Reasons Why I Attended and Had Fun at the GESM Blogoversary Party
12 Aug
Last weekend, I went to General Santos City for the nth time to attend a party.
I’ve been up to my neck in tasks and errands lately but I found the time to travel 3 hours to attend a party. Why? Read on.
This will surprise a lot of people who have known me for years because I’m the type who is almost always absent during Christmas parties and Senior’s ball in high school with the exception of the JS Prom. I would’ve loved to ditch the prom but I know I wouldn’t get away with a no-show because attendance was required.
In college, I avoided sem-enders and year-enders. I also purposefully missed my College deparment’s farewell party.
Oh I’ve been called a lot of names before– antisocial, killjoy, and anti-fun are some of them.
What changed? Nothing, except that I found the right people to party with. This is why I took some time off from my responsibilities at home and a burgeoning online workload.
And here are more reasons why I traveled all the way to General Santos City and stayed overnight for a party.
- Orman, Orman, and more Orman. It’s Orman’s blogoversary party. I love Orman Manansala, the formidable force behind GandaEverSoMuch.com, and certainly one of Philippine blogosphere’s most likable personalities. ’Nuf said.
- The GESM part is an open party. The GESM party was open to all who laughed, lived, cried, and loved with Orman and his daily updates on life’s boon and bane. No soul was out of place during the party, even the frogs partied with us. No “I didn’t invite you here!” escaped from the host’s lips.
- Lots of good food and unlimited supply of drinks. The venue was at Le Jardin Arnevel where we enjoyed the lavish spread specially prepared by Tita Nitz. There was an unlimited supply of beer for the beer guzzlers while I, nursed a couple of Coke Zeros throughout the night.
- It was a time to be merry and be no-holds-barred wacky. Thanks to EZCapture PhotoBooth, the guests had the grandest time having their pictures taken. Too bad I forgot to try out the costumes. I would’ve been stunning in oversized sunglasses and pink wig. Hehe.
- No sore losers, only giddy winners. Orman made sure everybody went home with lots of prizes. My haul included a GESM shirt, a Maybelline goodie bag, a Red Tent Gift certificate, and a GESM coffee mug. Other attendees looked like they went shopping.
- Had a great time with blogosphere’s friendliest bunch. There were lots of old and new faces at the GESM party, all of them very warm and friendly. The SOCCSKSARGEN BLOGGERS are truly blogosphere’s friendliest bunch.
- More extras for the out-of-towners. Orman made sure us out-of-towners were taken care of throughout the weekend. There’s the marvelous lunch at Gusteau’s the day we arrived, the fabulous hotel accommodation at East Asia Royale Hotel, and the boxful of prawns he sent us home with.
Gandaeversomuch.com‘s first blogoversary party is one of the most memorable parties I’ve been to because Orman is one of my best blogging buddies, General Santos City is one of my “happy places”, and the Sox Bloggers the best bunch to party with.
Congratulations, GF!
Thanks to Lyle Santos for the images used this post.
and to think..”I didn’t invite you here” blurted from his lips! Ano na lang kaya kung ininvite ka naya no? mamatay na tayo sayaa!
ang saya talaga, doc.
Oh yea!twas a great,fun party!busog ka na may regalo ka pa!asa ka mangita ana!
Grabe ang dami mong nauwi, Lits!Buti nagkasya lahat sa tricycle.
gf… what can i say? whew! love you ever so much to the highest level forever and ever, alleluia, amen!
Like I always say, I love you more.:-)
nice post here brendel (btw, what’s ur nickname?). lingaw gyud ang party and Orman is a very good host. glad u and lyle enjoyed ur time here in gensan. uy, pwede patudlo? paano magbutang sa blog ug kanang facebook share? hehe. dili man gud ko tudluan sa akong bana uy…i need to learn/research on my own daw
tnx
Brendel ang nickname ko Liezl.:-)
Btw, I think Lyle used the Facebook Share Plugin.
SUPER INGGIT! SUPER, SUPER, SUPER INGGIT!
Next year, sama ka na talaga….
you are always our extended SOX blog family! hope to see you and lyle soon. tc brendz!mwa!
Thanks, Rose. Kitakits soon. Say hi to your lil sis for me.
and all of a sudden I miss gensan.. bummer…
Nakaka-miss talaga ang GenSan and the Sox Bloggers, Faust.
sarap ng seafoods! especially the crabs! hehe
first time here! got to this site through the wall page of the Wordcampphilippines site.
Thanks, Edcel. Glad you’re attending WordCamp Philippines 2010.
Btw, been to GenSan lately? The place rocks!