#i just love this website sm especially drawing with friends

[galakteon]

whiteboard doodles dump!

(apologies for some of the pictures being horribly cropped oops)

[mcnuggyy]

hey izel!! do you have any advice for someone who is starting to get into drawing? 🥺 more for characters/people/etc? (thank you in advance btw i love your art sm!!!!!💖💫💞)

this seems very simple but it has worked wonderfully in my experience :3

1) practice (every day, even if it’s just one page in your sketchbook a day!) (THIS IS THE BIG ONE OKAY, YOU CAN IGNORE EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS LIST BUT AS LONG AS U PRACTICE EVERY DAY U WILL IMPROVE I PROMISE)

2) trace and copy poses and artists you enjoy! These you don’t post, it’s just to help you with anatomy breakdown! See how other people simplify shapes and forms! Or how they use color! (But again these you don’t post these :>) Even my own friends copy and trace my art for fun fjfjfj

3) watch a show or movie and try to draw the characters! You can watch a live action movie, pause, and then try and draw the expression or pose or do a caricature! Very fun and good practice!

4) be sure to practice your anatomy! There are multiple websites you can use with reference! Such as posemaniacs! (Which I think even has an app version but ifk?) Gestures are especially fun for me!

5) you can have days where you focus on one specific thing! A how to draw hands day, cats, leg muscles day, wrinkles on pants, paint day, etc! It’s fun to expirement but it’s also good to have days where you just figure out how to finally do something ya know? :>

Hope these help!! These are just small things but they have helped me a lot!! As always my dms are open for any other questions you may have (ฅ’ω’ฅ)​♥

[ariondevereux]

ALSO ALSO BDSI YES YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT SHILOH 🥰🥰🥰 i’m not strong enough to break the pattern. i always always have to romance the best friend especially if they’re flirting with me right in my face 😔🫰🏼not so fun fact but i actually named my gang “draken” after ken and i hc that the gang logo is the dragon tattoo on the left side of his head. he’s so schmexyy <33 i will make shiloh watch and read tokrev so he knows his gang’s history

Yes it's me again (so sorry for cluttering ur inbox😭😭) Omg!! I would love to know some more facts/hcs about your BDSI Draken and shiloh pls. Only if u don't mind of course. 👀👀👀🙏🏾

I named mine Phoenix after P from golden because they're one of my faves (ik so original 😂😭). Like I give my Ocs the most random names. Sometimes I look at the oc I created and go "yeah they look like their name is Rohan😌" other times I look on baby websites for names because my brain is too tiny. I would love to know the process behind how u name ur Ocs. Draken has one of my fave character designs and he was such a sweetheart, I loved him sm. Friends to lovers is top tier and no one can tell me otherwise, the mutual pining, the teasing from their friend group, the "I love u but I don't wanna ruin our friendship", the whole idiots to lovers situations, the slow burn its all so good. A variation of this trope I really like is when they're childhood friends and then they get separated for some time and one of them or both doesn't remember each other for a bit and when they do the other person's personality changed due to some stuff that happened and then there's just angst and slow burn gallore jdjdjdjdjd. Kind of like rivens route in sinners and saints by @/sinnersandsaints-linwrites.

WAIT NO I WAS KIDDING ABOUT BDSI DRAKEN SHEJAKSJJA but yeah he was my inspiration for the gang name and logo <333 back before my mh went to shit and i could still draw, i wanted to make a silly fanart of shiloh dressed as draken 😭 like pls i love draken so much he’s the reason i got into tokrev. he’s such a gentle giant and he’s so noble like he’s the least insane out of all of them UGH i just know he’s boyfriend material i love himmmm

oooo tell me more about phoenix 👀 and no cause it’s a pretty name!! that’s also one of my spare names for future ocs with “nyx” as the nickname hehe

Sometimes I look at the oc I created and go "yeah they look like their name is Rohan😌"

