Posts Tagged ‘blogging

We’re on WordPress! After so many emails to Yahoo, they were able to forward our domain “Life on the Spot” to our WordPress installation. That’s roughly 10 emails, going back and forth, to Service Reps from India! Why WordPress? I think MovableType has slowed down in terms of development and support these past years. WordPress, [...]

It hasn’t been long since I started writing for our blog. It was actually my husband who encouraged me to get into it. At first it was difficult to start writing, because being new in it makes you a bit conscious of what to write. You always think whether it is interesting enough for others [...]

Before getting our domain “Life on the Spot”, I’ve been trying to decide if I’d go for a full content management system like Drupal or a blogging software like Movable Type. I’ve consulted a friend and discussed what would be the best solution for my planned website. Looking at Drupals’ documentation, one can see how [...]

I was chatting with a friend in Saudi this afternoon, talking about work and other friends when he suddenly asked me to forward him the URL of this blog since he hasn’t seen it yet. I type it in the chat window for him to click on. He told me that he met this guy [...]


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It's been 6 years since the San Juan Family started their blog documenting their lives in this little spot called Qatar. Follow Chris, Mavis and Xianelle as they share what Doha has to offer.


  • xtian001: I like Bohol but love Palawan (Puerto Princesa). I usually do all the planning when we go on vacatio [...]
  • Jaimie Logan: Can you recommend a good local travel agency for this Bohol tour? Or did you just get there by yours [...]
  • Richelle: I have a flight on Thursday, 19 Jan 2012 from Doha to Manila and I called the customer service of Et [...]
  • xtian001: For Fruits and Vegetables, this is by the kilo ;) [...]
  • xtian001: @Donovan, what I can suggest is for you to gauge how much you would be saving after all the extra sp [...]