I was at the iBlog5 Summit
Oh yes, I was. And unlike the iBlog4 Summit last year, I was mentally present this time. I didn’t sleep. Probably because I came with friends from the Cebu Bloggers Society—it felt good to not be alone finally! We had wanted to make our presence felt, and we didn’t fail in that. The organizers noticed us and acknowledged our presence, mostly because we were in our uniform CBS shirts (well, I wasn’t, because I left mine in Cebu.) They liked our shirt!
Because I was in my home court, I served as tour guide for Agnes, X, Jorich, Bryan, and Kevin, who were all in UP for the first time. They flew all the way from Cebu! I didn’t have to because I was already in Manila starting a new job and preparing for something else. 
I took them to Mang Jimmy’s for dinner, that diner so popular among the UP population, introduced them to the Oblation and Trinoma, and helped them get settled at my dorm.
The talks were okay. I learned from the talks, although I am not sure if I would want to be there again next year. As X and Agnes would put it, I probably would be there if the topics change, or if there is a new twist in the summit. Also, there was a speaker who shocked our wits, we didn’t know where his anger came from. I felt sorry for some of them who expected more from the talks because of what they had spent and sacrificed flying to Manila. X and Agnes even had to skip their jobs for a day.
We also expected to have games and get-to-know-you schemes at the after-party at Katips bar, like at last year’s, but there was none. But we’re the CBS, we have fun just being with each other. 
People kept turning to look at us at the bar. Blame it on Vanjhn who had nothing better to do than point the camera at our faces. This is why we have hundreds of photos at the event.
iBlog5 was great overall, considering that it was free and the food was free. We are grateful to the organizers who did it all for free, for five years now. I am looking forward to maybe joining the UP Law Internet Society, the masterminds of the summit, someday.
Comments
Hello Aileen. Thank you so much for taking the time to join the summit. We could have done something more to perk up the evening and will give that a shot next year.
thank you, too, for organizing the summit! see you next year!
Kinsa ng gwapa naka stripe
LOL. ako na.
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Thanks gurl for being a good tour guide!
Congratz! Your site is up!
you’re welcome, X.