Exceeding my vision as I host for EPSON not just once but twice! Yes, it's EPSON for life!

Let's Get it on with EPSON has been my usual battle cry. For the past two years, I had been so blessed to be their master of ceremony for their annual business reviews and awards nights. This year, I have been doubly blessed as I was able to emcee for not just one, but two big recognition and business reviews, something which I will forever cherish and look forward to doing for the coming years. A big, big thank you to Sir Jeff Marasigan who first believed in me, and then to the rest of his team mates who allowed me to grow with them and celebrate their years of success! Let me begin with Moving Up Together, which was held at the Isla Ballroom of Shangri-la Hotel... my was it one unforgettably exquisite night! 

The ballroom was packed! Surely, this year saw to more guests than past two years' annual business review and awards night events...

There were so many sweet treats that night... check out these wonderful, dainty, bite-sized pastries: madeleines and cheesecakes bites... if I wasn't hosting that night I would've eaten more! Truly yummy and made extra special for they were personalized... no, more like EPSONalized or EPSONified! 

View my video below as I shared an anecdote that evening. I continue to live out one of my dreams as an events host... all thanks to brands who trust me, just like the world-renowned brand, EPSON. Thank you!

And a week before Moving Up Together with EPSON (where I had my hair straight and my clothes the color of the EPSON brand), I also had the honor of hosting for EPSON, but this time for the consumer division led by Ms. Theresa Tuazon Javalera. This time it was held at the hottest club in town: Revel at the Palace, Uptown BGC! The perfect venue for the hottest brand in the market! Is this hot or too cool!?!

Isn't it obvious that I had so much fun? Speaking as we celebrated business success and strong relationships...  and then enjoying phenomenal music and vibes after... yes, right after our memorable programme, we partied the Epson way! 

 I love EPSON Philippines forever... of course, here I am doing the ceremonial 'stand beside the banner for branding' pose! Thank you and more power to EPSON! 

Thank you Ms. Theresa for the astounding confidence in me! I enjoyed this fantastic night of excellence! Again, thank you Sir Jeff for all your support! To everyone, please do not forget to visit  and click on the Official Website of EPSON Philippines today!

To end, I think the real question is (and I asked myself this too)... do you think I should have my hair straight or wavy? Appreciate your comments and e-mails all the time! 

Much love, 
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Fun with Skipper and a million more reasons why I love Giant Carrier!

Skipper and I have always had a very special connection since I first met him at the Baby Company Grand Baby Fair which I am blessed emcee annually. Now, I can say that Skipper and my good friends from CLC Marketing Ventures are truly close to my heart; superb people who are also behind the most excellent baby essentials, GIANT CARRIER, and furniture that truly make Home Sweet Home, HOME SUITE!

Photo above: Giant Carrier's SKIPPERTASTIC Intergalactic Game! 

And I was able to embrace the love and support of Skipper and our generous friends from Giant Carrier and Home Suite through one of the few events I organised and truly close to my heart: Galactic Mission 7! Photo below was after the Skipper-tastic Intergalactic Game, with the awesome Giant Carrier team still hard at work! More than giving balloons, they were distributing smiles and happy memories! 

Held last May 29, 2016, this event served as a venue for me and my mommy friends to speak about our passions and causes, and most of all it became a celebration of my son's 7th birthday too (the third time for him to celebrate his 7th year of life and love). He brings me so much joy and strength... precious photo below features the beautiful daughters of Mommy Blogger & Mompreneur Chai Castro Galapon of www.chaicgalapon.blogspot.com and Mommy Blogger Jaimie Felix of www.themermaidinstilettos.com Look at those beautiful smiles! 

Can't help but fall for these awesome DIY booth elements at the Giant Carrier and Home Suites Galactic Mission 7 event booth! Such awe-inspiring effort! So, are you Team R2-D2 (Team Home Suite) or Team BB-8 (Giant Carrier)? I am certainly both! Because they have something for both the babies & kids and the adults!  

Check out the Stormtroopers in their cool Giant Carrier wheels! These are First Order Stormtroopers in first class Baby & Children products! 

