Mommy tales: here, there and everywhere

Blogging just about anything has become the rage nowadays. Not only do we find a lot of blogs dedicated to myriads of hobbies and interests and what have you, we also find saner ones. The saner ones of course include tried and tested topics on a lot of different advocacies such as feminism or even the state of the planet’s ecology. Readers are diverse, and of course, it’s easy to imagine that there are those wide read and game enough to read blogs like that, while others see blogging as a necessary evil, just so they know about things.

And then there are the “traditional” readers. While having an eclectic blog setup is good, one must also think of the traditional readers. The “traditional” ones are so to speak, those who still define having a good read as akin to reading articles in what they would expect and find in a book. Mom Conversations is just like that…what you’d expect in a women’s magazine, filled with details of how tos giving pointers to new moms who would like a hands on experience raising their children. There are also obligatory tips for women, mostly on taking care of themselves and feeling good about themselves as well, and consumer awareness. Because of its traditional structure, a lot of people would not be well pressed to understand everything as one would expect reading a typical blogger’s post (that read like mystical diary entries). The information is all there, laid out for everyone to see, to give readers who don’t even blog that there’s hope finding good reads beyond the library. And maybe even encourage them on to gettting blogs for themselves.

While still relatively young (few entries), Mom Conversations is still an awesome read. With a lot of parenting and mom blogs, this one surely deserves a future spot in the big blog leagues for being one of those unusually sane (traditional) blogs without trying too hard. And yes, we all do like a nice read once in a while.     

The White Queen 

Oh, Seiko!

If you happened to have cable and watched Ellen Nishiumi (way back when), chances are you’d probably understand what the (bad) pun title is all about. As someone who is interested in the Japanese culture (of course anime is just one of the things that endeared Japan to me), I have followed all those Japanese documentaries on Channel 13 relentlessly and even watched Ellen Nishiumi’s show. Romanticized my view on Japan is, I still want to go there just to see the cherry trees bloom.

Seiko’s Diary is, well, Ellen Nishiumi on blog form. Of course, this is not to say that Seiko san looks like Miss Nishiumi - but rather the fact that her blog is very colorful and shows us aspects of daily Japanese life in little snippets and what have you, just like that Oh Tokyo! show. Daily life of being a wife and mom in Japan is a plus, moreso because we have rarely heard from moms from Japan doing so. Most of the stuff I know about being Pinay moms in Japan come from browsing through obentou sites. Cooking and presenting food the aesthetic Japanese way is one thing, and being just a simple woman who loves life and her husband and children is another.This is simply one of Seiko’s Diary’s big pluses, informative and filled with love and laughter a mom could only give, all the way staight from Japan. 

I wonder if I could get that awesome Japan dream someday. 

The White Queen 

Sweet soul review

So what are these new blog reviews I’m doing, you ask? Well it’s a little something that made me interested enough to actually try something beyond the realm of my moon blogging! Check it out here!

I am not really one who’d do shameless promotions or something if I didn’t believe in what I am talking about. Well, this contest is sponsored by one of my frieds back in my old office Kaye, who has decided that being a WAHM (work at home mom for you unsure people out there) was probably the best thing that happened to her since the invention of sliced bread, and second only to her wonderful hubby and daughter of course. Kaye’s really awesome, and her blog is of course lightyears away from this drabble I have here. Kaye’s blog if of course drawn from her experiences as a fulltime mom, wifey and her everyday struggles with her demanding WAHM lifestyle. I have experienced life being a freelance writer, and one could possibly say that a WAHM also has similar trials, except of course the added demands of being a mom and a wife. I admire Kaye, mainly she ended up doing what I have always thought was the impossible blogosphere dream - being well liked, have lots of followers and readers, and yes, sponsoring contests like this. What better way to show the world you’ve made it in the blogosphere than giving awesome contests like this as a big thank you?

The White Queen 

Kulapo See, Kulapo Do

Not everyone is entitled to having a funny blogsite on the internet nowadays. Of course, this is NOT saying that people should stay clear off being funny once in a while. We all have our inner comedian and things we find funny, and we have EVERY right to share it to the world. But then, being funny could also equate to falling down flat. Some bloggers just have that “oomph”, while others are just trying too hard.

Well it seems Buraot has something to counter his “buraot”. Anak Ni Kulapo is the funny side of life, with some of the blog post titles reminding you of “kopong kopong” jokes which really would intrigue drive by visitors to click on them (and without any real connection to the post title whatever). And the ubiquitous, obligatory picture of the day sure to always tickle one’s funny bone, or sure to pique up one’s not so innocent mind. Be warned though - because of its rather raunchy nature, Anak Ni Kulapo isn’t for anybody who has a weak heart or tolerance for that matter. But if one doesn’t mind the “steamy” atmosphere, then be prepared for a wild and funny ride.

Anak Ni Kulapo is a regular blog (a bblog with all the official blog parts such as blog rolls, links, etc.) without being too regular, which is one of its many major selling points to those who come to chance upon it surfing the web. In the battle of the blog funnies, it is not always the one who makes the audience laugh the hardest, make their impression the longest. It’s how they project the funny to those in the humor know which makes them so, which Buraot has done in spades for this one.

The White Queen                  

Jewels, Jewels, Jewels!

Apparently my spending powers increased for now and so I am able to afford Jewels for my Poupee. Imagine my excitement when I managed to (brainwash) ask my brother if he can give me Jewels for my Christmas gift. He did give in, and so I was on my way to spoiling my pixelated self rotten with Jewel items!

Awesomeness!

Kawaii! <3

Just a few of my pixelated purchases. They are not purely Jewels bought items, some Ribbon items are mixed in as well. Also there’s the ongoing Valentine event (as evidenced by my sweet themed lolita). At any rate, I’m looking forward to more events in the future, as long as my means in acquiring Jewels remain secure.

 Check out the lovely Valentine’s event background!

 Of course, why would I like to spend money on pixelated item…it really boggled my brother’s mind. You could probably ask that about any person who would like to spend money on internet necessities like for their MMORPGs ingame currencies and the like. It’s no different. It may be childish in some way, but collecting stuff in real life could also be seen as childish for others as well right? To each their own I guess.

Here’s to more Jewel purchases! 

The White Queen                

Ang blog na di ka mabuburaot

The proliferation of blogging as another alternative to bringing the news and the views to the masses has become so that it warrants its own weight on the national conscience. However, the news and the views could only be stretched so much and made to fit the palate of the discriminating public. Sometimes even, such news and views are oftentimes fashioned to a degree that only a specific reader base will appreciate and take it to heart. It is of course how the blogger pulls his strings should it elicit approval and staying power in the blogosphere.

Enter I Am Buraot. I Am Buraot, despite its otherwise misleading title, is one of the dozens of social and political blogs out there that does not just present news and views. It does not attempt to be THE blog that everyone should read. It is, in the blogger’s own way, the presentation of his thoughts and feelings woven around current issues and philosophy that strives not to alienate his readers. Covering such a wide variety of topics ranging from religion to the environment, there never is a dull moment in Buraot’s blog. News and views are presented to the readers into something that they can relate to, and invite them to think about what they read.

Far from making one feel “buraot” or disenchanted/bored/something along those lines (depending on the situation) with what one is reading, I Am Buraot is indeed a misnomer. Taken figuratively, it may be that the author is already “buraot” with the prevailing news and views people have grown accustomed to. It is a state that we could also  relate to - after all, we also are “buraot” at the current news and views and we seek escapism and other methods of forgetting. But this blog attempts to let us face the “buraot” in all of us and offer a solace from other unhealthy methods of coping. Sinu ba naman mabuburaot pa dito? 

The White Queen