Showing posts with label thanks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanks. Show all posts

This One Made My Day

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Before I continue with the series of posts that I have lined up, I would to share with you what made my day today despite the current problems that I'm facing right now.

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As you can see with my previous post, I joined the Blog Action Day event yesterday with the theme "The Real Heroes of EDSA." It was an on the spot post I made so I can join other bloggers in remembering who were the real people that made EDSA Revolution possible. I decided to talk about our family's hidden history of activism - which until now is still not clear.

It was a product of 'Freudian slips' of my parents which I reflected on as I write my post. As I have said, I cannot claim that my parents had actually been 'activists' during those days but from what I know, I have a small hint that they have been so.

Just like my other blog posts, I usually squeeze out the literary juices out of my mind during the wee hours of the morning - after wasting my time playing games in Facebook and reading several sites. I have to apologize everyday to my parents if the tapping of the keyboard awakens them. It is because from where I am right now, I'm a mere meter away from their room which is not enclosed so any noise coming from outside can be heard in their room.

And so as I was cleaning my inbox, I came across an email from Kabataan Partylist which contains a link to a write-up about yesterday's Blog Action Day. I was reading the article until I got into the middle part. I was really surprised to see my blog mentioned and quoted on the news article in abs-cbnnews.com. It is an honor that I had been mentioned alongside prolific bloggers like Tonyo Cruz. But aside from that, this had been my first time to be mentioned at least in a news article.

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Actually, this is not a big deal for me since my primary aim for writing is not to be featured anywhere else but just to express everything that I have in mind. Getting acclaim from others or being mentioned is just an added seasoning to my life as a 'writer'.

But because this is a first in my life. Allow me to be quite sentimental.

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The first person that I've thanked for what happened was my teacher in high school, Mrs. Rona Gallego-Sabino whom I owe much of my passion for writing now. She happens to be online at Facebook and I thanked her for the chance she gave me back in high school to write for our school paper. It was one of the defining moments of my life that made me love writing. Thank you again Ma'am Rona.

But of course, everything else belongs to the One who created everything in this world and bless each of us with his grace and love. Without his grace, I won't be able to write and spill out my thoughts and emotions in paper or in my blogs.

For everything Lord, despite all of the struggles that I'm still into, thank you very much.

Thank you for always making my day.

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Wrapping Up July

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Many things have happened to my blog this July. And it somehow made me happy despite all of my problems in life. Here are some of what happened to my blog the past month.

For the first time in two years, I have been able to reach two targets for my blog: One, to be able to reach 10,000 visitors and well the other one is to reach 15,000.

And so for the first time, I have been able to reach both targets within a month. And as of yesterday, I have already passed the 16,000 mark.

Yet, I am still hoping to get stable traffic to my website. Because there are still some days wherein there would be less visitors to my sites and some days where there is a sudden surge of visitors. On the average, I'm not getting more than a hundred visitors everyday which is my next target for this month. Last June, I have stopped using automated traffic sites because it is only a total waste of time and it only brings you little traffic. Except for LinkReferral which is a good site not just to bring in traffic but to link with other bloggers as well. And I'm hoping to get my target of 15,000 visitors a month before the year ends. Quite low compared to other blogs out there which receives those 15,000 visitors a week or even a day, but I guess its a good start.

So to help me reach that target, I've lately tried to focus on these three options:

Quality Content + Current Events: Lately, I've been trying much to write short but very educational and useful articles like my last post about the Philippine-American War. Well, this is also part of what I have learned about SEO. Using certain keywords can really drive traffic in. I signed up for Google Analytics two weeks ago and I'm really quite surprised to see my articles getting quite a number of direct traffic from search engines. And here are the top 5 articles that recieved unique targeted visits in the past 16 days (July 15-30):

It is not already surprising to find my 'pinay sex scandal' topic to be the most popular article in my blog. Quite a lot of bloggers have already joined the bandwagon of cleaning up the image of Pinays in cyberspace and a lot of them recieved a lot of visits thru different search engines because of those keywords. Well, perverts may be sad to find none of these 'scandals' in these sites, but bloggers are really really happy. (like me, hehehe..)

