I would love to go to Gen San for the 2nd Mindanao Summit.  I have actually registered for the first bloggers conference in UP years and years ago, but failed to come because I think I just delivered then…  But then again, I will not be able to come since I have a one year old and though I can afford to take my children with me, I do not think it is safe to travel to Gen San right now.

At any rate, I could only sigh and drool with envy to the rest who are going.  I have no idea who are going and I have no personal connection with any of these people, but at any rate since I am no longer in Manila and blogs now in Mindanao, I am now a Mindanao Blogger but have not officially joined the group yet.  So, what am I waiting for?

After my disheartening experience with Smart Bro-ken, I have decided to continue on blogging using my diap up connection, and to be able to do so without breaking the bank. The solution? I searched the internet for other blogging interfaces.

Two years ago, I used to blog using Perfomancing, now Scribefire, a handy Firefox plugin. I discovered other interfaces like that beautiful Ecto and came upon the freewares like Zoundry Raven. I tried Scribefire initially, but had trouble connecting it with my wordpress account. I tried several times and decided to check other softwares and viola! I found Zoundry Raven… really handy and you do not need to be online too.

I tried, yes, more than tried… I begged, I cajoled the Smart Bro installers to keep trying. Keep on moving the 30 feet pole all over the roof just to get a whiff of that Smart Broadband juices in the air. But alas… after more than 30 grueling minutes on top of the scorching heat, wala pa rin.

This is the second time, second house but the Smart juices eludes me. So I thought about it and have decided to blog using my trusty, Bayantel Wireless Dial-up. I wanted to get a domain registration but I thought that since I will not be able to blog alot then the registration will follow as soon as I get a more reliable connection. But from what I have heard and read, I am better of without Smart Bro-ken.