Last Thursday night, SM Hypermarket-Mall Of Asia gathered about 400 bloggers for a huge party at Taste Asia. It was the first bloggers’ party that I ever attended. And for the first time, I realized how young the majority of Filipino bloggers are. Not that it mattered, because the PMN moms and I had fun just as the, uhmm, kids did! 
Cookie, who graciously hitched me a ride in her car, and I got to MOA at about 7:30 pm. There weren’t many people yet at the venue, but food and drinks were already starting to flow. A waiter offered us some cocktails and asked us what we’d like to drink. One of the choices was “green tea”, which I excitedly ordered. The refreshing green excited me all the more. But as it turned out, it was a cocktail mix of green tea extract and Ginebra San Miguel Gin! Thanks but no thanks. Diet Coke na lang please!
This was my dinner plate. I loved the pork barbecue (so tender and tasty) and baked mussels!
There was a CliqueBooth, which added more fun to the party! With Annamanila and Noemi dominating the scene, Cookie, Rowena, her sis Rhodora, and I had no choice but to try and squeeze in our faces. hehe
With Cookie, Teacher Julie, Annamanila, Rowena, and Dine
With Anton of Our Awesome Planet and Cookie
The party was also the awarding night for winners of the SM Hypermarket Blog Writing Contest. The big winner was AnitoKid, who won a trip for two to Kuala Lumpur. Anton, above, won a digital camera for placing second, and Butch Dado (along with two others) a DVD player for placing third. My two friends, Dine and Annamanila, won kewl Nike sunglasses for their entries.
Everybody went home happy with nice goody bags. I got a bag of Sunsilk Shampoo and (possibly) one-year supply of Knorr Sinigang Mix! 
Thanks, SM Hypermarket, for organizing this fun event for bloggers.
Tags: blogging, food, friends, Metro places
August 26th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Thanks po for coming!
August 26th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
It was so nice of you to be there. We should do it more often even if we are just moms.
August 26th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful photos of the event. I’m glad to see so many familiar faces. Hopefully, I can join you next time.
You are looking good. All that time at the gym and diet must really be working great for you. Keep it up!
I’m praying for Nate and hope everything will be fine. Take care!
August 26th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Saw traffic coming to my site from yours, kabayan. Heard about the barbecue from my friends – talagang masarap nga raw.
See you around, kabayan.
August 26th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Free ba yang mga Blogger’s parties na ganyan?
August 27th, 2007 at 12:43 am
wow that looks really fun, all that blogging turned out more than just blogging now. the perks! with parties and lunches, your social calendar can take away time from blogging. i’m glad you’re having such a great time. and when the flying rav indeed fly the skies of frankfurt again, maybe you can spare me a few of your one year supply sinigang mix
hmmm .. yummy.
August 27th, 2007 at 1:55 am
Buti ka pa, you have blogged about the MOA bloggers event. I still have to catch my son so I can retrieve the Nike shades for a minute and pose for pics. hahaha I will soon get around to it … sanay naman ako na laging late magpost. Ay, that clique booth was amazing (like Dine’s imac cam di ba) and yes I had fun hogging the frame … ay kasi, first time to enter a clique booth. Pasensya na.
Hope Nate is okay na. Maybe he is … since you had pause to post.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Hi Chats!! Next time when they can provide us decent seats maybe we can take a swig or two of that “green tea” concoction. Hehehe. Mahirap na, nakatayo kasi tayo eh. I didn’t post na nga the pic I took of you with the bottle in hand. Baka magalit lang wizhart mo
Great fun talaga!! Next time ulit
August 27th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Thanks for the great company, Chateau. I just hope we can have another EB soon!
Hope everything went well with Nate. Take care!
August 27th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Wow, ang saya naman! If I was in Manila that night, I’d join too. Hope to join the next bloggers’ event.
August 27th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Hi Chats, am so glad to meet you. You’re prettier pala in person. I really had fun. Looking forward to another get-together. Or we can have it here in my place….
August 29th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
hay sayang i wasnt there. next time perhaps
September 1st, 2007 at 1:47 am
Looks like fun! Buti pa kayo dyan may mga activities like this for bloggers.
Oh, that food looks yummy!
September 1st, 2007 at 12:11 pm
How yummy ! Sarap ng dinner mo ha? Wow, yoou all look great and very happy. Looks like lotsafun.
September 1st, 2007 at 1:07 pm
wow, how fun! you guys look fantastic! ang gandang titigan ang mga beauty ninyo.
September 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 pm
I was there but had to leave early. Next time, I hope there would be more opportunities to “bloghop” in real life.
September 8th, 2007 at 5:16 am
ohh they’re catching on fast ha… blogging seems to be thriving in Pinas
