2009 here I come!

Happy New Year!!!
I celebrated the coming of 2009 A.D. and spent the last hours of the year 2008 with good friends & family at Eden Nature Park in the south of Davao City. It was my first time to spend New Year’s Eve at this mountain resort that I love so much — a big [...]

Funktional Schizophrenic 2008-12-30 13:48:00

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Mindanao Bloggers Christmas Party Photos

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Shake Mo! Blog Mo! Bloggers Event

Last December 10, several bloggers were invited for TV5’s Shake Mo! Blog Mo! Bloggers event at Chili’s in Greenbelt 1.  I went to the event with Mica since her office is a few buildings away from ours.  We received the invitation from Myk, whom I first met at the TMX event in Batangas.
TV5, which is [...]

Dinos Alive in Manila

A couple of weeks ago, my housemate and I were able to witness the launch/opening of the Dinos Alive World Tour 2008 Manila at Block 5, SM Mall of Asia. Thanks to our friends at First Tier Brands who gave me a press invitation for the ocassion.

The Dinos Alive Tour in MOA is a mini-theme [...]

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the new star of the filipino feast

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Funktional Schizophrenic 2008-12-07 13:46:00

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red day

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Christmas Bazaar

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Poetry Night at Matina Town Square

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Calling All Geniuses in the world

Yep, that’s right. We are looking for geniuses like you. If you think you got the brains of a genius, I challenge you to take the MENSA IQ Challenge. Why? Because I did.  I’ve been longing to know what my IQ is but I never had the opportunity to take an exam.

“Mensa is the largest, [...]

WordCamp Philippines blog: a winner!

I know this post is rather late, but I don’t want to pass off blogging about this!
The WordCamp Philippines official blog site was acclaimed the best website in the Events / Conferences category of this year’s DigitalFilipino Web Awards. Needless to say, I feel really proud of this award. It adds to the [...]

Samsung Concept Shop

With Nokia and Sony Ericsson already firmly entrenched in Davao City, it’s high time that Samsung made their presence felt. And so this Friday, 7th of November 2008, this aggressive mobile phone brand is inaugurating their concept shop at SM City Davao.
It will be a rather formal affair, with ribbon-cutting and VIPs and such, but [...]

chicago, again

div style=”text-align: justify;”I’m back again in Chicago. This time as an official part of my residency in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program. I will participate in a classroom discussion at Northwestern University this Friday. The…

Metro Card Club

Last Sunday, I was at the Davao Metro Card Club to witness the first Poker Face Monthly Tournament. My friend, was one of those who won the satellite tournaments and was able to get a seat for last Sunday’s tournament. It was a looong tournament of 50 players. After three rounds, only [...]

Thoughts on MBS2

25th October 2008, General Santos City — the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit was conducted and concluded with flying colors, thanks in large part to Avel Manansala and his team. The bloggers of Soccsksargen really made a fantastic showing! But let’s not forget that a blogger from Zamboanga City, Ryann Elumba, made a big contribution by [...]

long live the queen!

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2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit: Blogging the Mindanao Consciousness

Over the weekend, I was at the Tuna Capital of the Philippines for the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit (MBS2).
The summit started at around 9 am with around 130 bloggers in attendance. After a brief introduction by Avel Manansala, Blogie Robillo talked about the history of the Mindanao Bloggers Summit. The mayor of General Santos city, [...]

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MBS2: a clear success!

When we appointed Avel Manansala of General Santos City and his group to be the organizers of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit, it was done without reservation. And true enough, the event was a resounding success! It was even much better than MBS1 in terms of impact and participation.
The theme this year was “Mindanaowon, [...]

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theater for a cause


DigitalFilipino.com Club fellowship night

The DigitalFilipino.com Club fellowship night and bloggers’ get-together last 21 October 2008 at the Casino Filipino in Davao was a very enjoyable and eye-opening event. Enjoyable because there were about a hundred bloggers there, and it’s always fun when bloggers come together to eat and play.
One of the things that made the affair an [...]

Davao Bloggers Networking Eyeball by DigitalFilipino.com Club

I had a blast at the Davao Bloggers Networking Event last night . The event was ably organized by Ms. Janette Toral of DigitalFilipino.com Club at the Pantawan Hall of Casino Filipino in Davao city.

The event was relaxed and informal. Bloggers were treated to a buffet of sumptuous food courtesy of event sponsor, PAGCOR. Attendees [...]

