Story taken from 9:00am to past 10:00pm:
Lucky that I was able to catch the first ever bus shuttle in corner of H.V. Delas Costa and Leviste Sts., to be in my first big blogging event this year: Bloggers Fest 2011 happened in Thunderbirsd Resorts in Binangonan Rizal.
Me and the rest of first batch of bloggers arrived at the area at around 11:00am. We had a warm welcome with the people at the reception area. We got some freebies like the Thunderbird Resorts Rizal tote bag complete with some print ads and a 100php voucher which I can use for their casino (which I chose to be one of my souvenirs). I also had a free picture courtesy of Baicapture. There were also free flowing of coffee and water just outside of the newly-opened Event Center
Before the event started, I checked out the booths of Monsters Centaur Production and Perfect Renders for future blogging events. In between, I also checked out Soldhosting.ph booth as I had a good conversation with Mr. Marlon Guzman
The event already started at almost 1pm coz we wait for the 2nd batch of bloggers to come in. First in the table was the opening speech from Thunderbird Resorts General Manager Herbert Williams then the awarding of the Extraordinary Video Contest. There's also a video presentation of Thunderbird Resorts Rizal and their other branch in Poro Point, La Union
We had a one hour lunch break at around 1:30pm with that great food line-up courtesy of Thunderbird Resorts
2:30 pm til the end of the event, it was the start of a great barrage of blogging lessons like Blogging 101 by Azrael Coladilla, Sharing your story through personal blog by Mica Rodriguez (after that, a Q & A session with the 2 bloggers), Writing with SEO In Mind by Jonel Uy , How To Write Awesome Blog Posts by Fritz Villafuerte, Photo Blogging Essentials with Anton Carranza, Jr. Arvin Ello's Beating Writers Block and The Importance of Revision, Domain and DNS Management by JP de Leon and How to Secure Your Blog From Hacking by Mr. Marlon Guzman of Solidhosting.ph
We had a meryenda break at past 4pm composed of donuts, lumpiang shanghai, bottled water and some carbonated drinks courtesy of some bloggers
Around 5pm, I chose to attend an intimate blogging sessions of Azrael Coladilla and Justin of www.justinbreathes.com with Indios band which I asked a very technically (not blog-related) music-based question ( I wonder if I wowed some bloggers)
There was also a series of raffle giveaways but I didn't had a chance to win any of those prizes. Most of the winners that were drawn via their calling cards which I might think to produce later on
I also meet a new set of bloggers. We reunited with www.wentot.com in the bus, a brewster from Hala Hala Rizal (which he recognized me after I wrote down my website into his notes) and mostly, Mr. Alexei Rivera a technology blogger of www.thetechnoclast.com
Great that I had a wonderfrul experience to be in this event. I want to thank Azrael Coladilla for this opportunity, the sponsors of this event, the bloggers and the men and women of Thunderbird Resorts Rizal for that great food and service
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reactionsanu ung tinanong mo?hahah
ReplyNice meeting u sir! :D
technical e on recording your music dami na kasing nagrerecord thru pc di ba?
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