Octwelve - Blog of designer, MaryLuc Melgar

Entries from September 2008

Octwelve wins the Best Blog Design of the Philippine Blog Awards 2008!!

September 22nd, 2008 · 44 Comments

Woohooo! I did it guys! This is the biggest recognition Octwelve has ever had and ofcourse it’s the most special because it’s from my homeland. I really wish I was there at the event. Thing is I didn’t receive a notice earlier. If I only knew I could’ve booked just for the event. So shall [...]

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Watch the live video streaming of Philippine Blog Awards ‘08

September 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

The video streaming will start at 5:30pm of September 21, 2008, Manila time.

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Update: Finalist for Best Blog Design

September 20th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Ok guys, this is getting more exciting! I’m also a finalist for the Best Blog Design category. Too bad I can’t make it to the awards night. I really want to see the event! Luckily there will be a live stream! Yay!

Here’s a behind the scene of PBA ‘08 Video Shoot
Behind the Scenes: PBA 2008 [...]

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Octwelve is a finalist in the Philippine Blog Awards 2008! Yay! Vote for me!

September 16th, 2008 · 13 Comments

Voting for the bloggers choice award is now open! And yes, I’m late :P
Anyway, I’m really really excited about this! A few months back, one guy told me that he nominated me for this blog award. It’s like the most prestigious blog award in the Philippines. I didn’t get a confirmation email about this so [...]

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Face Your Manga Craze!

September 12th, 2008 · 9 Comments

I noticed so many people in Twitter started changing their avatar to some cartoonish icon. I asked around (well, around twitter) and found out that these are from www.faceyourmanga.com, a site which basically lets you create a cartoon version of your face.
Though I don’t plan on changing my Twitter avatar forever, I thought I’d give [...]

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Geez! Hell of a Week!

September 6th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Because accomodation in Singapore is so damn expensive, foreign workers usually share the house. In my case, I rented a room of an old psycho lady. She accused me of stealing her bloody picture and started doing funny stuff to me. It’s a totally lame accusation to kick me out. There’s one night that she [...]

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