Such an honor to have met Chiz Escudero in person. Thank you so much Jonas & Marcelle for inviting me to the event. It was really a rare opportunity to chat with Chiz upclose & personal 🙂
Chiz Escudero Meet & Greet
Venue: NPC Clubhouse, Bougainvilla St. cor. Balete Drive, New Manila QC
Date & Time: August 13, 2009 6PM
Organizer: Yehey.com
Venue: NPC Clubhouse, Bougainvilla St. cor. Balete Drive, New Manila QC
Date & Time: August 13, 2009 6PM
Organizer: Yehey.com
It took me quite some time to find the venue. Good thing Carlo helped me find the way hehehehe 😛 Arrived at the venue at 5:55PM. Saw Chiz came in at around 6:10PM.
We were served Chicharon while waiting. Then buffet was ready.
We were divided into groups. So about 5-7 people in 1 group (there were 30 who attended). So have to wait hours for our turn. We were the last group 🙁
I was just lucky that I was in good company. Had a good chat with my tablemates/groupmates 🙂 It was a good 3.5 hours, though at the end, I was starting to get really sleepy and bored. For the last few minutes, Marcelle showed us some magic tricks to keep us entertained.
And the waiter who served our food? winner! hahahaha! He was just so funny! We were asking for more chicharon and he just said he’ll try to find it in his bag hahaha! I just wish all waiters are like that 😛 I can’t help but ask if he can take a picture with us.
Finally, our turn came and it was already 9:30PM! But who am I to complain? Chiz haven’t even had dinner yet that time!! And he still greeted us wholeheartedly without even showing a bit of tiredness.
He was continuously smoking, I think he already finished 1 whole pack of cigarettes. He asked us if we could share what our name was one by one. And when I told Chiz that my name is Rochelle, he just reacted! hahahaaha! He told us that his ex-girlfriend’s name is Rochelle! And it has been a looong time since he uttered that name so he was picking on me the whole time during our discussion hahaha!
So the discussion started with Chiz’ lovelife ehhehe 😛 He told us he had 2 girlfriends, started 2nd year college with the 1st one, went on for 9 years (that was Rochelle :P). The next one went on for 5 years and he eventually married her and they are happily married now 🙂
I asked Chiz if we could ask him about politics (the organizer asked us not to ask any political questions), he told us that we can ask him about anything. 🙂 Then we started to ask questions…
here are what I remembered (not exact words, I really can’t remember everything hehehe):
- We noticed that you smoke a lot, how many do you smoke in a day?
Weekdays – almost 2 packs, Weekends about 3 pieces (I don’t smoke at home)
- What are your hobbies?
I used to shoot before. But I do wish to learn to play the guitar before I die.
- Do you plan & want to run for presidency?
Yes. I want and plan to run for presidency. I have not submitted my application yet but I intend to do so. If I lose the election, I plan to quit politics altogether, that is my promise to my wife.
- Why do you want to be the president of the Philippines?
I want to serve the country while I’m still strong enough and while I’m still young. I feel bad about people telling me that I’m too young to run for presidency or I don’t have enough money to run a campaign. I want to show them that I can and will be able to change the lives of the filipino by serving them right. I believe I can do it within 6 years. I will make use of technology in order to reach out to people and get their opinion. When I ran for senate before, I only had 1.5M but at the end of the campaign, we spent 65M with the help of sponsors. I was #2 in the race though I spent just a small amount compared to the other candidates.
- Who do you want to be your vice president?
Noynoy Aquino. Because I know he has the purest intention for the country. His heart is at the right place. If I’m not to run for presidency, I would want Noynoy to be our president.
Chiz is smart, funny, witty, engaging & charming. We really had such a great time talking to him. It was like talking to a friend. I really hope we were given more time. I’ll still be able to see him on saturday for the OFW talk. I’m excited to meet him again.
Regarding his plan to run for presidency, all I can say is he’s determined to rule our country and to change the way things are. He mentioned this lots of times during our discussion “Aim High, Shoot Low.”
More pictures here.
Thanks for coming! It was a pleasure seeing you guys again. 🙂
My hubby really likes him. He believes in what Chiz can do to our country.
Dan here from the same table 🙂 Chicharon for the win 🙂
you are right describing Chiz, smart, funny, witty, engaging and charming…parang kausap lang siya sa tambayan pag nakilala mo siya ng husto :-)nice reading your blog ..thanks…ramirr calicdan
wow i really love chiz is he really running? ang dami niyang kalaban lol invite me naman next time kung si chiz ang guest niyo lol
Yes he is running, I asked him straight if he's planning to run for president. He answered yes. He's turning 40 this October 🙂