Why does it always take a year 😅

So yes I am still around but using a different platform as they call it...
It is usually during the time when I log off social media for the coming lenten season when I take stock of the other options where I can still blog...
Ikeep forgetting that I still have this first blog site of mine 😅
If only there's an app that would connect my wordpress and tumblr to posts here then I would be a happy kid...

Transferring to wordpress

I haven't been active here obviously so perhaps you may want to check out my other blogs

https://randomthoughtsbinofadistractedfemale.wordpress.com/

which connects to my tumblr site: http://justarounddbend.tumblr.com/ which also has my IG posts

The Versatile Blogger Award

I can't tell how old this blog of mine is so I had to go and check... and this is my 370th post since February 2008! Wow! And I'm an amateur when it comes to blogging anyway and am not that active now, thanks or no thanks to twitter and before plurk, but hey I still get to post stuff here when I get the chance...and I have other blogs too: i like anything green and my lomography is my pastime, but not that active as this one - just semi-active like a dormant volcano haha.

And like a chain mail, which I can not for the life of me refuse for some reason - like fear of unconditional bad luck?! (is there such a thing?), I chose to follow and repost this one: "The Versatile Blogger Award", thanks to verjube of myphotographics for nominating me - if I knew of this beforehand I would have nominated you first! Madaya ka lang eh! haha


Yeah I agree may chain mail na rin nga sa blogging for sure after my few followers go and check out the blogsites that I would list down - which most are popular in their own rights anyway so this would be just more free advertising for them haha.


so what 7 random things about me can I share... hmmm...
1. I currently have around 240 kids... that's because I work as a school counselor :) (wait! that's 2 random things already! haha)
2. My close college friends call me "leader" not because I instigate riots or provoke or motivate them to do anything... I can't recall who started it though...
3.  I usually am involved in organizing get together and other reunions of my close friends, for some reason I'm always the self-appointed contact person - thanks to unlimited texting!
4.  I like the color green! - it's been my color since my grade school to college and now that I'm working! I see the color everywhere in my work haha
5.  My friends know me as Kit, the online world know me as TiKisokA, while only a few know my full name and still call me by that name! Won't post it here so it's for you to find out :)
6.  I get peeved with grammatical errors and spelling and would automatically correct people even when we're chatting - my bad! :)
7.  I don't sing that well so don't expect me to do karaoke and I can only do a bad version of Buttercup! 

So you'll find my own list of Versatile Bloggers after these mechanics for The Versatile Blogger Award:

1. In a post on your, blog, nominate 15 fellow bloggers for The Versatile Blogger Award.

2. In the same post, add the Versatile Blogger Award.

3. In the same post, thank the blogger who nominated you in a post with a link back to their blog.

4. In the same post, share 7 completely random pieces of information about yourself.

5. In the same post, include this set of rules.

6. Inform each nominated blogger of their nomination by posting a comment on each of their blogs.

In no particular order, The Versatile Blogger Award goes to..

  
Food blogs:
1. http://dessertcomesfirst.com/ - Dessert Comes First by Lori Baltazar
2. http://foodpilipinas.blogspot.com/ - Food Pilipinas Blog by Azrael
Photo blogs:
3. http://foodiescape.tumblr.com/ - FoodiEscape by Verjube (food photos)
4. http://snapsnstories.blogspot.com/ - Snaps & Stories by Jovi Ong
5. http://myphotographics.tumblr.com/ - Myphotographics by Verjube Photographics
6. http://lettertothesky.tumblr.com/ - 
7. http://litratonijuan.tumblr.com/ - Litrato ni Juan by Alexis Lim
8. http://katetaigraphy.tumblr.com/ - Kateteigraphy by Kate :)
other blogs I follow and read:
9.    http://chicogarcia.wordpress.com/ - Strange Fruit by Chico Garcia
10.  http://azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com/ - Azrael's Merryland by Azrael Coladilla
11.  http://almeldiel.wordpress.com/ - The Girl Who Read by Meann
12.  http://minamic.tumblr.com/ - The Goddess Folder by Minamic
13.  http://bitterpillsbreathingspaces.blogspot.com/ - Bitter Pills, Breathing Spaces by Romaiel
14.  http://www.marvindegracia.com/ - Just my Two Cents by Marvin de Gracia 
15.  http://www.kumukutitap.com/ - Kutitap's World by Kutitap

As seen through my BaBy

 I have a new BaBy! 

It arrived in the mail last Monday and of course I started testing it out

after having it checked first and activated properly :)

So now I can email and post directly to my blogs!

Sent through email attachment

I can only do minimal text with the photo attachments though 

I even made a new tumblr site for my BaBy

And would you believe that these are my 1st posts in these sites (using the apps)?..

love the "via"

Almost 2 days after truly testing what my BaBy can do!

was always fascinated with that logo

So yeah... 

I guess there will be a lot more scenes coming from my new BlackBerry!

And nope! this post was brought to you by my desktop! LOL

awww shucks I'm too shy

Let's play gif caption shall we...

Noooo! I'm not ready yet for my picture...

(too shy)

this post of mine already has 30 notes as of today

(that's number of likes and/or reblogs for the tumblr novice)

find my original post here

My previous post with 63 notes as of today is this cute excited baby

this cute baby is sooo excited

Nowadays I'm more often seen reblogging stuff in my Tumblr site coz It's more fun seeing your posts being "liked" or "reblogged" by other people... And this cute little baby as of today is my most reblogged post so far...

It's obvious why... don't you agree?

oohhh look who's excited

(click above to see source)

as of today it already has 63 notes (041711)

(it means it has been liked and/or reblogged 63 times to the tumblr novice)

a rank higher than novice

I admit to being a lazy person who would simply copy-paste or right-click-save-image-as then upload sort of blogger and now just more simply click on reblog (thanks to tumblr)... but whenever I get to tinker with Photoshop and discover new things that a rank novice like me can learn and do - I still have the CS2 version - it makes my idle heart go giddy! haha

So here are just two of the special effects I learned to do in Photoshop recently:

Creating text over photo using clipping mask

You can just imagine what I did next...

I changed my profile pictures

in all of my personal sites of course!

haha

and this one may not be too complicated especially for most photoshop experts out there, but so sue me! if I only just discovered how to make use of the blending options and opacity of layers!

click here to see the related tumblr post

Thanks to this tumblr user I was following for the tutorial!

you can check out the layer patterns I used here

you're a photoshop expert if you know what I'm talking about! haha

So now after doodling with that I can safely say

that I am a rank higher than novice!

Wohoo!

(pats myself on the back)