Days like these really make me believe in kismet. 

My original plan was to attend my book club cafe meet, then head on over to Sticker Con and Komiket right after. 

However, plans changed and the club meet was rescheduled and I left Sticker Con around 7-ish – time does fly when there are so many stories to listen to and artists to connect with. 

So, Komiket got bumped the next day. 

I planned to go early – right after a run but I woke up a little too late. As a recourse, I decided to chill at a cafe and do a little content planning with my Pixel Academy Journal. Mimi (my KOMIKET BGC buddy) and I touched down at Komiket around 5PM. 

My Pixel Academy Journal !

Just when we were starting to browse (and right when we were next to the stage!), Sir Pol Medina Jr.  , creator of Pugad Baboy shared about his work onstage. 

Sir Pol is my Nevaeh’s fave comic book artist – we have been looking for his books above and beyond, hitting every bookstore possible to check if they had any in stock, and just when we weren’t expecting it, we found ‘em. All the book series we were looking for were there too – the last of each copy for that day. 

The creator was there too, and we even had the honor of sharing life anecdotes and how his work was part of our childhood. 

w/ the amazing Sir Pol Medina Jr of Pugad Baboy Comics!

Kismet. Fate. Being at the right place, at the right time. 

Sir Pol Medina Jr signing our book copies!

Moments like these answer questions i’ve had for a long time. they quiet the self-doubt, the worry of “am i supposed to be here?”, the sense of “is it too late for me?”. 

One of the things Sir Pol mentioned during our quick chat was that (non-verbatim) “Gumawa ka para sa’yo, at dapat ikaw yung pinakamasaya sa mga gawa mo.”

And so i shall create. 

For Nessa who started from creating her own scrapbooks, memoirs, novellas and storybooks, to discovering acrylic paint and canvas, then transitioning to makeup brushes and glam, subsequently enrolling in a liberal arts course, and now designing clothes via crochet.

I’m a creator. A creative. An artist. 

Always have been. Always will be. 

#supportlocalcreators 

#komiket2025 #komiketbgc 

P.S. As with my post about Sticker Con, I included the list (and links!) of artists who were there. Let’s support our local artists and creators, a like or a follow may not seem much, but it is golden to those who are bravely putting themselves out there.

October 17, Manila, Philippines – Global apparel retailer UNIQLO recently announced that it will launch a second collaboration collection with Japanese outdoor clothing brand White Mountaineering. This new LifeWear features recycled materials in two outerwear styles for people of all ages.

Recycled Hybrid Down Jacket

Php 4,990 (three colors available)

This jacket is filled with recycled down and feathers, sourced from used garments that customers have donated to stores. The sleeves and upper back employ padding to ensure warmth and ease of movement, while the wave quilting design enables stylish layering. The garment also features excellent water repellency and heat retention properties.

Fleece Full-Zip Long Sleeve Hoodie

Php 2,990 (four colors available)

A parka that includes a fleece component made from 100% recycled polyester, combining long-layered boa fleece and a smooth-surface fleece material. The garment’s convenient features include pockets on the left chest and waist, size adjusters at the hem, and binder cuffs that make rolling up the sleeves easy.

Collection details

Launch date: Friday, October 13, 2023

Availability: Select UNIQLO stores and uniqlo.com

Sizes: Recycled Hybrid Down Jacket (S-XL) ; Fleece Full-Zip Long Sleeve Hoodie (S-XL)

Special site: https://www.uniqlo.com/ph/en/special-feature/special-collaboration/white-mountaineering/23fw 

* Please check the product details column on the product purchase page for the percentage of recycled material used in products.

White Mountaineering

Founder Yosuke Aizawa was born in 1977. He launched the White Mountaineering brand in 2006 after graduating from the Department of Product and Textile Design at Tama Art University. He has presented collections at Paris Fashion Week since 2016, and continues to design for various international brands. He is an affiliate professor at Tama Art University and Tohoku University of Art and Design.

About RE.UNIQLO

RE.UNIQLO is UNIQLO's initiative to recycle and reuse all of its merchandise. Through this program, UNIQLO collects garments worn by customers and distributes them to people in need around the world, including at refugee camps and in disaster-stricken areas. Unwearable clothing is recycled into fuel or materials including clothing. The Recycled Hybrid Down Jacket represents a new RE.UNIQLO initiative to recycle clothing into clothing. 

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About UNIQLO LifeWear

Apparel that comes from the Japanese values of simplicity, quality and longevity. Designed to be of the time and for the time, LifeWear is made with such modern elegance that it becomes the building blocks of each individual’s style. A perfect shirt that is always being made more perfect. The simplest design hiding the most thoughtful and modern details. The best in fit and fabric made to be affordable and accessible to all. LifeWear is clothing that is constantly being innovated, bringing more warmth, more lightness, better design, and better comfort to people’s lives.

About UNIQLO and Fast Retailing

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang. With global sales of approximately 2.77 trillion yen for the 2023 fiscal year ending August 31, 2023 (US $18.92 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2023 rate of $1 = 146.2 yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer. 

UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a global brand. Today the company has a total of more than 2,400 UNIQLO stores across the world, including Japan, Asia, Europe and North America. The total number of stores across Fast Retailing's brands is now close to 3,600.

With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere.  For more information about UNIQLO and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.

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