Moving to the metro from the laid back Tacloban and its neighboring towns, the MI representatives met with researchers and MA students from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Jessa, MA English and American Literature and Mars, MA Art History, actively shared their thoughts and own experiences in relation to the concept of myths and to methods which can be deployed to approach the topic.

Jessa and Mars furthered that their respective MA thesis are closely related to the discourse of mythology and lore. The representatives of the Mythological Institute sees this as possibility for future research collaborations between the institute and researchers from the Philippines.