Weekend Snapshots #6: WordCamp Philippines

Sep

2008

Weekend Snapshots #6: WordCamp Philippines

After reading a bunch of posts about the WordCamp last Saturday, I’ve decided that writing my own post might be a little redundant. If you wanna know my experience at the first WordCamp Philippines, you can read the posts written by Mae and Tina. I was with them the whole day so what happened to them was pretty much what happened to me too!

The reason I came to WordCamp was because The Matt Mullenweg‘s going to be there and the event’s all about WordPress, which is only my favorite blogging platform. Because of WordPress, I have a freelance job at E.Webscapes. I’m not gonna deny it, the money is good in the blog design industry. Thank you, Matt, for WordPress!

These three girls are witnesses to my being a pathetic fangirl last weekend. I’ve been wanting to talk to Matt the whole day of Saturday, not just for a small talk but to really converse with him about WordPress. I actually have a lot of questions for him (which I was too chicken to ask in front of everyone in the Q & A). But because there was very little chance I can approach him and because I’m actually very shy (I really am!), having ~~one~~ two photos with him and getting him to sign my WordPress for Dummies that Lisa gave me should be enough to make me all giddy! IT’S MATT MULLENWEG, GUYS!

Aside from wanting to see Matt in person, I also went to WordCamp to be with my blogger friends and to meet new people. I got to meet these awesome bloggers in person: Julie (and hubby), Ia, Jeric, Carlo, Karla, Marc, Helga (and lover), Ade, and Peter — and some familiar faces: Ganns, Normi, Romzkee (and Manny), Tina, Red, Jeff, and LA. I wish I brought my dSLR so I could have taken better pictures, but I didn’t want to have to lug it around with me the whole day.

Having said all that, evidently, I did enjoy my time at WordCamp. I do have some comments about some people there but I’ve decided to just forget about it. Let bygones be bygones! Check out the pictures below. :)

Btw, I’m so looking forward to WordPress 2.7 in November! The new features rock!

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Tina | September 8th, 2008 @ 11:01 pm #

Haha Mattsketeers. Love it. :)) Said this a lot na, but again, I’m glad to see you again! YES, MAGPAPAKITA NA KO ULIT. Wohoo. :) Sa uulitin. :)

marc | September 8th, 2008 @ 11:55 pm #

parang i saw a cute guy sa WordCamp! wearing a blue, long-sleeved shirt! I can’t remember his name, pero starts with an “M” and rhymes with “arc” eh.

haha ang galing ng blog mo joni! awesome layout job! :) will link you up!

L.A | September 9th, 2008 @ 12:04 am #

Haha ok lang yan kahit di dslr haha, waaah kainis sandali ko lang kayo naka-usap haha. Sa susunod ulet?! PBA ’08? Haha!

jireh | September 9th, 2008 @ 1:23 am #

ay jons… wala na ko katext sa imo after that event gali, yah i agree with u na! he’s indeed lovable! hahahaha :) crush ko si matt! LOL! anyways, still havent blogged about our mini-wordcamp.. medyo busy gd sa work… na update ko lng permi akon latest charity event… well, ill be blogging about it soooooon :D wish upod ta didto.. hahaha.. :) tc!

Riz | September 9th, 2008 @ 2:32 am #

omg andun si Manny?! Lol. where have i been???! Ohh yeah, i remember now, I was in bed the whole day, confined in my own virus. Ugh. Ohwell. Tell me about those “comments about some people there”. haha :)

ia | September 9th, 2008 @ 7:28 am #

Thank you very much for the pic. I can’t thank you enough. And it was really nice meeting you there! Kahit saglit lang.

And I agree, it’s easy to nitpick about stuff but when everything’s over, it just feels so good you forget about it!

mae | September 9th, 2008 @ 8:54 am #

LOL at marc’s comment! hahaha

kitakits tayo uli soon ha! :D

rowjie | September 9th, 2008 @ 9:32 am #

haha. i saw you guys there. :)

karla | September 9th, 2008 @ 9:33 am #

hello joni.
nice to see you at wordcamp :D
see you at the Phil. Blog Awards? :D

Helga | September 9th, 2008 @ 12:46 pm #

Dude, youre like the biggest Matt fangirl XD

Aurus | September 9th, 2008 @ 5:18 pm #

LOL, Joni the giddy fangirl. =D

Ade | September 9th, 2008 @ 5:54 pm #

Hey there! Nice to finally meet you!

