tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318911776879800832012-01-26T16:22:50.514+08:00This blog, my very first actually... created in the early morning hours of 21 February 2007. Launched in commemoration of the 1st "monthsary" of Asia Source II's formal opening last 22 January 2007.FOSSyFrancisnoreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31891177687980083.post-61902149590410453382011-03-27T01:26:00.000+08:002011-03-27T01:26:40.246+08:00

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Video clips by FOSSyFrancis and Myra. Composite by FOSSyFrancis.It was a night of food, songs, fun and laughter. After meeting up for a pasta-filled dinner at Avenetto (loved that pesto pasta, really!) in the new Ayala Trinoma in Quezon City, we decided to explore the interiors and floors of the new mall and landed straight at Timezone, a game center/fun house at the top floor.It was almost 11:

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Today marks the 31st birthday of my (and of many) dearest friend Yolynne Medina!What else can I say? Yolynne is a personification of strength, faith and resolve who truly deserves the best of everything in life. No matter what, her unwavering faith and selflessness will surely be rewarded in God's will.Let me share this:"Happiness is a very subjective factor in one's life. Being happy doesn't

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Photos courtesy of Sam Hui and Al Rodriguez. Collage by FOSSyFrancis.AsiaSource 2 people have been going places and popping out and meeting up around the world since Sukabumi, Indonesia. After meeting some of them in the Philippines, now we find ourselves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The OSHCA 2007 Conference held last 8 to11 May 2007 brought in over 100 delegates from different parts of the world

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Finally, it's here! Thanks so much to Elanto for sending this long-awaited video clip of Track 4's final presentantion. And to Olivia for bringing it to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during the OSHCA 2007 Conference. Terima kasih!Directed by the creative genius Sam Hui, camera by Elanto and starring the dynamic actors/actresses of Track 4. The video says it all. Ladies and gentlemen, Track 4 in its

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Photos courtesy of Pretchie Obja-an. Collage by FOSSyFrancis. Headed by Track 4 Facilitator Bobby Soriano, AS2-Pilipinas hosted a dinner for SAHANA's Mifan Careem and Ravindra da Silva with lovely wife Mathisha. It was an eat-all-you-can evening last 25 April 2007 in all-Filipino Cabalen Restaurant in Metro Manila's central business district of Makati City.The group includes Trixie, Cheekay,

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As usual, I was up till the wee hours of the morning in preparation for an IOSN booth display for a local Rotary District Convention on March 23 to 24, 2007. In addition to an IOSN showcase, Bobby and I have planned for a SAHANA multimedia display and an Ubuntu demonstration.Part of the preparation is for me to make ID pins that we will wear during the event. As shown above, the pin at the left

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Scanned magazine article courtesy of Oni Budipramono.Collage and additional details by FOSSyFrancis. The press have been always a critical component in the information dissemination about events, places, and people.A handful of the Asia Source II participants have written in our mailing list that articles about the event have been published in magazines and newspapers in their respective

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Photos courtesy of Cheekay CincoAsia Source II has unpacked itself with so many interesting surprises. One of these is the Bazaar on the 3rd day of the camp. Each of the huts have their own unique "services". One hut have country souvenirs and free massages while another have teas and cigarettes. One hut that attracted a horde of onlookers and seekers was the one with palm reading sessions.A rush

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Among the notable personalities in the FOSS community who have visited the country recently was Bulgarian e-Rider, Vladimir Ognyanov Petkov aka Kaladan. He is the FOSS projects manager of InterSpace Media Art Center in Bulgaria.He was invited to Manila to speak on "Using FOSS on Governance: Experiences Abroad" during the 1st Philippine Conference on Free and Open Source Software in eGovernance

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Photos courtesy of Yolynne Medina and Dom CimafrancaShown above are AS2-Pilipinas Francis, Bobby, Yolynne, Myra, Joanna, Jerome, Dianne, and Alvin with Ubuntu-PH, IPD, Joomla and a lot more of FOSS people! Ela, Magie, Bangge, Nelia, Latreia, Pretchie, Joyce, Cheekay, Trixie and Marvin were with us in spirit. Thanks to Dom Cimafranca and Yolynne for the pics. You saved the day, my Friends!Last

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Asia Source II has brought in a lot of people from different countries and it seemed it has brought in with it some other else. Hmmm....A picture of one of Track 4's presentation taken by me was included in the Camp CD and was left unnoticed with some "artifact" until Muno took note of it on the last day of the camp. It did quite made a stir."A ghost!", the participants exclaimed. The idea of a "

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A hiking trip to the Tangkubanparahu Volcano was one of the 4 outings yearned for by Asia Source II participants. More than half of the camp population joined the group and made its more than 4-hour trip to Bandung, Indonesia aboard two busesOur bus was noise-filled with the usual pranks that each of us played on the others. Marvin and I were funny victims and so was a sleeping Fouad who got a "

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Frog lunch photos courtesy of Y.B. Agusnugroho.Do you know that the largest supplier of frog legs to Europe is Indonesia? And I have eaten some of them. In Indonesia, where else?That fateful day was during one rainy lunch when Agus with wife Ticky and daughter Karen brought me to Mangga Dua for shopping. Agus promised me a surprise and a surprise I did get! I had my very first taste of frog legs

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It has been quite some time when I last saw a chicken perched atop a tree to roost. That's why when I saw this chicken balanced precariously on a wire like a bird, I cannot stop myself taking its picture.I would say the same with life in the camp. I went to Asia Source II with not much expectations, that is, thinking it would be another of those training seminars I have attended in the past. Oh,

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Asia Source II brought with it so many memories. People and places, sounds and sights, and a lot more.I am very happy to have received from some AS2 participants an assortment of souvenirs from their countries - a batik shirt, a wooden jewelry box, a rubber wristband, a bamboo flute, coins, green maps and stamps. Of course, the rose.Each one has its own unique story behind it.Though they came in

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Events bring people together... familiar... closer. But events end and we say goodbye and go home. Nope, we rather say, "see you again soon." Going back to events, they come in myriad forms - conferences and fora, musicals and dances, trainings and yes, camps. I can and will never forget one camp - Asia Source II.Asia Source II is a camp of love and freedom. People came from different nations -

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The Imelda Marcos* Shoe Collection:Asia Source II Style*Historical trivia: Imelda Marcos is the former Philippine First Lady who is well-known for her extensive and extravagant shoe collection, which were discovered in the presidential palace when the family was forced into exile duirng the 1986 People Power (EDSA) Revolution. This "bloodless" revolution installed the country's first woman

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The FOSS-Empowered PINOY GroupShown in this wacky shot are (from left, front row); Cheekay Cinco, Nelia Victolero, Bangge Lopez, Dianne Gonzales, Ela Bona, Joanna Mariazeta, Latreia Estabillo, Evelyn Villaflor, Yolynne Medina, Magie Antonio. Second row, from left: Pretchie Obja-an, Myra Siazon, Dr. Francis Sarmiento II, Bobby Soriano, Marvin Pascual, Joyce Sulit, Dirk Slater??? Hey, Fabulous!!!,

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Photo courtesy of ICTWatch.My ASIA SOURCE II FamilyYawitra Asri, Sukabumi, Indonesia22 to 30 January 2007It's almost a month now that ASIA SOURCE II has opened its doors to more than a hundred eager participants. ASIA SOURCE II truly changed my life. The event was the Gift. The participants, facilitators, organizers, and the volunteers - the Keys who have opened the doors of learning, sharing,

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