After several months, the much-awaited event, the Philippine Blog Awards 2, has finally arrived! It’ll be held tomorrow night, 6 p.m., at One Esplanade, near SM Mall of Asia (see here for the map). There are no dress codes, so if you want to be pretty made up or just laid back and casual, it’s just up to you. The important thing is that you come and enjoy the event!
Unfortunately for those who weren’t able to register, registration has been closed. But if you know someone who had registered but won’t be able to come, you can ask them to give you their slot and just inform the PBA staff and volunteers. For more information, read their notice.
The following are the eligible candidates for Bloggers’ Choice Award:
- 100% Batangueno
- A.BBA: Adbentyurs ng Bikolanong Baklang Aktibista
- andrecalixtoonline “No Rocket Science”
- Ang Pansitan ni Ate Sienna
- Atheista
- Bakla Ako, May Reklamo? (I’m Gay, Got a Problem With That?)
- Battik’s Workshop
- Behind Wonderland
- Between Bites
- Bikoy.net
- Blog Ex Machina
- Blogalag
- Blogwerx
- Blue Pencil Chronicles
- Bus Ride Adventures
- Confessions of a Pinoy Blogger
- Coping Mechanisms: Lifestyles of the Bitch and Aimless
- DITZ-REVOLUTION.NET by Helga Weber | Filipina blogger and web designer
- Doctor Magnus
- Dogs Are Us!
- Dream Big [Icepink10]
- Everybody else is doing it, so why can’t I?
- Exploits of a City Dweller
- Filipino Web and Graphics Designer
- Following the Yellow Brick Road
- fritzified.com
- fruityoaty
- FunnySexy
- Ginger Brew
- Guhit Galaw
- Gunita sa Lupalop ng Pagtunganga
- i am bulitas, therefore i blog
- I am Super!
- Indistinguishable Gibberish
- Intiendes
- Is my life~! 期待åå…«å²çš„天空
- It’s all about the Homesick Pinay
- It’s True! It’s True!
- Just Another Game
- Just Typing Out Loud
- Kape’t Yosi
- kianah.com
- Kwentong Barbero .Com: See the World Thru My Eyes
- La Bigueña
- Learn Lessons with SELaplana
- Life with Ria
- Life’s Existence
- Mandaya Moore-Orlis (Ang Bayot sa Bukid - May Hyphen na Ngayon
- Manilenya
- Maruism
- McBilly dot com
- melissa marasigan official blog site
- MEMOIRS OF KLITORIKA
- mico santos’s Joie De Vivre
- Misterhubs
- My Boring Life… Now A Blog!
- My Charmed Life
- newivory
- not your word press blog
- Okasaneko Chronicles
- pamatay homesick
- Past Lives
- Pinoy Potter’s Chronicles
- PINOYWORLD
- Prodinterios
- Putak
- Random Detoxification
- Rants and Raves
- Rising Internet Star
- Rowjielogy
- s i m o n o n g
- scare reyes’ yufielbi 10
- Sinjin’s House
- Sino si osyr?
- Sui Generis
- Super Dok
- Suzaku Lace
- Sweet Serenity
- Tanggera: Alcohol, Art, Love and Everything Else Intoxicating
- Tennis and Conversation
- The Ambivalence Of It All
- The Chicken Mafia
- The D Spot
- the diary of a supergirl wannabe!
- The Diary of Joni & Anya: The Melbourne Affair
- The Journal of the Jester-in-Exile
- the marocharim experiment
- The Whereabouts
- The Written World
- TheHeLLYouCare
- Tingog.com
- VAKS and the CITY
- Webslave’s portal
- Webster Twelb Writes
- your royal rockness
- zdiaz.com - Money management, make cash online, SEO, business, law, faith, & our day to day adventures
Here’s a list of the finalists for some of the categories:
Best Food and Beverage Blog
Best Family and Living Blog
Best Business/Entrepreneur Blog
Best Hobby/Recreation Blog
- Brown Rice
- Comicology
- Pinoy Mountaineer
- Life on Pinky Street
- Bear Brick Love
- Bibliophile Stalker
- The World Thru Postcards
- DotAStrategy Blog
- Sped Life Cebu
- Stylemo
Best Technology Blog
- Tech Source From Bohol
- Technograph
- Captain’s Log
- Unlock For Us
- Seed Interactive Multimedia and Animation
- Orangeinks
- Tech At Hand Dot Net
- PinoyBlogero.com
Best Sports Blog
- Big Lakers Fan
- Bleachers’ Brew
- HooPh - Philippine Hoops Blog
- Lakers Today
- Sports and Tech sa Pilipinas
- The Bull Runner
- Victorious One
Best Videocast/Podcast Blog
- Brink Notes Podcast
- CokskiBlue - Pinoy Vlogs, Videos and Vodcasts
- Eksena Manila - Tamang Trip!