Many thanks to Giant Carrier for all the love and support along with your tremendous effort during the #GalacticMission7 ! For more information about Giant Carrier, Home Suite and their sister brands, visit the website of CLC Marketing Ventures today: 

I love Giant Carrier & Home Suite

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Chef Jo-ann Tuazon's Sweet Creations by Mums: More than just sweet treats and fun memories!

I will forever be thankful to Sweet Creations by Mums, led by the delightfully talented Chef Jo-Ann Tuazon, for taking part in one of the most special events in our lives: Galactic Mission 7, which  was something I conceptualized and planned for one whole year or so! This phenomenal event served as the venue for my blogger friends and I to speak about our passions, and most of all, it was also the third celebration of the 7th birthday party of my pride and joy; my beloved son, Godric Matthew! Check out our lovely cupcake stack during the event... 

If you loved the packaging above, you will certainly fall in love with the actual cupcakes! Star Wars pastries at its finest... Can you spot Han Solo and Chewbacca's Millenium Falcon, and Anakin Skywalker's creation turned into Luke Skywalker's trusty droid C3-PO? So yummy and moist! 

Sweet Creations by Mums' work is truly the finest I have ever seen! I have tried many other cakes, cupcakes, cake pops or buffet stations and while the designs were great, the taste would be so-so; while some others would taste really good but would not be so artfully presented. But not Chef Jo-ann Tuazon's creations: they taste as wonderful as the look! The hard part is actually eating them, for you'd want to stare at them all day! But when you start eating them, you can never get enough! This is the cupcake one of the kids poke through, good thing I got to snap one photo... before that cute kid devoured this in a few seconds! Darth Vader has never been this good!!!

The best part was I was able to save just 2 pieces and stored it at the fridge overnight. And look - the quality of the cupcake is still awesome as ever, and the taste as good as the one piece I've tried during our actual bloggers event! This made me smile: chewy Chewbacca! 

I've also ruffled up Master Yoda's icing the next day, but look at how well-formed the Fondant Yoda design remains...  Yoda man, Chef Jo-ann! Truly a remarkable edible work of art! I love Master Yoda by the way... his strength and his wisdom... his legendary words like, "When you look at the dark side, careful you must be, for the dark side looks back..." and I can certainly see this dark, creamy chocolate icing and this dark brown, super moist brown chocolate cupcake looking back at me...

To anyone who requires cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pops, dessert buffets and for all your sweet needs for upcoming events or parties, please inquire via the Facebook page of SCBM and don't forget to LIKE them too; just click the link below. You will also be seeing Chef Jo-ann there, and if there's one thing prettier than her cupcakes, it's her! Physical beauty with pure talent and a generous, kind heart.. that's Chef Jo-ann and her beauty shines through her work! Visit the official page of Sweet Creations By Mums today:  

Official Facebook Page of Sweet Creations by Mums

But that's not all; I've also grabbed some of my fave photos from their Facebook page and I just need to share just how delightfully creative her masterpieces are... my top faves are her Disney Pixar's Inside Out & Star Wars fondant figures atop yummy cupcakes!

Queen Amidala, Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker... 

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Celebrating with Joy in the Risen Christ at SM BF, and partying at the Joie Brand Launch in SM Makati!

Hop...hop... Happy Easter!!! There is just so much Joy in my life! So much work to keep my happy and content, but at the same time, hungry and yearning for the fulfilment of more of my dreams! 

Being able to live out life as an events host is one of the blossoming seeds of dreams in my life; these wonderful moments prove that God indeed listens to our prayers and blesses the pockets of soil where we plant our efforts with hard-work and hoping, and allow the sunshine of God's grace through prayer and faith. Easter Sunday 2016 was a month ago, but hey, better late than never! Here's my video of the happiest and the 'hoppiest' Easter celebration I hosted at SM City BF Paranaque... 

And hopping from my unforgettable Easter party hosting gig, is another joyful... or should I say, JOIE-ful celebration?! Yes, it was the brand launch of the newest brand of baby mobility essentials, JOIE Philippines! We said hello and 'yellow' to all the mommies, daddies and bloggers who came, with their adorable kiddos in tow! Catch my video below as I welcomed the guests for this JOIE-ful occasion... 

Having a chat with our celebrity mommy guest, Patty Laurel... 

