Archive for September, 2008
Written on September 30, 2008 by ChiQ
Filed Under: Plugs
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Written on September 30, 2008 by ChiQ
Filed Under: News
Of course.. you have all noticed it, my inactivity for more than a month. I have been busy! That’s a given alright.. and I have been mostly out of my workstation to accomodate all the traveling I have been doing (which got me exhausted by the way). Other than that, I’m afraid to admit that the main reason was “losing my passion for blogging”. I was also going through so many changes in my “offline life” and it required my full-attention.
Moving on.. that phase is over. I am now ready to push-through with projects I have left behind. In fact, I hope you enjoyed the Recent Wordpress Theme Release, Chrono Press Theme. Too many flavors to choose from, right? *wink* Next week, a new free theme will be out.. see preview below. Feel free to suggest a name of the theme and I’ll credit you for it.
Watch out for it! So do I get welcome back hugs and cheers?
Written on September 15, 2008 by ChiQ
Filed Under: News
My Wordcamp Philippines 2008 experience was a blast! I arrived in Manila a day before the big event for the Wordcamp Ingress. As a volunteer, I was assigned to take care of the Wordcamp Kits and assist in the Registration. During the ingress, I got to meet the Mindanao Bloggers group (organizers) and my fellow Volunteers. I stayed longer that day because I was having so much fun just trying to get to know everyone.. they were suprised that I actually had to travel from Cagayan de Oro to Manila just to join..
Check out more Pix Here (some are not mine.. thanks to melo, drew, shari, jehz.. and others for letting me steal them, lol).
So on the Big Day itself, I was totally energized and was up and ready for anything! I started with running through the badges given out to every camper during the registration. Prepared the kits, around 400 bags I guess.. we counted it but I can’t remember the exact number anymore. During Lunch, I was this little creature getting in their way at the Entrance repeatedly saying “Badge pls, have it scanned and grab your lunch!” Lol!
Thanks to our Student Volunteers from the Computer Business Association and the Association of Information Management of the College of St. Benilde. Who made our lives easier.. I even managed to persuade some of them to join the fun world of Blogging!
The highlight of the event for me was to meet Filipino Bloggers and WordPress Enthusiasts.. An entire day talking about Page Rank, Google Adsense, Alexa Rank, DoFollow/NoFollow, Technorati etc.. etc.. never got me tired. I was with people who are in the same wave length as I am. Our jokes were very geeky and yet have remained very funny! I hope to be able to attend more Bloggers/Blogging Event in the future.. it wasn’t just a mere exchange of Business Cards or Website URL’s, rather it was about establishing solid friendships that could go along way. By the way, thanks for inviting me to plurk! Lol! I am now starting to get addicted to it.
Too bad though, I never got to join any sessions. I would have wanted to listen on Wordpress for Corporate Websites by Hans Koch. It’s a direction I’d love to take later on.. Mr. Hans, it was a pleasure to have finally meet you. Thank you for the compliments on my designs.. He was even kind enough to introduce me to Mr. Danny Quitoriano who in turn introduced me to Mr Wordpress himself, Matt. Yeahp, got to talk to Matt about what I do and my site. Gave him my business card and all.. as someone who supports WordPress, it’s truly a privilege to get to know the guy who created it.
DoFollow link love to my fellow volunteers Melo, Gwen, Fitz , Jonnel, Shari, Paul, Rein, Jehz, Arbet, Arpee, Fritz.
Congratulations to the Organizers Blogie, Ria Jose, Migs, Drew, Batang Yagit, Juned for the successful event.
Lastly, you rock Matt Mullenweg! Don’t worry.. I’ll keep on releasing Free WordPress Themes on this site for everybody to download.
See you all on WordCamp 2009!
More Pictures from Wordcamp 2008:
0. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Jehzeel Laurente
1. WordCamp 2008 Photos by Jayvee Fernandez
2. First WordCamp in Southeast Asia by Hannah Rika Villasis
3. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Tess Termulo
4. WordCamp Philippines by Ada Lajara
5. WordCamp 2008 by Regnard Raquedan
6. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by AJ Matela
7. WordCamp at Benilde by Normz
8. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Micaela Rodriguez
9. Wordpress Philippines 2008 by Shari
10. WordCamp Philippines by Sofimi
11. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Andrew Dela Serna
12. WordCamp Candy by Flair Candy
Check out the Complete List Here compiled by Jehz.
Written on September 3, 2008 by ChiQ
Filed Under: News
I’ll open a flickr PRO Account soon and I will be uploading more pictures there. But for now, these pics will do.. So guys, here are my Hongkong Disneyland Pics!!
a) My passport & Boarding Pass b) Quantas plane that made an Emergency Landing in the Philippines. c) HK Airport Runway
a) Baggage b) One of the many bridges in HK that wowed me! :p c) Entering the Hotel Room
a) My laptop getting cozy in bed 
I wanted to check WPTD, tadaa! No wifi! Just wired Internet, dang my laptop is not capable of that! It was too expensive anyway b) Mickey Mouse all over the room! Even the shower curtain!! c) and the wall too!
a) Drawings of Disney Characters b) Mickey Mouse! (again) c) Disneyland Pass valid for 2 days, woohoo! c) That’s me! Welcoming you to Hongkong Disneyland! Hehe.
a) Hollywood Hotel at Night .. nice! b) Hollywood Hotel Lawn c) I wanted to bring that vintage car home!
a) Every 10 minutes.. there’s always a bus going to Disneyland b) Inside the bus c) My favorite! Philhar Magic - 3d show! Like Donald Duck threw a bucket of water at us and we got wet! Waah! c) High School Musical lively presentation!
a) Hollywood and Dine, I only ate sandwiches the whole time I was in Hongkong! Lol! Oh wait, on my last day I was craving for a meal with rice and a Vietnam Restaurant saved the day! They gave hot tea as a compliment since a lot of Filipinos frequent that place (yeah filipinos love rice!) but I ordered for a cola instead of which the restaurant staff replied, you want Cora-Cora? (coca-cola)? Found that funny 
b) That’s Coco the tour guide! c) HK Bus d) Red HK Cab
Just spending time chatting with some friends :p Hehe
a) Before I die, I will own a 7/11 Franchise! So everytime I see a 7/11 Store, I take a pic! b) Eyecandy seats at the airport! c) I didn’t get a chance to have a snapshot with Mickey and Minnie at Disneyland, I was too lazy to get in line for a Photo Op, thank God for this poster near the airport washroom, nyahaha! d) Forgot to show you the outside view of the Hollywood Hotel so I squeezed this in e) Bye HK!!
*** I thought I had scheduled this post last Monday but it was just unpublished, dang! (sorry!) :p By the way, over at WPP I am currently featured in the hotseat section of the forum (you don’t get to see it if you aren’t a registered member but that is not the point.. members get to ask me anything.. even personal questions! No holds barred! Lol! So since this post is quite personal as well, I will extend the Hotseat Privilege here.. you get to ask me ANYTHING under the sun, moon and stars! I hope this makes up for my inactivity.
