Mind-boggling Blogging

As you may have known, I have started this blog as a requirement for my OC152 class(communication Trends and style). True to its course description , we, my classmates and I, were tasked to practice social media, to co-create content online, to blog.

To be honest, I actually had a hard time creating this blog because I dont know what to write about. There are so many things that i want to talk about but i don’t think that they worth blogging about. To add to that confusion, I don’t know what name or title should give to this blog. Gahd! I was feeling so low during that time.

It then struck me that I can’t escape this requirements. I asked myself several times what i really want to talk about (not just until the end of semester), what my passions are. I realized that of all the things that I want to talk about food (anything and everything about it) is top choice. That’s why I have first named this blog “My Smörgåsbord of Ideas”.

At this moment I am still groping on how to manage this blog. I still dont know some things and there’s so many things left to learn. One thing’s for sure. After I have completed my requirements, I’ll start blogging about my favorite topic: food.

Much Ado About BUZZ!

*This blog post will be about food and not about Emanuel Rosen’s Anatomy of a Buzz Revisited.

I consider myself a certified foodie. As I have mentioned in my first post, food is my passion, that’s why I have named this blog as such. Everywhere I go, I always make it a point to try out something which makes the province or the city known for. Just like the pancit in Cabagan, Isabela. Or even the halo halo in Pampanga (Razon’s). For the people who live in these areas, these were always included in their menu during occasions. For foodies (like me ), we go to these areas just to savor the food right from where it originated (because it tastes different when it is already out there for everyone’s consumption and being treated as a ‘fast food’).

 

But nowadays, I do not have the luxury of traveling that far. I now have to search around the metro where I can eat delicious and sumptuous meals.

 

That’s when I found out about Toastbox.

 

It was one fine afternoon at our tambayan when all of a sudden my orgmates were talking about this restaurant they just went to. This thing didn’t end there.The topic about Toastbox had the longest conversation thread in our Facebook groups page. Apparently, this restaurant offers a different kind of coffee and tea (which they said I should try when I go there). I then googled the restaurant’s name and all I can see is that other people are also craving about it. The next day, I made sure to try it to test their opinions.

 

A screenshot of their fan page.

 

That’s when I remembered the book of Emanuel Rosen. I actually learned so much from it. My only regret is that I should have finished reading it before I went on with my first Comm Plan for this semester (good thing there is another chance to redeem myself ). This book is very helpful for organizations (both starting and established ones) on how they should go about advertising or marketing their brand. Or even just creating a buzz about them.

 

With the situation I had, I must say that my orgmates were the “expert hubs”. They were the ones who had a first hand experience about the food and services the restaurant has to offer. I also think that they have an impeccable taste when it comes to food so I easily trust their judgment.

 

When I searched for their presence online, there were some negative comments about the poor service a branch had. Good thing that the administrator of the page was able to address that concern appropriately and quickly.

 

When I went there, I was surprised that unlike the comment of a fan (who said that they have poor service), I actually experienced a good one. They even asked me if I want the eggs in my toastbox set to soft-boiled, hard-boiled, or scrambled.

 

All in all, I can say that Toastbox handled their buzz quite perfectly (it is evident in the growing number of customers). This buzz about Toastbox will continue on if they will be able to follow the principles stated in the book:

Honesty of relationships

Honesty of opinion

Honesty of identity

Taking responsibility

Respecting the rules of any media used

Prostitution Express

Graduation. If there is one event that all students are looking forward to, it surely is graduation. This is the day when one can say that all his/her hardships in life are finally over after this, (mean classmate, terror professor, sleepless nights). And a new chapter begins with a job and a new set of people who would make his/her life both hard and exciting. But for some of us, they are not waiting for that day. They are already out there working for their loved ones.

Job. We all need money to satisfy our basic necessities in life (food, clothes, shelter). And to earn money we need a job. Well, decent jobs go to people who graduated with a college degree. What then happens to drop-outs? They opt for anti-social yet high earning jobs. Like prostitution or cybersex.

Cybersex. This is prostitution in the digital age. Girls and boys are being paid to satisfy another persons sexual desires. Because of the technology, prostitution continues to proliferate. With just one click you can choose your girl/boy, another one to make him/her undress, and the last click is for your payment.

Right now, our government are doing their best to put a stop at cybersex and prostitution in general. They are already starting to catch those who are responsible for proliferating this heinous. They have already filed charges against those people. All we have to do is to wait for the decision to come, spread the news about it, and do something for those people who were forced by their economic situation to adhere to this act.

I just wish that the people handling these situations are more adept at the mechanisms of digital media to really prevent another thing like this to happen. As they always say, prevention is better than cure. If only the authorities are able to create something (a law perhaps or even a great intelligence specialist who can track down the culprits) to prevent this proliferation, then maybe, just maybe, it won’t exist anymore.