AWARDING NIGHT

Napagdesisyunan ng mga taga PEBA TEAM na sa December 27, Sunday, mga 6:00PM gaganapin ang Awarding ng Top 10 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards or PEBA. Ayusin niyo na ang mga schedule at flight booking para sa araw na ito kasi Christmas season.

Tinatanggap na rin naming magsponsor at magdonate ang mga pulitiko pero pinapairal namin ang transparency dito. Ang hangad lang namin ay ang pera, hindi ang mapasama sa media, hahaha.

 Wala kaming kinikilingan at kahit kailan hindi ang PEBA magiindorso ng sinumang pulitiko.

Ang PEBA kapag naging isang legal na organization na ito under SEC registration ay magiging aktibo sa pagtulong ng mga OFW at kababayang nasa abroad sa pamamagitan ng kanang kamay nitong KABLOGS.

Pete Rahon one of our PEBA Partner blog about this HERE:

"This afternoon I had a chat with Kenji and NJ about the grand plans for Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards (PEBA). Well it seems that PEBA does not want to be confined to just giving awards but harnessing bloggers to take actions on the issues and concerns of the millions of OFWs and Expats around the world."

Thanks Pete. KABLOGS through Charlie and George and their team is doing all they can to assist a DH - mother in Saudi Arabia and another in Amman, Jordan. They don't have enough manpower and resources for now, to expand their grasp. But slowly, they are doing all they can. 

So ano nga ba ang mga nasa isip namin na mangyayari during the awarding?

Kasalukuyang pinagtatagpi -tagpi ni Yanah ng PEBA ang programang ito. Sa gitna ng stage ay may slideshow ng more than lifesize photos ng mga batang nagtatawanan na anak ng mga OFWs as well as mga iba't ibang photos ng mga OFW sa iba't ibang panig ng mundo. Kasalukuyan itong kinakalap ni Azel ng PEBA, kasabay ng pagdesenyo ng trophy/plaque na ipamimigay. Si Ion ay nakatambay sa online Video Streaming para ihahatid live via Sopcast at Justin TV ang programang ito.

Isang simple pero eleganteng parangal ang nakahanda sa mga nanalo. Isang napakalaking EB rin seguro ng mga blogger na OFW at Expats sa lahat ng sulok ng mundo. We are expecting 200-500 visitors will attend. We also expect politicians of the likes of Manny Villar, Kiko Pangilinan, Noli De Castro, Mar Roxas, or De Venecia and other government agencies that directly involved sa flights ng mga OFW's. We also expect The Ople Policy Center, and other NGO's to be there.

Walang bahid pulitika, kawang-gawa lang. Ang kelangan lang namin ay inyong suporta pero don't expect us to go to the media and praise you, guys. (I'm talking sa mga pulitiko, hehehe) We don't need money, remember Expats kami at OFW's, malalaki pa ang sahod namin sa inyo, hahaha! (with the kotong and pork stuff, mas malaki ang kita niyo, of course!) Peace sa mga pinagpipitagang grupo, in fairness, there are some na likas na honest at totoo.

We expect media entities, as we are in contact with GMA7 and ABS-CBN for now, as well as some networks, radio and fm stations. We expect also bands and singers and entertainers to donate a song rendition for the OFW's, as well as we might tap showbiz personalities to host the event, for free.

Judges will also be there, the previous winners of the year 2008 headed by Jim Paredes who might also give a speech and sing a song, and Gigi Refugia, the woman behind Pansitan Portal, and Blogusvox from Saudi Arabia, famous of his Buhangin Series cartoons.

Upon entrance sa venue, nakapalibot ang mga computer LCD screens, with all the entries ng mga nominees na pwedeng basahin ng mga dadalo. Kung walang gumagamit ng mga computers, nakaslideshow ito showing ang mga sponsors logos and names.

Penshoppe, Philippine Airlines, Nokia, Smart Communications, Coca Cola Bottling Phils. San Miguel Corporation, HP Computers, PLDT, Dominos Pizza, Bench, and many others. 

Sa mga gilid ng venue ay may mga booth at banners ng mga sponsors na ito, as well as isang malaking telon na maraming logo ng PEBA para gawing background sa photo shoot ng mga bloggers, visitors, at mga pamilya nila. 

Ang gitna ng venue in between chairs and tables ay nakared carpet - ala OSCAR's award. Sampung Pinoy Expats/OFW bloggers and pipiliin, at may mga special awards at citations na pamimigyan din ng tropeo galing sa listahan ng KABLOGS na blog aggregating site.

The host might call me to give my speech as a founding chairman. I will come to the stage, and call my wife and the PEBA Twin, 

someone that inspires us so much to realize this things.

I will thank the men and women who helped me along the way. I will thank the nominees and winners for the past two years. I will thank the bloggers who supported me all through and through. I will express gratitude to the OFW's and Expats who gives hope to a nation we all call motherland, and who bring honor to the country we dearly love. We are the gift to the world collectively speaking...syempre speech ko yan, kaya di ko muna sasabihin. hehe

Then I will call the head of the PEBA 2009 Team, NJ to welcome and thank the visitors and bloggers and introduce the Keynote Speaker...

(ayan NJ, ituloy mo na...) hehe

©2009 THOUGHTSKOTO

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