Travel Light has reached its 200th post today in the span of one year with a zero page rank to boot. That’s the downside of trying to monetize the site even it wasn’t really that much to pay for a California auto insurance. (Uh-oh, not again. Hehe.). Anyway, I have a lot of people to thank for encouraging me to write and for inspiring me to come up with my own website despite the difficulty of putting up one and maintaining it on a regular basis. It’s all hardwork.
Mitch of Mitchteryosa
Mitch is a good friend who happens to be a co-moderator of Kuro.ph. We have been swapping links and ideas on how to cash on the Internet using our blogs. She has been busy with her virtual office while still finds time to bond with her daughter.
Vanessa of Absence of Sense
I am blessed to meet Vanessa Suquila in this lifetime. We used to hang around at now defunct Poetic Justice where she shared her haikus and I tortured everyone with my odd poetry. This girl cracks up jokes when things get somber, never runs out of kind words to say and encourages everyone just to have fun and enjoy life as it is. She is one of this generation’s brilliant and gifted writers who encouraged me to find my own “voice”. I think I already did.
Mayan of Baycrafts
Mayan Olano was a former copywriter in the company I used to work in. I admire the way she writes, be it funny, witty, serious, ironic, sarcastic or all of the above. Somehow that influence sort of rubbed itself on me. I promise to visit her hometown Naga City very very soon.
Jude of I-Speak
Celebrity and web writer, Jude Cartalaba of Pinoywriters was fresh from teaching English in China when Vanessa introduced him to me years ago. I needed someone then to teach my former officemates how to dance. He does not only dance but willingly models for my photos as well. You’ll find more of those Hey Jude shots soon.
Ferdz of Ironwulf
Travel writer, photographer, graphic artist, former neighbor and friend (whew, that was long) Ferdz Decena happens to be the main guy behind my two websites. He helped me put up this site last year, took care of my hosting bills while I was gone for half a year and stayed up late online during initial setups and upgrades. Marian Rivera has lost her golden chance to really get to know Ferdz up close and personal. (Oh no! Did I just hear Jude scream “Palengkera! Palengkera!”? Haha…)
That sums everything about having 200 posts and monetizing half of them. I have a birthday party to attend.
clean lay out, easy on the eyes, fine and dandy site!
thank you for the kind words Elyen, but it is always your words that get people to do a double take… even no I still see in the distance the imagery of words you used in Poetic Justice.. something about beer and smoke.. that isn’t really about beer and smoke but the thoughts of the narrator.
anyways.. keep writing you brilliant you.
Congratulations on your site.
In due time, you will find your site REALLY PROFITABLE. Just be patient. One day, you’d be speaking to people how to be TRULY PROFITABLE online.
God bless, my friend
@Hey Jude: Thank you for so much for your support. Tara, let’s make money. Haha
@Van: Mare, I was smoking pot during those days when I wrote my torturous brand of poetry hehe…