I apologize for my long absence in the blog world. I visited a few blogs, and commented a handful post or none at all in your site. Vacation and PEBA took most of time the last two months.
Anyway, I am back to Saudi, and am back to blogging as well. Happy days are here again! hehe
Well, anong impression ko about PEBA or the 2009 Pinoy Expats/OFW blog Awards held at the Philamlife Theater in UN Avenue, Malate Manila last 27th of December 2009.
* I am happy, so much grateful sa mga sponsors, and volunteers who worked behind the scenes para sa great success ng event.
* I am specially grateful sa mga members ng KABLOGS all over the world who supported PEBA by joining, and by sharing their talents and voices. Thank you guys and gals! Power hugs, kiss, beso-beso, burger!hehe
* I am surprised with the winners, surprised because there are blogs that I thought would land to the top 10 pero hindi, there are blogs na gustong-gusto ko manalo pero di nanalo, there are blogs na magaganda pala and when they landed to the top 10 or received a citations, saka ko lang naisip na ' oo nga pala, ang ganda nga naman talaga'.
* Is so sorry, and until now, feeling regretful sa PEBA na hindi nacarry livestream, and hindi naipawatch online. Ito ang greatest setback for me during the event. I want you to know I have done my best, even Miss Noemi, even Tonyo Cruz, even a lot of people and guys there during the event, but it's just that the wireless USB's kahit anong network cannot carry it live. I promise, this years awarding will be set to a venue with internet connection enough for us to carry it online to thousands of OFW's and OFW bloggers. I even mentioned it in my opening remarks how sorry I am to all OFW bloggers waiting to watched the event online.
*Is grateful sa mga nagdonate sa PEBA Scholars. Maliit man na bagay, malaki mang halaga, I was able to collect nearly P15,000 pesos para sa adopt-a-child program scholar ng PEBA. Hope we will have more this year.
* Hindi man lang ako nakakuha ng PEBA-Tshirt. Kung nakakuha kayo, pakipost naman ng itsura or pakita naman sakin. hehe.
* Raw estimation ng mga 200 katao ang nandun, plus the around 100 performers and volunteers na nasa backstage.
*Everybody seems to be happy with the event, never mind the lapses in the team and the program, I told Jigs and Pete, that what matters to me is that people will leave the event with a good impression about OFW's and PEBA, and would want to come and join the fun again next year. I can honestly say that we did our very best and that for first timers like us, we have learned many lessons and hope to be better this year.
Thank you sa lahat ng mga judges, sa lahat ng mga volunteers, at sa mga kasamahan ko sa PEBA, at higit sa lahat, to all the nominees and finalist.
See you again in July 2010 for the PEBA Opening!
7 comments:
I thought the program went well.
It's a well done job, Kenjie. I'm sure two years ago when you initiated this award, you didn't think it to be this big. Now it is. And I think it will only get bigger (and better!) in the years to come.
Good luck sa PEBA 2010. And congratulations sa recently concluded PEBA 2009.
Thank you Nebz and Congrats! The program went well, the feedback was great and overwhelming. But for me, there are some lapses and improvements to be made. One is the live streaming. Second is the program flow, and 3rd the lack of manpower.
But overall it is wonderful, and so grateful for the many people who helped us run the show.
PEBA 2010 will be happening sometime December 16-18, 2010. So booked your flight, you will help us run the show!
great article. I would love to follow you on twitter. By the way, did any one hear that some chinese hacker had hacked twitter yesterday again.
There's always a next time, Kenji. If there were lapses during the event last year, this year, I believe that you'd do better. Right? :)
Natawa lang ako dun sa sinabi mo na di ka nakakuha ng t-shirt. I wanted to say "Awww..." pero napa-smile na lang ako. Next time, magtabi ka na agad. Hehehe. Teka, did i get a shirt, too? ;-)
Hello everyone! Who knows where to upload the film Avatar?
I even bought the film Avatar for a SMS to http://rsskino.ru/kinofilm/avatar.html , the link was, but download fails, the system will boot quite strange cocoa something.
Men, advise where to normal as quickly download film avatar?
Congratulations, Kenjie, and welcome back to our Kingdom.
Hello Kenjie!
Just had time to browse your blog through FB networked blogs. Congratulations for a job well done.
Kung nagulat ka, mas nagulat ako sa nangyari. I received Azel's message 1 day before my flight na may award daw ako . I was wondering what award could it had been. I was thinking it would be a minor award. I was totally clueless!
The Awards Night was very successful! Congratulations! Hats off for the people behind PEBA.
PHIL
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