Talking about starting the year right! :)

The day was January 2, 2011, I turned on my phone’s WiFi connected to the cloud and checked my mailbox and SURPRISE! An email with a tittle line “Congratulations 2011 Microsoft MVP!”  immediately opened my notebook to read the email in full view.  It’s true I’m not dreaming, I’m now a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Windows Expert – Consumer.

The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is an annual award given to outstanding members of Microsoft's technical communities based on contributions made during the previous 12 months to offline and online Microsoft-related technical communities.

I started as an active member of the Windows7ako, a Microsoft online community created before the public debut of then much awaited Windows 7.  I started as a participant on events, had friends in the community, met some Microsoft execs, next thing I know I’m already a facilitator and a co- organizer of events and also visiting school campuses introducing and discussing different Microsoft technologies like Widows 7, MS Office, Windows Live, etc.  Next thing happened, Mr. Jojo Ayson, a Microsoft vetearan and also an MVP, is asking me to to fill out a nomination form for MVP.  It took him sometime, I think he waited for months to submit the nomination, according to him I need more credentials to be considered.  And here it is, seems he got the right time when he submitted the nomination! :)

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jojo Ayson for the nomination, Ms. Chay Saputil and Ms. Liezl Milan for all the support, and to my friends in the community  Erwin (Kambal), Jeffrey, Dexter, Christopher and to the Almighty who’s the source of all that is good.