The very first Cebu Blog Camp 2010 will be on May 22, 2010 at the CAP Theater in Cebu City. As part of the organizing team, I wish all the success in this event. I haven’t been doing much of the assigned tasks (or tasks weren’t assigned much on me) since I was extremely busy, but on the day itself, I’ll try my best to help make the event really successful.

I’m excited to meet many bloggers from all around Philippines like I have done when I went to attend the iBlog Summit last year (2009). I hope it would give me an even greater satisfaction.

Cebu Blog Camp 2010 would not be possible if not because of our sponsors and supporters.

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This was part of a chemistry experiment at the exhibition on National Chemistry Day, Albany NY on the 21st of October 2007. Photo credit: tibbits2007 (Flickr)

I know how hard it is to be a student. And I also know how hard it is to take Chemistry and (most especially) Physics. Back in my student life time (when I was taking those subjects), the Internet wasn’t much of praiseworthy as it is now. We had to rely on books for reference and for practice. Today, the kids must be lucky. The Internet is one big think-box to scour the answers to problems.

Fortunately, students can now find the answers to their Chemistry or Physics problems with a single click. Online tutoring, as it is fondly called, means convenience and reliability to students. No matter how hard the Chemistry problems or Physics nightmares their teachers put on their back, know that an online community of problem solvers await… online.

One of the well known tutoring websites/communities is TutorVista. And I am pretty sure that one who is a frequent on the Internet knows about this one. I haven’t tried TutorVista, and I guess I will never have to as I’m not a student anymore. But the point is the current generation need not scratch their heads out of confusion the whole time anymore. Yes, TutorVista is where you scour for your Chemistry help and Physics help dilemmas.

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It will be my first time to participate in nationwide elections this coming Monday, May 10. Though I really have no intense feelings about the elections, I acknowledge the fact that every single vote counts. Unless of course when cheating comes in. But this post is not about that.

Talking about putting party lists into the House of Representatives, I don’t know how many party lists will be placed in the government. I heard they use some kind of formula for that, but I’m pretty sure there will be a number of party lists to be chosen from. I believe that one of the party lists we should look on and consider voting for is the Liquified Petroleum Gas Marketer’s Association party list (LPGMA). Why them? Because they advocate on maintaining reasonably priced LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) accessible to household consumers. And we, voters, are all household consumers, right?

Never a time in our economy’s state wherein LPG price never became an important issue. LPG is a prime mover in our country’s economy affecting at least 3 areas, i.e., food security, health and environment. LPG price hikes may affect lots of households and businesses. You don’t want to go back to using firewood or coconut husk in cooking food at home, right? Aside from the hassle, it has an effect on the preservation of trees. Sustained exposure to alternative cooking methods or fuels also result to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Black Lung (based on a study). People like our family who are into food business also get affected with unprecedented LPG price hikes. Everyone gets affected since everyone uses and depends on LPG. So, decide if you want a sector concerned with keeping the LPG price affordable to the masses represented in our government.

LPG-MA party-list #161 is a non-stock, non-profit, organization representing the independent players in the industry. The sectoral group is set to participate in the upcoming May 10, 2010 elections having as its special interest Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry and its allied concerns.

On a personal note, LPG-MA will be one of my top choices, but not yet the final one. I will only truly vote for a party list that is in line with my career, social status and views.

Find LPGMA 161 on Twitter. Add LPGMA 161 on Facebook.

And so I heard, two Cebuanas made it as one of the finalists to the nationwide search for the PLDT MyDSL Watchpad Crew. The search for the ten finalists of the PLDT MyDSL Watchpad Crew ended last March and the selection came from thousands of entries from all over the Philippines. The 10 finalists has just been recently unveiled to the public. These finalists are not just selected because they look good from the outside, but also because of their unique personalities, love for the internet (of course), and a passion that includes arts, sports and social awareness. Simply put, the finalists are those who really stood out from the thousands of applicants. (Why didn’t I join anyways?? )

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The telecommunications and broadcasting industry of Asia experienced quite a boom recently. Here in the Philippines, new technologies are slowly embraced by numerous sectors and companies. We have seen how mobile development and outsourcing became an important player in the economy. New technologies such as cloud computing, 4G and FTTx, and adopt buzz-strategies like social media networking are slowly being incorporated into the mainstream development of all aspects of society. A recent study by Interactive Data Corp predicts the ICT landscape in the Philippines this year will be driven by recovery of its ICT spending – an estimated US$3.14 and $3.81 billion in total IT and telecommunication market spending respectively by end of 2010. This shows that our ICT, BPO and broadcasting state are all improving. Those from within such industries can surely affirm.

In line to this good news, two important and big events will be happening in parallel this coming June in Asia. The first one is CommunicAsia2010 / EnterpriseIT2010, the most established infocomm technology (ICT) event in Asia. This event will be participated by prestigious IT and IT-related companies/SMEs from 55 various countries/regions. Together with CommunicAsia2010 will be BroadcastAsia2010.

BroadcastAsia2010 / InteractiveDME is Asia’s leading digital multimedia and entertainment technology event. It will be on its 15th run this year. The trade exhibition will boast the latest technologies from across the globe and showcase solutions and equipment for the entire media value chain – from content creation to delivery.

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