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In between Friday and Saturday

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

This is a re-post…

My favorite time of week is the time when Friday is just a few hours before it turns Saturday. It means that it is still Friday and I still have a lot of time to do everything I planned for the weekend. And it still is 2 days before I get back to work! Get it? Hehehe

Normally, I am awake Friday nights until around 6am Saturday. The hours from 9pm Friday up to 6am Saturday are fun hours for me! I get to spend time with friends, sometimes offline, most of the time online. I get to listen to soothing music and everyone else is asleep. The place is quiet and I can think clearly. I get to sort out everything that happened to me the past few days and I get to plan the days ahead. This is officially my ME time.

How about you, when is your ME time?

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You must have noticed that I posted more than the usual this week. I hope to do the same next week and keep my momentum for a long time :) Please scroll down to read more entries I posted within the week. Thanks!

For my Filipino blog-friends, you might want to visit my new blog

Happy weekend! Be safe everyone! - Sasha

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The Love Month is here!

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Time flies so fast! It is February 3 now and before you know it, it’ll be Holy Week once again. This coming Wednesday is a red letter day for all Catholics out there. It will be Ash Wednesday already. Start of Friday fasting. Holy Week is way too early this year. March 16-23, unlike the usual first week of April that we are all used to.

Notice also how hot it already is? Summer is really here!

So you must have noticed I haven’t updated for 2 days. Here are the main reasons why…

It was supposed to be my mom’s 50th birthday had she survived her sickness. There would have been a party for her if she’s still alive. But she died a little over 2 years ago so there was none. The whole family still had dinner on her birthday, in honor of her memory.

We are looking for a university for my brother. He’ll be graduating from high school this coming April and will start college by June. My little brother’s already 16 and will soon cease to be the baby in the family. I just wish he will get to finish college and not get into bad company along the way.

I also had to take care of our trip to Baguio by the 2nd week of this month. My bestfriend Lem is getting married by the 18th in Baguio and my sisters and I are attending of course. He’s like a brother to us and had it been summer vacation already, the whole family would have been in complete attendance.

And we took advantage of the 3-day payday sale that is currently being held in some SM malls. We bought a lot of home stuff including several curtains. We are redecorating our home for the summer, making it more bright and cool to the eyes.

That took almost 3 days of my time and the reason for my online ‘absence’.

Anyway, haven’t made the move to change webhost yet. But after this recent ‘issue’ of losing 2 of my subdomains again (without anything to do on my end — so sorry Mel), I do believe that a change is really in order already. I cannot afford all these ‘issues’. Either this loss of my subdomains or downtime once more. I told them that there was a downtime the other day at around 4am. There was no record at their end.

We really need to talk, Cess. I am sorry to tita Liza and the others. I will email you about something within a day or two.

My Weekend Snapshot (WS) entry will be posted tonight. I already posted my entry in Utopia so if you have time, come visit me there.

To everyone who tagged me, left me a message or question, or have given me an award, I will all get back to you within a day or two. Thanks and I really appreciate it :)

I will be writing something about Random Blogroll as well as Redirecting Feeds to your Feedburner account. Stay tuned.

Happy Sunday everyone!

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Protected: Chit-chat 2

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

5 Feb 08, 05:41 AM

Scotty’s Princess: Hi sha, sobrang disheartening naman tong encounter mo with ur paypal withdrawal witn unionbank, sigh. Hope everything will be fixed soon….

5 Feb 08, 04:47 AM

Marco: Thank u te

4 Feb 08, 11:08 PM

nona: oo nga sis, wala na nga akong ginagawa ngayon kundi internet and blogging…iilan na lang kami dito sa office naka leave na mga tsekwa :)

4 Feb 08, 10:48 PM

andrea: sorry for the paypal and unionbank thingy.. how was it na??

4 Feb 08, 05:28 PM

Yen: Daan lang ako dito,sis!

4 Feb 08, 12:17 PM

Sweetpea: Added this blog already on my list…Don’t forget mine. Buzz me if you added me here. TC

4 Feb 08, 10:56 AM

deedee: hello sashing! musta na? sensya na tagal akong di nakadalaw busy e. i’m back sana tuluy-tuloy na hehe. ingats!