Joni | September 9th, 2008 @ 7:06 pm #

Helga: LOLZ. Thanks for that! :P

Joni | September 9th, 2008 @ 7:08 pm #

Karla: If the other girls are coming, I’m coming! Are you a volunteer or organizer? I should probably start attending the volunteers’ meeting… hehe.

Joni | September 9th, 2008 @ 7:09 pm #

Riz: Tsismis ito!! Of course I’ll tell you. I tell you everything! ;) I hope you feel better now…

Jehzeel Laurente | September 9th, 2008 @ 7:13 pm #

teka teka teka..bat hindi tayo nagkita? waaaaaaaaaaa!

Joni | September 9th, 2008 @ 7:15 pm #

Jehzeel: Boooo. Hindi ko alam na nandun ka.. Sayang! I could have said hi to you. :(

Joni | September 9th, 2008 @ 7:17 pm #

Aurus: Sshh.. Don’t tell anyone about that. *runs and hides*

karla | September 9th, 2008 @ 10:05 pm #

@Joni,
volunteer :)
part ng documentation team hehe :D

Matt | September 10th, 2008 @ 4:10 am #

Don’t be so shy next time. :)

Jehzeel Laurente | September 10th, 2008 @ 4:27 am #

@Joni – kayo ata yung kumuha ng cakes sa box nung uwian na.. i think kayo.. hmmmmmm?!?!? hehe

Paul U | September 10th, 2008 @ 8:42 am #

Buti ka pa nakaattend. ako hindi, kung hindi pa kayo nagpost tungkol sa Wordcamp ay hindi ko malalaman ang tungkol sa even na ito eh.

mae | September 10th, 2008 @ 8:53 am #

weeeeee nagcomment na see?! (woot)

Joni | September 10th, 2008 @ 11:09 am #

Jehzeel: Wah, di nga ko nakatikim ng cupcakes eh. Hindi kami yun! Kasama ko si Mae and Tina. Hehe! sa PBA nlng tayo magkita. ;)

Joni | September 10th, 2008 @ 11:29 am #

Matt: So there will be a next time? Yay! :)

drew | September 10th, 2008 @ 1:22 pm #

Comments about some people? I’m curious about that! Shame we didn’t get to talk. :(

Joni | September 10th, 2008 @ 2:51 pm #

Drew: It’s nothing! Hey, thanks for organizing the event, btw. You guys did a great job. :)

We’ll talk… at the Philippine Blog Awards! You’re flying back here, right? :P

Joni | September 10th, 2008 @ 2:52 pm #

Ade: Nice to finally meet you too, Mr. Noisy Man! :)

liz | September 10th, 2008 @ 4:39 pm #

argh, I missed the event :( was sooo busy.
comments about some people…lolz. riiiiz! haha.

normi | September 10th, 2008 @ 6:00 pm #

ugh! i’m so regretting not going to the after party. :(

Joni | September 10th, 2008 @ 11:22 pm #

Liz: Prepare for some class A ranting from Mae and me when the g-bloggers get together again! LOLS. j/k.

Joni | September 10th, 2008 @ 11:26 pm #

Normi: You didn’t miss much. We left soon after Matt and the others arrived. Hehe

liz | September 11th, 2008 @ 7:10 am #

@Joni
hahaha g-bloggers xoxo…you know you love me ^_^

McBilly | September 11th, 2008 @ 10:13 pm #

I sooo totally hate myself for not being able to come to this event! Waaa. :(

Galing. Talagang nag enjoy kayo Joni ha. And may autograph + pics ka pa with MATT himself. Haha. Saw your pic sa Flickr. Nice. =)

Lastly, LOL @ your comment. Na speechless ka gid haw? hahaha

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