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Sometimes I wish I had the power to instantly change the world for the better... so that every street kid would instantly have a happy meal, the homeless and informal settlers would have permanent, legal homes, public school kids would have plenty of books and chairs, rebels hiding in the mountains would be united with their families, drivers would stop drinking or texting while driving, smokers would just quit smoking, alcoholics would just drink tea instead, no one can do abortion, and there would be free food and medicine for the needy... but then, I wake myself up and I know that those things are quite impossible to instantly happen... For my Inang Bayan... The bad news is that things are getting worse than ever. According to the World Bank, almost three billion pesos is wasted in widespread corruption in our country. That's an awfully big amount considering that 8.1 million Filipino families rate themselves as poor based on the most recent SWS (Social Weather Station) sur...

Based on Alexa.com , Blogger.com ranks 6th, Multiply ranks 10th, and Wordpress ranks 11th among the top sites that Filipinos visit. This must only mean one thing - that the number of bloggers and those interested in blogs already make up a significant part of the Philippine population who surf the internet. With the persistent financial and economical crisis in the Philippines, I guess a great percentage of those bloggers are like me... like me who wants to make my hobby a bit profitable. That is why I find this project interesting. Okay, well maybe my last MMM post was really a bit boring because it was all technical money-making stuff, but I wish you can bear with me because those things had to be discussed so I can show you what I had to do and let other bloggers learn from my blog. Anyway, I've decided that before I start with the techie blahs today, I would share some pics first... These are my Ysha and Yza and yes, they are my twins.  They will be three months old thi...

Dear Mommy Dear Mommy, your child is your princess. She is your responsibility. If not for her own sake, never let her get hurt by any means. Dear Mommy, your child is your fan. She learns and takes after what you do, how you feel, where you go, how you react, what you think, why you love and why you hate. For her, be the best. Do not fail at being a good person for she too might suffer the same fate. Dear Mommy, your child is your student. Teach her everything that you know and guide her in every way that you can. Bombard her with good thoughts, warm emotions, and logical and critical reasoning. Empower her with love, understanding and patience. Dear Mommy, your child is your flesh and blood. Accept her. Recognize the whole of her - strengths, weaknesses, successes, and failures. Never forsake her for making wrong decisions and doing wrong things. She needs your guidance and your encouragement, not your pity, pride, and punishment. She needs you even when she says she doesn...

The last time I blogged about PROJECT MMM , I told you that I was going to do a research on it and I did. It's actually amazing how you can find lots of information on the web about blog monetization. The thing is, when you're reading through the tips of the experts, it seems like everything is so easy to do. Below are snippets of what I found out... 1st Blog Monetization Tip: The use of Google Adsense and PPC PPC (pay per click) ads are very common. They can be in the form of in-text ads, banners, sidebars, headers, and more. This is how bloggers usually earn from their blogs. If you're in blogspot like me, then you ought to try Google Adsense . Why? Because most experts think that it is the KING of PPC ads. It will only take you a few clicks to set it up. From your Blogger Dashboard, click the Lay-out Tab, and then from the page elements click "Add a gadget" and choose the Google Adsense widget. If ads don't show up on your blog, that just means that it ...

Money troubles?" says Dad, coming into the kitchen. "You know there are two solutions to money troubles." "Cut Back," says my dad, "or Make More Money. One or the other. Which is it to be Becky?" That's an excerpt from Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic. I haven't finished reading the book yet but I have been thinking about the same problem that Rebecca Bloomwood (Becky) had - Money Troubles. I have been jobless for more than three months now - well, not totally but to a great extent. I used to work as a full time, home-based web content writer for a BPO company but I stopped last week of January because of early signs of premature labor when I was still pregnant with my twins. Since then, our bills have began to pile up. After I've given birth to my twins, I occasionally do transcriptions and I've also recently started writing TOEFL exams. However, those aren't regular jobs. They come once in a blue moon and what I...

So far, I've had no luck with contests which have free domains and web hosting as prizes but as the saying goes, you ought to try and try until you succeed (lame post)... so I'm trying my luck again with Just Another Pixel's Make a Wish contest. The grand prize would include these (but there are consolation prizes too)... - -2-year paid domain, registered on Moniker (.com, .org, .info, .net) --$25.00 Paypal cash --1-month paid advertising on Adgitize --1 year free blog hosting from Pinay Mommy Online --1 custom blog design from Lay It On Me Designs --125x125 3-month advertising space on I Love Hate America --125x125 1-month advertising space on Just Another Pixel and on blogs of FIVE (5) sponsors --10,000 Entrecard credits I really want that free domain and blog hosting and on top of that, I like the theme of this contest....waaah! so here goes the first step... -------------------------------------- Join the Make a Wish Blog Contest over at Just Another P...

Want to win paypal cash, entrecard credits, ads, Blogging from Home book, and most of all info domain and web hosting? Well, May is your lucky month - if you live in the Philippines :) Pinay Mommy Online is holding the Follow Me Philippines Giveaway ! The mechanics are quite simple and all you have to do is to follow Mommy Rubz' blog in social networks and post about this contest through twitter, facebook, and your blog. I'm joining this for a shot at having my own domain. Coming July (my birthday), I will also host my first giveaway :) yehey :) Still thinking about sponsors, etc... I'm really not very familiar of how such contests get sponsors and top prizes.

Last Friday (Apr 30), I was able to attend a blogger event - for the FIRST TIME :) Yup, I have started this blog last week of November last year and it was only now that I had the chance to attend an actual event for bloggers (was very pregnant before that I wasn't able to respond to the invites :( ).  Anyway, I had the privilege to meet a fellow blogger - Ning Buning of Anything and Everything's Free :) and Ms. Cristel Gonzales, one of those who organized the Cyberzone event. I had fun taking pics and exploring the latest gadgets but I'm not going to elaborate further on that yet :) However, I'd like to invite you guys to the same event - No, not in SM Southmall anymore, but in these SM branches which may be near you:  SM Clark (May 6),  SM CDO (May 9),  SM Davao (May 13),  SM Baguio (May 16),  SM Bacolod (May 23),  SM Cebu (May 25), and lastly  SM Megamall (May 28). Two reasons WHY YOU SHOULD COME... First off, you'll have lots of fun. I...