Blogging: The Newest Profitable Hobby?

I once found myself saying this to a friend on YM when he told me he's quitting school and looking for a job.

everybody's quitting school.
everybody's applying for call centers.
what's next? everybody dancing hula? fuck.

Know what? Next thing I knew, everyone's into making blogs. LOL.

First, there was this surge I created when I bared info for my Audition club mates on this blog right here. So that kindled interest in them as well as my friends, especially those who see me on YM, because I almost always include a link to my blog there.

The first batch of disciples was created.

After these blogger disciples created their own blogs, their friends, most of them my friends too, created theirs.

Soon after, community blogs popped up, like YOUr Lineage, GE Community Blog and the Audition Community Blog. Then I said, something must be up.

It wasn't until I watched the show Rated K by Ms. Korina Sanchez that I realized, the Filipino society has finally recognized the REAL potential of the blogging community.

It is true that blogs are basically online journals, because individuals create them for personal purposes. Their blogs gain popularity by letting their friends know about it, and sharing its content to the internet community. But what is it that made blogging popular?

Simple.


MONEY. XD


I knew soon after I started blogging that this hobby can be turned into a profitable sideline. It's just the way you blog and what you blog about that matters. And I guess, of course, sponsors. That's what ADS (advertisements, duh!) are for. :P There are many out there who made it big by blogging, the first person I knew to blog for work is Xiaxue of Singapore. Consistent viewers of this blog would notice that Xiaxue's link still lives on my sidebar, and I don't ever remove that. Makes for some good inspiration (and giving a few laughs) when I need it.

Even though I admire the girl for her writing style, it's eons away from mine, and I can and will never write like that. My reason: I have my reservations about how I judge people openly, and I prefer to keep that private, thank you.

So anyway, going back to the topic of blogging for money... I have considered the thought since I put up my web counter last year, but I never took the idea seriously. So why am I blogging about this now?

Because I'm worrying about the same thing everyone else is. MONEY.

Maybe in the next few days, my head will clear up and I can finally decide if I should go ahead and make the necessary changes to make this hobby profitable for me.

Time may come that I might not even be able to afford typing like this at home. God, help me.






Oh, and before I forget, I updated my links. Give them a once-over, a couple of Audista friends made their own blogs too. I have been a very bad influence. xD

Blogs and Nationality Mix-ups. O_O;

"Hop hop hop hop hop jump jump jump hop!" --> if you could determine where this came from, I'll treat you out to a Sashimi platter! XD

I found this neat blog on the net, because I visited my bro Tuna Caserole, Uriel, Maddox, then (tadaaaah!) Xiaxue. You may question me for my odd preferences, but I found them to be nice reading materials. (actually, I found the latter two by accident. ^_^) I just wanted to post something about my last stop, which is the only "girly" site I dropped by today. I dunno, there must be something with me and my last stops. DON'T ASK. ^___^

Well, I don't really worship the ground she blogs on, for crying out loud, I have my own blog, which I update whenever I feel like it, and I am happy about it! Simple as it may look, but it's better to look at rather than some crappy blogs out there... just filling it with rants, blah blahs... it's a big waste of time and subscription. -_-" *hitting someone in friends' list with her can*

But anyway, I knew right away she was Singaporean, and I find her posts... what can I call 'em... Crafty? Errgh... I dunno, I can't rack my brains for a better term. Euphemism mode OFF. XD One thing I just can't help but point out (me and my crappy english. O_O) is her images. I think she posts too many pics. But no one said it's bad, ayt? ^o^ It just takes a lotta time to download 'em all. (Especially for me coz when I check out a website, I do mean I read [almost] every word, and look at every image in it.) In the case of Xiaxue's blog, it's definitely worth reading, whether it's for information purposes (limited to Singapore people only), or for [more than] a few laughs. (You'll get even more if you actually understand Singlish. XD)

Back to the Singaporean part, it makes me feel really good inside (AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!) that I understand a few of her Singlish (Singaporean-English) entries. How? We used to converse in Singlish at AXN-Asia. We eventually got so close, we even had a family there. (And I had my very first online Singaporean boyfriend there!! OMG! How i mish Kenken!! XD) That's when I started getting used to speaking Singlish, even my big bro in SG thought I was really a Singaporean gal posing as a "Philippina" (no kidding, that's how he spelled it. X_x"), when he got to talk to me and we texted each other. Phrases like "the party I went to was so shiok", "don't mind 'em lah", angela-chan, long time no see lor!" and the unforgettable "buay paiseh ah!!" XD But I think I'll have to talk about 'em next time. I don't want my trail of thoughts to be cut off in the middle. ^___^

Thinking back (more like browsing back) to Xiaxue, I kinda wished I could gather up all the pioneer members of the AXN-Asia Forums, even those who flooded, spammed, flamed and been a real pain in the arse in the Green Era*, those before them, and some who came in soon after the Green Era. Not just from the Philippines, but also those from HK, SG, MY, TW, even those from USA and Down Under, It'd be one helluva blast. (I can flame them all back for all I care! MUAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! >;D)

One thought lingers in my sh*tty keyboard... after I banged on it endlessly during my brainstorming sessions: "Shut UP liao." (How the heck does my keyboard do that anyway?! Problem with women [or girls?]: We imagine too much.)

So, have you figured out where I got my hopping frenzy yet? ^o^

(*The Green Era of AXN-Asia is when the theme was a lime green color. That was way back... 4? 5 years ago?? It's what can be called the Golden Age of Foruming. XD)