High Pinay

High Pinay is supposed to start as a tribute to all Pinay Achievers out there, but for several days now, I am still searching for my first Pinay Achiever. Of course, many Pinays are currently making us all proud in all different categories.

But I wanted to start with someone special, someone who could inspire bloggers like me. Then yesterday, while browsing Jehzlau’s Blogroll, out of the many names there, I have chosen to open the Filipina Mother’s Recovery Notes, who happens to be the proud mother of The First Filipina Blogger.

So now, may I introduce to you Ms. Lauren Dado….

The First Filipina Blogger

Lauren Dado at 10

Lauren Dado is the original blogger in the Philippines, she started her blog in December 1996 and at that time, would you imagine, she is just 10 years old. Her inspiration is a 14 year old British girl named Hayley who at that time is already blogging, and that gave her the idea to start her own blog. Although Lauren humbly said that she isn’t the one who started the Blogging Craze in the Philippines .

Lauren Dado

“In 1996, a blog was called an online journal. It pretty much had the same functions as today’s blogs, except there weren’t any content management systems such as what’s being offered today by Blogger or LiveJournal. The blogs then were updated almost everyday, and entries were written in a diary format. I can’t really remember much of the content except that people never really wrote one-liners, they all had long, descriptive entries” Lauren points out.

Lauren is now a graduate from Ateneo de Manila with a degree of AB Social Sciences. She is now 22 years old and is now blogging at nimrodel.net. Her proud mom is Noemi Lardizabal-Dado who is also a maintaining some inspirational blogs.

Noemi Dado