Announcements

For the past few years, this website (as well as its social media handles) has been a witness to various events in the Philippines’ pop culture circuit. Most of you have seen me advocate for several events like the World Cosplay Summit or the local idol culture. I have now reached a point where my energy and resources can no longer compensate for going to several places in a single day. I’ve spent my life in the events industry so much that I built and broke bridges. ...

I have been interested in going to Cosmic Con at Alabang, but this time I have to get there for real. Cosmic Con 2019 will be held on the weekend of October 19-20, 2019 at Ayala Malls South Park in Muntinlupa City. Alongside a lot of activities that are going to be held in it is this Cosplay Panel that I am invited to moderate. https://www.facebook.com/cosmicconph/photos/a.1453419571554022/2533303040232331/ Cosmic Con 2019 Panel Discussion: Cosplay and its Effects The topic I am about to moderate is quite complex - “Cosplay and its Effects.” Ok, let me read the description first: ...

It’s a dawn of a new era. keepsakes. has been running for years on its old platform because I felt that I’m not looking forward to scaling up. This solo project has been an archive to many events in and out of the country. I’ve made friends all over the place, if I say so myself. My decision to move to a new platform (actually, this is the platform that I’ve gotten used to before) is because I felt Medium is not being developed well. Aside from wanting to jump to mobile-first platforms such as AMP and Instant Articles, I do want to participate in their partner program. ...

I got a lot of content being churned out on YouTube and Anchor. Here’s some of it: I’ve just had a podcast with JM Melegrito of Anime Pilipinas last week, and now we proceed to Cebu’s Gary Montejo. Next week will be Serena from The Lily Cat — and following that is a feature on the country’s first Anime Idol Convention held last January 13. A lot has been going on, and I just got used to churning on podcasts sporadically, so you’d better subscribe to the podcast: http://anchor.fm/keepsakes. ...

Photo of yours truly at Taal Vista Hotel, taken April 21, 2018. Y me so serious? Ang init eh. …as you read this post, expect me doing more stuff that I can handle. Or sleeping because these activities are exhausting. Here in this space, I try to write as much as I can. Before I proceed to give you my preparations for the upcoming weekend at #NICE2018 in Davao, I have to let this off my chest first. ...

Hi everyone! I’ve just got off from GameCon at SM Megamall Megatrade Hall 2, in which I have lots of videos taken form my phone — highlights will be posted next week. For the meantime, check out my entry in Otaku Journalist Lauren Orsini’s Anime Origin Stories. (If we are to believe that the number 7 is lucky, then I should be double-lucky as I’m under entry #77, jokingly speaking. Plus I’m the first entry in the site’s “Asia” category, in case you would like to know.) ...

March Madness Nope, I ain’t talking about the US NCAA Men’s Basketball championship here. As with the month of February, March has a lot of events for me at the company: Pasig City Women’s Summit (this Tuesday) Sales Leadership Masterclass with SOCO Selling’s Tom Abbott (this Friday, March 31) With those things at hand, I wasn’t able to post often here and on Facebook. Nevertheless, I’m hoping to see you at these events. ...

If you might have noticed, I’ve been tinkering with 360 photos on Facebook. I’ve just posted my second photo there. There are two things that are important in making these photos: The size of the photo, and The metadata. Luckily, Facebook has very helpful resources on how to make ones from your Photoshop or GIMP. Best of all, it’s very easy — so easy that even meme pages can create their own set. ...

It’s been a long time since I joined a podcast — the last one was around September 2015 (Click on the photo to listen to the Episode on YouTube) Hi everyone!, Just right after 2017 kicks in, The Reimaru Files has finished uploading their Year-Ender Events Review, of which I am a guest analyst. We talked about local events in the country — I’d like to give you a heads-up that in the first part, I was pretty much murky and not in my proper consciousness discussing about TOYCON (of which I am part of its staff), but nevertheless I shifted to what I’d like to talk about the best — Anime-related events. ...

Pioneer Films (under the name Viewers Choice Philippines) released an update about the screening date of Makoto Shinkai’s “your name.,” which was set to be screened in cinemas December 14: Due to pending issues with the Metro Manila Film Festival that affected movie booking schedules, the December 14 release date of the movie YOUR NAME (Kimi no Na wa) is still pending. Keep on calling your favorite cinemas to convince them to book the movie the soonest! We will keep you posted for any developments. Thank you for your understanding. ...