Random Thoughts / This Was Last Week

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Went to Status HQ with Karl. The visit was short but def sweet. Thanks Nante and Status!! Then spent the night in ortigas with my tita. Didn't bring me laptop so I got lots of time to read and hooray for that! lol You know what being computerless and offline for an extended period of time can be fun too hahaha—I only need good company, pen + paper, or a stack of my favorite magazines and I'm gon be all right.












☝ Don't judge. hrhrhr


Happy weekend!

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Events / The Future of Publishing / 6th Manila InDesign Users Group Meeting

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I attended the 6th InDesign talk last week; I did not win anything but I got myself a nice poster lol. The meeting went well, although getting in wasn't as easy as I thought it would be haha—it was inside ABS-CBN kasi. Anyway, Neil Agonoy, Metro's AD was supposed to talk (as stated in the meeting summary) but zilch nada no Neil that night. I was looking forward to his talk but oh well, maybe next time. Jesus Vicente's talk made up for it though—I super super loved it (he talked about magazines haha). More of that please!

Thank you IDUG Manila! Looking forward to the next meeting!










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☝ The people behind the event. Congrats guys!




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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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