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Here are my long overdue Dinagyang photos. We had fun watching the different tribe performances. Dinagyang really is an Ilonggo pride. Tim and I will surely dagyang again next year! Viva Senor Santo Nino!

Dinagyang is the biggest religious and cultural festival in Iloilo. The Off-Price Store Iloilo is happy to announce that they will be joining the Dinagyang festivities by marking down selected items up to 30% OFF from January 22-25, 2010.

The Off-Price Store offers authentic branded merchandise at prices that would keep your gift list under budget and fashion savvy! Brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Zara, H&M, Armani Exchange, Replay, Calvin Klein, Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch and many, many more! Direct from the factory, store close outs and branded over-runs, our prices are guaranteed to be the lowest!

You can be a fan of The Off-Price Store Iloilo here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Off-Price-Store-Iloilo/171471259638

You can join the mailing list here: http://groups.google.com/group/TOPSIloilo

Store Hours
Sun – Thu: 11AM – 10PM
Fri – Sat: 11AM – 12MN

Address: Unit 5, Smallville Complex, Diversion Road, Iloilo City
Landline: 3000-567
Mobile: 0922-882-6259
Email: e@efrenefren.com
YM: TOPSIloilo@yahoo.com

First of all I’d like to say sorry to all those who have lost their loved ones because of typhoon Ondoy. If you guys want to help out and share your blessings these links here you might wanna check out. Thank you!

So…I have not blogged for almost  three weeks! I have been so busy with work, my studies and activities with the Singles for Christ and the Iloilo Bloggers that I have neglected my blog. Anyway I’m here to welcome October! Can you believe it? The days are just passing by so fast. And I’m getting chubbier too. I really need to diet diet diet and exercise! And I’m also here to recount the things that I’ve done last September.

Last September 21st, the Iloilo Bloggers met for the third time at Joey’s Pizzeria. Contrary to what I’ve heard, Joey Pizzeria’s pizzas are actually yummy! Yes yummy. Lol. We discussed about our activities for the upcoming Iloilo IT Week Celebration and some of our plans for the group. And I also met more members of the org that day. As well as Junelle’s cute babies – Hannah and Hector.

And last September 28th I attended Ms. Janette Toral’s SEO Workshop. I only know basic SEO stuff so I’m grateful for all the stuffs that Ms. JT taught us that day , err I mean night. I’ll be using the tips I’ve learned one thing at a time until I get better at SEO. It’s really useful for my line of job too. Again thank you Ms. Janette!

Then the next day, September 29th I went to Robinson’s Place to check out the lectures and exhibits of the Iloilo IT Week Celebration. The Iloilo Bloggers were also given the chance to have lunch with Ms. JT, Ms. Aileen Apollo, and Jay de Jesus. Thanks to Green Mango and Marcos for the lunch! The food was totally awesome and I’ll definitely have lunch their again. Affordable too. We went back to Robinson’s later in the afternoon to listen to Ms. JT and Ms. Aileen’s lectures. Thanks to them more students now know about blogging and Google Adsense. Hopefully our group – the Iloilo Bloggers – will have more members soon. And I’d also like to thank Nang Claire for being patient with us. Kaya ta na Nang next time ah!

So that’s it, I still have to pack for my Hinigaran trip tomorrow. Tim, Sis Mira, Bro Art and I are attending the Singles for Christ’s Western Visayas Regional Conference.

I’ll leave you with this photos. Enjoy!

Original post can be found at SkyscraperCity.  Source: The Guardian Iloilo.

The 4th Iloilo Information Technology (IT) Week on September 28-30 will highlight jobs and business prospects in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry.

This year’s theme “Facing Global Challenges through I.T.” focuses on the opportunities for employment and economic advancement brought about by the ICT sector. The three-day event will feature exhibits, lectures, competitions and jobs fair.

The Iloilo Federation for Information Technology (IFIT) in cooperation with the city and provincial governments and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-Iloilo) will spearhead the IT Week activities at Robinsons Place here.

The Iloilo IT Week is an annual event that brings together schools, business and government to celebrate the development of the ICT industry.

IFIT is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 to develop the ICT sector in Iloilo through an active collaboration of the triumvirate of academe-government-industry. It seeks to help transform Iloilo into an ICT investment destination and major ICT and IT-enabled services (ITES) hub through proactive intervention in human resource development.

Dr. Adrian Arcelo, head of IFIT research team, will present in the afternoon of September 28 the result of the Iloilo ICT Human Resource Survey conducted by IFIT and funded by the provincial government and DTI-Iloilo.