THIS IS LITERALLY ME LMFAOOO one of my ocs is named olivia and my fc is gracie abrams because i was like “hmm🤔 she looks like an olivia” and it’s funny because i came across one musing blog here and one of their ocs is also olivia with gracie abrams as the fc nsnsjsksjs but most often i give my ocs names that i wish i had. except for annika, my former wayhaven detective. technically we have the same name, mine’s just spelled differently but i wish it was spelled annika lololol but yeah once i come up with a name, i’ll just try to think of a surname that i think flows well with the name

AND YES YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG WITH FRIENDS TO LOVERS !!! like other tropes are pretty but they’re not f2l 🤭🤭 and the scrumptiousness of childhood friends to lovers…….. you get it. i don’t know if you play tears of themis but there’s this character named luke with this same trope and god the angst is so so good i think you’re gonna love it

[theassassinmusician-blog]

To:Crushie”SM Rookie”    From: Just Me

this is a glitched photo of you cos i don’t wanna show ur face to this website (even tho ur face is just right there at the lower left portion of the picture lol), it might attract more girls HAHAHAH kidding, but i glitched it just for some “anonymous” purposes and to respect ur image as a person.

Where to even begin, about this guy, Idk why i had the balls to blog about him but hey this is my purpose on tumblr, to type about my unsaid feelings hahaha. I met him in our school, we became blockmates at our 3rd term for the 1st semester. I couldn’t say it was “love at first sight” (ew much hahah) but like i felt this urge that i need to befriend you, in a way, let me pick your brain and get to know your thoughts, your face is always like a vaporwave, you can’t tell sht, it’s just a big mystery, all though you have other faces like you just insulted one of your friends, or to where you found something funny or cool. but nothing beats your blurry face. Hmmm....idk if i should describe you physically, but since this blog is about you, why not HAHAHA. the first day i saw you,you had this short wavy hair(but when  days passed by your hair grew longer and it’s like paul klein’s hair, but rn ,literally,  it’s a slick back,which suits you but i prefer the long hair one, cos i love boys with long hair especially if it’s wavy lol), your eyes that are like puppy eyes, round and innocent,Lips look like they are lips of the statues of Gods(you know those statues like Zeus’ or Achilles’, observe their lips, they look so tender!)soft looking and just the right one.your adam’s apple blending perfectly on your neck, not too big not too small, not too high and not too low(this descriptions is like he is the perfect human being ever,but i promise you, HE IS! HAHAHAH kidding, so yea i think that’s one the basics of him hahahah me describing his physical appearance)but crushie,your looks wasn’t the thing that triggered me, it was your vibe, you know those cool guys that are just really chill and like thinking deep thoughts and all the other kind of cool guy stuff, well you’re like that. i sometimes see you inside the classroom, i know this will sound funny but, you’re just sitting, i know a big what right?, but i really dont knooooow, the way you seat is like you’re not really seating on just some regular cheap ass school chair, but i  picture you in a bench by the park or just a simple log by the beach looking at the distance as the sun goes down, or how i saw you that time in the hallway while you guys were waiting for your turn to report your database(this was at our midterms) you lay down, you were like slacking -off on the floor while scrolling down your phone, i don’t picture you just laying on some floor but on some kind of grassy field and just feeling the wind breeze,it’s getting poetic, i know, but hey, that’s how i look at you.Every movement you do is with poise (although this term you’re getting kinda goofy, but still maintaining your poise). I don’t know if at this point i’m making sense but meh, this is just a blog to you. 2 terms passed by and our 2nd semester has started (yup we’re still classmates) we were beginning to become friends, it all started at chillout (it’s a bar around taft) yup, you know i was drunk hahaha, embarrassing right? i sat next to you guys and it just so happened that our other blockmate took-off, so we were left sitting right next to each other, and that’s when i started talking to you, i’m not gonna mention the things i’ve done or said during this time, it’s really quite long sooo  nvm then hahaha, this is just a remark on how we got to the point we were acquaintances already hahaha,but i’ll give you a hint, that night was the night a really became more curious about you, i know we talked a lot of sht,personal sht to be exact and yea, you are really one interesting guy, despite that at first you were just a mystery but now you’re opening your book, but not generally being really that open, just when you know if the vibe is “intellectual talk”. I also realized how artsy you are, you’re great with digital art, film making,photography, and even in drawing(saw you sketching last time at our cathwor class, like UGH i can’t even HAHAHAH).Also i discovered that you play the guitar too! like that really hit me holy sht, i saw you snapped a tab sheet for a song and i was like “holy fcker” HAHAAHAHAH, i easily get triggered by people who can play an instrument cos i love music and love playing the guitar often, plus you posted on instagram, you played chocolate by The 1975, twas cute hahaha. soo yeaa, artsy,but also weird, you tend to laugh at the smallest things sometimes and make weird dance moves whenever you hear hype music or just make this face you always do that your mouth is circular and a face of poker face HAHAHAHAH lol (guess the Lord spilled a pinch of outlandish salt in you hehehe). anyways, i have a lot of stories to tell about the times we’ve spent together, but i think this is enough hahaha, fast forwarding it to right now, we’re still ayt, our friendship still remains,all though we’re at the stage of insulting one another and pulling some jokes, nothing’s changed at all, except for the fact that i think you have a girl now lol, but it’s okay, a girl like me doesn’t even stand a chance on you, but it’s okay too cos i have no plans on wanting (if ever in a very parallel of parallel universes) to be your girlfriend (but yea as mentioned on the other openclose parenthesis, if u want i would gladly be obliged HAHAHAHAHAAHAH jk), furthermore tho, i hope that you’re still you, even tho i haven’t known the real you, i’m expecting that you’re not just some other cliche dude, that only prioritizes non-sense sht all the time (you get what i mean).

