Just a quick post to give a big shoutout and a thank you to you, the faithful reader. It really means alot to me that so many people have stuck with me here through thick and thin. I jst did some statistics chacking and came across a pretty amazing (to me, anyway) “factoid”.
Readership here at www.philfaqs.com. the site where we try to answer all the FAQS (Frequently Asked Questons) about living in the Philippines is up 1,371.05% percent over this time last year. Wow! Thank you, each and everry one of you.
A big special vote of thanks to my freind Bob and the staff at the excellent Living in the Philippines Web Magazine. Bob was cracious enough to inbvuite me to write a column there aned beleive me, that’s when my readership here really took off. If you aren’t familiar with Bob’s site, it’s highly recommended.
Here’s hoping we can together continue these kind of gains as I move into my fourth year of publishing this blog and my third year of living in the Philippines full time.
Popularity: 11% [?]
That is really great news, Dave! Congratulations!
@Mindanao Bob: Thank you, Bob. yes, pretty amazing indeed. I really had no idea it had jumped that much, but I’m happy.
Dave,
Congratulations! I’m one of those 1,371% who read your blog everyday and always learn something that I know will help me when I retire full time to the RP next year. And, yes, I’m also one of those who found you through Bob’s indispensable site. Thanks!
Richard W.
Hi Dave – I think it the readership is up because everyone wants to see which theme you’ll have next , JK
Your style has grown on me, and though I don’t post much I do get around to reading most of the articles. You offer a lot and I appreciate your efforts, as obviously many other do, too.
Hi Dave, congratulations! I hope I can grow up to be like you someday
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Seriously, I like reading your articles because you are quite blunt and frank – some do need that to get the message across – some need more drastic measures like “pukpuk sa ulo” (hit in the head).
Keep it up!
Hi Randy – I think you are right on! Dave likes to play with Themes!
@richard: Thanks Richard. Hope the move will go well for you and don’t hesitate to ask if there is anything I can do to help. I enjoy your readership and comments as I do everyone else who has been taking time out of their busy lives to pass by here daily. This blog certainly has become a high point of my time lately, it’s really interesting now tta I feel a whole group of people here often moving in the same direction.
@Randy C: Thanks Randy. I appreciate the kind words. And don’t underestimate the importance of your own blog http://journeytosamal.blogspot.com/ either,I’m sure we share some readers as well.
@Ellen: Thnak you Ellen. That comment made me laugh. I’m well aware of pukpuk ulo, mainly because my ulo is so hard it’s been ponded on a number of yimes without any apparent effect
Don’t bother with that growing up stuff, I can tell you from good authority it is vastly over-rated. I have maintained my mental age at about 16 for more thnan45 years now and it works fine … just gives me a shock every now and then when I look in the mirror and see the old fat bald guy I am somehow trapped inside. Everything ‘fun’ I’ve ever been associated with has been the opposite of anything I knew to be ‘grwon up’, so I’ll just keep sailing the same course. There’s three hundred sixty degrees on the compass and in the long run, one of them is just about the same as the next one.
@Mindanao Bob: yes you are so right Bob. Some people play solitare, others play games on their cell phones. Since the keys I use for playing “Snake” have the numbers already worn off, I have switched to playing musical themes.