_{Photo by Hive account@jon24jon24, well actually by his camera. Photo was taken by the service attendant from the restaurant lol.}

Hey there, good evening. Above photo was a group shot of our year-ender party in the Philippines, hosted by Hive account@steemph - most of the core was present here with just 2 people missing cause they're elsewhere. It's actually a great surprise that Hive account@immarojas was here in the Philippines, it's funny cause not even her niece knows he's already here since Friday of last week. The best part of this picture is that witness Hive account@precise is here, you can even see his arm on the far right side of the photo!

This event happened on December 3. It was another fun experience to meet Steemians in Manila, Philippines.

You can check out these people for more information about this event:

Hive account@luvabi Hive account@steemph Hive account@dreamiely Hive account@surpassinggoogle Hive account@zararina

_{Photo by Hive account@immarojas}

My Part in the Yearend Dinner?

I actually held up the white screen for the projector so it doesn't fall, just kidding. I was one of the speakers and organizers of this event as part of Hive account@steemph core. We were there even before 5pm, it's a good thing the travel was faster than expected and traffic was light.

We set up the space, I rearranged the tables so we can all fit in the room - I hated how it wasn't symmetrical at all but there's nothing else to do about it.

_{Photo from Trip Advisor}

I wanted to get the above room instead however we needed more people and we will probably pay twice the fees, this all happened before the SBD rally, if only we knew.

I also provided the projector for the event, as I've mentioned earlier I'm one of the speakers - I wasn't really told about that, haha, I only found out the same day. Well, Hive account@dreamiely also stood up in front and discussed Hive account@sndbox and she only found out she was going to be a speaker right when she was called up front. It's a good thing we're good at impromptus (well, not really - for me).

The Hive account@steemph family were introduced again in this event and we have emphasized on what we work on - celebrated our milestones in the platform and showcased what a few individuals of the same passion and heart can do.

_{Photo by Hive account@deveerei}

Say hello to the only photo I've captured with my phone during the event. It's Hive account@steemph.manila's lead Hive account@steemitph and Hive account@steemph's very own Hive account@dreamiely discussing about Hive account@sndbox in the event.

Prior to talking about Hive account@sndbox, Hive account@dreamiely also discussed what Hive account@bayanihan is about. Please do check the account to know more about the Hive account@bayanihan curation project that has been supporting the #philippines community for months now. I'm a proud member of that group as well. Together with Hive account@erangvee, Hive account@jassennessaj, Hive account@themanualbot, Hive account@juvyjabian, Hive account@immarojas, & Hive account@dreamiely - we make up the curation group of Hive account@bayanihan sponsored by Hive account@donkeypong, Hive account@hanshotfirst, Hive account@jrcornel, Hive account@acidyo, and Hive account@surpassinggoogle.

Dinner was served after they discussed what Hive account@sndbox is about - we received lots of questions too because not everyone really knows what it is, let alone the benefits of being a fellow or having a sndcastle. There were new Steemians present too and some from different groups.

After dinner, I was called to discuss about 2 things, Hive account@curie and Hive account@utopian-io. I have been a part of Hive account@curie as a curator ever since before they closed it from public - way back July. I'm a moderator at Utopian.io and an early contributor to Open Source projects as well, I even have my own project called #steemplay.

I simply discussed how Hive account@curie works and where to find the criteria and where to go to for questions about it, which would be the Hive account@curie blog, steemit.chat channel, or they can ask curators directly as well. I've noticed that the curie project has helped tons of new Steemians, especially Filipinos. It is in fact their main goal - to reward outstanding new authors in the platform.

I gave an overview of what Utopian.io is - a tour of the landing page at https://join.utopian.io and of the main page as well, sample contributions & possibilities of earning through contributing to Open Source Projects. I made use of the contributions of Hive account@steemitph which I think are truly deserving of the attention it was getting, in fact - it deserves more; his work in Utopian is worth the dollars given by all the upvoters including the @utopian.io bot. I was also teased into submission and was forced to show my own page.

Afterwards, Hive account@luvabi also explained what Hive account@steemgigs is about and how it can help people and has been helping the Filipino community as well, through it's founder Hive account@surpassinggoogle.

Certificates for the Fun Awards were designed by Hive account@bearone, Hive account@dreamiely helped print them out so we can give them to the winners. This award was accepted by me on behalf of my dad Hive account@dwightjaden. I actually wrote all the names on the certificates cause we forgot to put them in before printing them out, haha. It's a good thing I had my trusted set of pens ready in my bag.

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It was a fun event - Steemit keeps amazing me with the things it can do. I was glad I've met with all the people in attendance to the said dinner. This memory is a keepsake for me. Thanks for being a part of my Steemit journey!

I really appreciate the support of my wife Hive account@haneun in the things I do in Steemit, without her support I'm sure I'd be struggling more than needed.

Till the next post!

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Maraming Salamat!

Thank you so much!