Remember when I mentioned Yabang Pinoy in my Maria blog post? They had a booth set up in the Pinoy Kalye event held last Saturday at Cubao Expo and I got invited by Maricris to check it out. This was spearheaded by the Ateneo School of Social Sciences and participated by the entrepreneurial and civic-minded youth of today like WeeWillDoodle,
Together with my hubby Peter and my girlfriends Ninette and Anmarie, we visited the event just to see what’s “cookin’”. It’s been so long since I last went to this part of Cubao (I used to traverse this area back in college which is like what, 10 years ago? Hahaha!) and to my amazement, the “kalye” so to speak was lined up with shops and boutiques of all sorts. Aside from the sea of shoe stores, there’s also this very red and romantic place called My Breathing Space. It sells freshly brewed coffee at P50 per cup plus all sorts of trinkets, souvenirs and what-nots.There were also tons of eye-catching nude paintings. I particularly liked that of Tetchie
Agbayani which was taken around 1983 in her full “bossomy” glory. I didn’t buy it even if I wanted to. Anyway, I have tons of similar paintings of myself, digital version, taken by Peter years ago. Hehehe. What we did buy was a book by the owner himself, Gener P. Valerio naturally entitled My Breathing Space… a book of inspirational anecdotes full of wisdom and style.
Notice Tetchie’s painting behind me?
Paintings? Wines? They have everything!
Behind us is a better-looking photo of Tetchie, hehehe. Oh, that’s the owner and author of My Breathing Space in the middle.
After much chicka with the owner, we checked the other booths. Finally, Peter and I were able to buy the Yabang Pinoy bracelet, which is a must for anyone who would like to apply as a volunteer for the Yabang Pinoy Pride Campaign. Now we only have to think about our answer to their question: “Ano ang maipagyayabang mo bilang isang Pilipino?”. Hmmm… Lots! But that’s for another blog entry.
Yabang Pinoy & Musik Lokal kiosks
Lomo Manila booth
The list of activities for that night was almost endless. Lots of young bands were on the line-up and other young artists will be performing as well. We only stayed for an hour and a half due to some previous engagements. But from what we saw — rumarampang mga Pinoy skaters, naggagandahang mga produktong pinoy, naghihiyawang mga sesyonista at rakista — the youth of today (is it generation x, y, or z now? I get confused…) is not so bad after all. We’re proud of ‘em, even!
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