SteemPH Meet Up Caravan - Bulacan
I have been in the Steemit platform for a long time. Aside from my friend @oppaniayu who I invited to Steemit, I haven't met other people from the community. Luckily, there was one meet up held near us. It was just about one and a half hour drive from Angat, our hometown. So we decided to attend and meet with our fellow Filipino Steemians.
We are fortunate to be part of the first SteemPH Meet Up Caravan held last February 17, 2018. Firstly, I want to thank the couple @steemitph and @dandalion who organized and hosted the event for us. This would not be possible if there are no people who pioneer and set events.
The Venue
The event was held at a restaurant named "Bahay na Tisa" which is located in San Gabriel, Malolos, Bulacan. As you can see in the photo, the place has a brick inspired design which makes me want to take many pictures. The carbonara and sandwich that was served by the restaurant tasted great (Free snack c/o the organizers 😁).
The Discussion
A SteemPh gif that I made before
As the first part of the discussion, @steemph was introduced. It was explained that it was formed initially to perform outreach programs. The @steemph core includes @bearone, @immarojas, @deveerei, @luvabi, @dreamily and @grazz. They showed the different programs that was done by the community like relief operations for typhoon victims and assistance for the war-torn Marawi in Mindanao. The @steemph community is growing so there were sub-communities that emerged like @steemph.manila, @steemph.cebu, @steemph.iligan and @steemph.davao that help in managing and promoting the platform.
My entry to an @artguildph contest
@steemnest which is also a project of @steemph was also mentioned. It aims to provide helpful information about Steemit to guide the newcomers. Another one of their initiative is @artguildph. It intends to support the artists in the Steemit platform. (I recently joined a contest hosted by @artguildph.) A new @steemph project, @steemph.curator, was also mentioned.
During the discussion
Some of the basics in Steemit like formatting, aligning and content creation was discussed. They also talked about witnesses for the Steem blockchain and how to vote for them. They mentioned the PH witnesses that are supported and support @steemph namely: @surpassinggoogle / @steemgigs, @cloh76.witness, @precise and @ausbitbank
My recent @sndbox contest entry
They also spoke about @utopian-io and @sndbox. @utopian-io serves as a portal for contributions to open source projects. I have already visited their site where you can check for different tasks like translation, design or analysis. They mentioned the requirements that @sndbox consider to tell what are good posts. @steemitph also talked about the benefits of being part of @sndbox.
At the last part, @steemitph and @dandalion talked about powering up. They spoke of how it will help us and the community since the Philippines doesn't have a large voting power. I have already done a power up before and I might consider doing it again depending on the circumstance. 😄
The Participants
Link to solo pics 📷
Me, myself & @ninjace 😎
After eating, we introduced ourselves to one another. Some spoke of how they discovered Steemit and what their content is about. While sharing our Steemit journeys, we also got to talk about motivation and reasons why some people left the platform.
As @steemitph and @dandalion said during the event, earning in Steemit is not easy and we should not always think about the money. Sometimes we also need to give more to receive more.
After the event, we went outside to take photos. I look forward to meeting these people again in the near future. (I created a gif of our group shots 😆)
Souvenir
A simple memorabilia from the meet up
I would love to attend more events like this. Meeting and talking to other people teaches us many things. It was fun meeting you guys. See you on the next meet up! 👍😁👍
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Nice one @ninjace! :) Nice to meet you and nice effort! ^_^
Nice to meet you too @rruubbiie 😄 See you ulit sa susunod haha Thanks!
Ang husay naman! Ginalingan!
Parang nag take notes ka pero wala naman akong nakitang papel na hawak mo. 😁
Kidding aside, THIS IS AWESOME! Thank you for coming, I know your hometown is really far from the venue. I appreciate you and @oppaniayu's time and effort. It was great having all of you in our first meet-up. I couldn't have asked for a better group. Red and I look forward to seeing you all again!
Nakinig naman po ako sa presentation hahaha✌️. I enjoyed our discussions and would love to attend future meet ups. See you again soon @dandalion👍
Ginalingan nga!!!! Hahahaha
it was truly nice to meet you! thanks for sharing your experiences, for sure madaming natutunan ang mga newbies. ❤ hope to see you again soon.
P.S. penge pong copy ng photos hahaha 😂
Nice meeting you too! Sana natutunan nila na keep on going lang, unlike me na nagstop ng matagal haha. I will message you sa discord once uploaded na yung iba. Di ko pa naayos ung solo pics e. Thanks! 😁 See you again soon!
More power to your community.
I'm here to support. Heres my appreciation to your service.
Thanks for the support @guruvaj 👍
Very much welcome.
Wow. Sana makapunta po ako next time whenever I have a free day. Congrats po!
P.S. Saw your layout of the small photos of the participants na parang naka-grid sila. I know this is off topic, but beginner po ako sa paglay-out ng photos well kasi usually nilalagyan ko lang sila ng center.
What code did you use to layout them in that manner?
Thank you po! :))
Regarding the pics na nakagrid, I used photoshop para pagsamahin sila sa iisang picture. Though you can also do it with code, pero dapat maliit size ng photo. Just message me on discord if you want to know more haha Thanks!
Ohh. Okay po. Sige po. I'll try to use and do that.
Thank you po! :)
CONGRATS!!!!! Happy to see you all
Salamat @kennyroy 😁
Now ko lang nakita post mo! Ang galing at ganda ng pagkakaorganize mo ha. Seee youuu again soon!! More cute pictures to come! Bet na bet ko ung gif part 😂💖 penge ako copy nung solo pic ko hahahaha
Pinagpuyatan ko yan haha 😁 I'll post the link here sa comments after matapos mag-upload. Thanks!👍See you again soon!
I missed this, was this the same to the suppose meet up in plaridel?
Yes, they changed the venue. Sama ka next time 👍
For those who attended the meet up, you can find your solo pics 📷 HERE. Kapag isa lng pic nyo jan ibig-sabihin same pose lang doon sa other shot. Sorry for the late upload. ✌️