Thursday, November 29, 2012

Happy 1st to Us! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Happy 1st53,520 hits for the first 365 days and still counting!

Happy 1st to us!

Obviously my wish number 1 came true!  Wishes number 2, 3 and 4 are all on going.  Details will be shared on the coming posts.  Wish number 5 is definitely on and (simple) prices will be sent out!  The recipient list is done BUT! I might pick some more from this anniversary post (wink*wink*).   But again, I apologize that prices will be sent out after the holidays.

I’m not Santa so I won’t say “Ho Ho Ho!” from your chimneys. Rather you might find your (private) inbox with “Can you send me your address please? Hi hi hi…”   or another question with a “hi hi hi” (lol but seriously yes).

To all my readers, followers and fellow bloggers I am overwhelmed and lost for words.  THANK YOU SO MUCH to all you awesome people.

Cheers to more blogoversaries! and hugs to all!


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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Countdown to 1st Anniversary Part 5 (Final): Love the Guys Who Blog and THANK them!

Every lady likes a guy who dress good, smells good, opens the door for you, carries your bag,  who softly holds your back when you cross the street, and the one who has great abs… of course!

What about a guy who writes and blog? Seriously?

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I LOVE THEM!  more so that they stand by me all along my blogging way.   Here’s a pack of  “uber” lovable blogging guys!  It’s my turn to acknowledge and THANK them for being here  during the first year journey of my blog. And just like the Ladies Who Blog That I Love, I mention some of my favorite posts from their archives!  Go ahead and visit them!

 Some kind of wonderful to wonder what would be their next posts…
  • MEcoy – “What Super Power You Would Want To Have??” – quite an opening post huh!
     He’s one heaven-sent fellow blogger.  So efficient and can discuss anything under the sun plus lots of  talents.  Awesome kid!
  • Super Mario/Unplog
    After reading all his funny and witty “torpe side comments”, horror, fitness, back pack series, I was speechless in “Sukob Na...”
    “Busy Bee... Busy Me...” a post full of wisdom is also one among my favorites.
    (and yes Super M, I am continuously back reading your posts)
  • King Archieviner/Chateau De Archieviner
    Very sweet and admirable guy.  Salute to your OFW posts and journal.  I’m still back reading but “Me and Kapatidz” really sent me ROFL!
  • Juicy Jay/Thoughts of Journeying Jay
    This guy talks about anything under the sun and it’s astonishing how he incorporates multi topics in one blog entry.  My current fave is “ About Suzuki Cup, of Blog Contest, of Vacation, Of FB-ing, and of Recent Pinas Happenings : RANDOM Thoughts” We both love sports yey!
My blogging lullabies…
  • Arvin/Written Feelings
    Arvin’s blog reminds me of “Liwayway Komiks” with his classical Tagalog stories.  I love his “By Request” and of course this one is my most favorite – “Saksi (by request)”
  • Red/Muhon
    I just wish that this poet from Batangas would post more often.  I really love his “poetic mystery” writing style.  Try to read “From a Black Hole” and all his Tagalog entries and you will know what I mean.
Talks a lot of sense…

Bino/Damuhan– Do I need to say more? The name says it all! I love all his posts but I like his "rants the most. (LOL)
Gene/Metered Words; McRich/blissfully RICH; Olivr/The Beat Box; Lawrence/Colors and Grays Michael/Show Me Your Look Today; Albert/How To Become An Einstein; 

 They fly me to the moon…

They connect me to their culture…
Roffe/Norway “The Viking from The North”; Leolux/Spain “Blog De Dibujo; Buzz Lightyear “Black Swamp Cornucopia
Never fails to make me ROFL and missing them a lot…
I’m happy they are just around…
THANK YOU guys!  Y’all rock!

P.S.
I drafted and posted this last installment “against all odds”.  Again, while on a chaotically tight schedule and using a laptop without mouse.  Jezzz! My cat kicked my mouse while I went for a quick trip to the bath room.  I found it dangling at the side of my desk with two parts shattered on the floor looking “beyond quick fix”.  I gave my cat the look “Why would you do that?” and it look at me with “Now I got your attention.  You’re ignoring me since yesterday because of that blog :(

Again, if I missed mentioning some blogs I apologize.  Please come back later and it would definitely be here.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Countdown to 1st Anniversary Part 4: Love The Ladies Who Blog and THANK them!

Lady BloggerThere’s so much you can get from blogging but the best of them all is friendship!  Imagine exchanging both intellectual and funny nonsense ideas and stories with people you meet in the blogosphere? Simply awesome!

Views and comments from all over the world made me smile. It fascinates me when they search for a certain (key)word or anything, they landed in your blog and they got to see your work. More so if they commented or expressed appreciation.

