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Goodies at CEL2009 Manila!
“Technology drives the modern world, and the Philippines is fast becoming a technology-driven society. Tech-savvy Filipinos desire the latest and coolest devices, from mobile phones to digital cameras to flat-screen TVs. For these enthusiasts and buyers, Consumer Electronics Live! Manila is the premiere technology event of the year. CEL Manila is the first and the [...]
Air Supply @ GenSan
My long-time friend, Avel Manansala of General Santos City, invited me to be one of the judges for his blog contest, What Air Supply Song Are You? (creative, don’t you think?). So I dutifully read through around 20+ entries, thinking inwardly that it was going to be at least amusing.
Air Supply was (probably) all the [...]
WordCamp PH2009 and other events
It’s a truly exhilarating experience after having put together two successful WordCamp Philippines events! The preparations for the second WordCamp in the country, held in Makati City last 19 September, was actually stressing me out to the point that I wasn’t getting my bread-and-butter work done properly the last couple of months. But, with the [...]
2009 Philippine Blog Awards
I have just nominated two of my own blogs in the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards: Davao Delicious, under the Food & Beverages category; and Ang Dabawenyo, under the Mindanao Destination Blog special awards category.
In this year’s PBA, a set of four special awards will be given to Mindanao blogs (and another set for Visayas blogs). [...]
TV is dead.
A group of aggressively talented individuals, among them my blogger-friend, Kring E. of FunnySexy.ph, is gearing up for the launch of a bold and exciting project: Flippish.com. Dubbed as “the First Online Pinoy Video Channel”, Flippish promises to be the death of TV. :woot:
In fact, that’s what they’re calling their launch: TV is dead.
If you [...]
WordCamp-PH merchandise coming soon!
Lyle Santos, Chattee Lara and yours truly have been joining heads for some time now to come up with a line of cool WordCamp Philippines merchandise for everyone. Yesterday, the two went out to have a few laptop stickers prototyped. And here they are!
The WordCamp Philippines online store will be open very soon! Please bookmark [...]
WordCamp RP2009 in the works
I’m happy to announce that the gang of Mindanao Bloggers and their supporters will soon be commencing plans and arrangements for WordCamp Philippines 2009! I will be calling the first organizational meeting within the following week.
It has yet to be officially finalized, but I’m excited to let everyone know that we’re working with the Asian [...]
Chicago Popcorn Shops
[Updated]
In the Mall of Asia, Manila, there exists a popcorn store, but not just any popcorn store. It’s the Chicago Popcorn Shops. And, the purveyors of Chicago-style popcorn goodies would like to invite bloggers to a taste-testing spree this 9th & 10th March 2009. Let’s have two group of 10 bloggers: one for Monday and [...]
Davao F.A.T. 2009 – Schedule
[Updated!]
First off, in behalf of the organizers of the Davao Food Appreciation Tour, I would like to thank all the restaurants that have generously agreed to host the bloggers this year. We all look forward to a Davao-style feast in March!
This is the final schedule for DFAT 2009:
13 March (Friday)
12:00 PM — Lunch at Tadakuma [...]
Davao F.A.T. 2009
For some weeks now, the team of hyperactive Davao bloggers has been busy preparing for this year’s Davao Food Appreciation Tour. To give you a background of Davao FAT, it’s an annual event — coinciding with Araw ng Dabaw — that sees bloggers from out of town sampling the various cuisine offerings of the city.
We [...]
