Bisaya Bloggers

I used to think that the more unique a blog was,the more interested I’d be in his or her blog but I soon realized that a blog uniqueness is rather like as the old saying goes,it is all in the eye of the beholder.My acquaintance with these fantastic bloggers have offered me so many delights that I’ve come with great respect and admiration.Their blogs simply buzzes with so much energy.It’s almost makes you want to become like them:) And yes, I wanna be like them when I grow up,hehe

 I find most of them enormously entertaining with great sense of humor.I tell you, I laughed out loud a number of times with them.They’re truly a sanity-saving for me!:D

I certainly believe everyone deserve these awards and recognitions.So with that, I’d like to present these awards &  to the following bloggers….(drum rolls please!)

Up next>>>’The sexiest women & men in blogosphere’ (with photos,haha) Watch out for it!;)

If you are one of those people who think there can’t be much fun in blogging,then you should meet ReynaElena,Kotsengkuba,Bluepanjeet,Chuvaness,Pusa Kengkay and the rest hindi ko na kayo isa isa isahin kilala nyo na kung sino sino kayo hehe of the bubbly gang most especially Ambo sepsep,lol .They’re the funniest fellows who ever could make a bunch of delightful messages in  your comments boxes.Regardless of how boring an entry is,lol

Ambo otherwise known as Pinoy Ambisyoso is a multi- skilled and very versatile person and he’s still single! Yes ladies! you heard it right he’s very single binenta talaga ng husto hahaha However, it’s still not clear to me if he is still available.I think,this all depends on the kind of agreement you make with Reyna.Fee agreement varies from 5-50$ (50 to 300 words) hahaha

But seriously,Ambo is an outrageous blogger,lively,unpretentious and truly a great read.

 Pinoy Ambisyoso blog maybe factual or fictional account of many life’s quirkiness and interesting insight of the “muy guapo” Ambo (lubus lubusin na ang pambobola,hehe) .He’s known as ‘Lavern’ anywhere in the beautiful Island of the Philippines where the smile is known to be  the mightier than the sword:)

 I am called Pinoy Ambisyoso because I ‘ve so many dreams I want to achieve in life. Building a foundation for children is one of my greatest dreams. I love kids. I love family. I’m a family centered individual -Ambo

Many parts of of Pinoy Ambisyoso will make you Aww,others will make you LOL,other parts will make you Eww!hehe I’m referring these two unforgetable shocking entries Eww naman talaga!lol Please please before you click on this one and on that one.I’d suggest, you prepare a huge bucket near your >puter table in case you throw up lol Get a bucket before clicking! please PLEASE!Wag matigas ulo!!hahaha

To those who wonder why I’m doing a little tribute to Pinoy Ambisyoso.Well, I believe this man deserve thanks for a having me as the winner of his mini-contest. Yes I’ve won 2000 $ oops sorry typos,hehe 20$ only and entrecard credits! Grabee!!I’m totally overwhelmed!Thanks again bro!muaah muaah!:)

Tavern ‘Ambo’ is also the author of Pinoytek and Ambothology,a blog about technology and Photography.Do check them out!;)

The first title & first award I’ve ever got was the title of ‘Princess Of Harvest’ way back in the early 80’s.My cousins were terribly making fun of it when we’re teens.Hey you,princess of harvest how’s going? they’d teased me with it,lol If only I knew who created this silly title.I’d probably build her/him a monument near San Juanico Bridge,hehe

I’ve to admit I have been awfully negligent about passing on blog awards and badges of recognitions.I simply didn’t have much time naging bwizi kasi sa pagpapalito pagpapala at pagpipiko ng dolyares hehehe to collect and present them to the most amazing people here in blogosphere.

I’ll try to pass them on starting next week.Watch out for it!

