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An open letter to a PR agency

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - December 14, 2011 - 12:00am

Dear PR person, Thank you for inviting me to your event. I had a nice enough time and a few of my good friends who were also invited made the experience pretty fun. Imagine my surprise when I get home and read an...

Advice from an ex-contest junkie

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - October 26, 2011 - 12:00am

Contests. Ah yes. They used to be my life. I’d spend all of my free time looking for contests to join. Back then, there was no Facebook giving away prizes left and right. I had to rely on good old-fashioned...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - October 19, 2011 - 12:00am

October is my birth month, but it’s only this year that I was made aware that it’s also Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The unattainable lightness of skin

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - October 12, 2011 - 12:00am

“In the Philippines, it’s more forgivable to make someone seem lighter-skinned than they really are rather than darker,” my teacher continued. I agree. While I would not intentionally turn anyone...

Cutting down on caffeine

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - October 5, 2011 - 12:00am

I attended a milk event recently. It involved getting a bone scan to gauge my risk factor for osteoporosis. I did a scan one year ago and I was diagnosed as low risk. Actually, I’ve always been diagnosed as...

Why I'll never get a P300 laser treatment

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - September 28, 2011 - 12:00am

Any Tom, Dick, or Harry can just buy laser equipment and open a salon or spa offering such services. There’s no law that states that only doctors can do so. In short, there is no regulation, so in the interest...

Bloggers, posers and gatecrashers

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - September 21, 2011 - 12:00am

Blogger is a term that is just too easy to overuse, misuse and abuse. A lot of people still don’t really quite understand what a blogger is. A lot of people go around claiming to be a blogger because they think...

On blogging, proper grammar and negative comments

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - September 14, 2011 - 12:00am

If you’re someone who’s easily affected by comments that are less than positive, maybe you should take a step back and reconsider if blogging is for you. Can’t take the heat? Get out of the frying...

Sorry, my blog is not a sounding board.

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - September 7, 2011 - 12:00am

For some bizarre reason, I get a lot of requests via email, private message, and even chat windows to publish on my blog grievances about restaurants, airlines, deal sites and other establishments, products, and...

Is it so wrong to give my kids powdered milk?

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - August 31, 2011 - 12:00am

I am all for breastfeeding. I can see the difference when it comes to resistance against sickness and recovery times between my two kids.

A deal site story: If it looks and feels like sandpaper, it probably is!

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - August 24, 2011 - 12:00am

Deal sites that offer discounted vouchers for restaurants, spas, salons, and even products have been springing up like mushrooms on the Internet. Buyers get anywhere from 25 percent to 80 percent off food, services,...

Why oh why, DTI?

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - August 17, 2011 - 12:00am

It all started with a Facebook post early one morning from a blogger who happened to be in my friends list. It was hard not to notice because of its glaring title – Individuals, Bloggers, Businesses need a...

High school life, oh my high school life

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - July 27, 2011 - 12:00am

High School for me was a time when there weren’t too many distractions – no Internet, no cellphones, no music players… so yes, there was also no social networking and definitely no Facebook, Yahoo...

What's the fuss over Google PR?

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - July 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Before I go on, what is Google PR? PR stands for PageRank. PR supposedly determines how important or relevant a page is by counting the number of pages that link to it. But it’s not as simple as that. The more...

Better invited late than never?

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - July 13, 2011 - 12:00am

Getting invited late or not getting invited at all is not a personal issue so I suggest you don’t make it one. Don’t let it get you all bent out of shape because events are never the hallmarks of success...

Why it's better to be blogger-friendly

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - June 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Whether we like it or not, the Internet and new media are here to stay, and going online is one of the fastest ways to create buzz for whatever it is a company is offering.

Don't be a victim of text scams!

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - June 22, 2011 - 12:00am

With the advent of prepaid numbers, it’s too easy to go on a random dialing or texting spree because one can just throw it away afterwards. Next time you receive a text message from an unknown number, be extra...

Lessons learned from a failed blog promo

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - June 15, 2011 - 12:00am

I've learned a few things about holding contests and giveaways on my blog from this unfortunate experience.

How to treat a blogger in an event

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - June 8, 2011 - 12:00am

I recently attended the launch event of a rather upscale brand held at a posh hotel. As soon as I got to the reception area, I noticed there were two registration tables. One table was marked as for bloggers, while...

Robbed at a fast food joint

by Nuffnang blogger Animetric - June 1, 2011 - 12:00am

I can't help but remember what happened to me last January 27, 2009. My whole bag was stolen from right under my nose at a fast food outlet in Greenhills. Later on, I would learn that the scenario was exactly the...

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