Ako Mismo

I went to the Ako Mismo Dog Tag day last June 12. I was there with my officemates. There were a lot of people from all walks of life. A lot of people = long lines everywhere!

We had fun going around the field. There were different activity booths set up by different organizations. We all had the simple 40peso dog tags. I was not able to spot the booth that was selling the 400peso dog tag (the one with the leather string).

There were also commitment walls wherein people could write what they themselves could to to make a change in the country. The wall was the real counterpart of the digital commitment wall found in the website. There were some people who did not take the wall seriously though. I saw crazy posts such as: ako mismo ang bumili ng dog tag ko, ako mismo ang magtitinda ng balut sa inyo, ako mismo cute. I didn't really find them amusing.

Our last stop was the photo booth by fotoloco. It was sponsored by jobs db. We had our souvenir photos taken before we left the place. We did not wait for the main concert to start coz we were all starving! We had dinner in Bellissimo in Tomas Morato. Well... that's another story.

CIAO!

Make Your Own Havaianas 2009

I went to the 4th “make your own havaianas” event last May 29. This is the second year that the event was held in the Rockwell tent. There was a really long line outside the tent. After more or less 2 hours, we were able to get inside the tent. It was (cold and) crazy inside! There were a lot of people and more lines! There was a line for assembling of the strap, sole, and pins. There was another line for embellishments. The last line was for payments.

I liked the layout of the place. In the center, there were roulettes of different colors of straps and soles. The pins and embellishments were displayed under the roulettes. There were also round tables which were used to fill out the MYOH forms. In the center of the ceiling there was a flip-flop chandelier and on the sides were artsy photos of havaianas.

It took me more than 10 minutes to decide on my color combination. My first choice was brown (strap) and olive green (sole). I wanted to put a tarsier on the strap. When I was ready to have my pair assembled, the girl who assisted me said that they already ran out of olive green soles for my size. I then went for my second choice which was black (strap) and yellow (sole). I got a vintage TV pin (since I’m a video editor) and a Noypi pin (proud to be Pinoy!) attached on my left slipper. I had 2 crystals attached to my right slipper. I love the way they packed the pair! It was not longer placed in a paper bag. They put it in a recyclable black bag which had a red rubber havaianas bag tag attached to it. Lovely!

After paying for our pairs, we had our photowall pictures taken.

We all love our personalized havaianas!!!