It happened September 19, 2009. That was 3 days ago. I have been super busy since then, so I guess better late than never.

Just like WordCamp last year, I had a hard time finding the right gate. However, this time I have improved! It took me two tries to find the right one, compared to three tries last year. Yahoo to that!

I have my cousin with me so I am not scared of getting lost. We had our temperature check upon entering the building. Then we went to the third floor for the registration.

I though we would win something for being early, just like last year, but there’s no price for early birds this year. Well, I’d still choose being early though, because then I have the choice of where to sit.

Upon entering the main area, we have chosen the best location we could find and then have our pictures taken. The advantage of not being alone, is having someone to take your picture without asking.

So while waiting:

* I enjoyed the free Wi-Fi.

* Picture taking with my cousin.

* Picture with Blogie.

* Picture of a banner on stage.

* Eat cookies.
I wish there was free water in the area.

At last, the event started.

MC Migs
Migs gave a joke that those who have laptops who are using the power outlet would be fined with Php 50 and someone actually took her plug out. BWA HA HA HA

Head Organizer Blogie.
Blogie proudly informs everyone how solid the Mindanao Bloggers are. I hope Iloilo Bloggers would be as solid.

WordPress guy, Lebens

Here, I knew a lot of WordPress Family that are not as popular as WordPress and the equation:

WPMU != WordPress

Firefox Tshirt give-away

Marku
I learned about WP Super Cache and RSS Footer

Matt just gave a video message.
Everyone was Oooohh

Enjoying the event.
My cousin was teasing me because as a fat lover, there was a fat guy seated next to me, but he transferred in front

Danilo Arao
If I were to interview a writer, I would ask: “What is the essence of journalism?”

Seth, the Mozilla guy

OPEN WEB is IMPRESSIVE!

Lunch Time:

The SALAD was delicious! Overall, food was great. You should have seen my plate. It was wiped clean.

I won a sticker

Showing off our rubber bracelet

Jeff

WordCamp Tshirt, free give-away

Gail

Karla

Interview

Of course, I wouldn’t let the event pass, without a picture from the stars.

WordPress, Me and Mozilla

Migs and I

Since I was able to attend the WordCamp last year, I can’t help but to compare.

• I was disappointed of the WordCamp badges this year.
  • I don’t know if I have written babsy.com during my registration, as what was written on my badge but I am pretty sure my blog is supposed to be http://www.babsy.name – I checked the .com and it was like a porno site, so not good for me.
  • Mine was better than my cousin though, because mine was computerized while my cousins was handwritten, so we asked why and they informed us that they had a hard time looking for it so it might have been lost, so they just created one for her like the ones they made for walk-in registrant. Unfair, right?
  • Also when they gave us our badges, my cousins badge was without a lanyard. I informed them that we were both registered online, so they got one for her. There are others who have no lanyards as well, so somehow I was thinking that the organizers wasn’t prepared.
• Souvenirs was just in card envelope while we had it on bag last year.
• Wi-Fi connection was intermittent.
• The power socket in my area was broken during the morning, so some have no place to plug-in their laptop.

In summary, I was expecting better because this year we actually paid compared to free one last year. Yet, I have seen more flaws. I hope I could help out next year.