rising on this site…(what blogging has bought me)
…is the house that blogging has started to build.
With a big chunk from my (irri) separation money and some contribution from my brother (the seafarer)…our home is starting to rise.
I’ve been hesitating to post this, because it isn’t as grand looking (at least not yet!) as what Darren bought with his blogging money. But since he asked what blogging bought me…here it is:
Well my blogging $$ has bought little things, from a new cellphone, a domestic airfare, to my son’s disposable pull-up pants and milk formula or even slipppers that I fancy or even a new tube of lipstick, to sacks of rice, to paying the rent (previously) and moving expenses.
Little things only, but now it is starting to build a solid shelter for my family, since the roof of half of the old house was blown by the typhoon couple of months ago. I decided to build anew instead of just fixing the roof. Much like putting new wine into new wineskins instead of the old.
It would still be a long while but we are taking little steps at a time to build it. Who knows, maybe before Christmas it would be whole and roofed with some finishings.
While others think this may be an ambitious project, this is a family effort, where I contribute one blogging month at a time until this house is built and strongly roofed (the one in the photo is just temporary roofing).
Until then…I can’t think yet of other things or projects to put my blogging money into.
July 25th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
HI, Glo! Wow, I feel happy for you and proud of you all at the same time1
I guess, when it rains, it pours. 
God bless!
July 26th, 2006 at 11:36 am
ymber, thanks so much!
July 27th, 2006 at 7:17 am
what can I say?
Of course, I am very happy for you. I know that you had several sleepless nights thinking if this is the right path for you and Raine. Glad that things are working out fine. Slowly, but surely. One blogging dollar at a time
Here’s to more rackets sa blogging!
July 28th, 2006 at 1:13 am
hi gloria, been reading your blogs (almost all of my free time here in the ofc) and was quite impressed on how you handle everything. cheers to you! years just came blashing back to me when i was still in high school in bicol (cam norte) and joined so many writing contests (school papers, etc, from district level to national level). we are of the same age and i guess our paths have crossed several times. (i graduated HS 1990). did you also join those activities/contests?
also, do you happen to know jerome anonuevo? he’s also from sorsogon.
keep bloggin!
July 28th, 2006 at 10:28 am
AnP: thanks and cheer for more blogging rackets!!
Jay: thanks din.
i graduated HS a year ahead of you. hindi ako nai-sa-sali sa contests outside our school noon eh, so we’ve probably haven’t met.
di ko kilala eh…sorry.
thanks for reading my blogs!
July 31st, 2006 at 9:22 am
Hi Glo! Wowie, You can really see where your blogging $$ goes to…on solid ground. Gleng din ni Raine, If ever you plan to pass by LB, he can join the GK Build eheh. God bless always
July 31st, 2006 at 4:30 pm
i thought i left a comment here a few days ago na…
anyway, what i wanted to say… it’s an ambitious project, but basta may tyaga, may nilaga, di ba?
stressful ang housebuilding… pero at least mukhang enjoy si raine
August 1st, 2006 at 9:18 am
ruth: buti na lang my brother is here to carry all the stressful stuff sa hosue building. he he. basta ako i just blog one day at a time.
ging: he he. puwede na nga si raine sa GK build! ang lalaki ng braso…may pagmamanahan!
August 5th, 2006 at 8:59 pm
Congrats sa pagkakaasenso mo madi. Pwedeng pwede nga si raine sa Gawad Kalinga.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
Pa-huling hirit ate: Have you ever considered investing your blogging money into a business? Maybe you can become a local venture capitalist!
August 7th, 2006 at 10:01 am
rico, on business investment: later pag gawa na yung house.;-)
August 11th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
how did you know jerome anonouvo?
August 11th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
hi jay! are you from sorsogon also? yup ive known him for quite a while.
October 10th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
[…] It’s fun that doing something you love can actually reward you with something like this mobile phone, a camera, a house or an almost house! And yea, you can even count that snack if you consider it as one of blogging’s perks. Heehee. […]
October 27th, 2006 at 5:38 am
wow i’m impressed!
November 5th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
[…] It’s fun that doing something you love can actually reward you with something like this mobile phone, a camera, a house or an almost house! And yea, you can even count that snack if you consider it as one of blogging’s perks. Heehee. […]
November 20th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
[…] How long will it take for me to post about a house, car, camera, phone, snack, or anything else that blogging might buy for me? I’m not holding my breath, but I am wondering about this. […]
November 27th, 2006 at 8:30 pm
[…] Talked about blogging (after all, the five of us combined maintain over 20 blogs!) and what it brought us. I showed off Sasha’s blogging-financed RAZR, while Jayvee took photos with the camera that blogging bought. Too bad I already ate the snack that blogging bought a long time ago, and Gloria couldn’t bring the house that blogging is building. […]
December 5th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
[…] Is this a Filipino thing? Almost all the top sites for “blogging bought” are Filipino. There’s the car, the DSLR, the car again, the RAZR, the WoW credits, the laptop, the IXUS and the house. […]
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Hi glo,
congrats on the house, don’t worry i’m sure it will look splendid when it’s done! I’m still saving my earnings until it gets bigger before I cash out. Hopefully by may it will be!
February 22nd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
rose, this is never easy. but you gotta somewhere right?