I have blogged about blogging hazards before but I just can’t remember where I have written the post and here is the link

Can blogging be hazardous to your work?

Yes it is,whether one works in a workplace or if one is a stay-at-home-person. How and when can blogging be hazardous?

Here are some, yes, some signs:

• Are you more often than not late for work because you blogged till the wee hours?
• Is your dominant wrist hurting?
• Do you talk about what other people are saying, unofficially, rather than quoting the dailies?
• Do you get the news faster than the media networks?
• Do you feel happy when you have a free day to blog?
• Do you take photos of anything and everything that you can probably write a blog post about?
• Do you try to jot down thoughts that you just had before you forget, and write a post about it?
• Do you constantly think about what you are going to write next?
• Do you forget to cook your meal or prepare your food because you just had to finish reading or editing this last post?
• Do the dishes pile up in the sink?
• Are the clothes scattered on the floor and not picked up? Yet?
• Are your front flabs sagging more and more?
• Do your eyes feel tired and dry and hurting?
• Do you feel like you want to sleep whenever you have the chance to do so?
• Do you have ants on your computer table due to the crumbs that fall when you eat in front of your computer?
• Do you bring your laptop anywhere with you?
• Do yo know more about what is happening to your blogger friends’ lives than your relatives or neighbors who don’t?

Ah, there are still so many things to notice but these will do for now.

How many did you check?

Here is an interesting snippet that I want to share which I quoted here in this post:

In the end, the biggest threat isn’t that you’ll fail to learn to blog. It’s that if you blog regularly for long enough, and begin to get comments and links from other bloggers, you’ll have trouble doing your day job.

First day of February, this email came:

—– Original Message —–
From: A___ K____
To: abcdefg@teacherjulie.com
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:19 AM
Subject: can i buy an ad on your teacher julie site?

Hey ______,

Your list of “you might be in Education” is really funny…and true. I like #14

Say, I was wondering if I can place an ad on this page http://teacherjulie.com/2006/08/05/you-might-be-in-education/
for someone who runs an online learning site?

I don’t have much, but I can pay $___ for an ad there. If this works for you let me know and I’ll send you over the ad and the payment.

Thanks,
A___K____

This was the reply I made:

From: abcdefg@teacherjulie.com
Sent: Thu 1/31/2008 2:28 PM
To: A____ K______
Subject: Re: can i buy an ad on your teacher julie site?

can i buy an ad on your teacher julie site?

A____,

Thank you for the interest in putting an ad in that particular page. I am skeptic though because you see, the post I made was not my own since the source can be found below it, www.teachingheart.net. I think that that would not be fair to the site where I got the article.
I am sorry I think I have to refuse your offer, even if it sounds so tempting because your $____ is a lot of money where I am.

I hope you understand.

Best Regards,
http://teacherjulie.com
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com
http://greenbucks.teacherjulie.com

P.S. #14 is funny, yes, I am a teacher but I do homeschooling.

To which the man replied again:

Magandang Umaga!

Thanks for getting back to me so soon. Great News - I took another look at your site and found 6 pages that I’d like to get ads on. I can offer you $_____ for advertising on these 6 pages.

Here are the 6 pages I’d like to get ads on:

http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/2007/11/11/sibika-mag-anak-family/
http://teacherjulie.com/2007/11/23/amazing-blogger-award/
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/2008/02/01/science-centrum-field-trip/

http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/category/photo-hunters/
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/2007/09/07/bodies-of-water-anyong-tubig/
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/?s=fruits

On this page http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/2008/02/01/science-centrum-field-trip/, here’s the ad that I’d like:

—————————————–
http://www.dimacc.com/users/Alex/teacherjulie.html
—————————————–

Please avoid using the words “ADS” or “SPONSOR” as this actually decreases clicks.

If this works for you I’ll send you over the other 5 ads for the other pages. Once they’re live, I will pay you through PAYPAL or a CHECK (whichever you’d prefer).

Thank you for your time,

A____

I don’t know but I didn’t reply back.

Then in a group mail subscription that I am a part of, JMom included a link that made me think about this harder.

Were those offers I got were from underground text link server?

That is the message I got from PayPal yesterday though I have read this in my PayPal account last Sunday. I am sure everybody from the Philippines got this message too. Hooray!

There is this teeny tiny bit of information one needs to know: there is PhP250.00 return charge if incorrect information is given. Still, this is good news. So call you local banks now and get it’s code and make that transfer from your PayPal account directly to your local bank. It is VERY important to get the codes right. Most Philippine banks, or at least those who will answer your queries will give you blank answers because they have no idea about what PayPal is or the PayPal Philippines Bank Codes are. There is a list of bank codes from the major banks in the Philippines from ebay.ph. If in doubt, call your local bank and ask them to be sure.

