Eventologist and Lifestyle Asia May cover personality Tim Yap welcomed his closest friends to Mireio at the Raffles Makati for RSVP Lifestyle Asia. Tim was in high-spirits as he celebrated the sold out Travel issue of the magazine, which was shot in Turkey last April. Friends chattered over drinks and French cuisine, sharing travel stories about their gracious host, often inserting inside jokes that not everyone understood, but surely enjoyed to hear. Tim’s diverse circle of friends were all represented that evening. Fashion designers, art enthusiasts, longtime friends, business partners, and accomplices in fun, filled the two long dining tables over a four course meal and endless bottles of wine and champagne. As everyone delighted in the final bites of their Apple Tartatin desert, Tim raised his flute of Moët Rosé and made a toast of thanks in a speech filled with his signature brand of humor. When he wrapped up, he noticed a commonality in all his guests, “I just realized. I’ve traveled with everyone in this room.”
Unlimited bubbly from Moët and Chandon showered guess that evening
Tim Yap’s sold out May travel issue
The table set up at Mirèio at Raffles Hotel
Raffles Makati Hotel Manager Oliver Dudler, Lifestyle Asia Editor in Chief Anna Sobrepeña, Raffles and Fairmont Managing Director David Batchelor, Turkish Airlines General Manager Erhan Balaban
Raffles and Fairmont Managing Director David Batchelor, Turkish Airlines General Manager Erhan Balaban
John Hererra, MJ Suayan, Kim Barik
CJ Jaravata, Dong Ronquillo
Miguel Rosales, Nix Alañon, Patrick Reyno
Karylle Tatlonghari-Yuzon, Cristalle Belo-Pitt
Rajo Laurel, Monique Toda of Raffles Makati
Dong Ronquillo, Lifestyle Asia Editor in Chief Anna Sobrepeña, Nix Alanon, Charmaine Palermo
Tim Yap and Raffles and Fairmont’s David Batchelor
Lifestyle Asia Editor in Chief Anna Sobrepeña introduced cover star Tim Yap to Turkish Airline General Manager Erhan Balaban
Tim Yap, Ruffa Gutierrez, Dong Ronquillo, Lifestyle Asia EIC Anna Sobrepeña
Chito Sobrepeña, Tim Yap, Ruffa Gutierrez, Dong Ronquillo, Lifestyle Asia Editor in Chief Anna Sobrepeña, Turkish Airline General Manager Erhan Balaban
Friends come together in celebration of Tim Yap’s sold our Lifestyle Asia cover
Anna Sobrepeña makes a toast
Tim Yap welcomes his friends to Mirèio
Laughter was as abundant as the food because of funny travel stories and recollection from the shoot in Turkey
Miguel Rosales, Lifestyle Asia EIC Anna Sobrepeña, Jay Yao Campos
Tim Yap thanks the men behind the Mirèio headed by Chef de Cuisune Nicolas Cegretin on the left
Cristalle Belo-Pitt, Tim Yap, Justin Pitt
Bianca Manalo
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