WordCamp Philippines

WordCamp Philippines

If you’re a Pinoy blogger or a WordPress user/fan then most likely you’ve heard or read of this already. But in case you haven’t, I have good news for you. There will be a WordCamp held in the Philippines this coming September 6, 2008. If you don’t know what I’m talking about here’s a little info.

What is WordCamp?

WordCamp is a conference type of event that focuses squarely on everything WordPress. Everyone from casual end users all the way up to core developers show up to these events. These events are usually highlighted by speeches or keynotes by various people. WordCamp is a spin off from the popular BarCamp which was a spin off of FooCamp. - Weblog Tools Collection

WordCamp Philippines will be the first ever WordCamp organized and held in Asia. WordCamp Philippines is being organized by a group of Filipino bloggers based in Mindanao who were also responsible for organizing the successful 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit held last year.

What are the objectives of WordCamp Philippines?

…to encourage more developers to use and deploy WordPress, not only as a blogging engine but also as a full-featured content management system for Web sites. Another is to increase the number of WordPress users and developers in the country. By developers, we mean programmers of WordPress plugins and designers of themes & templates.



Home Sweet Home
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Yes, I’m back. It definitely feels good to be back to my home sweet home! I missed the comforts of my bed & bathroom, my dogs and of course, the Internet.

Unfortunately, my free webhost changed something in the server settings and it affected my database causing my blog to go offline most of the time I was away. So if you were here earlier and tried but couldn’t access my blog, now you know the reason.

Even though I wasn’t able to go online during my trip, it didn’t feel bad coz I was busy most of the time helping out in the medical mission and the evangelical crusade. It gives you a sense of contentment and joy when you get to help other people and see their happy faces. During the medical mission, I was asked to help assist in a surgical procedure. At first I was nervous because I don’t like the sight of flesh and blood, one of the main reasons why I didn’t go into nursing or any profession in the medical field. I had no choice coz it was an emergency and I knew the doctor. Anyways, it was a surgical procedure that was supposed to take out a small cyst or growth in a two-year old girl. I felt bad and I pitied the little girl who kept crying and calling out for her little brother. But I was glad coz the operation was a success, I survived the procedure without fainting hehehe and as it turns out, the little girl is my distant relative.

I also had some time to meet relatives, taste some native delicacies and dishes and visit some places, including my uncle’s beach resort. I planned to drop by Bacolod even for just one day but the schedule didn’t allow me to.

Below are some photos I took during the medical mission. Also, try to see if you can find me in one of these photos. Hehe


People lining up to avail of free medical services.


Doctors check patients and prescribe medicines.


The dentist checks this man’s teeth.


Staff doing circumcision, “Circi” in short


A surgeon removes a cyst from a 2-year old girl.


Same case with previous photo

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6 Responses to “Home Sweet Home”

  1. MyAvatars 0.2   hoop PHILIPPINES Windows 2000 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 on Feb 14, 2006 | 9:51 am | Reply

    Welcome Back! :D

  2. MyAvatars 0.2   Jaypee UNITED STATES Ubuntu Linux Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 on Feb 14, 2006 | 10:15 am | Reply

    @hoop - Thanks man!

  3. MyAvatars 0.2   princessfiona PHILIPPINES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 on Feb 15, 2006 | 4:21 am | Reply

    welcome back and happy vday

  4. MyAvatars 0.2   Jaypee UNITED STATES Ubuntu Linux Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 on Feb 15, 2006 | 5:44 am | Reply

    @princessfiona - Thanks and happy valentine’s day to you too! :)

  5. MyAvatars 0.2   Eric PHILIPPINES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 on Feb 16, 2006 | 8:19 pm | Reply

    welkam back… ilonggo ka man? heheh

    i was in iloilo jan 27-29. i covered the Dinagyang festival for a newspaper/magazine.

    god bless….

    Eric

  6. MyAvatars 0.2   Jaypee PHILIPPINES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 on Feb 16, 2006 | 10:41 pm | Reply

    thanks Eric. yes, i am half ilonggo since my dad is from iloilo. really? that’s cool. i wish i was there earlier so i could have watched the Dinagyang festival this year.

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