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surfing in lanuza

I will miss the 6th National Surfing Open this year from November 18 to 23 in Lanuza, Surigao del Sur. My friends and cousin have been planning the trip for months now. I guess they will have to go without me. I intend to test my new board. Next year t…

Samsung Fun Club Day

The bloggers here in Cebu were graced to be invited and given VIP access to Samsung Philippines’ Fun Club Day concert featuring Parokya ni Edgar at SM Cebu Northwing parking lot.
(more details to follow - i’m sooo busy preparing for my exam. huhuhuhu)
For photos, please click here.
New Media Coverage:
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our stories

I will be a guest on Pilipino OURstory, an Annual Pilipino Am History Month Special on KPFA Radio (www.kpfa.org & KPFA~FM 94.1 Berkeley) on Sunday, October 26, 6:30pm-10pm. This year’s special “showcases issues and artistry from the F/Pilipino comm…

Networking for bloggers & entrepreneurs

The DigitalFilipino.com Club — the nationwide organization of Internet and e-commerce professionals, practitioners, hobbyists, enthusiasts and watchers — will be having a membership and bloggers networking event in Davao City on 21 October 2008 (Tuesday), from 6:00 PM at the Grand Regal Hotel.
The DigitalFilipino.com Club was started on Christmas Day five years ago, and has [...]

MBS2 next week!

I can’t wait for the 25th of October — the day of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit (MBS2) in General Santos City!
MBS2 follows the highly successful 1st summit last 27 October 2007 held in Davao City. This year, the bloggers group led by Avel Manansala is spearheading the event’s organizing efforts. By all accounts, [...]

(UPDATED) E-pass for MBS2 to be emailed out this week

UPDATE! (8:15pm, 18 October 2008):  All E-passes will finally be sent to your email address by Kuya Migz on Monday, October 20.  Please refer to his earlier email to you for reference.   Sorry for the confusion.
Calling all MBS2 attendees!
Starting today, October 14 and up to the 17th, the E-pass to the 2nd Mindanao [...]

Tech Events

There are a lot of tech events happening this Month..
Like today, there’s a Samsung Fun Club event in Eastwood City, Libis, Q.C.

Another event to watch out for is the Consumer Electronics Live.
Happening on October 24 - 26, 2008 from 10 am to 8 pm at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

More details here.
I’ll update [...]

MBS2 Update: Book your rooms NOW at any of GenSan’s Hotels and Inns

Here are the rates of some of the hotels and pension houses in Gen. Santos City. We suggest that you book through us as early as possible so that we can reserve your rooms.

There is also another convention at the same dates as ours so we have to reserve our rooms fast!

**Family [...]

MBS2 Registration Week 1: 50 bloggers qualify!

Exactly a week to the day when the gates were opened for the registration of would-be participants to the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit, a total of 70 bloggers have already signed up and submitted their blog posts or articles on the issue for verification.
About 20 of these submissions still have incomplete requirements and will [...]

Bloggers’ sneak peek into Dayo the Movie

Dayo, a full-length animated movie made entirely in the Philippines, will be premiering at the Metro Manila Film Festival in December 2008. But before that, the producers, Cutting Edge Productions, will be hosting a group of bloggers at their production facility in Makati on 4 October 2008.
So, off to Manila I go for the nth [...]

DigitalFilipino.com Club and Bloggers Networking Event in Cebu

Good news to the e-commerce industry players and bloggers in Cebu, Miss Janette Toral of the DigitalFilipino Club is organizing a Fellowship/Networking Event next month in Cebu City. The purpose of this activity is to become a venue for e-commerce industry players and bloggers to exchange ideas and updates.
This event will be on October [...]

(Last Call!) Registration for 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit now open

LAST CALL to those attending the MBS2:   We are closing the registration at 6am tomorrow, October 3, 2008. We have actually only a very few slots left. Congrats to those who made it!
Finally, the registration for the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit is now open.
The MBS2 will be held at the Family [...]

Batang Yagit in PBA ‘08

May Batang Yagit na na nanalo ng Award, at ako ang una.

Kudos to Drew and Winston!

I’m very proud to congratulate my fellow Mindanao bloggers, Andrew dela Serna and Winston Almendras, for each bagging an award at today’s Philippine Blog Awards.
Andrew won the Special Award for Best Blog Plugin/Extension. He developed a WordPress plugin that lets bloggers track the traffic of their blog posts, and gives them a nifty dashboard widget [...]

