The morning of the third day came, I could hardly sleep. The snoring of the two was too bad. As usual, the three went out for a walk in the city. I decided to do what I could do because we saw problem in person while walking watching the city.

The taal volcano located in the province of Batangas in the Philippines has erupted and many people were affected.
The ash from the erupting volcano buried nearby homes, displaced the residents and has cause fissures which lead to destruction
of many homes and roads of nearby towns.

These past few days after the taal volcano eruption, an anonymous person contacted Sakura Free Market and asks if they can buy the clothes that are being sold in Sakura’s website for donating to the Taal victims. Sakura team does not hesitate about this and decided we will send those clothes to them. We also added several items which we think that they can use like towels and some of our personal clothes that we no longer use.

Sakura also pledges that we will donate amount of sales that we get from our users to the volcanic eruption victims.

In times of crisis like this, let us not forget people who are in need and give them all the help that we can provide. We pray for the fast recovery of the victims and hoping that no eruption will take place again.

@Hatsumode: first pray at shrine
There was a phone call from Kim. He said that he could not stay at the hotel he was trying to stay at. I got another bed in the room where we stayed. Thus the three men spent in the same room and the second day was over

My experience with Sakura is one of a kind. I learned a lot of things and still learning more. I learned to use and make things from latest technology trends, with a little bit of research and practice, I was able to pull through.

I also learned some new techniques about film making while making video ads for Sakura. We did research and developed smart home products to introduce this kind of technology in the country.

Running a business surely is difficult. But we will continue to pursue our mission to make change not just in the Philippines but also in the entire world.

We hope to be successful and contribute more to the society.

We looked at the price he pointed at the cake and found that it was very expensive, so we tried to buy a cheaper cake however he said that he want to buy it later because it’s melt and ask us money to buy cake So we finally realized that the man’s story was a joke. We finally returned to the hotel and Kim called when he was talking that day one was over.

He asked us to buy birthday cake for his daughter
As we looked at each other, quetion came to mind.
We thought his daughter would be sad if she didn’t have a cake, and asked the man what cake she was going to buy? The man then took us to a cake shop and pointed at the cake.

@at Kamakura in Japan.

After waiting for several days for the house to become available, I received a call from the owner that we can start shooting. So I packed my things and prepare for the shoot. I also called our model that we will take shooting this day.

I went first to the house and talked to the owner while waiting for our model. When she arrived, we immediately took videos for the second version of the commercial. We finished several scenes until our model suddenly felt ill. I told her to rest for a while and we will shoot once she feels okay. She rested for a few minutes and we went back to shooting some more scenes. Our model again, felt uncomfortable and she is in pain. I asked her if she can continue shooting but she said she can’t. So we decided to bring her home and let her rest.

Good thing we have backup model for the shoot. So I called her and asked her if she can come, she said yes. When the other model arrived we continue shooting until almost midnight.

So many things happened today, it was a long day. But we were able to pull through with the shooting and finished, we completed the scenes we need.

We hope the output of the commercial to be good. We’d like to give the viewers the feel of what smart living is through our video. We wish to be successful and fulfill our mission.

We finished the meeting and interview and went to the shopping mall for shopping and dinner. We talked about amazing of UNIQLO business while buying shirts at UNIQLO. We went into fast food Bon-Chon and talked about today. We split up with Kim and Coordinators D then we walked through the shopping mall before returning to the hotel. A man approached there, and the man said: Where are you staying? When I answered the hotel, the man told me that he was a guardman at the hotel and came to buy his daughter’s cake while resting. I looked up to Yusuke and face.

Sakura Always with business and thoughtful.

We did another video shoot for holiday short video advertisement. We want to shoot on the same house that we are shooting the other video ads but it was not available this time. We decided to take videos in a tea shop to accomplish something that day.

It was hard to take videos because there are too many people in the coffee shop and it does not fit the scene that we want. We wait until only a few people left inside then we start shooting. Turned out the video takes are pretty decent. We will publish this ad for this holiday season.

We hope to succeed with the business by making good videos and attract more people to use our product.

Finally kim arrived. He smiled with a towel around his neck and a chewing tooth. It seemed as if he arrived on time. I introduced him to the shipping company and explained the business model in more detail. It was a great start. They offered to cooperate.

@laundry with coffee break