Would you look at that. I’m one of the top pinoy probloggers in 2007. LOL. (How? Why? When? Where??)

Well, at least according to Michael of Basapa.com, who released his list of Top Pinoy Probloggers for 2007 a few weeks ago. I was ranked number four (whoa), trailing behind Teh Yugatech, Bryanboy, and the infamous 13 year old blogger Carlocab.

According to him,

I’ve rank the pinoy probloggers using the Highest Blog Juice (HBJ) per person. At first I was tempted to use the Total Blog Juice (TBJ), but upon closer inspection, I found out that it can skew the rankings. A person can create dozens of blogs with low-ranking juices, and will rank very high on this list. So I gave a much higher weight on the HBJ, which measures authority or popularity of a certain blogger, which is the purpose of this ranking in the first place.

I’m surprised. And honored. I’m not quite sure if I could call myself a problogger at this point. Sure, I blogged for a blogging network for several months at the start of this year, but even then, problogging is not my main source of income. I did get my Nikon D40 with blogging moolah, a percentage of which are from Google Adsense.

So okay, I may not be a hardcore problogger like Yuga, but in some essence, a problogger just the same. And a proud pinoy at that — at least that one I can brag about. :)

Cheers to all pinoy probloggers out there. :)

It came sooner than I thought! Yay!

After barely three months of drooling over Nikon D40, I finally got myself one. Yay me! I wasn’t really planning to get one yet because there are far more urgent things that I need to save up for, but my ever influential Ninong Dave (photography guru slash spiritual adviser slash supportive cousin) presented me an offer I couldn’t resist. I had to grab it, impulsive as it may seem. So Thursday night, I had my very own Nikon D40 in my hands. Woohoo!

Then again, you can’t expect anything from the first try. I’m still getting myself acquainted with Konks (that’s her name), and I’m uber-excited. And Click Happy is happier too. :)

With my cousin, Tracy, and Konks, The Nikon D40 that Blogging Bought.

Good for me, Konks came in time for the Digital Photographer Philippine’s Sampaloc Street Photoshoot 2 (slash EB) which happened last Saturday. It was the second event of the same kind, and I was there the first time also. Back then, however, I was using a Kodak point-and-shoot. Now in spite of all the pressure and frustrations that came with being a newbie, I couldn’t think of a better way to learn serious photography than learning first-hand from the best photographers in the land! So I clicked and clicked, learned about apertures and shutterspeeds, and asked a lot of questions!

The result — my 1 gig SD card bursting with high-quality shots, about 60% of which were blurred, 20% were overexposed, 15% were too dark, and just about 5% worth showing to the public. Haha. Oh well, there’s always a first. I’m sooo excited to learn.

So here’s my addition to the list of things that blogging bought — may it forever be cached in Google, along with the house, the car, the laptop, the mobile phones, the Canon 400D, and well, there’s a lot more I’m sure. Yay me! :)

I was invited to the exclusive launch of Timbukt2’s Blogger Bag here in the Philippines last Friday, along with a few bloggers at the Outback Restaurant, Glorietta. It was an interesting event, and an interesting BAG indeed — after all, no one has ever seen a bag that was designed for bloggers before.

Although, I would have to agree with Lauren in her very objective post (ha!) that the bag is perhaps, improperly labeled as we, bloggers, don’t need a specialized bag anyway. Most of the bloggers I know don’t even have laptops. And well, professional bloggers are mostly home-based too. So what’s the point? I shall not reiterate what Lauren has said on her blog already, so just go over there coz some of my thoughts reflect what she already said. :D (Uh, why was I invited in this launch again?)

But I also have to say, that it’s pretty interesting (right, “interesting” is the word of the day) to have a line of bags named after and designed for bloggers. This only goes to show that, indeed, the blogging community has evolved into one big online market that the media, the society, and some companies have started to recognize. How many million blogs are there again? They mentioned it during the presentation — I forgot how many, but there’s definitely a lot. So what could be the next product for bloggers? Shirts? Laptops? The possibilities are limitless.

So, here, you see, is the widely-talked-about Blogger Bag. You can view full product specs here.

I think, however, that the Blogger Bag is a bit too bulky for me. And wooot, they don’t have it in PINK. (Bummer!) But not to fully disappoint female bloggers, Timbuk2 also has some bags designed for women that are pretty nice. I like the Marina Computer Bag and I probably won’t have second thoughts buying one if it’s available in other colors besides that yellowgreen-ish shade. Or if the Rumor Day Pack is available in pink. And I sure hell won’t mind if that Void Day Pack (which had a shade of pink, by the way) that was given away in the raffle landed on my hands, instead of Anton’s. Grr.

I’m actually kind of looking for a laptop bag, as I don’t have one yet. I only bought a slip-on case so that I can put my Acer in whatever bag I have. I still haven’t found what I’ve been looking for. Timbuk2’s bags are great, and they have specific details that you mostly won’t find in other gadget/laptop bags. I mean, seriously, if that cute Timbuk2 guy, Jose Tanada, took more time talking to me about stuff besides bags (you know, about his future plans, or what he loves doing, or if he has a girlfriend and stuff like that LOL), I probably would have given in. Hehe. Too bad.

Seriously though, the “girly” look for a laptop bag that I’ve been imagining in my head — I haven’t exactly found yet. The Void Day Pack comes close, though.

Over-all, it was a fun event as I’ve gotten to spend time with other bloggers — Jayvee, Lauren, Miss Noemi — and got to know new ones as well — Luis, Anton, Shari, AJ, among others. And *sigh* there was Jose the Bag Guy (right, I mentioned him already). Good thing he doesn’t blog. LOL. (But just in case you happened to land here, Jose.. uhm, Hi!)

Aight. I think that’s it. There goes the Blogger Bag for you. Know more about other Timbuk2 bags here.