4 Feb 08, 10:38 AM

Lalaine: HI Sha! Got a tag for you..check it out : http://lalainejesu.blogspot.com/2008/02/got-this-friendship-meme-from-ruby.html

4 Feb 08, 09:59 AM

wifespeak: hi, sasha. tita gigi ito. nag-iikot. buti ka pa nag-malling nung weekend. kami nila liza sa bahay lang.

4 Feb 08, 09:07 AM

genny: award for you

4 Feb 08, 03:47 AM

repah: sasha dapat ung dneero mo impressions pinili mo hindi by click pra mag-earn ka..

4 Feb 08, 03:36 AM

karen: ate sasha, how to join those meme’s? i mean.. like yung sa recent entry mo.. wah im confused. sorry

3 Feb 08, 09:00 PM

nona: lunch muna tayo sis,…andiyan na ang service namin puntang company restaurant see yah!

3 Feb 08, 08:59 PM

nona: sis, oks na nga pala internet sa bahay…minsan chat tayo

3 Feb 08, 08:58 PM

nona: uy oka rin iyan, wow! college na si bunsoy niyo…he’s not your baby anymore

3 Feb 08, 08:43 PM

Lalaine: Hi Sasha..sure I’ll link you up..you can add me too in your blogroll..thanks! Have a blessed week ahead!

3 Feb 08, 07:37 PM

pam: halloo. daan lang! ^_^

3 Feb 08, 06:31 PM

idealpinkrose: good morning and happy monday~

3 Feb 08, 02:44 PM

vk: hello sasha, kumusta na, sorry ngayon lang ako, thanks again…regards n tc…enjoy your day….god bless

3 Feb 08, 07:09 AM

Gracie: hi sasha, i have a tag for u http://graciedeguzman.com/?p=474

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Protected: Chit-chat 1

Friday, February 1st, 2008

3 Feb 08, 06:43 AM

bry: hello ate sash! dumaan lang!

3 Feb 08, 12:06 AM

wifespeak: Sasha, may tag ako sa yo sa site ko.

2 Feb 08, 07:26 PM

Angie: Sha, may I ask for your e-mail address again? I ldon’t have copies of my contacts from my Outlook Express at home. I might have some questions for you later regarding hosting and wordpres. Thank you.

2 Feb 08, 05:20 PM

jane: hi sasha! thanks for the visit. wow, we can now witthdraw paypal money from local banks?

2 Feb 08, 12:15 PM

wifespeak: hi, sasha. just dropped by to say hi.

2 Feb 08, 10:32 AM

Raquel: Hi Sasha, I won the Filipino blog of the week! If you have time, please vsit my blog to see the new logo award. I hope you will also continue to support with me up to the next last round. Thank U!

1 Feb 08, 10:16 PM

Micamyx: hello

1 Feb 08, 09:49 PM

Pia: hello. namamasyal lang po.. :0 have a nice day!

1 Feb 08, 09:43 PM

gagay: hello! just fetching new infos..care to ex link?

1 Feb 08, 05:20 PM

Rach: Happy weekend!

1 Feb 08, 12:09 PM

cielo: have a nice weekend ahead of u

1 Feb 08, 09:39 AM

andrea: got a tag for you sis!!

1 Feb 08, 08:39 AM

andrea: hi sasha.. thanks for leaving a comment in my site.. I never imagined to be in this arena.. but like what you’ve said with all the perseverance & hardwork surely, in the end a reward is waiting..

1 Feb 08, 06:42 AM

Apols: daan lang po

1 Feb 08, 04:36 AM

Raquel: Hi Sasha, thank you for voting my site. I hope you can vote for me again today. Thank you and I appreciate your time.

1 Feb 08, 02:57 AM

Rach: Happy weekend!

31 Jan 08, 10:34 PM

Scotty’s Princess: hi sis, was here today.. hope everything’s Ok

31 Jan 08, 07:46 PM

Gracie: hi sasha..just doin my rounds..:) xoxo

31 Jan 08, 06:20 PM

bry: hi ate sash! god bless you!

31 Jan 08, 03:31 PM

Anah: Hi Sasha, thanks sa visit at messages! I linked u narin sa kalinkster directory. Thanks and TC!

