The Struggling Blogger

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

Archive for May, 2011

I don’t mind you smoking… but please, don’t exhale

My apologies to my smoking friends. Doesn’t it pissed you off that you even have to apologize to them? Unfortunately, that seems to be the rule – smokers have more rights than non-smokers. That is why I am thankful with the new NO SMOKING campaign that the government implemented starting last Monday, May 30. I [...]

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Here’s why I deserve to win the Father’s Day photo contest

Yes, I do believe that we deserve to win the Father’s Day photo contest that I joined. And you can help me make that claim a reality. Please go to the Century Hotel page and “Like” it, then go to our photo entry and “Like” it too. Sometimes, for some reason, our photo won’t load. [...]

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When looking for your first web host

While it is not really necessary, it is advisable for a blogger to host his own domain instead of staying on a free-hosted blog. Maybe not immediately, but later in his blogging life. For first time would-be self-hosted blogs, the problem usually is where and how to find the best web hosting service provider?

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REFLECTION Book Launching-apprehensions and gratitude

With just a week away from the book launching, I really do not know what to do right now. What to feel, how to act, how to prepare… I don’t know anything! Right now, everything seems vague, all of a sudden. This feeling is quite similar to what I was feeling days before my iBlog7 [...]

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43… and still dreaming…

I could be a late bloomer. Actually I AM A LATE BLOOMER! I started uttering a silent mantra in 2009 – to get out of my comfort zone, to do crazy stuff, to dream bigger… and I did. One by one, things took shape… things started happening… some by coincidences, some by pure luck, and [...]

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Today, I swear I’m not doing anything

Because it’s my birthday! That is why today, I’m gonna lay back… stretch my feet, maybe raise them up on the couch… I believe, I deserve this. Got too much on my plate as of late, and believe me, the toll it’s taken on my sanity… or whatever left of it, is unimaginable! So now, [...]

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I want a laptop for my birthday!

I signed up recently to AyosDito.ph because I was hoping I could buy myself something for my birthday. Actually, I was really hoping that on my birthday this year, I could finally do one of the long-outstanding items in my to-do list, and that is –  “buy laptop.” Yes, I was really looking forward to [...]

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REFLECTION Book Launching

Finally, it will happen! The book launching of REFLECTION will happen. The date and the place is final, what only needs work are the details of the proceedings on the day of the book launching itself. First the date, it will be on May 27, 2011. Registration starts at 6:00 p.m. The place will be [...]

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