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Cebu Blogging Community is Officially One Year Old!

Since Cebu Blogging Community is already a year old, the Community Leads planned to have a humble celebration over dinner. When they started planning, sponsors from different private establishments poured in and the humble first anniversary dinner turned out into one of the biggest event of the community yet.  Last July 4, 2015, Cebu Blogging Community gathered as one and it was a night of fun, prizes, and surprises. The Community Leads Chanel, Mary, Jeff, Gay and Jhanis was able to invite and convince our sponsors to spend for our dinner, venue and countless surprises.  On that night, everyone was in black and wore endless curves in their lips.  Yamba , our main sponsor, was generous enough to spend for the party's venue and the food we ate. They approached CBC and offered to sponsor our event when they heard were going to have our first anniversary event. Yamba, a social media platform that aims to connect the world through hashtags, is a startup compa...

When OPM and Technology Are Merged As One

CONGRATS, ISKA! Lourdes Maglinte topped the Vispop 3.0 with her song "Buwag Balik." In the days when foreign songs reign in the radio station countdowns and where the this generation rely their music choice on the internet, the future of OPM (Original Pilipino Music) may be at risk. Yes, this generation idolizes Taylor Swift, One Direction, or even Justin Bieber. Yes, we know Sam Smith, Echosmith, and The 1975. Let us not forget that this generation also knows Himig Handog and Vispop. Yes, I may have some weird taste of music. In fact, my Spotify playlist includes Vispop, along with other Cebuano songs, and Himig Handog, along with other songs in my #Hugot playlist. Forget Taylor Swift ignoring Spotify. Spotify has been my daily source of good music. While writing this blog in the middle of the night, the #Hugot playlist from Spotify is playing in the background. It gives me the ability to turn my thoughts into words. Also, it helps me concentrate more. OPM, ...

How to Customize Your Own Blogger Theme Like a Pro

NEW LAYOUT. Welcome aboard to a new Zuprome.com that works on both web and mobile! Your blog reflects your personality. Finding a theme that will perfectly suit what you need and what you want on your blog is somewhat complicated and can sometimes be expensive. If you're like me who wishes to spend the least amount of money, I wanted to find a free theme on the web that I can just use without extensive coding  and give credits to the owner at the bottom of the page. If you haven't tried googling "free blogger theme" then it's the perfect time to start doing it. It's already 2015 and Google recently added the mobile-friendliness as a factor in SEO. With this movement, our blogs should have a mobile counterpart . If you're asking me what will be the best step to preserve the image of your blog, a RESPONSIVE layout is now encouraged , especially that we're dealing with Blogger. You can now try googling " free responsive blogger theme ...

UP Cebu List of Graduates 2015

Journey of my Lost Smartphone

WHO'S THAT GIRL? She went to Cebu Zoo one day and took countless selfies. I will tell you a story.  Last December 30, 2014, I lost my Xiaomi Mi3. I have three more things to tell you now: (1) I don't own that smartphone but a company phone from Creative Republiq , (2) I recently found out that there were photos synced to my Google Photos, and (3) I posted some of the photos on my Facebook account and now my story is featured in MyCebu.ph . Please allow me to post all the photos raw. I still don't know their identities yet but I hope that one day I will be meeting them so that I can ask them a few questions. I have no intention of getting back the phone but I would like to know how they got the phone. Yes, it still uncertain how I lost my Xiaomi Mi3.  I will just tell you how I got the phone. After taking a job as a Social Media Manager in Creative Republiq, I was given a company phone to be able to fulfill my tasks online. I got the phone two days...

"For Sale: Your Crush" this April 13, Iskolar

Get ready to buy your crush, Iskolar! Date your crush or get an item from your favorite professor, UP Cebu! The Human and Item Auction, an annual activity organized by the UP Psychology Majors' Association to help various organizations, will be on April 13, 2015 at the AS Conference Hall from 5:30pm - 9pm. The proceeds of the auction will be used for the outreach activity in SOS Children's Village. Please check the video below to find out who will be auctioned, Iskolar. Now, are you ready to break your piggy bank? Upvote all your crushes, Iskolar. (The video and photos in this post are owned by UP Psychology Majors' Association.)

Who is your favorite Miss UP Cebu 2015 candidate?

Iskolar, who will be Miss UP Cebu 2015? Support your candidate in the poll below. (from Miss UP Cebu) Who will be the next Miss UP Cebu? Previous pageant winners have become Miss Cebu title holders in the past two years. Will this year's winner compete in the Miss Cebu pageant on the coming years and eventually reign supreme over her co-candidates? That's the exciting part of Miss UP Cebu 2015. (DISCLAIMER: The following poll is unofficial and will not reflect in the People's Choice Award. It was created purely to gain publicity about this highly anticipated event in UP Cebu this April 2015. You may vote for the official People's Choice Award  here . Support your candidate now, Iskolar.)