Places to visit: Hotel's Roller-Coaster in Cebu

My sister is nagging me to bring her and my mom to this attraction in Cebu City:

Call in the travel agency. My sister is not going to stop nagging me. She got everything planned already... err.

Drupal at the Philippine Open Source Summit in Cebu

Just so you know, I never intended to hurt any minuscule feelings at Room 102 at Cebu International Convention Center. What supposed to be a "tech-talk" turned out being an early-morning show for some of the audience. (Thanks for the warm compliments. I'm so happy that you liked it).

Moving forward with my blog... I never expected to get such wild audience participation in my entire life! From government officials, non-profit orgs, to private-owned companies.

It feels so overwhelming to know that many were convinced with the power of Drupal as a social publishing platform and as a web framework.


Here are the topics discussed (because I presented in impromptu):

• What Drupal is -- History and origin of the name
• Who uses Drupal -- Piclens presentation of top websites created in Drupal
• Where can we find Drupal users/developers around the world -- (gmap representation)
• Common Job Descriptions in the Drupal community
• What you need to setup a Drupal site under 3 minutes -- demo of Uniform Server + Drupal 6
  
• The Philippine Drupal Group

Special thanks to Keiran Lal (aka Amazon) of Acquia and Jimmy Berry (aka boombatower) for the marketing collateral and presentation templates respectively. Also, I give my acknowledgement to Steven Peck (sepeck) and Jacob Redding (jredding) for the inspiration and encouragement.

I take this a sign for more Drupal events to come (here in the Philippines of course)!

Walking on Full Business Attire in Cebu

Lola, crossing the street. I offered my help but she told me that she can manage.

I find it amusing that walking in Cebu is very different than that in Makati/Manila.

Though the roads are fast-paced, I felt an intriguingly comfortable atmosphere... giving that "oh-so-yummy" to walk all-day factor. Maybe it's the effect of being a stranger in that place. Which reminds me, locals kept on talking to me in Cebuano which I really can't comprehend at the moment, so I memorized this line as tutored by one of the friendly taxi drivers I've met: "Di ko kamao mag-Bisaya" ("I don't speak Bisaya").

Well this explains that coconut smell! Its because of the fumes coming from the San Miguel Plant.

San Miguel Plant in Cebu.

I enjoyed walking so much that I walked all the way from CICC to Ayala Malls! I'm kidding of course. I rode the jeep for PHP8.50 which is another story by the way. When you ride their "multi-cab" jeeps (not the typical Sarao jeep that are common in Manila), you should pay to the conductor before you drop-off. My tip? Don't seat near the driver! Not because he's basagulero or anything, but because the combustion engine is within that part of the multicab. Definitely that part is hot.

Yummy Cheese-burger meal I bought at McDonald's Ayala, Cebu

Over-all, the experience is all good. I would definitely recommend taking a stroll in Cebu. It's fun, it's entertaining, and it's a wonderful way to exercise ala-Cebuano.