Blogging Frenzy

Last Friday, we had a Kadayawan Bloggers’ Networking Event at Jose Rafael Fine Coffee.

Held at the coffee shop’s Lanang branch, the Kadayawan Bloggers’ Networking Event was also for the benefit of Pens of Hope- an outreach program that helps address the scarcity of writing materials in the country.  Avatar Media, the event organizers, encouraged the attendees to bring their donations of pens, pencils, notebooks, and other writing material for the beneficiaries of Pens of Hope.

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Here’s my list for the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010.  This writing project, now on its 4th year, was started by Ms. Janette Toral.

• Ganda Ever So Much- an online journal by Orman Manansala- Philippine blogospere’ s fastest-rising superstar
• Plurk Designs- free Plurk themes and layouts by Lyle Santos, one of Mindanao blogging scene’s most respected bloggers
• Kusina Maria- Ria Jose’s food and  cooking blog
• A Thousand Ships- online journal of Mandi Nicolas, probably the best writer in the Philippine blogosphere
• Kikay Much- the beauty and fashion blog of Donna Mae Congson, General Santos City’s fashion princess
• Alexis Chua- the self-titled blog of  one of Mindanao’s smartest teen bloggers
• Ako si Rabsky- Ravi Villanueva’s personal blog filled with sincere and very insightful blog posts
• Avatar Media- the official site of Avatar Media, a new media outfit that makes the most exciting things happen in the Philippine blogosphere
• Tea, Completely- a blog by tea  connoisseurs Andrew dela Serna and Aileen Apolo
• Get Prettified!- my attempt at blogging about beauty, fashion, and lifestyle (ahem!)

The Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs Writing Project is sponsored by: Events and Corporate Video, Budget hotel in Makati, Pinoy Party Food, Copyediting Services, PR Agency Philippines, Budget Travel Philippines, Send Gifts to the Philippines, Black Friday Deals, Roomrent – units for rent, Search Profile Index, and Corporate Events Organizer.

If like me you want to save time and effort when checking your favorite Davao blogs for updates, then it is high time that you use the services of Blog Davao.  A product of Avatar Media, Blog Davao is the most comprehensive blog aggregator site of blogs about Davao and blogs authored by Davaoenos.

Aside from keeping you updated on the latest articles from covered blogs, Blog Davao also features a blog directory  categorizing blogs according to niche.  So if you are a blogger from the Davao region or maintain a blog about Davao, get listed with Blog Davao’s blog directory and increase your readership.

I just love my notebook planner and my desktop planner!  Because I took time to buy both last year, I am now able to keep track of my activities, appointments, tasks, errands, and even my expenses.

I scanned the entries in my planners earlier and I was all smiles because I was reminded of all the things I did in the past 20 days- the movies I watched, the places I’ve been to, the books I read, and even my mood when I wrote the entries.  It’s like reliving the experiences all over again.

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At 5:30 am last Saturday, I was preparing the things that I needed to bring to the Practical Photojournalism Workshop for Bloggers when I received a phone call.  The caller was an aunt informing me of the health status of a hospitalized relative.

Although she didn’t exactly verbalize it, my gut feel told me that the patient didn’t have much time left.  And so I immediately called Lyle and informed him that I might not be able to join the workshop. (more…)