Anyways i think that’s it, this is just nothing but it’s good to let this one come out hahahaah. Hope to know you more crushie.

[fluffi]

so should i reply in tiny font or just regular font?

hybe should do better in spreading out the comebacks of the groups under them :/ they're already at a huge advantage, might as well use it strategically. AHA streaming mvs is so convenient for a multi. the filler vids i could use in between could be mvs from the other groups that i stan. also you know what, i still haven't watched a single final performance bc im waiting for a friend to watch with me :D

i have a chinese movie recommendation in case you want something to cry over. i still love its ost and it's been months since i watched it. i'm not sure if you watched it already but more than blue. i've never cried over a movie as much as i cried for that one. the angst *chef's kiss*. i'd do anything to wipe my memory of it and watch it again for the first time.

also sungchan is mc-ing in inkigayo every sunday! and honestly, what the hell is nct hollywood :D but a part of me thinks it's just going to be a bunch of asians living in america like johnny that'll be a part of it. just a hunch tho. imagine having all 4 units coming back in a year with like 1 unit per quarter of the year. i'm not sure if sm even has the money to do this, especially when they filed bankruptcy recently.

and i've seen a lot of twitter memes saying taro's ghosted stans T_T alexa play ghosting by txt T_T sm come on give him smth to do, you're wasting talent.

the mall didn't burn down entirely (like from the outside it looked fine). the ventilation system caught fire so it was more internal—ceilings and all that. covered things with soot(?) and ashes so the entire mall was closed for nearly 2 years. and hey, i've experienced a school fire too back when i was younger. i, too, thought it was nothing but a fire drill until i saw the charred remains of the buildings behind our school : D thankfully, no one died.

the new nct track is for a samsung commercial AHAHA it's funny because nearly everyone uses apple TT_TT and the mv screams neo culture tech tho (well as it should lmao). yes, i was talking about that part in hot sauce but yes, it grew on me too.

ateez really know how to do a performance. they put the standard so high for me when it came to performing. their facial expressions and overall stage presence just impresses me. it's been a while since i've seen idols draw me to them by those standards.

ah, the long stan list! good luck in getting through it and i hope you do have fun as you go :] (also you can check out aurora by ateez and whiplash by tbz. the songs popped up in my head as i was typing this reply, you might like them)

ohhhh, what was the pd48 scandal? i don't watch survival shows so i don't know any of the stuff going on. would you care to elaborate? about their disbandment :(( i hope you're okay now tho! are the other girls still debuting in new groups? anyone eyeing an acting career instead of being an idol?

