The 2009 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards

Congratulations to the Pinoy Expats-OFW Blog Awards or PEBA that honored the the best and inspiring Expatriates and Overseas Filipino Workers Blogs around the world. I am honored to be included as an honorary member of this organization, considering that I am not an OFW.
PEBA’s 2009 theme “Filipinos abroad: hope of the nation, gift to [...]

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Love, Betrayal, On Growing old & Retirememt

‘The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new.’ Samuel Johnson
No, I am not the blogger with a published book. Meet 66 year old Annamanila, who blogs at ode2old.blogspot.com. She used to be the editor of my work when I was a researcher at [...]

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Blog is Mightier than the Sword

I think it is because you live and you live well — this is why you can blog. Someday it will be said that blogging is merely the record of ‘lives well-lived. by Gang Badoy, One Blogging Nation
Hear ye, you should watch this entertaining video by Vince Golangco from wheninmanila.com which was part of the [...]

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Photo Hunt: Garbage

It’s saturday’s Photo Hunt again. Today’s theme is Garbage. I’d like to present this disgusting photo I took over 5 years ago at a port in Malabon, Metro Manila.

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Top 10 Influential Emerging Blogs for 2009 Writing Project

You don`t have to be a “person of influence” to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me. Scott Adams
In 2007, I drew up my top 10 list of Influential Emerging blogs. Today, 8 out of 10 continue to be [...]

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Ako Mismo Supports Ako Mismo

Ako mismo ang magbablog para sa ikabubuti ng bayan sounds better than Ako Mismo hindi magbablog ng makasasama sa bayan.
I now support Ako Mismo. Let me Explain.

Ako Mismo finally gave some answers. I decided to write a new entry on this because my Ako Mismo Campaign and My Conditional Support is cluttered with too [...]

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Ako Mismo Campaign and My Conditional Support

Update (May 7)
I now support Ako Mismo. Read my updated entry on Ako Mismo.
“Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.”

Update on May 6
There is Who is Behind Ako Mismo? and an FAQ but it is not easily spotted in the main page unless you click two links [...]

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PR Events, Blog Advertising & Internet Marketing Course at AIM

Note: This is a discussion about Bloggers and Blog Marketing and what Marketing/PR Executives can expect from bloggers.

Bloggers seated from Left to right:
Jonel, Azrael, me, Peter, Juned and Markku
while Regnard Raquedan is standing.
I thought I was just supposed to be an observer/participant of the Bloggers’ round table discussion on Blogging & Blog [...]

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Parenting, Blogging and Our Love Story in Net 25 MOMents

I groaned. Not another show. I felt there are many wonderful moms out there who are so much better than me but Net 25 MOMents was persistent. They said the show is for mothers and kids that feature the different bonding moments, child-rearing styles and the many facets of motherhood. I [...]

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