Plus, meeting my former student, Alect Asigurado, along with her adorable baby and her beautiful blogger mommy, Charming Lani. (For those who don't know, I have a license to teach professionally. And Alect was one of the wonderful high school students I met during my OJT.) I am a proud teacher, I am very happy to teach beyond the four walls of the classroom! 

Formerly the teacher with my past student, Alect... but it was I who learned so much from her and her youthful blogger mom, Charming Lani that day... visit Mommy Lani's blog at http://charminglani.blogspot.com/ today! 

 After the show ended where I was the master of ceremony, I know try my modelling skills... and I think I failed at it... so anyway back to hosting events! LOL. 

 My little throne... I claim having my own little kingdom (or niche) as an events host... I am so thankful to be able to do what I love to do... more than the awesome earnings, getting to live out and hone my craft is truly a great blessing! Thank you for your faith in me!

 With the jovial JOIE team... thank you for letting me host and have fun at your fabulous brand launch, Joie Philippines and Baby Company! 

Thank you so much for dropping by; keep spreading the Easter Joy, knowing that each and everyday, we reap the benefits of being believers and followers of the Risen Christ!

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Summer's hottest events: UST Unending Race, Takbo Tomasino and the TXTFIRE Olympics 2016!

Summer's the hottest it has ever been and I don't just mean the temperature! It's been a whirlwind of events and there was this one weekend where I had five events... I still wonder now how I mustered to squeeze in all of those! Plus, there's a ton of pending events to blog about, so I am doing my posts two events in one go; so now I begin with the UST Fun Run, entitled, "Takbo Tomasino," with a 4 am call time, but it was the coolest, swiftest event and it ran fast as the Tomasian participants! 

Excuse the terrible 4 am "I woke up like this" look. It was so early, it was still so dark! Below in my usual nerdy self. Anyway I am bound to get sweaty under the heat, with my spiels as sweat spills... 

 Thank you my beloved JC (extreme left) for enlisting me for this event. We're both from different universities (I will forever be grateful to DLSU Manila, Animo La Salle!) but we are glad to work with the Thomasians. Thanks to Dorothy too, number 1 events lady (her shirt says it too). And to this guy on my right in the photo, I don't know who you are and why you joined our photo but it's all good; Congratulations to UST for the successful Unending Race: Takbo Tomasino 2016! 

And it was on this same day that I quickly showered and changed for OOTD # 2, as I got ready to host for another one of TXTFIRE Olympics' fantastically fiery events! I am thankful to be working with these awesome guys since the first event I had with them sometime in 2011 - for the first ever TXTFIRE Olympics and wow, they are now on their 6th year! But more than that, I am thankful for each and everyone of these volunteer firefighters, for whom this tilt is being organized. 

Fashion Ins-FIRE-ation. Now, for my OOTD # 2 I'd like to all this, FIRE INSFIRED! Don't you think that lower part of this dress is reminiscent of dancing flames? With an ash black top and of course a hint of purple around the waist, with this uber 'Ube' sash in honour of Mr. Ube, Gerry Chua, founder of Eng Bee Tin and the kind-hearted visionary behind this all... Reading the flow of the program; we don't usually go by the script; we are as free to move as the flames... 

With our trusty Kuya Neal, who's been our floor director and guide since the very first TXTFIRE Olympics in 2011... Here he is giving directions to Joyce and I... in my fire-inspired dress and my co-host Joyce in her Minnie-culously cute outfit; as our DJ West looks on as photo bomber. LOL.

Mabuhay ang mga tunay na bayani: ang bumberong Pilipino! 

As to be expected, this event was scorching hot, but we kept our cool... talk about the coolest co-hosts, this year I get to team up with professional stand-up comedienne, Jelly Joyce with with comedian-singer extraordinaire, Noel! And let's not forget our talented DJ West!

The TXTFIRE Squad. We provided the voices and sounds in this meaningful affair and we are so thankful for the chance to do so! Brilliant and funny people to work with made things easy under the blazing sun; everything was perfect on set... and speaking of set, check out this breathtaking sunset...

And as no matter how hot the sun blazes, it gives way to night. I'd like to share that no matter how hard I work, I always look forward to coming home to (or in this case, being fetched by) the reason for all my intense hard work... this young lad, my greatest joy. He respects and admires the fire fighters, especially with how we witnessed firsthand a fire within our village! And the best part? He got to check out one of the many fire trucks surrounding the TXTFIRE OLYMPICS grounds. Cool! 

