To Marbel and Back

Saturday morning, I slept past 2 am and woke up at 4 am. I had to be at McDo MTS before 5 am. So after taking a bath, with barely enough sleep, and carrying my laptop, I walked from my house to McDonald’s. When I arrived there, I ordered and ate my breakfast. While I was eating, Councilor Laviña arrived. And a little after 5 am, Mikko also arrived, and we left right away.
We arrived in Marbel (now known as Koronadal City) in a record time of under three hours. I heard that normally it would take at least 3 1/2 hours.

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Councilor Laviña and Mikko Gozalo

We went to Koronadal to attend the Blogging Seminar at the Notre Dame of Marbel University (NDMU).

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In the morning, Councilor Laviña and several speakers talked about blogging and participatory governance, and other socio-economic-political issues that Mindanao Bloggers should be aware of.

Then we had lunch at Lantaw Marbel where the view was great, and the food was not bad.
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The view and the food at Lantaw Marbel

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The organizers, speakers, and guests

Then, we went back to NDMU and it was time for me to deliver my talks….
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Me, me, and me…

There was another speaker, and also an open forum. Mark also present the MBS1 Resolution which the students and the other audience members recited.
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Then it was finally time to go home, but not without having my photos taken with some of the participants…
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Mikko and I rode with Avel, Mark and several others to General Santos City where we bought fastfood, then quickly left to go back to Davao.

It was a hectic day, but a fun one. I greatly enjoyed speaking (twice) in front of the eager students who are interested in blogging.

For more photos, visit my Picasa Album…

Notre Dame of Marbel University Blogging Seminar

0 thoughts on “To Marbel and Back

  1. Hi ate, di po me nakasama kasi tinamad me eh. Lol. Congrats, looks like you got yourself a blogging posse, mi’ lady 😀

  2. the success of the seminar will be measure cguro on the number of participants who will create blog after the seminar.

    Thank you, te ria! Galing mo 😛

    pa.upload ng mga pictures. thanks

  3. cute mo palang matulog sa kotse ms. ria. di ka humihilik at di rin naka-open sesame ang bibig mo. demure na demure.

    binigyan ka ba ni mikko ng chickenjoy nya sa bus? sinadya nyang di kainin muna para inggitin ka siguro.

    see u in gensan soon for the 2nd phase!

    tuna sashimi for u to follow.

    assalamo alaikom!

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