FinLust's Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2011

Here we go again for another Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2011!!!

I still remember myself writing my entry for Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009 and Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010, which my Music Vlog is thankfully apart of (Check my Thank You Speech and a quick interview of Ms. Janette Toral)..and now, I am about to make my 2011 nominees.

Indeed time flies so fast...

Back in 2007, Influential Blogs where more personal...more with life.
In 2008, Influential Blogs where more concern with their audience and what matters to them.
In 2009, Influential Blogs where the young active players in the society...the real people.
In 2010, Influential Blogs where more of passion and identity building and make it a profession.

How about for 2011, What would the Influential Blogs be?

Well, below are my nominees:

1. 365 Vanity Shot Project - started last March of 2011 and I just love it's objective! It's quite common to see a 365 Project that shows photos of different things taken on different places. For this vanity project, it only shows a daily photo of the site's owner with its objective:

This will be a 365 days project showing a daily photo of me. Let's see what will happen to my face a year after....shall we?

Yes, vain indeed! We'll see if the owner gets wrinkles after a year. LOL!

2. iSwallow - inspired by Anton Ego's character in Ratatouille. The site's owner made Anton Ego's quote as the description of this Food Blog:

I don't like food, I LOVE it! If I don't love it, I don't SWALLOW!

3.Even with PKD, Life Goes On - a very inspiring blog by a physician-medical educator-microbiologist who have this PKD. I tried googling about it and it just dismays me how this guy unfortunately got this disease. I don;t want to pity him for he goes on with life and makes his life to the fullest...that I'm sure! Kudos to you Doc. Buboy!

4. Libotero - I've been a big fan of this young kid ever since I met him. At a very young age, he was able to travel almost everything in the Philippines. *Sigh* When will I ever do that? He's the best person to ask if you'll be traveling somewhere. I ask him when I plan my itineraries.

5. Foodie Craft - this aggressive blogger has been slowly getting attention especially with her food blog. I've heard that restaurants and some food businesses are dying to get her time and ask for her food reviews. She has definitely improved and I love the way she writes. Great job!

Here are my partial 5 nominees for the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2011. Please do take a look at them for I bet these blogs above deserve to be part of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2011.

(You can also share your nominees here by commenting below. I'll take a peak and might choose all of them so that I can finish the Top 10 nominees)

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My Say on National Bloggers Association

With all these issues and concern regarding the National Bloggers Association, these are my statements:

• The manifesto was obviously a draft for the said National Bloggers Association. Everything in the manifesto was open for changes. In fact, it was still unsure if it was to be called the 'National Bloggers Association'. It was purposely written to be a reference or a guide for all the bloggers.
• It is for every blogger, not for those organizations or societies. National Bloggers Association is not to erase the local organizations that has been existing. It is a mere bridge for every local organizations to easily organize a national event or whatsoever.
• Its purpose is to designate the manifesto to every bloggers in the Philippines and to those who are Filipinos, but since no one knows all the bloggers in the Philippines, it is definitely a slow dissemination process.

These are based on my opinion and what I can say about National Bloggers Association. I say don't spill incomplete information. There are better ways on how to address our concerns and suggestions. Though this plan is quite impossible, but if it's for the good and for the better of the blogging community, I will say YES and do my best to help and initiate this plan.

FinLust's Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010

Time passes so fast... It was just like yesterday when I wrote my Top 10 emerging influential blogs for 2009 and here I go again...about to write my Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010!

Back in 2009, I could just count my friends in the blogosphere with my fingers. Seriously, I have few friends before, but I slowly gain friends after joining different blogging events and the simple get-to-know meetup offline and online. If you try to read my previous entry about my influential blogs for 2009 (see link above), you will certainly feel that I am a noob... I used present tense because I still feel that I am...though I learned alot about blogging, but there are so many things that I still need to learn...and I mean SO MANY!

If you want to learn more about this writing project, please check Ms. Janette Toral's Influential Bloggers site.

Okay, I won't keep you waiting and I'll be presenting My Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010:

I am voting for my music vlog, The Music Vlogger - make Song Requests at RabSing, as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010. Rabsing, coincidentally, is now on its 3rd month and I think it is about time for this unique blog to shine! I hope other bloggers vote for Rabsing and gets inspired by this unique site.

I am voting for ATBP (Around The Buzz Primetime) as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010 because this site is one of the source where I get information about showbiz and the like... Unfortunately, I still don't have television in my apartment and I still have so many priorities to handle than buying a television. So I would like to say thank you to the owner of this blog for giving me updates in the entertainment world.


I vote for Kusina Maria as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010 because of the uber yummy photos of the food that makes you salivate and, unknowingly, want to eat your monitor. The site also gives you tips and techniques on how to make a cheap yet satisfactory food.