YES, A PATTERN IN THE BIASES (if you count an analysis of two ppl as a pattern, that is.) because it's the same pattern i have for my biaswreckers :D jake & seungmin, not only do they have the same animal to represent them, they have the same 'golden retriever' type of personality that just makes you go all soft. ygwim ;n; i wish i could elaborate but both boys just devastate me in the same level and my friends pointed out that they were quite similar in some aspects.

jaemin used to send really long bbl messages :< like if there was anything he loved most it was nctzens and it was obv in his messages. speaking of dream, album repackage news today! idk what to feel bc my hot sauce albums haven't even arrived yet :D + i'm dead br0ke.

how do you even manage to read 30k TT__TT i cant handle long fics bc of my attention span :D also, yes, i found the user now, i'll check if i'll like their works soon. <33

YES YOU SHOULDVE BEEN THERE T_T what a day that was. i think seungmin is still sweet and active in bbl. not a single cent goes to waste with him. also i think i'll post the drabble some time this month.

and oml seungmin vs jake :o let's see how that goes O.O XDD

clickity-clackity AHAH do you have a mechanical keyboard? :c i wanted one too but i haven't got around to saving up for one. but yes indeed, typing asmr v relaxing \m/

sunny hyuck day, fullsun sunday, fullsunday T_T feels were very strong that day. i kept seeing edits on my twt tl and i would just s o b : D i've only stanned nct for a year but i've seen him grow so much i just wanted to crie i love him sm :') yk my mom didn't cook spaghetti for my birthday, but she cooked for hyuck's? : D

and i checked ur recs blog and indeed, full of nct T_T

also have i mentioned that your desktop thing amuses me so much HAHAH i got confused for a sec if i had twt opened or tumblr. plus, i've been wanting to mention that i noticed that our mobile themes are opposites. black and red, white and blue. it's cute XDD <3

help, people have been telling me that our asks are long but i highkey love it. i added a ‘keep reading’ for the mobile users though, sorry in advance hh.

honestly, both works. tiny font saves space but regular font does more justice for my poor eyes haha. its your call!

hybe comebacks :( yeah enhypen got lucky because they came back right before cb season so they got three wins (yay)! on the bright side, txt just got their first win and bts has six wins, so it all works out i guess. omg yes, the streaming thing is perfect. i stan like 20 groups so i have a never-ending cycle of filler mvs and its always so helpful. ooh for the final performances - you wont regret watching any of them! literally wild, kingdom's budget and talent are wild.

ooh, I don't watch any cdramas lmao. i want to but i can barely finish kdramas. if its a movie ill watch it! ive never heard of more than blue but ill check it out <3 where can i watch it?

yes yes i have just realized that sungchan is yujin's co-mc! i watched their special stage (which is literally adorable) and was today years old when i realized that the dude is sungchan pls. nct hollywood was so unexpected and i still have mixed feelings about it now. LMAO JUST ASIANS LIVING IN AMERICA...help. that would be interesting (?) but the concept reminds me of those horrendous awesomeness tv shows. lets hope sm pulls this off well and proves me wrong. lmao all 4 units coming back would probably happen, but i hope none of them get overworked :( i constantly feel like mork lee has four clones :'( also...sm filed bankcruptcy??? dang, what happened?

