WordCamp Philippines 2008

Written by Alrenz on September 7, 2008 – 5:47 pm

Guess who had a new layout! The new layout came from the giveaway CD of WordCamp. Thanks Blog Oh Blog! EDIT: I changed my layout! FALL OUT BOY is LOVE. Wahahaha. :))


My camper’s badge.

On the second to the last day of my term break was WordCamp Philippines 2008, held on the Augusto-Rosario Gonzalez Theatre, College of Saint Benilde. (My school)

Looking back on my post about the said event, I wanted to attend this event to hone my skills in developing themes, and of course, to meet Matt Mullenweg, Mr. WordPress himself. I’m proud to say that I accomplished doing these things at WordCamp.


Happy Campers! With Clarizze and Anna. That’s CRAZY me on the right.

I was with my schoolmates and other friends. We had a good time there. Almost all of us attended our chosen breakaway sessions. :)

Here’s a funny story:

While MiGs was welcoming us to the WordCamp event, he gave me a special mention because I was freezing cold. Yes, the venue was cold. :(


With Mr. WordPress himself.

Meeting Matt Mullenweg was… magical. Nah, I’m just kidding. I wasn’t able to talk to him because I was starstrucked. It’s like meeting a celebrity. Here’s what happened.

After falling in line, I patted his shoulder and then used the camera. He was saying, “thank you” and shook my hand. I was not saying anything because I was starstrucked! (Sorry for the reiteration) So I nodded my head. Ooh, I did say something, but my voice was soft.

Thank you to the organizers, sponsors, campers and Matt Mullenweg for gracing the event. Wow! What a great way to somehow end my term break. Tomorrow we’ll be having classes already.

I’ll be looking forward to WordPress 2.7, and to the next WordCamp in our country. :)

EDIT:

LINK LOVE:

Anna, Clarizze, The [Deranged] Writer, Kevin, Cars, Cerisse, Arianne, Ada, xsabrina.chic, Carlo, Dre, Ria, and of course, Matt Mullenweg.

And all the pingbacks. Thank you so much for somehow featuring my blog post. Much love, guys!

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45 Comments to “WordCamp Philippines 2008”


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  5. Jehzeel Laurente Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 6:27 am

    hello al :D see you in the blogger events to come! :D
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    Reply: Hey! Hopefully, I can attend another blogging event. :)

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  9. Ada Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 9:46 am

    Hey! haha! Kaw pala yung stellar na nasa likod namin at nasa gilid namin sa teatre after ng lunch. Hehe!

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    Reply: Yes! Wahahaha at ako yung naspecial mention ni MiGs dahil sa sobra akong gininaw! :)

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  14. Dexter Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    Sayang wala me.. kasi nasa saudi ako… ahhh

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    Reply: Aww, sayang. Next time, k? :)

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  19. cars Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    HEY FELLOW HOSTEE! :) Nice meetin yaww. Haha.

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    Reply: Yay! It was nice meeting you too! Much love. :)

  20. cars Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    WOW. online ka pala. :) Yea, I do.. although nasa camera ng ibang tao. (Menthol-guy) Hahaha.

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    Reply: Hahaha, go make kuha na the picture! :)

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  22. xsabrina.chic Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    Hi! yah, kayu ung nasa likod namin :p hehehe ung tumabi smen kaso my nakaupo dun eh.. sory poh.. nice meeting you btw :) marami pang chance, sana makita ko ulit kayo :D
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    Reply: Oh, ikaw pala yung nagsabi nun. Haha, sana rin. :)

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  25. Miss Dre Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    Yes, I saw you! Siguro sa next blog event nalang :)
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    Reply: Woot! Sana makapunta ako. :(

  26. Carlo Reid Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    Thanks for dropping by in my blog. I didn’t see you at WordCamp but I know you had lotsa fun :) See you in the next WordCamp!

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    Reply: I didn’t see you too. Yes, WE ALL HAD FUN. See you in WordCamp `09 too! :)

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  32. anna Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    lol daming pingbacks ah! nice nice..
    till next wordcamp, hostee!

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    Reply: Yun pala ang tawag dun. Hahaha silly me. YES, `till next WordCamp. :)

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  34. Patty Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    heeey alrenz! wow, wordcamp seemed really awesome. glad you guys were able to mingle with other blog geeks and well, learned more about blogging! haha.

    btw, i already linked you. have a great week!

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    Reply: Yeah. :) Dapat nakapunta ka. But there’s always a next time. :) Thanks, thanks. I’ll link you, right after replying on my comments. :)

  35. Ria Jose Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 10:27 pm

    Thank you so much for coming! :D
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    Reply: Thank YOU for being somehow mabait to us. You were the one who was pointing at us during the raffle! :) Much love.

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  37. The [Deranged] Writer Says:
    September 10th, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    Hi Al. I’m glad you enjoyed your first bloggers’ event and learned a lot from WordCamp. Here’s to more events coming… :)
    Btw, be thank that I let you use my jacket. :P
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    Reply: Oh yeah, thank you so much for your jacket! Kung wala yun, mamamatay ako. Mangyayari sa ‘kin yung nangyari kay Leo DiCaprio sa Titanic. *knock on wood*

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  39. Lexie Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    Lol. During the Wordpress Themes and CSS Power session, you were seated right in front of me and Dre. :) I distinctly remember seeing you. :)
    And yes - it was so cold at the auditorium.

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    Reply: Ooh, really? Wow! Hope to see you again. :)
    YES, IT’S FREEZING COLD! :))

  40. Ivy Says:
    September 13th, 2008 at 12:03 am

    wow.. coolness.. thanks for sharing

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    Reply: No worries, dear. Hope you can attend next time. :)

  41. Patty Says:
    September 13th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    alrenz! feel free to make comments on my cbox. :)

    anyway, have a great weekend! (update naman! hehehe.)

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    Reply: Hahaha yay! Oh BTW, I made a comment na. :)

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