Why Retire in the Philippines/Marinduque Vacations: Eleven Years of Personal Blogging and Counting

Planning to Retire Soon!

If you are planning to retire in the Philippines soon, I suggest you visit several excellent websites on pro's and cons of retiring in the Philippines. However if you want to retire in the provinces, where life is simple, standard of living cheaper, less traffic congestion and pollution, availability of fresh seafood and vegetables compared to the big cities, my island province is the place for you! If this is your first time in my site, welcome. Some of the photos and videos on this site, I do not own. However, I have no intention on the infringement of your copyrights. The photo above is the front yard of Chateau Du Mer- Our Retirement Home in Boac, Marinduque, Philippines

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Eleven Years of Personal Blogging and Counting

This year is my 11th year of personal blogging. I can not believe that I have the patience and energy to attain this activity.

According to the article below 95% of bloggers give up between 31 to 33 months. This applies to both Lifestyle Blogging (LB) and Personal Blogging (PB).

For details about Lifestyle and Personal blogging read the following:

https://www.writelaughdream.com/the-blog/personal-vs-lifestyle

I have been doing Personal Blogging since the summer of 2008. As of today I have written more than 4100 articles on almost all subjects based on my life experiences. Total page views from my 8 blogs is now over 4 million viewers.

I have about 100 viewers daily(total) and more than 600 comments as of today. My most commented blog with over 200 comments is

http://lifeinus1960present.blogspot.com.

In addition to my blogs, I have also a writing account with Hubpages.com ( Owned by Maven). I have written 25 Hubs(long articles) and all are featured as of today. I will appreciate if you also visit my Hubpages.com account in addition to my blogs.

https://hubpages.com/feed/

I do not write about politics, religion or sexual topics except on a few cases. These three subjects are controversial and attract more viewers, readers as well as comments. However, since I do not earn my living on my blogs, the number of viewers/readers is not my primary goal. My goal is to receive comments from my blogs. Knowing that readers like my blogs by clicking LIKE or sharing it in their Face Book page makes me happy. This is the primary reason why I am still blogging/writing for over eleven years as of this month. My four most popular hubs are:

https://letterpile.com/inspirational/my-bucket-list-101-things-to-do-before-i-die
(Over 9300 page views)

https://hubpages.com/business/caste-system-in-the-philippines ( over 5600 page views )

https://exemplore.com/paranormal/My-Encounters-with-Aswangs-Witches-Goblins-and-Ghosts-in-the-Philippines ( over 3800 page views)

https://hubpages.com/health/How-to-Live-or-Retire-in-the-Philippines-for-Less-than-1-500-a-Month (over 1500 page views)

For details why 95% of bloggers quit read the following:

http://feveredmutterings.com/95-percent-bloggers-give-up

or details on how I started blogging read the following:

https://davidbkatague.blogspot.com/2014/01/blogging-has-saved-my-life_4.html

I hope you continue reading my blogs. Have a Great Autumn Season wherever you are in this Planet Earth!

Photo from almanac.com

Meanwhile, enjoy Frank Sinatra's rendition of Autumn Leaves

https://youtu.be/Q9vZ3hHyJL8

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Fruit Trees in the Gardens of Chateau Du Mer

The Mango Tree-I have three varieties in my Garden-The Indian, Guimaras and Carabao Mangoes My caretaker/gardener informed me last month that due to the El Nino drought in Marinduque, two of my Durian trees died in spite of his vigilant watering. One of the tree was attacked by insects that looks like a big fly but yellowish in color that sucks the sap of the seedling. The roots of the other tree was attacked by ants residing in the soil. However, my other fruit trees, the rambutans( 2), the lanzones(2) and the jack fruits ( 2) trees are doing well. The above eight fruit trees were given to me by Retired General Recaredo Sarmiento of Boac and Lucena., about three years ago. General Sarmiento is the “atid” of my wife. “Atid” is the colloquial term for brother. Evidently, Macrine's father, the late Bernardo Jambalos was the Godfather of General Sarmiento during his baptism and comfirmation. Gen Sarmiento's hobby is orchard planting, reforestation and farming. The other fruit trees in my garden are guayabanos, cashew, avocados, starapples, duhats, ates, guavas, mangoes( 3 varieties) and papayas as well as several varieties of bananas . Of the above fruit trees, my favorite is the guayabanos, also known as soursop tree known for its anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties . The following are photos of the fruit trees. The Durian photo is from the web. Note that it almost look like a jack fruit tree, except that the leaves are bigger and shiny. My desire is to have a passion fruit tree in the near future. You are welcome to visit my orchard and flower gardens any time, if perchance you are in the vicinity of The Chateau Du Mer Beach Resort and Conference Center.

The Rambutan Tree and Fruits

The Lanzone Tree and Fruits

The Jack Fruit Tree

The Durian Fruit Tree