It was not only once that I was asked, “What’s your secret?” I always get that when people get to know the number of blogs I have and the frequency of my blogging. Curious folks.
I always brush it off by saying that I really do not have any secret and in fact, I do not [...]
Tags: mutant, regeneration, resiliency, Roy, secret, The Struggling Blogger, Wolverine, writing prowess
Okay, so I am through making fun of myself on my birthday (makes you think what I might do next year, ei?), I’m sure we all had a good laugh. Which means, this blog would now be back to its regular topics… which is about anything, really.
But before that, for those who have not yet [...]
Tags: election day, leaders, May 10, opportunity, reminder, The Struggling Blogger
It’s really a bummer when your birthday comes and you’re out of dough. No, I don’t really celebrate my birthday, but I do want to treat my kids, after all, Iron Man 2 is still on. But I guess it’s not happening.
Anyway, because it’s my birthday, I thought of making a special birthday post.
What would [...]
Tags: Birthday, call it guts, May 8, MTV, original compositions, Roy, song, The Struggling Blogger, video blog
Nothing like a good company to rekindle a passion, and for bloggers, iblog6 is the perfect venue not just for newbie bloggers, but for burned-out bloggers as well.
The beauty about blogging is that, there is no “been there, done that” kind of thing. There would always be something new. Even for seasoned bloggers (read: old [...]
Tags: bloggers meet-up, blogging event, blogging summit, fellowship, iblog, iblog6, networking, Roy, The Struggling Blogger
It was a year of fruitful struggling… and I am a very thankful.
The year 2009 saw me received more blessings than I even asked for… and to think that at the at end of 2008, I was facing 2009 with nary a hope in my heart.
But I was wrong… oh boy! Am I glad I [...]
Tags: 2009, blessings, friends, gift, Influential Blogger, Inspirational Book, Roy, thankful, The Struggling Blogger
I know that one needs to travel and go to a country with a different time zone for him to experience jet lag.
I didn’t leave the country… never even left our town, and yet it’s like I have entered into a different time zone too.
This is because I now follow a different time schedule.
I used [...]
Tags: adjustments, new job, pains, Roy, the, The Struggling Blogger
I once met a writer from a magazine during a product launch in my previous employment. Chatting with her, I said I am frustrated writer. I wished to write when I was younger.
She replied, “There’s no such thing as a frustrated writer,” and she added, “perhaps, the only frustrated writer is one who has a [...]
Tags: bloggers all over the world, fulfillment of a dream, Inspirational Book, inspiring stories, Roy, support, The Struggling Blogger
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 I [...]
Tags: angel, EIB 2009. Top 10, emerging influential blogs, Janette Toral, The Struggling Blogger, what is influential, Winners
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
It was Sunday and we’re about to go to my mother’s house. While waiting for Angel outside our house, I noticed something which gave me a crazy (stupid?) idea.
I took my digicam and asked my son Edgar Allan to take the video while I do my stuff.
Will it start videoblogging for me? I wish, hahaha… [...]
Tags: crazy, funny, having fun, hilarious, laugh, Roy, sunday, The Struggling Blogger, video, YouTube
