Blogging since 2004

I was 13 when I learned about blogging, it was through Candymag’s Teentalk. I got curious about building and designing my own website so unlike any other teens, I spent most of my time learning HTML and Photoshop. Back then, blogging was just simple. It was about sharing your thoughts and feelings out to the world, hoping someone would understands and feel the same way you do. My blog has been all about my life, my struggles, my hopes and dreams.

Here are the sites I’ve had for the past 17 years:

Freewebs.com – My first ever site was created and hosted here. It was basically made as a temporary site.

Tabulas.Com/~xxxxxx— most blog entries were written “iN tHiS mAnNer” because it was considered cool back then. lol

Xanga.Com/charming_aileen — Moved to this platform since they interface and features were better than Tabulas’. This blog was my online diary from 2004-2006. I learned how to customize layouts so I started accepting free layout customizations from co-bloggers and co-Teentalkers. My days on Xanga were also the time that I learned how to make animated avatars/GIF that I used on different forums.

ThePinkLover.Blogspot.Com — which is now known as buhaymusika.blogspot. This was created the same year I created my Xanga account. This is one of the few accounts that I still have access to. My HTML and Web Designing skills were trained honed in here. I tried modifying layouts from Blogskins and from that, I learned to create my own layouts.

Charm.Emoprincess.Org — This was my first ever blog that was hosted and powered by WordPress. The site Emoprincess.Org is owned by Ate Care Gumin. Only a few people back then have their own domain and I was glad to be part of it. I submitted my works and layouts to Ate Care without knowing anything about FTPs and WordPress. This was a good training ground for me.

Dalagita.Org — Ate Care didn’t renew her domain so I was blog-less for months. I missed blogging and decided to return and purchased my own domain. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to renew the domain as well.

Meyn.Mwahh.Net — Subdomain hosted by Ate Karen. A blog where I shared stories about my first love, an unrequited first love.

Rocker-Babe.Info — The price I’ve won at Ate Pam’s domain giveaway. I love this site, superrr. <3 It was really heartbreaking that I was not able to renew it.

Cut-theCrap.Co.Cc — I really can’t fully remember the year I started this blog. But around 2009, this blog got nominated at the 2009 Candymag’s Teen Blog Awards under the categories Best Overall Blog & Best Blog Name.