Below is a list of the Philippine banks code from ebay.ph:

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This blog’s author wishes to make known that the steps in the procedures were taken in order to have a Unionbank EON Cyber Account for the transfer of payment made from sponsored posts paid through PayPal, were done through application in person, not through online application. Though the two are the same, except for the first step.

Here are the steps in the process that I went through to have money from PayPal transferred to my Unionbank EON Visa Debit Card.

1. Because I was so excited to have my EON Card I went to the nearby Unionbank Branch to be able to apply for my EON Cyber Account personally. For those who are pressed for time, you may apply online through this clickable link below: http://www.unionbankph.com/EONCYBER/eonapplystep1.asp
2. All EON Cyber Account applicant should present two valid identification cards with photos. These identification cards would do: PRC card, TIN card, SSS Card, GSIS Card, Driver’s license, passport, postal id, credit card.
3. After filling up the necessary form, I was given a calling card by the New Accounts personnel. The calling card has the number of the bank’s branch and the personnel’s name who I will call to know if my card would be ready for pick-up. For those who will apply online,I think you have to indicate what branch you prefer to pick up the EON Cyber Account card.
4. After a few days, I got an affirmation that my card is ready for picking up.
   But before I had the chance to do so, I read online forums, asked around and read as much as I can about the EON Cyber Account and its relationship with PayPal. These were the things I needed to remember: That there should be a deposit of $1.95 worth in my card, as per PayPal instructions; That I need to have a 4 digit expanded use number for PayPal to be able to verify my account exists.
5. When I went to the Unionbank branch to get my card, I paid the annual fee of PhP350.00 or about USD8.33, converted at PhP42.00/$1.00. I paid the amount of PhP500.00 and deposited the PhP150.00 change into the account. Why? Because I needed to have at least $1.95 worth of money in my EON Cyber Account as per PayPal instruction.
6. When I went online I registered my EON Cyber Account to my PayPal account. I remained unverified at first because I needed to give PayPal my extended 4 digit number (or something like that) for my card to be verified.
7. I called up the Unionbank hotline to get this 4 digit number needed to verify my Unionbank EON Cyber Account with Paypal. Once I put the numbers in the PayPal account, my card was verified.
8. PayPal deposited a certain amount in my EON Cyber Account to make sure it was up and running. Then it was also withdrawn by PayPal. (Not sure this was the way but something like this happened and I can’t remember how much the amount was. It was not that much though)
9. When everything was in order, once my Unionbank EON Cyber Account was verified, funds from the sites where I get my sponsored posts started trickling in. There were even funds that were not deposited prior to my having the card verified, but were deposited by the site for sponsored posts.
10. To be able to transfer funds from PayPal to the Unionbank EON Cyber Account, a fee of $5.00 per transaction would be debited from the deposits made in PayPal. It is best to transfer significant amounts since you know, $5.00 is still $5.00. Bank accounts in North America are not charged for the transfer.
11. Wait for a few days for the funds to be transferred to the Unionbank EON Cyber Account. When these are transferred, the current foreign exchange for $ and PhP applies.
12. The money can then be withdrawn from any Megalink ATM branches. BPI would also allow some withdrawals done unless specified otherwise by signs put up on their ATM.
13. Since this is a Visa Electron card, it can also be used to pay for purchases. BUT, better ask first lest you end up with money withdrawn from your account but your card/account would be denied when swiped.

Re #13, nope, that hasn’t happened to me yet. Why use the card when paying for purchases when I can withdraw the money and pay using cash. This is guaranteed that you can make the purchase you need. Unless of course…

If I have forgotten something else, just let me know.

I got myself a Unionbank EON Cyber Account when I applied to do sponsored posts.

Why?

The payment that will be made through my PayPal account will be transferred there, which I have to do online. No need to go to the bank and queue up and fill up forms to have the money transferred to the EON Cyber Account.

How can one transfer the money?

Just go to your Paypal account, online of course, making sure you have sufficient funds to transfer to the Unionbank EON Cyber Account. For every transaction, $5 will be debited for the services rendered. Then, click the necessary buttons and wait.

Wait for 5 to 7 days for the money to be reflected in the Unionbank EON Cyber Account.

How would you know if the money is there?

Log on to you Unionbank EON Cyber Account online account and check.

If the funds are available already, you can withdraw the funds at any ATM Megalink branches. Even BPI ATM can be used too for cash withdrawal with the Unionbank EON Cyber Account, if there is no sign that says otherwise.

Did this post help? I will be making a more detailed post on the procedure of how I had mine up and running. Without a glitch, not like what happened to others I have read about.

Tomorrow I would be posting the process that I went through when I applied for my Unionbank EON Cyber Account.