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This is the video greeting from Matt Mullenweg for the participants of WordCamp Philippines 2009. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to attend this year’s WordCamp, so I asked him to send a video greeting instead. Very gracious of Matt to have obliged us with our request!

We hope to see you in 2010, Matt!

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The Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, a very important festival for the Chinese people, falls on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Lunar Calendar. This is when the moon is believed to be in its fullest and roundest. This year, it falls on October 3, 2009.

In Chinese culture, the full moon is a symbol of peace and prosperity for the whole family. Its roundness symbolizes wholeness and togetherness. The number 8 is a symbol of wealth and prosperity.

This year, the Davao City Chinatown Development Council is holding the very first Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival.

On the eve of the moon festival, October 2, 6 PM, Friday, the festivities will begin simultaneously at the Unity and Friendship archways along R. Magsaysay Avenue and Peace Archway along Sta. Avenue, all located within Davao City’s Chinatown.

Starting on Friday, the Night Market will be opened to the public at the Unity Archway Traditional festival activities will be held at the Peace Archway where a Lantern Lighting and Making contest, and the city and barangay Mooncake Dice Game will be played and presented. while the Food and Entertainment Fiesta along Chavez Street will also commence.

On the night of the festival, October 3, Saturday, a Moon Gazing and a Musical Showdown will be participated in by various Chinese schools in the city, and will be held at the Peace Archway. The awarding of the winners will also be held on the same night.

The festivities will continue on to October 4, Sunday, with the Food and Entertainment Fiesta.

For more information, contact the City Tourism Office at 222-1956 to 57.

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My long-time friend, Avel Manansala of General Santos City, invited me to be one of the judges for his blog contest, What Air Supply Song Are You? (creative, don’t you think?). So I dutifully read through around 20+ entries, thinking inwardly that it was going to be at least amusing. Air Supply was (probably) all the [...]

I was having my favorite cup o’ joe over at Kangaroo Coffee about a couple of months ago when I was struck by an idea for a domain name. Checking if it was still available, I couldn’t believe but was very delighted that wp-evangelist.com was still up for grabs! So I acquired it right then [...]

There are many WordPress enthusiasts, hobbyists, hardcore developers, instructors and power users out there — and I’m one of them. Ever since I discovered this awe-inspiring rapid publishing system, I’ve been hooked! And now I find myself in the company of those who’ve taken it upon themselves to help spread the word about WordPress.

To this end, I’ve organized four WordCamps to date since 2008 (two official ones, and two mini-WordCamps), and I’ve conducted several WordPress seminars and workshops in various cities around the Philippines. See, in 2008 when I spoke with Matt Mullenweg over Skype before the first WordCamp in the country, he asked how many WordPress users there were here. I took it as a challenge to help increase the number!

Before this, I’d been writing about WordPress and related activities over at my personal blog. From now on, all things WP & me will be posted right here. Subscribe to the blog feed to keep abreast of training seminars, bloggers and developers events, and many others. Feel free to send me suggestions, greetings and other such shoutouts that give bloggers that warm & fuzzy feeling.

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It’s a truly exhilarating experience after having put together two successful WordCamp Philippines events! The preparations for the second WordCamp in the country, held in Makati City last 19 September, was actually stressing me out to the point that I wasn’t getting my bread-and-butter work done properly the last couple of months. But, with the [...]

When I was in the big city last week for WordCamp Philippines 2009, my organizing team and I stayed at a delightful little hotel in Makati, Jupiter Suites. Honestly, I had never heard of it before (even though my mother’s family hails from Bel-Air Village in Makati), but I’m certainly glad I know about them now!

Situated right smack in the center of things in the country’s premier financial district, Jupiter Suites will be appreciated by businessmen and transients as it is surrounded by all kinds of food establishments (from fast-food joints to the more high-end restaurants), a convenience store, a bookstore, a pharmacy, and more! Glorietta and Greenbelt are a short hop away, and so are parks and churches.

Jupiter Suites, formerly known as the Jupiter Arms Hotel, is not a big, posh property; in fact, it’s only three floors, with less than 20 rooms, in my estimation. However, their accommodation facilities are good, the rooms are spacious, and the place is well-maintained. What I appreciated the most — apart from its strategic location — is their brand of customer service. During our whole stay, the staff were very friendly and helpful, and several times went out of their way to make our stay in Makati more pleasant. We were there for a major international bloggers’ event as organizers, so, as much as it was exciting for us, it was also quite stressful. Staying at Jupiter Suites definitely helped ease the transition.

One more thing that made my stay in Makati productive was their free Internet service. All rooms are equipped with LAN cables for you to hook up your laptop to, and the bandwidth was impressive during my entire stay. I was able to keep up with my Web-based activities, thanks to Jupiter Suites’ free & fast Internet connectivity. (I just wish they provided wifi access instead, so I could’ve moved around the room with my iPod touch… but then again, the LAN connection was pretty decent.)

Next time I find myself in the nation’s capital, it’s going to be Jupiter Suites for me!

They are located on 102 Jupiter Street (near the corner of Makati Avenue), Bel-Air, Makati City. Their landline number is +63(2)890-5050. Click here to jump to their website.

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Disclosure: Jupiter Suites sponsored the accommodations of the WordCamp Philippines 2009 organizers.

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I arrived in Makati today, with WordCamp Philippines 2009 organizing teammates, Chattee & Jaime. The two other members of the team, Lyle & Brendel, will be arriving this Friday. The last time I was in the nation’s capital was many months ago, so before diving into work, I spent time with my siblings, Jake & [...]

9th of September 2009, a day of no particular significance other than its nifty abbreviation: 09-09-09. Come to think of it, this kind of date contraction comes only once every hundred years. To celebrate 09-09-09, I did 9 noteworthy things today: (1) I started a major online project; (2) bought a new domain that I [...]

Been über-busy these past couple of weeks (WordCamp, MBS3, etc.) that I haven’t been blogging at all… My food blog has a backlog now, and my Davao blog’s hardly getting updated anymore. Sheesh. Hopefully I can get back on track soon!