Yesterday the #HivePhilippines group had it's 9th official meetup w/a total of 9 attendees.
The meetup started with Gerhard 
Hive account@usveteran and 
Hive account@viverlie arriving at the mall first and actually quite early at that. The two of them contacted 
Hive account@chrisrice around 2:00 PM through Facebook while Chris was still sleeping.
Upon waking and seeing Gerhard's Hive account@usveteran message, Chris got ready for the day, drank a Herbalife shake and then headed to the mall with 
Hive account@emafe, his son and their household. He arrived at the mall around 5:30 PM and found Gerhard Hive account@usveteran sitting with 
Hive account@nathansenn at Bo's Coffee.
The group gathered around each other, Hive account@emafe met with Hive account@viverlie and Hive account@chrisrice greeted Gerhard and Nathan - Hive account@usveteran took a smoke break and Hive account@nathansenn + Chris decided to discuss what it's like to be in a serious relationship (with their spouses). Before long, the group was upstairs at Zark's Burger discussing Coins.ph and the ability to pay electric bills, water bills and load cell phones with it among other things.
The guys started discussing religion and proceeded to talk about Government's eagerness to seize power over the people when Vyankka 
Hive account@hiddenblade dropped in as a first time attendee.
Hive account@chrisrice was glad to see her since she is one of the curators of the group and is good at giving feedback about improving one's content on Hive. The conversation then shifted to health, gaining weight for people who are underweight and losing weight for people who are overweight - make sure to blog the progress on #Hive w/ before and after pics, chimed Hive account@chrisrice.
After a bit of discussing health, weight gain and Hive account@usveteran's W-H-E-Y recommendation, Christine dropped in and took a photo with Hive account@hiddenblade as shown above.
A little bit after Christine's entrance, she and Hive account@nathansenn had to head out for a flight to Manila. Before leaving though they took a group picture together for memories on the blockchain and in order to post to the group chat.
As previously posted, Hive account@nathansenn and Christine are importing goods from China in order to sell to local merchants. If you are interested in buying products from China or having them sourced, feel free to contact them.
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While chatting with Hive account@hiddenblade and Hive account@usveteran, Chris received a surprise message from 
Hive account@jancharlest who said he was also coming. Hive account@jancharlest had just attended a blockchain / crypto event in the city and indicated he was on the way to join the group.
Another suprise moment turned out to be when Hive account@jancharlest arrived but also arrived with another Hivian named Nicole 
Hive account@yanne. Nicole Hive account@yanne is an IT graduate and appeared to have software development experience, even experience related to blockchains and possibly cryptocurrencies.
@chrisrice wasn't able to gouge her entire background or prior experiences with cryptocurrencies but her Hive account does show her working away with fellow IT trainees and she mentions a Hackathon in Davao City that happened in May of this year.
The meetup was cut short when @emafe met back with the group and asked Hive account@chrisrice to leave early. The group normally stays until 9:00 PM or even later but this time, the group was cut early with Hive account@nathansenn leaving first followed by the rest of the group leaving about an hour later.
Thanks everyone: Hive account@nathansenn, Christine, Hive account@emafe, Hive account@usveteran, Hive account@viverlie, Hive account@jancharlest, Hive account@hiddenblade and Hive account@yanne for coming. Communities and SMT's are upon us and soon it will be time to start developing even more as new IT graduates like Hive account@jancharlest, Hive account@yanne and 
Hive account@jemmanuel test their skillset and consider starting projects on the Hive blockchain!
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