Today will be a very hectic day for me because tomorrow is THE DAY! Tomorrow, all roads lead to the Convention Center at the fourth floor of the NCCC Mall of Davao. Bloggers will converge for the first ever Mindano Bloggers Summit. Today is ingress and last minute preparations day. Kuya Andrew, Gwing, and I woke up very early to do some stuff for the MBS. Then we brought him to the house where he is staying, then we had arroz caldo and tokwa't baboy at Dencia's. YUM! I then went to the office to start blogging and blog hopping. I was offline for more than 24 hours because I went to General Santos City yesterday. I have already made two blog entries this morning but I have lots more to blog about: 1) Things to Remember for a Road Trip - Life with Ria 2) Pinoy Big Brother Updates - Chikadora 3) Dencio's - My Davao City 4) What to do When You're In-Charge of Food - Work with Ria 5) Memories of our General Santos City Trip - Life with Ria Gwing and I are leaving the office soon to meet up with Kuya Andrew and Jayvee for…
Category: life
Thank You
This is a very belated Thank You Day post. Nonetheless, I would like to thank the people who have been with me this past year. A lot of things have happened and I am happy to know that a lot of people have helped me survive it all. Thank you... to my cousins, especially Gwing, Luan, Kuya Andrew, John and Cherry, Cha, Brian and Aimee, and Mae; to my aunts and uncles, Mommy and Daddy, Tia Mila, Mam Bebs, Tita Teri, and Tita Ivi; to my friends from high school, Neil, Mae, Catet, Wenna, Bbboy, JJ, Kate, Erwil, Ace, Mikong, and Twy; to my friend from college, Lucky; to my SJL Boys, especially Papi, Aiwem, Brylle, Toti, Elmer, and Landz; to the Sta Ana boys, Pics, Pido, Talong, and BJ; to the BT boys, Jay, Rioren, Topher, Cocoy, Chian, Jeztah, Duke, Badz, Adi, Burnz, and Yuki; to the other DotA boys, Jay, Heero, Totzkie, the Tagum boys, the Kidapawan boys; to my colleagues in Seattle, especially Sis Lysette, Sis Palle, Levi, and Glenn; to my employers, Seattle, Brian aka APEX, Kuya Andrew aka Alleba, and Boss Johnny; to the probloggers who have inspired me, Ate Aileen, Yuga, Jayvee, Angelo Racoma,…
I am Attending the First Mindanao Bloggers Summit
This Saturday, expect me to be busy as a bee (as if that's not my usual state), because I am attending the First Mindanao Bloggers Summit (MBS1). MBS1 is going to be held as part of the 6th Mindanao ICT Congress and 1st BIMP-EAGA ICT Conference. It is going to be held at the NCCC Mall of Davao (located along McArthur Highway in Davao City) on October 27, 2007 from 9 am to 6 pm. Registration and participation is totally free for all bloggers. Just register HERE. The tentative Program of MBS1 is as follows (may change): Opening Remarks: Building a Bloggers Community by Blogie Robillo Keynote Speech: Blogging & Participatory Governance by Hon. Pete Laviña Blogging in Mindanao: Travel & Technology by Bob Martin Socio-Cultural Mindset of the Mindanaoan by Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ LUNCH Transition from “Emo” to Niche Blogging by Kim Castillo Blogging as a Way of Life: Problogging & New Media by Jayvee Fernandez How to Optimize Your Wordpress Blog for Top Search Rankings by Marc Macalua Presentation of Summit Resolutions: The Role of Bloggers in Fostering Understanding & Peace in Mindanao Pick Their Brains Session with A-List Bloggers: Abe Olandres, Aileen Apolo, Andrew dela Serna,…
Today is National "Thank You" Day
I first read it on Noemi Dado's blog. Today, Toblerone is spearheading today's Thank You Day here in the Philippines. I joined Noemi's Thank You Day contest, and I received an email yesterday from the organizers telling me I won two tickets to the concert tonight. Unfortunately, I can't go because I'm based here in Davao City. Anyway, I would still like to thank Toblerone for the tickets and this wonderful concept of having a National Thank You Day! From the bottom of my heart, DAGHANG SALAMAT!!! to all the people around me, even those who I wish to kill!
Print Screen Meme
My desktop iz cute, splattered with many, many icons of the software I use most often, the files I open all the time, and some notes on some things I'm working on. The Meme Rules: (Batang Makulit Yagit tagged me for this one.) My Desktop Free View Instruction: A. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun. You can do a screen capture by: Going to your desktop and pressing the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key). Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V). If you wish, you can “edit” the image, before saving it. B. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of Icons, things like that. C. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktop as well.…
Conversations that Made Me Think
Well, these are not really conversations but exchanges made through the magical powers of technology. Last week, I was chatting via YM with a DotA player that I was interviewing for my DotA Blog. Let's call him "B." We were talking about the game, players, tournaments, my work, and such things. Here's a truncated version of what happened: B: Hey! Can I ask you something? RJ (me): Sure. B: Do you have a lot of guy friends? RJ: Yes. I don't have a lot of female friends. B: That makes sense. RJ: Why? B: You talk like a boy. You're different from most girls I know. Ohhhkay.... Fast forward to this afternoon... My ex-suitor na itatago natin sa pangalang (whom we shall call) "H" sent me an SMS asking about the exhibition games between Malaysia's Cybertime, and local Teams Ch¡LL and CORPOration. I replied. He didn't reply for quite a while. Then... (the English geist of our conversation) H: Ria... RJ: Yes? H: You were beautiful yesterday (referring to last Saturday when we saw each other during a tournament). RJ: Are you drunk again? I'm always beautiful. Your fault... you're slow. (I was joking.) H: If you weren't such a…