31 Jan 08, 08:22 AM

Pinay Mommy: please join my “valentine linky love” at my blog….spread the love…

31 Jan 08, 08:05 AM

Yen: Hi Sash! Got you heluva of awards! hehe Hope ok lang:D

31 Jan 08, 07:35 AM

Rino: Hi Sasha, just to let you know that I have started another blog, actually last year pa ito, kaya lang hindi ko pa ipinopromote, sa ilan lang mga blogger friends muna, visit mo naman & comment ka o pls

31 Jan 08, 04:59 AM

Pinay Mommy: thanks fos visiting my blog sasha! i really appreciate all your advice. on thing for sure though. i am not yet 90 days old. i wish i was. care for exlinks?

31 Jan 08, 04:00 AM

diane: I hope you can vote for me here. http://pinoyscrapbookers.blogspot.com/ the poll is on the right side. my entry is diane’s 3 wishes. thanks!

31 Jan 08, 02:17 AM

Amor: sis, may question ako sa yo… just read it if you have time

31 Jan 08, 01:53 AM

repah: pag my tanung ka chat mo lng me o kya email ito repahmo_repahqo@yahoo.com

31 Jan 08, 01:40 AM

repah: free sign up yan

31 Jan 08, 01:40 AM

repah: http://bux.to/?r=repah click mo yan sasha.. pra refer kita plsss.. heheh

30 Jan 08, 09:37 PM

roseann: WEE… BLOGHOPPING..i answered that Qotw.. hehehe..

30 Jan 08, 08:20 PM

zkey: I’m here. nice blog here.

30 Jan 08, 10:51 AM

Raquel: HI Sasha, thank you for supporting my site. I will be happy if you can continue voting for me today.

30 Jan 08, 07:12 AM

Marco: keep it up

30 Jan 08, 04:03 AM

Rino: salamat sa tip mo what bank to use. ibank kasi yung gamit ng office namin for payroll kc e. Have a nice day, Sasha!

30 Jan 08, 12:30 AM

mousey: up na siya hopefully ok na cute!

29 Jan 08, 08:55 PM

MeL: Doon muna ako mag-uupdate sa i.ph blog ko.

29 Jan 08, 08:54 PM

MeL: Salamat po sa pag email sa kanila. Good morning!

29 Jan 08, 08:08 PM

joy: was here!

29 Jan 08, 07:47 PM

MeL: Ate Sasha, ano po nangyari sa blog ko?

29 Jan 08, 07:39 PM

Rebecca: Hello dear sis sasha…just doing my rounds…mwuah!

29 Jan 08, 11:21 AM

honney: sashing! musta na? question, sis.. ang payout ba ng payu2blog $5 lang talaga o depende PR mo?

29 Jan 08, 10:56 AM

wifespeak: Sipag ko no. Nangungumusta lang.

29 Jan 08, 09:37 AM

mhel: hi sasha! already included you in my roll!

29 Jan 08, 08:30 AM

irel: hello sasha how u been? as for me doing okay just doing my rounds:) tc always

29 Jan 08, 08:23 AM

Raquel: Salamat manay, I will remind you tonight. btw, very interesting post, co-comment ako ngayon.

29 Jan 08, 05:53 AM

bry: dumadalaw sa namimiss kong mga tao dito sa blogsphere!

29 Jan 08, 02:06 AM

Roshidan: Thanks, your tag has increase my technorati authority.

29 Jan 08, 01:10 AM

dez: hi sasha! just visiting you

28 Jan 08, 10:45 PM

lutchi: Napadaan Sash.

28 Jan 08, 10:09 PM

Marco: hi ate

28 Jan 08, 04:49 PM

Raquel: Hi Sasha, I would like to say thank you for your support in my blog. If it’s ok, can you vote for me again today?

28 Jan 08, 10:51 AM

Annie: hello blog hopping

28 Jan 08, 09:29 AM

Raquel: Salamat manay!

