The Beauty of Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is usually not a holiday that is celebrated here in the Philippines although in my family, it is a good excuse to have family over to eat, and eat a lot. This year, my Auntie Evelyn prepared the best turkey in the world. Okay, I might be exxagerating since I have not tried the turkey anywhere else except the US. Anyway, turkey is my friend. It was moist and tender and so much more healthy than lechon (roasted pig).

With regards to the decor and making the house look good enough for a Town and Country feature story (hint hint to Tara Santos and Mia Borromeo, hihihi), my mother takes all the credit. She just came back from South of France and feels like she should create our humble abode to have a European feel to it.

This house has lasted about 50 wild parties that I held when I was a teenager but it still looks magnificent and I am glad that this is what I call home.

The Bag Feast!

It was an afternoon delight for the ladies when Janina hosted a small get together at her place for some serious bag swapping and purchasing. 10 close friends came with 5 bags each and with price tags that run into 6 digits, I say, "DARN, I gotta sell my brother to get me one of those bags." (Bwa ha ha ha!!)

If you are interested with any of these bags, don't hesitate to send me a message. These are the bags that are still available as of today.

Some ladies went home full with the sweets and goodies Janina served, others with money in their pockets and the rest, a memory of what it is like to be a bag lady (literally).

JUL B. DIZON Jewellery Award Winning Pieces.

Here's some pieces that won awards in local and international design competitions by Jul B. Dizon Jewellery. For this year alone, we garnered another 2 awards making it a total of 21 awards since 1989. On July 2008, JBDJS will be celebrating its 30th year in the jewellery industry and we will be celebrating it with a BRILLIANT BANG. Please watch out for it.













Jul B. Dizon Jewellery Salon
The Peninsula Manila
(632)8864638
EDSA Shangri-la Hotel
(632)6347448

Ponds at Pen!

Event: Ponds "Facebook" Party
Venue: The Peninsula Manila
Date: Nov. 13, 2007, 6 pm
Directed by: SAGA (Robbie Carmona)

It was a whole new group of people that I normally do not see in events. Probably the young and upcoming socialites of Manila. I only saw a handful of guests that are usually in parties that are not to be missed. Although the Ponds event was something that, perhaps for me, may be missed, it was still somehow fun and interesting, probably because I am a Facebook-er.

The set up was very nicely done. The Rigodon Ballroom was all white and pink lights illuminated the room. There were booths spread out and as you enter, you receive a passport so you may avail of what they have in store in each booth. They had a jail booth, messaging counter, flower shop, chocolate corner, dedication booth, happy hour bar, future telling tent and a photo station. Much like Facebook, you may send whatever you want to your crush for free. All you need is that passport to avail of these services. It is a good concept and a lot of interaction involved BUT I thought that it was a bit messy. Too many people that made it hard to move around. Getting from one booth to the next is quite difficult and when you do get to a station, there is a line and for VIP's like me (Bwahahahaha, my famous evil laugh), lines are not good.

The flower shop.

The lobby of The Peninsula.

The singers for the song dedication corner.

The giveaways. Nice packaging but I heard last year's giveaway is much better.

Nice cocktail table by SAGA Event's.

The Ballroom.


The chocolate corner.

Caricature booth.

The people starting with Puey Quinones, Pia Campos, friend, Melvin Mojica and Jay Abalos.

Metro's Melanie Cuevas.

Carmina Sanchez.

Pinky Amador and friend in handcuffs.

Host, Tim Yap.

Henry Litam III and Migs Rosales.

Timo Barnhofer and Markus Hamann.

Fashion designer and actress, Mich Dulce.

Marivi Abueg, Stephanie Chong and Puey Quinones.

Helena Belmonte.

Markus Tauwald.

Your bloggerina and Marivi Abueg.