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Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2010 – my complete list

And finally, I am able to complete my list for the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2010, and am proud to post my choices here. With the deadline I believe still in August, I think my post is just in time. And maybe, those who have incomplete list may find this list useful to [...]

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How I will choose my Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010

In less than a month and after the iBlog6, it will be all systems go for the Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs 2010. It will start in May and Janette has made a follow-up to her teaser post, which is the FAQ to Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2010, please visit it to get a [...]

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Blogging events in 2010

In this rather late post, I would like to enumerate some of the blogging events in 2010 that I have been a part of, or at least have heard about, last year. I said late because I already made a post on the two of them. Anyway, these are some of the blogging events that [...]

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Emerging Influential Blogs of 2010

Yes, this early Janette Toral sent out her invitation for the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2010 via her teaser post. There will be modifications in the rules for this year’s EIB nominees, and I believe, the same  requirements also apply to the blogs who will make the nomination. The Top 10 Emerging Influential [...]

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Write about your icon and get a chance to win

Oh, yes! It’s another writing contest, and unlike the first one which requires traveling experience, I can join this one… AND SO CAN YOU! So here’s the detail of this writing contest… We all have our personal icons. People who have a special influence on us, people who inspired us, awakened us, shook us… in [...]

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Writing contest… for those who travel

I saw on today’s Travel and Tourism section of the Philippine Star newspaper. The first thing that caught my attention were the words “380-words story writing contest.” With the intention of joining, I went on to read the rest of the article… only to find out that it is not for me. The complete title [...]

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The FGNHS Choir

FGNHS stands for the Francisco G. Nepomuceno High School, a public high school located in Pandan, Angeles City where my son is in his third year under the SPA section (Special Program for the Arts) So, what’s so special about the FGNHS Choir anyway? Well, aside from my son, Edgar Allan being a member of [...]

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A Puppy, Not a Guppy – Book tour and review

Irma is your typical fourth-grader – young and sweet, and yet could also be stubborn sometimes… especially when she knows what she wants. And Irma wants a puppy! Of course, which child doesn’t want a pet puppy? One that she could play with, run around with, or take a walk with. I’m sure, each one [...]

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Excited for the “A Puppy, Not a Guppy” book tour

Oh boy! I’m really cramming now! Cramming, and definitely excited! The book tour of A Puppy, Not a Guppy has started and Vivian of Brain Cells and Bubble Wrap did an amazing kick-off of the tour, and would be a tough act to follow. So, why am I so excited? Because next stop would be [...]

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Efren Peñaflorida, CNN Hero of the Year!

Last month, I joined the whole nation in its campaign to help Efren Peñaflorida win in the search for the CNN Hero of Year. This time, I join the whole nation in celebrating because Efren won the CNN Hero of Year award! In a headline entitled “Pushcart educator named CNN Hero of the Year,” the [...]

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