Batang Yagit para sa PBA Bloggers’ Choice Award

Ako po si Batang Yagit, isang blogger na taga-Mindanao (Davao City). Ako po ay natutuwa sa pagkakapasok ko bilang nominee sa Philippine Blog Awards Bloggers’ Choice Award. Ito ang pangalawang nomination ko para sa PBA 2008.
Noong nakaraang buwan, nakatanggap ako ng email galing sa mga organizers ng PBA na nagsasabing nanominate ang Digital Puto [...]

Goodyear Autocare in Mandaue

A week before I left for Manila for the WordCamp Philippines 2008 event, I received a call from Ms. Karla Tecson inviting me (and my blogging friends) to attend the launch of Goodyear’s Autocare center in Maguikay, Mandaue City. Because the event fell on a Thursday (August 28, 2008), only three of us (bloggers) [...]

WordCamp Philippines 2008 — a success!

The recently-concluded WordCamp Philippines 2008, the first international bloggers event in the country, was a success in several ways. Foremost is the learning that the participants were able to go through during the whole exercise. Judging by the blog posts after WordCamp, the campers certainly appreciated what they came for.
Second, it was a success for [...]

Wordcamp Philippines

A lot of people were wondering what happened to my blog after becoming idle for a couple of months. I’ve been very busy with my studies in Cebu City that I was not able to find time for my blog. But that didn’t stop me from getting involved with blogging.
Last Thursday, I flew to Manila [...]

GenSan waits for you at the MBS2!

For the past months, our group of Soccsksargen Bloggers has been working silently together on the roadmap we have designed for the conduct of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit slated on October 25, 2008 in General Santos City.

We all knew that the first one in Davao City last year was a tough act to follow [...]

Kutitots Talks About Davao City

During the last Kadayawan Festival, some Metro Manila bloggers visited our city to join the festivities. One of them was famed Filipina WP Theme designer, Gaile “Kutitots” Villanueva.
In this video interview, she talks about Davao City, the Kadayawan street kids dancers, and the food:

Special mention goes out to the Pork Marinara of Lachi’s. [...]

Kadayawan 2008

Kadayawan is dubbed as the festival of festivals. What began as a simple thanksgiving for bountiful harvests has evolved into one big party of parties, with the highlight on the diverse groups of Davaoeños. A celebration of our indigenous cultures, food, arts, hobbies, past and present cultures, Kadayawan has become the event to [...]

Infinit Ready to Drink Cocktail presents AUTO REVOLUTION 3 by Aw2spec

The team that brought motorsport to the forefront in Davao City, is back. Aw2spec Online is back and ready to party with the Infinit Ready to Drink Cocktail’s Auto Revolution 3. Get ready to have fun with Infinit as they bring you six events in one grand party at the Damosa Market Basket Parking [...]

Happy Birthday! Oh and some Mindanao Music Awards update

Yep, if you’ve been around this block long enough you know that Southisms.com was born on a July.
And so was I.
You can’t blame me for loving the month of July. This month has been packed with so many things I hardly have time to go online and type one of ‘em posts for the birthday [...]

Mindanao film makes it to Cinemalaya 2008

Photo courtesy of http://morofilm.blogspot.com
My friend Jun Macarambon, who co-wrote “A step for my dream” had their film officially selected in this year’s Cinemalaya, inevitably the most prestigious film festival in the Philippines. I haven’t seen the film myself, but the fact that it made it to the festival should keep everyone’s heads up. [...]

Pelikula Dabaw

Davao Blogger Jenny Hernandez has taken the lead in forming a Film Lovers Group now known as Pelikula Dabaw.
The aim of the group is to have a weekly free showing of films not usually shown in Davao City. And to celebrate the month of Philippine Independence, the group will view a slew of award-winning [...]

Davao Bloggers Party 2008

Time to get your hands off your keyboard, and your eyes off your monitor… it’s time to get social, bloggers!!!
What: Davao Bloggers’ Party 2008
When: 7 pm, June 14, 2008
Where: Toto’s Bar, Casa Leticia, J. Camus Street, Davao City
Who: Davao bloggers of all shapes, sizes, interests, platforms, and niches
There are limited slots so if you are [...]



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