Were you able to attend any of the iBlog gatherings at UP in the past five years? If not, then this is your chance to experience your first iBlog in iBlogMini@CEL (Consumer Electronics Live) trade show this coming Sunday, November 15, 2009 at World Trade Center, Gil Puyat Avenue, Pasay City from 1-5PM. This mini-event will concentrate more on the newbie bloggers by discussing the following topics:

1:00 – 1:15 Welcome Remarks (JJ Disini – http://disini.i.ph)
1:20 – 1:40 Blogging 101 (Micaela Rodriguez – http://www.micamyx.com)
1:50 – 2:10 Photo/Video Blogging 101 (Aileen Apolo – http://aileenapolo.blogspot.com)
2:20 – 2:40 Mobile Blogging 101 (Janette Toral – http://www.bloggingfromhome.com)
2:50 – 3:10: Blog Promotion & Traffic Generation Strategies 101 (Noemi Lardizabal Dado – http://www.aboutmyrecovery.com)
3:20 – 3:40 Blogging to the Next Level (Anton Diaz – http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com)
3:40 – onwards Raffle and group picture

Host / Moderator: Janette Toral – http://www.bloggingfromhome.com

I am excited to talk about the Basics of Blogging (Blogging 101) for the second time. I will be giving a simple presentation which is quite similar to what AJ and I discussed at the iBlog5 which took place last May. The event is free of charge so better register now before the registration closes! This is your chance to meet other bloggers and make new friends. There is also a possibility that you’d meet your soulmate there! =P

There’s just so many things to love about Makati like the malls, restaurants, museums, people, lifestyle and much more. Every Manilenyo has a Makati story to tell, I bet!
Do you know that there is an upcoming contest related to loving Makati to be launched this December? It is called the I Love Makati Video Contest . It is open for everyone who has a story to tell about Makati and why you love the city in no less than 30 minutes. You can tackle the business, tourism, lifestyle part of the city or whatever you feel like doing! You can read the full mechanics at the I Love Makati Video Contest Mechanics Page.

So what are the prizes at stake? The grand winner will receive Php 50,000 in cash! The five runners up will also get Php 10,000 each and for the first ten earlybirds, they’d be able to get an accommodation for two at Jupiter Suites Budget Hotel, which is one of the sponsors of the contest. Budget Travel Philippines is also one of the primary sponsors of the video project.
Don’t be shy and show your love for Makati! I am also thinking of joining this contest. Hmmmm….

Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera in a new telenovela… NOT!

I am not a lover of Tuna products, but everything changed when I was invited at the bloggers launch of San Marino Corned Tuna last month. Not only am I impressed with their marketing strategy, but hey, the product is worth trying!

My verdict? San Marino Corned Tuna tastes as good as Corned Beef. What I also like about it is that it’s not really as oily as the other canned tunas available in the market. San Marino Chili Corned Tuna is also Marian Rivera’s personal favorite according to the representative we spoke with.

The people behind San Marino Corned Tuna is dead serious on beating the competitor that’s why they’re really investing on promoting their product through print ads, tvc’s and even online. If you’re a fan of Marian Rivera, there’s a possibility that you saw the following episodes of Darna and Show Me The Manny, where the actress is promoting the product:

Narda and Ding preparing Tuna Sandwiches for the orphans in GMA-7’s Darna

Marian Rivera promoting San Marino Corned Tuna in Show Me The Manny

San Marino Corned Tuna is receiving good reviews as of writing and I can’t help but agree with them! I have my own stock of San Marino Chili Corned Tuna here at home just in case I need to eat in an instant. The product is available in your favorite supermarkets and sari-sari stores. It is available in 100g, 150g and 180g.

A Clip from Darna where Ding is craving for San Marino Corned Tuna

You want more prizes from San Marino Corned Tuna? Check their website at http://www.sanmarino.com.ph to download wallpapers, ringtones and get a chance to win free movie tickets!

Have you ever tried San Marino Corned Tuna or San Marino Chili Corned Tuna? What can you say about it? If you haven’t tried it, try it! *marian rivera mode*

****Also posted at Patay Gutom

One of the highlights of the event is the launch of Globe Tattoo Broadband. A few weeks after, some of my blogger friends got their own wireless broadband and so far, the reviews from them are good including one from Blogie Robillo, who is a blogger based in Davao. He is satisfied with Globe Tattoo Broadband since he was able to install the USB without much effort and you can use it not only in Metro Manila, but even in Mindanao! He also gave the following tips:

Speaking of which, the Tattoo will be able to detect signal strength as well as the availability of WCDMA or HSDPA in your area. For best download/upload speeds, make sure you’re in an area where either WCDMA or HSDPA is present. (Where neither is available, chances are, you’ll be glad you had Internet connectivity at all.)

