
I just want to mark this day as I officially turned from graymand.wordpress.com to graymand.com. I never felt so FREE! It is so liberating and I’m celebrating.
Creation and procrastination
Who would expect that a bored kiddo who does not know what do in his life, just spending most of his time doing anything useless and nowhere to go would suddenly get up and decide to write? Yep it’s me. Last March 27, 2020, I am isolating myself from the world because of the pandemic. I decided to create this blog for fun. Nothing special. I always wanted to have a platform for some of my hobbies such as writing and photography anyway. Then boom, another free wordpress site was born.

So why step up?
It was some sort of a ‘self promise’. You know, just thought of something to motivate myself. I told myself that if ever I reached at least a thousand followers here then I’ll go premium since the features are better and there are more things to explore. I did not expect that it would surprisingly go well though. I feel amazing. Like I’m doing something good while doing something that I actually like doing. Feel me?

I’m still exploring the things that I may do here and I got a lot of time since it’s a whole year plan. Let’s see if it will go well or not.
Finally, I just want to THANK YOU for reading my works as well as the remarks and suggestions you share to me. It means a lot. I’m truly grateful to you all for making me feel seen. If you have anything to ask or some blogging experience to share. Please let me hear it in the comments.
HAVE A GOOD DAY!

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Bai, congratulations! Imua na dyud ag domain ba!๐
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Hehe Thank you! Mao gani amazing kaayo ba kay out of boredom lang ni sya. HAHAHA.
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My heartfelt congratulations, your blog are very wonderful!!! ๐๐๐๐๐ฅฐ
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Thank you Yleniaely. You have an amazing blog yourself. It’s actually one of my inspirational blogs. โค
By the way, how should I call you?
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Thank you infinitely from my heart!!! ๐ My real name is Ylenia ๐ฅฐโฅ๏ธ yleniaEly is also fine ๐ฅฐ
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You’re welcome Ms. Ylenia. Glad to know you here.
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๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ I too am very happy to have known you!!! ๐๐๐๐๐ค
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Ohhhh!! Congratsโฃโฃโฃ supportahan kita sa journey mo. ๐๐
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Hehe. Wow sanaol supportive. Thanks Jan Paul. Abangan ko rin mga gawa mo.
Ingat pala Survivor Philippines Day 3 na ngayon hahaha.
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Hahahaha parangap ko rin maging dot com eh hahahaha. Pero ngayon hanggang tingin tingin na lang muna ako sa site mo hahahaha
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Hahaha kaya yan. Actually, nagkataon lang na nakaipon din ako Haha. Kaya ganun.
Yun nga lang di ko na alam gagawin ko ngayon HAHAHA bahala na..
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Hahahah sana all may ipon
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Hehe tamang hingi hingi lang.
Maganda na rin toh wala naman tayong ginagawa.
Nag aaral ka pa ba nun?
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Oo hahahahaha
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HAHA yun lang. Hala oi. Gising pa amp.
Graduate na ako. Skl. Madami na akong time. Yun nga lang unemployed hayss. </3
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5am ang tulog ko hahahaha Lahat naman maraming time ngayon hahahahahaha
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HAHA. Lamang lang ako isang oras.
Kaya nga pero mejo di na toh nakakatuwa hahaha ampanget magkaroon ng vacant sa ganitong way. hayss
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Hahahaha pag college student tuwang tuwa hahahaha
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Haha kaya nga. Pero parang hindi rin pag halos hindi na kayo mag klase tapos lahat ng topics nasa exam HAHAHA
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I’d say ‘congratulations’, but: you may want to read this post of mine.
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Thanks for sharing that one. It’s very informative.
For now, I’ll enjoy this while it last. In any case, I would really love to keep this blog forever I’ll change it to a free site (as per advise) or put it to my will. Lol.
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Congratulations on having your own domain. Yay! You’ve joined the family!๐๐๐
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Thank you. I appreciate that a lot. โค
By the way, how long have you been in premium? Was it okay so far? I'd appreciate your thoughts. โค
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You’re welcome!๐ค
Well, just a few months ago. I guess it was towards the end of Feb. I don’t see much difference as such, honestly speaking. Unless you’re going to sell something from your website, it’s almost the same with some added features.
Did you check the list of added features before buying?
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I did check it. I’m still exploring though. Anyway, as long as it feels better that should be fine by me. Hahaha
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Hahaha… You know what, that was the same reason why I bought the plan.๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
You on Personal, Premium or Business?
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It’s Premium I don’t wanna go business. I don’t want the hassle that comes along with it. Also, I’m just getting started and my audience is not that large lols..
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Hehehe… Btw, what’s the hassle under Business plan?๐ค
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I don’t know. Just an intuition or something haha. Anyway, if I may put it this way, paying more (as in Business plan) isn’t economically practical for me now since this is just a hobby. I think?