Dr. Gregg Gabison of Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology (CEDF-IT) will also present the Philippine Information Technology General Certification Exam (Phil-IT GCE). It is the first certification exam for IT graduates adopted by IFIT to ensure that they master IT upon graduation. It also serves as a benchmarking tool for schools to determine areas of improvement in their ICT curriculum.

Meanwhile, ICT lectures include:

“Taking Your Business Online” in the morning of September 29 by Ramon Lizardo, president of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society and director of Yehey.com;

“Freelance 101: Turning Passion to Profit – Blogging from Home” by Ms. Janette Toral, professional writer/blogger, search engine optimization (SEO) consultant and producer of digitalfilipino.com;

“Alternative Income Opportunities on the Internet” by Ms. Aileen Apolo, consultant for the Philippines of Google; “Green ICT for Sustainable Future: ICT Environmental Sustainable Practices” by Ms. Beau Baconguis of Greenpeace, all in the afternoon of September 29; “Packaging Yourself for Success: How to Make Great First Impressions” by ePLDT Ventus; and “Don’t English Me, I’m Panic: The Importance of English Proficiency for Work” by Ms. Zsa Zsa Bacaling, marketing communications manager of Callbox, Inc., both in the morning of September 30. (PIO)

Repost of the FaceBook Invite:

Host: Iloilo Bloggers

Type: Meetings – Club/Group Meeting

Network: Global

Price: PYO (KKB)

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009

Time: 4:00pm – 8:00pm

Location: JD Roadhouse (near San Ag)

Street: Gen Luna Street

City/Town: Iloilo, Philippines

Agenda:

More strategic planning for the org and aganda to discuss – esp. our upcoming activities.

Be there and be one of us!

Mga Sigurado nga Topiko:
- Philippine Blog Awards
- Bloggers meet-up with Luzon bloggers during IT event
- Org reg
- T-shirt printing
- ID

To those who are attending please RSVP here. You must have a FaceBook account.
Palihog hagad sang inyo mga amigo o amiga nga Iloilo Blogger man, whether official member or not – welcome gid!

Original blog post can be found at HabagatCentral.com.

Due to its success in it’s first investor’s forum in 2008, The Iloilo Economic Development Foundation, Inc. together with the city and province of Iloilo and the province of Guimaras brings you the Iloilo-Guimaras Investment Forum in our nation’s financial hub, Makati City in Metro Manila on September 04, 2009 at Hotel Intercontinental’s Ballroom.

Marketing the best and tackling the issues of socio-economic profile of Iloilo and the mango-island province of Guimaras, it has been brought to Manila as to bring Iloilo and Guimaras closer to the Ilonggos at the capital, and at the same time to the Manileños and a bigger market as well. Agri-business, tourism, ICT and all other economic prospects that would be tackled in this half-a-day forum.

Discovering the benefits, exploring the possibilities and investing in the central Philippine city of Iloilo,

For more information and reservations, please call:  +63(2)426-0093 and +63(2)436-6581 or e-mail the secretariat at: meet[at]ibahn.net.ph. Only 200 seats available, reservations are made upon first come-first serve basis.

Iloilo Bloggers (photo courtesy of Junelle)

I had an awesome weekend! And this post is so late. LOL. Last Saturday August 15th was the first meet-up of the Iloilo Bloggers. We had lunch at Fort San Pedro and discussed the future of our group. We elected a new set of officers and planned for future events and meet-ups. Congrats to Claire – our new President! The lunch and meeting was fun because everyone really had the best sense of humor. You should hear Efren and Junelle laugh! It was also great to see Marcos again and I’m glad to meet Antoine Greg in person. We are also recruiting Ronald to become a member of the group as well as some of Junnjun’s friends!

To know more about the meet-up you can go here and for pictures you can click here.

And last Sunday, Tim went home to Kabankalan so I had the chance to hang out with my best pals Monica and Amy. We had lunch and coffee. I haven’t seen Amy since we went to Guimaras in May so we had so much stuff to ‘talk’ about. LOL. Monica and I meet often so I don’t miss her. Joke lang Nix!harhar!

MJ, Nicay & Mimay

For more photos of my Sunday please check out my photoblog.

Calling all members of IloiloBloggers.com, we are having our very first meet-up this Saturday, August 15th so all members are invited to attend. We are having lunch at Fort San Pedro so please come on or before 12PM alright? Don’t worry about the tab because some members are going to take care of it but if you want to contribute you are very welcome to do so too. We will discuss the following agenda:

Meeting Agenda:

• Getting to know
• Event to put up
• Site / Group administrators
• Fund raising activities
• Mode of communication
• Suggestions for improvement

So for those who want to attend please RSVP here. You can also state your suggestions and expectations there. Hope to see more Iloilo Bloggers this Saturday!