Category Archives: Blog Events

The 2nd Philippine Blog Awards 2008

Do you remember the 21st night of September? *Insert dancing banana icon here 100x*

After months of waiting, The 2nd Philippine Blog Awards finally pushed through on the 21st night of September, 2008 at OneEsplanade.

I remember arriving on the venue at around 4:45pm. I saw a lot of familiar bloggers waiting outside and all the sponsors were busy setting up their respective booths. The organizers and volunteers were tired since most of them were already fixing the venue at 9am, but you can really see the passion and drive to make this awards night extra special.

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Short Pampanga Trip of Bloggers with Auction.ph

Last Thursday, Jehzeel asked me if I would like to join them in the Inaguration of the new chairman of Auction.ph in Pampanga. I was a bit hesitant and torn between working at the office to get more offset credits and enjoying my weekend with the bloggers. Obviously, I chose the latter.

I was almost late when I arrived in the meeting place. I was happy to see Eric, Ederic, Jonel, Bong and later on Jehzeel. Together with the rest of the Auction.ph crew, we went to Clark, Pampanga.

I was surprised when I found out that the company is owned by Koreans. All the while I taught Auction is originally a Filipino company. It was a formal event and everyonewas in their smart casual attires.

It was my first time to attend a somewhat exclusive event that is comprised of Filipino and Korean officers. The Filipino Host spoke in english and later on, the Korean conterpart interprets everything.

The thing that I like most in the program is the AVP’s of the Korean officers. AVP’s of the career of the CEO of Auction Korea and the new chairman is rather inspiring than intimidating.

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