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“It’s true, we make a better day just you and me…”
So goes the song, We Are The World and we know what it calls for – for us not to look the other way and do our best to help fight world hunger.
The World Food Program helps make that call a reality, and it really [...]
Tags: donate 1 dollar, fight world hunger, Fill the Cup, WFP, World Food Program, world hunger
“What you talkin’ to, Willis?”
Those were the words I always rememberd when I was still young and watching Diff’rent Strokes on TV. I can say that it was in fact Gary Coleman, a.k.a Arnold, who was my first great influence on one-liners and smart-alecky quips.
Because I can still remember that, aside from the cartoons and [...]
Tags: Arnold, best comedy, Diff'rent Strokes, Gary Coleman, TV show, TV sitcom
It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 9, and many of us will be expressing our love and gratitude for the greatest person in the world – OUR MOTHER.
We can make this year’s Mother’s Day extra special by doing our share in alleviating the plight of other mothers in other parts of the world.
We are luckier. [...]
Tags: bloggers against hunger, compassion, donation, eCard, honor, love, Mother's Day, Samaritan, WFP, World Food Program
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 I [...]
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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 Blogs of [...]
Tags: emerging influential blogs, Janette Toral, Philippines, writing project
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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 of the [...]
Tags: A380, creativity, expression, News, Philippine Star, Singapore Airlines, story-writing, tourism, travel, writing contest
Whoever photoshopped the picture above is a genius!
I first saw it on Facebook, and afterwards on many internet sites. It depicts Manny Pacquiao as a one-man-demolition team, leaving fallen bodies – boxer’s bodies, wherever he passed.
Eric Morales, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Marco Antonio Barrera and even the great Oscar “Golden Boy” Dela Hoya, were just [...]
Tags: boxing, boxing greats, chicken, Eric Morales, Filipino, hero, Joshua Clottey, Manny Pacquiao, Oscar dela Hoya, Philippines, pound-for-pound king
I wish I could attend this writing seminar.
I saw it on the lifestyle section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and got curious on the title of the article – “Baguio Travel Writing Workshop.”
It’s a seminar on writing… and it’s about Baguio!
For one who loves writing and knows that there’s a lot that he needs to [...]
Tags: Baguio, Northern Luzon, Philippines, Struggling Blogger, travel writing, wishful thinking, workshop, writing, writing seminar
In less than a month, in February 11 to be exact, the 15th Hot Air Balloon Fiesta will be held at the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles City and it will run until February 14.
The Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is an annual event showcasing different hot air balloons, and other things that has something to [...]
Tags: 15th hot air balloon fiesta, Angeles City, balloon fiesta, Clark, family, flying, hot air balloon, Pampanga, Philippines, skies, sky, weekend
While we were busy singing the night away last January 9 at the Alfredo’s resort, to celebrate Zorlone’s despedida and the day my Angel turns 12, this blog has turned one year older.
Yes, it was exactly on January 9, 2009 when I introduced the dot com version of The Struggling Blogger. Perhaps because I was [...]