December 10, 2010 - I finally landed in the Tuna Capital of the Philippines, General Santos City. After a 3-hour non-stop bus trip from Davao, we stopped at Robinson's Mall where we met the lead convenor of Blogfest Sox 2010, Mr. Avel Manansala aka Bariles. Together with the SOX Bloggers, we headed to Dolores Hotel, the official home of the speakers for Blogfest Sox 2010.

After refreshing, we left our bags and went uptown to have our sumptuous dinner at Red Trellis Seafood Garden at Tiongson Extension. We had an authentic Paella, Black Rice and crabs which very similar to Zamboanga's Alavar crabs. The food was just heaven! *angels singing here* Then, we had a nice dessert at Little Dubai Kebab's Grill where we also had fun playing Jenga! It's a nice place where you can chill with your friends while enjoying some Kebab.

And finally, we headed to East Asia Royale Hotel where the Sox Bloggers prepared the venue for the next day's event while we were also preparing our presentation in a resto. It's almost 2PM and had our final food trip at Ilo-ilo Native Chicken Arroz Caldo. We went back to Dolores Hotel to finally call it a day.

On friday, i will be going out of town to attend my 2nd blogging event after the Mindanao Bloggers Summit. Blogfest S0ccsksargen 2010 will happen on December 11, 2010 at Grand Ballroom of East Asia Royale Hotel, National Highway, General Santos City from 7:30am to 6:00pm. It is organized by the Mindanao's Funnest Blogging Community, the Soccsksargen Bloggers, led by Bariles of GenSantos.com. Blogfest Sox will be attended by more or less 100 bloggers all over Mindanao to learn from Philippine's most influential internet personalities. There will be 13 speakers and some of them are:

Google Philippines’ Aileen Apolo-de Jesus, Presidential Communications Operations Office Manager Jay Jaboneta, UP Diliman Department of Journalism Professor Danilo Arao, Davao Bloggers President Ria Abella Jose, Soccsksargen Tourism Advocate Michelle Lopez-Solon, Digital Filipino’s Janette Toral, Zamboanga Multi-media Guru Ryann Elumba, Web Presence Strategist Fil-Am Dale Palileo, and Internet Security Expert Bobby Soriano all willing and eager to increase your passion for the much vaunted New Media!

The speakers will be talking about various topics that will surely update and educate us bloggers. Some of my favorite topics are "Exposing Local Gems in New Media", "SEO and Traffic Generation Tips and Tricks", "Monetizing Your Blog", "New Media's Role in Business", and "Spicing up Blogs with Animation and Video" which will be given by the head of Seed Interactive, Mr. Ryann Elumba. To view the full schedule, click here.

I'm really excited to be part of this big event that will really help me become a better blogger. During the Mindanao Blogger's i was very busy as part of the organizing committee. Now, as the participant, I will really have more fun listening to the speakers and getting to know the other bloggers from different parts of Mindanao. It is also my first time to visit GenSan so im very excited to see the Tuna Capital at its best.

God Bless the Sox Bloggers and hoping to have a safe trip to the participants who will be travelling to GenSan. For more info about the Blogfest Sox 2010, visit their website here.