Loy Meets World

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Thanksgiving is not just for turkeys, although Filipinos don’t celebrate this occasion because, well, there’s nothing to be thankful about. Seriously, Westerners especially those living in the land of milk and honey (for Third World desperados like us) have lots of things to be thankful about. I’m not talking about Barack Obama unexpectedly winning the Nobel Peace Prize, because Americans would rather enjoy a decent health care program than see their President get an undeserved (?) accolade from starstruck Europeans. Thanksgiving is a hugely popular occasion in the West because it’s not everyday that they can thank God for all their blessings and prosperity.

I wonder if we can hold a Thanksgiving celebration here in our poor country, maybe we can earn more blessings from the big guy up there and stop sending our poor workers for enslavement in some foreign lands.

Nevertheless, my friend Jaypee Habaradas of JaypeeOnline fame (congratulations for winning as the Best Technology Blog in the Philippine Blog Awards) is holding a contest with $1,500 worth of prizes as a way to celebrate Thanksgiving. If you are a blogger or an Internet buff, this is definitely a contest worth joining, as you can win cool cash, WordPress themes and even t-shirts!

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Just when I feel discouraged, downtrodden, hapless, depressed and (insert disheartening adjective here), here comes a piece of good news to cheer me up. I had the good fortune to see my blog chosen as one of the finalists of the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards under the “Best Blog Design” category. It’s not as exciting as winning cold cash but it’s definitely better than putting up with all the negative riffraff in this world.

Although I know that my web design skills are above par (at least compared to ordinary non-geeks), I didn’t quite expect my blog to be commended for its aesthetic beauty. I’m still new to this professional web design thing and I have to admit that there are many web design technologies and concepts that are still beyond my comprehension. However, getting some unlikely praise and honor for my blog is a step towards a better career in web design in the future.

The 2009 Philippine Blog Awards awarding ceremony will be held on October 9, 2009 at the PETA-PHINMA Theater in Quezon City. As usual, I will not be attending this event due to financial reasons (again?).

Congratulations to all the finalists and I wish you the best of luck. Hope that I win!

Change is coming to LoyMeetsWorld.com. After days of grappling with my conscience, I have finally decided to change my blog’s main topic or niche.

Actually, it’s not a very hard decision for me, as I have always been interested in personal development, success ideas and other self-help subjects. I want to achieve success, happiness and fulfillment in life and this blog can hopefully assist me in the attainments of those goals.

It would have been easier if I started a new blog from scratch and just retain this blog as my personal blog. But I don’t want to be burdened by the additional responsibility of maintaining another blog. If I start another blog for that purpose, I will most likely neglect this site knowing that I’m more interested in talking about my dreams and plans for success than in mundane and boring tidbits of my personal life. Everything I’ve invested on this blog in terms of time, effort and money will go to waste.

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One year older and one year wiser (or dumber?). As much as I want to divulge my age, for security reasons I can’t. Let’s just say that I’m already in my late 20’s, although my appearance doesn’t betray it.

Just like any other birthday celebrant, I would like to give a short speech to thank my family, friends, lovers, enemies, critics and other people who made a difference in my life this past year. Special mention goes to my blog followers who have been patiently reading and commenting on my pithy blog posts despite my constant absence and silence in my blogging activities.

Without much further ado, I would like to thank the following personalities for their various contributions to my dreams of becoming rich and successful :

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