Janette Toral chatted with me sometime this year. She asked for my support for her Influential Blog Awards. Given that up to this point, I am still hyper-critical of that other market-their-business-best friends/volunteers/kiss-ur-ass-and-will-continue-to-watch-them-2009-awards, I decided to support her. Why? I liked the idea of making known the small and upcoming talented bloggers. That’s the least that we can do with all these meaningless blog awards. In fact, she even told me na pag-uwi ko raw, just let her know and she will let me speak in one of her seminars. Ok… However, I made known to Janet that I disagree with the connotation “Influential Blog Awards”. They’re not influential. They’re popularity. Even the 2009 winners, sorry sa lapad nang tenga ko, no offense intended, but none of these blogs can match Barrio Siete’s Performance in 3 months time. Fire your violent reactions, but for me, this is beside the point, I supported some of this years current winners “KUNO”, following B7’s (Barrio Siete) mission and vision.
To prove my point about why they’re not influential, I looked back at IBA’s (Influential Blogger Awards) history. Starting with the 2007, here are the winners with their Alexa rankings.
- Jakethemiserable.com – 26,135,484
- paolomendoza.com – 3,100,710
- ASTEEG.NET – 3,081,693
- gibbscadiz.blogspot.com – 2,276,553
- thisiscoy.net – 1,536,273
- cokskiblue.com – no data
- aileenapolo.blogspot.com – 1,076,577
- pinoyblogero.com – 1,044,634
- Cultureshiok.com – 857,655
- anitokid.blogspot.com – 647,007
- racoma.com.ph – 423,373
- fruityoaty.com – 411,827
- carlocab.com – 38,038
Obviously, you only have carlocab.com as the truly Influential Blogger from this group. Which means, if he talks about making money online, people listen. Will these bloggers in 400k range have influence? I don’t know what influence they weild. That’s questionable to me. Not even the 600k. But once your Alexa ranking eh umaabot nang milyon, ang ibig sabihin nyan, wala kang impluwensyang humugot nang mag-babasa nang entries mo other than you. Getz?! So, let’s look at 2008 winners.
- Music Picks – no data
- Bloggers Da Who – no data
- You Got Tech – 5,952,906
- Missing Carlo – 5,269,968
- Manila Foodistas- 3,244,728
- Visit Sagada – 2,564,557
- Davao Delicious – 2,272,000
- Mar Roxas for President in 2010 blog – 1,351,454
- Fritzified = 1,324,795
- Bariles Republic 400,330
- The Not so Talented DJ Montano – 314,099
- Filipino Voices 240,649
This 2008 is even worse! There were only 3 in the 6 figure range! The rest?! I guess, they could just shut down their blogs. And so we come to this years winners DAW. This time, we looked at the number of minutes a reader spends in the blog. Let’s take a look at them!
- Lakwatsero – 1,998,665 (2.7 mins per day)
- Tales from mom’s side – 1,364,445 (2.3 mins per day)
- Father blogger – 906,539 (2.4 mins per day)
- Let’s go sago – 620,111 (2 mins per day)
- Patay gutom – 709,102 (2.7 mins per day)
- Adaphobic – 565,690 (2.9 mins per day)
- Kelvinonian – 512,609 (1.5 min per day)
- Zorlone – 366,431 (1.3 mins per day)
- Struggling Blogger – 304,688 (1.8 mins per day)
- Writing to Exhale – 290,805 (14.3 mins per day)
Obviously, these blogs are faring much better dun sa 2007 and 2008. As I have said, this is a popularity award, just like what we probinsyanos are very familiar with… a beauty contest based not on beauty but based on tickets sold… a.k.a. popularity voting contest. The only twist here is that, in my opinion, the organizer of this award, is only interested in links, yes – this is link farming.
Reyna Elena Dot Com’s vote not counted
I was not happy when Janet emailed me and sort of pressured me to re-post my votes “somewhere” eh kasi nga down ang reyna elena dot com. Who hacked my site anyway?! Alam naman ni Bathala that I have already voted. How come my votes were now being disqualified?! Was it because my site was hacked again?! O baka manalo ang mga ka-barrio ko?! I told Janet, no I cannot pressure my webmaster to working overtime to make Reyna Elena Dot Com live just for this award. But even Agnes and Mel’s votes were not counted either! Kaya nag-taka tuloy ako if something was going on.
Jan Geronimo’s Friends
So when Jan Geronimo fired this comment dun sa site ni Janet, tumaas ang kilay ko, kinati ang kamay kong mag-imbistiga. If you guys have any clue on what I do professionally, wag na kayong magtanong. Baka madismaya kayo. Pokpok ako. O kaya, hulaan nyo na lang. Here was the comment that ignited my aha-aha! i like it!
“Some of my friends told me they joined your writing project. They left comments on the writing project post, but they’re a bit puzzled their comments with the URL to their posts are not appearing in the comment section of your blog.
They are worried they might have participated for naught, Janette. Are your comments being held in moderation? That’s the only thing that occurs to me that might explain the non-appearance of their comments.
Are the comments being held in abeyance- to be released piece by piece – to generate suspense to this writing project?. Wouldn’t that – if this were so, but I hope this is not the case – going too far as far as generating interest or suspense for the outcome of this writing project?
The master list spreadsheet – held in abeyance. Fine, I understand the logic in that. But the comment section of your blog – shouldn’t comments be published as they come in?
Please, Janette.
Can you make a little announcement about this? They’re irked at me for asking their help to spread the good word about this project only to seem to have hit a wall with your comment section.
Thanks, Janette. Source
FURRR-REEENDDZZZ?! Who are “THEY”?
My investigation would lead me to this blog. They call themselves, the Jedi Bloggers. Interestingly, I have just offered to buy their domain! Litsi oo! But I was amused by the grouping and also curious why most of the winners were from this side of the world. Am I missing something?! Let me tell who they are. I even voted two (2) of these bloggers, Roy and Jan. I consider these Jedi bloggers my friends! Anong magagawa ko! Grrr!
- Jan – Writing to Exhale
- Roy – The Struggling Blogger
- Zorlone
- Father Blogger Dot Com
- Kelvinonian
- Tales from the Mom Side
At this point, another Barrio Siete Writer joined me in the research. We were looking for Jena Isle. Who is she? It would lead us to this blogger, which, if what she is claiming is true, then professor sya sa isang university, in Chemistry. So, this probably explains this list of Chem Bloggers that she follows.
Eto na ba ang sinasabi ni Jan na his “friends”?
We’re now deep into somewhere, we have no idea what we will be uncovering. And so we checked each blog. And here’s what we found.
Chem 01 – Supermedtech (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 96 on Janet’s entry.
The first entry was June 30, 2009. The 2nd entry? No clue. The 3rd entry? Guess what! Voting for Janet Toral’s Influential Awards. What have we stumbled upon?!
Who were nominated?
1. Dr. Lorenzo Bernandino of Zorlone
2. Roy Dela Cruz of The Struggling Blogger
3. Jan Geronimo of Writing to exhale
4. Angel Cuala of Father Blogger Dot Com
5. Irene of Lifelots
6. Luke of A walk in the Dark
7. Dee of Tales from the Mom Side .
8. Kelvin Servigon of Kelvinonian Ideas 2.0
9. Bingkee of I Love/Hate America
10. Holly Jahangiri of It’s all a matter of Perspective: Mine
Chem 02 - Jullius (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed under 113 on Janet’s list
Chem 03 – Diana (entry complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 55 on Janet’s entry
Check out the 1st entry! May 26, 2009. Check out the next entry July 29, 2009 to vote.
Chem 04 – Applejoy (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 50 on Janet’s list
Chem 05 – ErikaShayne (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 82 on Janet’s list
Chem 07 – Kim Andrew De Leon (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 51 on Janet’s list
Chem 09 – Jim (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed under 108 on Janet’s list
Chem 10 – Myron Espiritu (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed under 109 on Janet’s list
Chem 11 – Anne Flores (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 86 on Janet’s list
Chem 12 – Aubrey Gabral (entry complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 71 on Janet’s list
Chem 13 – Raychel (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 9 on Janet’s list
Chem 14 – Jhimpie (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 6 on Janet’s list
Chem 15 - Nera (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 8 on Janet’s list
Chem 16 – Kellyshaye (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 103 on Janet’s list
Chem 17 – Dia (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 46 on Janet’s list
Chem 19 – Maricris (entry complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 65 on Janet’s list
Chem 18 – Kristine Magtoto (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 43 on Janet’s list
Chem 21 – Lovely Rose (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 90 on Janet’s list
Chem 22 – Timz (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 78 on Janet’s list
Chem 23 – Eryllsy (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed under 146 on Janet’s list.
Chem 24 – Mary Joy (entry complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 70 on Janet’s list
Chem 25 – Louinne Amii R. Tayag (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 56 on Janet’s list
Chem 26 – Ethel (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed number 75 on Janet’s list
Chem 27 – Jayson Zulueta (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed under 138 on Janet’s list
Chem 29 – Marrion (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Listed under 131 on Janet’s list
WTF is going on?!
Seriously! Binabasa ba talaga nang mga estudyante ang mga blogs nang binoto nila or the teacher was reading their blogs?! Or better else, blogs ba ang mga to talaga? Some of the entries must have been lifted from the books because they were so scholarly written and I cannot imagine in my life that these kids could write those! Most of these blogs were created sometime in May and June 2009 and the last entries were only to vote in July 2009 for the Influential Blog. You don’t need a CPA, MBA, GAY to figure this out, do you?!
Me connection ba with these Chem bloggers with the 2009 Winners?
We found this blog entry. Bloggers Connection: Clin Chem Student Bloggers. And that’s where we found Jena Isle. Excited sya sa comments section thanking Roy.
I am presenting again my Bloggers Connection, and this time, instead of featuring just a single blogger, I am giving you a group of bloggers – the Clin Chem Student Bloggers, a group of students who created their blogs to support their studies on Clinical Chemistry.
With the blessing and guidance of their professor, these 29 students created their blogs:
1. To enhance the learning-teaching process through Web-Based Instructional Materials (WBIM).
2. To synchronize learning-teaching methods with relevant, available updates in technology.
3. To encourage students to utilize current technology in their learning process.
4. To adapt current and global online methods of learning.Most of them, if not all of them, are first-time bloggers. And I believe that by presenting them here, you can help me in encouraging these students and formally welcoming them to the blogosphere.
Not only will their blogs help them in their studies, but other students can benefit a lot from their blogs too! For one, they will have an easier time researching on topics related to clinical chemistry with these 29 blogs that feature the different areas of the subject.
Indeed, they are worthy of our support, don’t you think?
So now, I give to you the Clin Chem Student Bloggers
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 01 – Eugene
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 02 – Julius
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 03 – Diana Christina
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 04 – Apple Joy
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 05 – Erika ShayneClinical Chemistry Blog Notes 06 – Michael Angelo
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 07 – Kim Andrew
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 08 – Lindsey
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 09 – Jim
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 10 – MyronClinical Chemistry Blog Notes 11 – Anna Lexys
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 12 – Dudes
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 13 – Maray Chel
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 14 – Jimpie
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 15 – NeraClinical Chemistry Blog Notes 16 – Kelly Shaye
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 17 – Dia Rowena
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 18 – Kristine Kretel
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 19 – Marcris
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 20 – AnjelicaClinical Chemistry Blog Notes 21 – Lovely Rose
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 22 – Christian Philip
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 23 – Charles Eryll
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 24 – Maryjoy
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 25 – LouinneamiiClinical Chemistry Blog Notes 26 – Ethel Coleen
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 27 – Jayson
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 28 – Mark Gideon
Clinical Chemistry Blog Notes 29 – MarrionGet to know these students better, read their blogs… learn from them, and help them learn too.