28 Jan 08, 08:55 AM

edward: Hi. just bloghopping. anyway, I’m doing a mini contest for pinoy bloggers. you might be interested. Check out my blog for more details. =)

28 Jan 08, 12:04 AM

Cai: Hi Sasha-sis! Im feeling fine na, kahit paano.. miss ya sis! btw, nawalan ako ng fon, meron akong new number.. ayun.. :Ptc! :)

27 Jan 08, 07:52 PM

Scotty’s Princess: Hi sha, dropping by here today. Such interesting infos abt PRs and paypal…

27 Jan 08, 06:15 PM

Raquel: Hi Sasha, I am asking your support please vote for me for Filipino blog of the week , just click here.Thank you

27 Jan 08, 03:12 PM

triceist: have a nice day

27 Jan 08, 12:09 PM

genny: added you already

27 Jan 08, 12:07 PM

Sweet Lullaby: i already added you sasha in my list.. please let me know if you added me already… thanks!

27 Jan 08, 12:01 PM

Sweet Lullaby: sure sha, let us ex link… I will add you now, please let me know if you added me already… thanks! have a great sunday!

27 Jan 08, 11:32 AM

havadisci: hello friend, your blog is so nice.

27 Jan 08, 10:59 AM

wifespeak: Hello, uli. Iniikot ko lahat ng blog mo. Sinisipag e.

27 Jan 08, 06:43 AM

AJ: i like your post on photohunting..id like to participate

27 Jan 08, 01:13 AM

jho: Hi Sasha! Hindi ako makag update ng blog. Wala pa time. Have a great sunday!

27 Jan 08, 12:34 AM

vaks: dropping by… i hope it’s ok if i add your link to mine. thanks and keep on writing!

26 Jan 08, 08:50 PM

rian: bloghopping

26 Jan 08, 07:20 PM

pusa: meow, got a tag for you http://www.heyokity.com/2008/01/whats-between-your-legs.html have a great weekend =)

26 Jan 08, 01:40 PM

Juliana: Happy weekend to you and yours.

26 Jan 08, 11:16 AM

wifespeak: Just dropped by. I took the liberty of adding your site to my links. I hope you don’t mind. Liza said you won’t mind but I thought I’d tell you anyway. Thanks for the warm welcome.

26 Jan 08, 10:37 AM

brVince: sumaglit din po

26 Jan 08, 10:08 AM

Tintin: and don’t forget to leave your comment in my Guestbook

26 Jan 08, 10:07 AM

Tintin: visit my gallery http://www.tintin.ws/Gallery/main.php

26 Jan 08, 10:07 AM

Tintin: hehehe

26 Jan 08, 10:07 AM

Tintin: i’m not sure how this tag working too

26 Jan 08, 10:07 AM

Tintin: let me know if it’s ok

26 Jan 08, 10:07 AM

Tintin: sure we can exchange links

26 Jan 08, 10:07 AM

Tintin: Hi sasha, thanks for dropping by:-)

26 Jan 08, 08:12 AM

mariavictoria: hi sasha, no problem on exlinks, and also you can visit my other page http://cazvillage.wordpress.com/ take care, see yah

26 Jan 08, 07:27 AM

gigi: hello care to exchange link?

26 Jan 08, 06:57 AM

jessie: hi, just dropping by from balong’s site.

26 Jan 08, 05:53 AM

denzyl: hi link ex?

26 Jan 08, 03:19 AM

mmy-lei: hirap naman magcomment dito sashing, ayaw akong payagan…hahaha

26 Jan 08, 02:14 AM

MeL: Nga po pala, I’m having problems installing the codes for linkworth. Can you pls help me po thru email?

26 Jan 08, 02:13 AM

MeL: Ate Sasha, Happy weekend din sayo!

26 Jan 08, 01:31 AM

Angie: Hi, Sha. Musta na dito? Hope everything’s well with you. Thanks sa visit. Eto, still kicking.

26 Jan 08, 12:47 AM

bAbYmAc: hello come and visit us too… welcome po sa lahat…our NEW FORUM..salamat

26 Jan 08, 12:44 AM

eDS: hi there! thanks sa comment and visit ha, sure ill add u up na, thanks!

26 Jan 08, 12:22 AM

nickz: nice blog.. please visit mine also.. care to exchange link?

26 Jan 08, 12:01 AM

nona: sis, bumalik na si mmy-lei…open na uli site niya :)

25 Jan 08, 11:10 PM

gigi-wifespeak: hi, sis. . . may tag ako sa yo.

