Ronaldo (1)The DigitalFilipino Event: I Came A Stranger, Went Home With Lots of Friends
No, I didn’t take them home for some slumber party. I mean I gained lots of friends that night. And I met the Queen!
I went alone to the DigitalFilipino Club sponsored event for e-Commerce industry players and bloggers last Saturday night, 25th of October at the PIRC Forum Hall inside Casino Filipino in Paranaque – just fronting the NAIA airport. Since I forgot where the venue was, I parked my car right in front of Duty Free Philippines and browsed through my blog using my phone to check on the post I made about the event.
After about 15 minutes of connecting and browsing, I finally got the address and the exact place (hell yeah, I was in a 3G area but the Globe internet connection was as usual – very bad). I didn’t realized I was parked right beside the gates of PAGCOR. LOL.
After some security checks, I finally got into the Forum Hall around 6:30pm. Everyone’s a stranger except for Fitz whom I met the last time at the Influential Bloggers Awards Night. There were a few familiar faces but could not remember their names. After all, that was the second time I attended such blogging events.
There were surprises too – as I saw Bloggista.com as one of those listed as among the Top 100 Philippine blogs at Ratified.Org. This blog was started early this year (2008) and one of the first blogs I visited was Reynaelena.com. I loved the character of that Queen of Social Climbing. Everyone’s seemed to be touched by her majesty’s magic that they would even bribe her just to get hold of her Crown for a day – hehe. I was inspired by the number of visitors and comments the Queen received – balang araw… wala lang di darating ang araw na yun di bale na haha. And then finally – I saw the Queen that night – in all her Royal Graciousness, and was Social Climbing with Janette Toral and the rest of the bloggers. Syempre, nagpakilala ako sa Queen – sayang naman ang chance at ayun nga, may picture pa kami.
It was a fun night. I met other great people – Ms. Mendoza, the Sr. Managing Head of PAGCOR IT Department, Ms Maileen Crespo of Full Circle – Events Asia, the brothers Errol and Eric Chua of Green Media Concepts, Angel of Fatherblogger.com my idol, the cutie Ms. Snow of Dearbloggery.com, the famous AJ of Baklaako.com (May reklamo?), Jehzeel of Jezhlau-concepts.com, Annalyn of Annalyn.net, Eugene of Vistapinas.com, Suzaku Lace of Suzakulace.blogspot.com, Ederic of Edericeder.com and of course Ms. Janette Toral.
I also saw some bloggers I know online – nahiya lang ako lumapit at kumausap, plus the fact na nagtatagay kami ni Angel ng red wine. I saw Azrael, Mistervader, Micamyx, Ada, Ed Arevalo, Pusa, Chris A., Edelweiza, Sabrina, Ms. Dine Racoma aka Sexy Mom, at marami pang iba. Please leave a comment pag may nakalimutan ako, hehe, naka 3 bottles yata kami ni Angel ng red wine.
After the event, we drove to Makati and I took Sir Angel to Cable Car, had a few rounds of draft San Mig Light on big Mugs – had some real good conversations, and jammed for a few songs before I went home real drunk. Lasheng na ba ako nun Angel?
Wala ako pictures – but you can check out these sites with photos and videos of the event (from DigitalFilipino.com site).
