Diogenes of Quasi Fictional in Lahore, Pakistan, must have been amazed with the family size and the number of bloggers in the family that he featured the Racoma Family in his blog site. This must have also been inspired by an earlier post, We’re a Dynasty (a blogging dynasty, that is).
Diogenes writes:
One can’t move much in Philippine Blogsphere without coming across the Racoma blogs affectingly referred to as Philippine Blogosphere Dynasty. Begin at The D Spot by Dine Racoma {aka sexy mom. She is a proud mother of 7} and most of them are already bloggers. Starting from Alan, Jr, her 10 year old to J. Angelo Racoma – a full-time professional blogger who writes at The J Spot, Jack of all Blogs, Pinoy Tech Blog, Pinoy.urban.blog, The Blog Herald, and Study Driving – and My Multiply, B.A. , Caren, Pauline and Vince, in between. I have been exploring their blogs for some time now and found them interesting, content rich and substantial. Visit to each of the family members’ individual blog is recommended. This will not only give you the pulse of very active Phillipines’ Blogosphere but also tell you as the say, how blogging comes in the blood.
Dine Racoma writes, “I became aware of blogs only when I found out what my eldest son, Angelo, was doing for a living (The J Spot ). I learned that my other kids BA (19 years old), Vince (17), Pauline (14), even Alan, Jr. (10) have their own blogs. At first I was intrigued, later became interested in what they wrote, and perhaps how they wrote. But there is something BIG into it. By reading their blogs, I continue t to know them better, their interests, who their friends are (yes, they have their friends’ links in their blogroll), what their friends perceive them to be, what they do in and outside school, what makes them happy, what bothers them, their innermost thoughts, their plans, etc., etc. Their creativity in designing their blogs is also amazing! I was surprised how advanced they are in the use of computers and the internet.
What about Angela and Monica? They do not have blogs, but they have Friendster accounts. There is also “My Multiply” account where they post their blogs and pictures. We parents may not really be aware of it, but chances are, with computers and online/DSL connections at home, our children not only chat, send emails or search the internet. They also have their own blogs, Friendster and My Multiply accounts which they update regularly.”
View the whole article here.
Thank you, Dio, for the lovely post–the Racoma Family of bloggers looks forward to interacting with your readers in the subcontinent.
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33 responses so far ↓
analyse // Apr 20, 2007 at 12:56 am
that’s so cool. now im intrigued, i never visited your kids’ site.. pasilip nga..
sexy mom: oh, they will be happy.
benj // Apr 20, 2007 at 1:14 am
I somehow feel culpable. haha.
sexy mom: yo, Benj, you started it all!
Alternati // Apr 20, 2007 at 2:53 am
That’s so cool. I’ve never checked out your kid’s blogs either.
I have tried multiple times to make my siblings and friends blog. I have succeeded in only two friends… the rest merely brushed it off…. They’ll come around. hehehe
sexy mom: yes, they’ll come around, in time.
k // Apr 20, 2007 at 3:17 am
Wow, I’m speechless – you raise your kids so well.
sexy mom: thanks, K!
feng // Apr 20, 2007 at 8:12 am
congratulations Sexy Mom for that feature in Quasi Fictional. it truly meant your family is admired not only here in RP but likewise across subcontinents.
i’ve said this but i’m saying it again, your the bestest Mom i’ve known in the blogsphere. this trait i guess, must have enjoined many to continue to read your worthwhile and inspiring entries.
sexy mom: hi, Feng, such nice words inspire me a lot and to do better.
salen // Apr 20, 2007 at 11:00 am
Again, I can not agree more…
I actually found your blog thru J Spot and that’s when I decided that I too could blog.
You’re an inspiration!
More power!
sexy mom: and you blog well, too.
rhodora // Apr 20, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Wow! What a feat! Congrats, Dine! I wonder however, when your hubby is going to join in… lol!
Ang sarap i-imagine… Dine, the mother hen blogger, with all her seven blogger chicks! But one side, daddy non blogger is busy with his own work… I wish I could draw this image – it could make a nice cartoon, don’t you think?
Dine, I’m okay now.. thanks for your kind words, my friend..
sexy mom: i’m glad to hear that you are ok, dear Rhodora! as to daddy non blogger, let me be content now – he’s a daddy blog reader.
Maia Jose // Apr 20, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Congratulations! It’s about time somebody wrote that article. I’m just surprised that it wasn’t done first by a Pinoy blogger. I just assumed someone had already written something like that because it seems like everyone already knows about your family of bloggers. Well, maybe that’s exactly why no Pinoy thought of writing a full post on it – it was already sort of a given hereabouts. Which in itself is also a tribute.
My 2 older kids have been blogging for many years now but their blogs were mostly personal and quite private – known only to their own circle of friends. It was only when I discovered that Pinoys are succeeding in monetizing blogs that my daughter joined me in putting up her own problogging venture.
