This modest space congratulates the finalists and winners of the Philippine Blog Awards 2008 which just had its successful run at One Esplanade last Sept. 21. It was blogger power at its finest, the awards having been organized by a group of bloggers and carried to fruition by a big army of blogger-volunteers. Everything, from the smashin’ AVPs to the emceeing and last-minute details, was done by bloggers.
I can still remember the first blogger event I attended in 2004 which filled a long table at Cabalen. Now, blogging in the country has come a long way!
Each year I feel obsolete, and each year I feel amazed at the wealth of blogging talents that keep cropping up. This is how I look at it because I judged the Blog Awards in some categories again this year. Doing so has always been an enlightening experience as it opens my mind to great blogs I haven’t added yet to my Google Reader. These are the blogs who we don’t get to see in the blog events, or get monetized, or who don’t receive 75 comments. Read: underestimated. I will always doff my hat to fellow bloggers who blog with aplomb and blog for the sheer love of it, treating it almost like science, or a well-researched dissertation. All i can say is: wow, people! 🙂
Souvenir photo with Noemi Dado and the PBA keynote speaker, Sen. Mar Roxas ( whose ( a blog about him running in 2010 was also one of the finalists) 🙂
Batang Yagit emerged the Blogger’s Choice through a well-managed campaign among Vis-Min peers. Senor Enrique appeared to be the winning-est gentleman with three awards in the best single post category, followed by The Jester-In-Exile who won two. Three blogging doctors brought home prizes as well (including an avowed atheist, who won for Best Personal Blog.) And I think Arpee Lazaro received the cutest award for his “It’s The Blogger, Not The Blog” citation. The rest of the winners over at the official PBA site.
Hi! Thanks for the mention of my post. I’d like to clarify though that there are actually 4 doctors who won at PBA. I made revisions in my post already. Thank you.
you are lovely as ever, AJ.
another nitpick, if you don’t mind? the mar roxas blog is actually authored by kevin ray chua, a fan of the senator.
astig si batang yagit! mahubay! i mean.. mabuhay! yiheeeeeeeeeee!
i didn’t see you at the event. 🙂 Thanks for the mention. 🙂
That isn’t mar roxas blog. It belongs to a 17 year old boy from Cebu who is an avid fan of Mar Roxas.
Thanks for the kind words, Annalyn.
Mabuhay ang mga bloggers.
Eeeeps….corrections made. Sorry folks 😀
Batang Yagit..whoa…Bisaya pud ini!
Ms. Annalyn, I think I saw you in the event…we’re you wearing white? 😛
Congratulations to everyone! The event was really a success. 😀
Ay, no Maki, I was wearing deep red. Wish we met 😉
i would like to congratulate the organizers, the team, the judges and everyone who one way or the other made the 2nd PBA a great success (you, included)
the winners also!
Thanks, Dine. Uyyyy,congratulations:)
Yay. Meron akong picture! hhahaha. Ang taba ko at ang laki ng ngiti ko.
hi Ajay! wow naka tube dress ka pla. lovely lady indeed! 🙂
I’m the blogger of http://marroxas2010.blogspot.com
It’s not Mar Roxas’, it’s mine…
Congratulations to the winners! 🙂