Taste Asia at SM Hypermarket

August 23 marked two firsts: my first time to go to the Mall of Asia, and my first “major” blog meet. I’ve attended a couple of blog events before, but never with over 400 bloggers!

Filipino Travel Bloggers
Thank you, Clique Booth!

It was really overwhelming; I found myself suddenly getting shy and anti-social, as I do in huge gatherings. On the otherhand, it was great to meet other Pinoy travel bloggers: Anton of Our Awesome Planet, Eric of Byahilo.com, Ivan Man Dy of the Old Manila Walks, and THE Ivan Henares of Ivan About Town. Oh, and counted din daw si Aileen Apolo because she has a travel blog. Heehee. It was also great to see and chat with Chris & Apples Haravata. Mr. Chris told me about his month long backpacking trip to Hong Kong several years ago. A month! In HK! Living in a tent! Yeah, I don’t think I can do that.

Taste Asia II was held to announce the winners of the SM Hypermarket Blog Writing Contest. AnitoKid won the Kuala Lumpur trip with his heartfelt entry, with Anton close behind with his 8 reasons why he and his family loves SM Hypermarket.

My favorite part in this whole shindig? Free photos from the CliqueBooth! (OMG they’re using the same WP theme!)

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Narcissistic much?

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Other Taste Asia attendees are:

An Apple a Day
Paul’s Blog
Touched by an Angel
Pinoy Food Photoblog
Laurganism
Bakla Ako, May Reklamo
Manuel Viloria
The Lonely Vampire Chronicles (live blog)
The Lonely Vampire Chronicles (retrospective)
Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything
Takbo! (sa wakas ng pagkatuliro)
Macuha.com
Utakgago
Magikel
Dax’s Site
Ganns Deen
Roaming Around with Romela
Cliquebooth
Real People / Real Style (girls)
Real People / Real Style (boys)
Pinoy Moms Network
Teacher Julie
Atheista.net 		Abuggedlife.com
Jehzlau Concepts
Prudence and Madness
Refineme.org
Scrooch Chronicles
AnitoKid
Mike Villar: Rising Internet Star
TJ Cafuir
Loida de Vera
Mon’s World
The Four Eyed Journal
The Disastrous Urban Primadonna
Pinoymoneytalk.com
Pinoy Blog Machine
SM Hypermarket
Byahilo
Tainted Song
Bababa ba?
Half the World Away
Noisy Noisy Man
Chickenmafia.com
Penny for Your Thoughts
Lastleaf.org
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Article by Nina Fuentes

Nina doesn't aim to travel to every country in the world -- she just wants to travel to the places that means the most to her. She started traveling in 2006, and hopes to travel for as long as she can. Her travel blog, Just Wandering won the Best Travel Blog in the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards and in the 2011 Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards.

This Article Has 19 Comments
  1. AnitoKid says:
    Friday, 24 August 2007 at 09:26

    Much thanks for the congratulatory note you left at my site, my friend! Maraming, maraming, maraming, maraming salamat!

    AnitoKid at http://www.anitokid.blogspot.com

    Reply
  2. Christine says:
    Friday, 24 August 2007 at 20:44

    It looks like you guys had a blast! You don’t look shy at all in the pictures ;).

    Reply
  3. Philippines Travel Blog says:
    Friday, 24 August 2007 at 22:19

    wow ang saya… Nina, i just have one request… pwede paki remove nung pictures nyo….. Letse nakakaingit e… hehehhe

    Reply
  4. ApplesH says:
    Saturday, 25 August 2007 at 00:10

    Nina – Great to see you again! By the way, I love your calling card. Im dying with envy. Any chance you can share where you got it made? Or did you make them yourself? :)

    Reply
  5. Aileen Apolo says:
    Saturday, 25 August 2007 at 01:08

    Thanks for coming!

    Reply
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  8. nina says:
    Saturday, 25 August 2007 at 05:56

    AnitoKid: Hey, you deserve it! :) Have fun in KL!

    Christine: Hahaha, I am never shy when there’s a camera around XD

    Melo: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Mainggit ka!

    Apples: It was great seeing you too! I had my cards printed by Moo Cards

    Aileen: Thank YOU for inviting us ;)

    Reply
  9. noemi says:
    Saturday, 25 August 2007 at 07:16

    With the number of bloggers in there, I could hardly get the time to get to know them. I do get my shy moments so all I just do is smile.

    Reply
  10. Melo Villareal says:
    Saturday, 25 August 2007 at 14:01

    @ Nina: letse…. tse …. tse…. whehehe

    kung si Ms. Noemi had shy moments:) cguro kung ako andun ubos yung 3 box na business cards ko kakapunta sa mga table… hahahah

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