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It was from a paid to post site that I discovered a gem. I was out of opportunities then when I decided to dig on the featured bloggers page(er actually I was looking for blogs to spam… wahaha). A queen caught my eye and from then on I was her servant. When I finally had the courage to comment on her blog, she was promoting an online community, BARRIO SIETE. The name itself offers something. I am your typical promdi girl, that’s why the name barrio is very appealing to me.

Barrio Siete became a home away from home to me. I insisted on joining and was glad that they accepted me wholeheartedly. I love writing for Barrio Seite, it gives me freedom. It gives a place where I can be me as a person and not me as a mommy. Aside from the freedom it gives me, I also like the whole community because of the diversity of the people there. Topics ranges form local showbiz to a cause oriented articles to politics to everything there is in the barrio (and even resident antagonist, EKLAT). It really is your typical barrio.

And just like any gossips in the barrio, it travels fast and real fast. Can you believe how the Barrio is doing in the “traffic planet” in the blogniverse. Our little Barrio is now soaring high. Imagine from a non existing planet, the Barrio is now nearing its 200K Alexa mark. I knew some of you does not believe in the integrity of this ranking system (come to think of it, my Alexa is higher than B7, but of course I paid for advertisements). Yes it is true that we can cheat our Alexa ranking but for a non profit, cause oriented, with imbalance news and biased views barrio, advertisement is not or main source of traffic. It simply because people read Barrio Siete.period er comma and people like what they see in Barrio. So why don’t you head on to BARRIO SIETE and see for yourself..

Did you know that Ondoy weakens because of the Barrio Bayanihan? During Ondoy’s wrath, Barrio Siete performance in delivering the freshest update was incomparable. They made it possible for other people to reach their relatives and know their situations. The community also made it possible for other people to extend their help through the Ondoy drive. If I had a connection back then, I would have been one of the Barrio Siete’s “correspondent”

This week for Inspirational Meme, the theme is about Mixed Blog. Every Monday this meme gives us the opportunity to feature a blog.

The mixed blog that I like and will be on my list forever (naks!) is Barrio Siete. This is actually a community blog, so mixed is an understatement. I found this blog through payperpost, yep, not because the owner advertised there and asked bloggers to write about their awesome tambayan. I was bored then due to lack of opportunity and was browsing the featured bloggers. A name I saw was very intriguing, Reyna Elena. A name very familiar to every Pinoy, and yet the profile photo was a he. I checked out his blog and enjoyed very charos and chuva of his blog. baklang bakla ika nga.. I have been following him since then, enjoying every gay article he wrote.

Then he introduced to us Barrio Siete.. the same gayness of Inay Reyna was there, not to mention the cool writings of other bloggers like bluepanjeet, who is a self proclaimed half blood Harry Potter addict.Then there’s kotsengkuba who admitted he was a half retired Harry Potter fan.

Some of the bloggers (Yami and Snow)I already knew was there too. I am actually contemplating on joining this sietehan, gusto ko magsulat ng tagalog! And since I cannot maintain another blog, I guess Barrio Siete will be my syana home. Only, I am intimidated by the credentials of the writers, ang lulupit!waaah bigyan nyo ako ng lakas ng loob!