Once again – The Clin Chem Student Bloggers.
To the Clin Chem Students Bloggers, this is The Struggling Blogger officially welcoming you to the blogosphere.
Number of questionable votes
While what I showed you were not the complete blogs, I decided to summarize what we have uncovered. THEY ALL VOTED THE SAME?! Ano to?! School project?! Eto lang ang vina-lidate ko no?! Understand, 29 sila!!! Had I known na pwede to, tinawagan ko sana kuya ko, vice rector sya sa isang university in Manila! Leche oo! Here they are:
What about those blogs na hindi pa namen nakikita? The question is, baket binilang to?! Halatang halata that these blogs sprouted just for the purpose of voting for the awards. Sinong inu-uto nang mga to?! This already happened at Reyna Elena. That blogger is still active and never apologized to me – kaya I know these tricks. I would like to know, kaya ang ginawa ko, nag-email ako ki Janet Toral.
Where can I find the list of who voted these winners? I have certain concerns. I cannot voice it out yet, but I would like to see the list given the transparency that you blogged about.
Thank you.
Her response?
Hi Reynz. As stated in the last paragraph of what you have quoted, what I have done so far is give site owners who request for copy of those who voted for their sites (like in your case where I’ve given you those who voted for Barrio Siete) for cross checking. Have concerns exposing the whole spreadsheet based on the feedback I got from others which I mentioned in the 2nd paragraph of what you have quoted. However, if you can advise me of your specific concern, I will find a way to address it as I have always tried whenever you raise one. Thank you as well and congratulations too as some of those you preferred got major spots in the overall results
I continued validating the blogs. I took another sample and checked them one by one. Check out what I discovered!
- Cynthia (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) all may, first entry glorious food! next entry? what she learned yesterday! final entry? – voted. taz naglaho.
- Beatriz (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) all may, first entry she’s a professional counselor, next entry what she learned yesterday. final entry – voted. wala na. Similar to 1.
- Mae Lin Jiwani (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) 8 entries, voted in May, last entry was in June. Wala na.
- Jennibeth (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) There were 6 entries, all in May. Pakatapos mag boto, di na nag-blag. Similar to 3.
- Mary Lou Mariano (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) There were also 3 entries. All in May. One kung sino sya. 2nd nasa meeting sya. 3rd voting IBA.
- Ardis Anna Gonzales (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) Has also 3 entries. The 1st was Welcome. The 2nd voting PG. The 3rd, lumipat na sa Amazon. Similar to 5.
- Jetro Galla Gawaen (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) There were only 3 entries, the 2nd entry was voting PG.
- Regnard (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion) – only 5 blog entries, voted in May 2009 last entry was July and it’s not even a blog but a conference sked.
WHAT IS GOING ON?!
- Anong kabalbalan ang mga entries na to sa taas?! Pare-parehas pa ang theme! Tipong this was done by one person! What she learned yesterday?!
- And what’s with the Chem Bloggers?! Do they qualify as blogs?! Started in May 2009, voted in July 2009 then done?
- Who asked these students to join the Influential Bloggers by simply opening a blog, voting for Jedi Bloggers and say that it was for class? For real?!
- Who were Jan Geronimo’s friends? The Chem Bloggers?
- Why were those votes to Barrio Siete not counted?
- Did Janet really excluded Snow’s entry? Dahil “writing project lang naman ito?”
- Why can’t the tabulations for the winners be shown? Who voted for these winners?
- How come most of these “blogs” just appeared out of nowhere in May? Voted, then disappeared? Job well done? And why were they counted and included?!
- Sa ta-tatlong blog entries, similar pa ang blog entry themes. First, who they are; Second, what they did yesterday; Third, voted – then naglaho.
- Why can’t the result be audited by a independent 3rd party?
- and many, many more un-answered questions…
I joined, campaigned and supported this 2009 Influential Awards because I believed sa part na makikilala ang mga talentong mga baguhang bloggers but that this will be fair and free from any questionable judging, counting, inclusions and exclusions. Bwisit ako. I’m angry and I am terribly disappointed by the results and what I have discovered, considering that by far, this was the only blog awards that I have truly supported. I felt cheated! Considering that somebody is probably making money out of this! Leche!
But, make no mistake about this, I will never compromise my credibility and I will definitely distance myself from this awards, including the declared controversial winners and those who have made a mockery of this award, until these bloggers concerned (Jedi Winners included) could fully explain to me why these are not making sense at all. I choose not to ever social climb with these bloggers until I see it fit. Grrr!~!@#$%^&*(
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Hi Reynz!
First, I’d like to thank you for nominating me in this “writing project” and I sincerely wish that you’re not sorry for your nomination. Nobody can deny the fact that it’s your “annointment” that gave me the much needed acceleration by getting my blog noticed early in the race. Again, thank you Reynz.
I am really sorry that RE’s vote were not counted. Not just because I’m in your list, but because everybody knows your blog and the votes were already acknowledged by Janette then… a point which I also raised to her. I was also surprised that they were not counted.
Snow’s vote, I believe was counted (although I’m not sure now, because you said it wasn’t), I read the rules and there weren’t anything that she violated by submitting her vote “elsewhere” in Janette’s blog.
As for the Clin Chem Student Bloggers, yes they are legitimate blogs created to fulfill an academic requirement. I’ve featured them in my bloggers connection to help them get exposure in the blogosphere since I am one of those who was tasked to guide them in their blogging projects… which would explain why they voted for me. And yes Reynz, they were asked to read the blogs they voted on.
Of course, you just can’t take my word for it, and I won’t get in the way of your investigation. I trust your better judgement. I can see that they weren’t the only ones under question, they just stand out because, well, they’re too many.
I’m sure you know me, that’s why you nominated me… but the blogs you mentioned were totally “strangers” to you. And I’d like to thank you for bringing this out in the open… this would at least help clear up things, instead of them “just playing in everybody’s minds”
Again Reynz, thank you, and the rest of Barrio Siete writers for your support.
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Interesting read, Reynz. Pabasa po muna lahat. binoto ko rin ang ibang nanalo sa kanila eh.
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first time kong maging ‘first commenter’ dito sa Barrio Siete, sa ganito pang topic
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wow ‘daaay, feel na feel ko ang galit mo.
parang pinagsama-samang powers ng XXX, Imbestigador at Bitag!
HAHAHA
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OMG, I want to borrow a line from Jessica Zafra,
“It’s so funny, I forgot to laugh.”
Someone has a lot of explaining to do.
I wonder tuloy kung nagbago na ba ng definition ang word na INFLUENTIAL.
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nakakabigla how resourceful you are kamahalan. nalunod ako. yaan mo na. awards don’t matter.
nextime decide wisely na lang kung may kailangan kang suportahan.
kaw naman kasi kame di mo pinapansin kaya iyan tuloy. nyahahahaha. joke lang. ang wrinkles. hala ka papanget ka, mawawala ang hotness mo
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mike enriquez and henry omaga rolled into one ang dating ng imbestigasyon
baka naman tiga CIA ka? lol
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It reminds me of something (demonic grin…)
Does this mean I should be, once again, frustrated for joining the wrong competition?
Okay, sige. Itaga nyo sa bato at marijuana, hinding-hindi na ko sasali sa kahit anong blog awards.
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Ha, bat may ganun?!? Basta ako, i voted for the blogs that I like and have influenced me. Kung may cooking mang nangyari, aabangan ko ang resulta ng iyong imbestigasyon, Reynz. Basta, wag mo silang tatantanan!
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wala naba reliable na voting sa bansang to??
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Walang sinabi si Tulfo!!! hehehe
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(nagulat at napabuntong hininga at nanlaki ang mata) HUWATTTTTTTT?
*Speechless…
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Bilib naman ako sa investigative skills mo Kapitana…
Seriously, I would have to agree with what Reynz is telling us here. I was actually invited ng isang ka-barrio natin dito to vote nga for Barrio Siete as one of the Most Influential. For me, well, pwedeng pwede ko talagang iboto ang B7, but aside from the barrio sino pa kaya ang iboboto ko? haller?! i do not see myself influential at all. And some people here sa barrio, I see na pwede ding iboto kaya lang, di ko pa naman talaga sila kilala. Give me time for sure makikilala ko (at ng ibang readers) ang mga barrio-sietezens para pwede na bumoto.
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Dominated by splogs…spam blogs..pano magiging credible ang award na ito? What is the claim of janet Toral to credibility in her awards?
Btw Roy, sinong niloloko mo…blogs created to fulfill an academic requirement? What subject Roy? May Blogging 101 na ba ngayon sa medicine/chemistry course? Kahit Blogging 101, hindi papasa yang chemical student bloggers mo kasi once in a blue moon ang update. IN SHORT, they are SPAM BLOGS !!!!
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wala akong niloloko Jun Omaga, compared to you these have real identities with, profiles and pictures even. Have you been to their blogs?
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Para ka palang si Mike Enriquez na Mala Imbestigador. Mabuti naman at nag sabi ng kanyang side si Roy. I have know Roy personally last Iblog5 and I find him honest,sincere and very helpful fellow.Sana maging malinaw ang lahat.
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Oops Roy, those students are so guapo and beautiful, i thought for a while they were pics of Korean telenovela stars lifted from the internet. I will attend my first eyeball soon…. i -linya mo nga silang lahat and make a presentation. This controversy is worse than the one figured in by Carl Ocab. At least, we know that Carl blogs kasi he has hundreds of blog posts to date. Yang blog posts ng Chemical Student Bloggers mo, di umabot sa 20. In short, they are SPAM BLOGS !
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Inaamin ko i never vote kahit na sino, kasi kaylan lang ako nagsimula sa blogging, at hindi ko masyado binigyan ng pansin ang competition na ito, kahit na nakikita ko na sa ibang blogsite ang nomination.
But for me, ANg Barrio siete ang nakapag influence sa akin para seryosohin ang blogging. nung una patambay-tambay lng sa barrio, until i asked from REynz kung pwede ko nya mai-post yung entry ko na balagtasan.. ” Halina sa Kabukiran”. Yun na ang simula at nakapag inpluwensiya sa akin upang tuluyan ko ng seryosohin ang bloging.
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jeri,talaga namang may talent ka eh,hindi mo lang nilalabas.Kaya nga idol tawag ko sa iyo.Pero sa totoo lang,dis appointed din ako nung hindi nanalo ang B7 at si Snow.Kasi ba naman lagi nasa top then biglang naglaho.Pero sabi ko na lang ganyan naman talaga ang contest.
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funny…
so you’re basis is the number of posts? then, continue to watch these blogs until these students graduate… and then count the number of posts.
I noticed, you seem to be an authority on SPAM BLOGS, I wonder why
I guess, it’s your words against mine
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Ramon.. yung talent ko na hindi ko inilalabas… itatago ko na lang.. he he he he! … salamat parekoy, ikaw din parekoy idol din kita not only being a blogger but being a good father to your kids…dahil yan ang higit na mas importante sa buhay ng isang lalaki…. mabuhay ka parekoy
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Jeri baka magalit si renz at sabihin nagbobolahan na tayo. hehehe
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Pareho naman tayo basketbolista parekoy.. so lets dribol the ball.. he he he
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Malen asan na ang plakard mo? ilabas mo na hahahahaha
Pagkakataon mo na to… Announcement, tinatawagan ko po si manay Cora at manay Glow, andito na po kasister nyo hahaha
(*sabay abot kay malen ng megaphone) hahaha
Malayo pa new year may putukan na agad dito.
seriously… Im not serious haha
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Hoy nagbobolahan na kayo dalawa dyan, pasali ako hahaha
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Interesting *kamot balbas*..Very interesting..Kilala ko, online, ang iba sa mga nanalo. Nawa’y ma clear nila mga ito.
