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Re: Cagayan de Oro City waits for you at the MBS3

Orlando Hotels — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:00:21 -0000

Back from 2 sleep-deprived nights at Pearlmont Inn preparing and attending to the needs of Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3. It was tiring but fun but in the end, my body craved for some sleep.

I would like to thank all the attendees and and organizers, the CDOBloggers for a job well done. Like what I said, we are still a young group but we have gone a long way. Thanks to DCM Leslie Basset for gracing my requested interview, for the speakers for sharing their thoughts and knowledge, and for the friends I've won during that day. It sure is a small world.

Anyhoo, congratulations to my fellow cdobloggers who were nominees and winners during the Philippine Blog Awards Night last night: Mike A. and Chiq Montes, and to all you guys for making my first MBS memorable. We Rock!

Thanks also to SM City Cagayan de Oro for my gift certificate. Speech: I did not expect to win this, all I knew was that I had to wear a dress. :). Thanks SM!

Feeling lucky, I won a google shirt too! Thanks to Kenneth too for giving me his shirt. :) For more info visit LMT we offer great suggestion on tour and travelling

Re: Cagayan de Oro City waits for you at the MBS3

Orlando Hotels — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:56:48 -0000

Re: Mindanaoan Artist in Lexicon of Surrealism

orlando_hotels — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:15:19 -0000

Mindanaoan Artist Visual Irony in Lexicon of Surrealism
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art review, Davao artists, surrealism
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This Davao-born visual artist frequently stepped upstage during his college years for consistently winning painting competitions. His stuttering childlike speech, incompatible with his towering 6-foot height, sometimes made people laugh. Today, Bienvenido Banez, Jr., towers all the more for achievements uncommon among Filipino artists.
Diagnosed with mild learning disability during childhood, Ben’s focus of attention has always been his art. Rightly so. In 2002, he won first place in the Asian Fellowship Painting Competition of the prestigious Vermont Studio Center, launched from Vermont, USA. Last year, in New York City, where he based himself after his Vermont fellowship, he was the only Filipino among the more than seventy international, surreal visual artists featured in the grandest-ever birth anniversary celebration of John Milton and what is considered as the greatest English poem, his Paradise Lost.
Earlier, in 2004, the president and executive director of Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, while viewing Ben’s painting, commented to a fashion photographer that Banez is the “greatest living surrealist from the Philippines.” This comment from contemporary Surrealism’s prime mover, Terrance Lindall, himself the organizer of Milton’s biggest birthday bash, may have been trivially said. But today it is substantiated by yet another achievement in Banez’s career: his name, profile, and sample work are recently published in a German edition of “The International Encyclopedia of Fantastic, Surrealist, Symbolist, & Visionary Artists” or Lexikon Surreal for short. Thus, Bienvenido Bones Banez, again the only Filipino in the inventory, now appears along with Surrealism greats such as Salvador Dal&iaccute;, Ernst Fuchs, Keith Wigdor, and Jon Beinart, to name a few, in the same book.

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Re: The bloggers of Zamboanga

orlando_hotels — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:12:36 -0000

A few weeks ago, my friend Mr. Jerome Locson initiated a gathering of bloggers. I immediately replied and volunteered to help out. I like meeting new people and organizing gatherings and events even if these are sometimes too stressful to do. I don’t know, but I feel alive and productive if I see an avenue for some of my ideas come to life.

Anyway, we have already met twice and have already added each other on Plurk, which is a way for us also to bond online. We get to tease each other and comfort one another through the said latest micro blogging tool.

We also have made progress by making our meetups constant, we are scheduled for a meetup every tuesday night in any place as long as there is WIFI access. So far the only place where we’ve met is at Mr. Bean Cafe in Catribo Complex, do you have any suggestions of another place where it would be cool to hangout?

We also planned to tap Bloggers living or are former residents of Zamboanga Peninsula Region. Our region is always in the front page of Newspapers because of the different chaos that have transpired but rarely do we read good news that have happened and have given us pride. We intend to change this course, with the help of blogging. I also believe that if we truly would want change to happen, we should not only be contented on doing the complaining but look for ways for this to come into reality. We also aim to promote unity, camaraderie and prosperity amidst our differences in religion or beliefs, school, age, gender and so much more.

We are still in the lookout for more active Zambo Pen Bloggers and if you know of one, kindly refer us to him or her.

If you would want to join us and be acquainted online or offline. Just comment on this page and leave your contact info and we would get in touch with you as soon as we can.

By the way, if you are on facebook, you can hook up with us by joining our Facebook Group

Muchisimas Gracias! Daghang Salamat and…. Assalamu alaikum.

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Re: Philippine Blog Awards – Mindanao Regional Awards

Orlando Hotels — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:09:37 -0000

The Philippine Blog Awards, the first of which was held around the same time that the Mindanao Bloggers Community came into existence, is embarking on a grander and more meaningful undertaking this year. In order to make the Awards a truly Filipino experience, PBA2009 is going to be a nationwide effort, with Regional Awards to [...]

