Events / The Future of Publishing / Manila InDesign Users Group Meeting

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I'm pretty sure it's not yet too late to register for this event so if you are free this afternoon, register now here. I have been attending all the InDesign user group meetings (missed only a coupla events so far) and I sure learn a lot there. I may not have had the chance to take home a free copy of InDesign yet (they raffle off one every meeting) but for sure I take home a lot of useful design info haha.

For this special event, Mr Ernesto L Lopez, head of _ABS CBN Publishing Inc will be in charge of opening the session, followed by a brief look at the changes occurring in the publishing world by Jesús Vicente, editorial design consultant for some of the biggest publishers in SE Asia, and guest speaker Mr Neil Agonoy, Art Director for renowed fashion magazine METRO will take us through the challenges of creating compelling magazine content and would share some of his tips for producing engaging layouts. On the technical front, Mr Gilbert Victoria, Art Director from CreActive and lecturer in multimedia studies at Bulacan State University, will share tips about merging data in InDesign CS5. All of this will take place in an informal and relaxed setting.

Interesting line up! I'm a fan of Neil Agonoy's work for Metro (and Metro Home) and I'm quite excited to hear what he's gonna say later. More details about the event here. See you!

PS - I am not affiliated with IDUG Manila ok, I just want to share haha

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Random Thoughts / Missing High School

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Life was way simpler back in high school, no? For me at least. Back then I spent most of my life offline and actually had fun lol. I can go on and on about how fun high school was but that's not what this post is about. Last week me and my friends finally finished our little project for our alma mater. We've been trying to finish this for quite a time now but you see when deadlines aren't that deadly...you tend to kinda beat around the proverbial bush haha. Thank you Dana, Kate, and Diane. We missed you Curves hehe. Felt like I was in high school again doing homeroom decor haha. Ilabas na ang crepe paper.

PS - I love the metal tables and I kkinda want one for my room...






















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Random Thoughts / Last Saturday

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Random Thoughts / Chinatown with @ajoverdelay and @paulhighness

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Okay another food post lol. At the risk of turning into a food blogger (I actually still have a few food related posts coming lol), I present to you another nomz entry. I have always wanted to go food tripping in chinatown but I never really got to do it til recently. Last week, AJ, Paul and I had lunch at Wai Ying fastfood in Binondo. Was super full after, that's all I can say haha! Yummy chinese food. And A++ too for not being super expensivo haha. Thank you AJ & Paul!




☝ Before

☝ After


After lunch, we strolled around the area and passed by this magazine store...I guess you already know what happened next haha. I got 3 vintage Previews #maghag. Remind me to scan some of the editorials—oldies but def goodies. Anyway had loads of fun that day. Will definitely go back there to take more photos, see more stuff, buy more things, and of course eat more food lol.


☝ Say hi to Paul




☝ Say hi to AJ (commercial muna: don't forget to buy this month's Garage! He did an awesome job illustrating this summer's trends. Check it out here)












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