I got a 1.0 in U.P.!

During the iBlog 3 sessions in the afternoon, while were having a quick snack in the lobby when a young kid approached me and introduced himself as a UP student.

Grade A

He explained that he sent me several email questions before for a thesis paper he’s doing about internet marketing and online advertising. The clincher was that he got a 1.0 for it! Wow, I felt that I’m sharing that 1.0 mark with him. And to think that I used to be just a C student back in Ateneo, getting that 1.0 in UP Diliman was joyous first for me. That there made my day. :)

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

15 Comments

Blogie says:

18 years ago

It’s always very rewarding to be part of someone’s success, especially when they appear out of the blue to thank you. :)
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Shutter Box PHilippines says:

18 years ago

Wow! Congrats pre! ;-)

It is always good to pay it forward ;-)
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Jeff says:

18 years ago

I was right behind when this kid was telling you about the whole shebang; he was actually stalking trying to approach you for like 5 mins before he finally did, and he looked like some scared kid throughout your conversation. you scared him abe! :lol:
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JC John SESE Cuneta says:

18 years ago

Gratz!! It feels good ain’t it? I know how you feel.. in my case, I stopped during my 1st yr college, always uplifting when I hear today’s students graduates because I helped them.

Helping other people instead of pulling them down is indeed Godly. :D Enjoy it!
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AJ says:

18 years ago

hehe.

may pangyabang ka na naman yuga!

galing galing mo talaga!
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Noemi says:

18 years ago

Yesterday, I also heard Marcelle say how Connie, sassylawyer helped me get a good grade for his thesis. Isn’t that a wonderful feeling?
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mr nice ash says:

18 years ago

you must be honored…
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Zimm says:

18 years ago

Galing, Bay Yuga!

Reflection: If you define ProBlogger as someone who earns money from blogging (from ARacoma’s talk at iBlog3), then I am now a ProBlogger. By merely putting my blog address in my email signatures, friends and work colleagues got interest in blogging and some pays me 5-digit fee just to set-up their blogs (and that’s simply what you learn from “blogging for newbies” e.g. opening up a blogger/wordpress account and selecting themes). Yet, I barely understand how RSS works and still doesn’t know what a widget is… being Medical Demography as my background. Now, how would you call me? A Problogger Newbie?

Request: I work for the UN and I have no enough time for blogging. Requests from friends are flowing in… and I need blog assistants. Can you start a directory of available Blogging Assistants?

Zimm, the Pidjanga.
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Ade says:

18 years ago

And I referred that kid to you. Seriously. So I can, like, bask in your glory.
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Ronin says:

18 years ago

Hello! I’m the young kid that approached you. It was a paper for Kom 1 (though I think what I did was like a thesis) on blogging as an online propaganda and I did mention internet marketing and online advertising in that paper. Got a 1.0 for it and helped my grade for that subject go up.

Thanks a lot! (^^,)
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