25 Jan 08, 08:01 PM

rho: ello sis… musta na??? aymishuuuu…. ingat lgi ha…

25 Jan 08, 02:29 PM

claire: just droppin by

25 Jan 08, 02:13 PM

www.triceist.com: Hello, come to my website if you need information about the connection city between asia and europe

25 Jan 08, 01:53 PM

lisa: Hello, visiting here, have a nice weekend

25 Jan 08, 11:59 AM

Lalique: hi there my friend happy weekend to you

25 Jan 08, 10:28 AM

Raquel: Hi there, just a quick visit to wish you a happy weekend.

25 Jan 08, 09:17 AM

honney: sashing! na-link ko na po blogs mo sa new site ko! happy weekend! mwaahh!

25 Jan 08, 02:23 AM

Joshua: It could only be purchased thru his site. $15. Hay, sana mawatch ko sya pag nag guestings sya sa tv shows.

25 Jan 08, 02:22 AM

Joshua: Sis, I forgot to tell you that I’ve watched Christine (Happy Slip) sa TV Patrol last night. She’s the Pinoy Internet Queesn and they made her Ambassadress. Mahal album ni Josh.

25 Jan 08, 02:14 AM

Renato de Trindade: Hello Sasha, dear friend, how are you today? Thank you for visiting my blog once again! Hope you enjoying your weekend! Take care always! Your Brazilian Friend, Renato de Trindade

25 Jan 08, 12:42 AM

mousey: dumaan po

25 Jan 08, 12:40 AM

mousey: dedma nod

24 Jan 08, 11:09 PM

thet: hey dear..doing my rounds from Boracay Island

24 Jan 08, 09:06 PM

sasha: CC, Please see my random blogroll on the other column thanks

24 Jan 08, 08:57 PM

Karen: ate sasha, i have something to ask.. where can i email you?

24 Jan 08, 12:32 PM

lisa: Hello, visiting here in your nice site…

24 Jan 08, 11:56 AM

cc: i can’t see my link here..

24 Jan 08, 09:13 AM

Rino: Hi Sasha, have a nice day! Masarap ba doon a vegetarian resto sa banawe?

24 Jan 08, 07:10 AM

Yen: I was pretty sad about Heath too! May he rest in Peace..Still can’t believe it!

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20 Questions

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

I was tagged by Joey to do this meme…

Here are the rules:

1. Remove 1 question from below, and replace it with your own personal question.
2. Make it a total of 20 questions.
3. Then tag 84 people, list them at the end of this post.
4. Notify them in their chat box that they have been tagged.

20 Personal Questions Meme

1.) At what age do you wish to marry?
Some may find this weird but ever since I was in high school I know I want to get married by the time I reach 35.

2.) What color do you like most?
Green :)
3.) If you have the chance, what would you probably say to your beloved one?
Come here, quick! Hehehe

4.) Where is the place that you want to visit the most?
Japan. The place is very interesting. I would love to see those old temples, castles, and everything I have seen on that tourism series shown on a local channel.

5.) Which part of you do you hate the most?
My tummy :(
6.) When you encounter a sad moment, what do you do?
I keep quiet and cry silently. Lately, I’ve become more iyakin than ever.

7.) What are you afraid to lose the most?
My family. I’ve already lost a brother and my mom.

8.) If you win $1 million, what would you do?
(more…)

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Tell me what can you see?

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

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Can you see an old man with his hand on his chest, or something else?

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Can you see an old man who looks like Einstein?

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Can you see two old men facing each other?

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For 2008…

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

I have seen this question on another blog. What is the one thing you hope to accomplish in 2008? And I felt compelled to answer the question myself. This is like my goal/resolution/project for this year, rolled into one.

I want to be financially stable. In the true sense of the word. I want to be able to save enough money where I will not worry about emergencies anymore. I don’t want to be in a situation wherein I am waiting for the next cash flow to be able to have some money.

I know I can do it. I will do my best :)
What about you, what do you wish to accomplish this year?

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Announcement: A new baby

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

My friend, May, recently gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. She sent an sms message to all of her friends telling us of the good news.

