VISAtisified Voyager: US Embassy in Manila Visa Blog

Blog Watch reports that the US Embassy in Manila launches a new visa blog titled VISAtisfied Voyager. The  blog will provide timely and relevant information about the Nonimmigrant and Immigrant visa processes.

Daily posts will help US visa applicants with their concerns or questions, and applicants can even begin a conversation about up-to-date news and information on US visa application.

Isn’t this cool?

Check out VISAtisfied Voyager now!

Nuffnang’s Blog Day 2011 – My 6 Interesting Blogs

Nuffnang is celebrating Blog Day 2011 and is inviting all bloggers to share their list of blogs that they find interesting.

Here’s my list.

daphne.ph – I check out this blog every day for inspiration. I love Daphne’s take on family, lifestyle, and everything else in between.

sportydad.com – What I find interesting in this blog is that it narrates sports stories in the raw. It’s a dad’s way of sharing to the world his love of sports.

http://www.live-travel-blog.com/ – I love traveling, and this blog is a dynamic account of places, food, and anything and everything you will experience while living and traveling.

http://frootsalad.blogspot.com/ – A relatively new blog, but I can already see that this will be a good and interesting blog about the land down under, Australia – my must see place!

http://www.ilovephotoblogs.com/ - Through this blog, I get to see interesting photography and photo blogs from around the world. Simply awesome!

Love Those Twinings Tea

Are you a tea drinker? Did you know that more than a thousand tea drinkers have already taken the personali-tea test in Facebook?

Find out your personality type by taking our Twinings Personali-Tea test. You’ll also find out the Twinings tea that’s perfect for your personality. Take the TWININGS Personali-Tea test now!

Visit  http://www.facebook.com/TwiningsPhilippines?sk=app_4949752878

It’s not just that!  Just by sharing the application (via the “share with friends” button) and having 5 of your friends take the Personali-Tea Test, you’ll get 1 out of 10 chances to win a box of White Tea weekly.

And if you share the application to 20 of your friends and they participate in the Personali-Tea Test, you’ll get 1 out of 5 chances to win a 4 compartment caddy with Twinings products weekly.

What’s more, all of you will get a chance to win an Apple iPad!

Promo duration is from Feb 27- May 20 (12 weeks).

No need to worry about picking up the prizes since all these prizes will be sent directly to your doorstep!*

What are you waiting for? Take the Twinings Personali-Tea test now and share with your friends on Facebook!

*within Philippines only

Cebu Blog Camp 2010

For more details, continue reading…

Update:

The Cebu Blog Camp 2010 is a success! Read all about it here.

Congratulations to the 3rd DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2009!

The two-day DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit culminated yesterday, November 13, with the 3rd DigitalFilipino Web Awards. The event was supported by SMILDS.com Philippines.

And the winners are:

• Apparel / Fashion Category – UkayManila.com
• Art Category – Pinoybiswalstyle
• Association / Organization Category – National Council on Disability Affairs
• Auction / Shopping Portal Category – Auction.ph
• Automotive Category – AutoIndustriya
• Beauty Category – VMV Hypoallergenics
• Blog – Corporate Category – Nuffnang Philippines
• Blog – Personal Category – Flair Candy
• Blog – Professional Category – New Media Philippines
• Books Category – OMF Literature
• Community Category – Cebu Bloggers Society and Proudly Filipina
• Computer / Consumer Electronics Category – Villman Computers Philippines
• Corporate / Professional Category – LevelUp!
• Events / Conferences Category – Philippine Blog Awards
• Food Category – Patay Gutom
• Games Category – My Brute Cheats
• Gifts Category – Gifts2Pinas
• Government – Official Website of Zamboanga City
• Guides / Review Category – Spot.ph
• Jobs / Employment Category – MyNimo
• Magazine Category – PC World Philippines
• Music / Movie/ Film Category – TitikPilipino
• Newspaper Category – Inquirer.net
• Politics Category – Filipino Voices
• Real Estate Category – CDORealEstate.com
• Restaurant – Centerstage Family KTV and Resto Bar
• School / University Category – De La Salle University – Manila
• Social Networking Category – Noypf Pinoy Social Network
• Telecoms / Value Added Services Category – Smart Communications
• Tourism Category – Experience Philippines
• Travel Category – Pasyalera

Check out DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2009 website for photos and more updates.

Congratulations to the Philippine Blog Awards Winners in the Visayas and Mindanao

This year, The Philippine Blog Awards organization truly lived up to its theme, “One Blogging Nation” by recognizing bloggers in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. For that, my congratulations!

I greeted first the winners in Luzon. Now it’s time to greet the winners in the Visayas and Mindanao.

I checked out their blogs, and they all deserve to receive the awards.

Here’s to more successful blogging years and industry in the Philippines!

The DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009

Doing E-Commerce for Real!

The DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009 is an intensive 2-day educational seminar on e-commerce strategies scheduled to take place on November 12 & 13, 2009 at the Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City.

We hope to make this an annual event that will provide an additional venue for learning among DigitalFilipino club members.

The event will focus on best practices (what to do, what not to do, execution, measurement) and we would like to have a great roster of resource persons who can share their insight & lessons learned.

We requested speakers to deliver talks on a big-picture perspective (keynote-style) discussing findings and insight that they haven’t mostly shared before but still reflective of their respective experiences.

We are targeting 150 to 200 participants for this event. Main audience will be DigitalFilipino club members, DigitalFilipino Web Awards past and current entries/winners, DigitalFilipino Social Networking Awards winners, SMEs, enterprises, and entrepreneurs at large.

This event is also targeted at:

1. Entrepeneurs and business owners – Get insight from fellow e-commerce practitioners on what approaches they have taken to expand their business online and the challenges they overcome.
2. Managers – Find out marketing and operations strategy, e-commerce practitioners embraced that worked and didn’t.
3. Investors and business development consultants – Get insight that will allow you to see and/or validate opportunities that can be worth exploring in your current or potential investment portfolio.
4. Educators and consultants – Based on experiences shared, get an idea on what critical skills and resources will be important for e-commerce aspirants to make it online.

Click here for the conference program.

Get a free delegate pass to the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit here.

Congratulations to the PBA 2009 Luzon Winners!

SPECIAL AWARDS
Best Blog Design – The Site Guy
Best Filipino Blog Abroad – The Warped Zone
Best Foreign Blog – My Sari Sari Store
Blogger’s Choice – Micamyx
Best Filipiniana Blog – Pilipino Komiks

TEN BEST POSTS OF THE YEAR

Karnabal by Tuyong Tinta ng Bolpen
Finding Your Soul Mate: A Statistical Analysis by Guttervomit
Lost Gems Of Philippine History: The 1896 Board Meeting by It’s true! It’s true!
The Diving Boys of Quezon Bridge by Dennis Villegas
Twenty Pesos by Lostphotograph
The way of the leaf by SMOKE
Portrait of a dramatic highlight in Nick Joaquin’s A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino by Gibbs Cadiz
Kaya Dumarami ang Bading Kasi… by Manila Gay Guy
The Parable of the Furry White Rabbit by Good Times Manila
The Amazing Bulul: A Story of Epiphany by The Cat Whisperer

BEST BLOGS

Best Technology Blog – Jaypee Online
Best Travel Blog – Langyaw – Sojourns and Off-the-Beaten Path Travels
Best Entertainment Blog – Lessons From the School of Inattention
Best Personal Blog – Writing on Air
Best Food & Beverage Blog – Table for Three, Please
Best Family & Living Blog – Make or Break
Best News & Media Blog – Virtual Journals
Best Business Blog – Negosyo Ideas
Best Sports Blog – Fire Quinito
Best Hobby & Recreation Blog – Bearbrick Love
Best Fashion Blog – Who is Elyoo?
Best Photoblog – I Am a Documentary Photographer
Best Culture and Arts Blog – magnetic-rose.net: Japanese Pop Culture for Filipino Fans
Best Commentary Blog – The Marocharim Experiment
Best Videocast Blog – Entrepbuff.com
Best Podcast Blog – Brink Notes Entertainment Daily
Best Humor Blog – The Professional Heckler
Best Gaming Blog – Blog Mike Got Game!
Best Advocacy Blog – Autism Society of the Philippines
Best Beauty Blog – The Doctor Is vaIN

GLOBE SPECIAL AWARDS

Digital Chief – Aileen Apolo
Digital Elders – Manolo Quezon, Janette Toral, Noemi Dado, Anton Diaz, Gibbs Cadiz

Congratulations to the organizers of PBA ‘09!

As PBA this year is looking at “One Blogging Nation,” catch PBA Visayas Awards Night on October 18 at Ayala City Sports, Cebu City, and PBA Mindanao Awards Night on Oct 24 at Pearlmont Hotel, CDO.

My Vote for the 2009 Bloggers’ Choice Award (National)

I vote for Let’s Go Sago!
Bloggers’ Choice Award
2009 Philippine Blog Awards

There’s never a dull moment reading Let’s Go Sago! I enjoy reading his travels and discoveries along the way. In the process, I learn.

I wish Sago all the best!

Finalists for the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards-Nationwide Announced

This is an exciting time for bloggers. One blog award after another is happening.

Yesterday, the Philippine Blog Awards 2009 announced its finalists for the nationwide category.

The blogs that made to the final list are all deserving. So check each one out!

I Am On the Streets didn’t make it to the finals, though, but to qualify for a nomination is good enough.

The awarding is happening on October 9, 2009. In case, you can’t attend the event, you can watch it live online on flippish.com. Here’s an ad of the PBA 2009.

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