It's already May 30, 1 am, Day 2 of the epic Mindanao Food Appreciation Tour / Soccsksargen Summer Safari (MFAT). Yesterday (a few hours ago) marked a first, Day 1 of the first ever MFAT. The day started with the arrival of Cagayan de Oro Bloggers in Davao City, led by President Chiq Montes. CDO Bloggers and Davao Bloggers ate a sumptuous feast at Ranchero's Grill and Restaurant in Davao City. All thanks to the generosity of Paolo Sunglao and his family. Everybody enjoyed the cornucopia of seafoods and the very tasty and tender baby back ribs, among other dishes. It was a very filling lunch. After lunch the group traveled to General Santos City led by Davao Bloggers Project Lead Brendel Balaga. Upon their arrival they checked in at the official hotel of the event, the Ice Castle Experience where I am currently blogging from right now. It is a soon to open hotel which has really nice amenities. Aside from the free WiFi, have beautiful rooms with flat screen tv, comfortable beds, and clean bathrooms. SUPER NICE! After settling down and freshening up, the participants went to the Pacman Sports Bar owned by Manny and Jinkee Pacquiao where…
Month: May 2010
Podcast 2: Open Relationships
By request from Mica Rodriguez, I made a podcast on Open Relationships. I also got some questions and subtopics from two Plurk threads that I started. I am by no means a relationship expert nor a graduate of any course that will make me a credible source of information or opinion on the matter. These are just my views and opinion based on my experiences and observations. You might find some value in it. Listen... Download this episode at this link. Helpful? Or not! Comment. Suggest. Share your opinions. Links: Wikipedia: Open Relationships Wikipedia: Open Source Plurk Threads: Link 1, Link 2 This is another test podcast. Humor me while I prepare for better podcasts. If you have any topic suggestions, comments, and opinions, please share them on the comments box.
Podcast 1: Cebu Blog Camp
I have been blogging for more than six years. (I know, right?) After attending the Cebu Blog Camp last weekend, I became more inspired to improve as a blogger. I decided to finally do something I have never tried: PODCAST. My first podcast was as a guest in the Pakbet Podkast last Sunday which was so sabog and funny. I did mention the Cebu Blog Camp there but we also talked about a lot of other things. I decided that I would start my own podcast. And since I am not sure yet what my podcasts are going to be about and how I am going to structure and direct it, I decided to make a test podcast with Cebu Blog Camp as a topic. You can download the podcast at this link. I know it's not much but I tried. :P Here are some important links: Cebu Blog Camp Site The Organizers Speakers and their Topics Info on Blogger Template Designer Jayvee Fernandez's YouTube Channel My Presentation Slides on "Blogging in the Community, for the Community" Once again, thank you to Winston Almendras for the invitation, Chiq Montes for the accommodations, and to John Mendoza and the rest of…
5 Day Diet Challenge
I don't think my body has quite recovered from the epic legend that was the Davao Food Appreciation Tour 2010. It was THREE WHOLE DAYS OF EATING! :-& And as if that's not bad enough for my quest for a sexy body, I spend a lot of time with my blogger friends and cousins who love to eat. Undeniably, I love to eat too. So when they invite to eat maki rolls and frozen yoghurt at 10 pm, I go with them with little protest. And to make things worse, I went to Cebu last weekend. It was a work-related trip peppered with too much eating. I ate tons of Crispy Pata and some Taba ng Talangka among other things. SUE ME! I almost went wild when I saw there was Starbucks and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, but quickly realized I can't have coffee this May. So I drank tons of iced and ice-blended chocolate instead. FAIIIIL! I ATE A LOT! IN A MONTH! BUUUUUUUSHIIIIIIIIT! And I'm about to take another eating tour again. This weekend. In Davao, General Santos, and Lake Sebu. Yes, that's three places. HOLY MOLEY! I'm gonna have a 38 waistline again. NOOOOO! In order…
Maki Rolls and Frozen Yoghurt
I spent most of the day working online and attending a product launching. Dinner was superb. It was a buffet. There was potato salad and roast beef. I ate a lot. FAIL! After the event, the team went to Kangaroo Coffee for a brief meeting regarding WordCamp Ph 2010. I faltered on my no coffee rule. But I took just one teeny tiny sip. So I don't think I failed yet. Everybody else left after the meeting and I was working on some blogs and blog posts when Kuya Andrew invited me to do nothing with Ate Joanna. They just wanted to go out and didn't have anything planned. After a few minutes, they picked me up. They told me we were going to Coffee Cat. But Ate Joanna got excited and thought of this... So we went to Nonki, despite protests coming from me, and ordered Crunchy Roll. We also decided to have some of their Salmon Cheese Roll. DIET MEGA FAIL! Then, we proceeded to Coffee Cat where I just couldn't resist having some frozen yoghurt. I topped it with mango, cereal, and almonds. YUMMY! Diet or no diet, who can resist this... HAY! I have weird cousins.…
So, You’re Not a Professional Eh?
I have often been asked why I consider myself as a professional blogger. They think I've become a millionaire from my blogs. Errr... SO NOT TRUE! My earnings are just enough to keep my blogs running. So why do I call myself a professional blogger? I consider myself a professional blogger because of the discipline, level of dedication and commitment I have for blogging. And yes, because I oblige myself to blog well and properly. I believe you do not become a professional blogger by virtue of the amount of money you earn from blogging. Professionalism is in the way you conduct yourself and the amount of work you put into whatever it is you are doing. There is nothing wrong with not being a professional blogger. If you don't want to be or to be known as a "professional blogger," then by all means do as you please, blog as you want. A blog is what you make of it. That's the beauty of blogging. You are free to express yourself, blog about whatever you want to blog. And yes, even blog as recklessly as you want. And you probably won't get punished for it. I don't have any…