Got an email the other night from the organizers of the Philippine Blog Awards, informing me that my blog JaypeeOnline is one of the finalists for the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards – Best Tech Blog Category. I don’t know what to say except that I am greatly honored and humbled to be recognized as one of the best blogs in the Philippine blogosphere.

I knew that JaypeeOnline was nominated again this year didn’t expect to make it as one of the finalists. It’s a great and rewarding feeling to be recognized for the second year in a row. I’d like to thank the person/s who nominated JaypeeOnline and everyone who continues to support this blog.

Below is the list of finalists for the different categories of the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards

MAIN CATEGORIES
Personal/Diary Category
Lance Sison, Rockstar for hire
RatedRalph.com
Live Love Laugh Blog
MICAMYX – Personal Blog of a Dagupena Dreamer
House of Squared
Life with Ria Jose
Funny is the New Sexy

Literature Category
I am Bum
.: citybuoy :. is still floating
tuyong tinta ng bolpen
Kulaydoscope Notes
Likha at Akda
The Central Echo
Shambolic Amalgam

Advocacy
Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Mindanao Magazine
Web Safety Philippines
Autism Society Philippines
Bayanihan Online
Nurses Notes

Beauty and Fashion
Irrational Fits of Beauty
Paddylast Inc
Shoppingera
Askmewhats
ME BUDDHA BANANA
Sosyalera.net
The Reluctant Stylista

Tech Blogs
WebGeek Philippines
TechPump
Software Critics
JaypeeOnline
My Silly Point of View

Entertainment
AUDITOIRE
The Otaku Fridge
WITHOUT WANG²
Reel Advice Movie Reviews
Pinoy Gossip Boy

Culture And Arts
Anik-Anik Love
Theaterrific!
My Creative and Unconventional Life
Coffeespoons
Sasha & the Silverfish

Business
Negosyo Pangkabuhayan, Atbp.
New Media Philippines
The Sagada Lemon Pie House
Ready To Be Rich
Negosyo Ideas

Food & Beverage
Frannywanny.com
Happy Foodies
Kitchen Cow
Foodie Manila
Tales From The Tummy

Gaming and Hobby & Recreation
Gaming The Gamedok Chronicles
Gaming Karen Ang
Gaming Back2Gaming

Hobby & Recreation Comicology: The Study of Awesome
Hobby & Recreation KeyStrokes
Hobby & Recreation The World Thru Postcards
Hobby & Recreation Geek Pinoy
Hobby & Recreation Comicgasm
Hobby & Recreation Back2Gaming

Home & Parenting, Humor, Lifestyle
Home and Parenting My Mom-Friday
Home and Parenting TeacherJulie
Home and Parenting The Mommy Journey
Home and Parenting iMom
Home and Parenting President Mama

Humor Gagong Kasabihan
Humor Noisy, Noisy Man
Humor Kwentong Barbero
Humor The Professional Heckler
Humor The Googly Gooeys

Lifestyle Manila Reviews
Lifestyle Design Folder
Lifestyle annamanila’s ode2old
Lifestyle Live in the Philippines
Lifestyle The Creative Dork

Photoblog
gerryruiz photoblog
A Little Bit of Something
Life and Loves
Adaphobic
CLICK.EZRA.CLICK.
Lantaw
What if no one’s watching?
The Traveling Live

Travel
Nomadic Experiences
lagalog
soloflightEd
flipnomad
The Pinay Solo Backpacker
The Kayumanggi Trails
Chasing Philippines
Explore Iloilo
Ambot-ah
Just Wandering
Walk This Way

Society, Politics and History Commentary
riknakem
The Pro Pinoy Project
Random Salt
Harvey Keh’s Blog
IKONOKLAST

Videocast and Podcast
Pinoy PC Perspective
pinoy how to
World 3
When In Manila
Project52Weeks

Sports
Filipino Boxing Journal
Pinoy Fight Scribe
GreenArchers.ph
From the Fifty Peso Seats
GreenArchers.ph
Davao Poker
The Gingerbread Report
Tennis Guru
Camsur
Free Red Racing and Adventure Team Every Next 3 Years
The Running Mom
Tennis Guru

I just copied the names and URLs from the Philippine Blog Awards website so if there are any errors or typos, please let me know so I can correct it. Congratulations to all the finalists and I wish everyone all the best!