But there’s this kind of unique happiness.when the ones spending time in your blog are your fellow bloggers who are actually following and reading your posts in spite of the chaos and deadlines within their individual lives – wow! that is heaven!

I have an absolutely unique pack of blogger friends who has always been there making my blogging experience extra awesome.  Check out their works and you will find a vast ocean of entertaining and  informative ideas.  It’s quite a mixture :)

I categorize them on how I perceive them in my own “blog world”.  The link that follows their name are one among my favorites from their blog archives.

Can’t wait for these ladies to update:
  • Gracie/Gracie’s Network - Pocketbook Series and all her sequels (but this is actually tied with Capture the Colour post)
  • Joanne/Joanne’s Blog - Capture the Colour
    I know she’s “kikay and makulet” about everything but I was really amazed how she presented this post. Love it!
They inspire me…
  • Joy/Joy’s Notepad – The "rainbow"
    I like all of Joy’s post but this one really marked in my head. I just read this recently when she commented on my “Rainbow” post.
  • Encourage One Another
They fly me to the moon…
  • Leah/Travel Quest - A Paradise Called Boracay
    In spite of the many magnificent places she has been to there’s a certain pride on how she blog about the Philippine’s beach pride.
  • Mhie/Travelentz - Family Spent New Year in Philippines
    She hops from one place to another but she really expressed that there’s no place like home.
  • TPW/The Pinay Wandere – Q&A: About The Pinay Wanderer
    Knowing something about the person TPW aside from her informative approach on the places she has been to is a cute niche breaker.
You can talk about anything with them:
  • Sam/There’s No Place That Far - The Annual Boston Marathon
    The title is the obvious reason why I like this post and this also marked the beginning of  our friendship via the blogosphere.
  • KM/More Than Sexy - Pardon My Rant
    The sexy KM is ranting ha ha – something new to my eyes. 
The “Girls that I Just Wanna Have Fun”:
I’m just simply happy that they are around…
Joanne/26 with 4 Kids, Rovie/Pinoy Family Man, Nortehanon/Daydream Believer, Irene/I Wright Every New Episode, Lucky Vixen/The Lucky Vixen – The Versatile Blogger Awardees, Krizza/ng My Second Blog - "Home Sweet Home", Anne/Here You'll Find Me,

 Missing these ladies…
 Mitch/Ramblings of a Domestic Goddess; Weng Tamayosa Anewor's Sanctuary; Chekeegirl/Sound of Life;  Mayette/Missus Bounty Basket; Dada/The Lucky Dodeng; Mac/Macky's Alley; D' Explorer,Yam/I Explore

 and! (drum roll) Here’s the real deadly fabulous ones!
  • ZaiZai/Zai Moonchild - Luwas sa Undas
    Zany fabulous Zai turned into the sweetest son and brother. 
  • Kulapitot - Dear Deo and all her Deo posts
    I find this really entertainingly “uber” funny!
  • Sunny Toast The New LBD
    Almost without words but the shortness says it all. You rock!
THANK YOU! You made my blogging life sooooo AWESOME!

I may have missed some names – my apologies.  I kinda mess up my draft for this and I’m catching a post date so… just visit back and you might find your name here (later).

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Countdown to 1st Anniversary Part 3: Looking Back

Anniversary countdown would not be complete without taking you down memory lane and look back on how did it go on the year that was…

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  • November 29, 2011
    – when I posted my first blog entry.
  • December 2012
    – is filled of exciting and unforgettable entries.  I realized that the best time to start a blog  is just before the holiday season because there was so much exciting topics to feature.  Page views started to pick up by this month and I became more than enthusiastic to continue posting.
  • January 2012
    – is a month full of festivals.  The posts started to be more colorful and full of adventure.
  • February 2012
    – It ranked PR1 after 71 days of blogging and merely 20 posts.  The love month is also the month when I started posting concerts, shows and events.  There is a complete compilation of the very popular 3rd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition here.  This month recorded the most number of  blog entries = 21!  But it’s kinda tough to maintain a daily post since I am managing three active blogs.
  • March 2012
    – My birthday month and as I’ve mentioned in  Part 1, this is the month that I actually promoted this blog.  Followers and blogger friends started to increase.
  • April 2012
    – This is a very productive month.  I started receiving several offers for blog deals and opportunities and the likes.
     This is also a colorful month because I featured a lot of summer related posts and exciting places like  churches.
  • May 2012
    – We are on high spirit here.  From PR1 it soared to PR2 in 157 days!  I also host my first ever giveaway on this month sponsored by a sunglasses company. The blog traffic continued to shoot up.
  • June 2012
    – The traffic continued to pick up and more blogging opportunities came.  I started applying for adverts and they are all approved. However, I intentionally did not submit this blog for Google Adsense because of the negative experiences by fellow bloggers.  Some of them were rejected, some accounts were suspended and worst, some were banned.  Gone are the days that you just need to create a blog and apply for GA.
  • July 2012
    – More blogging opportunities came including sponsorship for giveaways.  However, I somehow feel that the niche or purpose of this blog is getting mixed up.  I intentionally put limits on the “commercialization” of this site, thus the creation of The Lucky Blog where I am channeling the other blog deal offers.
  • August and September 2012
    – is the month with the lowest number of blog posts.  Yours truly needs to be in hiatus.
  • October 2012
    – Hiatus mode is over.  I tried to work on much as I can and thrive to get back on the regular posting.
  • November 2012 – Hello World! It’s our anniversary month!
We’re on with the countdown, later peeps!