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Oh Boy! Hosting for Bailey May's fabulous Singin' and Love Yourself's Cherry Poppin'!

BAILEY brings the house down... literally! Tons of his fans gathered as he fired the stage with his Justin Bieber but better cuteness! I admit I did get giddy too at some point, but then, he is young enough to be my son, if I had given birth at 15 years old - yes that's how old I already am!!! 

But then again, sorry Bailey, but for me, your dad is the true Superstar! I've learned from Bailey's Manager, Tita Ming, that Bailey's Dad had been a singer for about 20 years and he had been the one pushing to have a singing career. But when Tita Ming saw Bailey who is not just talented but very handsome (for me he is the Justin Bieber of the Philippines), and so here he is now! But again, if not for the father's passion for singing and his relentless pursuit of his dream, God chose to reward him through the success of his son. Way to go, Mr. May! Here am I with Bailey's supportive daddy...

Now, since this post is really about boys... well, here comes my adventure with... well... (takes a deep breath)... boys who are born physically male, but truly girls and women at heart. I had the honour of being the main host of Love Yourself Foundation's wild Auction, where we saw to over 20 handsome men being auctioned off, for Charity. Basically, Love Yourself Organization is devoted to AIDS Awareness, firstly working hard toward disseminating information through various Education and Prevention campaigns. But what I find most noble about them is that apart from the preventive efforts they take, they also offer free counselling and HIV Testing for those who, sadly have contracted or might have contracted the virus. For me the best way to prevent HIV/AIDS would still be abstinence from sexual intercourse (especially polygamous, unsafe trysts) as guided by the Catholic Church is still the best, but since everyone is free to make their own choices, Love Yourself Foundation equips many individuals on the various repercussions of practices that lead to HIV/AIDS. 

I was the main host and Auctioneer of this affair (yes never in my wildest dreams did I see myself ending up here for this naughty event for a cause), but I shared the stage with Janlie and Jabbar! On the left in photo above is the very sexy Janlie, he/she looks so sexy! And below is Jabbar, and he/she was so wonderful too! Don't we look cute in our Cherry Poppin' selfie poses and our matching Cherry red outfits?

Lipstick went beyond my upper lip. But I swear I didn't kiss anyone. At least no one there (no gay man) would want to kiss me... #ScandalousButNotReally The house was packed! Can't believe these are all gay men. So now I know where all the eligible bachelors went! SIGH... 

And this night totally changed my perception toward people who are Gay or Homosexual and it harks me back to the words of our beloved Pope Francis, "Who am I to judge?" When asked about his take on homosexuality. The much-loved Pontiff further explains his remark, that truly touched me, about how Mercy is real, and is the first attribute of our loving God. He basically affirms that no matter what sexual preference, as long as he seeks out the Lord just as any person, they should not be denigrated and simply branded as "sinful." 

This handsome guy/girl/gay here was SOLD for a whopping 80,000.00 pesos; it was the longest bid and the highest for the evening! He is a vet student and he's so in demand... you can vet on it!

And while Cherry Poppin' is an event that is far from divine, with strong sexual undertones and quite scandalous elements for those who understand, this crazy event actually has very noble underpinnings which I laud them for. I must admit that the hight of this charity auction was intoxicating; bright lights, male bodies almost naked, practically selling them for charity. Of course I cannot post some of my photos, but trust me, it was just one night of craziness, and touching the abs of gay men, I promise, this is for a good cause. And even if I was surrounded by all those men, I felt so safe like what they said when I arrived few minutes before the show as I came from another gig and I had to change my dress, "get naked, we don't care, we're gay, we like men." LOL. 

In spite of the craziness, what blossomed is my respect and appreciation toward other people especially them; I hope this is part of my growing sense of gravitating more toward others and less of myself firstly through understanding. 

Spread the Love around! The right kind of Love ok (and not the worldly kind)... God's Love... the kind that gently tells us that no matter what mistakes we had made yesterday, we know that we can always make things right today and tomorrow... and that we also remind those who forget this fact, with love, respect and mercy. Thank you, Love Yourself Foundation and Direk Paolo for this crazy gig, which I can say did not just open my eyes, but also my heart. 

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