ugh omg yeah shotaros talent is seriously being wasted in the basement right now. as for fires, scary T-T i wasnt that fazed by them until the australia wildfires happened, and i learned about the consequences of fire and got really scared. its good that the entire mall didnt burn down though! although its weird that no one is opening it :( schools really need to tell us the difference between drills though, it might be dangerous for those rebellious kids.

yeah i just realized that the nct track is an endorsement which partly explains why i cant listen to it. the mv's visuals are stunning!! the set and people are so gorgeous aa i cant

oh yeah im not an atiny but i have acknowledged since 2020 that they have one of the best, if not the best stage presence and expressions on stage for 4th gen. i think their only worthy competitor would be stray kids actually. theyre truly one of a kind and all of them are cute especially that yeosang guy. i will definitely check out your song recommendations though!

oof the pd48 scandal is extremely complicated. to condense it in a few statements: all of the girls' rankings have been rigged since the very beginning and it was rumored that they already had their end group before the show even started. it was like this for pf48 and pdx101 (group x1) which was why x1 disbanded within a month of debuting, and izone were on hiatus for like 4 months. im not the best at explaining stuff like this haha, but i think you get it. you can check out yt or search up 'pd48 scandal', a ton of articles and videos. as for new groups, nothing has been made clear yet. theyve only made instagram handles for now and appeared on variety shows haha. as for acting career, hyewon was supposed to do acting but was forced to join pd48 so maybe she'll continue acting afterwards? nothing is confirmed yet!

lmao two similarities, its okay it counts. ah, true, i can see their similarities now that youve mentioned it, as well as how jeno is kind of like that. however, i am currently attached to jaemin so we'll see what happens from there hehe. i swerve easily.

jaemin on bubble grr, that would be a whole experience. from the bare minimum of vidoes ive seen for him wbk jaemin is so whipped for czennies. ah yes repackage! i saw the post on instagram and went to the comments to see everything screaming ‘iM bROke!’ and it was lowkey hilarious lmao. kpop is really trying to suck our money T-T.

ope the longest fic ive read is like...40k words i think? and it was by jeonginks. ill read anything eiko produces lmao, theres always so much substance in her work. ooh, tell me what you think of luvdsc’s stuff, i just finished binging their entire masterlist lmao.

seungmin vs jake yeah, i havent been catching up on skz enha content because im still obsessing over the dreamies but when that saga is over then im going to focus on my ults lmao (which might include dream soon, hehe).

yes yes i have a mechanical bluetooth keyboard that i use to connect to my computer! it literally sounds amazing lmao, its only 10am here but i feel like im going to doze off from the clickity clackitys already. i cant wait for you to get one! tell me when you do, we can match hehe.

hyuck is an aodrable brat please. hes like the best comedian of nct at this point, so hilarious and filled with variety i love him. he rose up my bias list pretty fast too. LMAO YOUR MOM IS SO COOL I LOVE HER ALREADY. if only my mom would cook for my ults’ borndays.

yes my rec blog is a mess right now, ill organize it soon haha.

omg thank you and yes my website theme is one-of-a-kind. even i get confused when i open it or edit it, and i constantly get comments about it. also i just realized our opposing theme colors and i love it! its adorable.

[hallyuandthephilippines]

2017 Korean Product Festival In The Philippines

 The 2017 Korean Product Festival (2017 한-필 우수상품 전시회) was held at the SMX Convention Center in SM Aura in the Philippines on July 14 – 16. The three day product festival happens annually and introduces a variety of brands and products. The exhibit featured food, cosmetics (make-up and skincare), technology, household items, cookware, banks, and much more. I even saw a safety vault maker, which really surprised me. That just showed how wide the range is for this event.

Exhibitors like the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines and The Philippine Kpop Convention, Inc. (PKCI) would be the most familiar names to those who often attend local Korean events. Since the hallyu wave, Korean cosmetics and food are the most popular in the Philippines, this event proved that Korea has so much more to offer.

