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Congratulations to all the PBA ’07 Winners

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief April 1, 2007 · 2 min read

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Today marks the day when we bring blogging into a new level in the Philippines. We will show everyone that we are serious about blogging. That our growth is only matched by our desire to create a unique online identity; our maturity is moved by creativity and the drive to push meaningful content; our credibility is carried by our passion to be heard, to engage and to be counted. The Philippine Blog Awards recognizes this growth and, hopefully, had help spread the word virally. (In short, I hope everybody got more links, more traffic and more subscribers to their blogs!)

I’d like to personally thank everyone who made this event a success. I’m writing it here now if ever I fail to meet and greet everyone tonight.

Our Sponsors
We’ve got tons of them and we’re so glad with the amount of response and press we got for this event. It sure is a hell bigger/grander than what we originally imagined it to be.

Our Volunteers
I’d say I’ve never met a bunch of bloggers as ecstatic, selfless, and hard-working as our team of event volunteers. Without them, I don’t think we could have made it this far nor will I ever know the meaning of ingress & egress.

Our Judges
They’re a busy bunch and we know it’s really darn hard to judge equally talented and active bloggers. We’re all glad they’ve spared their precious time and help us pick the best blogs in their respective niches.

The Filipino Blogging Community
It goes without saying that this event is for all of us Pinoy bloggers. This event is not just about the best blogs out there. This event is a way of celebrating our presence in cyberspace. May we all kick some more butts! ;)

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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79 Comments

Macnerdz · 19 years ago

Congrats din sa mga pinoybloggers :)

Andrew · 19 years ago

I’d like to extend my congratulations to all the winners and the organizers. What a job well done. You should all be proud.

Jeric · 19 years ago

I wish to extend my congratulations to the organizers, judges, sponsors and winners of the Philippine Blog Awards 2007. I must say that everyone did a great job to make the event possible. :)

Dave Starr — ROI Guy · 19 years ago

As a non-Filipino who lives in the Philippines by choice I was sorry not to be able to attend but I wish to congratulate all the participants, organizers and particularly the winners.

I say to my Filipino blogging brethren, keep your eye on the prize, not whatever minor problems may have upset you.

In case you think it’s not important to group, to publicize and get media time for bloggers, consider this. Last night my Filipino neighbor’s adult son, a well-spoken UP graduate who even used to run an Internet cafe spoke to me over the fence .. his question? “MY dad said I should ask you, what is this thing called ‘blogging’.”

He’s certainly not ignorant, but many are still kept in the dark … it takes along time to educate folks and it’s not always an easy task … hat’s off to those of you who are “doing”.

markku · 19 years ago

This is a milestone for all Filipino bloggers. Congrats sa ating lahat!

elmer · 19 years ago

Job well done by the organizers and volunters! Congrats to all winners!!

marhgil · 19 years ago

Congratulations to all Pinoy Bloggers!

noel · 19 years ago

sayang di ako nakapunta. I had to be at the Euromed-storm International bowling competition to watch and learn from all these international bowlers who came to the Philippines.

Noel (bowling addict)

Arbet · 19 years ago

Just wanted to congratulate the organizers, the volunteers, and the brains behind this event. See you all next year.

And thanks for the iPod Video, he he.

frank a hilario · 19 years ago

After writing the finalists, I forgot to thank the Three Wise Guys who cooked up the 1st Philippine Blog Awards. My tribute to all you can find in my website.

I have one request: Please don’t refer to the Blog Awards by its acronym PBA – it doesn’t sound right. Blogging is more than a ball game. Sure, there are brawls, but it’s more brains than brawns.

GM Tristan · 19 years ago

Congrats to all the winners! And to the organizers and all fellow bloggers! This is merely a start. Let’s explode the pinoy blogosphere!

Kudos to all!

Chino Yray · 19 years ago

@chrish
the link doesnt seem to work on my end.

Anyway.. abe! you inspired me in your talk nung monday sa isang company sa rockwell!! (haha.. no need to mention the company name.. lol)

btw.. pics please?

Jaypee · 19 years ago

Does anyone know if there’s an available video of the Awards Night on the web? I couldn’t make it and I really wanna see how it was. Thanks! :)

ChrisH · 19 years ago

Abe!!

pictures of the event can be found in my gallery… simply head on out to http://www.haravata.com/blog/?p=333 and the link is in the post… pick the pictures you want to send to the sponsors and i’ll burn the originals for you… :D

Dusty · 19 years ago

Congratulations to all the winners, finalists and of course the organizers! ;)

Marni · 19 years ago

BTW, Nasa technorati WTF ang philippine blog awards. number 1 siya sa list of “these topics need WTFs!”

liz · 19 years ago

whew! natapos na awards night! nxt year uli! thanks din to you, gail and jayvee for organizing this event…

Bob Reyes · 19 years ago

Congrats to all the Winners! Nice meeting you, Yuga! Where are the pics? Hehehe ..

Marni · 19 years ago

Congrats to the winners!!!

Congrats also to the organizers and volunteers and everyone who took part in the event!

Sabi nga ng bestfriend ko, who attended the event in my place, na ang ganda ng event. Made her want to start blogging. :)

Salamat din sa krispy kreme donuts ;)

JJ · 19 years ago

Congrats!

Nice to have met all the people behind the blogs that I usually stalk. Salamat Yuga sa pag-entertain sa amin kagabi nila sir sonny! Mabuhay ang Philippine Blog Awards!

ManuelV · 19 years ago

Congrats, Yuga! :-)

(O, iwas lipas gutom ha?)

SELaplana · 19 years ago

congrats po sa lahat. next time sali na ako.

ApplesH · 19 years ago

Congratulations to you Abe, Gail, Jayvee for all your work leading this event. Kudos!!

bikoy · 19 years ago

well, tulad ng sinabi na ng iba, congratulations to you and to all the event organizers and volunteers! despite all the criticisms, matagumpay pa rin. keep this rolling! :)

Retz · 19 years ago

d ko nagawa kagabi kaya dito na lang…

salamat!

Jaypee · 19 years ago

To the organizers, judges, sponsors and volunteers, excellent job! and to all the winners, congratulations! :D

Jove Francisco · 19 years ago

Congratulations, Abe! Kudos to your team!

jun · 19 years ago

Great work all!

Question: What other nifty idea should we conquer next?

Ivan About Town · 19 years ago

Hey Abe! Thank you very much for organizing this event. Do let me know when the next bloggers meet is. I’ll definitely help out. :)

Kiven · 19 years ago

Congrats, guys.

Noemi · 19 years ago

wow we did it . Thanks to you , Gail and Jayvee for spearheading this.

Jonas Diego · 19 years ago

Congratulations to everyone who won! :)

Minic · 19 years ago

Congratulations to all Pinoy bloggers!

eric aka senor enrique · 19 years ago

This is truly a prestigious win for me, Abe. Thank you very much for your and everyone else’s efforts in drawing the community together and giving it more auspicious attention.

So sorry for not having been able to make it at the awards night.