3 Reasons Why I Get Back Into Blogging

It's been over 5 years since I stopped blogging. I've been busy and lazy during these years and I will kill myself for stopping a habit everyone wish to start doing now - blogging!

Here are my practical reasons why I suddenly decided to get back into blogging:

1. I am not getting any younger. When I get old, I want to look back at my younger years and this blog will definitely be something I can be proud of and will remind me of my good memories when I was young. Blogging serves as a personal journal. 

2. To become a better thinker and a better writer. Writing is recording thoughts so blogging also pushes us to think deeper. English is my third language but I still chose English as my medium for blogging to practice writing in English. We will definitely notice day to day practice of blogging that our grammar and command in English language improves and the process of thinking a good topic and how to write it into a blog will definitely be easier in time. Blogging unleashes our creative thinking and writing. 

3. To meet new people and inspire others. I know for sure I will blog about my outdoor experiences from now on and share my thoughts about the place, food, culture and people of a certain destination. Blogging will change my life and also this, in some way, will change the life of the reader. I am hoping that my blog post will become an inspiration to some and that is what this all about. To inspire others is the greatest feeling. People who are touched with your post, relate and had the same experience will eventually post their comments, send you email, follow you on social media and that is one way of meeting new people. 

A Week of Blogging and Updates

It's exactly a week since I started this blog. I want to give myself a big smile for a well-done and blessed week. This blog is always updated and have a daily new post so hope you guys would have a glance each day for this blog. I already submitted this blog to TopofBlogs so that I would know if this will eventually hit some rank, yes I'm dreaming, among other blogs. I am not an Search Engine Optimization (SEO) expert but at least today, I've learn some simple things in order to increase the traffic and how to actually optimize one's site. I repeat, I don't have enough knowledge for SEO because I know its a broad field but at least I now have ideas about it. You may also try this site webconfs.com, shared to me by Miko, for SEO tutorial. Thanks Mikz for the information. The only problem I had so far is the absence of adsense in my blog. An email was sent to me by adsense approving my request but after few hours another email was sent to me regarding the disapproval of my application due to incorrect information during application. I resubmitted my application and made sure that all fields are correct. The adsense was up for three hours in my site. But it suddenly disappeared after three hours.

After so, another same email was sent to me and pointing again the same problem:
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We did not approve your application for the reasons listed below.

Issues:

- Account information incorrect or not provided

Further detail:

Postal address incorrect or not provided: We've found that the account
information provided on your application is incomplete or incorrect.
All applications must include a valid and complete address where you
can receive mail. It is important that this information is entered
correctly since payments will be issued to the payee name and checks
will be mailed to the address as listed on your application.
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I didn't supplied incorrect information nor leave empty field during the application process. This is really bothering me up to now, so if you guys know the reason behind this, please let yourself help me.

I am new on this blogging activity. All I know is that I can write some posts and touch the readers' hearts, open their minds and instill little knowledge. I am not a proficient technical writer but I just want to tell, tell, and tell things here.

Enough about this blog, I now want to tell you little by little everything about myself - at least something personal - in this blog. Yes, just to be fair right? Last payday, July 15, we received our paychecks and everyone was excited to know if an increase was added to our salary. For my almost three years of stay in the company, this is the third time I get an increase. You want to know how much I've got for this third increase? Not more than 500 bucks per payday! Three hundred eighty-five pesos exactly. I am still happy for this because there are many of also deserving teammates were not given. That was not fair. I don't know who to blame regarding the salary raise because the bosses are pointing to each other if asked who decided and what were the bases for that increase. I feel sad for these hard-working employees who at the end of the year don't have adjustments for their salary. But thanks again, God is Good! We still have jobs. If you've done the best of your better from good performance, then you don't have to worry about yourself. You have much more blessings ahead of you.

What's with my blog name?

Here I go with my first blog. I don't think I can post regularly and not sure if this will go well but let me try this. Yes, I just want to be productive that's why I'm doing this. I am not into PC games for now, don't have any projects yet in money making online for now, and I just feel tired watching videos and streaming music on the internet. Therefore, this blog hopefully will make me busy on this world wide web.

Now, what's with the name 'Lighthouse Chap'? Let me tell you first about my origin. I used to be a naughty kid from Bacacay, Albay. It was my habit to go to the fishport during nighttime to watch the stars and the lighthouse beside the seawall. The air was so cold while sitting at the edge of the port with my childhood friends, some of them are waiting for their fathers to get back from sailing. It was the lighthouse that served as warning and guide for fishermen if they are going too far or if they are back near to their beloved town and family. With full of excitement and eagerness to see if these fishermen had a good catch, we used to help my friends' fathers on lifting their catch hooked on hand lines and some were on large containers.

I just miss that rural life. I miss my old friends and the feeling of being happy and contented by just staring at stars and the lighthouse. I miss the warm people, the fresh air, the simple living and a lot more behind the cheerful lighthouse.

This blog will be all about my life and let us all witness how this lighthouse motivated me even more in order to be a better chap.