Yesterday's book launch at the CCP was a success. Thank you, God.
I'd like to share some pictures.
This year's National Children's Book Day's theme is "Basa Tayo, 'Tay."
That's Manolo Silayan, a pioneer of Alitaptap Storytellers Philippines, sharing a story with the guests. Yep, he's the brother of the late actress, Chat Silayan.
My babies on display.
Among the PBBY guests were:
CCP Artistic Director Nanding Josef. If he looks familiar to you, that's because he is also a stage and movie actor.
Critic, columnist, and book writer Butch Dalisay.
Yes, that's Magsaysay awardee Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, choosing which book to take home, I guess lol. She ended up taking home a set of my babies–all twelve of them 
After the event, my friends and I headed to Gerry's Grill in Harbour Square for lunch.
Dami yummy food
Ganda rin ng view.
Smile lang ng smile, GOO, OJ and Acey, heheh.
Looks like Panch, Ateneo professor and an award-winning illustrator, is having a great time. Beside her is her friend, Marvin, a designer.
Wait, hinahanap ninyo ako 'no? Aminin! heheh
Shy ako ipakita ang mga pictures ko kasi may pimples ako eh lol.
Pero sige, pagbibigyan ko kayo .
Ayan ako heheh, with Eugene na meron ng walong Palanca Awards: Wil, a U.P. professor of children's literature, and Genaro, another Palanca awardee.
I would like to thank the people who have worked with me in the past few days, kahit nakakapagod. I would also like to thank the people who have prayed for me and wished me luck. Maraming salamat po! I am now preparing for another book launch in August, hopefully it will coincide with the Manila International Bookfair.
Wow! Congrats Bea! 
Bea!!!
hep hep hooray!!
galing!!
sana mabasa ko yan mga babies mo…
Posted by ros at July 22, 2007, 2:43 amhi bea,
wow ang galing mo pala….small but terrible…
dito pa,,,,klein aber UHU…….small but UHU….
thanks for sharing, enjoy viewing the pics, and reading your post….
ay oo nga, i am fan of chat silayan, pag movie nya, punta ako sa kino, to watch her film….patay na pala siya?…i don´t know…
again, thank you for sharing….regds
Posted by vk-mahalkaayo at July 22, 2007, 4:25 am‘neng! congrats ha? gleng-gleng naman.. kaya ka pala nawawala ay busy man.
una, about chat silayan? … late chat silayan? kailan pa? and what happened?
tsaka si Manolo Silayan? ‘day! ka-batch ko man sya nung H.S. mwehehehe…
Posted by kiwipinay at July 22, 2007, 3:41 pmim sooooo proud of you!!!
congrats!!!
Wow galing nang anak ko!!!
Posted by reyna elena at July 26, 2007, 10:59 amWow! congratulations Bea. You wrote the books ba?
Posted by Agring at July 29, 2007, 12:17 pmhi Bea! congrats! keep on the good work!!! nakita na kita, hindi lang nakausap hehehe sana hanapan na kita ng comment mo, but understanding ako eh, i know u’re so busy!
Si Prof Nanding Josef noong bata pa prof sya sa UP Zoo dept.Crush ng mga estudyante.
Last time may initiation ako, pinagdala ako sa kanya ng roses.I was looking for him and he pretended not to be nanding josef so there I was looking at him and he was telling me to wait for Mr Josef to come .I waited and waited until his student came and when i heard his name being called tumawa siya.Cute ang dimples nya.
Salamt nakita uli ang itsura niya ngayon dahil sa blog mo
Posted by betty at August 17, 2007, 11:33 pmhi tito manolo,its 23 long years,i’ve been longin to see my daddy lamberto ‘tito’ silayan..so many times i tried to search for his name but i cant find any lead.so mommy rexie told me to try your name..and thanks God i found you..i hope this will be alright,and i look forward for a nice bonding.
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hi maam, hope to see you soon…thanx for the being nice to me…take care and godbless you always
always,
melanie
well i like watchinh your movies with John he is cute and adorable and I wish that you could be real life lovers anywae that depend on your own decisions.
nice hearing from you well I am from Samoa a small country in the South Pacific but for now I think being you is very important because everybody dream to meet diff people and to act to give them many important themes to to learn from it I remeber that mae mother told me that we learn from movies sometimes we do not prefer what they did but we learn from it. nice hearing from you well please hit back.
nice to meet you, may God bless
hi there wel it is nice being fiends with other people. for meh I would loke to say hi and hellow nice hearing from your blog anywae I hope taht everything is doing fine love you always and may God bless.
hi there from Turkey nice evening 
hi bea, i jst wanted to know kung anong name ng bus ung sinakyan mo from caticlan to iloilo? would u mind giving me more info bout your caticlan-iloilo tour, need the exact place were we can ride the bus, coz were planning to have a trip same as yours,. hope u can help us.. please.. please.. thanks!! here’s my email summer_girl_dc@yahoo.com
hello! very interesting links here. care to ex-links?
hey hey, happy heart’s day!
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‘neng! san ka na? happy new year ha? paramdam ka naman!
hi bea! happy new year!!!
happy new year Bey!
Happy New YEAR!!!!
Merry Christmas
May you and your family have a blissful, meaningful and joyful Christmas! God bless!
hello bea. i lost my link here
My dearest bea, na received ko na card mo…thank you so very much! Ang ganda mo sumulat…kasing ganda mo thank you talaga ok…have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Ingat lagi. *hugs*
i know everything’s well with you .. hugs see ya!
hi, nice blog here. care to exchange links?
yoohooooo!!!!! *pinches bea and tries to wake her up*
ate did you get to make those books? the one you called babies? wow. amazing! im glad everything went well…..
wow… i wish im there with you… hihi
Posted by tina at July 19, 2007, 8:36 am