Back to the Philippines » blog community http://www.backtothephilippines.com An Overseas Filipino Returns Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:31:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 In praise of the Philippine blog community http://www.backtothephilippines.com/in-praise-of-the-philippine-blog-community/ http://www.backtothephilippines.com/in-praise-of-the-philippine-blog-community/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:07:27 +0000 mixxy http://backtothephilippines.com/personal/in-praise-of-the-philippine-blog-community/ img_8602-small.jpg First of all, I just wanted to say that inspite of my headache today (maybe because it’s very cold here!) I am very much encouraged by all the comments I received after re-launching this blog. During the past weeks, I discovered and read a lot of blogs from people from all walks of life. One thing that I deeply appreciate is the willingness of people to share their knowledge about blogging and setting up a blog, and how things work in the blogosphere of which I consider myself a newbie. They have all been my mentors, so to speak and my entertainers as well! I honestly admit that I do not only read blogs about money, travel and finance, even online entrepreneurship (serious stuff) but I do follow personal blogs as well and you know the “chismis” (gossip) and “kwentuhan” (storytelling) kind of blogs of which many Filipinos are addicted to reading (admit it). But one thing also that impressed me are the quality of blogs of some high school students I came across lately. Their journalism teachers must be so proud of them! When I was in highschool our Journalism teacher even forced us to write a journal! Now, they do it on their own and are even making some money out of it.

I have heard of Adsense before but I never really took it seriously until I spoke to a relative of mine casually and asked him about his job experience since he was interested in applying for jobs here and he said that he earns a living mainly from Adsense and Affiliating Marketing. At first I was doubtful how that could happen but that stuck in my mind. I had not exchanged emails with him for a while but now I probably know how he did it ;-) . But anyways, I am always elated whenever I read news and stories about fellow Filipinos who made a living from the internet who would have otherwise stayed in poverty or depended on jobs that lead nowhere.

We now even have our own Philippine Blog Awards. I mean, I really have missed a lot this past few years not knowing how developed and mainstream blogging is in the Philippines. I also noticed a lot of bloggers from Davao lately. And I mean everywhere, even in Friendster, I have friends who proudly say they live in Davao and love it. I am really intrigued by this city and who knows I might pay a visit this year. However, I admit when I finally move to the Philippines I am biased towards living in a Tagalog-speaking area because I only know Tagalog and I am quite bad at learning a new language. After having lived in a Dutch-speaking country for 2 years I know how difficult it feels if you are surrounded by people who don’t speak your language. At this point I am no longer motivated to learn a new language, it’s really just me.. but anyways.. I really want to see that city and also Boracay. Yes, I know.. I maybe one of the last few overseas pinoys out there who has not seen Boracay (blush). I do envy people who have visited places like Palawan, Ilocos, Banawe. It’s really crazy to think that I’ve seen places like Trondheim or Milan when I have not even seen Vigan!

Another one that deserves to mention are the talented Vloggers I have found lately such as Komikero and HappySlip. They really deserve the recognition they are now getting.
I wanted to mention all of the blogs I have been reading lately but even if I wanted to link, there’s just so much of them it’s hard to pick from all of them. Maybe later when I do have the time I can select a few to put in my reading list / blogroll.

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