TBJ 8th Mega Anniversary Meet and Greet: Highlights

It took me a while to blog about this highlight of my year because I wanted to make a vlog out of it, but sadly, my video footages have been corrupted and I can't retrieve the file anymore. Oh well! Back to good ol' writing!

I just want to share the highlight of TBJ 8th Mega Anniversary and acknowledge all the supportive brands and friendly faces who made this even possible. :)

Before the event, I asked everyone to come at strictly 1pm so we can start on time and make the most out of everything. To my surprise, everyone obliged and some even came way before me! :D

Participants Katrina, Angel, and Pam.

Participants Debbie, Pam, Ivy, Monaliza, and Diane.

Celebrity Cai Cortez and Project Vanity's Liz Lanuzo who joined me in this celebration and delivered lovely talks to the attendees.

 Cai and her wonderful family.

 Cai's little man, Hbib with dada. So cute, Bibbo (we call Hbib Bibbo)! :D

Minutes before I came in. :D The talented Janine Talens volunteered to man the registration booth and do a bit of hosting for me during the event. When she started doing her spiels, I was surprised at how good she is at it! I learned after the event that she does hosting on the side too so if you're interested, contact her at jhatalens@gmail.com. :)

After the spiel, I'm finally in! I started with a short thank you speech to all those who attended and gave them a preview of what to expect in the next few hours. :D

In the meet and greet, I debuted my PAK PLAKADO! FOUNDATION technique and spilled my tips and tricks in achieving a flawless, long- lasting base. Would love to do a string of workshops for this technique soon! My model for the day was Trina Asis of the blog The Multi- Hobbyist.

After the foundation workshop, Cai took the stage and talked about Body Positivity. Cai was the perfect speaker for this segment because as someone who's in her size working in a harsh world called show business, she has always amazed me at how she's stayed strong and successful despite the industry's demands and pressure.

Take aways from Cai's speech:

1. Never mind the haters. They're doing just that--hating!

2. It's important to have a group of supportive people who will always get you through. Cai admits that sometimes, she gets pressured when it comes to body matters, most especially when there are projects demanding her to go slim, but she stayed true with herself and pulled through everything with the help of those who love her.

3. Fat doesn't always mean unhealthy, according to Cai, who also engages in swimming as exercise and has been eating healthy.

4. When you begin to love yourself, everything else will follow.

5. Don't let anyone tell you you can't be successful at anything just because you are fat and that has been proven many times by Cai!

After Cai's wonderful talk on positivity, we go to Liz for her talk on Passion to Profit. Liz is one of the Bloggers I look up to because I see some parts of my self in her: Never to back out on challenges, always striving to be better, and always looking for the next big step in whatever she does.

Take aways from Liz's talk:

1. Have a mentor, someone to look up to and pattern your work after. Mentors have been through it all and their wisdom and experience will help you a lot.
2. Find out what your real passion is. Start with that.
3. Follow through in everything you do.

There's also another special guest and he's Mr. Mirage. Unfortunately, he wasn't in the mood to talk lol.

Sharing and Q&A time! Donna, one of my long- time readers sharing her experience with my blog and the things she's learned from it. I also have a new reader named Abigail and she shared how my blog has changed her life: Abigail's suffering from Aloepecia and my blog, videos, and all the beauty information I've been sharing has helped her see beauty and beautifying oneself in a new light, thus helping her overcome the stress of her condition. Seriously, I felt teary- eyed while listening to that; reminded me again why I do what I do!

After Liz's talk, I ended the session with my Billion Dollar brow technique! Will create more workshops about my brow techniques soon! :)

And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who joined and came on time; there were some who even came from very far places like Laguna, Batangas, and Cavite, and I appreciate them for coming too!

Check out the vlogs created by some of the participants too!

Ivy Mañosa

Christine Galope

Apple Maglalang

Miss Princess Diaries

Thanks to Commune for providing the lovely venue, tasty food, and refreshing drinks! :) Thank you also to the following sponsors: Sleek Makeup, Pink Sugar, BYS, Deoproce, BI-ES, Strip It, Dashing Diva, Jordana, Deborah Milano, Essence Cosmetics, Golden Rose, Flormar, Belo SunExpert, Belo Essentials, Burt's Bees, Zen Zest, Baby Foot, K Palette, Morgan Taylor, Nippon Esthetic, Catrice, Nature Essentials, Inglot, and Belle De Jour for providing planners to all of the participants!

Gifts from some of the attendees. Made me feel fuzzy and warm all over. These are not expected, but very much appreciated. Thank you Jenny Andres, Di Arwen, Rita Sebastian, Christine Galope, Sheena Cantor, Tintin Grape, and Mich Ereño for these!

Thank you again and again to those who joined the giveaway and those who attended. Thank you for filling my heart with love and see you all on my 9th year. :)