The You Got Blogged! DigitalFilipino.com / MindanaoBloggers.com Review-a-Blog Competition is now extended to 14 December 2007. As of this writing, there have only been 6 entries submitted — way below the 100 minimum that we are targeting. Ergo, in order to have more time to promote this online event, it has been decided that the deadline be moved from 10 October to 14 December. Hopefully, more bloggers will participate in this review-a-blog contest, thus helping us achieve our goal. [Read on»]

Me and my sister visited the city of Davao a week ago and we would like to extend our appreciation to Mr. Blogie Robillo and his friends for their hospitality. We talked everything about blogging, blogging personalities and the upcoming 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit in Davao City. This trip is so memorable like our first visit exactly a year ago. Aside from the usual great sites that Davao has to offer, everyone is so helpful and accommodating, from the bellboy at Marco Polo Hotel up to the barbecue vendor at Recto Street. I may not be physically present on October 27 for the summit because I’ll be in Iloilo but I will definitely be back in Davao in the near future.

The Mindanao Blog Directory now has a total of 135 blogs listed as of this writing (still none under the ARMM category though ). I’d like to take this chance to introduce you to a number of newly submitted ones — these are blogs by Mindanaoans who now live and blog outside Mindanao. Check ‘em out! Better yet, care to tell the world what you think of them?

Daily Zen Etc Bisdak - English Edition

She blogs about etcetera — personal, recruiting, job orders, computers, software/hardware, PC troubleshooting, finances, every day life, homeschooling resources, photo blog, practical views and much more.

Balikbayan Box

A Dabawenya now based in Vancouver, Canada, blogs about her travels and travails.

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Cebu Pacific, the number 1 domestic airline offers more than 100,000 domestic route seats for only 1 peso (of course excluding government taxes and fuel surcharge). The seat sale starts tomorrow September 7 up to September 11 only and for travel from November 1 to December 20. You may book online or through your favorite travel agent.

More or less a one-way ticket from any Mindanao destination to Manila and vise-versa would only cost 1,300 pesos all in. Virtually, the ticket cost consists of government tax and fuel surcharge.

Note: Thanks to the Administrator for allowing me to post this. Since much of this blog is influenced by my work in Visayas and Mindanao, and my Moro wards, I might as well share this to you.

Halos isa’t kalahating dekada na ang nakalilipas mula nang mag-aplay ako sa isang training program para sa mga kabataang propesyunal upang maging ganap na social development worker. May trabaho na ako sa Baguio noon bilang isang Assistant Project Manager for Training sa isang Foundation, pero hindi ko maintindihan kung ano nga ba ang tunay kong papel sa adhikain ng Foundation, at higit sa lahat, ang kaugnayan ko bilang isang mamamayan sa pagpapaunlad ng ating bansang naghihikahos. Dahil sa kagustuhan kong magkaroon ng higit na malalim at malawak na kaalaman sa development work, at sa paghikayat ng aking manager na may malalim na karanasan sa pag-oorganisa ng pamayanan, sumali ako sa programang iyon. Dumaan ako sa proseso ng pagpili ng mga kabataang propesyunal sa buong Pilipinas upang mapabilang sa programang ito. Naging mapalad akong napabilang sa mga shortlisted o mga kandidato. Dala-dala ang aking kredensiyal, ang aking kaunting karanasan sa community development (pagpapaunlad ng pamayanan), lakas ng loob, at mahaba at matinding dasal, tumulak ako patungong Manila. Sa Manila, haharapin ko ang isang pagsusulit sa harap ng mga piling dalubhasa sa community development o mga taong haligi ng mga non-government organizations (NGO) sa buong Pilipinas.

Sa harap ng panel, ibinigay ko ang lahat ng lakas at ipinaliwanag ko ang aking nalalaman tungkol sa pakikisalamuha sa mga tao, ang papel sa kasalukuyang trabaho, at ang aking hangad na maging mas epektibo sa pagtulong sa mga mahihirap lalo na kung ako ay magkakaroon ng higit at malawak na kaalaman sa pagpapaunlad ng pamayanan. Sa palagay ko, walang tanong na hindi ko sinagot nang tama. Simple lang naman pala ang mga tanong. Natuwa ako sa nangyari. Lumabas ako sa board room nang may ngiti sa aking mga labi. Pero ang ngiting iyon ay panandalian lamang.

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