This is truly a great honor to be a lucky recipient of these beautiful badges of Recognitions & Awards.From the bottom of my heart,I’d like to thank the following blog friends who were so sweet and inspire good feelings by awarding me these very special badges! Thank you so much *wipe tears*

Malen @ http://mynosebleed.com/

Jos @ http://nodirecton.blogspot.com/

Reyna @ http://reynaelena.com/

Lorie @ http://lorzonline.blogspot.com/

Ambo @ http://pinoyambisyoso.com/

BluePanjeet @ http://bluepanjeet.net/

Zam @ http://www.zamejias.blogspot.com/

Lizeth @ http://theluckywan.blogspot.com/

Sofie @ http://www.sofiehofmann.com/blog/

Here’s my family’s favorite winter meal,very simple and easy to prepare beef stew recipe using slow cooker or crock pot.

You simply need the following ingredients:oil, chopped onions,salt,pepper,chopped carrots, 1 1/2 kg beef cut in cubes,meat broth,& a bay leaf.Saute beef cubes in the hot oil over medium heat until meat is light brown then add chopped onions and carrots. Transfer to crock pot. Then add beef broth,bay leaf,salt,and pepper.Bring to boil and simmer until beef is tender. Stir occasionally, adding more beef broth if needed. Serve with potatoes or rice.This recipe is good for 4- 6 serving.

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Got tagged by two lovely ladies,chuvaness & chocmintgirl recently for Eight Things I am Grateful for.

Here goes:

I am so grateful,

— that I’m pregnant.It’s truly a great excuse for not dieting;)

—for having a great family & friends.Amen.:)

—having enough money to spend,enough food to eat,enough book to read,enough coffee to drink,lol

—for my ever loyal helpers the dishwasher and washingmachine.I can imagine my hands fate without you guys hahaha

— that there are Asian shops in my area,that I could buy my favorite toyo,patis,skyflakes,pancit cantoon,bagoong,instant tocino mix, malagkit, at iba pa and important ingredients for pinakbit,sinigang & kare kare Mmmmm:)

—for internet.I can’t imagine life without it. 

—that google slashed my PR (READ: I’m still pissed!I’m out for a walk!! hahaha) but seriously,I’m all okay with it! at least,I have now enough time to iron,clean and do the laundry (READ:Scheisse!!lol)

—for this tag.Thanks my dears (Malen & Crystal) for remembering me on this one.I’m tagging:beng,pusa,zam,thess,melai,reyna,rhada,shoshana leelai and you:)

My PAGERANK 4 has now downgraded to ZERO!However,my SERPS ”search engine results pages” haven’t changed(Please see below).I’m still getting ‘the usual’ more than thousand hits a day with more than 300 unique. I’ve to emphasize the usual there as this is the  lowest number of visits I’m getting everyday.There were days sometimes, daily hits reaches to 700 unique IPs up to the highest of 4,000 hits (ok, it happened only 4 times last year,50% probably were from bots)

What am saying now is that,should we really care about what number big G is displaying? when you and I, know the fact that our blogsite traffic remain unchanged. Who cares about what number they display? I’ve read countless articles to find out why Big G has been indicating UNRELIABLE,FAKE pagerank to many bloggers.Many(if not all) of these articles were unfortunately only came up with a vague theory.No one can really explain why big G is doing this kind of Bullshit to many (paid or non-paid) bloggers.Anyway,traffic is much more important than PR right?

Having said all that,I’m still oh ohh ewww soo pissed!lol

 Notice the 5 tacks? Well,it is always nice getting the highest grade right?lol

 I am very pleased to know that some advertisers were so happy  and satisfied with the tasks or assignments I did for them.

Here’s how they grade according to one of the adverts people.