Re: Mindanaoan Artist in Lexicon of Surrealism

Orlando Hotels — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:06:11 -0000

This Davao-born visual artist frequently stepped upstage during his college years for consistently winning painting competitions. His stuttering childlike speech, incompatible with his towering 6-foot height, sometimes made people laugh. Today, Bienvenido Banez, Jr., towers all the more for achievements uncommon among Filipino artists.
Diagnosed with mild learning disability during childhood, Ben’s focus of attention has always been his art. Rightly so. In 2002, he won first place in the Asian Fellowship Painting Competition of the prestigious Vermont Studio Center, launched from Vermont, USA. Last year, in New York City, where he based himself after his Vermont fellowship, he was the only Filipino among the more than seventy international, surreal visual artists featured in the grandest-ever birth anniversary celebration of John Milton and what is considered as the greatest English poem, his Paradise Lost.
Earlier, in 2004, the president and executive director of Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, while viewing Ben’s painting, commented to a fashion photographer that Banez is the “greatest living surrealist from the Philippines.” This comment from contemporary Surrealism’s prime mover, Terrance Lindall, himself the organizer of Milton’s biggest birthday bash, may have been trivially said. But today it is substantiated by yet another achievement in Banez’s career: his name, profile, and sample work are recently published in a German edition of “The International Encyclopedia of Fantastic, Surrealist, Symbolist, & Visionary Artists” or Lexikon Surreal for short. Thus, Bienvenido Bones Banez, again the only Filipino in the inventory, now appears along with Surrealism greats such as Salvador Dal&iaccute;, Ernst Fuchs, Keith Wigdor, and Jon Beinart, to name a few, in the same book.

Re: MB in Top 100 Philippine blogs

sydvasquez — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:33:33 -0000

Everybody are invited to see ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENT BLOG OF MR. ENVIRONMENT..HON. ISIDRO "SYD" VASQUEZ, CSC Dangal Ng Bayan Awardee' 94
at Malacanang Heroes Hall, Malacanang Palace- Sept. 24, 1994..http://sydvasquez1.blogspot.com

Re: MediaNation5.2

yukikids — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:11 -0000

Thanks Blogie for the plug, I agree with you

Re: WordPress 101 seminar in GenSan

yukiclothes — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:55:54 -0000

Thanks a lot Sir Blogie and Lyle!! I learned a lot

Re: Philippine Blog Awards – Mindanao Regional Awards

yukiclothes — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0000

ongratulations! Great Award....

Re: MindanaoBloggers satellite communities

yukikids — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:46:55 -0000

This is very good. You remember Sir Levy from IBM spoke with some us and he said blogging with topic is good.

Re: MindanaoBloggers satellite communities

grahamhorsefall — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:12:45 -0000

Excellent!

It is good to see this - hopefully more cities will take up on this!

Re: Cheap Travel to Mindanao by Air

NewYorkHotels — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:42:48 -0000

If you want to afford the best and cheapest airlines for your flight you can contact LMT. They have lots of great deals and services. I always rely on them whenever I am traveling to other countries or some places which you need to go their by plane. They can also find you a good hotel with good price to stay in.

Re: MBS1 Resolution

ArJay | Pinoy Bisnis — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:11:44 -0000

I accept :)

Re: WordPress 101 seminar in GenSan

ArJay | Pinoy Bisnis — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:55:32 -0000

Hi to all!

Sana makasali rin ako sa mga susunod n'yong pang seminars. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks!

Re: DCM Leslie Bassett

randystirm — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:39:16 -0000

Please pass these videos around to your Bloggers.

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These give the clear story what happened in Gingoog that day August 14, 2009

Re: MBS1 Resolution

kapporet — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:31:40 -0000

i accept.

Re: MBS3 @ CDO

alvincadaza — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:13:44 -0000

Am glad that i attended the MBS3. It widened my horizon as i am interested to become a famous blogger sometime... thanks to Mike Abonitalla for encouraging me to participate on the said event, also I am proud to congratulate him for garnering the The Best Business Blog of the year during the PBA. di jud magpabiya ang taga CDO.
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Re: The bloggers of Zamboanga

paparts — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:03:33 -0000

Hope to be there next year for the MBS. Its good that blogie announced where to held the MBS4 so we can prepare and find some budget.

Re: MBS1 Resolution

orman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:37:45 -0000

count me in. i'm a proud mindanaoan and a blogger by heart. i commit to myself to this resolution.

Re: The bloggers of Zamboanga

blogie — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:23:04 -0000

Hi toni! Hmmm... There's Mt. Apo (via Davao or Kidapawan City), Mt. Matutum (via General Santos). There's the beaches of Mati in Davao Oriental, Sta. Cruz islands in Zamboanga. Or Aliwagwag Falls of Cateel, also in Davao Oriental. There are so many places! Don't know where to start...

Re: The bloggers of Zamboanga

bluestar8 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:14:56 -0000

I would love to visit Mindanao...Just wondering what specific province. Hope you could recommend some. I'm more into nature kase. Thanks! ^_^

Re: The bloggers of Zamboanga

blogie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:26:38 -0000

Hi candidgirl! Are you the owner of the Tea House? I really loved the place, and the tea set! :)

Re: The bloggers of Zamboanga

candidgirl — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:14:19 -0000

Thank you for visiting Countryfood and Teahouse :)

Re: The bloggers of Zamboanga

rjian — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:23:48 -0000

Thanks Blogie hope to see you again.. :)