5 Jul, 2007
Taste Asia Blogger Food Fest: A Blast!
Posted by teacherjulie @ 12:15 am
Shelved under Bits and Pieces, In the News, On the Road

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This is an updated post.

After I registered, I went inside the venue looking for my friend Dine, who was with her young son, Alan Jr. Then I saw Noemi too. I was at a table with Ganns and his former school mate Francis and his wife Ria who by the way lives in the building where I teach! I got a chance to talk with Ana Leah who is on her third trimester. I also sat near Janette and Aileen during the raffle draw. I briefly met Jun and Geri.
I was also able to talk with a lovely couple, Fire Lady 1 and 2. Ok, Fire Lady 2 is a guy, :D Sorry Anna, didn’t have the time to look for your URI yesterday as I did the post very early. As it was, my student was there at my MIL’s house when I got there!

What a blast! It was food galore!

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dimsum food

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Chicken wrapped with pandan leaves and sisig.
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Everybody gone ga-ga over this heavenly chocolate fondue. I had my fruits dipped in dark chocolate.

And who wouldn’t enjoy the food with good company?

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Me, Janette and Aileen

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Fire lady 2, Fire Lady 1 and me

Okay, I admit, I do not really like the color orange. But I have to bear with it because the venue has orange walls.

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There were also SM Hypermarket people as well as other sponsors.
Thanks SM Hypermarket and Taste Asia for accommodating us. Thanks too to the very warm reception of the people from this company who I happened to talk with.

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Mr. Lee of SM Hypermarket

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Arlyn of SM Hypermarket and me

Had a wonderful time. Oh by the way, read about the SM Hypermarket Blog Writing Contest here.

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4 Jul, 2007 @ 12:43 am
Ala Eh, The Batangas Blog! » Blog Archive » Taste Asia. It’s so sweeeeeeet! said:

[...] I was able to attend another most awaited blogger meetup in the Philippines. I really don’t have any idea what it was all about. I just wanted to attend and meet other bloggers and that’s all. In fact, I did not eat dinner. Just some light food, 3 cans of Sprite Ice, half bottle Iced Tea (with menthol?). And I met a lot of new bloggers and of course the old ones were also there. The first blogger I met there was Jerico. He is young and has been blogging for more than 2 years now. I also met a new officemate, Jomar, who my wife recognized because they have been classmates on one of the trainings they attended. Yuga was also there, thanks for the tips and the little chit chat. I was also able to greet Gail, Karla, Noemi, Lauren, Jayvee, Jun, Juned, Janet, Poell, and many others. There’s also the DJ Magician Marcell Fabie. And my most expected blogger to meet SexyMom and J Angelo. Special thanks to Teacher Julie and Ganns Deen for being such nice companies during the event. [...]

4 Jul, 2007 @ 12:48 am
SexyMom said:

twas nice to see you again, Julie
Saturday?

  • It was nice seeing your family too. Saw Angelo and his wife briefly, didn’t bring my eyeglasses so things were a bit blurry to me, :) Sure, I do hope I can go on Saturday because I have students till 5pm. Thanks, Dine.

4 Jul, 2007 @ 12:50 am
One huge, successful, smashing, lovely event–TASTE ASIA’s Bloggers Food Fest : The D Spot said:

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4 Jul, 2007 @ 1:40 am
Rowena said:

hi julie. i know you had a blast. but you didnt tell us about the foodfest. how was it? i mean the food. share naman what they have served you..

  • Food was great. Will be posting again due to lack of time yesterday. My student was already waiting for me when I got to MIL’s house where I do sessions in QC. Bad teacher! :D

4 Jul, 2007 @ 1:55 am
sasha said:

Wish I was there :) Kaso I got sick kasi kaya eto will read all the posts na lang about it.

Happy Wednesday, teacher Julie! :)

  • Was looking for you Sasha. Next time, hope we meet. Soon, :)

4 Jul, 2007 @ 2:08 am
Ganns said:

This woman rocks my socks! Thanks for hanging out with us last night.

Rowena: The food was pretty good. The best item in the house, though, was Choco Loco, cream puffs soaked in milk or dark chocolate fondue. TO DIE FOR.

  • Thanks for the great company, Ganns.  And thanks for introducing your friend Anna. Yummy Choco Loco.

4 Jul, 2007 @ 2:19 am
Aileen Apolo said:

Great meeting you Julie!!! Hope to see you again soon!

  • Thanks for doing this Aileen. Hope there’s another one soon, :D

4 Jul, 2007 @ 2:50 am
Rach said:

Hi Julie. Glad you had a wonderful time meeting old and new blog friends.

  • Yes, Rachel I was glad I did, even if it meant my daughter got miffed. We got home around 11pm because traffic was heavy along EDSA. She said she hopes she can wake up early because she only has six hours to sleep. She sleeps at 8pm btw, :D

4 Jul, 2007 @ 4:48 am
jun said:

Hi Teacher J. We didn’t get to talk much but I’m glad we’ve met. I hope to catch you again soon. God bless!

