By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

AN ANONYMOUS Filipino blogger who is behind Blog ni Inday: Ang Sosyal na Katulong, believes blogging could communicate the different sentiments and idiosyncrasies of Filipinos through humor.

Blog ni Inday is about a fictional intelligent Filipino maid who speaks perfect English, sometimes to the point of being superfluous. The person or persons behind the blog admit that the project is the epitome of the Filipino who often does not take life too seriously.

“Inday’s life is a collection of ideas from Filipinos from all walks of life,” the anonymous blogger known as the “Manager” said in an e-mail interview.

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By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net

ARE you tired of reading lengthy blog entries that speak of philosophical topics that almost give you a headache? Never fear, Twitter’s here!

Twitter is the newest blog site that is uniquely different from its other blog counterparts. The concept of Twitter is micro blogging. That is, you write about minute things and details about you or just about anything and everything. Micro blogging, in short, allows you to revert to those old school diary entries that go something like,

“Dear diary, today I went to school. The teacher gave us a pop quiz. I had lunch at the cafeteria. I went home at 4PM.”

Founded in 2006, Twitter has since gained a huge following, with site visits reaching up to 500,000 in July of this year.

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By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net

IT was not until two years ago that I got hooked into blogging.

Before that, I found it absurd that people would post their thoughts and their daily activities for all the world to see. I found it even more absurd that people would post on their blogs yet change the preferences to private so other people will not read the entries. I thought, “Why create an online diary if you are not going to make it public anyway?”

So I shunned the idea of creating my own blog, even as my friends maintained either a personal website or an account with a blog site. But everything changed two years ago. My friend sent me a link to her blog, and I decided to check it out. Within minutes, I found myself absorbed in reading her blog and was amused at how many people gave their inputs to her entries. It was more like an online community where you can share your thoughts with your friends and they get to share their points of view as well.

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By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

A FORMER and a current Filipino journalist have created a blog countdown that aims to gather the sentiments of Filipinos who are impatiently waiting for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down in 2010.

“It’s certainly not inspired by (Antonio) Trillanes IV. I’m not a fan. But yes, the Manila Peninsula incident did just happen to bring up the point again. Whether you believe in coups or not, everybody agrees that 2010 is a long way away,” said Bangkok-based journalist Roby Alampay in an interview, as he introduced the Ang Tagal Naman blog.

“Ang Tagal Naman” is a Filipino phrase that roughly translates to “This is taking too long.”

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By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

WHAT if you get a famous British writer, say, Neil Gaiman, to help you propose to your girlfriend during a book-signing event. Wouldn’t that be cool?

A Filipino blogger tried and succeeded.

The story begins with Jason Drilon, a Filipino writer for a local advertising agency who had been blogging for close to five years. Egged on by his friends to make his proposal “creative,” he decided to drop Gaiman an e-mail through his popular blog. It was, as he recalled it, suntok sa buwan, a Filipino phrase which roughly means he had his fingers crossed when he sent a long e-mail to the famous British author.

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