near SOFA and infront of Buendia Car Exchange.

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TheAidxParedes