I Blog, Therefore I Am.

I wouldn't do YouTube if not for work.

I was pressured A LOT to go Vine (haha). Procrastinated A LOT.
But now (honestly) very happy to be on it!

This will be another favorite like Instagram. This will be another big thing like Instagram.

Here's one of my first Vines - taken one Friday afternoon with my wacky work kids.

Add and follow me! Show me six seconds of your life!

Our Smart Social Media Program received its 3rd Anvil Award* since its inception in 2009. I am mighty proud of the award since I've been with the project and the team since it's early days. The award we got this year is for its Phase 3 or the introduction of the Smart Specialists Program. We began the program last August 2012 by creating Twitter accounts with "Smart personalities" in support of our main social media channel. Getting the 3rd award is especially nice since it's the first social media award we got under the Digital Media Team and it further validates that we are on the right track. 

Congratulations to my work kids, @Smart_Kimberly and @Smart_Tob for a job well done!

Today is the first working day for 2013 but I am still on a break. I usually extend the holidays for a day or two to beat the traffic and the blues. But I am forced to take extra days this year because of the adult airborne measles that I caught after Christmas. The rash and spots are now healing and improving but my boss kindly asked me to stay and work at home to avoid spreading the virus. 

I am kinda happy for the extended 5 days of medical leave because I can catch up with the things I am supposed to do last December (like my on-line Christmas shopping). December is usually dead work-wise but that's not the case in the last two years. With the launch of the Smart iPhone 4S two years ago and the Smart iPhone 5 last year, I was literally robbed off two weeks of my December for two years in a row now. iPhone launches are fun, creative and exciting but it also entails a lot of hard work and a lot of late nights. We had our launch this year at Resorts World Manila and it was good celebration attended by first iPhone 5 buyers, celebrities, and our media and blogger friends. I was busy all night entertaining guests and doing Social Media stuff so I only got to take a few snaps of the event.


I was truly grateful for the long break so I immediately asked the boyfriend to shop for our Christmas presents on our first day off from work. Barely 3 hours in the mall and exhaustion sets in. We immediately went home so I can take a rest and drink meds. A few hours after and my fever was already on the high 38s. I spent the next few days in bed with high fever and a red-hot face. I went to Asian Hospital and Medical Center on the 27th when I noticed that the rashes are spreading all over my body. The ER doc cleared me from dengue and confirmed that I have adult measles and must be in isolation for the next week or so. To cut the long story short, there goes my holiday. I spent the entire holiday break in our home. I wasn't able to attend a single Christmas family gathering or shop for gifts (save for some Connie's Kitchen gourmet bottles for colleagues).

I started feeling better a couple of days ago. I am actually grateful for the extra days and the isolation. It's been a while since I last took a break and really rested. I am too overworked last year and I feel the need to re-energize and reset my body for a change. It's a good thing that I was actually forced to rest and hibernate. I need the rest for the new challenges that this new year will bring.

Hello, Blog! Hello, 2013!

I haven't written anything in TWO years. The irony --- it was in the last two years when my career on-line and in Social Media went into full gear. People and bloggers whom I've met in the last couple of years were actually surprised that I used to blog. 

I don't know if I would be able to blog as planned much as I want. Work will always be a priority and a distraction but I want to try again. I want to have an on-line soundboard again - even if what I will write and post are shallow things that only matters to me. Haha! Unlike the others who made new blogs or domains, I would like to maintain and continue where I started. I like to keep the history and archives as much as I can. :)

Aside from blogging, I want to embark on a new on-line Project 365 for 2013 again. With iPhones having good cameras and apps with nice filters, I am sure that this would be easy compared to previous attempts in the past years. 

Here's the first one - in anticipation of the great things that 2013 will bring!