For more details and information, including the finalists for the Special Categories, check out the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards website.

Anyone attending the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards ceremony on Dec 12th? Who are you bets for the different categories this year?

Time flies so fast! It seemed like it was only yesterday, but it’s already been a year since the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards. Now, it’s time for the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards and nominations are now open for the Main and Special categories.

To nominate a blog for the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards, all you need to do is visit this page which contains the nomination forms for both Main and Special categories. Then, you’ll have to provide the necessary details like blog name, blog URL, category, name of blogger nominee, email of blogger nominee, name and email of nominating person and submit it. Please take note that anyone can nominate any blog to any category but the blog owner has to accept the nomination before the nomination becomes valid.

Main Categories for 2010:

• Technology
• Travel
• Entertainment
• Personal (Diary/Journal)
• Food & Beverage
• Home and Parenting
• Lifestyle
• Business
• Sports
• Hobby & Recreation
• Beauty & Fashion
• Photoblog
• Culture and Arts
• Society, Politics and History
• Science and Nature
• Videocast and Podcast
• Literature/Literary
• Pets
• Advocacy
• Humor

NOTE: If the blog you want to nominate doesn’t fit in to any of the listed categories, fill out the space provided under “Other” and write down the category that suits the blog you want to nominate.

Special Categories for 2010:

• Filipiniana
• Best Blog Design
• Top Three Post for 2010
• Top Three Video Post and Podcast for 2010
• Top Three Photo Post for 2010
• Top Post for 2010
• Bloggers’ Choice
• Readers’ Choice

The 2010 Philippine Blog Awards will start in Mindanao and will take during Mindanao Blogging Summit in October. Next stop will be in Visayas during the Visayas Blogging Summit.

What are you waiting for? Nominate your favorite blog or blogs so they can be a part of this year’s Philippine Blog Awards. Make sure that you visit the official website of the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards for updates and further anouncements.

Anybody here who already nominated blogs for the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards? Which blog/s did you nominate this year?

I was supposed to publish my year end post last week but like I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I was pretty busy the past couple of weeks with all the family gatherings and activities tied to the holiday season. Anyways, when I first did this two years ago, I didn’t plan or expect that this would be a regular “annual” thing here on JaypeeOnline. It turned out to be a great way for me to look back and appreciate all the blessings that I’ve received for that year. I know this is a bit late, but I really feel that I should do this so here it is.

The following is the list of events and other significant things that happened and/or was published on JaypeeOnline for the year 2009:

• I set up my blog goals for 2009, a first of its kind for JaypeeOnline. Btw, I’ll be publishing a different post regarding last year’s blog goals.
• Achieved one of the goals I set for last year by attending WordCamp Las Vegas with my friend Allan. Looking for this year’s event and hopefully attend WordCamp LA as well.
• Had my first guest blog post here on JaypeeOnline – HowTo: Move From Blogger to WordPress courtesy of Gemma Baltazar (The Lady Programmer).
• Made it to the top 25 of the Philippine’s Top Blogs based on Alexa rankings.
• HowTo: 10 Ways To Bring Sexy Back To Your Blog – second guest post here on JaypeeOnline, courtesy of Jan Geronimo (Writing To Exhale).
• Left MediaTemple and moved to a different, private dedicated server.
• Got back after a 2-month hiatus.
• Finally got my own blog mascot for JaypeeOnline.
• Created and uploaded my new customized Twitter background, incorporating my new blog mascot.
• Launched my second blog contest/giveaway – the Threadless Tshirt Giveaway.
• Found out that I was one of the finalists for the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards.
• Highlight of the year for me and my blog – JaypeeOnline brings home the trophy for the Technology Category in the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards.
• Participated in my first Blog Action Day and blogged about “climate change”.
• Finally, after having issues and lots of problems with my previous hosting provider, I migrated to my new web host – ServInt.
• Launched my 3rd blog contest/giveaway – the $1,500 Thanksgiving Giveaway. Which by the way, was a huge success, thanks to all the participants and sponsors.
• After more than a month of waiting, I finally received my trophy and a Nokia E52 from the Philippine Blog Awards.
• Got an early Christmas gift from my lovely wife – a shiny, new iPhone 3GS.

