 | 12.10.2010 - The FHM Signings has become sort of a celebration, which not only to highlight the model or actress who is on the cover, but for most readers of a Men's Magazine it has become a habit. It's been more than 12 months since the last time a trip to an FHM magazine signing was this feasted by local mall going public.
This one was slightly falls between the categories of fail and success. It was quite a challenging day commuting, and dealing with the usual heavy traffic, which only the stress level at the end of the month in November. Jump after the cut... |
The early Christmas rush has not been the worst time to get into a magazine signing. I can't recall having such a rough experience when my friend Mach Diesel, aka SMU Toys, was around a couple of years ago. During our sort of run with the magazine signings in October 2007, we haven't missed or skip a beat and I've been absent from some of them due to personal engagement with the interest shifting to somewhere else.
For this year, I was completely somewhere else and not around until finding out who's on the cover for this month. I don't want to miss the opportunity to have the magazines signed by internet goddess Ellen Adarna, who was accommodating even though she was tired and losing her voice. She was there, and everyone went home happy, but her penmanship showed that she was exhausted.
Imagine how long the line was where everyone stood for almost two hours. The tail end of the very long line was stretched up near the front of Toys R' Us.
The only part of this adventure that was a minor fail is that Mach's name was misspelled by Ellen, and you could understand how tired this girl was. Some people in the area took advantage by lining up twice or three times. The usual suspects I saw there were the same people whom I last saw at last year's signing I attended. But kudos again to Ellen Adarna and the FHM staff who assisted her, and for being patient and understanding with everyone.
Hopefully, the next magazine signing, I'll try to be really early as traveling from one place to another is getting difficult to go through in Metro Manila.
