Social media landscape is very different nowadays. The focus is more on video-drive platform. People hardly read blogs these days because Youtube videos and podcasts are the preferred way to get content. Many of my blogging heroes - Bianca Gonzales (her last post was in 2017), Patty Laurel and Cat Juan (her last post was on Sept 2019). Most of them have shifted to creating content in Youtube and Instagram. Why do I continue blogging when no one is reading blogs anymore? In my blog post: … [Read more...]
HOW TO START A BLOG
I have a few people who came up to me and ask me how to start a blog. I am no expert in blogging but I have been asked several times by friends to help them in starting a blog. So I decided to create this blog post. However this post comes with a disclaimer. I am not a big-shot blogger and I am no expert in achieving blogging success. I do earn a modest amount from blogging and I do get brand/company invites but I still have a long long way to go in my journey as well as my learnings to … [Read more...]
MY BLOGGING JOURNEY IN RETROSPECT
I have always love writing since I was young, which stems from my love of reading books. I always own a diary where I enjoyed jotting down things that happened to me on that day, though my penmanship would turn into undecipherable scribbles because my thoughts were faster than my hands. When I was in medical school, there was a time when I thought of making excerpts of my day; my thoughts on this book or that movie or my indulgent daydream of pretending I was in a New York by creating … [Read more...]
EXPAT DIARIES: IRENE HOOFS, FOUNDER OF BLOESEM IN SINGAPORE
(Wikipedia) ‘An Expatriate (often shortened to Expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship. The word comes from the Latin terms ex (“out of”) and patria (“country, fatherland”). This blog aims to discover people who are adventurers like me, venturing out in a new place to call home and creating memories. I have previously lived with my parents and siblings in the Saudi Arabia when I was in high school. I have enjoyed and cherished my … [Read more...]
BRANDING YOURSELF
I know it sounds so... cold and pretentious? Why would you think you are a commodity by branding yourself. The first time I heard of "branding" is in one of the episodes of Entourage when agencies are pitching to Vinny Chase their services. But looking at the high-tech society now, there is actually an importance and a big advantage of knowing how to brand yourself. It can advance your career, attract opportunities, allows you more decisive decisions, earn more and make friends with … [Read more...]
BLOGGING FOR INSPIRATION
Writing has always been an outlet for me. At a very young age, my mother instilled in me and my siblings the love for books and soon, I was immersed in a wonderful world of stories, lyrical proses and spell-binding poetry. A little after, I wasn't contented in just reading and accepting stories that are not my own, I wanted to try my own play of words in a paper. I would often carry with me a long yellow pad with unfinished stories scribbled using my stubby pencil. I feel … [Read more...]