  • Glad to have met you briefly too, Jun. I love your posts, very inspiring. I’m listening to the opera singer now in my headphones. :D

4 Jul, 2007 @ 6:20 am
aMgiNe said:

sayang i wasnt able to go there, would have been nice to meet other bloggers like you. i bloghopped from sexy mom.

well hope to exchange links with you and read more of your posts. i do have a brother who has special needs so im sure ill frequent your site. take care

  • Sure, will exchange links. Thanks and hoping you can learn a thing or two from my posts. Take care!

4 Jul, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
annamanila said:

I know I will see more of Taste Asia in the days to come.

Happy that you were happy to attend it and it was a successful event. Saw the delightful pictures in several sites. :)

  • Haven’t had the time to post some photos yet. I would in due time, for the contest to win that KL trip for two! :D Will be back there with my family for sure.

4 Jul, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
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4 Jul, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
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4 Jul, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
Anna said:

Hi Teacher Julie

Remember me… Anna from the taste asia (girl in white w/ my bf)
Just dropping by to say kaway ^_^
its nice to meet you po and thanks for chatting with me at that time.
God bless po and hope to see yah in the next blog event ^_^

  • Of course I do remember you. I wasn’t able to write your name in my post because I have yet to find you. Now you found me instead and I can now put your URI. It was nice meeting you and I’m on my way to your Bubbleshare Gallery right now.  :D

4 Jul, 2007 @ 10:33 pm
Janette Toral said:

Great to catch up with you Teacher Julie. Sa uulitin!

  • Had a great time there. Nice seeing you again, Janette. :)

4 Jul, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
nicely said:

hi, teacher julie. bloghopped from pinoyblogero. sayang, di me nakapunta sa taste asia. my friend and i really wanted to go.

nway, starting today, expect a nice and smiling girl always visiting your site. ciao!

  • Didn’t get the chance to meet Karlo of pinoyblogero. Next blogger EB siguro, :D . Thanks for visiting, take care!

5 Jul, 2007 @ 12:28 am
jun said:

Hi again Teach! Thanks for visiting my main site.. I have another site pinoyphotoblog.com and posted the pics here. . Hope to catch more of you soon =)

God bless.

5 Jul, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
Hypermart’s Bloggers Food Fest » Alan Racoma, Jr. said:

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6 Jul, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
Top 5 Reasons Why Taste Asia @ SM Hypermart Rocked | Ganns Deen said:

[...] The Top 5 Reasons Why Taste Asia rocked, right after the jump. 5. I renewed my ties with the Pinoy bloggerati. Made new acquaintances, the bloggers behind PinoyBlogero, Byahilo, and a bunch of others whose blogs I will link to once I review the calling cards. Hahaha. I also spent some great time with Aldrin and Leah. Was starstruck again, thanks to meeting SexyMom (I actually called her Tita Dine; feeling close!), fellow Philippine Idol fan and best Mom ever Tita Noemi, Teacher Julie (she’s so down-to-earth!), Yuga (who didn’t recognize me, I think, so what, I got a picture!) and Dr. Tess, who had the most amazing hair. Saw old blogger acquaintances Shari, Jun, and Riz.  Turns out Rick was there, but I didn’t see him and he claims to have seen me but didn’t talk to me because I was talking to pretty girls. Hello, it’s just Anna, pretty girl ba yun? [...]

7 Jul, 2007 @ 2:27 am
Bakla Ako, May Reklamo? » Blog Archive » Bakla Goes to the Blogger Foodfest said:

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7 Jul, 2007 @ 12:55 pm
Loida said:

Hi teacher julie!

Im Ms.Loida of Hypermarket-Taste asia.
remember? The blogger’s fest?
Madam, i would like to join your circle of friends and be updated.
thanks,
loida

7 Jul, 2007 @ 10:48 pm
Bababa ba? » Blog Archive » And they said blogging was for kids… said:

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7 Jul, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
Compilation of posts re: Taste Asia Blogger Food Fest - PinoyBlogoSphere.com | Pinoy Bloggers Society (PBS) said:

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8 Jul, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Traveljournal.com.ph » Attended the Taste Asia Blogger FoodFest - Jomar said:

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8 Jul, 2007 @ 6:53 pm
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9 Jul, 2007 @ 3:35 am
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9 Jul, 2007 @ 7:54 am
Taste Asia Blogger Food Fest said:

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9 Jul, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
chateau said:

Hi Julie! Sayang I missed this, school night kasi eh. The food looks so yummy, esp the choco fountains.. Ay so sinful! Buti nalang di ako naka punta, hehe.

Have a great week ahead!

  • Ay, choco fountains are sinful! I just got one stick of fruits dipped in dark chocolate. Didn’t dare the milk choco. Might like it, :D Thanks, Chats.

11 Jul, 2007 @ 4:45 am
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12 Jul, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
SexyMom said:

am impressed with your update, Julie!

  • Thanks, Dine. This lacks photos with you and Noemi. Hmmm…

16 Jul, 2007 @ 1:02 am
sam casuncad said:

woaah, very nice opening picture. and the food. nah, sayang at wala ako dyan nung time na yan kasi just in case that i made it there, i will ask Ms. Aileen for an autograph. I’m a fan of her even if i rarely visit her blog an apple a day.