last saturday was the long awaited and twice/thrice postponed EB with two of blogosphere hot mamas, Verns (in stripes) and Hazel (in green). together with lyn, we met the two EB babes in Greenbelt 3 for a late afternoon coffee in starbucks and later on, an enlightened night at World Light Expo.
Verns and Hazel earlier met at 3 pm as I told them the day before that I will be coming after 5 pm as i still have some errands to attend to in the house. after the usual introduction (wait, did i introduce myself? parang hindi yata), it's chatfest to the nth power although, most of the time, they do the talking hehehe and i am just giving my half-cent worth of blushing as they asked me how's the 300 sit ups a day (i can only do half! kainis na 300 movie yan ha, kelangan tuloy ngayon me abs bago mag-beach? sheesh) or how's the pimple? lol.
seriously, the starbucks and tokyo tokyo episode was fun as we talked about blogs, Sagada, rats, blogs, comments, migrating, blogs, banana boat, blogs, movies, books, blogs and more blog comments. totoo pala na kahit first time na magkitakita, spontaneous pala talaga yung reactions as if matagal na kayong magkakakilala dahil sa mga pinoposts at pinagko-comment sa mga blog ng isa't isa, when you see each other, ayun, me connect agad!
we later on went to the World Light Expo in Roxas Boulevard/Macapagal Avenue to see how millions of bulbs are making Meralco richer by the day until April 22 (it was my second time going there, the first was like this and this.
so how's the world light experience by the EB Babes and pimple man? take a look...
oh, we also had a blast by people watching at the expo, it was funny looking at people doing wacky poses, so papayag ba kaming sila ang nakakatawa?papa!!
i should have kissed the terra cota army replica/statue kaya lang ambaho eh haha
the cute hanji dolls (paper dolls made from mulberry trees) were also impressively done, and we even saw jang geum and lady han (of jewel in the palace). wala nga lang dun si jumong! lol
after watching the water screen laser light show and a little fireworks, we went home at around past 11 pm, happy and looking forward for more bloggers meet, and maybe a bigger one with more bloggers joining the prey, err... fun.
will you join us next time?
(to the tune of paper roses) paper lantern, paper lantern
dragon cups (me pipino sa mata, beauty secret??)
poste lang po, isama na natin, kawawa naman.
some facts i extracted from the Expo brochure i got upon paying the entrance:
the Expo is open everyday from 4:30 pm onwards (up to 1 am on weekends), Feb 13-April 22
yellow t-shirt wearing staffs can be found around the area, you can approach them for some queries and you can even ask them to take your pictures.
the colorful pagodas and the long-bodied dragon made of ceramic/plastic plates, cups and spoons are prominently on the center of the Expo.
when i went there last night, i saw korean food stalls with the London Bridge-inspired lighted structure as its "landmark" and Indo's, strategically located near the stage where the circus and some performances are being done on an hourly basis. i didn't bother checking the food and the price as i am more interested in taking pictures than eating. hehe
there are more to see there that these pictures may not be able to give/impart, if you think the P300 entrance fee is a "expensive but-a-once-in-a-lifetime-experience", then by all means, go there, but if your idea of the expo is a star city theme park and that you can ride-all-you-can with your P300, don't go.
and perhaps, a huge project like this might never happen again in the very near future.