Also, the advantage of acquiring such wireless device is that Globe charges in a time-connected basis, meaning we can work online in a short span of time and we are being charged based on how long we are connected. You can read Blogie’s Traveling with my Globe T@ttoo post for more tips and information

I personally tried Globe Tattoo Broadband once in a coffeeshop somewhere in Makati with a friend and the connection is pretty fast in the area. We were able to download a number of songs and I am amazed with the hip and cool designs of Globe Tattoo Broadband New Skins. My friend purchased the purple one You can also check the Globe Tattoo Broadband Gallery for more photos and information. You can even submit your own works!

There’s more! If you only do quick e-mail checking, it may be more practical to switch to kb-based charging. To check your default browsing, text STATUS to 1111. To switch to Per-KB browsing, text KB to 1111.

Have you tried the Globe Tattoo Broadband in your area? What can you say about this new offering from Globe?

We have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces. - Sandra Bullock as Mary, All About Steve

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I have to fill this empty space later. I’m still at work but I really want to blog about it ASAP.

Again, I will fill this empty space tonight.

11/04/2009

3:30PM

Office

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After 15 hours, I’ll update this part.

Filling empty spaces can be compared to a crossword and i’m sleepy. It’s 7:30AM

11/05/2009

7:30AM Bedroom

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I think its about time that I update this part for real

Last week, I got the chance to attend the Philippine movie premiere of All About Steve at Glorietta 4 Cinema 5 together with my officemates. Our editor invited me the last minute and even asked me to invite some friends. I didn’t want to go at first, but meh, free dinner and movie tickets to a Sandra Bullock movie? Why not?

So there we went from Quezon Ave to Ayala to watch All About Steve, which is a story about a Mary Horowitz, a crossword puzzle contructor who can’t shut her mouth by stationg lots of facts thus making her an intelligent yet creepy girl in some people’s opinion. She was set up in a blind date with Steve, a news cameraman who finds her weird. It even reached the point wherein she feels like their an item, yet he feels that she is stalking him!

To be honest, I don’t really consider the love angle between Steve and Mary as the most interesting part of the film. I really love the script and some of its lines that made everyone laugh out loud and realize that ‘yeah, that is true. it is true!’

Here are some of my favorite quotable quotes from the movie:

On Steve trying to avoid Mary:

Steve: I’m a guy. We say things we don’t mean!

Mary: Well, then how will I know you mean what you’re saying now when you said you didn’t mean what you said?

On Steve saying how grateful Mary is:

She sees things that other people don’t, but she doesn’t pretend she’s somebody’s she’s not

When Steve realized how special Mary is:

Mary, don’t ever change for anybody

On Mary Seducing Steve:

I will eat you like a mountain lion.

Mary on Love

Find someone as normal as you.

And now my favorite line in the movie is…

“We have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.” - Mary on Crosswords and Life.

Yeah. That’s true. Human beings have this natural cumpulsion to fill empty spaces. An example is in solving a crossword puzzle. We try to figure out the answers by finding the right words and we’ll never really achieve satisfaction as long as we see empty letter boxes at the crossword. Our jeepney drivers don’t really want to travel whenever they see a vacant seat at the jeepney. At rush hours in the MRT train, people try so hard to fit in the limited space alloted for them.

Filling empty spaces is also applicable to our family, friends, career, life and love. If a person is from a broken-family, he/she tends to fill the emptiness he/she feels in his/her life. There are times wherein we are not really satisfied with the time and attention our friends give to us. We want more. We crave for more. We also need to feel the fulfillment in our respective careers especially those who are employed in big companies seeking for promotion and of course, in our love lifes. We want to fill the space in our hearts and lives with unconditional love that only one person can fulfill - whether that is emotionally, physically, spiritually or any other adjective with -lly.

It took me two days to update this entry. On my first attempt, I published it as a password-protected post simply because I was busy at work. I fell asleep on my second attempt and now, I am quite satisfied because I was able to fill this spacious password protected entry with words. How compulsive is that, eh? =P

‘All About Steve’ is now being shown in the Philippines. Go on and fill the spaces at the cinemas by watching a funny yet educational movie from our darling, Sandra Bullock.