Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:36AM i was invited by this electronics manufacturer to a launch of their blu-ray players and monitors
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:37AM upon entry, the managing director of perlas and luna, JAYCE PERLAS himself asked me, "anong publication ka?"
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:38AM he said, "i'm in charge of invitations here. dyan ka lang while i confirm your invitation with hazel"
Cheftonio says Nov 27, 2008 03:39AM ay! badtrip yan pare! let me repost that pag may blog post ka na! bawal ganyan!
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:39AM so i offered 'i can show you my email invitation' to which hindi nya pinansin kasi he'd rather talk to hazel for confirmation
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:40AM i waited, then hazel went down and greeted me all smiles, "ay sir arpee! buti nakarating kayo!"
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:40AM after letting me register. i moved back to my corner where dukeward was
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:41AM then i realized i had no name tag. so i went back to the counter and asked for one
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:42AM then another lady who works for perlas and luna shook my hand and asked what publication
momblogger says Nov 27, 2008 03:43AM continue your story arpee where the Perlas dude treated traditional media better
azrael says Nov 27, 2008 03:43AM clueless sila about blogs.... pero blogs are parang publication na din di ba
IceCreamZombie Nov 27, 2008 03:43AM yup, tell that to the one who invited you. para they'll learn a lesson or two
momblogger says Nov 27, 2008 03:43AM "Juan Carlos Cadiao Perlas began his career in media in 1997 when he joined ABS-CBN’s pioneering team tasked at setting up ABS-CBNnews.com."
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:43AM while talking to this lady and trying to explain to her what a blogger is, i saw jayce welcome and even hand his card over to another guest
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:44AM who apparently was working for traditional media, some guy named melvin
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:44AM yes sya yun. but don;t get me wrong. hazel and the rest of samsung have been good to me
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:45AM so i approached jayce and asked if i could take pictures. sabi nya "sige lang magpicture ka dyan"
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:46AM so took a few pictures and included him in the background,. a little blurred but so so
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:46AM after taking the picture i came up to the counter and returned my name tag and said i was leaving
Rainbro Dash says Nov 27, 2008 03:46AM Hazle has been nothing but a class act to me, but I'm not even a tech blogger, so I'd be worse off than Arpee there.
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:46AM hazel asked me bakit daw ba ako umaalis eh hindi pa naguumpisa yung event
Cheftonio says Nov 27, 2008 03:47AM ang yabang! please make a post. hindi tama yan. sobrang palpak. pr company ba tawag jan!?
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:47AM i told her i was offended and i felt i was treated like a gatecrasher. if i am not wanted i will not go
azrael says Nov 27, 2008 03:47AM ah..you should blog it.and include that guy.show how pissed u are..di sya pwede sa ganun trabaho..what if my mom is with me
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:48AM hazel was very nice to me. ewan ko ba kung bakit ganun treatment sa kin nung jayce
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:49AM and as far as i remember, they never mentioned anything about a dress code
IceCreamZombie Nov 27, 2008 03:49AM and as if uninvited people would easily get there. may reg list naman sila. so why be so wary?
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:49AM she was very apologetic and promised me she would tell her boss about it
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 03:50AM well, arpee, try to understand nalang that not everyone understand blogging and its relevance. it could be an opportunity to let them know.
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:50AM look, the venue is le souffle inside the fort. the masa will not go there kasi mahirap sya puntahan
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:50AM assuming that i am just blowing up the story, still i think it was rude for them to take me aside and have to confirm my invite
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 03:51AM when i went to the launch of xda2s sa m cafe nakashorts, wala nagreklamo. i even talked sa stage and excused myself kasi biglaan
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:51AM secondly, they did not offer me a name tag or even a raffle ticket which they were giving to everyone
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:52AM naligo naman ako kaninang umaga ah? i even gargled with ora-care before going there
IceCreamZombie says Nov 27, 2008 03:52AM arpee yeah exactly. if you are in the venue, the best assumption is you are a guest not an intruder
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 03:52AM i attended the launch of smarts mms nakashorts din kasi biglaan, and naka drinking buddy ko yung cheif operating adviser.
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:53AM and assuming i am a gatecrasher, i think as professional PR people there are better ways of handling it
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 03:53AM what you look or how you dress is not the issue. it is the attitude of the people ang issue. bastos sila.
