The first ever IAGT event in Manila happened last November 18. It was an all-female line up of YouTubers and other online influencers. I got so many tickets from the online ticket selling and I won several giveaways too. All in all, I think we got 12 General Admission tickets and 12 VIP passes.
I invited some of my friends if they wanted to come but all of them were not available lol. I am that friend that no one cares about. I only went with two of my cousins. I gave away some of my passes outside the venue. We won meet and greet tickets both from IAGT and Globe. I won M&G for Kiana Valenciano, Abby Asistio, and Bethany Mota. My cousin got passes to see Abby, Donnalyn Bartolome, Niomi Smart, and Remi Cruz. The live show was supposed to start at 5PM but the M&G session would begin as early as 11. We had to claim our tickets from Globe between 10 - 11AM only. I was up by 8 and I got anxious that my cousin was still asleep so I kept flooding him with messages even when he was still offline. It was around 9 when I decided to take a shower and thankfully after that, I finally got a message that my cousin was up. I rushed him because Globe said that they’re strict with time. He came to our house at around 10AM. Good thing is that the venue is not that far from our house. My mom was on her way to Taguig as well so we went with her on the ride. We were dropped off at Market Market, and from that, we walked all the way to BGC. We were not that familiar with the venue since we’ve never been there so we asked some guards on the way. We passed like 3 streets and I also had a screenshot of the map as a guide. We were walking/jogging/running on the way because it’s only a quarter before 11. Why are we always like this? Always late. Always rushing to get to the venue. Ugh. We never learn. Then we finally noticed some dancing thingy with some air blown below it so it would move and make it look like it was dancing. Yeah I don’t know what it’s called and I am so bad at describing things. When we saw it, that’s when we knew we had arrived at our destination. But that’s not exactly it, the Globe Tower is still a street away so we ran all the way to that building. It was like a hotel and when we entered, I instantly noticed these two girls sitting on the other side of the room. I asked if they were the people we were looking for and it went fast. She asked for our ID’s, we signed, and then we got our tickets. Glad we made it on time. We went back to the venue and the registration has not started yet, or at least that’s what we thought. We went to the restroom because my cousin had to do some quick outfit change. He wore this cropped long sleeve sweater that we got from the thrift shop the night before. Oh the adventures I have with this cousin of mine. My outfit that day is just a combination of a Troye Sivan hoodie, leggings and a pair of maroon sneakers. We went out and we were awkwardly roaming around when Ryan, Janina’s brother literally ran past us. I almost bumped him a couple of times actually. Ok cool. We didn’t know where else to go when my cousin noticed that the registration has already started. The line was still not that long and some bouncers checked our bags. They weren’t as strict as the ones in YTFF. We claimed our passes and we got so many wristbands. I got them tied on both of my wrists. I rolled down my sleeves because I was so embarrassed lol. We also got some freebies - a tote bag that has an IAGT shirt (great quality btw), a bottled water, and a pokeball. LOL. I didn’t know what that thing was so I opened it up expecting some pokemon will pop out but it was a plastic that was rolled I thought it was a garbage bag. I unrolled it only to find out that it was a raincoat. The venue is an open ground, especially on the GA area so that was so thoughtful of them. Although, I kind of regret doing that. I had a hard time trying to put the raincoat back on the pokeball. The M&G was scheduled to start at 12:30 and it was only 11:30 so we had a lot of time to spare. I told my cousin we should go back to Market Market to kill some time but it was really hot that time my foundation is melting so we just stayed there and waited. We did a little photoshoot since BGC is a very Instagram-able place. This is the place where I feel like a cool photographer even when I’m not. We even saw the exact spot where Remi took a photo for her recent IG post. Cool. It was finally 12:30 so we went to the meetup place. We passed by the stage and we saw Donnalyn doing a soundcheck. My cousin fangirled. I am writing a separate blog post for my Meet and Greet experience since this is already too long. Read here: whoapotato.weebly.com/home/i-met-bethany-mota-niomi-smart-remi-cruz-abby-asistio-donnalyn-bartolome-and-kiana-valenciano The M&G went on from 12:30 – 4PM. We didn’t have time to eat so we were starving. I asked my cousin who was on her way if she could buy us some food. I was worried that food was not allowed inside the venue so I placed them in my bag and we went inside the VIP area. On our way back we also got some free ice cream. Yay. We were so close to the stage. The show hasn’t started yet and we wanted to participate on the activities/fair outside the venue. I asked my other cousin to reserve us the spots. There are no chairs btw. My feet were sore after the show but I am used to it since YTFF was also like this. We went to the Havaianas booth and there’s like a freedom wall where I wrote “Jughead wuz here”. I got a P200 off voucher. Ok cool. Then we went to the Microsoft area beside it. There’s a photobooth and we were expecting some freebies after but they ran out of it so to compensate, we just took 2 photos. I looked so unhappy on the second photo because that’s when we’re told that they ran out of freebies lmao. The show was started by Anne Clutz and I won’t go into detail about what happened to the whole show anymore. It was very different from YTFF. There are performances but mostly it’s just an interview/forum. The girls are really inspiring. I was hungry during the last half part of the show so I didn’t get to enjoy it as much because I was bothered by the World War 3 happening in my stomach. I was also not expecting the venue to be this hot so it was a struggle since I was wearing a hoodie. And the girl in front of me, no offense, but she smelled like she’s in another World War. I only got to change into a shirt after the show. Then we went straight ahead to Mcdonalds and talked about what just happened. It was still fun and my cousins and I bonded and I think that’s what’s important. The memories we share and the experiences we felt. Also can I just segue how it makes me feel super old??? The girls beside me at the barricade were way younger than I am. Like elementary level young. I am now wondering if I am getting too old for this fangirling thing. Or is it just because this specific event is mostly targeted for young girls? Bish I defo didn’t feel like this at YTFF. Yeah maybe it’s just because of the event. Ugh I need to do something with my life. I can’t be fangirling my whole life, right?
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