I came up with this campaign inspired by The Hunger Site cause. But unlike the buttons on The Hunger Site homepage which an individual must click to contribute to the cause, as a blogger I would like to make use of my blogsite as an instrument for other bloggers, visitors and myself to DO something for this cause. I do not intend to replace The Hunger Site but giving my readers, and those who are already supporting The Hunger Site, the opportunity to make the reach of the help to more people everyday.

How can I help?

Starting June 1, 2009- Every comment on any topic  posted on http://myphemaster.dejarme.net is equivalent to a cup of rice which will be donated to charities who provides feeding program for the needy.

I do not limit myself just by doing this campaign on my blog but also to volunteer personally with the feeding program during free days. Start commenting now to feed…

Saturday morning I woke up 3am. I haven’t decided if I’ll be going to the event or not. After 2 more hours, I got myself all dressed up and ready to go. Getting myself on the venue is not a problem, I took 20-minute FX ride to get to PHILCOA, and then another Jeepney ride going to U.P. Diliman Campus. It was my first time in the campus. I’ve only seen the University on the television and photos. I’ve been a little confused when I got inside the campus, I thought it would be just that easy when I saw it on wikimapia, but the Jeepney turned the otherside. But since I am early to arrive the venue, I decided to take a little tour around the campus and turn my misadventure the other way around. I’ve arrived at the College of Law premises without knowing it after a few walk and talk. You’re right I thought I am lost since I made Quezon Hall my landmark instead of Gonzalez Hall, but the security guards on each building inside the campus were very helpful, unlike in my school, LOL!

Upon arriving at the venue, I found out I am one of the early birds so I get to take home freebies. But I did not received my ID because it wasn’t there (what’s the use of the “Ayos Dito” lanyard), quite strange since I am not last on the online registration, but it’s okay. It’s just a super minor problem. I also took the advantage to sit at the back on the left side of the hall, to avoid being picked to introduce myself. I know it’s a good chance to promote my blog, but I am just so shy. haha…

The hall slowly filled with bloggers from as far as Cebu a few minutes after I entered the hall, and at 9am the summit started with “Blogging 101″ by Micaela Rodriguez & AJ Matela

Here are the complete information about the program:

The talks of the guest speakers covered how-tos of different types of blogging and their experiences on their field like traditional text blog, microblogging (twitter, plurk), podcasting, moblog, photoblogging and vlogging. Next time I’ll be aggressive meeting fellow blogger in real world. =)

See you on the next iBlog!