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Bluepan.. halika parekoy sama ka sa bolahan para mapawi ang init ng ulo…he he he he
Pag bakasyon ko sa pinas tawagan kita hingi ako discount card ha?. he he he
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Hanep ganda talaga ni Snow… kita ko sa forwarded pic…ooohh my God!.. si Bluepan in love na naman daw… he he he jowk lang snow.
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What a shame…
if i had known na ganun lang ang gagawin ng ibang bloggers, I could have used the blog accounts of my clients to vote for me.
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Oh so it was a school project to nominate for the top ten?!
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I now question my support to you and Jan. I have a lot of question about you and Jan’s integrity and why you guys would accept the votes that you’ve received and would not even quetion it. They are not blogs Roy. They were created to vote for all of you Jedi Bloggers, I was no born yesterday to not understand it. The fact that Jan was very eager that those be counted is the more I question his integrity.
Am I sorry for the support I gave you and Jan? It looked like from the way you had explained yourself here, I am headed that way.
Would you answer the question as to who this Jena Isle and what’s the relationship she has with you and Zorlone?
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Roy,
I will not defend OMAGA, whoever he/she is, but you don’t even call them SPAM BLOGS, but these blogs should have not been counted and as a responsible blogger you should have questioned them too. That responsibility is with all of your kasamahan na binoto nang mga blogs na to. I firmly believe that it was Jena Isle who forces these students to vote for all of you.
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Irrelevant of how good Roy is personally, i will judge him based on that single incident Mon. I would like to be fair to you. I know what I have seen. I know what I have discovered.
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Roy,
Parehas ni Omaga, it’s in the number of posts that I focus on. However, to me, suspect was the fact na sabay sabay ang bukas nuong May 2009 and sabay sabay ang vote noong July 2009 and NO ENTRIES no more. I’m sure with this blog coverage they are getting baka nga magblog na sila beginning today. I can’t understand bat di mo nakikita na they were just created to vote for you and you’re friends. O
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Mon,
And this is the reason bakit nag-laho si Snow sa top ten because, 30 of those students voted the same bloggers, voted the same time at ginawang project siguro nang titser to make her blogger friends happy and you don’t need a high school degree to figure this out.
This whole voting is ridiculous! Sino sa kanila ang lurker sa mga blogs na binoto nila?!
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This is an email I received from Roy:
MY RESPONSE?
They all joined in a public awards. How does that excuse them from scrutiny?! They are now fair game. Understand that this is public and I will post this email in the post.
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If these student bloggers are not spam bloggers just as what Roy claims, might as well that these bloggers should reveal their identities and their true affliation with the school.
Otherwise, if they cant produce legit identities as bloggers, therefore, they are just blogs mushroomed out of nowhere and magically voted for the EIB.
Hay naku, mabuti na lang di ako umattend ng event na yan. I find this recent development DISTURBING.
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OMG. What is this ruckus all about?
~ muntik ng mabuhusan ng kape ang aking keyboard!
If I may suggest to the Clinical Chemistry bloggers, clinical chemistry including posts about asbestos, cortisol, hyphotalamus have very high click-through rates and is a very lucrative niche. Lagyan na ng Google AdSense ang mga yan! LOL
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Totoo nga ang kasabihang: ‘Integrity is doing the right thing, even no one is watching’…
I’m speechless here, you know how sincere and supportive I am to Jedi Bloggers Group…hindi ko akalaing may ganito Kuya Roy.
In the meantime, pakitanggal ninyo na lang muna ako sa blogroll ninyo. It will take a lot of time siguro bago ko makalimutan ito.
I used to believe in you guys…
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i’ll take that jeri as a compliment. *shy*
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bakit ang mga pinoy ano…gagawin ang lahat ng lusot…makalusot lang?!
like whoever told those clinical chem students to vote for certain blogs and bloggers…???
(excuse me…sinong magbabasa ng chem blog?! hahaha!!!! kaya nga lumayo ako sa topic na yan pagdating sa blogging. puede pa chem application ang i-blog.)
at bakit naging project ng mga clinical chem students ang blogging?? wala na bang mai-pagawang matino ang teacher nila? hahaha!!! well i presume mga nursing, med tech, etc students sila? napaka-ganda ng mga kurso eh bakit mag-blog about clinical chem?! they have better thing to do in school than blog about clinical chem. it is just weird for me.
unless nakasalalay ang grades mo dito?! 
hindi baga??
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o yeah ms ajay…dapat kumikita sila while writing those contents.
hahaha!!! parang webmd, medicinet and the likes.
bottomline…if you are going to write such contents, make sure you are being paid for it.
at wag kang sumali sa kung ano-anong controversies sa blogosphere.
hehehe. maghanap-buhay ka lang! 
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Talagang nakakabilib ang mahal na kapitana, very resourceful pinaghalong CSI miami at las vegas, basta nasa likod, tabi at gilid lang kami, sino ang niloko nila, maliwanag pa sa sikat ng buwan ang pandaraya, binoto ko rin siya though di ko kilala kasi sinundan lang kita
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Whoaaahh! Ang hirap pag busy ka para kumita ng kusing kusing – lagi huli sa mga balita. Ilag lang ako Roy and Reynz…
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binasa ko ng paulit-ulit, patawad pero nakakawalang gana na yung ganyang pakontes kung may ka-toque lutong barkada.
magluluto na lang ako ng sarili kahit hindi ako marunong at least sariling pagsisikap.
kesa kumain ng may lason
hahaha
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Blu,
Maliwanag pa ito sa DANCING SUN ni Judiel nuong panahong nagpapakita DAW ang Birhen sa kanya sa La Union. Katulad ng HOAX na yun, maraming taong malinis ang BUDHI ang napaniwala.
Sabi nga ng you-know-who– , “Walang Himala….Kami ay NANDAYA!” (Nakadipa pa yan ala-Aunor sa pelikulang HIMALA)
Suma tutal: ISANG MALAKING KASINUNGALINGAN and pa-CONTEST na naganap!
Tanong: How Do the organisers define INFLUENTIAL? I hope they can give the “conceptual and operational” definition of this word. But I doubt for they were too busy “concocting” the result of the election…. DAGDAG-BAWAS? 2010 na?
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It seems so painful but snow still keep being humble… most bloggers know who is the best, and who cheated.
Snow, you made it.. sa kanila na yung award, pero nasa iyo ang simpatya.
Sa pagandahan pa lang milya-milya na ang layo nila sayo.. di vaaaa??
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Well, they insulted not only the (fairy) GODMOTHER’s intelligence but the whole B7 inhabitants.
To Quote Michael Corleone in Godfather II: “Don’t tell me that you’re innocent. Because it insults my (OUR)intelligence and it makes me (US) very angry.” —and when we (B7) get angry we get BALLISTIC!
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Bukas gagawa din ako ng blogs about pagme-makeup kasi yun ang utos ng bossing makeup artist ko. assignment ko daw para ma-next level na ako sa pagiging makeup artist. kung paano maglagay ng eyeshadow, kung ano ang kulay na bagay sa mga mestisa, kung paano gayahin ang kilay ni megan fox, kung in pa ba ang pulang blush, etc. siyempre, lahat ng ipopost ko ay ico-copy paste ko lang from a popular makeup website or from wikipedia. pero properly credited naman sila sa lahat ng post ha. bakit pa kasi ako gagawa ng sariling idea ko kung meron naman akong maka-copy-paste noh.
Legit blog na ba yun? Di ba may tawag sa blog na ganun? I forgot kung ano nga yun. Sp.. spa… spaghetti blogs! Hahahaha!
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There is really something wrong about this…sabi ng ng intsik,, SAM TING WONG.
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Base sa pahayag ni Earthligorgeous dito sa link na ito: http://www.earthlingorgeous.com/2009/08/bloggers-are-freeloaders.html
ang mga declared winners daw ay nakatanggap ng over 50 votes.
Hmmm, paki-check na lang po ang link ko, super over 50 ang boto ko. Heto ang mga na-capture ko since I tallied my votes last July 31:
http://dearbloggery.com/2009/07/31/a-big-thank-you-to-all-who-have-nominated-dear-bloggery/
Now ang tanong, maghahabol ba ako? A big NO. Bakit pa????
…3 days before the announcement I was diagnosed with heartburn at ngayon sumasama lang loob ko sa turn of events na ito. I guess I better take my ‘off’ muna sa blogging for awhile talaga kasi every single day ng blogging life ko dedicated akong magbloghop sa mga taong akala ko kaibigan ko…i rest my case…
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me tama ka dyan Mel…
halatang may manipulation na nangyari.. gapangan at garapalan. halatang defensive pa masyado yung mama. huli sa bibig nya na parang isda na nabingwit sa burak ng sapa.
sabi ko na nga ba eh! nuong una pa lang duda na ako na lalabas ang ganitong eksena.
wala silang lusot sa mahusay na reserach ni kapitana…
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tanong ng tanga:
pwede bang i-boto ang sarili as an Influential Blogger? Naguluhan kasi ako.
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I am hoping against hope na sana yung mga ARTICLES posted by these “pseudo”-bloggers are not PLAGIARISED! Dahil kung HINDI double-whammy ang kanilang KRIMEN! kakahiya…ewwwwwwwwwwww
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The students do cite sources in some instances. I think, the problem is oversight on the part of the teacher who required them to blog in the first place for presumably academic/educational purposes. Wikipedia as their frequently cited source is a case in point. That’s just dodgy.
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I used to teach university students, too, and it never ever crossed my mind to require my students to blog, or post, or “publish” something which isn’t their own idea, more so copied from Wikipedia. It’s not the way to encourage original and critical thinking from students. They’ll be better off spending extra hours on a textbook rather than copy pasting articles on a blog. The big question is WHY? What are those blogs for really? If the teacher has any profound reasons in mind, we could use of a clarification.
Sa palagay ko, dapat Blackboard or Moodle ang ginamit nya, hindi Blogger.
P.S. Just sharing my thoughts on the issue, not to make “away”. Pacifist po ako. At bilang isang guro, concerned ako sa well-being ng mga estudyante.
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ate glow, korakness! blogging na ba ang mas effective way of learning clinical chemistry compared to researching from real books in the library? unless nga nakasalalay dito ang grades nila. kawawa naman ang mga schoodents. very disturbing. disturbing behaviour. nyehehehe
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Ate Reynz, baka COINCIDENTAL lang ang pagsulpot ng mga ‘blogs’ na iyan. You know. They were lucky to start their ‘blogs’ at the ‘right time’ kaya they participated na rin to ‘help’ because they were ‘influenced’ a lot. LOL
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Oo naman Rhonz. Gawa ka lang ng mga ghost blogs. Hahaha. Or yung sinabi mo na, ginamit mo sana yung account ng clients mo. Lols.
As for this EIB award, I regretted I even join this. Hmpt!
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whew! ang init dito, speechless ako.
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tapos biglang laho afterward. di ba, mel?
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Snow,
These are not the kind of people who will break your SPIRIT as a BLOGGER.DON”T ALLOW THEM— Keep on BLOGGIN, You owe that to your READERS!
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I see a STRANGE RELATIONSHIP between some of the Jedi Bloggers and Jena Isle.
Who is Jena Isle btw? Can somebody bring a clarification on that? I see this as: Jedi Bloggers = Jena Isle = Clin Chem Bloggers. Strange isnt it? And to think 13 nominations is really a BIG DEAL to usher in the awards in their laps.
I am wondering too about the existence of this Clin Chem Bloggers. First, they started on almost THE EXACT DATE. Second, they posted their nominations for EIB on the EXACT AND SAME DATE. And third, if they are really legit blogs, then how come their posts are so damn erratic? You know, matatawag bang blog ang makaharbat ng espasyo sa WP at Blogger then tatlong posts lang?Sabay-sabay pa? Is that a qualified blog already? Is that a qualified blog to nominate na?
