I have to pay this blog’s host every 6 months. The last payment I made was scheduled last week, January 12. However, on that day, I did not have enough funds in my PayPal. I was very sure that my host would close down my blog. So I backed up everything and was feeling a little bit gloomy. I did not want to lose this blog. I don’t have a credit card and it was already too late to transfer funds from my Japanese Bank account to my PayPal.

Two days after the payment schedule, my blog was still alive! When I checked my email, I received a notification about PayU2Blog sending their payment 5 days earlier! And it was on the same day when I needed funds the most.  It’s the earliest payday PayU2Blog has ever had. Coincidence? I consider it as a miracle.

Since I’ve transferred to this domain, I’ve never regained my Google rank. So, it has become impossible for me to grab paid post opportunities. Hope this one would help me get back in line.

presenting a meme from the queen’s production:

Is your Technorati number a goner? Then in the spirit of 8 of 2008, let’s see if we could bring it back to life! I have randomly selected 8 bloggers below. Publish this post in your blog and tag 8 other bloggers by simply adding them on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes let’s hope a long list!) It’s real easy! Tag others and see your Technorati Authority increase exponentially! And what are the benefits of Viral Linking?

- One of the fastest ways to see your Technorati Authority explode!;
- Increase your Google PageRank fast;
- Attract large volume of new traffic to your site.
- Build your community
- Make new friends!

And these are the people who already took part on this tag:
Reyna Elena, Bluep, Kotsengkuba, Jojitah, Pusa, Malen, YoungCanCook, Chuva, Kengkay , Max Female Beauty, Ely, Manilenya, Vanidosa, Repah, Rhapsody, Sherliz, Fortuitous Faery, Bisdak Babbles, Princess Ody, Gingmaganda, GMirage, Celia Kusinera, LittleMsFirefly, Shiela , Idel, Levian, Elaine, Stephen, Lizeth, Rey Ian,

It’s officially year 2008! I planned on attending the midnight mass but I chose to stay behind due to some emergencies at home. This kept me awake, made me wake up very late and missed my chance to watch the first sunrise of the year!

This afternoon, I finally decided to shake off my worries and anxiety and went out to continue my quest to find snow! Unfortunately, the weather forecasts failed me for the second time because there wasn’t a single speck of snow in Kyoto. Perhaps if I opt for the Kyoto mountains, I could have seen lots of it. Anyway, at least I saw and took this picture of the first sunset this year.

I also took up the challenge to blog for 365 days this year and joined Blog 365. I’m inviting everyone to join!

A friend asked for the URL of this blog so I just told her to search for “shiera” in Google. I was pretty sure that she could find me in the first page of the search results but days later, she told me that she didn’t find me in Google. I tried the search and true enough, my blog didn’t appear in the first 20 pages, and I have a very bad feeling that my blog won’t get listed even in the 1000th page.

So, it finally happened to me. I’ve came across articles about Google blocking blogs who have sponsored entries. Since I have but a single entry, I knew I was not far from being extinguished from Google search.

I’ve experienced having my favorite websites blocked at the companies I’ve worked for, but I didn’t know that having my blog banned feels a lot weirder.