The Struggling Blogger

If I write, will you read? If I beg, will you feed?

Archive for March, 2011

Meet my dream partner – Light Crystal Publishing House

Is it a coincidence that my book is called REFLECTION and their name starts with Light and Crystal? I am referring to my publisher…. my dream partner – the  Light and Crystal Publishing House or simply LCPH. Dynamic and beautiful sisters Chette and Maricar Dizon are at the forefront of this young and new publishing [...]

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“Put your logo here”

Brand recall is unbeatable. That is why many companies invest so much in branding. Things that usually has an impact on brand recall are the name, which should be short and easy to recall; company slogan, catchy; and of course, the logo. Some companies hire, if they do not have one in their department, professional [...]

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Being conscious about my health

Lately, I have been feeling a lot of pains in my body. Whether these are real or psychological, I’m not sure. That is why I began to be conscious about my health, my diet, my routine, even thinking of looking for weight loss for men magazines because I feel that my weight very “not-proportionate”  at [...]

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iBlog7: I CAN DO THIS!

Bailing out is not an option! I have to face this. I volunteered for it and nobody, and I mean NOBODY! – forced me to do it. Well, almost nobody, except for that stupid voice inside my head who’s been pushing me since last year, to do things that aren’t really within my comfort zone… [...]

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Facebook killed the blogger

They say, one good way to cure an addiction is via new addiction – and Facebook did just that! Facebook was able to accomplished what Friendster, Hi5, Multiply, TAGGED, Plurk and Twitter was not able to accomplish – to take me away from blogging… AND HOW! Not surprising really because FB was such an active [...]

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Earth Hour 2011, let’s go beyond the hour

This will be our fourth Earth Hour. We started participating in this exercise the first time we heard about it in Earth Hour 2008, and then again in Earth Hour 2009, and last year’s Earth Hour 2010. I learned that we only missed one year, as Earth Hour only started in 2007 in Sydney in [...]

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A note on web hosting

Looking for a web host is one of the decision that a blogger should make early on. If he is looking for free hosting, it is not much of a problem, but if he wants to have a self-hosted domain, it is a major concern. There are a lot of choices out there — there [...]

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Win Samsung Galaxy Tab from San Marino Corned Tuna

Was it a coincidence that my daughter Angel was hinting a Galaxy Tab for her graduation gift when I received a heads up in my email? San Marino Corned Tuna is giving away Galaxy Tab! In its Make That Sandwhich Recipe Contest, San Marino is inviting everyone, culinary professionals or not, to join as long [...]

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REFLECTION… a dream come true

I have but one goal for 2011 as far as writing and blogging is concerned – to get my own book published. It was in 2009 when I got a taste of how it was to be part of a printed book via Inspirational Thoughts and Stories from Blogger All Over the World, and again, [...]

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Cute Thriller

Yes, maybe we’ve seen one video too many of the Thriller song by Michael Jackson, there’s the famous and viral Cebu dancing inmates which started the trend of “dancing whatever” in the Philippines (many groups/offices  have since adopted dancing as “part of their services”) and many more video tributes all over the world. Still here’s [...]

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