THE 2008 PHILIPPINE BLOG AWARDS

Wow..it was a long blog absence.I was occupied with so many works...aside from Teaching,here comes the Board Exam-preparations which was truly a bit exhausted...promise I was drained during the exam.


On the lighter note,I directly checked the Blogosphere and everything has changed so fastly.The Philippine Blog Awards 2008 was over and I failed to attend the Awards Night held at One Esplanade last September 21.
My warm greetings and applause to the winners and of course the success of the Awards...below are the winners:

Here are the list of winners of the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards

SPECIAL AWARDS
Best Blog Design: OctTwelve
Best Plugin/Extension : Daily Top Ten
Best Free Custom Theme : Una WordPress Theme
Best Network Blogger : Juan Mandaraog
Best OFW Blogger : Samjuan
Bloggers’ Choice : Batang Yagit

BEST BLOG & POST

ARTS & CULTURE :
Blog : Gibbs Cadiz
Single Post : EJ: Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay nina Evelio Javier at Edgar Jopson - A Review of a Rocking Relevant Musical
by Jester in Exile

BUSINESS :
Blog : Pinoy Web Startup
Single Post : Ang Tibay Naman by Senor Enrique

COMMENTARY :
Blog : Creature Lover
Single Post : The Problem of R.A. 9439 by Tess Termulo

ENTERTAINMENT :
Blog : The Professional Heckler
Single Post : Manila’s Movie Theaters by Senor Enrique

FOOD & BEVERAGE :
Blog : No Special Effects
Single Post : Marketman Learns How to Make Tinapa from Scratch!!! by Market Man


FAMILY & LIVING :
Blog : The D Spot by Dine Racoma
Single Post : Me and Tia Inez by Senor Enrique


FASHION & LIFESTYLE :
Blog : Pinoy Guy Guide
Single Post : Camo Comes Out Of Hiding by Bearbrick Lover


HOBBY/RECREATION :
Blog : Comicology The Study of Awesome
Single Post : Limatik (Blood Leeches): An overview by Pinoy Mountaineer


NEWS & MEDIA :
Blog : tonyocruz.com
Single Post : Confessions of a “New Media” Heretic (or, the jester in exile throws yet another gauntlet before the MSM “priest caste”) by Jester in Exile

PERSONAL :
Blog : Atheista
Single Post : Out of school, part 1: Forks by Martin Perez

PHOTOBLOG :

Blog : Best Photo Blog: lostphotograph
Single Post : Urban Cave by Reginald Balanga


SPORTS :
Blog : The Bull Runner
Single Post : garmin vs nike a test of accuracy by Jaymie aka The Bull Runner

TECHNOLOGY :
Blog : PinoyBlogero.com
Single Post : The Making of Lakbayan (Part1& 2) by Vaes9

TRAVEL:
Blog : Ironwulf.net: En Route
Single Post : How I broke a ritual taboo in Batad by Estan Cabigas

VIDEOCAST & PODCAST:
Blog : CokskiBlue Pinoy Vlogs, Videos and Vodcasts
Single Post : Episode 28: We Love Trinoma! (A Video Spoof) by AJ Matela, Joe Datinguinoo, Kring Elenzano, Poyt Salazar and Coy Caballes
(Source: 2008 PBA )

Among the winners,were my Friend whom I just met through blogging: Ferdz of Ironwulf.et and Coy of CokskiBlue.
Pictures below were taken during the PBA 2008.

(source: www.annalyn.net)


Source: www.pinoyguyguide.com)

SEPTEMBER COUNTDOWN FOR CHRISTMAS

Sorry for the long blog absence..been busy these weeks.Month of September is almost comes to an end.
Philippines has the longest Christmas celebration in the world.The celebration of the yuletide season started in the month of September because of the close word of "ber" to December.
Hearing radio stations partially playing the Christmas songs really makes me happy and worry too.I felt this urgency inside of me to save enough for the gifts but on the contrary my earnings isn't much on the excessive level.
Well,the exact date of Christmas is still way far from its due.....

LISTENING IN THE STILLNESS

Was there a point in your life when you felt so tired and were ready to give up on life? Or have you felt that you were a victim of frustration and fate seems to be unkind?
Have you felt at times in your life that you were just going around in the cycles ,nowhere to go?
In life's journey, we sometimes find ourselves in the middle of despair and lost in a barren wilderness of frustrations.Just last month,fears and anxiety had made me restless and caused my insomnia to attack me every night up to now.
As I look the fast changes of this world,worrying for the future brought so much trouble in mind as if tomorrow is the end of the world.Searching for a better future or stable job is the impossibility of the possible.
I always dreaming of getting out the country just to try my luck...since the grass is more greener on the other side.
My job doesn't give me satisfaction financially especially that I am getting on in years.As I always begging the good Lord to open the door of opportunities abroad,He answered my humble request unknowing that it wasn't really the perfect answer given by God but a sort of trials to test my patience.
A petition letter from USA had just arrived unexpectedly for a missionary call,but to my excitement everything went in vain because of the financial scarcity I had then.
Doubt questions popped out and asking the Lord so many Why's...
I was disappointed and spiritually drought that apathy started to grow in my heart.For a couple of days of refusing to talk to the Lord,I gave in and offered a peace offering for the Lord.
Just realized that God invites me to stop for a while and be still and silent before Him over my dreams of going to US.Indeed, sometimes God emptied my pockets so He can fill my hearts of love.
Now,I don't let the noise of my dreams drown the voice of God.