My First Blogger Eyeball
I promised myself that I will not write this until I finish my powerpoint presentation for thesis. It’s 12:48am now and I am writing this. Can I just get some sleep now and blog this later when I wake up? NO! Haha I want to post this or else I will be forgetting what happened in the event.
So without further ado, let me retell what happened at the event…
The first blogger that I met was Karlo @ PinoyBlogero since we planned to go together since we are not 100% sure of the location of the venue. When we arrived at Glorietta, I asked the security guard and he told us to exit from Glorietta 1 and to our surprise, Max restaurant (venue) was very near to the exit. It was still early, I think just about 4:45. Karlo wants to be the early bird! haha
Moments later, we saw some people entering the place so we followed them. The secret code we uttered was “digital” and we were escorted by the waiter to the second floor to a function room. We were greeted by the organizer of the event, Ms. Janette Toral and was seated together with fellow bloggers. They are Ms. Noemi, Ms. PJ, and Ms. Joy. They were exchanging business cards and poor me since I don’t have any. Lesson Learned!
More people arrived and Karlo introduced me to Elmo. At that point, the three of us were like the three little pigs sitting with the pro-bloggers. More people came and more introductions was done. Karlo went to a nearby table and talked to some people which as of that time, I don’t know any of them yet. But when we transferred to their table, we were introduced and I got to know them. So in no particular order, they are Benj of Atheista, Coy of Coksiblue, Shari of Misteryosa, Jhed from The Dork Factor, Alan of Milk Planner and (your name.. i remember you are 16 and from LB.. but your name slipped from my mind) Kevin of UtakGago. I also met the AnitoKid and the very lucky Jehzeel Laurente.
It was a enjoyable event. I met a lot of new people, made new friends and new contacts. Everything is new for me since this is my first time. My heart was pounding like hell when I was made to introduce myself in front of everyone. Although I do hope and expect that this heart pounding feeling will be gone by the next blogger meet-up event.
Oh yeah, congratulations to the winners of the Top ten emerging influential blogs of 2007 contest.
- An Apple a Day
The Philosophical Bastard - The D Spot
- CokskiBlue
- Make Money Online with a 13-Year Old
- Culture Shiok!
Utakgago - Kubiertos
- FruityOaty
PinoyBlogero - The Dork Factor
The Anitokid Chronikos - Gibbs Cadiz
- Confessions of a Hopeless Romantic
and also congrats to the ten lucky winners of the $100 raffle. Mr. Jehzeel Laurente, Heneroso, and Sexy Mom were there to receive there cold cash. ^_^
- Maryrose
- Sofia for BiSEAN
- J Angelo Racoma
- Heneroso
- Fruityoaty
- Annamanila
- Webbyman
- Marie Casas
- Mira
- Jehzeel Laurente
Well, that’s it for my first blogger eyeball. My next post will be what I have learned about this event after I get a well deserved good night’s sleep. ^_^
PS: I regret that I did not have links business cards to give out and a camera to take pictures of the event. Oh well, might as well link to the posts that have pictures in them. hehe
the 16 yr old from LB was Kevin Moses. and Good luck to your thesis defense! wee!
Hey! It’s been a pleasure meeting you. We haven’t had the chance to talk though, maybe next time. Hehe. By the way, whose Alan are you referring to? The “Alan” beside Carl or the “Alan” beside me. If it is the latter, he’s not Alan Racoma. Hehe. He’s Agent Grey from milkplanner.wordpress.com.
oh i see. thanks for the info. haha ^_^ Wala daw class bukas.. so I’m hoping kasama na dun na wala dn defense hehe
Yeah! I was shy to start conversations last night. How was the after party? Perhaps next time we could join too. hehe
Hmm the one beside you. haha I’m sorry, i had an information overload last night.. too many blogs and names to remember… I’ll edit the entry haha =P
Ha! I’m such a brave guy to talk to you.
) Wala lang, I rarely talk talaga eh. Anyway, nice meeting you dude. Kita-kits sa susunod na blog event!!!
Buti natandaan mo ko!
Hehehe.
Haha nice meeting you too.
buti nga kinausap mo ako kasi wala pa akong lakas ng loob para mag open ng conversation =P
You shook hands with everyone seated next to me – except me, actually. Haha
Don’t forget the next blogger event – August 23!
You should have joined us at the afterparty. Oh well see you next time, I hope I’ll have more guts to connect with new people.
See yah!
@Benj – oh? I did not manage to pollute your hands with chicken? Too bad! hehe
@Aileen Apolo – I’ll be there. I hope haha
@Agent Grey – I’ll try to join the next time around. ^_^
Yeah. Lol. You shook hands with Coy, Ederic and Rick. I’m the person they were with. Hirap naman maging non-blog celebrity. lol.
I’ve never even been to one yet! Hehe
That’s what I miss about being in the Philippines. The chance to attend these blogger meet-ups and eyeballs.
congrats sa inyong lahat! hanggang inggit lang kami dito…hihi….
wow! ^_^ sayang naman di kami nkapunta, may work kasi.
wish ko lang talaga makapunta naman kami
Nice to have met you, kabayan! My apologies for not being able to gather around that much mingle with all. It was my first time (as well as my friends’). Hope we could all get together again in another event!
ang saya no??? it’s my first time also.. once again.. nice meeting u silkenhut! weeeeeeeeee!
hehhee… nice meeting you silkenhut.. ang saya saya saya talaga! wohOOOOOOOOO!!!
Sabi mo -> teka.. bat di nag appear ang comment ko?? hmmmmm,,
haha dko alam, spam daw ung una. senxa na ha.. pro nice meeting u too. ^_^
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