My Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009

Finally, the long-wait is over! I know, people who read my blog are waiting for this one! My Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009. Who among the newbie bloggers are included in my top ten list? Well... all I can say is that, all of them included in my list deserves my vote. So, without further ado, here are my Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009 in random order! But before that some background story.

It really took me a lot of time thinking who among the newbie bloggers this year should be included in my top ten list. That's why I decided not to write anymore and I planned not to join in this voting. Aside from super schedule from work, I can't really find time to think and write at the same time for my top ten list. But then again, I said, my vote still counts. So, here they are, my top ten influential blogs of 2009.

My Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009

• Jan Geronimo of Writing to Exhale From a newbie blogger who owns the now defunct Sa Labas ng Mandaluyong where he posted his craziness antics to a more serious everyday life blogger/writer he has become, Jan Geronimo deserves the right to have a spot in my top ten list.

• Doc Lorenzo of Zorlone Who would have thought that a doctor can write poems? The profession is not just right, isn't it? Well, think again! Doc Z's poems are one-of-a-kind and full of human emotions! If you do not believe me, you may go to the link provided and check them out! Truly rocks!

• Jehzlau and Company of Patay Gutom Jehzlau's another website project also deserves a spot in my top ten list. Talk about food blogging to the journalistic power... Jehzlau's patay gutom correspondents are always in the look of delicious foods here in the Metro and in other parts of the Philippines! Love food by the way, way biased! Hahaha!

• Hay Men! of Tunay na Lalake Blog Real men blog! If it's not enough reason for Tunay na Lalake (TnL) blog for men to blog, then there is something wrong with you! TnL is a humor blog for those who has the supreme intelligence in understanding a person's humor! I have that one, so I follow them! LOLS!

• Richie M. of Idiot Box Richie's Idiot Box blog is your online TV guide. He blogs about Philippine television happenings and write about his views on a particular TV show. But then again, his reviews are not just a review, it has something that you and I can actually agree. His opinions are good enough to convince me that this guy is a couch potato in his past life!

• Deejay of Good Times Manila News reportage has not been this so satiric and funny at the same time before. In his blog, you can see famous people and celebrities and different personalities being reported in an exaggerated and not so true manner, it made my bone tickled somehow. Saving grace is Miriam Defensor Santiago! Hahaha...!

• Kelvin of Kelvinonian Ideas 2.0 What is the product of a young man and a high-tech camera? Beautiful pictures of course! Kelvin's photographs are really stunning... coming from a youngster like him, the photographs that he posted on his blog are truly amazing! You may check them out if you want to see what am I talking about! hehehe...

• Roy of The Struggling Blogger Roy's blog is not a blog for the struggling blogger because he is soooo professional when he does blogging. His ideas and topics are very unique, he is the only one can think of it! =P

• Nobe of I am Nobe This bi-lingual (Filipino and English media) blog of Nobe talks about different political issues and people in a satiric way which I love the manner of presentation. Straightforward, opinionated, and funny at the same time. But not that funny funny, it's like funny sense of humor funny. Get it?

• JenaIsle of Jena Isle's Random Thoughts Talk about random things, Jena Isle's blog never stopped giving you random things to read. From wedding to marrying someone to food to coping, etcetera, etcetera... this blog is the one you are looking for!

Whew! So there! My top ten influential blogs of 2009! But first, before I leave you with the comments, let us thank the support of the following sponsors that made this Writing Project Possible: Absolute Traders, My Brute Cheats, Business Summaries, Fitness Advantage Club, Events and Corporate Video, Events at Work, Dominguez Marketing Communications, Red Mobile, Budget hotel in Makati, Lucio Tan Group of Companies and Blog4Reviews.com.

If you still want to join in this Writing Project, you can submit your entry votes until July 30 only. For more details on the Top Ten Influential Blogs of 2009, you may click below for details.

• Details on the Top 10 Influential Blogs of 2009.

Do you have the same list as I do? Now you can write your comments below! Thanks for visiting!

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How to Gain More Blog Email Readers?