I know there are many things to be thankful for but last year’s highlight was winning the Tech category in the Philippine Blog Awards. It wouldn’t have been possible without the help and support of my family, friends and you guys, the regular readers/visitors of JaypeeOnline. I’m happy that I almost successfully accomplished 100% of the blog goals I set for last year. Don’t worry, I’ll get into more of the details of that in a different post. With all the blessings that I received in 2009, it was definitely a great year for me and my blog. I’m also glad that I was able to share my blessings with you guys via my $1,500 Thanksgiving Giveaway.

I hope that this year – 2010 would be a better year for all of us. Once again, thank you so much for all your support!

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Yesterday morning, a DHL delivery guy came knocking at the door and gave me the package. I knew that the package was sent but I wasn’t expecting it to arrive that day. Anyways, as soon as I saw where it came from I knew what was inside the package. I was very excited that I tore the packaging and immediately took out the contents. After a month of waiting I finally got my hands on the trophy.

The trophy is a jeepney (the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines) full of passengers. I really like it and I think it embodied the goal and theme of this year’s Philippine Blog Awards which is “One Blogging Nation“. One thing though, it would have been better if each trophy had a description on it saying that it was for the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards and included the category name like “Best Technology Blog”.

Aside from the trophy, all the winners in the main categories were also given new Nokia cellphones courtesy of Nokia Philippines, one of the main sponsors of the event. Btw, I got a Nokia E52.

I’ve been playing around with the Nokia E52 since yesterday and so far I really like it. I might publish a review of it later.

Anyways, thanks once again to Juned Sunido of the Philippine Blog Awards and Nikka Abes of Nokia Philippines for sending these stuff.

This post is a little bit delayed and I’m sure most of you guys already know about it by now that JaypeeOnline won the Best Technology Blog award in the recent 2009 Philippine Blog Awards. I wanted to take my time in publishing this post not because I was preparing to write a very lengthy post but because up to this moment, it still feels surreal. I still can’t believe it. Its probably because I wasn’t at the PETA-PHINMA Theater to receive the trophy and that I still don’t have the trophy with me or maybe because I wasn’t expecting to win?

Anyways, I first found out about it on Twitter, when I read the tweets sent by Ate Noemi and Tonyo Cruz. It should’ve been enough for me to believe it but it was about 5 AM and I only had a few hours sleep so I was thinking that maybe my eyes were deceiving me. I logged in to Flippish.com to watch the live stream and from there, Ambo told me that I won. I thought I was still dreaming. I still wasn’t 100% convinced because I didn’t get to see or hear the presentors calling out my blog’s name. I wanted to see and hear it for myself before I believed it was true.

Later that day, I went back to Flippish.com to watch the video recordings of the event. After sifting through several videos, I was able to find the one that had Technology category and watched as Jayvee Fernandez and Erika Tapalla presented the award. It felt really good and I was very happy when I heard the name “JaypeeOnline” announced as the winner.

Here’s the link to the video where the award for the Technology Category was presented. Fast forward to 5:20 for the Technology Category and then 8:46 where Jayvee greets me and mentions that I was online watching the live stream. Thanks Jayvee!

I’ve been wanting to attend the Philippine Blog Awards since its first year and I really wish I was there this year. It would’ve been a great experience to meet my online/blogging friends and meet other Pinoy bloggers and see faces behind the blogs. Of course, this award would’ve made it extra special. Btw to the winners of the other categories and special awards, if you’d like a banner like the one I have here on this post and on my sidebar, just leave a comment below or send me a message via the contact page and I’ll gladly make one for you.

Now its time to give thanks. First and foremost, I’d like to thank God for giving me good health, strength and wisdom. Next, I’d like to thank my family for their support, they are my inspiration. To Jan Geronimo for nominating me to this year’s Philippine Blog Awards. My friend MM Fernandez for introducing me to the world of websites and blogging and inspiring me to start my own personal website. I’d also like to thank you, my dear loyal readers, visitors, the Jedi bloggers, the Power50 group, fellow bloggers and online friends for your support. Thanks to everyone who left congratulatory comments on my previous posts and also on my Twitter and Facebook accounts. Btw, I’d also like to thank Arbet for accepting the award on my behalf. Hehe Last but not least, I’d like to thank the organizers, staff, volunteers, judges and sponsors of the Philippine Blog Awards. I feel very honored and at the same time humbled by this award.

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas at ang Pinoy bloggers! One Blogging Nation!