- Funny is the New Sexy
- GuitarTutee
- Komikero Video Channel
- The Dan & Rye Show
- The McVie Show, Season Seven
Best Entertainment Blog
- Chikadora
- City Boy Sedricke
- Da Couch Tomato
- E-musicality
- Music Picks
- Philippine Star Supreme
- Sari-Saring Sineng Pinoy
- Screensucked
- The Professional Heckler
Best Travel Blog
- Adventures of the Coconuter
- biyahengpinoy
- BYAHILO: Ito ang Blog ko!
- Explore Iloilo
- Ironwulf.net: En Route
- Ivan About Town
- Just Wandering
- lagal[og]
- Lakwatsero
- Paraiso Philippines Tourism and Travel Guide
- Philippine Travel Blog
- Trippin’ with Noelle De Guzman
- Visit Sagada
- Walk This Way!
Best Culture & Arts Blog
Best Commentary Blog
- A Tribute To An Angel
- Atheista
- Creature Lover
- ederic@cyberspace
- Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person
- In Defense of the Real CFC
- Mongster’s Nest
- New Philippine Revolution
- Pagod Ka Na Bang Maging Si Juan?
- Pinoy Bochong
- Splice and Dice
- Standpoint
- The Journal of The Jester-in-Exile
- The Pelican Spectator
Best Photo Blog
Best Fashion & Lifestyle Blog
Best News & Media Blog
Best Free Custom Theme
- Blue Block Theme
- Flower Border
- Mag on Wood
- Rebel Magazine
- Stargaze Wordpress Theme
- Una Wordpress Theme
Best Plugin/Extension
Best Blog Design
- Accidental Rebel
- Blog of a Freelance Web Designer
- Dodski
- Noel Perlas - Perlas Design Studio
- OctTwelve
- Pinoy Teens Online
- Redberger
- Stellify
- Strawberry Colada
- Stylemo
- Tonet’s Daily
- Well Whatever
Oh, and by the way, my game blog, Gaming Froshie is included in the list of finalists for Level Up!’s Gaming Blog Award. Hehe.
Finalists for Level Up!’s Gaming Blog Award
- Gaming Froshie
- Just Perfect
- Mutual Liquid Nirvana 2.5 Special Ballers Edition
- Kendingkamias.com
- Calime’s Perfect World
- Testing The Water
- Ragnarok World
- Master Diwa
Other lists of finalists are yet to be announced. So, I guess we’ll just know tomorrow who would be taking home the PBA trophies! I heard the trophy’s got a new design.
See you tomorrow!
UPDATE! UPDATE! Here are some of the newly-released list of finalists!
Best Network Blog Finalists
Best OFW Blog
Best Personal Blog FINALISTS!
- Ang Pansitan ni Ate Sienna
- Bakla Ako, May Reklamo? (I’m Gay, Got a Problem With That?)
- Bikoy.net
- DITZ-REVOLUTION.NET
- fritzified.com
- Kwentong Barbero .Com: See the World Thru My Eyes
- Misterhubs
- Rising Internet Star
- Atheista
- FunnySexy
Best Single Blog Post (with categories the same as Best Blog)
- Personal: Out of School, Part 1: Forks
- Personal: I Love You, Daddy
- Personal: Is It Time to Write A Book or Not?
- Personal: Kuya’s Unsent Letter to Bunso
- Personal: For thy short-time bliss
- Personal: Abad,anong pangalan mo?
- Personal: Unsent Letter
- Personal: Here’s to You, Jude Cross (the idiot formerly known as Judas dela Cruz)
- Personal: Reflective: To Affirm What I Hold Dearest In My Existence
- Personal: Tsunami Alert
- Commentary: The Problem of R.A. 9439
- Commentary: Chaos as Usual
- Commentary: I am a Filipino! Who am I?
- Commentary: Lakbayan and the Enigma of Filipino Nationalism
- Commentary: Where’s the Beef?
- Commentary: Point of No Return
- Commentary: Ito ang Pilipinas ngayon
- Commentary: Callous
- Commentary: Absence
- Commentary: The Philippines and the Filipinos I Want To See…
- Arts&Culture: World’s Architectural Wonders
- Arts&Culture: Jose Antonio Vargas is the 6th Pinoy to Win the Pulitzer Prize
- Arts&Culture: EJ: Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay nina Evelio Javier at EdgarJopson–A Review of a Rocking Relevant Musical
- Arts&Culture: Blog Action Day: Preserving Our Mother Nature
- Arts&Culture: Coelho as One of Us
- Arts&Culture: “Before I could find [him], I must first find myself.”
- Arts&Culture: SexyMom Rubbing Elbs with Technorati and the Best of Literati
- Business: Good Business Ventures and Opportunities
- Business: Ang Tibay Naman
- Business: Make more money offline using money earned online
- Business: TheRoad to Financial Freedom
- Business: Dead of Alive
- Business: 3 Test of Success
- Business: The LCD TV that blogging bought
- Entertainment: Manila’s Movie Theaters
- Entertainment: CHICKEN CROSSING(VERSION2008)
- Entertainment: Gwapo, Defined. Daw. (No,Really?)
- Entertainment: WhenIlookattheStars: A Switchfoot Night
- Entertainment: What is your most unforgettable experience?
