Almost done!

Whew! For those of you who knew... hope you like the 'minor' enhancements. I've added a tag-board for those instant hi's and hello's and announcements. Also, there are now links to individual photo albums. I am still in the process of digging up previous shared photos in our group! So, do give me till next week!

I am now in the process of doing a "HELP ME" link for simple tutorials or 'how-tos' with regard to posting, adding pictures and links, as well as suggesting websites to visit. Btw, thanks, Therie for all the suggestions. I tried tweaking the background color but it doesn't help. (?!?!) I've placed a little color there via the TickerFactory where we'll see a countdown to our (ahem) Silver Anniversary!!!! (I placed the date tentatively Feb. 2010) so, I hope it livens up the blog. :-) I've also 'tampered' with the email subscription option, so those of you who would want to receive blog updates via email, by all means, do subscribe!

Ora et Labora.

Ora et Labora.
St. Scholastica's Academy, Marikina.
High School 1985. Our batch.

We are nearing our 25th anniversary and our ties are getting stronger. We are very active in our Yahoo Group. We exchange stories. We share pictures. We catch up on each other's lives. We laughed and cried. We are each others' support group, inspiration and most of all, family. As the years go by, only one thing is certain... we are growing old together, and our stories, pictures, and lives get buried under tons and tons of messages in our Yahoo Group.

This blog will serve as our time capsule, our archive of events, lives and everything else. We would share our triumphs. We would share our joys, and even tears. We will contribute whatever we can and set the trend in making this medium a worthy endeavor.

We are proud to be Scholasticans. We are proud to be Filipino.

1st post

To all my fellow batchmates.
I am starting a blog for our batch. I would like everyone to contribute anything under the sun here.... your day at work, your kids, achievements, etc. etc. etc. This is intended to complement our Yahoo Group.

The Blog, as you see, is temporarily titled "La Kulasa" and the description is temporary as well, as I just had to get it up. Any suggestions specially with the title and description is most welcome! I will also be incorporating a batch photo album (still looking for a good one) so as to also have a permanent file of all shared photos (and not getting lost under millions of messages, or lack of storage space in our yahoo group's album) with a permanent sub-album for each of us.

There are also several online woman's organization in the net which I recommend our batch to be part of. These organizations recognizes women from all walks of life who does her part (as an individual or group) in contributing anything be it in work, extra-curricular, family, education, etc. like Therie's scholarship project, or Mam Jinky's walk for cause, among others, or your kid's achievement in school, a promotion or a recent vacation trip.

If you have a website or a blog too, let's place a link here. I am using a blog template and am still tweaking it up, doing several changes, add-ons, and face-lifts, as I only have limited html know-how. I had sent invitations to most of batch whose listed in the members' list and emails I have. If I missed anyone who would like to contribute once in a while, do let me know. Thanks!

READ ME

I know for most of us, blogging is a new thing... but hey, didn't we have our own personal diary during our younger days? It's just like that. Well... maybe we could do away with those crushes or infatuations, don't you think? But on second thought, why not? It's a free world! and besides, we are a unique breed, this batch!

First things first...

Make LA KULASA your homepage! so when you can immediately see if there are new entries added. If you have our SSAM85 Yahoo Group as a homepage already, you can instead subscribe to La Kulasa (just enter your email add in the form found at the sidebar) so new blog entries will be delivered to your inbox! For this to be a success, don't hesitate to comment on any entry contributed by a batchmate. This would definitely show support to the person, and of course, to La Kulasa. The tagboard is a place for quick hellos as well as announcements. By all means, tag! :-)

Thanks for being a part of La Kulasa. This 'Read Me' post will help us who are quite unfamiliar with this.

Posting

1. If you can compose emails, then you can post! Log-in to http://blogger.com
2. Enter your username and password (if you still don't have a blogger account, let me know)
3. Click on 'New Post' adjacent to the 'La Kulasa' blog title.
4. Begin posting. You'll notice that the format is similar with most 'compose email' boxes, like Yahoo.
5. To insert a photo, just look for and click on that little blue box icon right beside the 'abc' spelling check icon.
6. To insert a link in your post (link meaning, a clickable text or phrase that takes you to a separate page or website for additional info when you click on it) Highlight the word or phrase within your sentence. Click on the 'chain' icon just beside the 'T' or text color icon. This will open a small window where you have to type in the address (starting with http:// ) where the link is supposed to take you. For example: I visit La Kulasa. When you click on that 'La Kulasa' link, it will take you to the main page of this blog. So, the address I placed is http://lakulasa.blogspot.com

** I'd like to recommend that we limit the photos up to 5 maximum and just point to the address of the album where it can be found.

Photo Album

1. To add a new album, click on the 'Family Pics' link found in the sidebar under 'Photo Albums'.
2. Click on Sign In found at the upper lefthand corner. Enter blogname as username and password.
3. Click on the 'Upload Photo' icon.
4. Under 'Album Type' choose create new album and provide your name (if it's a personal album) or the occassion or event under 'Album Details/Subject'.
5. Upload your photos and click OK. You will then see all uploaded pictures.
6. Take note of the URL address of your album (http://lakulasa.multiply.com/photos/album/# of your album)
7. After uploading, just click on the red 'edit album' box (lower left) and 'set cover photo' .
8. That's it!
9. If you'd like to add new pictures to an existing album, click on that album and follow the same steps (#s 2-5) Just choose the name of the existing album where you want to add a new photo. We can add 150 photos/mo.

** enter blogname2 as username and password (Reunions, atbp)

Adding Links

If you have your own blog or website, let's link to it! The link will be placed in La Kulasa's side bar under a specific category for everyone to see and visit. Just tag it on our board! or post an entry!

Thanks!