Video:
- Live Video Streaming of the Manila Bloggers Networking Night at PaGCOR (Azrael)
Photo:
- Digital Filipino Club and Manila Bloggers Networking Event at PAGCOR (Anna)
- Blogger’s Fellowship @ Casino Filipino (Carl)
- Digital Filipino Club and Manila Bloggers Networking Event at PAGCOR (Anna)
- DigitalFilipino Event Part 2 (Ada)
- Bloggers Night (LAD)
- DigitalFilipino Event Part 1 (Ada)
- Philippines Top 100 Blogs Recognition (Jehzeel)
- DigitalFilipino.com Clug and Bloggers Manila Networking Event (Azrael)
Posts:
- My First Time (Mon)
- My Digital Filipino Club Fellowship and Networking Night Experience (Fitz)
- My Digital Filipino Club and Bloggers Fellowship Night Experience (Snow)
- FOTD (Anna)
- Chris A’s First Blogger Event in PAGCOR (Chris)
- Digital Filipino Club and Filipino Bloggers Manila Networking Event (Mica)
- I am not proud of my blog (Gary)
- Tips from Top Bloggers @ DigitalFilipino.com Club and Bloggers Manila Networking Event (Dine)
- Digital Filipino’s Networking Night at PAGCOR (Lace)
- The Manila Fellowship Night (Ada)
- Dumalo ako sa Manila Bloggers EB ng DigitalFilipino.com Club (Ederic)
- Digital Filipino Club and Bloggers Manila Networking Event (Anna)
- Digital Filipino Club and Bloggers Networking Night Manila (LAD)
- Philippines Top 100 Blogs for 2008 (Jehzeel)
- Aftermath of the DigitalFilipino.com Club and Bloggers Networking Event Manila in PAGCOR (Chris)
- DigitalFilipino.com Club and Bloggers Manila Networking Event (Azrael)
- When your boyfriend is younger than you are, remember not to take him to the casino with you (Yza)
- Digital Filipino Bloggers Networking Event (Errol)
- An Unforgettable experience with my First Blogging Event (Angel)
- Great Sabado Night: Bloggers Manila Networking Event (Tonyo)
- The DigitalFilipino Event: I Came a Stranger, Went Home With Lots of Friends (Roel)
- digital filipino event (Agnes)
- Social climbing with Janette Toral (Reynz)
- DigitalFilipino Manila Fellowship Night (Sabrina)
Nice to see you in the event kahit hindi nakapagusap hehe
hopefully next time 
kung di lang ako uuwi kina-umagahan dinekwat na kita’t nakipag-inuman seyo hahaha! i only had about 2 hours siguro na nap time and then karipas na ako sa airport! it was worth it kahit na uber pagod talaga ako!
and yes, I did forget Ms. Crespo who even handed me her biz card! hahaha.
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Ahoy this is Chris A of CMAQUEST. Gamit ko ang Life on a Pencil account ko at may more personal post ako dun na punu ng side comments. Bakit kasi kayo nagtaray? Ako (katulad ng karamihan) ay nahihiya din at tatanggap ng kung sinu man ang magoopen up usapan with us. Sayang, di bale may next time pa naman eh.
See you again!
Hope to chat with you next time.
Chris A of Life on a Pencil´s last blog post..Chris A’s First Blogger Event in PAGCOR
hi there!
nice seeing you too.
hope we can jam on the next event
Azrael´s last blog post..Magical chopsticks and Johnny Bunko
i missed the event in cebu. i was in manila kasi thursday and friday. i think pagcor is just a walking distance away from our paranaque office.
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Mr Bloggista!
Hope to see you in next event. Though hindi tayo nagkamingle, may next time pa naman. Weee.
Ada´s last blog post..The Manila Fellowship Night
sayang! naghahanap ako ng kainuman na blogger nun. lol. next brod. inom!
aba! sayang sana naki jam ako!
gary viray´s last blog post..I am not proud of my blog
nice meeting you roel. i hope that next time —> lahat ng nabanggit ninyo sa article na ito rin ay makasama ko lahat sa isang table kasi i was like seated sa farthest place of the room. until next event po, mga ka-bloggers! ^_^
Snow of The Budget Shopper´s last blog post..My Digital Filipino Club and Bloggers Fellowship Night Experience
Hi there,
Actually, it was my privilege to meet you for the first time and of course, other blogger too.
I am still in the middle of making my post about it, but I will share it to you later. Alam mo naman ang lolo mo, matagal talaga gumawa ng post.
By the way, I beg to disagree with the couple of songs you mentioned. I think it was a community of songs ang nakanta mo. Naubos yung coins sa counter e..lol!
Di ka naman mukhang nalasheng e. Nauna nga akong nakaubos sayo e (yabang ko!)
Kidding aside, I am really serious with your business offer but I am yet thinking hard on how to maximize it.
We will talk about it more seriously some time soon.
It was really nice meeting with you and hopefully, it will not be the last.
Thanks!
Angel Cuala´s last blog post..Lets Talk about Sex Baby
heya bloggista
nice meeting you again 
Jehzeel Laurente´s last blog post..Philippines’ Top 100 Blogs for 2008
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Nice meeting you din po. Hindi naman po ako nag Casino,nag try lang kami ni Jonel ng letsgosago.net kung paano ipalit yung cash coupon. Nakakatuwa kasi tumaya ng hindi mo alam pano manalo.Tapos bawat unang taya namin panalo.Pero kapag second time na talo na.hehehe.Honestly, medyo nabago pananaw ko about Pagcor because of this event.Wala talaga akong hilig magsugal eh.
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Hi again,
Just to inform you that my post about the event is already live. As I mentioned earlier, hope our “talk till morning” that night will just be a good start of a good partnership.
Thanks, really!
