I was browsing through my Facebook, trying to get the feel of this social media, when I saw Janette Toral‘s latest status – she announced a mini iBlog Summit on November 15, 2009. All I can say is GREAT! The event called iBlogMini@CEL will from 1 to 5 p.m. on November 15 Sunday at the [...]
More than a month after I received my first blogging award, I still ask myself the same question I was asking as I was on my way home on that evening of August 8. As my certificate would say, my blog was one of the top 10 emerging influential blogs for 2009. But really, do [...]
Tags: angel, EIB 2009. Top 10, emerging influential blogs, Janette Toral, The Struggling Blogger, what is influential, Winners
Being true to their words (finally!) that they will announce the winners on September 7, 2009 (a day earlier even), the organizers of the Gig Book Story Writing Contest has released the winners of the writing contest. Receiving in my email (just now), the winners of the Gig Book Writing contest are (listed here in [...]
So this is my not-so-late post about my iBlog5 experience, and just like everybody else, I enjoyed the day. And why can’t I? I’m in the company of friends! The trip all from Angeles City was really worth it! Thanks to Zorlone who picked me up from MRT North Station, otherwise I wouldn’t know my [...]
Tags: blogger friends, blogging event, EB, iBlog5, UP Diliman
I’m sure most, if not everybody saw it, the punch that knocked Hatton out in the second round of the match. Wouldn’t you like to see it again? I bet it’s already in YouTube. But they could be long and you only want the punch… the exact moment. Well, here’s a gif image I found [...]
Tags: Hatton, knocked out, Pambansang Kamao, Paquiao, winning punch
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
She’s 47 year’s old, she’s single and as she have said she has “never been kissed” and lives alone with her cat. When she entered the stage, you can see people laughing a bit as Simon Cowell was talking to her. But as she started to sing, everybody became quiet as she has proven that [...]
Tags: Britain's Got Talent, Buzz, I Dreamed A Dream, Les Miserable, Simon Cowell, Susan Boyle, Yahoo, YouTube
The Philippines have no records to break since this is the first time any country has organized an event like this, but Saturday’s march against illegal drugs makes Guinness record as more than 600,000 people in red shirts swarmed the stretch of Roxas Boulevard in Manila. A bid to set a record as the world’s [...]
Tags: anti-drug rally, Batang Iwas Droga, event, Grand Bida March, Guinness, kids, Manila event, new world record, Pagcor, school children, youth
Sports Illustrated came up with a list of the best pound-for-pound fighters, and guess who’s the no. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the list? No other than our very own Manny Pacquiao! SI said that “Pacquiao has been dazzling at whatever weight class he chooses to fight.”
Tags: best pound-for-pound fighter, boxing, David Diaz, Filipino, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Manuel Marquez, Oscar dela Hoya, Pacman, Pambansang Kamao, Philippines, Pinoy, Ricky Hatton, Sports Illustrated
It’s two-for-two, that’s 100% winning average for The Struggling Blogger! That’s because Evilwoobie visited my blog and it was the first comment I read this morning (what a way to start the day!). She said I won the domain name in her Annual Blog Event! It was just a month ago when I made a [...]
Tags: blog contest, EvilWoobie, free domain name, goal, new blog, on a roll, Roy, The Struggling Blogger, winner, winning streak, wish granted