LinkReferral:Just like what I've said before LinkReferral really helps me to build up my Technorati Authority by exchanging links with other bloggers. It also drives you some traffic and unlike other traffic boosting sites, it's all manual. You are the one who gets to see the site, drop some reviews on it or add it as your favorite. LinkReferral has also categorized the sites so that you can choose on what type of sites you would want to see. If you see that a site is miscategorized, you can report it to them so that it can be removed or relocated to its category.

Entrecard: This is really a great service for all bloggers. Helps you build your social network and I get to see a lot of my fellow Filipino bloggers here.

And here are my site stats as of July 31:

  • 16.,362 visits since July 2006 (carry over from my First Blog)
  • 13, 050 visits since 15 November 2006 according to ClustrMaps (starting from my Second Blog)
  • 313 direct traffic (since 15 July 2008)
  • 121 visits via search engines (since 15 July 2008)
  • 11 readers
  • Ranked 325,621 site on Alexa
  • Technorati Authority of 58
  • Earned more than $20 via AdBrite (I'm hoping to recieve my first payout of $15.17 next month)
  • Total of 50 posts in this blog and 61 comments (315 posts in all of my blogs - see it on my blog network)

And thanks to all of my Top Entrecard Droppers:

Thanks for dropping by. :D And this month, I hope I can launch my small contest. :D

Happy Weekend!!!

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Bob Ong Had Just Re-Inspired Me

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Last night, I have finished reading Bob Ong's 5th book "Stainless Longgnisa." This one's really different from the other books tht he wrote. Or maybe he really makes sure that every book that he releases would not seem like a trilogy or a continuation of a previous book. Anyway, he talks about how he wrote the previous books and how he is with his life as a writer.

If anybody of you had read his book "ABNKKBSNPLAko?", you can somehow see a resemblance of what is happening in my life right now, specially on the part wherein he tells us about his college life. Hindi ko nga alam pero pakiramdam ko noong unang nabasa ko ang libro na iyun, nakita ko na ang mga mangyayari sa aking buhay pagdating ng kolehiyo. Hindi nga ako nagkamali.

Right now, Mr. Bob Ong had just reinspired me to continue with my plans of writing my very first book. I have been planning on doing this for a very long time. And all of those planning wasted my time until my interest would wane again and my plans would be put on hold. Again, I'm reviving my plans on 'releasing' my first ever book.

I'm giving myself 3 months to finish my book. What is my purpose in writing my book? Just like every writer, I hope that through my book, I would be able to inspire others; most specially those of my age. I would want them to learn something from the kind of life I had and try to understand others who may be experiencing the same life I have. I would also want to inspire others to write too. I really do believe that something that is can change a lot or everything: from view, opinions, perspectives nd even principles in life. Whether it be in the form of a blog, newspaper article, pamphlet, poster or a book, it will have an impact on its readers. Kahit pa napaka-walang kwenta nito. You would still be affected.

That's why I created this blog. Not to gain popularity or a lot of friends but to make a difference in the life of my visitors. I would like to give them not what they want but what they need to know. In the coming days, I would be trying to review the 'tradition' of my previous blogs to create articles talking about different topics.

And I do really hope that I can finish my book. And to start the ball rolling, I'm reading a lot of books right now. I'm currently reading on "Looking Back" by Ambeth Ocampo, the famous historian that really rocked the world of Philippine history. The book is a collection of article from his column t the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It is quite an old book but a good read most especially if you think history is boring. Watch out for the part wherein he discusses about the atrocities that the Americans committed during the Philippine-American War. Baka biglang magbago ang tingin mo sa Amerika at baka suriin mo ngayon kung hanggang ngayon ba ganun pa din ang ginagawa nila.

Regarding my job hunting adventures, as I have mentioned in my previous post I didn't get the job.And I really do hope to find one. At least, I got some idea now how the application process works at the call centers. I really need a job so I can help my parents pay our debts to a lot of people.

As with my life right now, I feel much closer to God now. I think I have somehow finally found my peace in Him. I do hope my plans and decisions have His blessing and that it is according to His will. I do really feel much better now. Thank you for your prayers.

And speaking of gratitude, I would like to feature my Top Ten Entrecard droppers. Here they are:

Thanks for the drop guys. And thank you for the wonderful comments.

You might as well add you blog here: Million Blog List. I'm proud to be number 18 on the list! :D

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