I had the chance to meet Kuya Glenn while he was in Cebu for a seminar. We met-up in SM, along with Patrice, Kuya June, and Zarrah. It was my first time to meet Zarrah, and it was really flattering to know that she followed my blog and actually bothers to read my nonsense.
It was fun catching up with friends, like how Kuya June now has an SLR. Kuya Glenn was so nice and humble, like he always is. He was encouraging us to take pictures with his SLR, to ‘get into photography’. He’s such a great inspiration to aspiring photographers.
All in all, it was really fun being with them in SM. I’m really glad to have met these people and somehow have them in my life.
So.
We all know that this is a really late post so I bet you guys all knew what happened but nevertheless, I’m going to tell you my account of the day’s events. :)
It took quite a while for us to find the meet-up location since there were lots of confusion regarding the venue. Starbucks? Or the big wide space in Belo? Ate Lace, Pat, Kuya Archibald and I literally circled the Terraces. Coincidentally, Patrice stumbled upon Vicky!
When we went to Starbucks, Kuya June arrived and we were being noisy and stuff. Since we were basically talking about Tumblr, we attracted a few young girls, namely Marianna, Jade and Bea.
So we went in the lower floor of Starbucks and we finally saw the treasure! We saw the organizer, Jan, sitting all by herself. Poor bb. ;-;
Actually, we saw her before meeting up with Ate Lace but we were too shy to approach her. Didn’t expect she was from Tumblr, or more precisely, the organizer herself!



(1st photo: Candid shot of me and Pat 2nd photo: Ate Lace talking to someone 3rd photo: Patrice pauses drawing while listening to someone)
The Tumblr meet-up package never arrived and so Jan really took the initiative and printed out these customized papers with the Tumblr logo in it! It was part of a getting-to-know-you activity were we had to write our URLs and pass the sheets around.




(1st photo: Blank pages that we were going to write in 2nd photo: Patrice’s mark on Veashka’s paper 3rd photo: Veashka’s URL 4th photo: Misha writing in Jan’s paper)
And then small talk happened and we shared stuff and took pictures. It was basically a mexVeashka exchange though. Talkative girls will always be talkative.




(1st photo: Me most probably talking to Veashka 2nd photo: Marianna taking pictures. Hi Vicky! 3rd photo: Jade and Bea laughing over what looks like a text message 4th photo: Me and Patrice laughing over something)
Kuya Mark arrived along with his Tumblr friends from the 4th Tumblr meet-up! Another Bea and Misha, who’s Janna’s classmate. Small world island.


(1st photo: Tumblr-famous Kuya Mark AKA chickenshit, leans over to listen 2nd photo: Tumblr meme stickers; Fuck yea dude and Trollface)
He also brought his Tumblr-famous meme stickers. It was a best-seller.
More people came! I actually lost track of the URLs, sorry.

(1st photo: Group shot. From left to right; Misha, Bea, Mark, Me, Lace, Archibald, Patrice, June, Marianna, Jade, Bea, Vicky,Aian, Jan, these two pretty soccer players whose names I totally forgot about sorry dears ;-;, Veashka 2nd photo: People from Tumblr talking to each other)
The crowd thinned after and Ate Aian’s friend, Kuya Enzo arrived! He was so cool along with a guitar and stuff. 
(Gel AKA shitandrainbows)
That’s Veashka’s cousin and Jan’s friend, Gel! She arrived at nearly the same time as Kuya Enzo.

(Aian AKA coffeemon)
We then had this group activity where we were given one question which all of us would answer. It was really fun and it kinda gave us a deeper understanding of each other. *orchestra background music plz*




(1st photo: Patrice and Kuya June laugh about something 2nd photo: Patrice, Kuya June and Ate Lace react quite violently 3rd photo: Kuya Mark sinks back into his comfy chair 4th photo: Lovebirds Ate Lace and Kuya Archibald)
Mactan peopleeee~

(From left to right: Me, Ate Lace, Kuya Arch and Pat)
Funny how we also come from the same school. Alphonsians unite~
We all now had to leave. It was slightly shameless of us because we hinted at a random Korean to take our picture. Hey, he had great English!


(1st photo: Kuya Mark 2nd photo: Group shot. From left to right; Jan, Gel, Mark, Misha, Me, Arch, Lace, Patrice, June, Aian, and Enzo)
Misha, Kuya Mark, Ate Lace, Patrice, Kuya Archibald, Kuya June and I went to Banana Booth for fun. Sadly, we were awkward and gawky and…awkward and gawky.

(Awkward Banana Booth pictures is awkward.)
HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA.
We went to Topshop and Guess to mock rich people. I don’t want to touch things there ever again, LOL. We also went to Artwork and Tickles and we saw Gel! She was so qt it hurt~
If you’re asking for the freebies I got from the meet-up, well here they are:



(1st photo: Meme stickers 2nd photo: My Tumblr URL sheet 3rd photo: Patrice and Kuya Mark’s greetings)
Til next meet-up!
All photos (except the last four) are taken and documented by Jan Nicole Tiong. Reposting and post-processing done by Pamelle Gallardo.
Tumblr Meetup
Part 5@Starbucks Ayala Terraces
May 14, 2011
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This set is memorable because a random Korean took the group photos and because it’s my face is the first in this set.
Coffee shop chatters like we own the place, wander to find some other place to burn, laugh and shoot like there’s no tomorrow and be overwhelmed with hate messages in our inbox— not only because we conflicted some other’s meet-up schedule but also because we’re awesome and it hurts.
- Vivien, Profaneinsanity
- Kia, Kiasquared
- June, Cupcaketivity
- Janna, Dilettanteshots
- Andrei, Andreiana
- Pamelle, Pammygallardo
- Patrice, Patgallardo
Can we do it again?
Glen, Pseudoperfection
Photos by Kuya Glen.
Pamelle Gallardo, Patrice Gallardo, Vivien Beduya, Janna Yuvallos, Andreiana Yuvallos, Kiazel de Garcia, June Bastida
Cebu Tumblr Meet Up, 03.12.11 | OST: The Maine’s Color
I will make a sub-blog so you can access the high resolution of these. Tagged to Vivien, Andrei, Janna, Pat, Pam, Kia and June. Because we’re just trying to find some colors, in this black and white world. Tell me everything, walk this way with me. Cheers. ‘-‘
Trying to stay positive after all I’ve been through.
I’ve been downloading Grand Chase only to find out that it was the American server. Now, I have to download it all over again. Tried watching TWGOK while downloading, but sadly, it didn’t work out too well.
I’m currently elevating my legs to help blood circulation. I believe I inherited the condition from my father’s side, seeing as how both my aunt and grandmother have them.
Medically, if I don’t treat them, blood complication occurs. I don’t want that.
I hope I get really rich soon so I can afford sclerotherapy. If I had a regular job, I could pay off the 6,000 easily.
I also painted three of my nails on my right hand pink. It was supposed to be my whole right hand, but the first two got ruined while I tried painting my left. hrhr.
And to think I still have to iron my costume for the convention tomorrow.
I’ve got background music on my blog, for more drama. Don’t worry. It’s not Kpop. It’s just music box/instrumental so I think it won’t be much of a hassle to listen to ( I dunno.)
I realized a lot of people here in Tumblr don’t like blogs who have music in their pages. Ready for the unfollowers naoz.
Nakakatamaaaad. Plus, I want to see my Tumblr progress from newbie to noob to normal person. And probably Tumblr famous 