Matt Mullenweg with WordCamp Philippines organisers. Picture courtesy of Nina Fuentes.
Last September 6, 2008, I attended the WordCamp Philippines 2008 held in the College of St. Benilde. It was both exciting and nerve-wracking as it was a day of firsts for me.
- This is technically my first blogger event. But hey I looked at this more as a web developer event though.
- My first time to ride the LRT-1. At first I wondered why it wasn’t jampacked as I’ve been told it would be, but then I realised it was a weekend and not a regular school day.
- In relation to that, this was my first time to go to a huge event by my self. Adventure! It’s been a while since I tested my navigating abilities by my self.
- My first time at the College of St. Benilde and in a really really cold theater, thank goodness I had half the mind to bring a jacket.
I had to commute though so I wasn’t able to bring my laptop or a digital camera. But hey, no excess baggage! More room to bring home freebies. Hee.
All I can probably say about the event has already been mentioned by more than fifty blogs already, being a week late.1 And I wouldn’t want to be just an echo in the wild.
But I will say this: It has been a very unique experience for me. Time constraints aside, it would have been lovely if I were able to attend all the breakaway sessions. Not to mention that I met a wonderful couple, Nel and Roselle, with whom I spent the whole event with.
And by golly people: I saw Matt Mullenweg, Mr. Wordpress him self, in person!!! Got a picture with him too! Which will be kept under lock in key because… um… it got taken a few seconds before I was actually ready. 
Thank you to the WordCamp organisers, volunteers and sponsors for bringing the event to reality! Here’s to WordCamp Philippines 2009!
- Thank you for that, Orthomyxoviridae Influenzavirus A. /sarcasm ↩
