Working in general is most definitely no easy task.
But working inside a mall is surprisingly enough, quite fun and enjoyable!
I mean for starters, AC's on every floor.
I said AC, not JC! Jeez!
You could even feel it while you poop.
That would somewhat explain the COOL part but what about the CONVENIENCE part.
Well, duhhh, it's a mall!
It actually IS designed for convenience!
All the more if you had the money for said spending, that is!
And also...well, as an employee of such establishments; you immediately gain access to secret items and areas like
hidden WI-FIs,
hidden elevators,
hidden restrooms
& of course, HIDDEN TEMPLES!
We're kidding about that last part.
But just as long as you'd do your job right and focus more
on the positives, life would somewhat uhm...find a way
and give you what you so duly deserve.
And hey look, delicious food served on a giant platter!
And for P100 (before we wrote this it was still @ P99
But trust us, the P1.00 increase was completely justified.
Feel free to blame any of the following: 1. Train Law. 2. Inflation Rates. 3. Other equally smart sounding Economic terms that we might have missed. 4. Invent your own reason: _____________________________________)
And for that amount, you'd get yourself a Pizza and Pasta combo meal.
Not bad if we must say so ourselves.
And what an absolute steal!
Too bad these bazaar folks are only there when the mall permits them to do so.
Hence their next mall appearance is anyone's lucky guess, really!
Mercato type food markets are all the rage nowadays.
All the more as we are inches away from the very festive and very inevitable Christmas season.
But then again, there's the ever so dreadful traffic, veryunpredictable weather conditions, reaching your quota, unionizing amongst your co-workers and Endo Contractualization.
So yeah, nothing's really THAT easy when you think about it!
It definitely had been a while since our last update/entry.
But rest assured that this site is still some what active and here are a few OTHER websites bearing our
good and very trustworthy (not really) name:
We arrived considerably early even if we really didn't have a booth.
And lo' behold the queues and queues of people wanting to score some free comic books.
Some fans and some opportunists.
But then again, we're not here to judge for we are no Arishem.
After some twist and turns, we've finally arrived at our destination.
The line was only half of the battle for the final boss resides at the top floor.
Let the FCBD-ing begin!!!!
Again, as we've mentioned earlier. We really didn't have a booth.
Because that's what happens when you have nothing to release that year, you don't get squat.
That's what happens, man! THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS!
But luckily enough, we do have some friends(Imagine that!) that had SOMETHING
to release that year and that's good of a reason enough for us to make "Tambay-tambay" at their booth and hopefully find refuge from the scorch'n hot weather that Manila summer had to offer.
Hurray for Nepotism!
Kidding aside, we are more than pleased to have signed a few FCBD Samplers while manning the Anino Comics booth.
And we even sold the Big Barda artwork we sketched earlier that morning. Thanks Benj!
That feeling of respect and high sense of belongingness is a sensation that is second to none.
So thank you, fine folks of FCBD. And more importantly,thank you Sir Sandy.
Then all of a sudden, RANDOM CROWD SHOTS!
And oh, congratulations to the incomparable and very deserving Sir Francisco Coching!
Much love and respect from your loyal admirers at SSM!.
As my Anino bros. started to occupy the reserved seats.
The more logical order of action was to leave.
And gracefully leave we shall.
Believe it or not, this was our first even in YEARS that we were able to arrive-get free swags-leave.
Normally we'd have to arrive late-set-up our booth-endure hunger-sell-endure a full bladder--sell some more-tolerate weird customers-finish the event-leave.
See how many more steps were added to the routine once we switch those roles up. That's what happens,man! That's what happens!
Photos of the day:
As we've mentioned earlier, this event took place during the summer. And as expected it does get a bit humid from time to time. With bottlenecks in some areas...
and really spacious corners towards the end of the room.
But nothing like a few trips to the event's air dispensing drones couldn't fix!
Ahhh, refreshing!
Now, where were we?
Oh right, leaving the event but not without taking some detours to the Comic Odyssey shop directly downstairs from the event. Dahil mga comic fans talaga kami at hindi kagaya niyong mga p*******-**ng posers kayo!!! Ok, kalma....
At P100 per book,
it's a definitive steal for both comic fans and collectors alike. Our CO Haul:
Oh sweet, The Mask #1! Bruce Timm Cover!
We actually do have #5 as well, but we were unable to find it in time for this documentation.
And lookie-lookie! Jack Kirby's NEW GODS!
And what's this, The Visprint Exhibition Area?
What a nice day to be a comic book fan!
The rest of the afternoon was originally planned to be a movie night with the rest of the SSM! Crew. The film of choice was of course, Avengers :Age Of Ultron. But quick twist and turns later on, we ended up lining up for yet another FCBD line and the rest as they say was history.
We saw our movie, got our new books and everything was dandy!
Our entire FCBD Haul:
Loled at that Iron Fist party mask but hey, this had been surviving Komiket/FCBD,the SSM! style!
Join us again soon as we preview some of the more Epic/WTF? moments from our hauls.
