Showing posts with label blogger tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogger tips. Show all posts

Friday, August 14, 2015

#tosom @ 4!

OMG!!!  It's the 4th year anniversary of The Other Side of Mae!!!  I can't believe we're 4 years now, blog readers!!! :)  Thank you so much for reaching us this far!  Though I still don't consider this "this far" yet 'coz I'm still no par with my blogger idols, Patty Laurel and Laureen Uy but still, this means soooo much to me!  Imagine that?  People are reading bits and pieces of my itsy bitsy tiny life!  Like, who am I to be read?  Who am I to take some of your time?  Just, who am I to fuss over?!  I am very much overwhelmed with your unending love and support!

In lieu of this, I am opening an FB community page for all of you, dear blog readers so we can have a venue to share our thoughts and experiences.  In this page, you are all free to share what's on your mind by telling your story or sending in your comments and suggestions.  It's an open forum for all of us to vent from the hustle and bustle of our daily grind.  'Coz this is what this blog is all about - a breather from life's stressors!  

In The Other Side of Mae page, you will find 9 categories of a myriad of beautiful things I'm busy about.  These are as follows:

1.  #tosomprojects

#tosomprojects supports the causes and advocacies that care.  As a JCI past president, my heart longs for positive change.  The organization had instilled in my mind and heart that things can be better and we can also be better by beginning change within ourselves.  So this category is dedicated to community projects that also fit my interest.  These include relief operations and kids outreach but if you have other projects in mind, you may suggest in our page too.  I'm always flexible with that.  You know me.

With Rio De Barras, Thata Roxas, and Michael Fuentes
2.  #tosomreads

#tosomreads tells stories about the beauty of love and life.  I grew up a reader and fell in love with authors of various genres. I always emphasize to my students the relevance of reading, reading, and reading.  So this category is a review of good books and suggests must-reads for all ages.  Thanks to Kring2x for always lending me her books wholeheartedly! :)

Good Reads with Good Eats
3.  #tosomeats

#tosomeats tastes the real goodness of life in the making.  I don't just eat out of necessity but I also eat out of curiosity.  I want to taste everything appealing or appalling.  May the food come from a fine-dining resto or from a humble pungko2x by the streets, I always eat for pleasure as long as I'm not in a hurry.  'Coz if it is a school day, I don't have time to sit and eat.  

Traveling Around Philippines and Asia to Eat
4.  #tosomtravels

#tosomtravels goes here, there, and everywhere!  From famous quotes "To travel is to live" - Hans Christian Andersen, "Once a year, go someplace you've never been before" - Dalai Lama, and "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page" - St. Augustine, I need not say more.  

An Aspiring Travel Writer
5.  #tosomadventures

#tosomadventures dares to go beyond the limit.  I'm never into sports so I'm not a physically active person.  I'm only active doing jobs in school and chores in store and at home.  I'm also acrophobic and afraid of a lot of things except ghosts.  But if there is an opportunity to try something new, I would not say no.  So, dare me! :)  

Trying Out a Brave Heart
6.  #tosomfeatures

#tosomfeatures highlights businesses, people, fashion, and basically anything under the sun!  This is a collection of my Feature Friday posts which Ozamiznons look forward to every week.  Local businesses of any kind are being featured to promote our very own city, the big OZ.  Features are voluntarily and willingly done so feel free to invite me whenever you're up for publicity!  :)

With Chef Jong Tang of Big Catch and Mr. Mark Tan of Rodeo Drive
7.  #tosomendorses

#tosomendorses shares trusted brands of products and services for consumer-awareness.  Years of going around facebooking and instagraming earned me loads of questions of where to go, what to do, what to eat, where to stay, how to get there, what to use, etc.  So this category is born to give you the best places, best people, best products, and best services (so far that I had come to encounter).  Thank you for your trust if I say so, everyone!  Hehe.....

With Dr. Elsie Mae Baraya-Sipe, Thata Roxas, DJ Carlo, Fr. Edgar, and Dr. Cherry Ann Tuba
8.  #tosomquotes

#tosomquotes states quotes to live by and quotes to ponder on.  This is a collection of my favorite quotes either heard or created by yours truly to remind us to live life to the fullest!

Photos Taken at Movenpick, Shangri-La, and Cafe Noriter
9.  #tosomposes

#tosomposes showcases fabulous finds for OOTD's.  And this is the vainest part of me!

HMU by Marvel Deromol and Photos by Jerome of FCL
Truly, this is The Other Side of Mae!  The photos show that we had indeed come this far!  Oh, I'm doing this post for hours already and I'm still amazed of the many things we've done through the years!  Four years in this endeavor is not a joke.  Just take a look back to where we started.  

Though I haven't got the chance to have a weeklong anniversary celebration this year as I did before ('coz of too much workload in school and store), it's more than OK.  I had this whole day reserved just to reminisce how blessed I am to have all of you keeping up with me!  Hoping for more years to come with you, my dearest blog readers!  

So, come and work with me, fantabulous individuals!  LIKE our community page in FB here! :)         

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Weeklong 2nd Year Anniv Special: The Evolution of "The Other Side of Mae"

I admit, I am not that much techie until I tried to discover how to create a blog.  Since my idol, Patty Laurel uses blogger as a tool for her blog, I also tried to use it.  At first, I found it very hard navigating where to go and what to do, much more that it is in Filipino.  This is no offense to our national language but I find some Tagalog words super deep in my understanding.  Gladly, Patty replied to my tweet and gave me tips in getting started with blogger!

So here goes my first website design - the Watermark template:
The Other Side of Mae 2011 Look
As a newbie, this is the simplest thing I could ever offer.  So why did I decide the title to be "The Other Side of Mae"?  It is so because I would just like to unfold the hidden part of my being.  I want to expose my thoughts and my feelings.  As a person, I am not really vocal.  I don't say much, I don't talk much, I don't speak much, I don't argue much.  But when I write, I couldn't stop my fingers from tapping my keyboard.  Words just flow and flow out from my mind and that's the time that I speak my mind!  That's the time that my feelings would come out to the open!  That's the time that I can express everything and when I say everything, it is indeed everything!  So in this blog, I am not the usual person that you actually see.  For in this blog is the other side of me coming out from the shell!

For the first year anniversary of this blog, I opted to change its look for something new and modern.  So I tried the Dynamic View template and here it is:
The Other Side of Mae 2012 Look
With this look, I had garnered more page views!  With this look, I had posted more often.  From posting only once a week the previous year, I had managed to post at least twice a week!  And this look also gave me blog readers who are my inspiration in writing and posting more beautiful stories!

Finally, for this second year anniversary, I chose something to describe what my blog is all about.  I chose something to remind me of my vision on what my blog posts should be.  So here it is:
The Other Side of Mae 2013 Look
From now on, I would refrain from posting bad and sad news, negativity issues, and my rants!  (Not that I always do.)  It is just that, in this world where problems just arise here, there, and everywhere, I don't wanna add up to a person's burden.  So my goal is to post stories of positivism, something to make you smile, and something for you to know that life is worth celebrating!  I owe it to my 1,785 Facebook friends, 426 Instagram followers, 98 Twitter followers, 20 Google+ followers, and 3 Blogger followers if I won't share only the good and beautiful things to them! 

Truly, this site has evolved into something better.  But what's with the profile picture if you might ask.  Why did I bring it back to this blog's 2013 look?  Well, that pose simply tells it all.  It symbolizes the real other side of me!  It just explains my inner goddess waiting to be discovered!