I vote for Avatar Media as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010. The group talks about their events, projects, and related topics that aims to bridge the gap between the Internet and business intelligence.

I vote for Piggin Out Sessions as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010. If you probably didn't know, I am fascinated with food. This blog is one of my inspiration why I will be making my own food blog and will be launching it soon.

I vote for Libotero as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010. The blog's description just cached my attention. I had the chance to ask the author, Sinjin, about the site and these are the words that came out from his mouth (I have no idea why he made the sentences below as if he is a third person talking):

Sinjin loves to travel. He has traveled to most of Luzon. He has started to explore the Visayas last year. And this month, he will be conquering Mindanao for the first time. Sinjin vows to explore the whole country first before going beyond borders. Established on Dec. 31, 2009, Sinjin shares blow-by-blow accounts of all his travel experiences on Libotero hoping to encourage and inspire his kababayans to learn to explore and appreciate their very own.

I vote for Project 52 Weeks as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010. This is Mica's indie film blog. One of the most unique blog niche ever. A very hard category that Mica has pulled off! I hope to be part of her cast someday.

I vote for Everything UBEC as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010. This is my friend and a fellow Cebu Blogger's website. It obviously talks everything about the Queen City of the South, Cebu City. As a fellow music enthusiast, most of his entries are about music.


I vote Darlasauler as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010 for she is uber funny and outgoing! I just love the way she writes her posts and how she adores herself so much! I need to have an attitude like her. I really want this girl to be part of the Influential Blogs for 2010. God bless!


I vote Cebu Tech Blogger as one of the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010. This dude is one of the most established blogger in Cebu, I may say. A pure technocrat! I approach him if I need guidance anything about technology.

So there you go. My list is complete! God bless to everyone!

I would like to say thank you to all the sponsors of the said writing project:

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I need a custom wordpress theme for my blog

I have been blogging for almost 3 years now but I have never thought of getting a customized theme for my wordpress blog…not until now.

Before, I just find it so impractical to get my wordpress blog theme customized because of the following reasons below:

• First and foremost, there are so many free wordpress themes on every corner of the World Wide Web. You just need to spend some time searching the net and figure out the best theme that will fit your blog’s niche, your desired and needed features, and some wants that, you think, might look good on your blog.
• Second, I have good coding skills anyway (thanks to the 4 years degree in Information Technology specializing on different programming languages), so I could just do some little tweaking on a desired theme and my wordpress theme is complete!
• Lastly, I have this tendency to become stingy (most of the time).

However, now that I have learned so much not just about blogging (as well as making good and concrete articles), but also the benefits that you can get from it... These experiences gave me new goals and objectives that I need to set in order for me to improve more with this hobby, or I might say, a career.

Below are my reasons why I need to get a custom wordpress theme for my blog:

• First, you are going to get a fully designed and customized theme that will exactly meet your wants and needs. This theme will be done specifically for you. I may have good coding skills, but it’s different when professionals do the work. They have standards that are based from those experiences they have encountered…one of their goals is to make themes that are not just user friendly, but SEO friendly as well.
• Second, you can show off your imagination and create a strong brand image or logo just for you. This will make you and your viewers feel that your blog is established and has strong foundation.
• Lastly, with an established blog, viewers and even fellow bloggers will indubitably be enticed by you and your blog.

I think every blogger dreamed of being influential. Who doesn’t?

…and if getting a custom wordpress theme for their blogs is a step to this stardom, especially now that I am planning to make another blog, then so be it!

First Cebu Blog Camp (CBC) 2010

Do you think professional bloggers know everything about blogging? Think again...

Take not that they also started from scratch and what they are right now is because of the experiences that they have went through. Inevitably, bloggers have different experiences and that's the reason why the very first Cebu Blog Camp flourished so that fellow bloggers can share their experiences with each other. The objective of this event is to improve the skills of the bloggers, noob or professional. The latest innovation on the web, search engines and how to make money online are just some of the topics that will be discussed during the said event.

Cebu Blog Camp 2010

will be on the 22nd of May, Saturday, at CAP Center Cebu (CAP Auditorium, CAP Complex, Jones, Cebu City). Registration will exactly start at 8:00am.

Blog Camp Start: 8:00am
Blog Camp End: 5:30pm

Non-bloggers and interested bloggers are most welcome to the event. Unlike any other blog camps, where they expect that all their participants are well knowledgeable about blogging and how life on the net works, you will be taught basics of blogging and how to survive on the blogosphere. Prominent speakers specializing on their craft will be revealed during the event.

Aside from the wide information that you will learn during the event, participants can build a strong network by making new friends with fellow bloggers. See you all there!

To register, click the logo below:



Before anything else, I would like to say thank you to all the sponsors:

The Cebu Blog Camp 2010

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Cebu Blog Camp 2010 is an event organized by a group of Cebu Bloggers.