Your family is an inspiration to many!
sexy mom: i guess there are other family bloggers dear, Noemi’s for one. it’s just perhaps my family is so large, that numbers stand out (LOL)
Alex // Apr 20, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Yup, it’s a dynasty! Heehee. And with BA pushing for a UP org on blogging? Wow!
sexy mom: hey, Alex, thanks for supporting BA, Marielle and the proposed UP Bloggers’ Circle!
Shari // Apr 20, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I must grow up fast and get married and have kids and force them to blog…Just to beat your record, hehe.
sexy mom: no need to hurry, dear. your brother has already started his, interesting, please say hello to him.
marhgil // Apr 20, 2007 at 6:24 pm
I want to teach my mom how to blog and make our own dynasty too. Unfortunately, she can’t even use a cellphone, she’s technopobic.
sexy mom: what to do? my husband doesn’t blog, but he reads, though.
Kyels // Apr 20, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Ang galing!
(:
Will visit their site more often Tita.
sexy mom: thanks, Kyels, it would be nice if they take pictures as good as you do.
ernesto // Apr 20, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Me too I am so amazed
sexy mom: thanks, ernesto, and good luck with your blogging.
Salman // Apr 20, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Dine! I know from the very beginning that you have all the capability in the World, I wish you success in your life.
sexy mom: thanks, Salman, i miss Lahore, and all our friends, there.
lady cess // Apr 20, 2007 at 9:07 pm
cheers!
sexy mom:
pining // Apr 20, 2007 at 10:00 pm
well, congrats once again
way to go…!
sexy mom:
pinayhekmi // Apr 21, 2007 at 12:26 am
May Dynasty na ang bloggin world!
sexy mom: dami pa dyan siguro, dear, to share the title.
vk // Apr 21, 2007 at 4:00 am
i visited all the blogs of your kids……its nice staying and reading their interesting post……..
You are the Best Mom………
sexy mom: that’s so nice of you vicki!
vic // Apr 21, 2007 at 4:18 am
Except for my niece, everyone in the family is just interested in chat and games and all other p.c. except blogging.
Well, nice to hear the whole family writing, like they say, family doing and enjoying the same interests, closer together.
sexy mom: nice one, thanks, “…enjoying the same interests, closer together”
chase // Apr 21, 2007 at 8:07 am
Now it is like a family that blogs together stays together
sexy mom: nice one, Chase!
princess // Apr 21, 2007 at 8:54 am
Hi, Dine,
I just nominated you to The Thinking Blogger Awards!
Princess
Jayme // Apr 21, 2007 at 10:23 am
Wow! Congratulations!
Toe // Apr 21, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Naku, pwede bang maging crony ng dynasty nyo? (parang mga friends nila Marcos at that time… hehe!)
Congratulations to you and your family Sexy Mom! 
Tiffany // Apr 21, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Hahaha. Shari’s suggestion seems really tempting.
Anyway, is there a record out there somewhere for a family of bloggers? XD
Belle // Apr 21, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Dine, that was a good article about the Racome dynasty in the blogosphere from a non-filipino. am proud of you and your family! congratulations!
ba // Apr 21, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Let’s force Vince to write another entry, and Pau and Chato to switch from Muliply to racoma.com.ph.
And let’s force Tootsie (aka Poochie) and Clover (aka Mutty) to blog too!
Bwahahahaha.
GeeXie // Apr 21, 2007 at 5:32 pm
I’m actually interested in Alan jr.’s blog… heheh… pa-silip din po ah… hehe
anyway, nice meeting you po (iblog3)… take care
Rach // Apr 21, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Congratulations! It’s a wonderful recognition. I also admire how your whole family loves blogging. More power!
haze // Apr 22, 2007 at 5:58 pm
HATS OFF TO EACH AND EVERYONE! You are setting a good example to all the bloggers out there! I did a site to for my children and am sure they will continue to post their own article whey they grow up. I making another blog for me and hubby but it is not finalise yet. We would like to write together since we are a mixed couple with different culture, ideas and opinions. I will tell you more about it as soon as I am done ! KEEP ON BLOGGING
!
thysz // Apr 23, 2007 at 3:47 pm
wow! i knew the blogging dynasty will be famous one day! haha! good job sexy mom! i saw the family last night at jollibee philcoa and my oh my, and dami nyo nga! wala si BA, pero i recognised sexymom, and J. Amazing family i tell you!
Flor P. Velasco // Apr 23, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Wow…great and congratulations…If we compare to a political dynasty – the blogging dynasty is working and performing!!!
I salute the astuteness of this family…
julie // Apr 24, 2007 at 8:21 am
So, is it now the family that blogs together, stays together?
More blog power to your family Dine!
sexy mom: thanks, Julie, more so, the family that prays together, stays together, blogs together (LOL)
sexy mom // Apr 26, 2007 at 2:55 pm
I can’t help but import this comment from Quasi Fictional. It came from a dear former boss:
you are a very rich woman, Dine – I envy you. Racoma clan all look happy and keep you happy too. hun
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