10,000 hits!

Hello and thank you my loyal readers and those who get to see my little blog for reasons that I shall list below.

You have made the number of viewers of this blog reach 10,000! That's umm... rather a slow and self-deprecating feat, considering I began writing THREE YEARS AGO! It's really fun to notice that the porn blogs I bookmark occasionally visit can get 10,000 hits in 3 weeks!

Here are some interesting search leading to this blog that are memorable enough to be featured in this entry.

VERY POPULAR:

Killer Drillz with Zoe Jakes review

Whatever Lola Wants movie (sometimes with "Ismahan")

Aaron Eckhart shirtless

Aaron eckhart nude (thank you, you gorgeous hunk, you)

Fuck You I'm Cat

Carolena Nericcio spike jewelry

FCBD related issues (like: how to do Sahra Turn, tips with Torso Twist, Ms. Carolena Nericcio)

Tribal Fest 11 Review

Cross-dresser belly dance (I can't really find an entry where I wrote about this, though...)

There are those who visited the blog to see the pictures, who stay awhile (like 5 seconds), and who even like the blog so much that they follow it and even bookmark it.

Regardless whatever your intention of visiting, I sincerely thank you.

Now that the GuidetoArtSchool's best bellydance award has gone offline, I also need this to pat my back with.

I promise I'll blog more! I have so much to blog about!

an award? for this blog? really???

I'm an underachiever. I know that and I fully embrace that fact.

I don't have a mantle full of trophies (I only have one little trophy) or a wall full of winning certificates or medals or badges (none of those, even).

That's why I take complements seriously (I've blogged about this) because they're all I have to remind myself that I'm on the right path in life by following my passion.

So when I opened my Feedjit Live report this morning, I was surprised to see that I'm getting visitors from a link that says "Best Belly Dancing Blogs".

I surfed to the website and found out that this very sanctuary of my thoughts and rants and egomaniacal wisdom (???) is actually chosen as one of the Top Five of Bellydancing Blogs by GuidetoArtSchools.com.

Although the description somewhat cements my reputation as being a clown (crashing into a glass, anyone?), I am very much proud of myself (something that I very rarely feel).

What a great way to start the new year. I hope this good luck will not fade too soon.

So thank you, good people at GuidetoArtSchools.com!

Now, why don't they make a TOP FIVE BAAAADGE?????? *narcissistic streak*

when in rome...

Okay, this will be my third (or is it fourth?) attempt of uploading some of the pictures to my photopage in Facebook. This is Italy, Ladies and Gentlemen, and I am in Rome. A big city, one of the business destinations of the world! And it seems like people here don't even know anything about the internet (yes, including my hotel's front officers. Yesterday, I was helped by a German guest who happened to pass by me while I was asking the front office people at the reception desk about the internet connection. The German guy helped me while the front office guy just shrugged uninformed about the internet.). Amazing...

Anyway, enough bad-mouthing Italy. This country is a piece of beauty. I still love France, thought, and I only had the chance to visit some of the places in France (and nothing can beat shopping in Paris - what a chic experience!), but Rome is something else.

This will be the last night I'm spending in Italy. After this, Mom and I are off to Greece. Sightseeing (and shopping - for souvenirs, at least) and I have booked around 10 hours of private belly dance lessons with Ms. Maria Aya.

Yes, I was about to go to Turkey when some idiots decided to detonate two bombs in Istanbul in July, enough to scare away potential tourists like my family and I. So I had to cancel appointments with the great Ms. Sema Yildiz. I asked Ms. Yildiz about a teacher she recommended in Athens and she told me to go to Ms. Maria Aya. After exchanging e-mails with Ms. Maria Aya, everything is settled.

The itinerary is as follows:

Day 1 (Saturday, 30 August 2008).
Arrive in Athens, 6.35 PM. Hopefully after the check-in and everything at the hotel, I will be able to go to her studio at 7.30 PM and begin the class. We will begin with me showing the moves so Ms. Maria Aya can determine my level (MY GOD, I'm so nervous) and I'll be shown a video of the history of belly dance.

I'll be gone from Athens and be back on Thursday, 4 September 2008.

Day 2 (Thursday, 4 September 2008)
After spending all day in Kalambaka / Meteora, we'll drive back to Athens. My tour guide said that we'll reach Athens at 7 PM. We'll have a two-hour lesson on this day.

Day 3 (Friday, 5 September 2008)
The tour guide will show us Athens and we will have free time after 5 PM, which means three-hour drill after 6 PM. THREE HOURS!!

Day 4 (Saturday, 6 September 2008)
My flight will be on 5.25 PM, so I have all morning for myself (before 2 PM). Morning drill for God knows how long.

Fortunately, Ms. Aya is kind enough to say yes to my whims. Hehehe...

Oh well, I'm off to Facebook-ing.

Can hardly wait!