People & Events

Desperately Seeking Gerry’s Grill

August 3, 2008
By E. Eder

Cebu-based blogger McBilly Sy went to Manila last week to join other models in the Bench Blackout fashion show, and he grabbed the opportunity to meet with other bloggers.

After consulting with other bloggers, he set a date for a mini-eye ball: July 27, 2008, 7pm, at Gerry’s Grill Megastrip in SM Megamall.

But that Sunday night, I was already so sweaty from walking around looking for Gerry’s Grill when I met the EB organizer.  Since we couldn’t find Gerry’s, we thought we should instead hold the EB at Dencio’s Bar and Grill at MegaStrip.

Pinoy SEO prince Marhgil Macuha and fiancée Shella Mojana — they’re tying the knot on August 8 — also got too tired and hungry looking for Gerry’s Grill that they already went to Pizza Hut. They were about to order food before they received McBilly’s text saying the mini-EB’s venue had been changed.

We also notified Allen Michael Gurrea and Fjordan Allego of the changed venue, and they followed us at Dencio’s. Our dinner — Bulalo, Sisig, and Kare-Kare — was eventually served.

We were almost done with the food when Ambo and his non-blogging friend Ronald arrived. McBilly wrote about Ronald: “We discovered how fun a bloggers EB is when you invite a non blogger. He was the butt of all the jokes! Haha. But Ronald was really cool about it. It was really a lot of fun! Haha.”

Marhgil was already conducting “free blogging consultation” when Jose Gabriel Diaz arrived. The latter got our attention with his online shopping and real estate tips.

The group had so much fun that at past midnight, a waiter had to tell us to please leave the restaurant as they were already closing.

Photos courtesy of McBilly. See more photos on his site.