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	<title>The Struggling Blogger &#187; Ernie Turla</title>
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		<title>The Struggling Blogger on struggling bloggers</title>
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Today, May 8 is my birthday, and I turned 41 today. Honestly, it was supposed to be an ordinary day, as I never really celebrate my birthday&#8230; especially now that I have no more reason to celebrate it.
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<p>Today, <strong>May 8</strong> is <a rel="nofollow" href="http://reflectionsbyroy.blogspot.com/2009/05/birthday-big-deal.html"  target="_blank">my birthday</a>, and I turned <strong>41</strong> today. Honestly, it was supposed to be an ordinary day, as I never really celebrate my birthday&#8230; especially now that I have no more reason to celebrate it.</p>
<p>However, an ordinary birthday was made special by a book that I received from the mail today&#8230; a book that was sent to me by the author himself. He sent it to me last month through postal service to save on cost of freight.</p>
<p>And what better day for it to arrive than now? Curious what the book is all about?<br />
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<p><img class="alignright" title="Kapampangan Dictionary" src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb140/mcroyver/blog%20pictures/PICT0004.jpg" alt="Classic Kapampangan Dictionary by Ernesto C. Turla" width="153" height="196" /></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a <strong>Classic Kapampangan Dictionary</strong> given to me for free by the author <strong>Mr. Ernie Turla</strong>. He is one of the founding member of the <strong>ANASI</strong>, an organization who is actively campaigning to promote and preserve the <strong>Kapampangan</strong> language.</p>
<p>This book would definitely be a great help to me as I explore and rediscover my native tounge &#8211; the Kapampangan language, which I promote in my <a href="http://kapampanganblog.com" title="Kapampangan Blog"  target="_blank"><strong>Kapampangan blog</strong></a>.</p>
<p><strong>Thank you very much Mr. Ernie Turla!</strong></p>
<p>Now, what does this book has to do with the title of this post? A lot actually. This Kapampangan dictionary means a lot to me, and it really made my otherwise ordinary birthday special. And this joy I&#8217;d like to share to three bloggers.</p>
<p>I am the <a href="http://thestrugglingblogger.com" title="The Struggling Blogger" >Struggling Blogger</a>, but there are also other struggling bloggers like me, and I hope the three winners in my previous contest wouldn&#8217;t mind if I give their ad space to this three bloggers. After all, they have already been extended up to today from April 30.</p>
<p>Anyway, the three bloggers that I have identified to share this special day and put their widgest on my sidebar, <strong>from today until June 8, 2009</strong> (one month) are&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong>Elmot</strong> of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://animotivation.blogspot.com/" title="Ani-Mo!!!"  target="_blank"><strong>Ani-Mo!!!</strong></a>, my little contribution to <strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://salabasngmandaluyong.blogspot.com/" title="Sa Labas ng Mandaluyong"  target="_blank">Jan</a></strong>&#8217;s appeal to help him increase his Alexa rank. I hope that his 1-month stay here can do something to achieve that goal.</p>
<p><strong>Fifi</strong> of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ihearttibby.blogspot.com/" title="I Heart Tibby"  target="_blank"><strong>I Heart Tibby</strong></a>, another newfound blogger friend I met through <a rel="nofollow" href="http://salabasngmandaluyong.blogspot.com/" title="Sa Labas ng Mandaluyong"  target="_blank"><strong>J</strong><strong>an&#8217;s blog</strong></a>. From what I gather though, she&#8217;s not really a newbie blogger, but a returning blogger. I hope she stays for good now, and continue to share her thoughts with us.</p>
<p><strong>Goddy</strong> of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://afriendnamedgoddy.blogspot.com/" title="A friend name Goddy"  target="_blank"><strong>A friend name Goddy</strong></a>, and his blog name couldn&#8217;t be more appropriate. As he keeps on visiting and supporting me even though I don&#8217;t always return the favor because I am always busy. He has wisdom in his posts, that&#8217;s why I want others to get to know his blog too.</p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;m not saying that these three are really struggling bloggers. They got their set loyal readers, but I believe that they deserve to be seen more&#8230; and wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if my friends, your friends, their friends&#8230; become one big network of blogger friends who always support each other?</p>
<p>That would make the blogosphere a safer place to be.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll get to know more of these bloggers, and some more when I revived my <a href="http://thestrugglingblogger.168center.com/2008/12/06/bloggers-connection-introduction/" title="Bloggers Connection"  target="_blank"><strong>Bloggers Connection</strong></a> soon.</p>
<p>And this is how I celebrate my 41st birthday!</p>
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