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Royal Taal Inn, Tagaytay

April 13th, 2007

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During Sunday, I normally use it for rest (or being lazy hehe) at home on mornings, have lunch with the family if not dinner, then go to church in the afternoon, attend much awaited Leadership group meeting then back to base.

But this afternoon, my brother calls asking if we would like to go to Tagaytay and escape the humid Manila, I gave a resounding YES!

In 30 minutes my brother with his wife, son and nanny arrived and pick me up. I was expecting a bit of traffic but the roads were clear, awesome. We were in Tagaytay in about an hour. We came at the invitation of their friend, Grace who owns Royal Taal Inn.

Royal Taal Inn is a very nice cozy, quiet place overlooking the Taal Lake and Volcano. From the Rotonda, you just turn left, go pass People’s Park, and the Development Academy of the Philippines. It is on the right side, going towards Tagaytay Highlands which is 5 minutes away.

It is probably the lowest priced place that is overlooking. It is clean, people are very hospitable, and the rooms are nice.

The feel is very relaxing, I enjoyed the view from our room, the greeneries, the lake and the very cool climate, especially the time spent with my family and new found friends.

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April 11th, 2007

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Have you registered to theÂ 3rd Philippine Blogging Summit?Â Then what are you waiting for, grab your chance to knowÂ what blogging champs do as they gather in this summit and share thoughts, ideas and surefire effective tips. Check out what’s going to happen below.

iBlog3 Program

April 13, 2007

Morning: Newbies track

9:00-9:15 Opening (National Anthem, Prayer)
9:15 – 9:30 Keynote and Welcome Remarks (Atty. JJ Disini, UP-ISP)

9:30-10:00 Blogging for Newbies (Chris Haravata)
10:00 – 10:20 Doâ€™s and Donâ€™ts of Personal Blogging (Lauren Dado)

10-20 – 10:50 Break

10:50 – 11: 15 Personal Blogging Success Story (Noemi Lardizabal Dado)
11:15 – 11:35 Unlocking your creative blogging potential (Marcelle Fabie)
11:35 – 12:00 What every business person should know about blogging (Arelle Valla)

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:20 – 1:40 Building Communities: One Blog at a time. The E-Games Experience (Jaime Enrique Y. Gonzalez, CEO, IPVG)

Art & Literary Track
1:40 – 2:10 Blogging as alternative publishing for comic book creators (Jonas Diego)
2:10 -2:30 Literary Blogging Experience, Observations, and Trends (Dean Alfar)

2:30 – 3:00 Break

Legal Track
3:00 – 3:30 Blogging and Freedom of Expression in ASEAN (Roby Alampay, SEAPA)
3:30 – 4:00 Bloggers Code of Ethics (Emerson Banez)
4:00 – 4:30 Blogging and Copyright Law (Atty. Jaime Soriano)

4:30 – 6:00 Raffle, Networking

April 14, 2007

Blogging for Newbies
9:00 – 9:20 Abraham Olandres: Blogging Success Story (Philippinesâ€™ Most Read Blogger)
9:20 – 9:40 Photoblogging Success Story (Anton Diaz)
9:40 – 10:00 Philippine Politics and the Blogosphere (Manuel L. Quezon III)

10:00 to 10:30 Break

Blogging Trends Track
10:30 to 10:50 Podcasting/Videocasting Growth Trends (Wilson Chua of eRadioPortal.)
10:50 to 11:10 Blogging / Web Marketing Trends (Aileen Apolo of Google.)
11:10 to 11:30 The New Prosumer (Norman Agatep of Euro 4D.)

11:30 to 12:00 Panel Discussion (Moderated by Janette Toral)

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 to 1:15 Sponsor Talk by Globe

Blogging and Journalism Track
1:15 – 1:40 Blogging and Investigative Journalism (Alecks Pabico of PCIJ)
1:40 – 2:00 Blogging as Mainstream Media (Angelo Racoma of the Blog Herald)
2:00 – 2:20 TV Journalism and Blogging (Malou Mangahas of GMA Network)
2:20- 240 Panel Discussion (Moderated by Rachel Khan)

2:40 – 3:00 Break

Professional Blogging Track

3:00 – 3:30 Blogging for advancing oneâ€™s career (Marc Hil Macalua)
3:30 – 4:00 Professional blogging (Jayvee Fernandez)
4:00 – 4:30 Increasing blog popularity (Gail Dela Cruz – Villanueva)

4:30 – 5:00 Raffle, group picture, networking

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Chasing a Shark

April 2nd, 2007

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underwaterOriginally uploaded by arellevalla.com.

Only if its in Undewateworld, Sentosa, Singapore hehe! The effect of glass from the cameras angle makes this really huge shark look smaller than it is.

Sentosa is a great place and really a “must visit” when in Singapore, entrance to see and even touch (the less dangerous!) a variety of Sea Creatures in the Underwaterworld is about Sing$20 (P600), with a Free Dolphin Show at 5 minutes bus ride away Lagoon, where you will see Ying, Yang and Splash impress you with their smooth moves.

Maybe this Shark knows the diver, because he didn’t bite him when he went down to feed him .