2012: THE YEAR THAT WAS (AS A BLOGGER)!

2012 was a very exciting year for me since I had too many challenges in my life...all at once!
1.  Entered into the Administrative life (Execom level) for the first time... 

       a.    with the EXTRA CHALLENGE of vying for EXCELLENCE!

       b.   and the EXTRA CHALLENGE of dealing with all kinds of problems and situations.

       c.   and having to attend too many meetings, seminars, conventions out of town

       d.   BUT, just  lucky  to have a great team working with me... I hope the whole team stays while I am still here!

2.  PLUS, addition of new major services namely: Digital Mammography and MRI as reader
3.   PLUS, continue with my previous work!!
4.   PLUS, I am a wife and mom!!!

5.  PLUS, an even greater challenge was that I wanted to continue blogging amidst all my activities and commenting, especially with BC Bloggers Commex ... so a day each day may not be enough!

This is my second year as a Blogger!

I have less blogposts this year for this site: 100 posts compared to 131 posts last year but I am still so happy that I was still able to write them inspite of my SUPER DUPER busy schedule.
But, I have two other sites now: In Pinay's Eyes and In Pinay's Tummy.

Last December 2011, we went on a roadtrip from Zamboanga to Dapitan to Ozamis to Cagayan De Oro through Bu-Da to Davao and on the way back, through Davao Del Norte to Compostela Valley to Agusan to Misamis Occidental back to Cagayan De Oro to Iligan and back to Zamboanga City... more than 1000 kilometers since we went the long way!

However, I was only able to post about Lolong, the largest crocodile in captivity and about Typhoon Sendong in Iligan. I had so much blog lags about the rest of the trip!!! 

We were about to take another trip somewhere this December but with Typhoon Pablo, I guess it wasn't that exciting anymore, because I felt I would be depressed just like seeing the aftermath of Sendong!

I thought I would be traveling less with my new endeavors, but opportunities have been knocking and so I was able to travel to mainland Europe, particularly, Paris, France to Zurich, Switzerland to Milan and Rome in Italy! I was able to post all this in Facebook since this was my most rewarding experience this 2012, but yes, blog lags, too!

I went to Bangkok, Thailand twice for conferences related to my medical field and I realized I have met many colleagues along the way... some of them in more than one seminar. I was able to post about Bangkok, though! This was when I started appreciating about GIFs (graphics interchange format) or "moving pictures".

My family also had vacations twice this year (aside from the roadtrip last December 2011) to very beautiful places in the Philippines: Bohol (a must place to visit!) and Davao again! I wasn't able to blog about Bohol and Davao, too... more blog lags!!!

But, I was able to share so much about my beloved, Zamboanga City especially, from September to December! So, I still feel redeemed with all I failed to blog about! I really hope more people would be given the chance to read my posts about Zamboanga City!

Among the Gadgets that interests me are:
1) Topblogs: It is hard to reach the 100 level so it helps if we have a blog community who visits or comments on our posts.

     a.   Charm (of Promding Chamimay) invited me to join Zamboanga Bloggers 9 months ago, about March 2012 and many are very young bloggers and they might not be able to relate with me that much!

     b.   Charm also invited  me to join the BC Bloggers Community for the Commex and I learned a lot with this group!

          i.  here I have to be a Buzz Beater to finish reading all posts and commenting too!

          ii.  but  the  posts  really  interests me  and I enjoy commenting on every post! 

         iii. This  really helped improve my Stats to reach the 100 to 150 level! 

2) Blogspot Stats: Audience
     a.  Top Ten Countries: Philippines, United States, Singapore, HongKong, United Arab Emirates, Canada, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany and Saudi Arabia = = the top three remain the same! Where is Russia and Malaysia now?  
Interesting to see Poland in the list!

3) Flag Counter: I have now 129 flags from 114 in 2011, but I am not expecting this to rise anymore.

4) Maploco: From 286 countries in 2011, there are now 1945 places mapped which are the locations of the site visitors.

5)  Total Pageviews: 61,087 

6) Adsense: Nothing much happened to Adsense since I only have $ 7.00 from $0.98 to my name! I am still not really optimistic that I am going to earn from blogging but this doesn't matter to me so much now!