Its quite dodgy nga naman kasi sabay sabay nag-umpisa, sabay-sabay nagboto at pare-parehas walang matinong post up until now. Hindi kaya they are created just to nominate some people?
ANG LABO NG RULES NI JANET TORAL WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SO I THINK DAPAT SUMAGOT SIYA SA ISSUE NA ITO.
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Mel,
Ano to parang pag eleksiyon sa PINAS–yung matagal ng namayapa nabubuhay ulit para bumoto? Ang kaibahan lang ng mga ito sila ay biglang naglaho after bumoto (MASS SUICIDE?)…..hmmm the plot thickens….
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Snowy, wag kang panghinaan ng loob dahil lng dito. For us, ikaw ang winner! Mwah!
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Glo,
Baka akala nila e laboratory ang buladasphere. Heheh.
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Kung hindi prinomote ni Reynz ang EIB, hindi ko sila makikilala. If I were La Kapitana, I would also feel the same – I would feel betrayed.
At agree ako sa lahat ng sinabi mo fwend! How? How? De Carabao? Sana gumawa din si Janet ng rules sa mga nag-nominate, hindi lang sa nominees.
Nakaka-disappoint. Hindi na rin ako sasali ever.
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Mabuti na lang fwend at di ako pumunta sa awards na yan. My gut instinct tells me that there is something wrong in attending there.
Ayoko ng sumali din sa mga kalechehang awards na yan. HINDI SUKATAN NG INFLUENTIAL ANG POPULARITY.
Because you can be POPULAR BUT YOU ARE NOT INFLUENTIAL ENOUGH FOR OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE.
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@cora dolorosa, pwede ba B7 din ako noh? pero di naman ako nainsulto. nakakatuwa nga at ngayon ay umalingasaw na ang lahat ng baho in high heavens. kaytagal ko nang pinagdudahan iyang ganyang mga klase ng governing awards, kaya nga ba dikoto ni-papatulan eversince.
yung reynaelena.com naman kaya, kumusta na? napipiho ko kung sino ang may kagagawan ng paglaho nito, haha, mahirap na lang magsalita!
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hi Roy… as you are aware, i also voted for you and Jan on this issue.. as well as barrio siete and snow..
those chem bloggers might me legit and from students themselves. just kinda weird for them “voluntarily” go bloc-voting. of course it is not the main issue here. anybody can campaign for anybody.
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kaya nga ayoko sa mga awards award na yan eh.. badoodles!!! pa kontest ka na lang ulit!
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daddy-yo…. hehhehe. kelangan dito ng katulad mo na malamig ang ulo. kasi damay tayong lahat na may kaibigan din on both sides. wahahahha!
ang malinaw kasi… i-BOYKOTT ANG BLOG AWARDS NA YAN!
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Ginebra!!! Ginebra!!! basketboll na lang! wahahahah!
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cora, i think they were. student bloggers writing like they have PhD?
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ngayon mo lang nalaman? tsk…tsk…
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Jena Isle is a friend of mine who have several blogs. main of which is Gewgaw Writings. she is a talented writer, and one of my articles was in fact featured on that site. her network consists mostly of talented writers like myself (heheheh) and poets like myself (sempre sisingit ako ulit).
i also voted for Jan Geronimo, who is my kababayan, coz he writes well too.
now concerning Clin. Chem Bloggers, i had no idea about it ’til this post. now Roy, who’s also an online friend might be more helpful coz he hails from the same city (or just province) as these student bloggers who were like kabute sprouting from the ground to support EIB.
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kasi Reesie I noticed that one blog (Regnard’s) had a top 10 but one of the entries was his own blog. Sana pala isinama ko na lang ang Coffee Stains sa top 10 ko hehehehe
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BAKET JIM, MAY PROBLEMA BA?
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my only question is this? nailabas na ba ni Janet yung spreadsheet tally? bakit mukhang ayaw?
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3 posts? 3 BLOG POSTS?? Wala lang, parang may naalala lang ako.
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Spreadsheets daw JT at pihong magkakalintikan na!
Haha…sinong gusto ng omelete?
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@reesie – hindi ka na talaga makakasali kasi ang tanda na ng blog mo… parang ikaw. JK!
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Buraot, ang tanong ay MAY SPREADSHEET bang ilalabas? Kung may ilalabas, malamang INO-ORASYUNAN pa nila….Well, we can always wait.
SAbi nga: GOD ALSO SERVE THOSE WHO ONLY STAND and WAIT, John Milton
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jim.. parang nanginginsulto ka namn.. please elaborate.
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@jepoy: mas matanda ka. ibig ko sabihin, sana hindi nalng ako nagnominate..
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kung walang tinatago, madaling ilabas ang dapat ilabas. pero kung meron, alibis lang ang ilalabas. let’s wait and see.
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@jepoy – hehehe… na aalala ko din yan
wooot!
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@Reesie, we are barely just scratching the surface; and there’s more to this hoopla. For now, I’m just enjoying myself
with all the shenanigans. I salute Kapitana for her investigative efforts which I suspect long time ago.
Insulto? May gatas pa nga ang mga labi ninyo!
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I know, Roy and Jan were also nice to me and some of them have already visited and commented on my blog, but there is a valid issue here. I hope they can answer the questions raised. And alam ko naman na masasagot nila. Just hoping that everything will be clarified.
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i remember reading Jan’s article about the whole EIB, that this contest is nothing significant and just game. so i don’t know.. maybe his friends to him favor without him knowing about it?
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“This already happened at Reyna Elena. That blogger is still active and never apologized to me – kaya I know these tricks.”
ako yan!
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Kaya lang buraot, kahit naman gaano katalamak ang cheating sa kahit saang school sa atin, kapag opinyon na, at least 20% siguro ang kakaiba ang opinyon…
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Naka jimboy…nagumpisa ka na naman sa mga pasaring na yan. Wag ka na kasi magpasarin ek-ek dyan na parang walang bola. Hala ka, baka mapagbintangan ka pa nyan.
And knowing your history dito sa barrio…mahirap na lang magsalita!
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Dyan ka naman magaling Jim. Maiigi ka lang sa pagbitaw ng mga ganyan salita sa mga babae pa.
Kakahiya ka naman boy.
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Jim exactly:
what are you trying to insinuate JIM?! that i hacked my own site?! i have email communications with Bluehost and I prepared to challenge kung ano man yang sinasabi mo and I dare challenge you na ilabas yan.
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@reesie – ilang araw lang tanda ko sayo.. hmp!
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Jan Geronimo’s palabas na kunyari hindi sya interesado and at the same time pudpud na ata ang daliri with promotion is really suspect about his intent – ESPECIALLY nung nabasa ko yong comment nya sa ENTRY ni Janette Toral. That comment is above. Dun nagsimula and DUDA ko
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EXACTLY JEPOY! EXACTLY! Philippine Barkadahan Awards here i come again!
And these blogs have pattern.
1.) 1st entry – WELCOME WORLD
2.) 2nd entry – PLAGIARIZE o kya harbat nang video somewhere
3.) 3rd entry – VOTE FOR JEDI BLOGGERS at pare parehas ang boto
4.) 4th entry – ‘LA na!
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in fairness naman Mel, kapag-make up blog yan, sigurado akong papatok yan, kasi maraming nag memeykup. Gusto naming matutong mag-meyk ap at sinusuyod namin ang intarnet sa mga bagong mayk over divas. Pero yung chemistry ano ba yon? praticable ba sya? at isang block ang nagtayo ng iisang topic, at isang title???? at least man lang, maging resourceful sila to think of something else. Ako, paanakin ko ang chocolateword ko ng mga 50 blogs, i will name all the famous chocolates. truelala! Pati chocnut isasama ko na Chocnutsyournuts.com whehehe! (O diba kay bilis lang mag-isip ng blog title, isang upuan ko lang ang dami ko nang ideas) but the title doesn’t make the blog. Kahit nga sa Kapepe, yung babayaran ka para magsulat roon, kailangan 90 days ang edad ng blog mo na may 20 + posts.
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O ayan ang napapala ng mahihilig magcomment ng insinuations.
Pa-anonymous eklat ka pa Jim. As if hindi ko alam kung saang parte ka kaya ng mundo ngayon. Wish mo lang.
Mag-ingat kasi sa mga ganyang komento. Babanat ng mga ganyang komento e nagtatago naman sa SAYA ni Aling Karing. Wala ka din pala pinagkaiba sa ISANG DUWAG NA WALANG BOLA.
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It’s all of them as far as I am concerned and most especially, JENA ISLE has to explain these also!
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@MEL,
I am pretty sure that these students were blatantly “INFLUENCED” or baka naman “COERCED” and problema nito, alam ba to nang mga estudyante?!
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i already commented on Jena’s blog regarding this post. sana mag reply.
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wahahah. si itot, nakaramdam. wahahahh!
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and you have not even apologized to me Itot and you can tell the world that I tried my best to calm you down when that happened and when i found out about it. nothing personal with you, but i tried my best with you and this should tell you and anyone else, that i do espouse and push for fair game hindi yong ganitong ginawa sa current EIB
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sus mga ginuung bading, au contrair, talagang may mga tao akong pinaghihnalaan sa pagkapalis ng r.e. at HINDI si Kapitana MISMO ang nasa isip ko. Talagang mahirap ilabas at wala akong batayan kahit itirik nyo ko ng patiwarik.
ABANGAN!
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This response is to that LINK ABOVE from an unknown blogger:
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?! YOU KNOW IT’S WRONG AND YOU WILL JUST AGREE AND NOD AND CONTINUE ON?! THAT IS NOT ME. SORRY. I WILL BALK. IF I HAVE LENT MY INTEGRITY AND CREDIBILITY WITH THAT AWARDING BODY, THEY THEY SHOULD FOLLOW MY STANDARDS. PERIOD AND THAT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
I HOPE YOU ARE READING THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING. IT’S NO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE GOVERNMENT. WHERE WERE YOU!?
Reyna Elena as La Kapitana of Barrio Siete
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this is not the issue here JIM. hindi mo kami pwedeng i-sway of what we are talking about. Go blog about it, I’d like to know kung sino ang tumira nang site ko. But this will be for another day.
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If earthlinggorgeous is right, then ANTIMANO, there would only be 20 bloggers who voted for the winners dahil ang TRENTA were funky! WHICH MEANS, all these questionable winners WERE NOT EVEN IN THE RUNNING in the first place!
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no wonder madaming corrupt sa mundo kung ganito ang line of thinking. this unknown blogger’s reasoning is sooooo katawa-tawa. c’mon, is he serious?
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hahahaha italian o Filipino sauce? bwahjahahaha
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Sobrang init talaga… tinalo ang init sa middle east…. tsk tsk tsk…
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anong naalala mo jepoy
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still young pa naman si reesie ah… cute pa!..di vaaa? tinuod man gid.
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Pag inilabas yun eh di parang Pandoras box na labas lahat ang multo sa loob…
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indi talaga mawawala sa sistema ng pinoy ang pandaraya..kasama na yan sa dugong dumadaloy..baka hinalo na nga sa mga vitamins ng iba ang pandaraya eh.he he he.
I support you mahal na reyna in your fight against drugs.kidding. adik lang mga yan. Anyway, tama ka. From the term itself “influential”, it should be something that influence readers. iwan ko ba, buti nalang indi ako mahilig sa mga writing contest na to.
gusto ko lang i qoute to: What’s laughable and at the same time tragic about all this sordid mess is that harsh words were thrown into the mix, hurting a lot of people’s feelings. Really, hell hath no fury like a nominator(?) whose nominee did not win. Or something to that effect. My take on all this is, if you can’t play the game, get out of the way. Don’t go crying to mommy or raise a ruckus because some sector did not play by the rules, when, lol, there are no rules. So what’s all this bitching about? You joined the game and you got played. That’s all there is to it.”
