My friend Roy from Cruisesurfingz just nominated me to take part in the My 7 Links Project. If you are wondering what this is, it’s a project started by Tripbase to unite bloggers from all sectors to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again.
Even if POTM is only 5 months old I feel proud to have posts which I can use for this project. Here they are:
Most beautiful post
The Philosphy behind Solo Travel – This one is a short but sweet post on WHY I travel solo. It was my contribution to the Pinoy Travel Bloggers Blog Carnival. Solo travel is a topic that I wish to explore more on this blog.
Most popular post
Filipino Names: Cracking the System – I had so much fun writing this post which is why I think a lot of people (especially non-Filipinos) liked it. It was a true reflection on one of our cultural quirks as Filipinos.
Most controversial post
8 Things I Love & Hate about America – Or what I thought was going to be a sensitive subject since American readers might view it as a critique on their culture. As it turns out a few of them agreed on some of my hates like materialism and lack of vacation. It was cool to see that I was not the only one who has thought about and observed these things.
Most helpful post
How I escaped a dangerous scam! Yes title says it all. This is a true story. I thought this was a great example for solo female travelers on what NOT to do when you are in a foreign country. There is also a link below on lessons on how to avoid scams which you can click through.
Post whose success surprised me
Top 8 Quirky Tokyo Tidbits – Again one of the posts I had fun writing (note to self: people like fun posts). I almost dismissed it as a space filler because it was too specific but it seemed that people like learning about quirky cultural tidbits. Japan is also one of the countries I have had the chance to work and live in so I do plan to write more about it.
Post I feel didn’t got the attention it deserved
Vantage Point: Battle of the Skirts in Bolivia - This post was part of my first attempt to write a blog post series. I think folks might have gotten overloaded by my Bolivia stories. It was a particularly interesting post about women wrestlers in Bolivia. I have a companion video on these Fighting Cholitas wrestling if you scroll down the bottom of the linked page.
Post that I am most proud of
Celebrating 6 Year in America (a fresh off the boat’s untold story)- Finally told. It’s something I have been wanting to share for a very long time now. It’s also a post which helps to remind me why I started Pinay on the move and to keep me on track with topics to write about. 
Now for the fun part, I nominate the following travel bloggers to My 7 Links:
Hi I'm Grace and I'm always on the move. Right now I am in San Diego, CA. POTM is a blog about my life in America and other adventures abroad. My mission is to show the world a unique and sometimes funny perspective on how a Filipina (Pinay) approaches the travel and expat lifestyle.
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Wee! Thanks for the nomination Grace. I had fun hopping from one link to another by the way.
Great compilation of posts! I have enjoyed reading all your posts since starting the little adventure. I had no idea you are new to this too.
Thanks Debbie- I am a total newbie. But yeah we both look like old timers ey? =)
Great list Grace! I love the way you put screen shots of your earlier posts here.
The screen shots were a bit tedious but worth it!
I really enjoyed the FOB story and your philosophy behind solo travel.
Thanks Stephanie the FOB story was really hard to write since it was a rather complicated story. I feel like I could still finesse it.
Hey Grace,
Even though it’s only been 5 months you’ve published a lot of great articles! Great round-up here, I’ve read about half of them, and will check out the rest now.
Mark that means a lot coming from you =)
Quite right that you are most proud of your 6 years post – I remeber it well
Great memory Robin. I enjoyed reading your 7 links too.
I was definitely one of the ones that agree with you about some of the things to hate about America!
Yes you were Jeremy. I was indeed referring to you when I wrote that statement. You were so passionate about it which I thought was really cool.
This is a great list. Looking forward to catching up on these posts.
Thanks Kris…when are you going to do one?