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You might have gave birth or your wife did. There is a way to send out Birth Announcements to family and friends. You can order Baby Announcements at DoodleBugDezigns.com. Send out a card to family and friends with the photo of your newly born baby and the details of his/her birth. Full name, weight, birthdate, etc.

Go and shout to the world the birth of the angel in your life. Visit DoodleBugDezigns.com now for more information.

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Good to know!

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

You Are 52% Open Minded


You are a very open minded person, but you’re also well grounded.
Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints.
But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line.
You’re open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself.
How Open Minded Are You?

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Happy me!

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

I was browsing my other blogs and updating some of it a couple of hours ago when I saw Blogthings in one of them. I got sucked into answering some tests again! :D Here’s one of them…


You Are Pretty Happy


You generally have a happy, fulfilling life.
But things could be a little better, and deep down, you know it.
Maybe you need more supportive friends or a more challenging career.
Something is preventing you from being totally happy. You just need to figure out what it is!

How Happy Are You, Really?

Good to know I am generally happy. I am. I have a lot of plans, I need to do a lot of things. I have done some but there are so much more left undone. I know I will be able to do it but I am taking things slow.

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Online again!

Friday, December 21st, 2007

And we’re back!

All sites under BigSkyMedia were down for almost 3 days. Huge impact on our blogging…

I’ll be back later to post some more about this.

Meantime, Happy Friday everyone! Just a few more days and it’s Christmas already.

Belated happy birthday to my dearest sis Rebecca of Skippyheart. So sorry sis, been offline for a few days…

Later :)

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Getting back my offline life…

Monday, December 10th, 2007

…one day at a time.

I have been away from the internet most weekends now. I try to. It’s been fun. Had dinner with some friends on Thursday. Met up with the ex and his family on Friday. Party with the whole paternal side of the family on Makati for my aunt’s 55th birthday last Saturday. And the whole family went malling yesterday. It’s been a lot of fun!

And I get to kick back and relax. Which I haven’t been doing for so long now. I told my friend that I will be relaxing a bit this whole holiday season. And will get back on track come January. She’s started with lesser online time as well and is enjoying it. Lagi kaming inaantok sobra kaya dapat makatulog ng mas mahaba hehehe

Been following the coming US elections closely. Pretty interesting what with Hillary Clinton joining the presidentiables. I would love to know more about Barack Obama. Quite an interesting man. And he’s being endorsed by Oprah so that’s something for me…

Plus, whenever I go online, I immediately open YouTube! Aargh! Before I just ignore this site. But now, I am a self-confessed fan. I watch Iron Chef episodes I haven’t seen. That’s what’s keeping me busy *silly grin*

I will post my Weekend Snapshot entry later.

Have a great week ahead everyone!

Done with your Christmas shopping already?

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Funny banner!

Friday, December 7th, 2007

I bumped the entry that was supposed to go up tonight and instead I am posting this one. I am browsing sites of some popular bloggers today to get some idea on what is happening in the other side of the blogosphere (read: the upper class) and have found this banner really funny…

PoogleBanner

These people are kissing Poogle’s a$$ to be able to get their PRs back. Ha! As if Poogle Google will care about them!

This blogger, one of the top earners in PPP, is saying goodbye to her paid posts because she is on a “Poogle worship mission”, her words not mine. She can adopt all this kiss-a$$ attitude already because she has earned over $10K from PPP and is earning almost $1K from TLA every month. Now what about the little bloggers just starting out to earn some extra income for the holidays???

I say go on an Alexa worship mission! Haha :D
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I read Matt Cutts’ blog whenever he has updates. I love the guy even if he works at the Poogleplex. I admire his spunk in answering bitchy comments from bloggers slapped by his boss. I also admire his deep supply of patience in facing bloggers lambasting his boss. He explained some reasons why most blogs lost their PR. As well as why blogs not selling links or doing paid posts also got the slap. But there are loopholes in his explanation that I still don’t understand. Like, why are some blogs selling links not penalized like ours? Are they just lucky enough to avoid the Poogle’s all-encompassing eyes? And he said that blogs not into paid posts got a PR reduction because there was a PR update made at the same time the slap was happening. But then when you look at popular blogs previously slapped, they got their PR back just after a few days. What’s the deal?

Anyway, whatever, I still love Matt Cutts! Go read his blog if you are concerned whether Poogle will give you your PR back.