Think of the tacks as a grade of A-F.
5 tacks - Excellent (very happy with the post and my investment)
4 tacks - Above Average (pleased with the post)
3 tacks - Average (disappointed)
2 tacks - Below average (unhappy with some small positive point)
1 tack - Failure (very unhappy, complete waste of my money)

My first time to access the internet was in July 1996.I found it totally thrilling then and still is.I began using email and chat  (although chat, was for me too intimidating at the beginning) I have gotten myself liking at using it which eventually widened my contacts online.I spent about four hours (or more) daily on average using the internet at that time.Half of it was spent on chats and visiting sites I bookmarked or links forwarded to me thru mail or copied/pasted thru chats.I was loving it.I can get lose track of time and get lost in it easily.I met a wide variety of people online.Neurotics? yes…innumerable,lol  but also, really lovely people that I eventually struck up a friendship with or even offline relationship with.And the rest is history.

Almost everything I find on the www seems to be amazing.There’s no limit to what we can do.Imagine,having the world right at your fingertips, is truly amazing indeed.

How about you,when did your loveaffair with the internet start?

As a blogger, you probably like getting comments or reading comments that are left on your blogs and probably you enjoy leaving comments on someone blogs as well.It really is awesome when some fellow start commenting on your blog. Me personally enjoy reading them.It is always nice to know that I am not the only one reading my blog,hehe

Indeed comments are important.One of the most important aspect infact if you are having a blog.It indicates that your blog is indeed being read.Over couple of years before I start doing ads I got decent numbers of commenters.It sometimes reaches to over 50 comments a post which was really amazing.But this is not happening on this blog anymore, which actually I’d better admit that I am expecting this as well. There are days really when I checked my email,hoping that there are few comments to moderate only to find out with a big  disappointment that there were actually no comments to moderate.What’s even more shocking is when you get more than a thousand hits per day  and NO single comments  NULL ZERO as in NADA WALA except spam from those bots trying to sell viagra and penis enlargement tablets,lol This was a lesson for me.I’ve never really try very hard to respond to comments in one way or another since I started doing the ads.It’s simply hard for me to find the time sometimes but with all honesty,I intend to change that attitude so I will make sure I’ll set aside some time to respond or make comments on other people’s blog from now on.That’s a promise! 

Lastly,it would be lovely if you could give your honest answer to the following questions:

How much time do you spend on commenting? 

Do you have a blog commenting strategy?

How do you handle not- so pleasant comments?

Do you check for a response from the author?

How important is it to you?

Do you automatically link your blog commenters to your blogroll?

What do you think of those commenters who only ask for exchange links?

I’ve been tag by shoshana of  MidasFive and UnsealMyLips.Daghang Salamat shos for thinking of me:)

Here goes: What are some of your new year’s good luck traditions?

We don’t have new year tradition here in Germany.My german husband never liked any aspect of New Year celebration.He couldn’t quite figure out the point of it .While other germans probably drinking, lighting fireworks and partying. My darling husband is on bed sleeping to welcome New Year,lol I guess,I get used to this kind of B-O-R-I-N-G celebration already.Well,I cooked pancit that day and he does not  like pancit hehe (he never liked complicated long foods,btw)

Here’s a foto I took from our living room on New Year’s eve.

Here’s some traditions by some Germans to celebrate the New Year.

With the stroke of New Years Eve midnight everybody is hugging and wishing “Prosit Neujahr”Happy New Year to each other.One popular tradition to some is “Bleigiessen” where a candle is lit and small pieces of lead are melted in a spoon over the candle and drop it in to cold water and try to tell the future from the shape it made( A bird shape meant travel or a heart or ring shape meant a wedding etc)

And here are some New Year Traditions/Practices in the Philippines,

Filipino make sure to welcome the New Year with a bang by making noise like banging on pots and pans and blowing on car horns or lighting firecrackers as it is believed to drive the bad spirit away. 

Prepare tons of food and 12 rounded fruits.It represent prosperity for the 12 months in the new year ahead!

People make sure to have coins/money in their pocket/wallet so that next year will be bountiful.

People usually open all the windows and doors (such covert doors) so graces it will come to their home as we welcome the New Year.

Some believe that you have to wear polka dots dresses or undies? hehe because dots symbolise money.