My Top 5 Blogs (All Time)

Entry	Pageviews
ON CHOOSING A LUGGAGE: SAMSONITE, RIMOWA AND VOYAG... Dec 18, 2011, 4 comments	2524
A LUNCH VISIT TO ALINDAHAW RESORT, LAKEWOOD, ZAMBO... Dec 4, 2011, 9 comments	1374
CITY ECONO GUEST HOUSE HONGKONG Dec 20, 2011, 17 comments	1103
BIRD'S EYE VIEW: ARCHDIOCESE OF ZAMBOANGA PARISHES... Aug 20, 2011, 3 comments	889
MARINA BAY SANDS EXPERIENCE: THE ORCHID SUITE Apr 23, 2011, 5 comments	522

My Top  5 Blogs (December 2012)

Entry	Pageviews
ON CHOOSING A LUGGAGE: SAMSONITE, RIMOWA AND VOYAG... Dec 18, 2011, 4 comments	348
THE VIKINGS AND BUFFET 101 (MOA) QUEUE Nov 20, 2012, 7 comments	208
ZAMBOANGA CITY HALL: 2000 TO 2012 Dec 5, 2012, 26 comments	177
CHRISTMAS TREES IN CMZ Dec 10, 2012, 36 comments	147
THE "LOVE BUG" WEDDING Dec 17, 2012, 32 comments	140

I am looking forward to 2013 because after 2012, I think I could do anything!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE... LET 2013 START WITH A PRAYER!

MAY BE IT BE BLESSED AND PROSPEROUS... FULL OF LOVE, PEACE AND JOY!!!

MY 100TH POST

I was waiting for the day I could write my 100th post and now that I reached it, I missed and saw that I am now on my 103rd post!
So I will insert it between my Coron posts.

It is interesting how many topics we could write about after all.

I was initially interested in stories of the places I have been to, but as I was writing about it, I found out how much stories I have in my "archives"! 
I found many of the "historical" photos very interesting as I was reminiscing in the stories behind them.

Our friends from the JICA Friendship Program Science Students 1987 gathered in Facebook (and we are still looking for our other friends!) since we will be on our 25th anniversary in 2012 and it excited my mind so much, that I made 12 blogs about our experiences as JICA Friendship Program Science Students Batch 1987 in less than a month.

Unfortunately, my 11th blog on the Farewell Party somehow got "jumbled" and could be retrieved in HTML only, so I have to reconstruct that.

As the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival was approaching, I realized there is so much to write about Zamboanga City.
I noted there weren't too many formal data nor blogs related to places in Zamboanga, so I became more appreciative of many things related to Zamboanga City.

I also found loads of photos on activities in the late 1990s and early 2000s which brings back so many fond memories in the family and also of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga, which I am gradually sharing about, too.

Along the way, family and professional activities come  and I find that there are also lots to talk about. 


I am entertained that there are people are actually  reading the blog! I would expect friends to read some of the posts which I link to Facebook.
That's why, I was surprised that my rank in Topblogs
actually rose, and even at one time reached the Rank # 93 level! Imagine!


And more so, I am entertained at how far my posts reach... I was amazed that it reaches Russia, Romania, Czech Republic, Costa Rica and even Maldives, so I enjoying watching my Flag Counter!
I just started with the Flag Counter less than a week ago, I was excited to see the 30 flags I have now!
And even two more with unknown satellite providers, meaning they can't pinpoint the country of origin.
And I am looking forward that it would really increase in number.


I also like to see the Live Traffic Feed of Feedjit because I am guessing which friend is reading it from the city or country I see. 
More interesting if it is really not an  acquaintance at all but just someone viewing my posts, usually on the Nikon P500 and maybe on the Marina Bay Sands.
Sometimes I wonder who in Ireland or Brazil is reading the posts? Do I have friends there?


However, I know there would come a time, I would have to lay low depending on responsibilities that would come my way! 

I do hope I can write more but only time can tell....


There are still so many stories to share!!!