Buddy Gancenia: Corporate, Events, Wedding Video Producer

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysian Borneo Experience

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Buddy Gancenia.

Kota Kinabalu City is located at Sabah Malaysian Borneo. Kota Kinabalu is just like the Philippine’s Davao or Cebu City. Nothing high rise like the tourist belt of Manila, Makati and Ortigas yet it looks like a city built and established only in the past 20 years. No historical structures like Intramuros. But on our way to our hotel from the airport, I fell in love with the city hitherto.

I found the city very clean, peaceful, safe, no street children and “taong grasa” (vagrant). No trafic jam even during rush hours. People are disciplined too, and you don’t need to go to country sides to find forests – yes, rain forests are present even beside the downtown proper. Amazing.

And here is the best part. As every city has its own squatters, Kota Kinabalu has its own, too. Only that their squatters are more decent and more fortunate than the urban poor in the Philippines. But I also noticed that they don’t have Forbes Park. This means Malaysia’s gap between the rich and poor is not that extreme compared in the Philippines .

Thanks to Beatrice Peter and Alex Chan for the city tour the day after the wedding. And also to Azmie, who brought us to a local resto that offers Malaysian food at its best. We’ll not forget the special dinner too hosted by Evelyn Charlie and husband. Nightlife at CEO bar was an unforgetable experience too. When you go to KK, it’s a must to visit CEO Bar.

A local resto in the city.

With photographers husband and wife Edwin and Ellen Tuyay at the CEO bar, owned by Alex Chua.

Alex Chua and Beatrice Peter during the interview for the Same Day Edit Wedding Video.

Photos courtesy of Edwin Tuyay.

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I Love Makati Video Contest Winners

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Buddy Gancenia.

Last Friday, January 15, 2010, winners of the I Love Makati Video Contest Winners were already posted at I Love Makati.ph. I realized heading the panel of judges is not that an easy task. It was hard disqualifying several entries because of non compliance with the video contest rules especially that several of them were ranking among [...]

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Online Campus Journalism by Smart Communications Inc. (SMART)

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Buddy Gancenia.

Last December 8-10, I was in Cebu City not to cover an event but as a speaker in a workshop attended by 30 students from various colleges and universities in Cebu. The seminar and workshop entitled Online Campus Journalism was organized by Smart Communications Inc. (SMART) as part of its efforts in promoting campus journalism [...]

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Reality Wedding Video November-December 2009 Updates

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Buddy Gancenia.

November 23 – Budj and Rese.
November 29 – Froi and Yvette
December 5 – Ronald and Pamela
December 12 – Jing and Dianne
December 20 – Nino and Olga
December 26 – Jay and Aileen
December 28 – Gil and Rosing

Go to Reality Wedding Video for the full story and the videos.
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Mariwasa’s Fiber Cement Technical Training Video

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Buddy Gancenia.

Finally I’m done with the Fiber Cement Technical Training Video for Mariwasa Siam Ceramics Inc.
The instructional video was shoot with the technical experts from Thailand. The DVD is composed of 4 instructional videos featuring Elephant SmartBoard, Elephant SmartWood, Roman Tile and Shingle Roof Ayara. The video is intended for marketing and trainers’ training material.
Today, as [...]

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Event Coverage: 100 Filipino Luminaries Pre-Launching at Manila Hotel

Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by Buddy Gancenia.

100 Filipino Luminaries Coffee Table Book Pre-Launching event at Manila Hotel. November 7, 2009 A project of Arielle Agasang. Photo by Edwin Tuyay. Video by Buddy Gancenia Luminaries include Former First Lady Imelda Marcos, Ms. International Precious Lara Quigaman, Multi-Awarded Actress Glaidel Mercado, TV host Boy Abunda, Philanthropist Gina Lopez, Singer Jed Madela, [...]

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Philippine Blog Awards 2009 Video Highlights

Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by Buddy Gancenia.

My video focuses not only on the winners but also the insights of the finalists, organizers, judges and sponsors.
In this video, Janette Toral and Manuel Quezon III talks on how blogging in the Philippines grew into a very diverse and vibrant Blogging Community nowadays.
Jayvee Fernandez, Gail Villanueva Arbet Bernardo and Markku Seguerra share their experiences [...]

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WordCamp Philippines 2009

Posted on 20. Sep, 2009 by Buddy Gancenia.

WordCamp is the premier event for WordPress users and developers. WordPress is one of the leading blogging platform in the world today. WordCamp in the Philippines is the first in Southeast Asia.
Just like last year, we are the official video coverage of WordCamp Philippines. Aside from event highlight video, we will be producing how-to videos [...]

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Reality Wedding Video Update: Kamlesh and Manju Love Story

Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Buddy Gancenia.

An Indian wedding reception normally is a showcase of talents, usually dance production numbers and skits, from the family and friends while the couple will watch and will be entertained like the king and queen.
Kamlesh and Manju on the other hand had this idea to change the typical Indian wedding reception a bit by incorporating [...]

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Emerging Influential Blog for 2009

Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by Buddy Gancenia.

Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009 Writing Project
1. Writing to Exhale
2. Patay Gutom
3. The Struggling Blogger
4. Zorlone
5. Father Blogger dot Com
6. Kelvinonian Ideas
7. Tales from the Mom Side
8. Adaphobic
9. Lakwatsero
10. Let’s Go Sago!
Jan Geronimo of Writing to Exhale and Angel Cuala of Father Blogger dot Com were among the winners with heartfelt speeches.

We are [...]