Aryty Blog

Happy Independence Day to you and your loved ones from all of us at Aryty! 

Rosario Hererra, stylist to Manila’s elite caught me in Temple at Greenbelt my last night in Manila. She’s a fashion editor at Maxim Magazine and it was cool she included me in the July edition of the magazine’s Maxim Style section.

a.k.a. King of Load

Maxim Q&A
What’s your name? Nils
What do you do? CEO of Aryty a.k.a. King of Load
What brands are you wearing? Supreme T, Abercrombie cargos, Nike AF1′s as usual!
Where do you shop? NYC: Supreme, APC, Rivington Shoe Club Tokyo: Kama soccer shop, Neighborhood, Base Station Manila: Greyone Social, Team Manila Boutique
Whose style do you like? Hiroshi Fujiwara, Lupe Fiasco
If your house was on fire, what article of clothing/shoe/accessory would you want to save? AF1 Lasers by Mark Smith. 1 of 200

Checkout Greyone at Rockwell in Manila

This week classes start again in the Philippines as summer break comes to an end. Make sure to send a load to your nieces and nephews so they can text you from school.

Hey, I want the Weng Weng thermos too!

Of course all the cool kids will be bringing their Weng Weng lunchboxes out this year!

Send load to a loved one with Aryty

This time of year gets really hot in the Philippines. One of the best ways to refresh is by grabbing a cold Halo Halo! I was able to buy one in Greenbelt for less than the price of 1 load!

A subway ride in NYC cost more!

Red beans, milk, ice, cream flan, langka and sweet yam are just a few of the ingredients you’ll find in a glass of Halo Halo. It’s a traditional food of the Philippines and if you haven’t tried you’re missing out. Filipino’s aren’t the only ones that love this tasty dessert!

Get a Halo Halo Recipe Here

One of the things I like about travelling to the Philippines is being able to break out a crisp barong for meetings or going out at night. Barongs are definitely more comfortable than a normal dress shirt in the heat and the Cary Grant in me appreciates a good look too!

In the Philippines it’s easy to find shops that sell barongs it just depends how much you want to spend. You can buy off the shelf or custom for just about the same price! I usually buy mine at Rustans Department Store in Makati. Nothing looks better than a fresh white linen so it’s always nice to pick up a few at a time.

There are several different styles and materials that barongs are made from depending on the occasion you are wearing it for. Recently I came across a site in the U.S. called Barong Elegance that sells barong tagalog for formal events. It’s the perfect place to order if you have a Filipino wedding or special event to attend. After all it is the national dress of the Philippines. What could look better!

Nice One Pare!

Buy a Barong Tagalog Online

I’m a huge sneaker head and when I saw this on Edsa last week in Manila I was smiling cheek to cheek. Nike always brings the heat! Even in the Philippines.

Lead Us to Salvation

Nice shot Daniel!

Coming soon: Lessons on load from Nike.

Nike Philippines

MeetMoi is a new location based mobile dating service that lets you find dates without ever having to logon to your PC. You can exchange pictures and text messages with other singles through your phone while remaining anonymous until your ready to meet. A million people wrote about MeetMoi today including the Wall Street Journal, Techcrunch and others. Congrats to the team there!

Andrew Weinreich, the founder of MeetMoi is a good friend. We originally met in 1998 while I was working at Alex. Brown (investment bank) and Andrew was the CEO of a 3 person company called Macroview Communications aka SixDegrees. I visited Andrew’s office to learn more about his company on the chance it would become a winner and a client for the firm. After 5 minutes of sharing his story he asked me why I would be wasting my time at a bank when I could be do something interesting and following a dream. When I told him that I didn’t have a great idea for a new business he explained “It doesn’t matter because it will never seem like you have the right idea. Just do something!” Within 6 months of that meeting I quit my job on his encouragement to start a company and 12 months later Andrew sold SixDegrees for $125 million! Since then Andrew has started several other companies and is now off to the races with MeetMoi. Thanks to Andrew I’m working on new ways to get people saying Aryty a little more often.

His advice is some of the best I ever received. It never seems like the right time or place to start a business but the most important thing to do is get started on something! And until you do check out MeetMoi, maybe you’ll find a hot date!

Find a Date On MeetMoi

Last Saturday, Karla Maquiling of Pinoy Centric assisted in arranging a lunch for us at the Shangri-La Hotel to present Aryty to a number of pro bloggers in Manila. It turned out to be nothing less than the perfect venue to exchange ideas and share more about Aryty with top Filipino bloggers “in the know” about the latest trends, technology and cultural issues taking place in the Philippines.

The influential blogging crew (a.k.a. BoB) included Jayvee Fernandez, Sasha Manuel, Gail dela Cruz Villanueva, Annalyn Jusay, Markku Seguerra, Ederic Eder, Mike Villar, Aileen Apolo and J. Angelo Racoma. I was also happy to see my friend Veronica Bartolome who just happened to be in Manila and made time to join us.

While it was nice to demonstrate how easy it is to buy Globe, Smart or Sun eload and discuss some of our future plans for Aryty the part I enjoyed the most was getting feedback and suggestions from the group. What a great opportunity to avail insight from some of the brightest in blogsphere! Conversation included subjects parang G-Cash, Smart Money, online loading, sari sari’s, OFW’s, remittances, new Aryty features and plenty about Globe, Smart and Sun loading habits.

The Roundtable

No Name Cafe Next Time?

Gail and Jayvee

Peace!

Salamat po!

You can check out these All Star’s blogs below. And if we missed you on this trip to Manila drop us a line so we can make sure to invite you to our next gathering! Hope to see you~

The Parody
Kutitots
Ajay’s Writings on the Wall
Rebelpixel Productions
ederic@cyberspace
Mike Villar
Stitching
The J Spot
Pinoy Centric
s’assombrir ange immortelle
A Bugged Life

More Event Pics Here

I just arrived back in New York after a 20 hour trip home from the Philippines. (-o-) I managed to share a cab to the city with James Hong co-founder of Hot or Not who couldn’t resist logging into his Facebook account on the taxi ride via a Sprint Wireless card. During the trip to Manhattan we discussed the new Hot or Not application for Facebook which is just one of the new features James and his team have released recently.

Hot or Not is a top interent destination and also happens to have lots of beautiful filipina’s on the site. If you haven’t met a beautiful girl from the Philippines check out Hot or Not and try their Meet Me feature. You never know.

Try Hot or Not

Amazing food is one of the best parts of visiting the Philippines. Check out Daniel, our Creative Director as he tries Halo Halo for the first time during the lunch Aryty hosted for local bloggers at the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati.

We’re off to the airport now and look forward to sharing more about our trip to the Philippines over the next few weeks.