- Entertainment: My ABS-CBN Wowowee Audition
- Entertainment: Angel Locsin: Newest Kapamilya?
- Entertainment: U2 Concert in Manila:How Much is it Worth?
- Entertainment: Five Rings, 60 kilograms and a Ton of Movies
- Entertainment: Racial Sensitivity
- Food: Marketman Learns How to Make Tinapa from Scratch!!!
- Food: Fish on Earth: The Jester-in-Exile’s Lenten Weekend Dinner
- Food: As The Jester-in-Exile, I Have Many Hats…(or, Are Ya Impressed Yet?)
- Food: Domesticated: The Jester-in-Exile’s Lazy Sunday Dinner
- Food: Marketman’s Gingerbread House Recipe - Happy 1st Birthday David!!!
- Food: Oliver Castro
- Food: pinoy-bento-lasang-pinoy
- Food: How To make tonkatsu
- Food: Bakla And His Cabalen Experience
- Food: No Frills Leche Flan
- Sports: Vespa Spotting One Gorgeous Tricycle
- Sports: Garmin vs. Nike: A Test of Accuracy
- Sports: Why Can’t We Have Everything?
- Sports: A New Gameplan
- Sports: My Change
- Sports: Runners Community
- Sports: Running-bug
- Sports: When Your Best Days Are Behind You
- Sports: New Route
- Sports: Changes Animo Run 2007
- Hobby: Limatik (Blood Leeches): An Overview
- Hobby: Mt. Guiting-Guiting (2,058+)
- Hobby: Mt. Dulang-Dulang
- Hobby: Mt.Pulag
- Hobby: Who Is Marvin Lutan Tan?
- Hobby: Girl Gamer: ReaLynne Rheadoo Aguinaldo of Pacific
- Hobby: An Interview with Jojo Uy of Flow
- Hobby: Ronald Robinson Roro Robins: Mineski Team Leader
- Hobby: Of New Bloods, Underdogs, and Champions
- Hobby: Chi in the office
- News&Media: Storm the Gates
- News&Media: Confessions of a ”NewMedia”Heretic (or,the jester-in-exile throws yet another gauntlet before the MSM” priest caste”)
- News&Media: Up and about in the Ad Congress
- News&Media: Armas nga ba ang Solusyon?
- News&Media: The New 7 Wonders of the World
- Tech: Who are You? (Who? Who? Who? Who?): A National ID System, Why Not?
- Tech: Truth about Kikik in Zamboanga
- Tech: The Myth that is called the Bandwidth Gain
- Tech: I Have Learned My Lesson on How to Earn From Linking To Other Site
- Tech: How to handle your browser
- Tech: The Great IE6 Hack
- Tech: Lakbayan
- Tech: The Making of Lakbayan (Part 2)
- PhotoBlog: Boundaries
- PhotoBlog: Bhutan Land of the Thunder Dragon
- PhotoBlog: Hope
- PhotoBlog: Iloilo and Guimaras splendor
- PhotoBlog: Night photography in Mactan
- PhotoBlog: Sunset in Manila Bay
- PhotoBlog: trnquilty
- PhotoBlog: UrbanCave
- Family&Living: Me and Tia Inez
- Family&Living: Umalis na ang mga Bata
- Family&Living: 12 Practical Experiences for Teens as Preparation for a Successful Life
- Family&Living: Bullies
- Family&Living: Role Reversal (Or How a 5 yo Dishes Out Advice on Separation Anxiety
- Family&Living: Study Habits
- Family&Living: My Real Feeling Towards Carlo
- Fashion: No We Haven’t MET
- Fashion: Camo Comes Out Of Hiding
- Travel: How I broke a ritual taboo in Batad
- Travel: Adopting a seaturtle at the Pawikan Conservation Center
- Travel: An old letter from Tuguegarao
- Video/podcast: Why Kids Need Heroes
- Video/podcast: I’m Yours
- Video/podcast: Pinoy Idol Podcast Episode 2
- Video/podcast: Paglipas
- Video/podcast: Generations
- Video/podcast: We Love Trinoma! (A Video Spoof)
- Video/podcast: CokskiBlue Meets HappySlip!
The Finalists for Nokia’s Kaleidoscope of Connections Award is also up already!
Now with the long, long list of superb Filipino blogs, the Philippine Blog Awards ‘08 judges will really have a tough task of choosing who rightfully represents the Philippine blogosphere.
More to come later! And surely, there are many bloggers who’ll do live update at the event.
See ya!












September 21st, 2008 at 2:37
Ne bu ?imdi ?
September 21st, 2008 at 14:42
Thanks for putting up the links. It is only in this blog I have learned that 2 my post are nominated for Best Single Blog post
September 22nd, 2008 at 22:01
to Dexter:
Didn’t you receive an email or a backlink? Oh well, at least now you know. Sayang you weren’t able to attend. Sana next year you’d be able to come
September 25th, 2008 at 10:31
This is the first time I knew that there’s such an award going on. Hopefully, next year I would see some of mine on the list.