Eat pancit for good luck and long life.

Kids are encourage to jump several times as believed that when one jumps at the beginning of the year.They’ll grow taller<—it’s unfortunately didn’t work to many of us,hehe

How about you what’s your New Year Tradition?

Una sa lahat,sensyahan nyo ako mga kapatid at hindi ako napadalaw sa iyong mga e bahay nitong mga nakaraang araw,lagi ko na lamang nakakatulugan ang pag bla blag.Ang oras ko talaga madalas sa pag bla blag eh sa gabi lang kung tulog lahat ang mga tao.Mahirap kasi dalawa dalawa inaalagaan,sama pa yung tatay nila hehe Mga ilang gabi na, tuwing nagpapatulog ako sa aking bunso nakikitulog na rin ako,pag gising ko mga alas kuatro na ng umaga,mga kadatungan sa gagamba world naging kulay gray na haha Kung kayo nagpapalito,pong at pagong,lam nyo to mga pinagsasabi ko :)  

May napansin ba kayo sa pagpasok ng taon ng mga daga? halos lahat ng mga resolusyones at napapag-usapan ng ating mga kabisyo at kapatid eh ang mga ito Salapi,pera,datung,peso,moolah at kung ano anu pang raraket ang pinaplano.Kaya nga ba ang mahal na Reyna nagbukas ng Banco sa paghahanda ng pagdating ng mga kadatungan sa taon na ito hehehe. Ayun sa tsinito kong kakilala,ang taon daw na ito magdadala ng biyaya at swerte sa negosyo kaya kung ikaw may mga pinaplanong mga kung ano anung raket,ngayon taon mo ito gawin at uunlad daw ito.Tandaan,dadag pa ni tsinito na alang dagang gutom,lagi itong nakakahanap ng pagkain maski pa may mga pusa sa tabi tabi naka abang sa kanila.Kaya kung ito ang ating batayan,sa taon ng mga daga,lahat may pag asang umunlad.Kaya naman  suhesyon ko sa techy fairy godmother ng mga nagpapalito at sa mga nakikiusyoso lang na magbukas ito ng kapehan,tambayan para doon tayong lahat mag tsismisan at magpalitan ng kuro kuro at ng umunlad ang pilipinas (tayo fala!hehe) Lahat imbitado maski doon sa mga makikiusyuso lang.Ang mga brotherhood na naggwagwapohan na sina pinoyambisyoso at kotsengkuba gawin natin mga barangay tanod hehe  Yang lowlah sa tulip land na yan ang gawin natin isa sa mga taga-gawad na tawsan tawsan sumtin sumtin na ang kinita sa pagpipiko dito sa gagamba world hehe At sa aking mga alang ka kupas kupas na magaganda mga kapatiran na sina zam,malen,pusa,kengkay,rhada,diwatangbyaning basta lahat kayo hindi ko na lang kayo isaisahin at nabali na ereng mga kuko ko sa kakatayp LOL at sina neneng at manong na mga nakiki usi at gusto lang makikichismis beri welkam din kayo!! Plizz tuloy po kayo at lalo na sa Reynang inspirasyones ng lahat,ang iyong e-upuan at e-lamesa ay nakahanda na hahaha  Paki-katok lamang ang pintong >>>ito!! at tuloy po kayong lahat!

Do you know what the year of the Rat Holds in Store for You? 

