Father Blogger dot Com

Happy New Year and welcome to my last post for 2009. I must admit, this year was a tough one for Father Blogger dot Com as well as for my personal life. And I know most people experienced hard times too, as the economic slowdown continues to affect us.

Anyway, I would like to share to you the Best and Worst of Father Blogger dot Com 2009. Let this be a lesson for all of us, and may this be an inspiration to us to make the year 2010 a better one.

January 2009 I should say was the worst and the most challenging month for me and my family. This was when Dengue Fever almost killed my wife and hurt my only daughter last January 19. This tragedy did not only made me low, but also broke. Up to this moment, I am still having a hard time recovering my financial ability. But then, I am so glad that there were online friends who helped me not only financially but also offered prayers. Words are not enough to express my gratitude to them.

June 2009 however is the worst month for this blog. Its hosting service as well as the domain expired, and I have no enough money to continue its service. I must admit, I did not care enough since my priority then was to provide the needs of my family. June was the start of school year and I have no regular source of income. However, I received a lot of text and email from my blogging friends and advised me to renew and continue blogging and they are willing to help in any way they can. So after almost 3 weeks of being parked, Father Blogger dot com became alive again and still kicking! A Good Samaritan paid for the hosting, and a White Angel paid for the domain. I love you both!

July 2009 was a brighter month for this blog, as Father Blogger dot Com was featured on Manila Bulletin. Actually, Annalyn Jusay who has a column Blog-O-Rama at Manila Bulletin newspaper send me some interview questions last March 2009 and I immediately answered them. However, I overlooked my email and I did not realized at once that the interview was published online last April 2009.

It was also in July 2009 that I finally received my copy of the Problogger Book by Darren Rowse. Actually, it was my prize I won from Blogging Tips dot Com contest, wherein the mechanics is to share the best blogging tips in 140 characters or else. So what was my winning piece then? Here is my actual entry.

Inspire others, and be useful to them. This is the best strategy so far, even better than search engines and all the social sites you can find.

August 2009 was the best month and for the entire history so far of Father Blogger dot Com, as it voted as One of Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009. This was really a surprise to me considering that I am not really promoting this blog that frequent anymore. By the way, this event was organized by no less than the Influential Blogger herself, Ms. Janet Toral. It was so memorable to me that I also met another set of fellow Filipino bloggers, as well as the ones I met before when I attended a blogging event for the first time. I had also the chance to make an acceptance speech which was posted at You Tube.

September 2009 was when I completed my 3-part series on How to Promote a Blog for Beginners. This is actually a dream-come-true to me, as I was able to share what I have learned in blogging and I believe a lot of blogging beginners also learned from them. It was also a result of what I read from the Problogger book.

On that same month, I also decided to have my own personal blog. Actually, a lot of blogging friends already advised me to have one last year but I hesitate then. But it was when I finally met Marhgil Macuha in person on a blogging event that really motivated me to do so. Anyway, that event was held in SM Lipa courtesy of WowBatangas.com, headed by JR Cantos.

Anyway, Angel Cuala Online contains everything that I find interesting to share such as My Christmas Work Experience in Japan and important news and views about the Philippines especially the upcoming Presidential Election 2010. I hope you also visit it regularly.

But I think the most heart warming part of Father Blogger dot com is when My Life Story was featured in an Inspirational Book last October 2009. The book title is Inspirational Thoughts and Stories of Bloggers from all over the World and contains 27 inspiring life stories of different bloggers around the world, which was perfectly complied by Jenaisle who is also a fellow Filipino blogger. You can see the book cover on my sidebar, and how you can get a copy.

With that, I think 2009 has been a colorful year for me and I hope 2010 will be a better one. I wish not only for me, but also to fellow parents and families around the world.

Happy New Year!

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