I took 954 photos, 72,857 steps, met more than 20 new friends, tasted more than 10 different delicacies, and had an infinite number of priceless moments in Singapore. This was my first time to travel outside the Philippines, and I tell you, it was really awesome! I would like to congratulate all the winners of the first Asia Pacific Blog Awards spearheaded by Nuffnang Singapore.

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Just what kind of a person is an influential blogger? Let’s start by eliminating current and shallow yardsticks on what truly defines an influential blogger. In my experience, an influential blogger is not solely shaped by the obvious metrics we usually associate it with. Read the rest of this entry »

Please Support all Pinoys in the first Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards! 6 Filipinos made it as finalists in the 1st ever Nuffnang Blog Awards. Actually, there were 7 8 Pinoys, but one resides in Singapore and the other one in Australia. But still, she’s a true-blooded Filipino and she both of them are true-blooded Filipinos and they deserve our support. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello! Hi! How are you? Me? I’m fine! Thank you! I would like to thank everyone because I want to and that’s what I want even if you don’t want it. It was nice meeting new friends, specially you, you and you! You know who you are. Hehe. The organizers, the speakers, and everyone did a great job! I have not much to say. All I can say is WordCamp 2009 was awesome! Because it was really awesome! Read the rest of this entry »

I’ll be celebrating my birthday an hour and 7 minutes from now. If you have an opportunity to give me something, what would you like to give? I’m not asking you to give me “something” in real life. I just want to receive something even if it’s not real. Just imagine that “something” and post it in the comments section below.
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The prices of Samsung LCD and LED TVs in the Philippines just got lower (Samsung Philippines decided to mark it down last August 28, 2009). To my prospective buyers who are planning to have their very own Samsung LCD/LED TV unit, please leave a comment below with your e-mail so that I can send you the new marked down price list. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s August once again! It’s the time of the year when all bonafide shopaholics are heading towards the Lion City and Fragrance Harbor to join the August Madness Sale. Here in the Philippines, our local malls are not falling behind as I’ve seen a lot of shops mounting the Banner that would catch every shopaholics attention. In line with this, I’m hosting my own madness sale: The Ultimate Samsung Madness Sale! Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009! This is just a short post with pictures of the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs and the Bloggers behind those blogs. The awarding ceremony was held at the Forum Hall, Ca$ino Filipino, PAGCOR, Parañaque City, Philippines. Thank you to all who participated in this writing project and special thanks to all who nominated Patay Gutom! Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATE 08/10/09: The contest ended and we have a winner!
Here’s an easier way to win a free web hosting and domain from Dreamhost. But before we start this very easy guessing game, I would like to congratulate the winners of the previous contest known as the Undeciphered Puzzle. Two talented and clever bloggers solved the previous mind twisting puzzle. I will give to web hosting accounts because both of them answered correctly at the exact same time. Read the rest of this entry »