IceCreamZombie says Nov 27, 2008 03:53AM arpee kaya dapat he treated you as a guest even if di sya sure who you are
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 03:54AM pero honestly seeing na taga abscbn sya, hmm... people from there are known to be snobbish and overbearing
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:54AM and he had to introduce himself as the man who handles invitations? obviously he was implying something
azrael says Nov 27, 2008 03:54AM sana makarating sa boss nila yung complains mo...para mabigyan ng leksyon...sana mag apologize din sya sayo
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:54AM he could have introduced himself by giving me his name and not as "the-man-who-handles-invitations"
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:56AM during the conversation i even dropped names of GMCI, Ogilvy, Proximity and Bridges as some of the PR firms who regulardly invite me
IceCreamZombie Nov 27, 2008 03:56AM arpee oo nga, as if saying he would know who the invited people are and he doesn't know you
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 03:57AM according sa website, sya ang nagpioneer sa pagsetup ng abscbn news team. he seems mayabang na i think.
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 03:57AM kung sabagay i asked almabuenviaje kung kilala nya si perlas and luna, sabi nya hindi
azrael says Nov 27, 2008 04:00AM ehehehe..naku..i blog na yan! para may character reference na ang lahat
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 04:00AM yeah, i think we should blog about this. bloggers are getting invited sa mga events like this. i wouldnt want this to happen to other peeps
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 04:02AM may partner daw sila na new media. some guy named jan webber macias. but i don't see his website
Ate Lot says Nov 27, 2008 04:03AM nasa website ni Jayce "You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it" - Duke Elington hes applying it to you.
momblogger says Nov 27, 2008 04:03AM oh geesh, Perlas should have been more discrete. Grabe, ang babaw ng tingin nila
eloisa Nov 27, 2008 04:04AM wala namang mawawala sa tao kung itrato nya ng may pag-galang ang lahat ng kaharap nya. there's always a tactful way.
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 04:05AM yes, i see the issue not really about pr agencies, the event or even bloggers. but simply bastos sya. and you have every right to demand
eloisa Nov 27, 2008 04:05AM someone in PR should be more gracious than that, hello. PR nga eh. That just goes to show, plastic sya.
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 04:05AM an apology cause they made you loose face. sa akin ok lang kung di sinasadyang masaktan ako, pero if im made to loose face in public,
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 04:11AM i could even get so evil as to find a way for their clients, idicated on their webpage, to know how they conduct their "public relations"
yoshidragon says Nov 27, 2008 04:17AM gawa ka na po ng post. tapos inform mo si hazel hahahaha. grabe naman ang treatment na yan! tsktsktsk
Yeh Hsien says Nov 27, 2008 04:20AM grabe naman yun!! you really have to blog about it and spread the word to other bloggers na pag event nila boyocott. Unfair!!!!
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 04:21AM yes, please narrate it on your blog so i can make a post about it too.
Between Bites says Nov 27, 2008 04:45AM arpee: i had the same experience of rechecking my invitation 2 years ago... tell you about it when we bump into each other
kaoko says Nov 27, 2008 04:48AM Man, he shouldn't be in PR. Or any job that requires interfacing with third parties.
jayvee f. says Nov 27, 2008 04:57AM never heard of that PR agency before. and i guess that's why. you should talk to hazel, arpee and let them know.
jayvee f. says Nov 27, 2008 05:03AM norbs actually it didnt matter if arpee was a blogger because he was invited by hazel. hazel's relations with us is already solid.
azrael says Nov 27, 2008 05:13AM great!! now lets see what happens next..sana mag launch event uli sila eehehe...
The JejeMan Nov 27, 2008 05:16AM i see. sabagay baka maipit nga din si hazel since according to jayvee ok sya. maybe jayvee can talk to hazel na rin
Arpee says Nov 27, 2008 05:27AM i never mentioned hazel or samsung in the post. they have been very good to me
macaronigirl says Nov 27, 2008 05:44AM nobody deserves to be treated that way, blogger or not! bad sila. tsk tsk.
jayvee f. Nov 27, 2008 05:45AM they were on retainer. Samsung wanted to get Bridges to handle Total Samsung PR (all products)
jayvee f. Nov 27, 2008 05:45AM but out of professional courtesy Bridges declined because they handle Nokia, which competes directly with Samsung's phones
jayvee f. Nov 27, 2008 05:45AM in that case, sana BRIDGES na lang diba? they're already very good to the bloggers and creative as well
Fritz Ahoy! Nov 28, 2008 03:42AM I'm so out of touch kaya ngayun ko lang nabasa to. magkano sa palagay mo yung cost ng buo nyang suot nung gabing yon?
Fritz Ahoy! Nov 28, 2008 03:44AM dahil makikipagtuos ako sa kanya on my regular, non party mode day. Kidding aside, he should not be in PR, that rude Peras person.
frannywanny says Nov 28, 2008 07:24AM grabe..regardless if nasa pr sila i dont think its right to treat any guest for that matter that way....grrrr
NeLL says Nov 29, 2008 09:31PM i admire your patience, arpee. kong ako yan eh mura na aabutin nila sa reg table palang. hahaha
