Blog From Cebu To The World

How to explore Metro Manila with its vastness, long highways, big and small streets, traffic rules and crazy traffic? This question bugged me since 15 years ago when I first set foot here (Manila). Then in 1996 when I came back here for a three-weeks training and in 2001 with a three-week audit assignment and an impending transfer to the Makati Office.

I transferred job late in 2001, in a company whose head office is in Cebu, but with a large Manila branch. Since then, being an HO guy, I’ve been a regular visitor to Manila mostly on a two or three-day visits. To explore Manila with an experienced driver is easy. We have that in our office. You get to avoid crazy traffic and insane drivers. In some cases, we ride a taxi. Riding a taxi is also convenient but you have to be wary of overcharging with fast meters, or fixed fees. Public utility jeepneys, V-hire (or what they call FX, even if it’s a Mitsubishi adventure) and buses are also available. Then there is the MRT and the LRT. But I never got to ride on those when in business trips.

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From Cebu to the world, via Manila. That is how it is: Ceblogger is now in Manila! My wife and I arrived from Cebu yesterday afternoon. We’re still feeling our way here and hoping we won’t get lost in the maze of roads and highways.

Ok! I’ll just keep this post very very short, as I am facing tons and tons of work to do, especially with my new work assignment. If there are blogging EBs around, which I think are aplenty here, give me a buzz, will you?

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A beautiful Cebuana, Ms. Karla Paula Henry, wins Miss Earth 2008 at the pageant held at the Clark Expo in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines last November 9, 2008. The 22-year old Fil-Canadian 5’7” beauty bested 85 other candidates from all over the world. She also won the Miss Photogenic Award and the Miss Earth Designers Award.

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This is probably the last of my EC love and easy link giveaways. This is not a contest. But it’s my way of rewarding my top droppers. However, times have changed and I have to come up with something new. Or shall we say: The entrecard credits are good, but we need cash. Like what I have done for these last few months, I will give away 300, 200 and 100 ec credits to my top 3 droppers. No cash yet. My Paypal account is almost empty.

So, here are my top 3 droppers for the last 31 days:
First: Turnip – Social Networking
Second: Technically Easy – Tips to Help You Understand Computers
Third: Banic Manic

And the winner for the 125×125 ad for a week is:
What About Brazil

(Mr. Prado, please reply to this entry if you want another ad to be advertised here instead of your blog. Otherwise, I’ll just use your entrecard ad.)

The entrecard dropping has become a chore to many, so their dropping habits have drastically changed. Some even left entrecard. But I will not follow them in their exodus. I’ll remain with the community unless I get banned or forced out.

EC love and easy link has ended. My next project is to reward my readers. So, if you haven’t subscribed to my feeds, do so now. Thank you and happy blogging everyone!

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Air travel in the Philippines is getting cheaper. Going to your favorite vacation destination, or going to the province this Christmas Holidays, is now very affordable, especially with the latest EconoLight Class of Philippine Airlines (PAL). One-way fares are as low as P488, inclusive of all fees and surcharges.

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How’s your money-making blogging experience? A year in adsense and still making cents? Or you have a Google Adsense success story to share? Maybe you have already bought a PC or even a new car from your adsense earnings. Or perhaps you are one of the many who’ve already taken down the codes and eventually gave up on earning online thru Google Adsense?

If you are still making cents, don’t worry. You are not alone. You have me and plenty of bloggers out there. Don’t be desperate by violating rules, clicking on your own ads or even asking friends and readers to click on yours. You’ll be banned for life and even the scanty amount you have in your account will be taken away from you.

Here’s some hope for you (and for me). It is true that there are bloggers who are making a lot of money from Google Adsense. Not only bloggers but organizations are earning as well. Are there any secrets that we don’t know of? Here are some of the techniques I gathered: Read the rest of this entry »

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