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Category Archives: Blogging & Writing
Coffee at Wisma and blogging with an iPad
Yes, it’s possible to get a seat at some cafes in town. You see, I was disappointed at the winding queue at Paul at Ngee Ann City but found the upper floors at Wisma not too packed with the exception … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing, Food in Singapore
Tagged coffee, ipad, Singapore, Wisma Atria
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New WordPress Views by Country (Yup I’m a blogger addicted to stats)
I was thrilled to find that WordPress now allows us to see stats by country. The map of the world they added is so cool. Just the little things that make me happy. The fact that they have called the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged beaches, blog, blogger, country, happiness engineers, mango, Sri Lanka, stats, The Phtilippines, WordPress
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Stuck in a Rut
Some days I’m up and some days I’m down. Been feeling a bit down lately. Didn’t help that I was catching a cold too. Some days it feels like I am wasting time writing my blog and I am starting … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blogging, feelings, lazy, personal, rut, stuck, thoughts, writing
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Been Away on a Short Trip
Hope everyone has been having a good start in the year of the water dragon. I was away in a place where there was no free wifi. Really missed using my smartphone and chatting with my cousin. Will be posting … Continue reading
Liebster Blog Awards
The always lovely Lady J, was so kind to nominate me for the Liebster Blog Awards. She’s a Singaporean who is currently living the expat life in Switzerland. But she’s be back in Singapore soon and blogging about local delights. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged bloggers, blogging, blogs, expat, Liebster Blog Awards, recommend, Singapore
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Site Has Been Laggy Lately
And I don’t know whether it’s, Go Daddy, WordPress or Starhub. Been getting so much spam as well.
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Sharing My WordPress Stats
I am always curious about WordPress Stats, blog traffic and how it evolves over time. Mine has been erratic over the months. I think just ignore the months April, May and August where the traffic spikes. That was during the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog, blogging, statistics, stats, traffic, visitors, WordPress
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Just Back from a Spontaneous Trip
Sorry, I’ve been away for awhile. Went on a very last minute, spur of the moment trip. Will be writing all about it soon. Meanwhile I am catching up on reading all my favourite blogs – and that means you … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged away, blogging, blogs, holiday, Missing, trip, writing
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Sparkly ION
Didn’t purchase anything from these two places. Was just standing around waiting for someone and decided to snap. The camera keeps me from being bored. It’s a great companion.
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blogging, bored, Camera, ION, mall, photography, Singapore, travel
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Blog Break will Follow this Blog Binge
Going to go on a blog break next week. I need to step away from technology and meditate. But meanwhile I’m on a massive blog binge. Sorry if I’m flooding twitter. I don’t like having backlog and it all started … Continue reading
Lost the Blogging Momentum
When I stop blogging for a while, as life takes over, I tend to loose the momentum and then every time I get to my blog I don’t feel like writing anything. That’s when I browse all the delicious blogs … Continue reading
Sorry….I’ve Been Hibernating
Sleep always seems the best cure. Meanwhile I need to catch up on replying comments and all my blog reading. I am so backlogged. Head to my blogroll at the bottom, to check out all the coolest bloggers. Think I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blogging, break, hibernating, ill, Missing, sick, sleep
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I’m Lovin’ Bloglovin’
Now that I have my own domain and am no longer on the free WordPress I miss the ease of subscriptions, so that’s a downer. Instead I discovered the ease of this website called Blog Lovin’ where you can subscribe … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog, blog lovin', blogging, clean, font, ipad, Minimalist, new posts, subscription, theme
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15 Reasons Why I Blog
1. Writing is like breathing. I can’t go a day without it. 2. It’s good writing practice. It’s cool that with a blog I have an audience. I appreciate the connection. Somehow it forces me to write in a slightly … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 reasons, blogging, learning, Life, Living, memories, personal, photos, reasons, reflection, Singapore, Teaching, travel, why, why do you blog, why I blog, writing
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How to Move Your Posts from your WordPress Blog to a new Blog on a Paid Domain
You probably know by now that I’m moving from Tiny Island to Singapore Actually. I am thrilled to report that I took ‘the risk’ and decided to try to experiment moving over my Tiny Island posts on my own. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged advice, blogging, blogs, domain, Go Daddy, guide, help, how to, merging, moving from Wordpress, moving posts, technical, WordPress, Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org
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Thoughts on Blogging Full Time and Making Money
I so badly want to blog full-time, but I just don’t want to be a sell-out. I need to make sure that I still have my integrity in tact. I told myself that if I ever get sponsors they will … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged ads, adverts, blog, blogging, charges, commercial, domain, fears, freelance writer, making money, sell-out, sponsors, writing
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My Farewell Post on Tiny Island
The post I wrote explaining why I’ll be just blogging at Singapore Actually: I’ve been blogging for 7 months on the domain that I bought from host Go Daddy, Singapore Actually, and 17 months on my free WordPress blog Tiny … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged announcement, blog, blogging, change, Go Daddy, memories, Singapore Actually, Tiny Island, WordPress, writing
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Vanity Fair October 2011: Angelina Jolie with Zahara & Vivienne (and about her writing a script in 2 days)
This was the only photo released but it looks magical. The balloons, Vivienne sucking her thumb and Zahara’s glorious locks. You can read more about the new Angelina Jolie interview at Vanity Fair, where she refutes rumours of a wedding, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing, My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Angelina Jolie, babies, beautiful, beauty, celeb, Jolie-Pitt, kids, October, personal, photos, pretty, script, thoughts, twin, Vanity Fair, Vivienne, writing, wrote, Zahara
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Blogging at Singapore Actually
Delving more into the local scene and what everyone is talking about at Singapore Actually. It’s my other blog which I have neglected for quite a while. Hope you join me there as well. Here are some of my more … Continue reading
Another Indulgent Stats Post: Unique Visitors
My blog traffic doubled in December 2010 and has since remained consistent. I am quite happy to have about 800 unique visitors a day. Just logging this down so that I have a record of how the blog is doing, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog, blogging, hits, Life, Living, social media, stats, traffic, unique visitors, writing
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