The day is almost over, but I really would not let the 3rd of September just pass me by without writing even just a short post to celebrate Jan’s birthday.
Yes, today September 3, is the birthday of our No. 1 Emerging Influential Blogger for 2009, Mr. Jan Geronimo who’s power comes by mere exhaling as he weaves his very stimulating articles in his blog.
Our friend Jena, actually started the celebration yesterday in her blog, in facebook, and in the Power50 circle. And though this may not be the official wrap up post, I am trying to continue what Jena Isle has started.
And here’s hoping that the next post would come from the man himself… please Jan, keep on exhaling.
Happy birthday, Jan! You are the real prolific writer.
P.S. Please write soon 
Tags: Happy Birthday, Influential Blogger, Jan Geronimo, prolific writer, Writing to Exhale
One of the my frustrations as of late is trying to make my house into a home. I mean where my children would love to live and stay in, so that they would not go out so often. Which is really a quite tall order, because right now we do not have too much home furnishings and decor that would entice them to be homebodies. Aside from some basic furniture like a plain living room set, dining table and bed in their rooms, our house is practically bare.
There are when I can’t help but reminisce when my kids were still babies, especially when I see families in public places carrying their babies with them. I remember when they were still in their strollers and we would go around the neighborhood early morning or late afternoon, and almost all neighbors would greet us and say how cute our babies were.
A re-post from the old struggling blog.
Writing… Just for the heck of it!
What a title! Did it catch your attention? I bet it did! If not, why did you reach this far? Honestly, it’s hard to start a topic especially when you don’t really have any idea in mind of what to write about. You feel that you need to express something.
Something within is just raring to go out, it wants to escape, it wants to be heard, to be seen, to be read, TO BE SOMETHING!
You know it, you can feel it, but you just can’t put a finger on it. Really now, is this really something worth writing? And afterward, something worth reading? I really don’t know. It doesn’t really make sense, does it?
Well, sometimes life doesn’t really make sense.
Tags: blabbering, gibberish, nothing, rant, writing
No, I don’t have superpowers. I cannot leap over tall buildings nor run faster than a train. I don’t have metal armors, laser vision eyes, magic potion, a powerful ring, telekinetic powers, or super speed. But even without these superhuman abilities, it doesn’t mean there’s nothing I can do to help.
There is something I can do… and there is something you can do… because we have a heart.
Even as we speak, the floods in Pakistan continue to wreck havoc. And because of the floodwaters, thousands of people who are affected by the calamity have been cut off from help.
Fortunately, the World Food Program is doing everything to be able to deliver the much needed help to them. WFP is stepping up airlifts of desperately needed food and supplies to help those who are isolated, to keep them going until the waters recede.
And what does that has to do with us? A LOT!
Tags: advocacy, bloggers against hunger, Fill the Cup, floods in Pakistan, WFP, World Food Program
Right now, she’s still young, barely 12 years. So she is not yet into fashion… well, not so much really. At lease that’s what I thought. Lately though, I find myself looking at wholesale handbags prices whenever I go out. Either in the malls, in the public market, or anywhere I go that I see those beautiful lady bags. And yes, I take a look at them even if I am just alone.
What would make The Struggling Blogger happy?
Well, if you can deliver her to my doorstep, that’s a good start. But that would be impossible, right? And it’s not really the topic of this post. Admit it though, it got your attention.
So since you’re already “captured” why don’t you sit down, relax, and let’s continue discussing what could make The Struggling Blogger happy, who knows? You might be able to help.
What about Infolinks makes me happy?
No, Infolinks didn’t give me millions. Not yet at least haha… To be honest, I have yet to get my first payout, because I haven’t reached the minimum payout threshold so far, which is only $50 by the way. But I’m not complaining.
It’s not their fault really. Of course, I am responsible for the content of my blog. And being a personal blog, I really don’t use enough keywords just to earn. I am still for the content of my blog, and not my earning. But having Infolinks there wouldn’t hurt.
Tags: Dream On, family, getaway, happiness, happy, Infolinks, kids, resort, train, weekend, wish
Yes, The Struggling Blogger is a personal blog.
Of course, you knew that. But guess what, I don’t. Well, at least not until recently.
When I started this blog, I was really hoping that I could ride on the blogging craze of “earning money online,” so I thought it was a blog about online opportunities. But just like the myth that it was, I never really earned any, thus it was impossible to be that kind of blog.
Tags: ambition, PBA, personal blog, Philippine Blog Awards 2010, Struggling Blogger
In my occasional web surfing, looking for information and some opportunities, I often encounter the phrase reverse mortgage as one source of additional cash. And I noticed that this kind of credit facility is usually offered to the elderly or the seniors, especially the retirees since it does not require repayment really from their part, thus leaving them without worries in their financial management.
As I was about to wrap up my guest posting marathon, I had an even crazier idea – that was to challenge myself in poetry. So I made an announcement in my Facebook profile, inviting all my friends to “Challenge me to poetry.”
I asked them to challenge me by giving me a word, phrase or subject that they fancy and I’d try to write a decent poem it. And boy! Did they challenge me! And I love all the challenges given to me, it really made me think.
I’ve never written so many poems in so little time in my life.
Here is the first list of the finished poems, and I haven’t even reached half of them. So expect at least two more installment of this list.
Yesterday, my name was happiness
A sentence submitted by Manuel Villoria, and I used it as a title for the poem although I never really used it in the poem itself. A poem that speaks of how happiness can come… and go in such a short time and what remain were only memories of yesterday.
Tags: cougar, FB, poem, poetry, poetry challenge, Roy, Royverine, web safety, yesterday