Lots of cheese ofcourse!hehe

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According to my co-rat ‘Transposable element’ recent entry: 

The clever rat has made many ambitious plans that will be put into action this year. Good fortune and good times will surround the rat in this year of glory. Easy social grace is a gift of those born in this sign, but trusted close friends and family are the center that the rat needs to secure prosperity. Beware of the battle of earth and water that may confuse the scurrying rat. This beginning of the year will see the rat tempted by many flirtatious relationships. Faithfulness and loyalty are difficult with so many admiring glances. Understand the fear of those you care for as you seem to be drawn to many new relationships. Take steps to avoid damage to your true partners. As the year passes the successful rat will see more serious relationships bear fruit. Although the rat is a water sign, boat crusies are not a good vacation plan. Travel to exotic lands to explore,meet new people and experience adventure may be the perfect honeymoon. With the influence of the earth aspects of this year, promises of commitments become real and those born in this sign may experience the blessings of marriage and of children added to their family. The rat who cannot focus on success will be misled and find much conflict and many uncomfortable scenes caused by straying from a match that will bring good fortune. When prosperity and love come easily they may not be treated with respect. The rat who will succeed is the one who remembers that greed and manipulation may bring quick victories but ultimately strenghten enemies. The cat is ever watchful of the rat who stole its place. Listen to the guidance of ancestors, loved ones and trusted friends. Beware of the flattery of casual admiration to completely fulfill the promise of extreme good fortune that this year holds.

Aha!sounds good to me ’It looks like a very promising year’ for the rats.Although it didn’t mention about paid blogging opp? lol

Every now and then, we need to re-think what we really need and want in life.Otherwise, things will suck us up to boredom.If you notice,each moment we re-evaluate of something we would like in our lives, our fate works towards that end. For example, if you are in a friendship or in situation which you are not particularly happy and you ask for something better, don’t be surprised.That someone or unkind situation will vanish.Odd!you’d think!but changes will come and you’ll be wondering why..

So therefore, next time you think you’re bored,don’t worry! Changes will come your way..

Sometimes it’s hard to accept a beautiful,hardworking and very talented Britney Spears cannot be behaved properly because she abuses drugs or alcohol.My heart truly goes out to her.

Drugs and alcohol always affect behavior.They can make people mirthful,aggressive or even belligerent.In some people, drug or alcohol abuse is an ILLNESS.

The most important thing to bear in mind when assessing people who sometimes seem to be under the influence of drug or alcohol.One must try to recognize: how often do they do use? how does it affect their behavior?

The main concern in the treatment of drug & alcohol, is the question of ABSTINENCE.Can the drinking or taking the drugs be totally controlled?

OFCOURSE! See a doctor ((period))

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More and more people are now convinced that it is very important to get their own domain name.Having your own domain simply gives you and your blog more credibility and professional touch which is very essential  factor whether or not you are going to achieve true success online.If you’re putting up business online for example.Your website viewers or potential customers will feel more comfortable placing trust on what you are selling.It will make your customers feel that they are dealing with well-established company, rather than with some poorly funded business.So, it’s about time to decide to avail your own domain as this will have a potential impact on your blog or on your business,and on your internet existence as a whole.To do it of course you need to find a suitable hosting that  best suits your needs.How?

Check http://www.webhostingchoice.com as they provide an ultimate free guide to choosing the right web host for your personal or business site.Their principal aim is to provide you a searchable directory that will let you find web hosting plans suitable for all your web hosting needs.Visit Web Hosting Choice today!

*Whispers*I’m not supposed to tell you this dahil mahiyain ako da vah?lol but I thought I’d let you know that  moderately-confused pinay has been boasting a grand total of 500USD (for less than a month? can you imagine?) from her redundancy money making thru paid post.I’ll wake up early tomorrow and buy me a new digital camera!yuhuuu!! Just kidding. Think I deserve more than Digi-Camera,don’t I? Uhmm, let me think,let me think again?hehe  Ay ay!I’ll buy me Mercedez benz instead.Oh nein!!! Ok I’m kidding again! with 500 USD this can only afford me a bench right? or left? hehe

Off to $$$ making tonight with them. Maybe Lady Luck will pay me a visit again;)

In the meantime, I just wanted you all to know that I really, REALLY, really as in sincerely,truly,EVER appreciate your support (your lovely comments),your love (your visits) Muah muaah muaah to all!