Okay. Now, here's a situation where most bloggers can relate to. You've been blogging for quite a long time now, but the thing is, you still don't have that much blog readers. Your feedburner tells you that you only have, for instance, five (5) blog readers, which is very much depressing on the blogger's part. Here's another thing where your visitors per day won't even surpass a month's calendar. You felt that you are so tired of blogging, you can't even type a word anymore. Is this the end for your blogging career?

No Blog is an Island

Really! Blogging is supposed to be an interaction between a reader and the blog author. The thing is, the blog author writes, the blog reader reads then subscribes if he/she wanted for more updates. What keeps a blog alive is the readers and of course, aside from the comments the blog author receives. Seeing a feedburner button's number jumps everyday is such a wonderful experience to a blog owner, right? But yours... it's not really happening! You tell yourself that you suck at blogging... BIG TIME!

No blog is really an island. Nobody blogs alone. The secrets to a blog's success are always have a big portion on (1) visiting other blogs; (2) reading different blog entries; (3) subscribing to a blog; and (4) connecting to blogs by constant writing of comments. In these ways, a blog author is enticing everyone who reads his/her blog to a meaningful online discussion/s.

How to gain more email readers?
As of this moment, my blog's feedburner button (located at the side bar) plays at 100 to 110 blog readers (depending on a day's schedule). But it doesn't mean that I only have 100 readers or more. It would mean that feedburner now catches 100 reading platforms — from google readers to email subscribers — of which almost 40+ percent of the total readers/subscribers makes up the email subscribers. So how did I do it? Here is a tip on how to gain more blog email readers: WRITE THEM A PERSONAL LETTER!

Yes! I actually write personal letter of appreciation to my email subscribers who did not verify their email accounts. Since they have chosen to subscribe via email, Feedburner requires people to verify their respective email addresses! Otherwise, they will not receive any email blog entries from me.

I am usually generous in terms of subscription because I do have a full blog entry for my subscribers. I don't want people to read only summary of my blog posts. It's okay with me if they only read my blog posts through their email. It's why feedburner is made up that way, isn't is?

So, if you are reading this via email, you can be assured that this blog entry is in FULL TEXT, not just the summary or some sort. For those who are curious what did I write to my email subscriber who did not verify their email address, I am very much glad to share it with you! Just see the following:

Hi there subscriber,

Thank you for choosing to subscribe on my blog's email subscription at http://yatotchronicles.blogspot.com/. You are receiving this email because I want to personally thank you for doing such action. Don't worry much because the email subscription is FREE of charge... even my blog's RSS feeds are also FREE of charge. This service is brought to you by Feedburner.

However, according to my feed's email manager, you have not yet verified your email address as to what Feedburner has sent to you in their email. The email by Feedburner only verifies your email address for you to continue receiving my blog entry via email alerts. If not verified, you will still not receive any of my blog posts now or in the future.

If you wish to verify your email address, you may want to look for it on your spam mails or bulk mails folder or in the previous emails in your inbox. If you wish to continue to subscribe and have lost email somewhere in your inbox, you may want to renew your subscription at this link —> http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=yatotchronicles&loc=en_US and don't forget to verify your email address.

If you wish not to continue receiving email alerts, don't worry, it's okay with me, too! Hehehe...

Again, thanks again for choosing to subscribe at my blog at http://yatotchronicles.blogspot.com/ !


Sincerely yours,

Yatot

Do you have a style on how to gain more email readers or subscribers in particular? Share it with us by writing them on the comments section. Readers of this blog would highly appreciate it! Thanks for dropping by! ^_^


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Watch 2NE1 "I Don't Care" Music Video (MV) !

It is just some days ago when hit Korean girl pop group 2NE1 released their third single "I Don't Care" and now, finally, the music video (MV) is out! And I thought they will not have a music video for this! In the music video, we can see more of our favorite Sandara Park! Yay! Hehehe... Enjoy 2NE1's "I Don't Care" music video!

• Watch 2NE1 "I Don't Care" Music Video (MV)




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Watch "And I Love You So" Movie full trailer and synopsis!

