Posted on 18 October 2009 by Flisha
On my 27th birthday
Buenas! I am Flisha Fernandez, a Filipino; firstborn to a prominent newspaper editor-in-chief (rest in peace, Papa) and a Philosophy teacher (now Vice President of Academics of my alma mater); and eldest of three sisters.
I consider Chavacano my first language. I speak fluent English, passable Tagalog, unrecognizable Visayan and am learning Japanese.
I entered school at the age of four, at a nursery called Tanglao. I spent two years of kindergarten, six years of elementary, four years of high school and four years of college at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University. I graduated cum laude, top of my class and top 3 in my batch in 2003.
Journalism and I have a love-hate relationship. I grew up writing poetry and short stories (I even attempted a novel at the tender age of twelve, and I hold my cheesy, unpublished and unread work dear to my heart. ;-P). In high school, I joined The Blue Eagle, our school paper. I won many awards and writing competitions in my time, mostly from my news and feature articles. I failed to garner the top position of editor-in-chief in my senior year, which contributed to my disillusionment with journalism.
A girl on the brink
I took up Computer Science in college, in a bid to challenge myself (Math, next to Filipino, was always my weakest subject) and separate myself from the world of literature. I was quite active in organizations — helping to revive the fading debate society, becoming one of the core founders of the computer society and working as the editor-in-chief of the Beacon Yearbook. After graduation, I found work as a programmer for the local government before returning to my alma mater to become a systems developer and part-time instructor.
I completed two years of a masteral degree at the Ateneo de Manila University. I am currently working as a SAP specialist for Hewlett-Packard.
Gracias con vos otros and I hope you enjoy reading my blog! 
*Updated October 2009
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Posted on 14 September 2008 by Flisha
Thank you to everyone who joined my first ever blog competition. There were over 60 individual entries in total (because everyone who signed up got at least 4 chances if they did all the requirements) and 13 prizes at stake.
Here are the winners and their prizes:
1. Chiro-Chiro (Winner of 3000 EC Credits or $10 via Paypal)
2. Payaso (Winner of $5 via Paypal)
3. Sherry (Winner of $5 via Paypal)
4. Roshill (Winner of $5 via Paypal)
5. Kranjcarz (Winner of 1000 ECs)
6. Salmonela (Winner of 500 ECs)
7. Renee (Winner of 500 ECs)
8. Dez (Winner of 500 ECs)
9. Ojal (Winner of 500 ECs)
10. Gina (Winner of 500 ECs)
11. Kath-pinksesa (Winner of 200 ECs)
12. BM (Winner of a 125×125 adspot on this website)
13. Riyanne (Winner of a blog review on this website)
Entries were raffled via Random.org. To all the winners, please contact me via this link to claim your prizes. Thank you for participating!
Congratulations to all the winners!
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Posted on 04 August 2008 by Flisha
I am going on vacation… But so you won’t forget me, I’m creating a bit of a contest to run for as long as I am gone! 
Hopefully that will motivate you not to totally forget me ever!
It’s also my birthday on August 15, so you can this for me as a birthday gift hahaha.
Just sign up for TrafficXplode here. (Scroll to bottom and click on Get Access Now.) That’s one raffle entry. If you add my feed to your reader, you get another entry. If you link to my blog, you get an additional two raffle entries! But you have to sign up at TrafficXplode for those three extra entries to be valid!
Major prize is 3000 EC Credits or $10 via Paypal, you choose!
Minor prizes:
3 winners of $5
1 winner of 1000 ECs (Sponsored by Abhishek)
5 winners of 500 ECs
1 winner of 200 ECs (Sponsored by London Quirks)
A 125×125 ad for a month on this website
A review of your blog on this website
And other prizes I might think up of during my trip hehehe!
After signing up, leave your name, your email address and your blog URL as a comment, as well as the number of raffle entries you’re expecting (be honest, hehehe). Thanks for participating in my very first contest!
This contest will run for two months, as I will leaving for a much-needed vacation with my boyfriend (yipee!). Hopefully I will be able to post normally, but I am not sure if I will have daily Internet access where I’m going. Also, I’m going to spend a lotta time detoxifying, de-stressing, being loved up, ya know! Haha!
Thank you and Good Luck!
Update: We have winners, people! Did you win? Check the list here.
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Posted on 13 June 2008 by Flisha
Remember a few weeks ago I blogged about Yugatech and Tradeport giving away five iPod shuffles for the launch of the Tradeport forums?
Well, guess what?? Yugatech released the contest winners a few days ago, and I actually won an iPod shuffle!!! Yeah!!!
I’ve joined quite a few online competitions over the years but this is the best prize I’ve ever gotten hehehe. I think it’s karma. I gave the same exact iPod shuffle (except it was silver) to my sister for her high school graduation last March. Now I have one too, in blue! (It’s really more of a violet color but since my favorite color is blue and it’s close enough when the light shines on it in a certain way, why not call it blue?)
Have a look at my new iPod! Hehehe.
Isn’t it pretty? And just because lately my traffic’s been rising (due to Entrecard, thank you very much!) and I’m elated at being able to monetize this blog (due to SocialSpark, thank you thank you!) and I’m feeling pretty (due to Gimmi telling me so, thank you love)…
Hehehehehehehe!!! That’s me right after a bath! I was so excited to use my new iPod I couldn’t wait! 
Thank you Yuga and Tradeport!!!
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Posted on 22 December 2007 by Flisha
The last time I won anything from the Internet was when I was bloghopping for credits on BlogExplosion. The first time was back in 1999, when I gave a certain website a rave review. I won a book. My (late) father once won an HP printer from the Internet.
Which is why I love joining online competitions. If you’re careful in choosing which competitions to join, then most of the time it’s risk-free and, if you’re lucky, you’ll be amply rewarded. Well, so far I’ve been lucky. And good luck has struck me once more!
I regularly visit tech-related blogs, one of which is YugaTech. Two weeks ago, Yuga posted an e-money giveaway contest, sponsored by Auction.ph. Today I checked back and the results were in, and I won! I get 300 pesos worth of e-money! Yay!
What’s more is that they’ve extended the contest to December 26, so you can actually join the contest and maybe you’ll win, too. Good luck and happy holidays!
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