Angel Cuala´s last blog post..My First Blogging Event: An Unforgettable Experience
It was great seeing you that night! Sa uulitin bro!
Fitz´s last blog post..How To Make Money With Your Jokes and Sense of Humor
@Chris A of Life on a Pencil: Yow, Chris, hehe, mahiyain tlaga ako. May dala nga ako tape naka cue na. Hehe, joke. Next time dude. Sana mag sponsor uli sila Gary.
@gary viray: Pare, sayang nga! Hehe, di bale, next time, it will be more fun… Thanks for dropping by…
@Azrael: Finally, I meet you in person na rin. Hehe. Next time bro…
@Ada: Thanks for dropping by here… Sana may event ulit sama ako ulit.
@ceblogger: Von, sayang, hehe. May kasama sana ako pumunta dun, nung una feeling OP ako talaga. Hehe.
@Snow of The Budget Shopper: Hi Snow, nice meeting you too. Bait mo pala talaga in person, akala ko suplada. Hehe, joke..
@Angel Cuala: Angel, may hang-over pa ata ako till now. Hehe, di ko nga namalayan, naubos pala yung tig 5 peso coins natin. Hehehe. Sa uulitin Sir.
- yep, saw your post, as usual, done nicely and with finesse. Hehe. Dapat yan matutunan ko sayo, di yung style ko write and bam, publish.
@Jehzeel Laurente: Hi Jehz, it was a pleasure and with great honor meeting the top blogger. Hehe. Stay cool bro – and more power! Till next time…
@Fatherlyours: Hehe, sana pala na-apply mo yung secret ng iba. First taya, panalo, then next 3 bets, lose ata. then Panalo ulit. hehe. Not so sure… But it was great meeting you as well with Angel.
@Fitz: Syempre, malaki pasalamat ko sayo at ikaw lang yung naka usap ko nung una… Hehe. It was nice seeing you again bro… Sana next time makakasama sila Ambo and Joliber…
I hate the fact na walng blogger community dito sa Cebu huhuhuh wish we have something like that here
bendz´s last blog post..Custom Suits Online
Weeng weeng! Nice seeing you! Ada’s Sister here ^___^
xsabrina.chic´s last blog post..DigitalFilipino Manila Fellowship Night
@bendz: Wala be Bendz? I thought meron…
Join forces kayo nila Ceblogger and Cyril jan. 
@xsabrina.chic: Hi Sabrina, hehe, I know Ada had two companions that night, the other one was Ed and, yeah, you. Hehe. Nice ‘meeting’ you. And thanks for dropping by. And you’re one heck of a good designer pala… Magkano kaya pa design ng magandang Theme? hehe.
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Dapat anjan ako eh. Nice to see the bloggers behind famous blogs! Thanks for sharing bro! Ang ganda pala ni Snow!
@Ambo: Sinabi mo pa. Kaya lang aga umuwi ni Snow aga curfew. Hehehe. Di lang pala sa blogs natin sya mabait mag visit at mag comment, pati in person.
hello blogista! yes sure! you may sign up to the groups then, and ill approve you directly!
yahoo groups: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cebu_bloggers_society/
main: http://www.cebubloggers.com
looking forward of seeing you here in cebu!
blogger ko bai!
mabuhi tang tanan!!
webslave´s last blog post..Digital Filipino Club and Bloggers Cebu Networking Event
@webslave: Daghang Salamat bai. Will sign up in a jiffy.
I know the feeling when I first meet some of the blogger here during iblog4 . I met new friends also..
Hope to see you next time
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hey wassup roel, i wanted to give you a shout out but I forgot your name. There were just too many people to remember at the event and like you, this one was my first one. I’m glad to see you had a great time, i hope to see you at the next event. i’ll definitely keep you in mind for some networking business opportunities.
Errol´s last blog post..Digital Filipino Bloggers Networking Event
@bloggista: Wow naman talaga? Bilib nga ako ke Snow sa pagrampa sa mga blogs. Parang walang tulugan sa sobrang sipag tapos ang ganda pa. Uyyyy….hahahaha
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@Ambo – naku tama na ang pang-asar. *roll eyes* binoto na kita bro!
hello kuya unti unti ka lang nakikilala ng mga bigating bloggers ah… hehehe Sana makasama ako sa mga bloggers get together na ito…
waahhhh I got sick that time huhuhuhu Next run naman B
Wish to meet all of you guys too 
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Hello Roel. Salamat sa pagpunta mo. Kung nasa Makati ka next week, catch up tayo. Ingat!
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