They even had a member from KPOP group Offroad to join the festivities. Fans got excited upon the announcement of Park Harang being the special guest. The opportunity to meet the star and do the fire noodle challenge (buldak bokkeummyun challenge) with him was probably be one of the highlights for the attendees.

Some of the exhibitors that participated are companies that have already put out their products in the Philippine market or have been operating in the country. While other brands have yet to enter the Philippine market and joined the festival to introduce themselves and gain importers. It is also a great way for businesses to meet other potential companies to possibly work together with. There was a lounge area where visitors could try Korean street food. The section also served for a meeting place for companies to meet with one another or for wholesalers/distributors to express interest to export or import their products and break into the Philippine market…which is one of the main goals.

I asked one of the exhibitors, Mr. Paul Kang from Master Meaty Expert, on what he thought about the event. “I think there are 2 elements for businesses to be successful in this event. Firstly, product must be friendly to consumers. Joining this event will be very effective if the product is relatable to users like food, cosmetics and beverage products since most of the people visiting the event are the average people, and not someone who is in complicated and professional industries. To find potential business partners, it is important to have accessibility to Philippines market.”

“We joined a lot of local expos, but it was our first time to join the Korean Product Festival. We thought there would be more Koreans, but it was amazing to see that a lot of Filipinos came and had a friendly interactions with the Koreans and the culture. There isn't much opportunities like it, it was special.” Ms. Sunny (Jisun Byun) from Cooko Academy answered when asked the same question, on what they thought of the Korean Product festival.

As mentioned above, I was able to talk to a few of the exhibitors to get to know more about their businesses and their experience with the event. I had a great time getting to know what they were about.

One of my favorites was Cooko Culinary & Barista Academy, a Korean-owned barista school and cafe (under the name Blue Wonder Coffee & Bean Roastery) which just opened this year in the Philippines. I was able to talk to the marketing manager, Ms. Sunny / Byun Jisun, wherein she told me about the coffee workshops and barista training classes they offer which are taught by either Filipino or Korean trainers in the academy. The classes can vary from lectures to intense hands on training, which can also certify or prepare one for a professional field.

“We wanted to present ourselves as a Korean brand but not being foreign instead connecting the two different cultures with a product and service that's common and friendly to everyone, Coffee.

When people think about Korean culture…it's about Hallyu, KPop, Food, and Travel. We could say that it got easier to acquire the new culture and a lot of people are getting to know it but for majority it's still very foreign and feel like it's still not part of their world. So we wanted to bridge that gap. The three management of Cooko, we practically grew up in the Philippines, and as a person or as a company we want to be a friend and supporter to the Filipinos by providing quality products, skills and experience.

We believe by joining the Korean Product Festival, we got a step closer to our goal. Having made a friend like you who has a similar purpose, we see great hope.”

When asked if it was a good way to introduce Korean products to the Philippine audience through the festival Ms. Sunny said “Yes, absolutely. Being a Korean, as much as we enjoy and love Philippines, as a second home, we would like to share the good things we've got. Because experiencing the product is like a way of experiencing and learning how we live, how we think, and how we develop. That's how we also learned and experienced Philippines.”

From coffee I moved to a booth that focused on health, teas and herbal products which was Bobae Herb. I tried two of their teas, one being lotus root and it really cleansed my palette. It was not bitter at all and gave a calming and soothing effect. When I think of teas or healthy drinks from Korea I usually just associate it with barley, green tea and ginseng. Bobae Herb made me discover that there were numerous healthy and flavorful teas. Not only do they sell tea bags, dried and powdered tea form, but also in pills. Which is said to be more concentrated and powerful.

