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March 25th, 2007 by Spud Oregon
Culture Shiok! has been dishing out rice willy-nilly lately, so I figured I would reward him with a review of his blog Culture Shiok! A day in the life of an OFW in Singapore. An OFW is an Overseas Filipino Worker, but who exactly is Culture Shiok?
In a nutshell, he’s a single, yet involved, 28 year old, movie-loving, Filipino veterinarian, working in Singapore, who also likes gardening and the color green. He also describes himself as a Technorati wannabe who gave up on blogging for money because he wasn’t getting any! In a strange twist of fate however, he decided to just blog for the fun of it, and is now seeing the dosh roll in!
Like CS, I also work abroad and blog about my experiences living in a foreign country, so we have a fair bit in common. Things that we now take for granted are often fascinating to readers who have never experienced the cultures that Culture Shiok! and myself live in. For example, do you know how safe Singapore is from earthquakes? Did you know about all the suicides in Singapore’s open-air train stations?
Culture Shiok! is still true to his native country, and is quick to point out how little advertising there is in Singapore for the Philippines as a tourist destination. In his post Let’s Travel to the Philippines, he lists some of the wonderful things his home country has to offer.
Whether or not you’re interested in Singapore, it’s worthwhile taking a look at Culture Shiok! It was voted Filipino blog of the week, and CS has implemented some interesting ways to monetize and promote his site, including the “Snap” link preview tool and links to numerous blog directories. You can get more tips from his post What I did to get a higher ranking at Technorati. Oh, and don’t forget to give him some rice… he spends all his money on rent!
Rice: 
Posted on March 25th, 2007 in Blogging for Money.
Comments: 52
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Thanks for the great review Spud!
You did well. It’s not easy to write something about a little known Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) ….whatever!
Hope to get more rice! I’m Asian, I’m a Filipino!
I eat rice for breakfast!
Ahh! The ‘W’ stands for Worker? I was looking at your sidebar where it says “Overseas Filipino Whatevers: The Not-so-secret Lives of Pinoys Abroad”. Sorry!
It’s alright…
Hi Culture Shiok!
OK, I voted. The first time, I didn’t realize that my vote wasn’t saved properly… I think it’s because my Description was too long, because the second time I tried to vote, I got “Your site’s description must be between 10 and 110 characters long.”…. which I didn’t correct.
Alright, I think it got saved now. A bowl of rice!
I’ve now corrected my mistake with “OFW”.
haha! i had to chop, then chop again my blog’s description. that gives you something to fill in with the rice. chop chop… good luck!
Way to go, Culture Shiok!
good luck,culture shiok!!
break a leg!!
weeee, Kanen po oh
more rice here.. more power! (^^,)
Yes, finally I have the power to give rice!!!!
ayun.. finally!! woo.. way to go!
oh yeah. nice! 4 rice. hehe. mabuhay ang pinoy! aahuu!
I will give you more rice, Bean!
hey Shiok, you want more rice? i’ll give you IRRI
it’s all yours dude. *lol*
Mabuhay ang mga Pinoy Bloggers ng Pinoy Bloggers Society sa Pinoy Blogosphere. woohoooo
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great side…..it desserves the whole rice plate, and much more on the side!
mabuhay ka! mabuhay din ang mga PINOY BLOGGERS!
more rice to you…
isang bandeyadong kanin
Hi
You are The Best!!!
Bye
Don’t you want Pepsi and Chicken for your rice…?
Thank you all for commenting and giving Culture Shiok! rice!
Way to go, man! You’ve got the shocks!
have to say culture shiok is a nice blog. am willing to give all the rice it needs. maybe we should give “ulam” also. mabuhay ka.
1 sack of rice for culture shiok
Some more rice for you, CS!
I’ve got more blogs to give CS rice, is that ok? *asking Spud*
You’d have to use a different IP!
More Rice for you! Cheers to my fellow Novo Ecijano!
From the Rice Granary of the Phils. Nueva Ecija
great job culture shiok!!! here’s more rice bowls for you and 30k fishes
go! go! bean! more rice 4 Pinoys like u!
not just plain rice. i’ll give you garlic rice!
Not just rice….but golden rice! (lightly fried of course)
hayun, I just gave i bowl
I hope busog ka na dun ha :
i hope this one counts…hehehe
ito ang aking isang mangkok na kanin para kay cultureshiok
hi!
i gave u rice na ha? lakas mo naman sa rice!
congrats! more to come……..
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congrat C.Shiok for having so much rice!
you have a great blog, so we know there will be more rice to come!
Congratulations to Culture Shiok!
BTW, I really like the concept of Nice4Rice. Pretty original.
wow congrats culture shiok! ur really a great bloggggggERRR!! ^__^
P.S.: i also gave u a rice ^___^
Plenty of Pinoys ’round here as well. Nice people!
Alex
Hey culture shiock!
Proud and pinoy din po. I just started my blog for almost 2 weeks now. Its about Agloco and im not doing it only for its sake. Im helping our kababayans make more money by helping them in their referrals.
Your blog is in a state where i want to be in the coming weeks. I appreciate the effort and dedication you put into the blog. Please do Visit mine and add a comment or better yet, e-mail me at kirbitoy@gmail.com.
http://agloco-pilipinas.blogspot.com
mabuhay ka at ang mga pilipino!
waa i have already voted na daw? hehehehe..
Just for the record, this review of Culture Shiok! hit 100 rice bowls on July 6th 2007, and the 100th voter was Jehzlau-Concepts.com. Congratulations Culture Shiok!
100 Rice Bowls for Culture Shiok!
Just saw it. Thanks Spud!
(I’ll try clapping my hands for two minutes)
hehehe.. im so happy i have helped culture shiok to have his 100th bowl ^__^
Ok done. I gave u one rice bowl. Keep up the good work.
huh.. I’ve already voted na raw eh……..
I just want to give you my another one rice bowl sana…
way to go culturesiock
Wow, you’ve already got more than a hundred rice bowls. My contribution to the potluck seems to be the 103rd? Anyway, if I could also give ulam and dessert with it, I would, too
Congratulations to a great Pinoy blogger!
You’ll have to write a lot of posts after this to exercise off the calories, hehe!
Nice idea, Spud!