Blog Parteeh ‘07

Now that’ve you met your fellow Filipino bloggers, why not help the best stand out?

Before you go on that Valentine’s day, show some love to deserving Filipino bloggers when nominations for The 2007 Philippine Blog Awards opens this February 14. -Rico M.

Poor Marc! His wife, Gail of the steering committee, wants him to start blogging regularly again. So she plays her trump card, as Marc laments:

In an effort to encourage me to revive this blog, my wife has imposed this “No blog, No sex” rule.

So all you dudes out there, please send Marc your condolences…and post ideas. Let’s help a fellow guy get his just desserts! And there’s no harm in digging this too! -Rico M.

Apologies to Tina Matanguihan (our Bingo “Barker” and Online Registration Team member) for my not being able to put her REFINEME.ORG blog in the Sidebar under “committee members”. Her role before and during the event was crucial in making it a success. Let us shower her with the links that she deserves!

-Jomar

Eyes peeled tomorrow for Bo Sanchez’s Preacher in Blue Jeans as Bo shows the BlogParteeh and some of its participants: Jun, Aileen, Sorsi and Noemi!

What a parteeh huh!?! To us it was excellent, fun and interesting. How about you?

Please leave a comment about what you thought about it –what you got out of it and your views.

We know you want to!

Much more: Please leave permalinks to your blogs and photo galleries and video galleries in the comment section.

More power to the bloggers of the Philippines! Mabuhay!

-Jomar (youwillbeforever.blogspot.com)

From your friendly neighborhood Welcoming Committee head, we give you the three reasons why attendees shouldn’t be late for the Blog Parteeh!

1. It’s rude. And very selfish.
   Whoever started making people believe in being “fashionably late” should go to hell. Not to be rude myself, but please. The Welcoming Committee members who will man the venue registration booth and let people in have unselfishly given up some fun time with other bloggers. It would be really inconsiderate if you further deprive them of fun time just because you want to make a grand entrance. We understand that there are a lot of unforeseen events that could happen on your journey to the party (getting lost, car got a flat tire, bad traffic, etc.)—that’s why there will always be a committee member manning the booth. BUT, it would really mean a lot to us if you give it your best shot to be there on time.
2. You won’t even come close to qualifying for the Early Bird Award.
   Duh. I think this is pretty obvious. How can you be called an “early bird” if you’re not even early?!
3. There won’t be any guarantees you’d get a schwag.
   Sorry, but as much as we’d like to give this guarantee, we can’t. There’s a limited number of goodie bags to be given out, and we’ll be giving them on a first come, first served basis. If you’re really late and the schwags have run out—well, maybe another blogger will be kind enough to let you peek into his/her goodie bag!

Congrats to all who made the bloggers’ list! See you at the party. Remember to bring your e-ticket and a valid ID. Don’t be late!

Here’s what you need to enter the venue.

Your E-Ticket

Yourself

One (1) Valid ID

That’s it. You need your PRINTED E-TICKET, YOURSELF, and ONE(1) Valid ID to get in to the Parteeh! Registration will start at exactly 1:00PM GMT+8 and you will be allowed to enter the venue at exactly 1:30PM.

The REGISTRATION Rules:
We’re all old enough and know what’s right and what’s wrong. Everyone please obey all rules and regulations that’ll be strictly imposed during the registration.

When you arrive, please stand in line and present your e-ticket to the Welcoming Committee headed by Gail Dela Cruz-Villanueva and wait to be issued an ID Tag. Please observe strictly ONE line only and first come first served.

Again, NO E-TICKET, NO ENTRY. This will be imposed strictly.

Punctuality is a must, we’ll start at exactly 2:00PM even we’re not complete. Don’t miss the fun, arrive early.

With all that said, I want to congratulate all the bloggers who made it to the list and SEE YOU ALL AT THE PARTEEH!

Carlo Roxas

No offense to whoever won my Senior prom’s “early bird” award, but in the land of Philippine time, arriving an hour early just isn’t cool. And all he got for his trouble was a decorative token! But for Blog Parteeh ‘07, punctuality will be in, thanks to the discounts Microwarehouse Inc. will be offering.

The first forty registrants get to bring home a 10% discount stub for either the WRT54GC or Treo 680. Which means they can pay less for a portable wireless router or a full-featured smartphone. There will be forty stubs available, twenty for the router and twenty for the 680, so first come, first served.

If you’re still late, don’t worry. All participants have a chance to win the Belkin Cushtop, or a mini-beanbag designed just for your favorite gadget.

See you at the parteeh! -Rico M.

We’ve already sent ALL the e-tickets.

The following is the final list of Bloggers to attend the Parteeh!

Chris G. Haravata
Darwin Sotto
Richmond Ruiz
Maria Theresa R. Termulo
Joseph Angelo B. Racoma
Janette Toral
Benjamin Espina
Lauren Dado
Jonas Diego
Luis Bernardo E. Cruz
JC Cuneta
Paul Irvin Rivera
Aaron Roselo
Elymar Apao
Pierre Tito Galla
Joel Yuvienco
Marhgil Macuha
Mike Abundo
Rens Gener P. Sese
Joseph Gonzales
Adrian Magnaye
Arvin Jay Jorge
Shari Cruz
Dominique Baniqued
Mark Joseph N. Baun
Jeffrey Villafranca
January Ison
Gerardo Barcelona
Zaldy Dalisay
Karla Redor
Marcelle T. Fabie
James Michael Deen
Andrea Leonor Haravata
Hermie Unite
Aldrin Cantos
Liz Buenaflor
Eugene Alvin Villar
Randy Lorenzano
Arnold C. Zafra
Mae Paulino
Sharmaine Miguel
Nestle Poell Lagaya
Julius Rocas
Marc Macalua
Allan Ray Penilla
Joni Ang
Lord Art Florenz Lomarda

Wait! We’ve only just begun. To all who’s going to attend - and that means bloggers who got invited, the bloggers who invited and the sponsors and others, please take time to visit each and every blog link in the list above.

Read them, comment on them, blog about them, fill their shoutbox…lets not forget the Committee members blogs too. They’re bloggers too, you know.

You never know if you’ll discover a GREAT FIND in your blog hopping adventures –and this comes with the bonus of actually meeting the blogger in person-tomorrow.

ENJOY Blog-hopping!

SEE YOU ALL AT THE PARTEEH!!!

Thank you to all who supported us in this endeavor. Finally, we’re now done with the list and all set.