Filipino SFers?

[Neo_Version 7]

Originally Posted by mistewacko

Is this the diaspora thread? We need to have an SF meetup....at Embassy!
Never got a chance to go this past Xmas break. Did manage to visit the rest of the Fort though. Market! Market! for the win. For the epic win.

 

[robertorex]

Originally Posted by Neo_Version 7

I believe you're referring to Bendis' Secret Invasion.

Was quite enjoyable. But you can't really expect much from high-profile events.

I refer to This.

 

[robertorex]

Originally Posted by mistewacko

Is this the diaspora thread? We need to have an SF meetup....at Embassy!

I would actually be down for a meetup in july. Any takers?

 

[Xericx]

I liked that outdoor store at the Fort......like an REI...blasting air conditioning might have helped. Team Manila gear in there was pretty nice for T-shirts, etc.

And Fiamma for afterhours!

 

[mistewacko]

Originally Posted by Neo_Version 7

Never got a chance to go this past Xmas break.
Did manage to visit the rest of the Fort though. Market! Market! for the win. For the epic win.

I was supposed to go this month...but went to another destination. So, my next visit is in February 10'. You gotta love a +5 story value priced mall!

 

[Cas Ruffin]

Right here homie.

 

[ctrlaltelite]

born there and immigrated when i was 5

 

[bbaquiran]

Originally Posted by robertorex

bump.

I was chatting with a friend about jeans and he told me that this one shop in Bonifacio High Street, Theodore's, carries "selvage denim". Sounded interesting, I thought, maybe there are denimheads in manila besides edmond and I can make my next purchase there and support the Philippine economy.

Then I googled "Theodore's Manila" and got this

http://theodoresthestore.multiply.com/

ugh, everything garish and hipster that I dislike about manila fashion (actually not fashion, garish is what many people pass off as style in our parts sadly too often). So Manila-based posters (bbaquiran and acidicboy I'm looking at you) is Theodore's worth stopping by at all? Are there any decent stores at all in Manila these days? Being back in December I wasn't too impressed, even with the High Street area. Or am I missing something?

Nope, you're not missing anything. There are a few stores with Ernest Sewn and APC, and Levi's has recently begun to carry a few LVC items but otherwise, it's either garish eurotrash or hipster wannabe crap.

I've recently gotten in touch with a local tailor who has access to high quality selvage denim, chambray, and other fabrics. He made me this shirt from Cone Mills chambray:

Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife

:fires machine gun into the air:

Just got back from Davao, where my wife's family is from. You guys sure like your guns.

Originally Posted by robertorex

I would actually be down for a meetup in july. Any takers?

Sure.

 

[ctrlaltelite]

geez that is a NICE shirt. fit pics?

 

[emptym]

Originally Posted by Neo_Version 7

Same here.
South side represent!

I taught at A de Z for a sem. in 97-98.

Originally Posted by robertorex

I would actually be down for a meetup in july. Any takers?
I hope to be in Manila for July.

 

[Francis91]

<---- Filipino. Born and raised here in Chicago. I also don't speak or understand tagalog but will probably learn eventually.

 

[JustinW]

Originally Posted by emptym

I hope to be in Manila for July.

I met and worked with a Filipino Salesian priest in East Timor years ago - one of the most inspiring and admirable people I have ever had the privilege to be near.

 

[osc]

filipino here...born and raised (until 8yrs old )

 

[Maharlika]

Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife

i am half flip
lived in manila and cebu for four years or so in the early 1980s
still have family in cebu city
i've got a few acres in our family island in zamboanga

Love Zamboanga. My family on the maternal side owns Boracay Island.

 

[robertorex]

Originally Posted by emptym

I taught at A de Z for a sem. in 97-98.


I hope to be in Manila for July.

What were you doing teaching at A de Z? My family wants me to be back home for a year after graduation and I think I would like that as well, I was thinking of maybe going for some low-level lecturer position at ADMU for English, because I'm loath to teach at my high school full of cocky chinese kids

am thinking it would be an interesting change of pace before heading off to grad school.