Decades and decadence: the scintillating Alorica year-end party I hosted with Sam YG!

First time for me to share the stage with one of the most super-celebrity hosts in the country, the amazing Mr. Sam Gogna, or more popularly known as Sam YG! This was such a big-time event, and I had to make sure I came fit for its theme, "Decades."

This was the best look I could muster, a bit of Flapper-inspired, all while sticking to Alorica Philippines' royal blue and orange corporate hues... hope you like it as much as I loved styling myself and playing dress up for this superb occasion!

 Here I was leading one of the raffle draws along with one of the employees of Alorica... 

 The night was so grand. This time, apart from the Alorica employees, Sam and I welcomes some of the VIPs of Alorica, especially their president, Mr. Bong Borja, on the microphone exciting everyone with the really, really grand surprises still to come their way...

And here was the standee to our dressing / holding area... awww, I feel so special to have my name not just alongside Sam, but also two of the country's hottest, most popular bands ever! South Border has been around since the '90s too; ask a '90s kid like me!

I also did my own hair and makeup as I wanted the look to be perfect for the night's theme! I had in mind the elements of Great Gatsby as I prepared for this event... 

And here was one of my favorite solo snaps of this night... 

And the same shot in black and white... for that added "decades" feel... What do you think is nicer?

It was not just an honor to host alongside SamYG... it was also a ton of fun! 

And of course I saw a few old friends, especially this lovely young lady, my high school mate... she is working for Alorica now, and I am so happy to bump into her this evening! 

Thanks for dropping by my blog today! Hope to see you here again, Sam other time!

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Expressing my joy and passion as I emceed for and Celebrated Hallmark Moments!

This is the moment when the one brand I always expect during Christmas, Hallmark, finally gets me to be their emcee for their awesome word festival at the UP Town Center, Ayala Mall! This memorable event, "Celebrate Hallmark Moments," also marks the 30th year of Hallmark Philippines! But first, one of my videos of this one-of-a-kind festival... 

I absolutely loved how this event, the first type of its kind that I've ever hosted, appealed to its audience's sensibilities, as to my heart. This event featured poets from Words Anonymous, superstar poets in their own right who has enlivened open mic poetry in the country.... what a remarkable honor it was to be there this special, starry, zen night! 

Is it obvious that I was so ecstatic to be here? So glad to be both the emcee of the evening, and also rapporteur-sightseer-cum-member of the spoken poetry fanatic audience! An unforgettable celebration indeed... 

Speak! And igniting the night was Henri Igna, one of the more popular spoken poetry artists in the country... I am surprised with how much this craft has gained ground through the years! Do I want to join them? Well... I auditioned impromptu as I tried to do spoken word poetry in my hosting but I guess I failed... 

Checking on my wonderful audience... they were shy and sweet; the type to really feel with words... we listened to poetry and also played #HugotLine games that night; there were so many wonderful freebies from Hallmark given out throughout the evening... 

But if you think it was all just words and poetry; think again! We also had Itchyworms rock the stage that night, and I just had to pose with the amazingly talented and funny Jugs Jugueta, who is also a tortoise love like me! He has a ton of torts, now I only have three, but here's our photo with my tortoises, back when I used to have my dear sweet Hosea... (Read: A tribute to my beloved pet tortoise, Hosea)

Peek-a-boo! I see you! I hope to see you visiting my blog again! Watch out for my next posts... OMG I have so much more to write; I find it hard to keep up with blogging with the amount of work (both day job and hosting gigs) but hey, I can't complain! Indeed, time is so precious...  

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