Welcome to JWT, Paolo!

Say hello to our newest Account Director Paolo Acosta who will be handling our Ford and Red Horse Beer accounts. Pao previously worked at Creative Juice Manila.

Want to start a conversation with him? Pick up some tips here from what he has to say about himself:

1. 1.) I once held the record for finishing 99 pieces of tempura in Saisaki.

2.) I'm a big fan of Chiquito movies.

3.) I sleep beside my dog Muttley almost every night.

4.) I'm a big Football and UFC fan.

5.) I chose JWT because a little birdie told me that the coolest and the funkiest bunch in the city are from JWT. : )

Happy Birthday, Charo!

She's the meanest, baddest Foosball player from Finance...the woman with lightning fast spinning skills...the lady with the contagious laugh...Ms. Charo! A big belated happy birthday to JWT's favorite Accounting Supervisor. Ms. Cha celebrated her actual birthday last September 20.

Happy Birthday, Ge!

There's no missing this pink streaked lady in the funky threads! Miss Ge-licious turns one year younger today so don't forget to drop her a line or leave a greet in the Comments section. Have a great one, Ge!!!

The BAT Brunch

What started out as a typical Sinful Friday lunch for BAT turned into an all-out, all-day JWT brunch party! With over 25 people bringing in their contributions of tapa, scrambled eggs, red eggs, juice, tomatoes, cheese and liver spreads, ensaymada, cheese cupcakes, adobo rolls, tocino, sardines, water, tuna, danggit, tinapa, spam, cocojam, ham, pancakes, tinapay, coffee, tea, rice, hot dogs, bananas, cake and more, it was definitely a breakfast buffet to remember!

A lot of you have been asking if we could have this EVERY Friday. However, we fear for our figures (and the fact that people may get sawa eventually), therefore we're turning it into a once a month get together (at least until someone complains of obesity).

what a spread!

icel, kara, kathy, mark d, cez, mark p

guess who's on his third round?

eugene, rino, zeny, chinkay, myee, maggie, tricci

griffey, richie, leah, marvs

ge, lory, marvs, ivy

everybody dig in!

the most important meal of the day has been...

..totally wiped out!

The Pandesal Party!

asan na ang tinapay?

There was a little commotion in the pantry this morning as people crowded around Joe to see him toasting slices of Spam. We thought it was a little early for lunch until someone whispered that they were meant for the Pandesal Party in the Creatives Department!

Miss Churvils "Icel" Candido was the generous mastermind behind this bread-filled affair. Determined to curb her cravings, she bought 75 pieces of soft, warm pandesals to share with everyone today. Other hungry supporters also brought their contributions aka ang palaman. As seen above, there was peanut butter, Spanish sardines, liver spread, ham and of course, Spam!

Do you all agree that the Pandesal Party should be a weekly thing?

First Press featuring Frieda Lim

This Friday, learn the basics of tablesetting, how to present and serve food, menu suggestions for lunch and snacks, and more from culinary expert Frieda Lim.

Frieda conducts weekly cooking classes in her Ayala Alabang home with the Metro Manila tai-tais (in Hong Kong, they're known as the ladies who lunch). She was formerly a vice president in Rustans', in charge of the houseware division. She's also the Philippine consultant for Villeroy and Bosh.

Only one per department is allowed to attend so please approach your Mancom members should you wish to join.

Happy Birthday, Pam and Golda!

September is here! Kicking off the month are birthday celebrants Pam and Golda, whose birthdays were last September 5 and 6 respectively. We hope you had enough cake to stuff yourselves with last Friday! If not, you still have today at 4 pm to avail of the calorie-fic office merienda in their honor!

Here's to another successful year ahead for these two!

Manga Mania

Thanks to all those who submitted! If you have any more, just send 'em over. Don't have one yet? Create your own at www.faceyourmanga.com or ask JWT resident manga artist Kara Bautista to make you one!

Can you guess who's who?

Bonus points if you get this one too!

June and July Lunacy Reviews

Congratulations to the teams behind the highest ranking ads for the June and July Lunacy reviews!

The Lunacy Review is the monthly evaluation of all the work JWT produces. Selected members from different departments are invited to attend and rate each material while gorging on their free lunches (normally chicken or pizza).

June

Client: Ricco Renzo Art Gallery

July

Client: The Spa

First Press featuring Dennis Garcia (not Padilla!)

*Apologies for the typo! It's Dennis Garcia who's coming on Friday! Don't miss it, folks!

Now on video: The Foosballympics Launch

Welcome to JWT, Bob, Pritchie and Anne!

Surprise, surprise! We’ve got three new faces in the office today so bring out the booze..err..the welcoming committee!

Meet Anne Pagaduan, who previously worked for DRAFTFCB as an Account Manager. Anne will be working closely with Denise and Iking to handle our HSBC and Nokia accounts.

Some trivia about Anne:

She’s a blogger! (Good! Juice Water Tinapay could use more contributors. Ahem.)
She was once a trainee here at JWT.
She’s into fashion styling and production designing.
She’s prepared to gain at least 5 lbs. in JWT (after we warned her about our endless stream of meriendas).

Now for the Creatives! We've got a new team in place with partners-to-be Bob Cruz and Pritchie Fajardo. Bob came from Creative Juice/Manila where he was an Art Director while Pritchie just graduated from the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P).

Bob's a big music fan and loves to play blues and classic rock on his guitar. Surely this means we'll be hearing him perform soon with our in-house band Last Minute? (If a certain CG has anything to do with it, you bet he'll be at the next gig!)

Pritchie on the other hand, is a lover of anything fun and spontaneous. That's why she compares herself to the brand Canesten. According to her, "Ako ang taong mabilis na pamatay ng mga paulit ulit at pabalik balik na kaboringan sa buhay. Bow." (Yooohn!)

We look forward to working with the new guys soon!