The FIRST web design conference for students in the Philippines is finally here! As TomasinoWeb (TomWeb) and the Philippine Web Designers Organization (PWDO) bring you Junior <form> function() & .class (JFFC).

JFFC is the student counterpart of PWDO’s <form> function() & .class which is the first community-organized web design conference in Asia. The JFFC conference aims to gather students around the country who want to develop their potential in the field of web design by learning from professionals and to interact with web design enthusiasts as well.

The event will be held on February 11, 2012 at the AMV-COA Multipurpose Hall at the AMV-COA Building, University of Santo Tomas, Manila . Open to all students nationwide, regardless of academic program and year level! (Open to highschool students!)

Register now at http://tomasinoweb.org/jffc

Conference rates: Php 300 for early bird (ends January 14, 2012) Php 400 for regular registrants (ends February 4, 2012) Php 500 for late registrations and walk-ins.

Other than certificates, lots of freebies from Microsoft and Mozilla will be given away! You can also get a chance to win web hosting packages from Solidhosting.ph! Topics include HTML5/CSS3, introduction to JavaScript, web accessibility and careers in web design. Participants are highly encouraged to bring their own laptops for the workshop. Electrical outlets will be available at the venue. Like the event fanpage for more info and updates! http://facebook.com/juniorformfunctionandclass We now accept meet-up registrations! You may register through our partner orgs, DLSU AdCreate, Young Software Engineers Society and Junior Philippine Computer Society FEU-East Asia College Chapter! For Thomasians and students around the Manila university belt, you may contact Faye Tandog at 09151430896 for registrations. See you there!

I had a chance to participate in Starbucks Customer Experience Survey. Together with that, I got a FREE tall size drink plus FREE add on. In the Philippines, mystarbucksvisit-ph.com is not available (it’s broken) you can use this link instead. You can also ask your barista to up size it for you but they will charge you for few bucks. 15 Philippine Peso for Grande; 20 Philippine Peso for Venti.

Yes its back! This facebook game that only girls can share and know (I’ll spill it over now, that even boys can relate) and for us men to get confuse. Last year its the bra that went worldwide, this year its the candy craving.

Every September, we are celebrating Women Pre-Breast/Ovarian Cancer Awareness  and today will be its 20th anniversary. The foundation is committed to increase the awareness, education and hope for women who are diagnosed with such disease.

How the game works?

First, choose the month you were born, each month corresponds to a specific number of  “weeks”.

Then choose the day you were born, which corresponds to the “candy”

So you’ll write…
I’m (your birth month) weeks and I’m craving for (your birth date)!!! as your status

• January-1week
• Febuary-2 weeks
• March-3 weeks
• April-4 weeks
• May-8 weeks
• June-9 weeks
• July-10 weeks
• August-12 weeks
• September-13 weeks
• October-14 weeks
• November-16 weeks
• December-18 weeks.

Days of the month:

1-Skittles

2-Starburst

3-Kit-Kat

4-M&M’s

5-Galaxy

6-Crunchie

7-Dairy Milk

8-Lollipop

9-Peanut Butter Cups

10-Meat Balls

11-Twizzlers

12-Bubble Gum

13-Hershey’s Kisses

14-Chocolate Mints

15-Twix

16-Resse’s Fastbreak

17-Fudge,

18-Cherry Jello

19-Milkyway

20-Pickels

21-Creme Eggs

22-Skittles

23-Gummy Bears

24-Gummy Worms

25-Strawberry Pop Tarts

26-Starburst

27-Mini Eggs

28-Kit-Kat Chunky

29-Double Chocolate Chip Crunchy Cookies

30-Smarties

31-Chocolate Cake.

Night before the presentation of frontrunners, I blogged about the Globe Tatt Event that transpired in Manila Peninsula. In this post, I’ll present you the winners of the said Awards Night.

The One - “The most influential trendsetter that shaped opinion, moved people, and ultimately starting fire in Philippine internet.”

• Filipino Freethinkers

Ballbreaker - “For the opinion that launched tons of comments or retweets, from the person with so much balls to make that legendary post in the first place.”

• Lea Salonga

Stylisimo - “That one person that not only reviewed fashion but also set one that everyone followed and loved.”

• Laureen Uy

Indie Rocker - “Musical bands and indie artists who fought hard to claim their space in the hearts of the Filipino audience who knew that webtime is better than airtime.”

• Up Dharma Down

Wordslayer - “An award for a blogger whose mastery of words showed wit, humor and grit to the Philippine blogosphere.”

• Loi Reyes Landicho

Artiste - “An inspiring person whose fiery passion for creating visual art through original graphic design, animation or photography has caught fire in the Philippine online art scene.”

• Jin Joson

Tech Junkie - “Informed, in tune and in check with the latest in tech, this person do not only present us with access to the latest in trends, but also the backstage of the fast pace world of e-knowledge.”

• Mark Macanas

Thought-Mover - “A person that started fire in the Philippine Twittersphere and united people around one thought.”

• Bianca Gonzalez

Video Slinger - “One video maker (individual or group) who shook the Pinoy web space with his creations, ignited thoughts, and entertained people online.”

• Mikey Bustos

The Advocate - “A person or a group of individuals who worked to improve the state of a societal cause in the Philippines through social media.”

• Elizabeth Angsioco (i’m not sure with this, please correct me if I’m wrong)

Yey! I have successfully had my first sticker for this year’s Starbucks planner.

Every coffee junkies out including Starbucks aficionados is waiting for this 2-3 months year end promotion of Starbucks wherein junkies come to Starbucks, cup their favorite core beverage and collect 17 stickers all in to covet a copy of this Limited edition Starbucks Planner. This year, we have three colors to choose from namely: Brown, Silver, and Red. Promotions starts yesterday November 3, 2010 until January 5, 2011. Currently, I badly need to work on 16 more stickers to get my first 2011 planner.

Every year Starbucks offers different sets of Holiday Featured Beverages and this year they’ve settled giving out junkies Praline Mocha, Toffee Nut Latte, and Peppermint Mocha. Unfortunately, my holiday beverage isn’t included in the list. I vie for Dark Cherry Mocha, but anyways. What are we waiting for junkies? Come over to Starbucks and do some cupping