The iBlog4 Summit, in my honest estimation, was a success. It was well-attended, and the content of the talks and presentations was, on the whole, engaging and educational. Some of the talks were even inspiring, especially that of Juned Sonido’s, who talked about photo-blogging.
Although I don’t really do photography, it doesn’t hurt to learn about it, right? Juned delivered an easy-to-understand guide to photography for blogging, and gave us a taste of his own unique approach. He also brought out his impressive collection of cameras, from the ultra-professional to the basic point-and-shoot. Read on»
I’ve been here less than 24 hours since arriving this morning and I can already feel the reverberating centeredness of Metro Manila. This is where important things are happening, and this is the place from where many, many things emanate.
Like blogging, for instance. Although we do have a good number of bloggers in Davao and blogging there is alive and, well, kicking, Manila is still where the highest concentration of bloggers can be found. Read on»
The last time I was in Cagayan de Oro was almost a year ago (July 2006), when I went there with two friends for a short vacation. This time, I took the trip with another good friend, Rodney Jao, who had a speaking engagement at the Northern Mindanao ICT Summit. I just tagged along actually, although it was a perfect excuse for me to go and meet up with Kagay-anon bloggers. Read on»
After a long interval, I was able to go out of town again (Samal’s a different city, but that doesn’t count as going out of town for a Davaoeño). And I was pretty excited about it too, because I’d never been there. Compostela Valley. But it was such a big disappointment. Nothing, absolutely nothing to see but same old stuff — nothing you won’t see anywhere else. Worse, we went to the really rural parts of Compostela, where there was just banana trees everywhere.
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I spent Holy Week with a couple of friends on Siargao Island. We’d originally planned to go to Boracay some months before, but then I got caught up in my work. My sweet friends, they canceled the Boracay trip altogether because they didn’t want me to miss out on the fun. And so Alex, Bamba and I, we went on a mini-Amazing Race to one of the northernmost islands of Mindanao. (Mindanao: a land replete with diversities it’s easy to see why it’s so misunderstood.) Read on»
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