(L-R) Ben Wightman, marketing communications manager of SAP SEA Asia Pacific; Erwin Oliva and I are all smiles as blackjack dealer Michelle lays down the cards. Again, this was during the MapInfo Casino Night at the ITJourno Asia Forum 2005 in Indonesia. We didn’t play with real money — we wouldn’t want to get Ben in trouble, now would we, hehe.

Me (left) in a huddle with Edison Ong of Manila Bulletin (center) and Erwin Oliva of hackenslash/INQ7.net. Actually, we were counting chips during casino night.

The Philippine team at ITJourno Asia Forum 2005 in Nirwana Gardens Resort, Bintan Island, Indonesia. (Clockwise from left): Me, Joel Pinaroc of Manila Times, Edu Lopez of Manila Bulletin, Erwin Oliva of hackenslash/INQ7.net, Delia and Ibarra Gutierrez of Media G8Way, Red Samar of Manila Bulletin, and Ed Geronia of GamesMaster.