Comments on: The 1st Philippine Blog Awards

By: frankahilario

frankahilario — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:30:04 +0000

The first thing about computers is awe. Liz, if I could visit you, I could show your father how now to be afraid of the PC. Did you know I was already 45 when I first learned to use the PC? A girl taught me the basics of WordStar. The PC then is nothing like the PC now. You probably weren’t born yet: 1985. Then I taught myself; since then I have been teaching myself, asking some questions, reading books. Blogging? Jomar had to convince me. Now blogging comes naturally.

By: liz

liz — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:10:25 +0000

Hello po! I remember letting you sign the registration form and giving you the ID…Wow, how I wish my father can blog too…ang kaso he doesn’t even know how to use the computer Hehe.

By: frankahilario

frankahilario — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:46:13 +0000

Tolerance is nothing, amounts to nothing – it must be unity, solidarity, togetherness, networking – which is the whole idea / ideal of blogging.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:20:52 +0000

For tolerance of each others belief: Dedicated to Pinoy Bloggers

By: frankahilario

frankahilario — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:32:16 +0000

You remember ^B! I loved WordStar’s ^QP (Quick, Put me back to where I was when I interrupted myself!). Yes, the old has a way of coming back to us. I’m not a programmer; I know just a little HTML; mostly I avoid HTML by writing and formatting my blogs first using Word (Word XP is fine; Word 2007 is the Big Bad Wolf; I’m using Word 2003).

I was sitting next to Abbie who was sitting next to Fr Stephen, the one who said ‘A Blogger’s Prayer’ – I was the one laughing while Fr Stephen was praying. In case you misunderstand, I’m a Roman Catholic. Sometimes I’m funny too.

By: ia

ia — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:22:03 +0000

Great post. I love the history behind the venue, even the part about CP Romulo himself.

I learned Wordstar when I was a kid, but I never “got” it back then. I didn’t understand why you had to surround text you wanted to become bold with ^B. And now I live and breathe xHTML tags when it is essentially the same concept from that old word processor. ^_^

(I have a feeling we were the ones sitting behind you during the awards night!)

By: Juan Ariel Comia

Juan Ariel Comia — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:16:52 +0000

What a great way to end the Philippines Blog Awards – a good press article to spread the news! Thanks, Frank!

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:06:25 +0000

I had a feeling you were Jomar’s dad when we talked around the coffee booth! See you po in the next blogging event!

By: ChrisH

ChrisH — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:34:17 +0000

thanks, thanks po… you are right, i have another comment to make…

By: frankahilario

frankahilario — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:43:25 +0000

People: Nice meeting you too. Looking back at it — It was great just to be there.