Kaya pala dumadami sa pinas ang corrupt, dumadami na din pala ang uto-uto.sunod nalang ng sunod, tahimik lang pag may mali.Pag pinaglaruan ka pala, tsaktong ngisi lang sa tabi gagawin mo? Sana naging hayop ka nalang, total sunod lang naman ng sunod ang alam mo. Now jump!
Makibaka!
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san ang marijuana insan?ha ha ha..lakas ng pang amoy no.
oo nga buraot, kay badodoodles na ulit tayu!ha ha ha…
ako, wala akong may sinalihan eversince…..ok i lied, kay badodoodles lang.wee!
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buraot. wala akong friends….tayu nalang maging friends…promise wala akong pacontest..ha ha ha
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@jim: nako wag mong dibdibin ang comment ko.. kaya nga tinatanong kita kung anong ibig sabihin ng sinabi mo? kasi ang pagkakaintindi ko: sinabi mo na ngayon lang namin nalaman na HINDI SUkatan ng influential ang popularidad which I think is an insult. kaya pinapa-elaborate ko sayo baka nagkamali ako ng intindi. kung hindi insulto yun, okay fine. end of the story.
may gatas sa labi,
reesie
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@jehzlau – hahahaha! panalo talaga eh, 3 blog posts
@reyna elena – ganyan din yung “2000 and L8″ blogs
@mark – alam mo na yun
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kung may gatas pa sa labi? qualified na qualified sa katorse!he he he he
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honga… daig pa sa init ng lava na iniluwa ng bulkang mayon.
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Snow,Tapos na ang metting mo. Don’t give up. Rest ka lang muna dahil sa sickness mo pero balik ka agad sa blogging. Ma mimiss namin ang weekly blog hop mo.Pakinggan din natin ang side ni Jannet.World peace ika nga ni kapitana.After a short commercial.
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hahahaha! yeah.. may mga judges din kasi na hindi na nag checheck ng website.. tsk tsk.. yung mga dapat nanalo hindi nanalo. at may mga blogs din na mali ang category pero nanalo. diba? hehe
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I rest my case!
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Sir Buraot, tama ka. Dito lalabas yung sinasabi nila na puso o utak ang gagamitin.Pwede both? Sagot naman ata yan sa Beauty Contest. hehehe
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Marunong ka pala ng Chinese?
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ngek, ano ba, bakit nawala ang mga blogs mo (banco at reyna)? at may kaguluhan na naman pala ha. nakikisingit lang po.
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for a while this influential blogger chuva made my day.. I mean nasira ang araw ko.. nasaktan ako sa mga nabasa ko, so I decided that after I publish my nomination I will stop.. if not for my kumare hindi ko sya gagawin..
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Bakit may I resurrect the old habit?
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I have a lot to say peor exam ng junakers ko eh, samahan ko muna.. mamaya na ako raratsada..
at sau Inay Reyna.. ibang level ang pagiging imbestagador mo..taas kamay ako sayo
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ayus mel! baka after ng tatlong post e kalevel mo na ang bossing wahaha
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you mean destiny?
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or magic? bwahaha
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si ada lang kilala ko sa mga nanalo…
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@maldito,
yes, nabasa mo rin pala ang one of the most ridiculous comment na nabasa ko. baliw ang blogger na yan and that’s exactly the social and moral relevance of what i am pointing out – alam mo nang mali, ta-tango ka na lang – at yan ang pinapahayag nong blogger, meaning, if they are cooking the votes, umalis ka na lang. that is sooooo not me.
if this blogger is happy seeing people cheating esp in elections let him be, but i am different or you are maldito different in such a way that we wish for all this to change, eh kaya nga nakikibaka dahil winawasto naten ang mga balikwang ginagawa
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Roy is sooo wrong in what he is insinuating that these students be spared from our scrutiny and investigation. Ano yon? Pag-bobotohin tapos exempted sa mga tanong and more questions? The question becomes – bakit gusto ni Roy na itago ang mg estudyanten eto? Who are these students? Who is Jenna Isle?
I would like to know kung totoo ngang teacher si Jenna Isle sa isang university and kung totoo nga tong mga student bloggers na to who frequents blog nang mga halos triple pa ang edad sa kanila!
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That’s my point – sana sinabi ni Roy yan sa mga estudyante na once they join the contest – they are fair game. Kung ayaw nilang scrutiny, pwes wag silang sasali. Kaso, were they coerced by their teacher dahil pare parehas and date nung ginawa ang blog?
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the links are complete Glo. you can check out their entries. pare-parehans ang pattern.
1.) Hello world
2.) Harbat entries sa wikipedia or anywhere, post videos
3.) Vote for Jedi Bloggers
Ganun lang
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because i know that the judging was absolutely ridiculous and I am not the one who would just raise it’s foul but I want you all to see what I am seeing
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and you would think na halos standard na naten yan because we have been there.
now here’s the interesting part – i learned that this Jenna Isle writes for helium and i suspect she also writes for whereever else
my point? dumaan yong 50 blogs nya sa requirement nang 90 days old. ba’t nakasaksak ang mga Chembloggers na 3 entries lang? well, pwede namang sabihing dahil 90 days old na?
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@rhona, kung talagang ang kapal ang mukha nang blogger (am not referring to you) talagang ibobot sarili nya. meron akong alam na isa. itago naten sa pangalang CARLO.
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you’ll find out in our next entry
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here is her post.
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because they were lectured siguro na dapat ganito gawin mo dahil these student are not just amateur bloggers – they just have no clue how to blog! and one could see that from their entries!
pero kwidaw ka! me mga comments den!? kinausap ba nang titser para bilibabol na mag-iwan den nang mga comments?
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hindi lumabas eh
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either that or severely coerced dahil me power ang titser over the students.
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Jena Isle and the Chem Bloggers relationship – that we know as simple. Siguro teacher nila tong si Jena Isle.
If it is true that Jena Isle teaches at a university, tiga Angeles si Roy di ba? So anong connection ni Roy ki Jena Isle? Who are these people?
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Cora, I think that was already answered by Janet. Wala syang ibibigay dahil nga dun sa mga pi-point out nya kesyo spam whatever
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dencios,
to me, this is the essence of Cory, dito nagsisimula Dencios, sa mga exercises na to dahil ano ang pinag-kaiba nang 2010 elections kung ang exercise nating to eh puno nang mga questionable actions and dispositions? hindi lang sa pulitika tinatama, kahit na dito sa buladasphere
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OMG! State of the Influential Bloggers’ Award (SIBA)…Babalikan ko to mamya. Kakabukas ko lang monitor…
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AND WHAT IS THE TRUTH?!
1.) Hello world?
2.) Plagiarized entries or videos?
3.) Vote for JEDI BLOGGERS?
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i had posted my take on the issue on her blog too.
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it’s out there for all to see. the links, the entries and everything. that’s how i wanted to prove my point pehpot.
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thank you for visiting Fr. now? mas lalo ko nang kilala ang mga Jedi Winners.
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ano ba yan? kahit saan o ano, corrupt tayo. sanamagan.
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can you copy and post it here too so we would know? they are into link farming and i will not give them that benefit. helium writer ang jenna na yan.
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and if we don’t fight this shit, this will continue to be the state of the nation. that’s what i believe.
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palusot pa yang si Jenna. she is the teacher! so anong gagawin nang mga estudyante? di sumunod?!
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sp it only means influential nga sila haha
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This is what Jenna Isle said:
There’s your JENNA ISLE as HELLO GARCI of the JEDI WINNERS
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a combination of the two requirements yata iyon, either or will make the blog uneligeble
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wrong ispiling—-> ineligible
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When I started blogging I had no clue that blog awards existed. So, who told these newbies? You know the answer to that….
I really don’t get it – what’s the relationship between clinical chemistry and blogging? If it were an IT or Comp Sci subject I would understand. Ang layo ng chemistry at blogging!For sure these students have IT subject(s) as well, kahit introduction to Information Technology or Computer man lang.. di vah? The designated instructors on these said subjects should be the one to introduce to the students the massive information we can get from the web.. bakit clinical chemistry teacher? di ko ma gets. she could’ve asked the students to do some research online on a certain topic of clinical chemistry.. that I can understand.. pero para irequire ang clinical chemistry students to create a blog.. ewan ko lang!
You can’t help but question her motives. Hindi niya tayo masisisi.
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exactly my sentiments ressie! i too am still blogging without any concern for blog awards.
also, i am a chemist myself but i stayed away from such a topic in blogging. coz i knew i’d end up copying from chem websites.
anyways…i do blog on health and wellness. one application yan ng chem where you can insert your own scientific background.
yan ang sabi ko sa comment sa pinakataas na sana chem application i-blog nila. otherwise it is just weird for me.
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PERFECT!
What’s the motive to create blogs all at the same time in MAY 2009?!
What’s the motive of NUMBERED blogs?! (entry coming up soon!)
What’s the motive of asking student to VOTE for JEDI BLOGGERS?!
AHA! Kasasabi lang ni JENA ISLE na she is proud to be JEDI! Whew! Hindi na tayo nahirapan mag hanap nang koneksyon ha?!
Now let’s get back to the 3 entries and relate it to Clinical Chemistry! Anyone?
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maldito, papakontest na lang din ako kagaya nung ke badudels.. at yung premyo galing mismo sa bulsa ko para walang sponsor na kelangan pasayahin. at siguradong hindi ko rin pagkakakitaan yung pakontest..
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eh baka ma obvious kung ginawa niya to di vah?
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Hmm, baka akala nila walang blogger na chemist, and they thought they won’t be under the scrutiny of a professional UP graduate chemist like you, Glo, and an honor grad like you Reesie?? Some people simply think they can get away with anything. The World Wide Web is too small for shit like that to be peddled around.
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helium writer? what’s that?
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kung sino man ang nagpasimuno ng voting manipulation na yan, nakakahiya.
napaka unfair nito, lalo na dun sa mga lumaban ng patas.
quoting Jena Isle:
“The Clin Chem Bloggers are genuine blogs with real people behind..who voluntarily voted for the Jedi bloggers – after visiting the Jedi blogs”
Weh? Ang nakakaloka lang, they all voted the same! Naniniwala ako na hinde sila gagawa ng EIB entry kung hinde sila sinulsulan/inutusan or whatever. Kahit pagbali-baliktarin nyo ako, hinde ko matatanggap ang excuse na VOLUNTARILY ito. But I don’t blame the students. Gaya ng ibang finalist, biktima din sila dito.
How could they describe the blogs if they hadn’t?
Some of them don’t have any explanation why they voted jan or z or whatever. So many obvious copy-paste entry.
They have not violated any rules of the contest and are therefore valid votes.
True, kase wala naman malinaw na rules kung sino ang qualified na mag-vote. We’ll let the organizers be responsible for that.
FYI, I am friends with some of the Jedis and I do not condemn them in this issue. What I despise is the acts of the manipulator aka Jena. You obvioulsy have a personal desire to attain something for the glory of your group called Jedi bloggers. Fame? Power? Award? Adulation? Such a disgrace. Sabi nga ni Yoda, once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. LOLS
Sana naging fair ka. Isusumbong kita kay Yoda!!!!
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NICELY said ms. ajay!!!
they forget that people have credentials just because they blog anonymously or with an alias.
look at reynz? CFO yan nasa US! imagine that? tapos okray-okrayin ng iba just because bading lingo sya sa blog nya??
we all have alter-egos. and we tend to blog about a totally different topic from what we really do (our profession) because we find that refreshing.
at least i do find that refreshing. maiba naman hindi baga??
exactly why i watch teleseryes at night. i have friends who still work in the lab these days that do too. ang reason namin, para luminaw naman ang mga ulo namin. kahit bakya for others, maiba naman for us. bcoz kung puro science ka na maghapon…science ka pa sa gabi?? naka mabaliw ka na nyan
so i really understand reynz why he blogs the way he blogs (and the GUTS he’s got in blogging) and i really really admire him for it. walang bola yan reynz ha! galing sa puso ko yan.
shhhh! wag na sabihin ang school ko!
