I just want to share a ‘real world’ writing contest that I stumbled upon the other week. Winners in this contest will be publish in a book, of course with other prizes too. This the Gig Book Story Writing Contest which is organized and sponsored by Gig and the Amazing Sampaguita Foundation Inc. with business [...]
A smile can always calm. Who wouldn’t be delighted to be greeted with a sweet smile? We were all blessed with these sweet smile when we were kids. Just look at our children, don’t they have the sweetest smile? It’s not yet late for them, we can still take care of their teeth so that [...]
I have a musically inclined family, and I know I have to give that credit to my wife who was a good singer and with a sharp ear. That’s why my middle son now plays the guitar and the piano, my eldest son can carry a tune although he is being modest about it, and [...]
When we speak of public relations, does it mean that it is just fine to malign or downgrade others in order for us to be elevated or to improve our own image? When we go out and try to classify bloggers, does that mean we are over-and-above all other bloggers? Who is really charge? Who [...]
I could have called this ‘More than meets the eye’ but I was afraid it could be mistaken for a post about the new Transformers movie. Anyway, once I was asked “why do you want to call yourself a struggling blogger?” If you read my About page in my first Struggling Blogger blog, I wrote [...]
Tags: Eat Bulaga, gewgaw writings, inspirational, Jena Isle, let's vault in!, past, Personal, Roy, story, why, writing
“Hey George!” Danny shouted at his friend seated in the porch of their house, “and where are all these water coming from?” He asked as he approached George who looked so frustrated. “It’s coming from the sink in the kitchen. I tried to fix a broken faucet, but instead, it made matter worst. Now, the [...]
I could have posted this on my new technology blog, being about internet and technology. But somehow the news that Yahoo! Geocities is closing down has some personal effect on me that’s why I opted to post it here. With Geocities being closed down by Yahoo! I can’t help but be nostalgic. Because before I [...]
Tags: chocolates, closing down, extinction, first website, fishcharon, geocities, house of puroy, website, Yahoo
My Bad! I almost forgot about this event — the 5th Philippine Blogging Summit, and the deadline for registration is already on April 30, 2009! I actually registered here as early as February, and because of two many blogs to take care of, it slipped my mind. I do hope it is not yet too [...]
Tags: blogging event, blogging summit, Filipino bloggers, iBlog5, invititation, meeting blogger, Philippines, Quezon City, UP Diliman
I am a fan of Comics Sans font, in fact I used it often when I still have my personalized items business. You can’t go wrong with the children’s giveaways. But what did an innocent font do to merit a movement calling for its eradication? Yes, there is a Ban Comic Sans movement (and a [...]
Tags: ban comics sans movement, comics sans, font, font conference, fonts, Holly Sliger, Vincent Connare, walt disney, YouTube
A book that was given as a gift to President Barack Obama became an instant bestseller! The book given by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to Obama during the Americas summit, and in just two days it became a hit! The book, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent has [...]
Tags: Amazon.com, Americas summit, bestseller, book, Chavez, Obama, presidents, The Open Veins of Latin America, US, Venezuela, world news
