October Midnight Express to MNL

Returned to Manila over the weekend because OFW. *squeee*

Had family lunch at Yabu which I think is overrated (had better ones at Tokyo). Went to UAAP UST vs DLSU Game 2 aftewards in which my school lost, of course.

Adored Jeric Teng from up here

The game's outcome demanded for more meat so we drove to good old Banawe and had Tasty Dumplings' famous porkchop rice.

So much win for Php115

Post-dinner was the obligatory 9-hour whiskey session which ended at 5am.

1 of 2.5 bottles

Manila trip wouldn't be complete without these ladies!

I'll be home for Christmas but before that would be Myanmar (provided I'll be granted a visa) and DWP13 Jakarta-KL with the usual suspects.

CASA ADventure 77 Bar Reunion

So a few weeks ago (backlog, lol) several UST CASA (Communication Arts Students Association) ADventure officers/members had an epic reunion at 77 Bar Kamuning. The invitation was short-noticed I thought that most people would be MIA again that night.

group shot!!!

It was great to see Sir Bong Osorio and Sir Aries Estrella again! I think the last time I saw them was 2 years ago during a brief yet sweet meet-up somewhere at QC. Anyway, a bunch of CASA batch 2006 were there: Jaemie Santiago, Elvin Villar, JC Santos, Jay-P Bautista, Cyrus Panganiban, Philip Manahan, JC Cardenas, Francis Cruz, Karl Daiwey, France Pinzon, and Nicole Limos. Batch 2007 batch were represented by Nix, Cha, and I. Also, Jesse was there hahahaha.

Batch 2007: Cha Torres, Anika Punzalan, Dani Salasalan

UST CASA ADventure: Batch 2006

There were a lot of catching up and it's amazing that members of CASA ADventure are now industry practitioners--media buyers, publicists, marketers, art directors, etc. I'm sure our mentors are very proud of us (hehehe)!

Sir Bong (OT: i can haz buuubz!!!)

With Sir Aries

Elvin & Cha

Cha, Flip, Sir Bong, Jesse, Nix

Lasing na hahaha!

And did I mention...overflowing food and drinks?

Manila Beer! Oh hai there tequila :/

Looking forward to ADventure's Christmas Party!!!!

2010 Cinevita Film Festival at UST

The UST Varsitarian, the country’s premier Catholic campus paper, will screen internationally acclaimed films “Kinatay” and “Lola” at the 2010 Cinevita Film Festival on March 4 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Auditorium (TARC), UST, España, Manila.

On March 3, Cinevita will open with award winning films “HungHong Sa Yuta” (Gawad Urian best picture nominee) “Sanglaan” (2009 Cinemalaya entry), “Last Supper No. 3” (2009 Cinemalaya best film), “Dinig Sana Kita” (Toronto Film Festival entry), and the documentary “Demographic Winter” at the Rizal Conference Hall, St. Raymund’s Building.

At the gala on March 4, Lola and Kinatay will be shown after which Thomasian film maker Brillante Mendoza, 62nd Cannes Film Festival Best Director, together with invited cast members of the two movies, will answer questions from audience during an open forum.

The event is open to the public and admission is free.

Cinevita, coined from the words cinema and “vita” (life), upholds the cinema as tool for the meaningful expressions of life. It is a non-profit and an educational endeavor of the Varsitarian.

For inquiries, call the Varsitarian office at (02) 406-1611 local 8235 or contact Ms.AJ Maleficio at 09053601916 or Ms. Jeremy Perey at 09163264723