Psst you! yes you! esp. you lurker you! instead of  scrutinizing my lousy grammar & staring blankly at your monitor.Why don’t you join me>>here!>>>where?>> here!I said!Ay kulet!:D

The Harry Situation which may be a factual or fictional account of the unfortunate life story of Todd Gruyere, a man who’s career and family life are in the process of being destroyed due to his creation of a very intriguing TV sitcom. Having begun with bags of creative integrity, the show was barged in by some Power Putty brand, and became overly cheesy. The Harry Situation may not be appeal to the regular cheesy viewers, but it will definitely ever be known as great TV sitcom ever produced although it’s still not known  to everyone whether ‘The Harry Situation’ will be aired at all. If your favorite word is ‘Schadenfreude’ Meaning if you find enjoyment of the misfortunes of others.” Then,I’d like to recommend Todd’s Gruyere blog and see for yourself the nightmare unfold.

The first thing I crave this morning is a nice cup of coffee,this may sound strange as I usually grab a glass of orange juice the first thing every morning.But thats what am dying for so I tend to dash straight for the coffee machine and found out our Jacobs Kronung Balance Pack is empty! Waaa!!Isn’t that ironic?Naja,that reminds me,here’s my shopping list for tomorrow: Coffee!! lol How do you like your coffee,btw?

So what the hell is that? spaminator is simply meant to block spam.I’m loving it but it didn’t work quite accurately. I sometime get comments that has been killed by it eventhough those comments were genuine from my friends like ghee & chase.BTW, this spaminator I am using is having sort of PMS sometimes,lol which can be annoying.So  if you’re not seeing your comments after an ages.Let me know please!
 

So, what’s on your wish list for Christmas this year?here’s mine–> new sofa,new bookshelves,new bag,new shoes,new camera,perhaps new puter,too?lol, and very likely this mouse! hehe How about you?

So, what’s on your wish list for Christmas this year?here’s mine–> new  sofa,new bookshelves,new bag,new shoes,new camera,perhaps new puter,too?lol, and very likely this mouse! hehe How about you?

It horrifies me when I see people who consciously use tricks to conquer other people trusts.These days, you can easily avail several books on  power management,etc and learn how to deceive, cheat and fake in order to be successful in any relationship.It must be sad to think that someone tries to play a psychological war game on you and that your relationship were only based on self interest and deception.

But whats the point of having a bunch of manipulated friends around you,anyway? Nada!

It horrifies me when I see people who consciously use tricks to conquer other people trusts.These days, you can easily avail several books on  power management,etc and learn how to deceive, cheat and fake in order to be successful in any relationship.It must be sad to think that someone tries to play a psychological war game on you and that your relationship were only based on self interest and deception.

But whats the point of having a bunch of manipulated friends around you,anyway? Nada!

My Lakbayan grade is B-!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

How many of you like this ‘meme’ thingy? Raise your foot err, hand please!We all know–Few  blogger hates it,some blogger loves it,some just being stubborn and doesn’t really care much about it!Few striking comments I’ve heard against it were–

I HATE MEMES!they’re like chain letters but even more insidious!OMG I HATE THE WORD!Almost as much as I hate the word BLOG crap!crap! crap!

hahaha I wish I could say that!lol

But seriously,I personally don’t hate memes/tags.I think it’s a fun game ibig ata sabihon mahal ka ng Tagger mo hahaha for as long as it does not require me to show my bank account,haha then it should be okies. My Bank Account Meme Anyone? hahaha 

 Just one piece of  advice’if you’re being tagged for ek ek yada yada meme and you aren’t comfy with it,just ignore it.Don’t feel obliged to take okidokee & doing it in your blog.Walang aabang sa iyo sa kanto kung ayaw mo!lol

What I’m saying is that, So tag away all you like.

I still have loads of them coming up.Don’t you just love it?:D 

Anyway,highway—I wish you all a great meme week ahead! Off bloghopping now…