HAHAHAHHA!!
but thank you ms. ajay.
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I would also like to answer this unknown blogger Reynz:
Oh really? So ganun, kapag na-uncover yung mali nakaka-hurt na ng feelings? Eh paano naman yung mga taong hindi nga nasabihan ng harsh words pero naapi? Ano laughable pa yun???
Hey, that is not the questions here. NO ONE from here is going after that award. You know exactly the subject don’t sway us with you words.
Kaya hindi umuunlad ang Pilipinas dahil sa mga katulad mo.
This is no bitching. Reynz just happened to have an investigative reporting.
Thank you…
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aling 3 entries reynz?
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this one reynz??
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Ano bang kaguluhan ‘to?! Kaya ako, nagsawa na ko sa mga awards awards na yan. Dahil sa mga ganyan, nagkakaloko-loko tuloy ang mga relasyon ng mga bloggers dahil dayaan at padikitan. Kung hindi ka dikit sa so-and-so, sorry ka – di ka winner.
Kailan pa ba magbabago tayong mga Pinoy sa mga pandaraya. Bakit hindi tayo magkaroon ng credible na awards. Kung ang Famas nga dinadaya, heto pa kayang walang transparency. Nasan na ba kasi yung listahan at ng mabulatlat.
Hmfff – kaya may gulo, kasi hindi malinaw ang rules. Dapat yan nilinaw from the start na hindi puedeng bukas blog, boto, panalo. And Reynz, you’re right – it should not be called Influential because it’s a popularity contest.
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Let us first clarify kung ano ba talaga ng ibig sabihin ng emerging ifluential. Ang ibig sabihin ba nito ay kaya mong mang impluwensya ng mga tao na iboto ka kahit hindi mo kilala? Ang ibig sabihn ba nito ay kaya mong mang impluwensya ng grupo ng mga estujante upang gumawa ng blog at iboto ka? Hindi kase naging malinaw kung ano ang talagang ibig sabihin ng salitang influential eh. Sa aking pananaw simple lang ito, kung sino man ang mga nanalo sa pakulo na ito, sila ay naging maimpluwensya sa pag yakag ng mga botante na iboto sila.. kaya deserving sila.
Sana sa susunod ay maging malinaw kung ano ba talaga ang batayan para masabi na karpat dapat na tawagin influential ang isang blog.
Sa totoo lang po nung sumali ako dtio naiisip kong magluto ng isang daan embutido at balde baldeng kare kare at ipamigay sa lahat ng mommy blogger na kilala ko para iboto ako.. pero noong huli na naiisip ko din na kung manalo ako (at akala mo mananalo nga), kaya ko bang sikmurain tanggapin ang isang bagay na nakuha ko lang ng dahil sa betsin? Siguro kung dadalhin mo ito sa debate, masasabi mong pede na rin di ba, kase nga naghirap akong magluto ng embutido at kare kare para makuha ang boto nila.. pero sa bandang huli, hindi naman ito labanan ng galing sa pagluluto eh..
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My fellow academician:
No more than two persons think alike. When all men in a group think alike there is hardly no thinking at all.
In an controlled market study where subjects are made to choose among the products, most likely the result will be different preferences.
When a group of 29 students are provided with the list of blogs that they can read and they voted for all , it defeats the objective of an academician to inspire independent thinking.
What is instilled is fear of being punished if they are not going to do whatever was “instructed” to them. The evidence that the list of the bloggers was supplied by the people of interest is in the fact that all students voted for the same number and same blogs as if it were block voting.
IT is unethical for a person in the academe to use her authority to peddle influence and to exert pressure for conformance to an endeavour which is not even academic oriented. Another title may emerge. The emerging influential peddlers.
We have to accept that in the academe, the threat to the students may may not even be expressed but knowing that students’ passing are generally dependent on the “kindness” of the teachers/professors, a simple command or a request is enough to make these students abandon their principle and make the teachers happy.
This is no different from mayors who require their employees to attend people power for them when they’re being booted out of their positions or if they require them to attend the mayor’s political party’s protest rallies.
What haD the VOTING for the emerging influential bloggers and MAKING LINKS TO THE ADVERTISERS of the contest to do with the discussions about anatomy and physiology of human body which were copied from their books.
A website or a blog is encouraged for students to present their own ideas and not to copy notes that can easily be found in informational blogs. Critical thinking is one of the skills that need to be developed among the students.
Anything that makes students copy from different sources is encouraging plagiarism especially if there is no input that comes from the writers.
Does the professor who allowed the blogs of her students to be used to vote for a group of bloggers not aware of this?
So what values is she talking about?
How can a student/ blogger has self-respect when he or she has no independent mind of her/his own.
What ingenuity is exhibited by the bloggers who just derived their writings from sources which are easily accessed by other bloggers. Did they invent mechanical device or come up with how learning can be facilitated ?. Using a ready-made template does not fall under inguinenty not even under creativity.
It is not being pro-man which i can see. IT IS PRO-GROUP OF BLOGGERS.
TSEH.
What is creativity here is forming some blogs for a specific purpose. It is Enron-like creativity where shell companies were created to show strength of the companies in terms of investments which was non-existent. So twisted so corrupt, so creative.
If this is just a POPULARITY BLOG CONTEST, why engage in this kind of activity which puts their credibility under scrutiny? Election of the president is also based on popularity blog. Cheating is also rampant.
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and that was the problem of mombragger with me, and that was the problem of apollo 13 to me, and that was the problem of doctor in uniform to me, and that was the problem of sintunado voices to me, and that was the problem of hindi DNKY na matanda, and that was the problem of so many self-proclaimed influential bloggers na porque barriotic ang lola, immediately, hungry purita jologs ang lola and I am not.
like this Jenna. tingin nya sa mga bloggers mga tanga. WELL WE WILL SEE KUNG SINO TALAGA ANG TANGA. LET THE TRUTH BE OUT! Yon ang sabi nya. AND I WILL NOT STOP. I WILL NOT STOP ON THIS ISSUE.
It’s a challenge by JENNA. It’s a challenge that I will accept.
THIS FIGHT WILL GO ON.
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Very nice Malen! Very nice! At sana manam nama yan nang mga Jedi Winners. I thought they were on the good side, but I now view Jedi Winners as completely irrelevant sa mission and vision nang Barrio Siete and my personal standards and I will never ever be connected with them until they prove their worth.
I believe and I fully believe that this JENNA was the HELLO GARCI.
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manayyyyy Cattttttttttttttt!!!!!
amen to all you said!
most importantly, i missed you TSEH so much!
Hahahahahha!!!!
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Doon naman sa bloc voting.. wag na sana mangatwira kung sino man ang nagpakana noon, malinaw pa sa tubig ng Wilkins na ito ay hindi ginawa ng boluntaryo.. napaka linaw ng mga circumstancial evidence para masabing ito ay ginawa upang mapataas ang boto ng kung sino man ang nasa listahan ng mga blogs na nabanggit.. sana naman magkaroon na lang kayo ng balls na aminin..
OO GINAWA KO IYON! INUTUSAN KO SILA NA IBOTO KAME.KEBS NYO? INGGIT LANG KAYO DAHIL HINDI KAYO NANALO. E DI NEXT YEAR GAWIN NYO DIN. BAKIT MAY SINABI BA SA RULE NA BAWAL IYON?
so ngayon may mga aral ba kayo na napulot dito? ito ang aking short list ng sana:
Inay Reyns, sana pinangakuan mo lahat ng bloggers na gagawin mos ialng instant writer dito sa B7 para binoto nila ang B7..
sana snow, ni threaten mo sila na pagyeyeluhin mo ang buong mundo pag di ka nila binoto..
sana Yami.. nag pa advertise ka sa dyaryo..
sana Itay Buraot, tinakot mo lahat ng EC dropper users mo..
sana Ate Glow, tinawagan mo lahat ng kakolektib mo (na naka mac pa hehe)
may teacher ba na tiga B7? sana meron at sana nangako sya sa lahat ng mga estudyante na meron silang plus .25 sa final grade iboto lang ang B7…
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hahaha!!! Jedi pa naman connotes all the positive traits. binalahura nila ang word na Jedi!
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Amen to this Ms Cat. Good to see you here again.
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hahaha! right on pehpot.
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ang alam ko si Silver teacher at nominee pa siya. Lols.
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sinabi mo pa! ang daming grupo na kasali ako. sana pinag-open ko sila ng account sa blogspot at i-force sila na iboto ang barrio siete sa EIB. tumaob sana yang mga JEdi bloggers na yan. anong sinabi ng mga clinical chem students na yan? in numbers alone sobrang talo na sila…kahit isinali a ni jenna yung blogs ng sinasabi nyang incoming students.
remember yung chem soc ko nung college…was born in 1964…that is 45 years of several generations of students. baka pati mga apo nila, mahimok kong iboto ang B7. and that’s just my college group alone! maraming pang iba na post-college days.
get the picture jenna, clinical chem students and jedi bloggers??!!! ambot sa inyong lahat!!! baka buong bicol region iboto din ang B7. humanda kayo!
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@Glo
I don’t threaten or dictate people to vote for me. I play the game fair and square. I ask them to consider me and that was it.
Sa performance appraisal nga pinapakita ko ang scorecard ng mga staff ko kasi wala akong tinatago. Ewan ko lang yung iba diyan, madali lang naman mag-compile ng spreadsheets na yan pero walang maipakita.
@Reesie
I have staff and HS friends who have blogs but I did not dictate them to vote for me. In fact, ni hindi ko nga binalita na nominated ako. Ang blog, kahit hindi mo ipaalam basta maganda content, pupuntahan yan ng mga readers. And with a current Alexa ranking of 199,102 as of today (august 11), tingin ko binabasa naman ng mga tao ang blog ko…
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who si Jena Isle?
it’s a pen name. the real person is Virginia Gaces, who is a Clinical Chemistry professor. from her own page at helium.com..
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About me
It has been my long time dream to become a writer, even when I was still in my pigtails. Fate though had other plans for me.
In spite of my pursuing a different profession and even amidst my busy schedule in the academe, I still have not given up on my dream.
I wrote whenever I had the time, during breaks, after work and even during a kidney break in class.
I had some short stories and poems published in local magazines but I still have not written a book. I hope I can do that in the near future.
I am an allied medical professional, handling Clinical Chemistry, Endocrinology, Clinical Toxicology and Physiology subjects in the University where I am presently connected. I enjoy this challenging endeavour because in learning, one has to be creative and dynamic. I believe too that learning is a lifelong process.
It has been an honor for me to be the moderator of the College paper. This has given me the chance to encourage students to explore their creative talents too, even if they belong to the field of chemistry and science.
Contrary to common perception, the arts, sciences and education are a perfectly dynamic trio.
I write as Jena Isle in my 10 blogs, and they often ask me how I am able to do this. It’s simple, I have found my passion and I enjoy writing and blogging.
Join me as I venture and explore the various concepts of these three interesting worlds.
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the chemical bloggers are her students who formed blogs and maintain it as part of their assignments. assignments can be referenced on her blog Clinical Chemistry Explorer as like this one…
ATTENTION MT 4 ( CC Bloggers)
PLS. TAKE NOTE OF YOUR NEW ASSIGNED TOPICS:
Define the assigned term and relate this to your major topic. Pictures related to the topic should be included. Be creative!