Star Cinema will once again make us fall in love in their upcoming love story movie entitled "And I Love You So" starring Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby and Derek Ramsey. In this movie, Bea Alonzo plays an early widower. Then came her two leading men to the rescue for her heart played by Sam Milby and Derek Ramsey. Is it okay to find another love when your one true love has already gone? "And I Love You So" is said to be another mature film from Star Cinema where you can see Bea Alonzo in a two-piece bikini and doing a love scene with one of his leading men. More information on this movie after the click.

"And I Love You So" is the 16th Anniversary special presentation of Star Cinema. The movie also stars Connie Reyes, Nikki Gil, Candy Pangilinan and many more. "And I Love You So" also marks the comeback movie of director Laurenti Dyogi.

Yatot's mark: I am guessing a surprise twist between in this movie. But I will not reveal it yet. But there is a hint, I guess with the full trailer below. Enjoy watching! And oh, by the way... if you want to see Bea Alonzo in a two-piece bikini, you may click the link below:

• See Bea Alonzo in a two-piece bikini here.

• Watch "And I Love You So" Movie full trailer




Thanks to Star Cinema Multiply website.

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"Come Closer" by Rico Blanco: Close-Up Commercial Song!

Still remember that song from the latest Close-Up Commercial? The one with a girl blowing soap bubbles in a public market and then a guy approaches because he was somehow blinded with that soap bubbles that the girl blown? Apparently, I like the background song... and I am loving it!

I was actually shocked and amazed at the same time when I first heard that it was Rico Blanco, former Rivermaya band member and lead vocalist, who wrote and sang the song for the commercial because it sounded so foreign! Really! And that's a compliment! If you are not familiar with the commercial, below is preview of it and the preview of the said song with lyrics at the bottom.

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Close Up Commercial: Come Closer (Full version)


It was reported that Rico Blanco was hired by Unilever Indonesia to compose the theme song for the Close Up Commercial. It turned out very good, I think the Close Up Commercial is now being shown all over Asia! And because of this, the song that Rico Blanco composed is now being heard all over Asia! Woohoo! I'm loving your song, man! Mabuhay ang Pinoy! Below is the lyrics of Come Closer by Rico Blanco.

Come Closer Lyrics
by Rico Blanco

Come closer
Come closer
Come closer to me now
Cant wait any longer
Come closer to me now

Ah hoo what you do to me x2

I can feel you in the air
When its like youre everywhere
And the world can disappear
Just as long as you are near

Your smile is my whole world
Come closer to me now
Ive waited forever
Come closer to me now

Ah hoo what you do to me x2

Now you got me in your spell
Its the best Ive ever felt
Feel you breathing in my soul
Cause I know youre heaven sent

Take all of my senses
Come closer to me now
Ive got no defenses
Come closer to me now

A hoo what you do to me x2


A-hooo... sorry I still can't get over it! I'm really loving it! Hehehe...


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To be green or not be: that is the question!

In my attempt to do a Shakespearean poetry for our science magazine, here I am posting a self-made environmental version of the William Shakespeare's famous poem "To be or not to be", but this time, it's nothing like the original version — the length, the rhyming words, the stanza, the metrics — nothing very much alike!

The poem that you will about to read did not make it in print. I decided to change the supposed poem to something more essay-ish. But luckily, I kept this poem as remembrance of how I am not-so inclined with poetry and with the environment. Hahaha... By the way, I put a picture before the poem itself to have a Zorlone-ish feeling about the poem... Nothing personal... hehehe... I hope you enjoy reading this! Hehehe...



To be green, or not to be
by Yatot

To be green, or not to be: that is the question,
Whether this environment to suffer,
The people with uncertain and dirty future,
Or take part against garbage throwers,
To have a stand is to be free!
There will be no more: stagnant water,
Dying fishes in the ocean, dead sea creatures,
Floating garbage in rivers and lakes,
Treeless mountains, black smoke.
To devout ourselves with the environment, is to be free.
To sleep peacefully with no sounding of threat,
From flash floods, landslides, or broken dreams,
Of having a green and peaceful environment.
We must give pause and think,
When we do not follow being green,
Who else to blame, to suffer? Is it only I?
Calamity comes from disrespect,
If we give respect, we receive respect,
From everyone, from the environment,
Otherwise, we are only running in circles.


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