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Countdown to 1st Anniversary Part 2: My Top 10 Favorite Posts

Here’s sharing my most favorite blog entries from this site as part of the celebration of my 1st Blogoversary. 
  1. Missionaries of Charity Home of Joy for the Sick Children
    Usually when you start a blog, the first entry that you will make is the introduction about it.  Something like “About” or “Hello World”.  I drafted that kind of post but I remember drafting as well my second post.  I’m supposed to publish my introductory entry first but for some twist of fate this entry became my very first post. I’m not sure how did it happen.  This post is a consistent top best viewed entry on this site.

    By the way, you might want to click on this post and visit the “Home of Joy” and make it a part of your gift giving activity this holiday season.
  2. Hello World Have You Ever Tasted Balut?
    I found this post as very “me” and a perfect introductory post for this blog.  I also found it amusing and it always makes me smile every time I'm reading this.
  3. Philippines' World Record Breaking Attempt for the Longest Line of Coins
    This is actually unforgettable rather than favorite.  I sincerely like this post but it also comes with a “not-so-happy-memory”.  I lost money while I’m covering this event (sad).  I badly needed that money during that time (sigh).
  4. Behind the Beckham Bend Experience
    No further explanation.  It’s in the title itself.  I’m a BIG David Beckham fan!
  5. The Bourne Identity is in.  The Blogger is Out and all my posts of January 2012.
    It’s because I am amazed how I managed to update my blog while I’m away almost the whole month of January 2012.  I was hopping from town to town then and yet I managed to write and published blog entries.  I obviously love this blog yeah?
  6. Logos Hope - The Floating Book Fair and More
    I guess anything that is related to service and charity is close to my heart.  Even if I’m not able to join these people in helping and reaching out, at least I am able to promote their cause.  I also enjoy that day.
  7. Sunday Song and Photographs: She's Always A Woman (and ALL my Sunday and Photograph posts)
    This is the first time that I really promoted my blog and a lot of showing my face LOL.  If you will notice on my earlier posts there isn’t photos of mine.  I was used to blogging before without sharing about my person because I was working for someone else’s site and writing about something else.  Later I realized that there’s so much about me in this blog so heck why not show me and let you all bear with my ugly face :P.
    This is also the start of gaining more blogger friends.
  8. Randomness on the 4th of July
    Random post happens when you can’t think of anything in particular to write.  But I remember myself being so inspired writing coming from that routine run, I can’t wait to finish my shower. Still wrapped in my towel I sat down in my home office, opened my laptop, hit the keyboard and came out of this post.  I sooo love it! The last sentence should be “Thank you God for this day!  And thank you for the gift of being able to write about it!”
  9. Inside the Home of General Emilio Aguinaldo-An Independence Day 2012 Special Post (and all the historical places I featured here).
    This post is kinda challenging. There’s a lot of blog posts about this place and some came from popular journalists and bloggers. I ‘m a bit intimidated writing about this so what I did is to make a different approach.  I myself is surprised with the outcome. It is one among the top ten best viewed post on this site.
  10. All my “Sunday and Photograph” posts.
    I created this category to serve as some sort of a filler.  The purpose is to have at least one post in a week if I happen to be so busy that I can’t write a full length post.  But it never happened that way.  I still allot an ample time thinking (and in advance) and creating my Sunday and Photograph post.  Later I received a lot of good feed backs from my fellow bloggers about this category.  Some said that they are actually looking forward to my “Sunday and Photograph” posts.  It also became my avenue in writing my own prose, poems and short story.
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That’s it! my top ten most favorite posts.  But the truth is, when I was going over my posts choosing the top ten, it kind of been difficult for me.  Each entry on this blog has a special meaning and memory.  I realized that I really put a piece of my heart on this blog.

What about you?  What is your most favorite post from your blog?

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