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Hehe… Again same reasons.๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Then that’s cool. Lol
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Btw, which language is this in your comments. I tried reading it aloud and cracked-up so hard coz it sounded so funny me reading it.๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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HAHAHA. Some are Philippine languages. Filipino (the national language) and Bisaya (one of the many native languages there).
Where are you from?
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Haha… Okay!
I’d leave it upto you to guess. Let’s see if you do.๐
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Hey that’s unfair. You are giving me Italian vibes though. ๐
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Ahh! Is it? Why so?๐ค
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I’m just guessing HAHA
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Hehehe ๐
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I wanted to send a ๐ค and I sent ๐
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Lol. Don’t mind it. You’re fun.
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Yeah! I know I am!๐
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Haha. Yes you are. LOL.
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That’s what I said. I know, I am!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Naks, naman!!!! Binabati kita sa iyong tagumpay…Ipagpatuloy mo yan hah,,,Huwag kang titigil.
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Salamat sana magtuloy tuloy HAHA. Parang maganda na siyang libangan eh. Hehe
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Oo basta nag-eenjoy ka. ๐๐๐ balak kong magganyan sana..kaso…..
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Haha kaya nga maganda tong past time.
Parang online journal HAHA.
Kaya yan akin ipon ipon lang tas hingi hingi hahahaha
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Hahahaha,,,sana may nahihingi,,,๐๐๐ konti pa ang ipon. ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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maganda daw na nagsisimula sa konti HAHA
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Sana maraming konti ๐๐๐
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Congratulations that’s amazing! I remember when I first moved to .com- it was amazing!
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Thank you so much!
How long have you been in premium? Can you share a thought to me? I’d really appreciate the perspective. ๐
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I’ve been using Premium for a little less than a year. I have had a great experience with it. I have a post about it if you want to know more I can share a link to it.
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Congratulations ๐
Sana ako din ๐
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Salamat!
Kayang kaya mo rin yan Ms. Jo! Lalo nat magaganda contents mo. โค
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Ohh myy!! Congratulations! Sending you virtual flowers haha
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Thanks so much. And I appreciate the virtual flowers haha.
Looking forward to your contents more. โค
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Haha glad you like it โค Oh no, nakaka pressure haha
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Luhhh bakit naman. Haha. Ngayong ko lang naalala na pinoy ka pala haha. Ingat ka!
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Congratulations!!โฅ๏ธ
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Thank you so much. Well appreciated. ๐
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https://amyshedrack200.wordpress.com/2020/06/3/The-Brainstorms-award
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I’ve just nominated you for the Brainstorms award. Feel free to accept itโฅโฅ
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Ohhhhh. I’m so honored.
Congratulations to our achievements. โฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ
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I’m glad to have nominated youโฅโฅโฅ
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Again, thank you so much โฅ๏ธ
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Congratulations on having your own domain, ๐๐๐๐.
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Thank you so much.
Looking forward with our future interactions. ๐
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Congratulations!! ๐
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Thanks so much. It means a lot.
Keep in touch. ๐
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Congratulations Graymand!! Hope you are very proud of yourself!! โบ๏ธโบ๏ธ
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Hi Ms. Q ! It’s been a long time. Thank you so much!
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Yes, I had much to catch up on! Things got busy with end of year requirements.
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Balitaw
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Oh hey! May I know you?
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Congratulations mate!! Btw, can you help me with some tips to increase my reach?? Please… ๐
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Hi! Thanks for asking and hopefully we can grow together and follow each other’s works here.
I’m also new here so I’m a li’l bit inexperienced as well. But there are few things I did when I was starting.
I read and followed a lot of blogs so that I can gain some experiences from their works. I also joined some groups in Facebook for bloggers (it didn’t help that much tho). I also connected my site to my social media accounts particularly Facebook and Twitter to increase my engagement.
Hopefully, it well help you a bit.
Nice to know you. โค
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Thank you! ๐
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Welcome ๐
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Great i did it…
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I am so happy to heart that. Thank you so much!
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