Snowbirds Living in the Philippines : Another Writing Goal in HubPages Attained

Monday, October 29, 2018

Another Writing Goal in HubPages Attained

Today my total page views for my articles on Hubpages reached a total of 24,752. The monthly readership averaged about 500 page views. I am happy with this stats although I wish it could be better. Of my 29 articles only 25 are featured. The rest are not featured due to poor traffic or readership or quality. Of the 25 featured only three are published in a niche( HP network site) or separate domain for better google ranking. The following are the Statistics of my top 10 featured articles as of today. The columns are: Title, Score, Comments, 1 day, 7 days, 30 days and Ever ( Page Views)

( For Example for article #1, my score( rating) is 73. Scoring of articles ranged from 50 to 100. Comments are 33, Page views for 1 day, 7 days, 30 days and ever are 6, 45, 162 and 5,184 respectively.

1. Caste System in the Philippines-Discrimination of Filipinos in the United States and my Pinoy Pride List
73
33
19
60
180
5,222

2. Encounters With Aswangs, Witches, Goblins, and Ghosts in the Philippines
84
12
3
26
128
1,823

3. How to Retire in the Philippines for Less than $1,500 a Month
71
8
0
9
42
1,032

4. Abused against Men: the Battered Husband
69
3
0
7
21
1,501

5. My Bucket List: 101 Things to Do Before I Die
80
4
1
7
33
9,102

6. Book Review of the Tears in the Darkness, The Bataan Death March
72
0
1
7
13
635

7. Our Love Story and 60th Wedding Anniversary
79
13
0
7
21
304

8. Feasting on Fresh Oysters-My Oyster Rockefeller Recipe
70
2
0
2
7
215

9. Obsession for Numbers 7 and 11-Your Name and Numerology
75
2
1
2
6
313

10. Our Time-Share Vacation Experience All over the World
72
4
0
1
2
203

The Average score of my 29 articles is 72. I am happy with it since writing is just only my avocation. I am not a professional writer, although I earned a few cents per day for my hubs and have received around $100 awards from my other writings previously.

My most widely read article is #5 with 9,102 page views. My most widely commented article is Hub #1 with 33 comments.

In addition, I reached another HP milestone hitting 100 Forum Posts, Here's the note from HP:
Hi chateaudumer,

You have hit a pretty impressive milestone—you have made 100 Forum Posts! Fun fact: The first 100 days in office are considered a benchmark for the performance of the President of the United States. Chances are your first 100 Forum posts are a part of your great contribution to our community! Thanks, HubPages

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Joys of Retirement

I have been retired from USFDA since 2002. At first, I feel I have lost my identity as an individual or have lost my contribution to society. However, within a few weeks all these feelings were gone. It started when my wife and I started baby sitting one of our grandchildren. As some economics professor states: "Your children are your capital investments, but your grandchildren are your profits. That is why you love your grandchildren more than your children". I really agree with the statement. Retirement also gives you lots of time to do things you like to do, such as your hobbies and of course travel. In my case, I turned my hobby of gardening and landscaping into a small business in the Philippines. This endeavor was planned about five years before 2002. That year my wife and I started construction of our retirement home in Boac, Marinduque , Philippines. The next year we built a beach house, followed by a Conference Hall two years later. Needless to say, planning and executing the landscaping was a challenge and very enjoyable. With the help of local labor, I not only enjoy the time gardening and landscaping, but also help improved the economic situation of the province by providing work and jobs to the local residents. With plenty of time, I have engaged into two specific activities as follows: First, I created a website for my small business. By trial and error, I created and design the website, www.chateaudumer.com I have never been a computer nerd or expert. But with plenty of time and patience, the fruits of my labor could be enjoyed if you visit the website above. The second activity, I have not done before was to utilize on-line activities, such as shopping, paying bills ( save you stamps) and playing computer games in the Internet. I really enjoyed playing duplicate bridge on line. You play with players all over the world and can chat in between games. But be careful, you are not spending too much time in the computer. It is very addictive. With a lots of time, my wife and I devoted more time on our favorite humanitarian project. For the last 15 years, we have been involved with medical mission to the province of Marinduque. For details please visit the website: www.marinduqueinternational.org As a summary, the joy one gets on retirement is very specific for an individual. Some enjoy their free time by learning new activities, getting involved with humanitarian projects or spending more time with their grandchildren. Others hate it, since they missed their former jobs and co-workers. Others with no children still enjoy retirement by traveling, turning their hobbies into business or more community involvement. Of course those that retire and hate it, is believe to die earlier than those that enjoy their retirement years. So, plan your retirement as early as you can. The happier you are on retirement, the longer you will live.