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Anyhow, this site is saying GOODBYE to PPP, Blogsvertise and ReviewMe. Ah no, I am not on a Poogle worship mission as well. It’s just that, now that this site is back to a PR0, I don’t feel compelled to write $5 posts under PPP anymore. And I am not really crazy about the Real Rank and Social Spark. It looks dubious to me and there is this nagging thought in my mind that Real Rank will only benefit the upper class of PPP posties and posties from the US, Canada and UK. Asian posties, notice how we don’t get decent opps but when you ask other posties in the US and UK they still get decent ones even if they have a PR0?

ReviewMe has brought me a decent amount of income when I joined them. But for some reason, campaigns get lesser and lesser for PR0 blogs. Ditto with Blogsvertise.

I checked and I only have 9 posts under PPP and 8 posts under ReviewMe. Not really sure how many under Blogsvertise but I think it’s around 5. There will be no more than that.

I will still be doing paid posts for SponsoredReviews, Smorty, PayU2Blog, BTOP and others.

BUT, it would be lesser or in between 2 non sponsored posts. That will be my goal for this blog come 2008.

Happy blogging everyone!

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Melancholy and Josh Groban

Friday, September 21st, 2007

As you very well know by now, I get sentimental easily. A song, a written note from long ago, even a cup of coffee or the smell of grass or an old book, it brings back a surge of longing for something, someone… And then I get sentimental. Before I know it, I am crying already because it just came to me that I miss this person. Or that a song reminded me of the good old days. And I miss the good old days…

Lately, something triggered this sadness… after each laughter, may kurot. It’s probably due to the fact that my mom’s death anniversary is coming up, or that I saw something in Friendster (darn that site!) or I heard that Josh Groban song again…

By the way, Josh Groban is coming to the Philippines for a concert. I really would love to watch it. I’m a big fan! But the ticket prices are way too expensive for me. Imagine the lowest price is P3,000 and for VIP seats it’s a whopping P20,000! Goodness! Sayang sa pera! Nakakahinayang lang because I know it’ll be a long time before he comes back again. It is during times like this that I miss having a boyfriend. Libre sana! Hahahah…

Also, I get hurt easily these days. Hay ewan ko ba… Thank God inay and itay are there daily :)
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I will cut my hair really short tomorrow. It just occurred to me that I haven’t done anything with my curly hair for months now. No trips to the salon for a hot oil, hair spa… no nothing. Kayo girls, how often to you go to the salon for the hair rituals?

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Some link love…

Please visit these great blogs: The Chronicler’s Life by Joshua, the new Tales of the Cenobite blog by Dom Lawrence, kapatid na Bluepanjeet’s newly moved OTWOMD and Maiylah’s Lifesnippets.

Lastly, there is a free blog directory that you can submit your blogs to. Sayang, grab na natin! Blog-Gurus is a blog directory wherein you can submit your sites for free. Traffic din yan :) Submit your blogs now!

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Feedreader, Opera and a smile

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Was so sleepy this morning and did nothing except talk to my friend here in the office. Then after lunch, I remembered what kuya Lawrence and I talked about when we were having lunch. He was telling me about Feedreader 3.10 and how it made reading blogs easier for him. I downloaded one and is now using it. Kuhanin ko mga url ng feeds ninyo.

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Trying out something new… I am using the Opera browser now and I love it! Love the widgets and the theme! My friend told me she’s using Opera so I got curious and downloaded it immediately. Now I am loving it a lot. I still won’t say goodbye to Firefox though.

Are you using Opera? What do you think of it?

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I want to thank Rebecca for giving me a “You Make Me Smile” award. Touched naman ako, sis! :) Thanks so much!

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Lastly, I want to share this song with you by Josh Verdes… I love this song talaga! I first read and heard about this song from Happyslip. And since then, I have been playing this song over and over…


Ganda ng boses ano? Pinoy yan :)
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UPDATE!

Guys, help naman! I will be buying a laptop pretty soon. I am just having a dilemma on what to brand to choose nga lang. I want an IBM Thinkpad sana pero I am also looking into an HP notebook. Hmmm…

Are you using a laptop? What can you recommend kaya?

Thanks! :)

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