EUGENE – specificity
JULLIUS – target cell
DIANA CHRISTINA – hormones
PAUL MARRION – suppressant
APPLE JOY – stimulator
ERIKA SHANE – stimulation tests
MICHAEL ANGELO – inhibition tests
KIM ANDREW – negative feedback mechanism
LINDSEY – mechanism 1 of hormonal action
JIM ABNER SAM -mechanism 2 of hormonal action
MYRON – hormone receptor
ANN ALEXYS – transport proteins
AUBREY LOU – RIA
MA. RAYCHEL – ELISA
JIMPIE -Vivisection
NERA – EMIT
KELLY SHAYE LOUISE – CPBA
DIA ROWENA – Colorimetric method
MARK GIDEON – Fluorometric method
KRISTINE KRETEL – screening tests
MARICRIS -detoxification of urine
ANJELICA – When to use blood as a specimen of choice
LOVELY ROSE – When to use urine as a specimen of choice
CHRISTIAN PHILLIP – Universal precaution
CHARLES ERYLL – PPE
MARY JOY – proper recording/reporting of results
LOUINNE AMII – proper identification of patient
ETHEL COLEEN – proper assaying
JAYSON – quality control in hormone testing
All posts should be written and posted on or before August 19, 2009.
For your guidance and compliance.
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as you can see, the number of these students is 29. the magic number as stated by reynz who voted for the Jedi Group.
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Teachers should know the value of instilling critical thinking among their students. It is one of their roles as an educator.
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Wow, grabe ito, parang investigative journalism. Pero I like the way you presented the facts. I hope the organizer(s) of this writing project will set the record straight.
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Thank you for you comments Cat. I will use what you wrote in my next entry coming up very soon!
ETHICS.
ETHICS.
ETHICS.
This professor will learn from us what is ETHICS.
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yun nga lang…i dont drag other people to the blogosphere just because they are my friends.
especially those who dont even blog.
tama ka snow, kung maganda ang blog mo…people will find it and read it. without u threatening or forcing them to.
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here you can find “other” assignments as well.. sorry for the link but it is Exhibit B..
http://wwwclinchemexplorer.blogspot.com/
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tama ka Snowy.. kahit hindi ka nanalo, your alexa ranking alone speaks for itself. you don’t need some awarding body out there to recognize your blog. at the end of the day, it’s the readers’ opinion of your blog that matters the most.
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Pehpot,
si Silver is a teacher hahaha professor ata yan eh! hahaha
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thank you. that was a project. a lot of work involved. but there were B7 writers who helped me. i need to show exactly what i saw and present that way it could be seen so it could be checked. i want to be as trasparent as what i tell my audience. and that’s the way it was.
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Glo, that’s right. Like cat said, as a teacher, she does not have to use her influence. i bet you not a single one of thee students are lurkers dun sa mga binoto nila. easy picture to analyze, STUDENTS – TEACHER. anong math ang kelangan mo here? siempre susunod ang mga students.
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it’s of no use Snow kung winner ka tapoz they wrecked the awards sa mga lecheng votes nang mga pwinersang mga estudyante.
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hey chuva,
and all the while, akala ko ang kagandahan ko will augur new good things in the selection and judging! leche! ganun pa rin, walang pagbabago! nagamet lang ako?!
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cge kuya buraot…gawa ka ng pacontest kagaya ni badods..masaya yun keysa sa mga ganyang pa contest..ahahahha…susuportahan kita!
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glo, that is patented.
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alleluia, ressie. meow.
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chemsoc ka pala ate glow.. aba’y sana tinawagan mo nga lahat ng ka org mo at for sure naman more than 50% of them knew how to “make” a blog and ask them to vote for B7 at sana tinakot mo.. kung hindi bubuhusan ko kayo ng HCl wahaha
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sowee.. walang screen caps itong laptop ko…
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haha.. just when I started blogging, none of my friends knew about it.. ngayon nagugulat sila na sikat na ako (jowk)
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silver,
walang critical thinking doon sa pinagawa sa kanila.
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professor? ibig sabihn maraming hawak na klase? ayun sayang ang vowtsss!!
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Bwahahahah…
Reynz and Pehpot,
O sige bigyan ko kayo ng flat 1 on this post. Submit it to my blog ha. LOLLLLLL!!!!
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tanga ako at hindi ko mawari kung anoa ng kaugnayan ng blogging sa clinical chem.. pasensya na ha.. pede bang may mag explain. I really don’t get why do you need to utilize blogging as a way to communicate with the students. Is it an open university type of class where in you don’t meet regularly? Kung hindi naman po, bakit? paano ito makakatulong sa estudyante samantalang kakain ito ng oras na imbis n amapunta sa pag aaral at pag eeksperimento? mayroon na bang chemicals na naproproduce ang blogging, yeah meron pala, sweat..
naguluhan lang ako dahil dun sa isang post: http://wwwclinchemexplorer.blogspot.com/2009/07/maximize-exposure-of-your-blogs.html
why do you need to post this type of article? why oh why?
naguguluhan talaga ako.. kahit saang anggulo mo ito tingnan hindi ko marelate.. siguro pede nyo kameng bigyan ng idea kung ano ba talagaa ng ibig sabihn ng clinical chem.. kasama ba sa subject matter ang how to be a good blogger?
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WHOAH! NICE! NICE!
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Nice to see you Ms. Cat. I’m one of your fan. ~sigh~
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wahahaha.. ayus!! Prof Silver pede ba mag pa enlist sa class mo next sem? pramis I will follow your blog, I will subscribe to your feed. I will digg all your articles, I will fave you in technorati.. I will comment on your post (not just “nice post” and “great article” type). I will F5 all your pages. at huling huli.. I ba BLOG kita!!!
uno na ba?
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Pehpot,
ganito yan: ang claim namen is that – THESE ARE NOT BLOGS.
eto lumabas ang isa pang proof: ginawa ni Virginia Gacea aka Jenna Isle, she gives assignment sa mga students nya and post it in a blog created for chenalyn ever daw.
OO nga naman. pag me entry ang blog mo, eh di blog sya.
Saan ngayon humamharbat nang entries ang mga bata? YOu think they do it on their own?
Let me spell if for you.
PLAGIARISM ata ang tawag dun
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Wala nga Cat. Kaya naiirita nga ako sa mga ganyan.
Sus ginuu.
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And here’s another proof na hindi na ata Chemistry ang tinuturo nito ni Jena Isle, and para talagang lumabas na blog sya!
Maximize the Exposure of Your Blogs
ATTENTION: MT 4 STUDENTS:
For the 4th week:
Maximize the exposure of your blogs by using these pointers:
1. Read other blogs’ posts and understand the content so you could leave well thought of comments, or comments that could contribute to the post.
2. Do not leave a comment asking them to visit your blogs. This is considered spamming.
3. Do not leave generic , one -liner comments like: “Great post!”, “Brilliant!” “You’re great!” If you can’t avoid this, then explain why you think the post is great, etc.
4. If you commented properly and then you do not get any return visit, then you have to accept the fact that not all bloggers would do the same.
5. Visit and read as many blogs as you can, especially those that belong to the same genre as your topic.
GOOD LUCK, CC student-bloggers!
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waah sayang naman snow at di ko masisilayan ang ganda mo sa Thursday..
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Spot on Pehpot.
You can have your classcard na may markang flat 1. Hahahahha.
P.S.
Di pa ako prof. Wa pa meh MA.
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parang nagkaroon ng mas malalim bagay na dapat imbetigahan dito…
kawawang mga estudyante..at paanong nga na hindi magiging corrupt ang mundo? samantalang sa eskwelahan pa lang tinuturo na ito.
kung siguro ang subject ng mga studyante e related sa IT at may thesis sila about blogging and chuva, hindi ito nakakataas ng kilay..
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wla naman ganyanan Inay Reyna.. aba binoto ko din sarili kong blog no.. keber ba.. e para sa aking influential ang blog ko no, ikaw ba naman masunugan ng ilang putaheng ulam kakakalikot sa Make or Break.. hindi mo ba masasabing influential un? ha? ha? ha?
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I guess that’s not true.. na wala syang pakialam kase I have seen some of the entries from MOmmy Bloggers I know who does even know him pero ninominate sya..
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mali mali:
I guess that’s not true.. na wala syang pakialam kase I have seen some of the entries from MOmmy Bloggers I know who does NOT even know him pero ninominate sya..
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Yung style ni Jenna Isle parang online class ko about medical ethics, kaso lang yung akin di pwede copy & paste or else F ang matanggap ko kay Ms Alpay and one more thing, all my assignments are submitted to turnItin.com. kakaloka si titser Jenna.
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ginawang blogging class ang clinical chemistry class niya? ngeek.
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e di isa lang ang ibig sabihin nito? na hindi for academic purposes ang mga naturang “blogs” nakakaloka ito!!
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saka na lang po ako magcomment siguro
di ko rin po maintindihan kung ano ang nangyari
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why do they need to maximize the exposure of their blogs? to appear that these are actually blogs? that these blogs are existing and socializing with other blogs as well? teka Inay.. suggestion lang.. next topic:
How a teacher can influence the students to blog.
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Well, it’s a vote block. There were vote blocks before but this one is just pushing it through the roof (not to mention the generally accepted boundaries of human decency).
Congratulations for your blog’s success, though. Your non inclusion should not be an issue. Also, Alexa is no longer seen as a good indicator of how strong a blog’s following is. Your blog is obviously bigger than the competition so don’t sweat it.
Here are the notable exclusions from the list of ten:
2007 – Happyslip.com <yes, her. The superstar failed to make the list.
2008 – Pinoymountaineer.com < probably the best mountaineering site in the Philippines.
incidentally, I campaigned heavily for these sites. haha
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But the biggest blame should go to Janet Toral for making bilang of these blogs at isantabi ba ang ibang blogs ng legit bloggers.
Naka! Parang sa eleksyon ah, MAY FLYING VOTERS!!!
Tapos yun pa ang nabilang!!!
JANET TORAL SHOULD EXPLAIN SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. Ugh. *facepalm*
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That’s the big question to Janette Toral, why would she not include legitimate blogs at isinalya nya versus Chem bloggers na ang content are puro harbat and dikta nang titset nilang si Jena Isle?!
What does that make of this blog awards?! Nag-re-ready na ba tayo sa 2010 Elections?
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Ditto.
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nag pa praktis for 2010?
she has a lot of explaining to do and this should be a lesson to her.. what are the blog entries na hindi na include?
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OT
mam caT,
na miss kita sa barrio!
i love you mam Cat!
haha
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amen! kaya stalker mo ako e (at ng barrio) hehe.
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@atheista,
U should read before you comment. That’s not my issue. My issue was that they fucked up the awards and they were blessed by Janette Toral and Janette Toral asked me to support this awards. I put my credibility into this awards and I expect them to be along my standards and not some lunatic professor. We have proof. I have proof. And more is coming.
Barrio Siete is Barrio Siete and I know our performance and not one blog in the Philippines can match our performance. Not even your friends and the winners of your sham Phillippine Barkadahan Awards.
is it because your blog Visit Sagada has 2,564,557 Alexa rank?! you should just shut down your blog Atheista. no one is interested in your blog. and considering you were awarded by another sham Philippine Blog Award that pretty much tells us your worth, korak?
That’s right. Not one of those blogs awarded by the sham Philippine Barkadahan Awards can beat Barrio Siete. NOT ONE. Including your blog.
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alam mo Denz,
dito sa blog, dahil andito tayong lahat, sana dito magsimula ang pagbabago. kung puro tayo reklamo sa mga demonyo sa gobyerno then sana magbago ang mga lecheng awarding body pati na ang mga Jenna Isle sa buladasphere, dahil walang pinagkaiba yan sa darating na 2010 elections
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and they are not living to the standards of what is a true “JEDI”. sila mismo ang sumisira sa sarili nila. PWE!
