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Sunday, October 19, 2014

A Well-Engaged Audience at the Professional Blogging Summit

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Thank you to Jeoff Solas of DPop and Janette Toral of Digital Filipino for the opportunity to become one of the speakers at the recently concluded Professional Blogging Summit last October 18, 2014 held at the A. Venue Mall Vibe Live events place located at the 2nd floor of the said mall in Makati Avenue of Makati city.

Your friendly neighborhood pambansang blogger, Ross Del Rosario, and fellow bloggers Azrael Colladila, Jay-L Aquino, Seph Cham, and Sai Montes joined Jeoff and Janette in giving talks related to blogging. Azrael, Jay-L and I were asked to talk about how we started our blogs, and how we managed our networks plus how we dealt with the issues and controversies. Seph Cham talked about his fashion turned lifestyle blogging that later made him as endorser or ambassador of many brands, and Sai Montes shared how she used her blog to sell and earn in an online business. Of course, the two organizers (Jeoff and Janette) also shared valuable inputs that will surely benefit everyone who decides to enter into blogging.

Being among the three bloggers who talked about topics related to maintaining a professional bloggers and social media specialists network was already an accomplishment since the other two have been in the blogging industry for several years already. I on the other hand started Wazzup Pilipinas only last March 2013, but is very grateful for the many recognitions and partnerships it has already achieved.

I appreciate the opportunity to reminisce the past when I first decided to blog and network with fellow bloggers, partners, supporters, clients, and of course our readers, plus the eventual developments that took place as I managed my Wazzup Pilipinas network.

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The ManilART 14 is until today October 19, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Aura, Taguig. If you appreciate art, you should not miss this event. The event showcases contemporary art of the highest quality that represents a wide range of talent, insight, as well as whimsy.

Your friendly neighborhood pambansang blogger was invited by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts on opening invite-only gala night last October 15, 2014. Exhibit dates started October 16 until 19. This is a simultaneous launch of the Endangered Visions International Art Exhibition. Endangered Visions presented fresh and arresting original works from 40 foreign and local surrealist artists.

Endangered Visions features artwork that seeks to counterbalance an art world driven by a rapacious market with something more contemplative, subtle, and challenging. This is the first show of its kind in the Philippines, curated by internationally recognized Cabanatuan-based artist Gromyko Semper. See the works of Salvador Dali protege, Louis Markoya, visionary artist Otto Rapp, contemporary symbolist Danny Malbeouf, Maura Holden, Gromyko Semper, Marcel Antonio, and Mideo Cruz, among others.

The 6th edition of ManilART, with 28 of the best galleries in the Philippines, plus works from Europe and Southeast Asia, is presented by the Bonafide Art Galleries Organization (BAGO) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

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With Hera's experiences with her father and husband, women, even today, are still striving to achieve gender equality. Men are traditionally superior to women. This is an old saying that is still true nowadays. Currently, women wants to be recognized not just as a housewife but as an individual who could also do what men could do.

Traditionally, men are the only one who should be handling weapons such as guns. But to show her invulnerability, she showed everybody that women are also made to hold weapons especially when they are in great danger. They should posses strength and bravery, too.

Generally, men are superior to women. This is one thinking that was changed in the story. Hera proved that women should be equally superior to men. There are things that we all know were only done by men but are now also done by women. Violence against women should be stopped. Women shouldn't be treated as slaves, prisoners, or possessions.

Government groups focusing on women's rights are very essential to each community to give attention to those women who are experiencing the same as what Hera does. They need to feel loved and cared by people around them. Or else, just like Hera, they would also experience depression and other illnesses. They are not only physically ill, but also mentally, emotionally, and psychologically.

We hope you will enjoy our short story for the day.