Kuya Andrew has been managing their family's bakery business, Mam Bebs for quite some time now. And I have been assisting him with it. Last Saturday, my aunt (the Mam Bebs) told us that we have to learn how to bake. A couple of summers ago, another aunt taught me how to bake some pastries. And I enjoyed it. I enjoyed measuring, mixing, following the recipes step-by-step. It might sound geeky, but it kinda reminded me of my days in the laboratory as a science student. Next week, Kuya and I are going to attend the Basic Bread Making Workshop of the Center for Asian Culinary Studies here in Davao City. The course details are as follows: BASIC BREAD MAKING WORKSHOP Always wanted to make you own bread at home? Learn how to make it with Chef Jun Jun de Guzman and enjoy two days of making the following breads; French Rolls, Potato Bread, Walnut Bread, Cuban Bread, Dinner Rolls, and a lot more. Limited to 15 students only. Full participation. First come first serve basis. October 22 – 23, 2007 from 5:00 - 9:00 PM Fee: Php 2,500.00 inclusive of apron, manual and ingredients. I am already very excited…
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How Joe Ala found Alex Divinagracia
During the Davao Bloggers' meet-up with the Davao Association of Tour Operators (DATO), one of the questions raised by the tour operators is how effective blogs are in terms of being found on the internet. Here's how effective it is... A few days ago, Joe Ala, a Davaoeño now based in Japan, sent me a message via YM. He was thanking me because he was able to contact Alex Divinagracia because of my blog. Joe used to work in the same industry with Alex but he is now working as an EFL teacher in Japan. He was able to chat with Alex because I posted Alex's contact information in my post about the meet-up. There you go... blogs are really effective in terms of posting information and other relevant data that you want to be found when somebody is searching for it online. Information on Alex Divinagracia and other Davao Tour Operators may be found here.
Blogging for Beginners: Introduction and Basic Terms
Although I consider my first Blogging for Beginners Presentation a success, I decided to divide the presentation into two parts. The first part is the Introduction to Blogging presentation. In this introduction, I explain what a blog is, and discuss what constitutes a blog according to Yugatech. I also ask and answer why people blog, based on Pinoy Blogero's entry, and I ask Problogger's 23 Questions for Potential Bloggers, and offer other things to consider before a person starts to blog. I also offer some blogs that they can refer to or read to learn more about blogging. In the second part, I illustrate some terms that potential bloggers have to be familiar with. For this presentation, I begin with explaining the basic parts of blogs. Then proceed to explain and demonstrate some of the blogging terms that they should know and understand. I also tackle the different terms related to blog traffic.
Before I Comment…
I am not too fond of commenting on other people's blogs unless I feel like I really, really have to say what I want to say. So when another commenter has already sufficiently said what I want to say, I don't comment anymore. When I don't fully understand what the entry is all about, I don't comment. When I feel like the entry and the issue is not worth the bother, I don't comment. When I think that too much has been said already and the issue is getting out of control, I usually don't comment. The point is I only comment when I think I can contribute something substantial to the discussion. I also never comment if I didn't read carefully the blog entry. Some dumb dumb stupidly commented on my About the Ria Jose page: hey, miss priss. :) you an’t a prof blogger. prof bloggers get moneh for their blogs. i don’t think you do. besides, you’re using wordpress, by golly wow. =)) Ummm... so... here's the part of the page where I wrote that I am a problogger: I am a teacher, a freelance writer, a marketing and PR consultant, and a professional blogger (I think).…
Blogging for Beginners Presentation Version 1
Here's the unfinished first version of my Blogging for Beginners Presentation for my Blogging Workshops: It's not yet downloadable (SORRY) since it's a work in progress and I don't want people using it yet. But please browse through it, comment, criticize, give violent reactions, or bash me. I need and will appreciate everybody's help on this one. For bloggers, please offer your wisdom. Please suggest topics, links, articles, and other things that might help me improve the presentation. For non-bloggers, please give topics, issues, and questions you want me to address. Thank YOU!!! Many thanks to my cousins, Kuya Andrew, Gwing, and Luan who have already given their input! Much appreciation also to RJ, Andrea, and Jigs (who else pa?) who already browsed through it!
Davao Bloggers + Tour Operators Meet-Up
Image courtesy of Christian Te. Earlier today, Davao Bloggers had a very, very, very productive meet-up with some members of the Davao Association of Tour Operators (DATO). In attendance were me, Kuya Andrew, Blogie, Christian, and Dominic. We met up with Edmund of Travel Advantage, Alex of Pacific Royal Wings, Ruben of Surelite Travel and Tours, Pia of ParTravel and Tours, and Dizon of Dizerling Travel and Tours. I am super excited because I think the partnership between us bloggers and them tour operators will be very good for our common goal to promote travel and tourism in Davao City (and the rest of Mindanao). Read more about it over at My Davao City. Again, thank you to Coffee Spot for providing yummy, yummy, yummy food!!! Contact Information: Edmund Israel Mayormita General Manager Travel Advantage Tours Davao Co 29 J. Rizal Street, Habana Compound, 8000 Davao City, Philippines travel_advantage@yahoo.com Alex Divinagracia Pacific Royal Wings royalwings2004@yahoo.com Ruben A. Neri Manager Surelite Travel and Tours 115 A. Pichon Sr. corner Bolton Street, 8000 Davao City, Philippines surelitetravel_tours@yahoo.com Dizon P. Namuag Manager Dizerlin Travel and Tours Block 23 Stall 48, Central Market, New Pandan, National Highway, Panabo City, 8000 Davao del Norte, Philippines…