Dear Manong Taxi… (On Attending Events Without Payment)

Gusto ko sana sabihin kay Manong.. may bayad mo pa yan.. FRIENDSHIP

But I don’t think he’ll ever understand how I love attending events without thinking about the monetary value that I would get (not unless from the start, it is stated as a paid coverage). When I was just starting.. nakaka excite to receive goodies, to the point that I value it more than the event na itself. I judge an event based on the loots I got.. Pero as I grow older as a blogger, I have learned to value relationship over loot bags.

Truth of the matter is, when I attend an event, I spend around 2000 PhP. That’s for taxi fare, pasalubong and my mom’s fare din since lumuluwas siya to look after my kids. Ang mahal mag events di ba? But I do it for fun talaga and for friendship.. to meet friends, to be with friends or to support friends from the agency.

So yes, as you can see, ma friendship akong tao, related story: 3 Reasons Why I Post Press Releases For FREE

Pero I don’t advocate attending events for free ha, always know your worth as a blogger. Dapat lagi kang may gain. Ako kase, I may not gain financially from attending events but I gained relationships and minsan content na rin. And yeah, there is something about getting the first dibs on products you love. And oh! Endless chikas with fellow mommy bloggers! Ang saya di ba?

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Donna says
June 26, 2015 at 3:58 pm
Yeah, trulili, it’s not just about lootbags, more on because I love the product and the connections that I build. Bonus na lang yung busog na lootbag at kung may cash pa sya =) See ya on future events!
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- Mommy Pehpot says
  July 8, 2015 at 8:43 am
  kurek! tapos may kachikahan ka pa sa event no hahaha
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Krisna says
June 26, 2015 at 9:37 pm
Truthfully yours, Mommy Peh! Ako naman since I know na wala akong K to ask for a TF lalo na hindi naman ako writer talaga (chikadorang tunay lang!) wala problema kahit walang bayad as long na naniniwala ako sa product (o naintriga ako, hahaha!) at mabait ang PR okay lang. 🙂 Attending events is also a Me Time na rin talaga for me eh. Sarap din lumabas ng probinsya at rumampa sa syudad minsan noh. Tapos I’ll get to meet and become friends pa with other mom bloggers di ba? 🙂
I miss attending events na nga din talaga. Dami ko na napapalampas na bet ko naman kaso di kaya ng sched. Di ko alam kung paano isisingit ng manager ko between tapings, mall tours and photo shoots! Hay! Alam mo na, buhay showbiz! 😛
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- Mommy Pehpot says
  July 8, 2015 at 8:43 am
  bakit kase nag showbiz ka?? tapos may wedding pa! hahaha
  seriously though, basta mabait ang PR gora ako palagi 🙂 more on relationship talaga ako na tao 🙂
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