With the FangirlAsia Family and Book shopping (again!)

It's FangirlAsia's last Open House Sale at Meeting Room 13, SMX Convention Centre. It'll be there last since they already have their office in Makati and they'll have their office open to everyone on Saturdays to fulfill fangirls' (and fanboys) collection! :) As always, I was there to help out. It's always fun and feels good to be with friends! I haven't seen Ate Gi since our Tagaytay trip last December (and we used to see each other almost every weekend!). Same goes to the rest of the FangirlAsia family - Dadi Butch, Kathyren/Jerome, Akee, Jules and Bea. And just recently, we have a new girl onboard the team, Duhbie! She's now our bunso, being two months younger than Bea.

It never ceases to amaze me that even if I've been quiet within the Asian fangirl world, the fangirl in me always surfaces out when I'm with Ate Gi and the rest. Hahaha. Must be all that merchandise all around us. I've not been long inside the Meeting Room and I found myself just staring at TK and the rest of SMAP while they were performing in their 2009 concert (or at least I think it was their 2009 concert). And then I found myself taking pics of stuff that I'd include in my wishlist (at least hindi ko binili pa.. wishlist muna!)

FTIsland's Asia Tour Photobook - Philippines is included here! may pic pa ng ulo ni Ate Gi. LOL

FTIsland's FT Time 2011 - saw Bea's copy.. it has an awesome calendar, planner and postcards

FTIsland's 2nd Compilation, TW - I had the first one of this, a gift from Ate Gi for my b-day last year. Dapat lang na meron ako nung 2nd!

FTIsland's Beautiful Journey, TW Version - It has a DVD! :)

I know! They're all FTIsland. What can I say? I'm a fan! :)

Anyways, one big surprise that I got was Kinki Kids' Family single. I kept asking Bea how much was the CD because it didn't have any price tag on it. Turned out, it's already mine! Wuhooo! It's a gift from Pin :) :). Ate Gi was just waiting for me to "claim" it. Hahaha

Thanks Pin! I love it! :)

Oh, this time around, I didn't hitch a ride with Dadi Butch and Ate Gi 'coz I wanted to go to MOA first and do some book shopping. LOL. We usually just go to Powerbooks when we are at MOA/SMX and I wanted to pass by Fullybooked and National Bookstore. So, I just decided to just go to SMX and meet them there. I didn't buy anything at Fullybooked. I manage to get one from NBS though.. haha! and 2 more from Powerbooks. 

I got:

Jennifer Crusie's The Cinderella Deal - my first on hand J. Crusie book! Hope it's good.

Michael Scott's The Necromancer, the 4th book of the "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" series - It's on sale!
Cynthia Hand's Unearthly - I have this on my To Buy list. I love the cover, though it reminds me of the Lauren Kate's Fallen series covers.

Oh, Powerbooks is on sale. 30% on selected books until the end of January. I think I'll be going back to Powerbooks soon to get the rest of the Vampire Academy series. Except for the last book, all others is only around 297 php! :)
 

Saturday Afternoon with Friends

Conchi, Kathy and I would usually meetup occasionally just to relax, eat and have fun together. Though during the last few meet-ups, it's just Conchi and me. Si Kathy biglang nawawala :). Before 2010 ended, Conchi and I scheduled a meet-up for the 8th of Jan. We contacted Kathy and asked if she could come. She has plans already but we txted her again and she still came with us. Yey!

At 1pm, Conchi and I met up at Fullybooked, The Block (our usual place). Of course, before we headed out for our late lunch (which we still didn't know where), we had to browse around the bookstore. Conchi got 2 books for herself and I got 1, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. I saw this posted by Fullybooked in FB and decided to try it out. It's about Clay Jensen finding a box of tapes made by Hannah Baker who committed suicide. The tapes explains the 13 reasons why she decided to kill herself. Interesting huh? :)

After Fullybooked, we met up with Kathy and headed to Annex to look for food. We ended up having a late lunch at the President's Tea House, a Chinese resto. Pretty ok food - we had seafood fried rice, seafood pancit canton, mapo tofu, beef broccoli and some dimsum. We didn't get to take pretty good pics of the food (forgot, again! =p).

Here's Conchi and myself, photo courtesy of Kathy. haha

After our lunch, Kathy went back to The Block to meet with her clients i think. Conchi and I headed to the WorldVision booth to do our goal for the day. I've been wanting to sponsor a child since 2010 but never got around to it until now.

Yeah, i sponsor a child! :) Happy!

Next stop is at NBS Booksellers. I was so happy that I was able to find the books that I like. 1st is the William and Kate book by Christopher Andersen. I guess it's because all of the historical romance reading that I am now very much interested with Royalty. :) Another book that I got that's a great surprise is The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan in paperback. Hoooraayyyyyyy!! I've waited for a long time for this. You see, my copies of the Percy Jackson books are all in paperback and being OC, I wanted the last book to be in paperback as well. Tiis ito! And when I saw it at Booksellers, I grabbed myself a copy. I even asked when it arrived (LOL) and the girl said that it just arrived today. Lucky! I'm pretty amazed that National releases books earlier than Fullybooked or Powerbooks these days.

Here are all the books I got today!

After our (or my) bookshopping, Conchi and I found ourselves inside the Apple store. We just wanted to look around (promise!). And after I've been debating whether to get an iPad or a Samsung Galaxy Tab, I finally got myself a new toy - an iPod Touch! LOL... Di kami pwede magsama ni Conchi, BI kami sa isa't isa. She also got herself one. HAHAHA.. There were only 2 64gb left and it's a sign! so bili na kami. Next thing we know, we're heading to the accessories section and choosing our casings. LOL :) As of now, I'm happily downloading and adding apps. Wala pa ngang songs! And we still have yet to try out Face Time.

Happy with our purchases, we headed to Caffe Ti-Amo and tried out their coffee and waffle gelato. Yum! There, we waited for Kathy to show up again. While waiting, we started our file exchange. hahaha! I got some new series to watch - Without a Trace, Big Bang Theory and House. And of course, when Kathy arrived, kwentuhan to the max parin. :)

Oh, and before I forget, I got this really awesome shirt from Conchi. It's from their own company creation. Nice noh? Thanks Conchi! :)

Today was really a day spent well with great friends! We've made it a pact to meet-up every 1st Saturday of the month (at the least).