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Helium is a web site where one can submit one’s original articles…I used to be a Helium writer. Tinanggalan na nila ako ng access pati yung ibang mga kakilala ko kasi hinde na sila natanggap ng writers from the Philippines.
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Rhona,
Let me ask you this: how much do you get paid when you were writing for helium? tanong lang…
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245 comments???!!!! ang tindi ng blog entry na ito!
hahahhaha!!!
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honga…. bago ako natulog 100+ pa lang pagkagising ko 245 na… tindi!
KELANGAN MAGPALIWANAG SI JANET TORAL SA USAPIN NA ITO. dahil masyado naman halata ang kadayaan na nangyari… lalo na sa ginawa nila ke Snow… it’s very unfair.
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i actually never got paid…
depending on the rating of your article, you can get .50 to $2.50 per article
meron din mga projects na clients mismo ang nagre-request na pwede kang mabayaran from $20 to $200
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now that the fishy part had been exposed by this post, will someone look into the grand scheme?
for me the bottom line is, who benefited the most from all these?
*clinchem, clin chem, clinical chemistry, clinical, chemistry* sounds SEO to me..
Saludo ako.
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Madame Cattttt!!!
sensya na i was busy kanina writing something kaya ngayon lang kita nabati.
Anyhow, you havent lost your touch madame.. you really bring everything into perspective.
at talagang malutong yung “Tseh” dun sa comment hahahahaha
its nice to see you again here.
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@Snow – exactly what im talking about snow.. exactly. you hit the Bullseye!
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dencios,
thanks. naiinis ako pag fellow academician ko ang mababasa kong mali ang ginagawa.
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snow,
i hate to see you lost in this contest.
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i like your article blue. it said all which i didn’t. pareho tayong nasa academe so we know what is and what is not ethical.
ang pinakgrabe ay gamitin ang mga istudyante sa money-making ventures ng mga teachers. para rin yang nagtitinda ng tosino at binibenta sa hindi makapalag na istudyante o pagbebenta ng ticket sa anak na kasali sa isang popularity contest.
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myepinoy,
no worries! just like Tita Cory, this fight goes on! the challenge was set by Roy and now by Jena Isle. Janette Toral blessed this scam. this investigation will not stop until everybody learns their lesson and explains all these to reyna in B7. B7 as well as Reyna Elena will never tolerate crap and scam like this. all these people involved has a lot of explaining to do.
keep reading… we’ll tell you where this is headed…
check out the 2nd entry by bluepanjeet that explains and/or responds to Roy’s email: http://barriosiete.com/hello-garci-istatue-stench-and-all-in-the-2009-emerging-influential-blogs-awards/
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Thats true madame. where I came from, mahigpit ang aming VP for Academic affairs. Pati mga activities outside sa school even projects should be presented to the dean. and the dean would approve. Alam nyo ba mam na sa thesis panel bawal kami tumanggap kahit meryenda man lang ng mga bata. Ang dahil ng mga nasa taas namin eh may break naman kami. Ganun po kahigpit.
of course i understand that respective academes have their differences when it comes to protocol. But to use the kids to vote? I think it doesnt need a rocket scientist to know the implication of it.
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It took me a while to understand the issue. And now the reaction– d ko alam kung blogging class un class netong c Jena Isle or Clinical Chemistry. Open University ba etong University where she teaches? Para mgkaroon cla ng blog isa-isa? May be the dean of the University should be informed na un assignment ng class is to read blogs and leave comments dun sa blog na hindi pede ang “BRILLIANT”. Eh un blogs na nivote ng students nonchemistry related naman yun.. I visited her site too and some of the site of her students. Goodness gracious! D naman blog yun, d kaya cla makasuhan against COPYRIGHTS? hay, very creative tong c Jena (read: Fraudster). Cno niloloko nya? hmm.. STUDENTS nya?! May be she just wanted to win or her friends to win this contest.. like anyone else.. sino ba naman ayaw manalo. But then again the end does not justify the means! and besides nasa ACADEME sya.. May be she forgot her code of conduct, that at all times she has to adhere to the strict moral and ethical code as a professor. REYNA– may be the next topic to talk about is ETHICS.
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Hahaha naasar ako talaga ako kay JENA na toh.. nikaladkad pa ang STUDENTS nya sa AMBITION nya sa blogosphere. At my “truth shall prevail” pa sya dun sa blog nya. GRRR..
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WHAT IS THIS???? SEEYEETEE!!! LITSI!! ANAK NG TOKWA!!! UBER EXCITED PA NAMAN AKO SA RESULTS. KYA AKO TAKANG TKA KUNG BAKIT DI MANLANG NANALO ANG BARRIO KHIT 10TH!!! HAY NAKU GUYS DI BLE NA WINNER PA RIN ANG BARRIO EVER KHIT WALANG AWARDS!
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SNOW, I REALLY THINK YOUR BLOG IS ONE OF THE WINNERS WITH OR WITHOUT AWARDS. SAME WITH SILVER’S AND THE BARRIO’S.
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mam cat mga sapol to. hihi..
“So what values is she talking about?” ummmm….. monetary value? sandali me grado ba ang mga sagot dito? baka masingko ako a! LOL!
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naku ano ba yan! muka tlagang pwersahan. e mga kabaryo me rule and regulations ba sa blogging? naku basta ako sulat ke sulat ng khit anong dumapo sa yutak ko! keber s lahat! wla naman kyang maghabla sa kin??? hahaha.
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Emmeline,
we are currently deliberating on this issue. if you asked me, i will not rest on just showing what i saw and what we discovered.
blue pointed out the ethical aspect from the academe side.
i guess your guess is as good as mine.
are you now thinking of what’s our LOGICAL MOVE IS?
you will know soon…
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Blue in his entry (next to this) has laid out the truth – very well. That Jena was twisted in even bringing God into her twisted truth.
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hi Chi,
we know exactly our standing haha no worries, we are far more maganda nnag uber with all of them – combine mo pa hahaha
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Naku po! Ayan na.Dito lang ako sa tabi at baka matalsikan ako ng dugo.
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Here’s the TRUTH:
1.)Jena Isle was the titser
2.)She tasked her students to blog beginning May 2009
3.)Here are the entries:
a.) 1st entry – hello world
b.) 2nd entry – harbat wikipedia entry, harbat video
c.) 3rd entry – vote Jedi Bloggers
d.) other JEDI bloggers vote exactly the same
4.) Janette Toral counts and declares winners
5.) Jedi Bloggers Win
6.) Roy thanks Chembloggers
Lessons learned?
Tanungin nyo si Janette.
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Chi,
Okay na di ako nanalo. At least hindi ako associated sa awards chaka na yan! Hahhahaha.
Pero in fernezz to Snow, halatang dinugas ng ilan ang awards para sila ang maging sikat. They are operating on the assumption that being popular is being influential na din. DUN SILA NAGKAMALI. LOOOOLLL.
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LOL Jedi.
They dont know the core meaning of that word. I’d rather call myself a Sith Lord kung ganun din pala. ROFL!
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@Silvs magagalit nyan si Gundam G hahaha
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Si Malen, minsan lang nagco-comment. But i do enjoy the sting and the fashionable humor hehe…
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i am surprised… i am saddened by this…
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it is what it is Chris, and who would not be disappointed. akala mo matitino ang mga ka-deal or no deal ko. puro pala mga sira-ulo! pwe!
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Thanks Ms. Cat. I guess it will take a long while before I can recover from this ‘charade’.
Ok lang ako, at least po my sincerity, integrity and ethics are intact. These traits are more important to me than any award.
Thank you again.
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@Chi- Thanks Chi…
@Silver – Hindi ako nasisilaw sa awards.
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As a person with former administrative position in the university, I looked into complaints from both the teaching staff and the students.
I was very careful with issues brought to my table about faculty members. Some of them must have been motivated by the students’ prejudice or animosity towards the faculty. Ako rin nagprotest ang mga istudyante at nagpeople power pa dahil balak ko silang ibagsak lahat kahit sila graduating kasi madalas ang utak nila ay nakasabit sa kanilang buhok. lahat kasi sila babae. pag nagpaputol ng buhok, sama ang kanilang utak. mga anak pa naman ng mga jet setter na mga parents na hindi nila alam ang kanilang mga hijas ay nakakapasa lang minsan dahil sa mga regalong uwi nila para sa mga prof at teachers.
Ako, hindi nadadala sa regalong pekeng pabango. Galon pagnag import ako ng essence from Paris dahil may business ako noong pagawaan ng perfume. Anong masasabi mo silver? ha? pwede bang magdildil ako ng steak?
Going back before I rudely interrupted myself to inject humor…
In this case, i would be looking at the objectives of the course. These normally come first in the course syllabi after the course descriptions.
I would welcome innovations by the faculty, like asking the students to simulate business in a particular subject where business principles can be applied or put into practice. I would accept justifications of diversion from the course objectives as long as they are within the parameter of the required number of hours, scope and activities which do not hinder their studies of other subjects and do not give too pressure to them that may affect their individualities.
With this long introduction, let me tackle the objectives given by Roy for creating the blogs. This in fact may be considered under learning management system both for delivering technology-enabled course content, if they had been true to their intent as expressed in the following:
With the blessing and guidance of their professor, these 29 students created their blogs:
1. To enhance the learning-teaching process through Web-Based Instructional Materials (WBIM).
I do not see any instructional material in the blogs. Questions and answers alone do not make up an instructional material.
2. To synchronize learning-teaching methods with relevant, available updates in technology.
What learning-teaching methods for the blog entries were they voted for the influential bloggers. Pray tell me.
3. To encourage students to utilize current technology in their learning process.
I would have believed this if the blogs were purely devoted to the subjects for which they were created.
4. To adapt current and global online methods of learning.
Same observation.
If I were to be asked if this case is going to be brought to the attention of the university. I am for it not to destroy the personal lfe of the person under question but to correct a practice that may appear to be sanctioned by the university without its knowledge.
I would not make any recommendation for disciplinary action since every university has its own university policies and procedures.
I am not keen whether these are spam blogs (don’t make me lecture on this topic please) or not. My concern is the use of the profession to influence the students on voting which may be against their will but they can’t complain.
Just my thoughts.
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Errr…ms. Cat,
Pwede ka ng magdildil ng caviar at steak sa Le Cirque. Hehehehe.
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Hug nalang kita Snow.
Hey girl, winner kapa rin sa puso namin. DI bale, magpapa lechon ako at wine na mamahalin! To cheer up Snow! SIno sasama?
(Send ko nalang kay Reynz ang bill.. peace).
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Whew! Makakatulog na ako ng mahimbing! AKala ko AKO! Whehehe.
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Disillusioned Blogger said:
Aug. 13, 2009
Janet Toral’s Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs will go down in history as the worst example of cheating, and conspiracy. Her reputation is ruined, but then again it has been ruined since time immemorial. Just ask the seasoned bloggers who have worst things to say about her behind her back.
Janet’s slogan should be: HACK THE VOTE!
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Mabuhay from Philippines!!!
All I can say is: The rules applied here in this “award” is purely kabobohan. She’s obliging to to cast 10 votes or nothing to multiply the numbers to her site.
At the end of the day, the more numbers driven to her site, the more potential earnings she can get from advertisers… kaya nga 10 dapat ang boto para mas mabilis ang speak of knowledge…
What awards? I’ve seen the pictures it’s so baduy, under-funded and amateurish… Do awardees really deserve a not-so-prestigious event?
It’s all about herself trying to make money in a hideous way… ganun na lang yun… Yun lang, hindi lahat nagagago…
Yan ang halimbawa ng isang Pilipinong minamaliit ang karunungan ng kapwa nya…
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…kaya hindi sila karespe-respeto.
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