We can’t forget to talk about Korean food as it is enjoyed by everyone. That’s why I was drawn to Master Meaty Expert when I saw them cooking some yummy samples, the aroma just called out to me. The family owned Master Meaty Expert, which was recently renamed from Kevin Best Food Corp, has been in the business since 2006 and supplies to various Korean restaurants and markets here in the Philippines. Mr. Paul Kang, son of the owner, told me that they use local pork but it is their marinade and cuts that sets them apart. “What makes Korean food special is the chili paste (gochujang) and what you eat it with like kimchi, lettuce to make ssam or wrap, and soju.”

Mr. Kang stated that he was still a student when Master Meaty Expert just started, so naturally he still didn’t have much idea about it. However when he grew older, he started to become more involved and though on how they could grow their family business. Mr. Kang is a graduate of Entrepreneurial Management in the University of Asia and the Pacific in the Philippines, which equipped him with more knowledge on how to approach the Filipino market better. From our brief talk, I could feel that Mr. Kang was really knowledgeable not only about their products but about Korean cuisine in general. Mr. Kang even gave me a catalogue all about Korean meat which made me hungry! They had a freezer of their items and a lot of the products were sold out. That just goes to show that everyone appreciates flavorful Korean meat.

               “I had no goal when I decided to join the Korean Product Festival. What I wanted is to see the reaction of customers. I was able to find many opportunities in the market through this and I’m now planning to serve the consumer through local supermarket and restaurants.” That was Mr. Kang’s response when I asked if they had a goal when they joined the Korean Product Festival.

The first Korean cosmetic related booth I visited was the company ‘Purecell’, and their skincare line ‘Moistie’.  Their goal for the event was too look for a distributor so they can release their products in the Philippines. They also thought it would be great to talk to the customers directly. I was very intrigued with their products, specifically with the Mostie Cell Plus, which is a ‘micro needle ampoule’. It has a very interesting concept, which the staff compared to when a person has botox, but instead of injection this method is less painful and hassle-free. The active ingredients are plant derivative extracts and are fermented in a micro needle so when it penetrates and treats the skin once applied. I personally tried it and at first it felt like your normal serum or essence, but once you massage it on the skin you would feel something pricking your fingers, which is the micro-needles embedded. It’s an odd feeling at first but very cool. The products are also organic and hypo-allergic since it is plant-based. They also carry a 3 step face pack for people on the go, which has an ampoule, cream and face mask all in one. A lot of their products looked promising as they claim to have brightening, anti-aging and moisturizing effects, just to name a few of the benefits.

Korbeauty, a Korean online website that curates make-up and skincare brands, launched their online shop on the first day of the exhibit, which was on Jul 14. They chose to feature and sell products that that proved to be of great quality. The brands under the website may not be the familiar ones we usually see, but that is because they hand-picked the companies that are well known to professional make-up artists and actresses. They also took note of the concerns of the Filipino in terms of their skincare and make-up, taking note of what products would work best in the country, especially during summer when it is humid. Some of their products were sold out during the exhibit. Even though they were a new company and considering it was their first time to join the Korean Product Festival, they were warmly welcomed by the attendees.

While The Philippine Kpop Convention, Inc. (PKCI) thought that participating in the Korean Product Festival was a win-win situation. They were able to promote the event and draw interest from their 400, 000+ followers comprised of KPOP enthusiasts, and at the same time they were able to meet potential sponsors for their future events.

It was my first time to attend the event and I honestly had a great experience. It was informative to talk to the people behind the Korean companies to know about their brand and why they chose to establish it in the Philippines. It definitely makes you more curious.  

Thank you to Ms. Andrea Salutin for accommodating me and showing me around the event. I would definitely recommend anyone to go the exhibit the next time it occurs as it really showcased various charms that Korea has. Everyone I talked to were knowledgeable and really wanted the guests to learn about them. The people I talked to were really friendly. Most of the concessionaires who wanted to introduce their products also gave customers great discounts and freebies...which is another keyword I’ve started to associate with Korean business ‘service’ culture. I surely enjoyed myself, and I do hope the brands that were looking into breaking into the Philippine market had a successful run.

- Nadine Postigo (sns: @nisrandom)