Decoded: Monday, April 28, 2008

Sorry for posting this week's secrets late. :P During the weekend, I have a lot of competition over the usage of just one computer. Hehehe. Anyway, they'll be up all week. :)

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Last week's secrets:

1. The most popular secret so far: Code Blued is on its fourth week of secrets, and I'm still getting comments about the Chinese secret found in the very first set! O_o A lot can really relate to the Great Wall barrier. Do you have a story/anecdote you want to share about your Great Wall experience? Email it to codeblued@gmail.com :) All emails will be kept anonymous.

2. Code Blued makes a GREAT achievement this week! Only on my fourth week, this was the first time I was able to reach the quota of 10 secrets from email submissions. WOW! THANK YOU! Looks like we're finally getting more publicity and advertisement. All the same, please do tell your family, friends and whoever else about Code Blued! Remember the site address: www.codeblued2.blogspot.com :)

3. I'll be staying with the 10 secrets a week limit for now, until Code Blued starts getting more than enough secrets. So if your secret wasn't posted this week, don't be discouraged! I assure you that your secrets will be posted sometime in the future. Keep sending in your your secrets to codeblued@gmail.com . If you want to send in an actual postcard, please leave a comment (your email, contact number, Multiply ID etc.) and we might be able to work something out. ;)

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Decoded: Sunday, April 20, 2008

Last week's secrets:

1. Not much comments for last week's set, but the site has doubled its number of hits since its initial launch. Thanks! I hope that people eventually become regular visitors to Code Blued. :)

2. After just two weeks of secrets, Code Blued already gets a mention in Inquirer.net (the online version of Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper). I'd like to extend my biggest THANKS to my friend, Cands, the writer of that awesome article. :) Code Blued gets just a one-line mention, but it's still something. Click here to read that great article! :D

3. It's been a pretty good week, publicity-wise. In addition to that article, various people have told me how much they like Code Blued. THANK YOU! It really makes me happy to hear that people are enjoying the site.

4. ...but of course, for people to keep enjoying Code Blued, secrets need to be sent in! This week was definitely the hardest so far, in terms of content. :( Despite the many visits, I still haven't been getting enough secrets to fill each week's quota. Please, DO SEND IN your secrets to codeblued@gmail.com . If you want to send in an actual postcard, please leave a comment (your email, contact number, Multiply ID etc.) and we might be able to work something out. I'm still trying to get that PO box up and running, though.

5. Finally, please help spread the word about Code Blued! It would be really great if people could talk about it in forums, their Ygroups, and other areas. :) This week's last secret (about the Teletubbies) was made to be used as a sample / ad material. ;)

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Decoded: Sunday, April 13, 2008

Last Week's secrets:

A lot of people commented about the Chinese secret. Some people I know call it the "Great Wall". But isn't it really up to two people to decide how much of a barrier that so-called wall is going to be? Is it really about racial difference, or the decisions people make? Send me an email, interesting thoughts may be posted in next week's secrets. :)

Send to codeblued@gmail.com >>> you know you want to!

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Posting Code Blued's second set of secrets. Up to the last moment, I was in a constant state of nervousness, having less than 10 submissions for this week's set. This week's set of secrets has been practically miraculous --- this blog's on an uphill climb, but we're slowly getting to where we want to be. :)

Cases in point:
1. Sometime within last week, someone sent me FOUR secrets. Yep, that many. A big THANK YOU to whoever sent those. :)
2. I opened my email late Saturday night, determined to post this week's secrets despite having only 9. But then there it was --- the 10th secret for this week. THANK YOU! :D

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Decoded: Friday, April 4, 2008

Hi, welcome to the first set of Code Blued secrets. Leave a comment, would love to hear from you. Send a secret, too! We may not know who you are, but we're with you all the way.

Would like to extend my thanks to the people who sent in their secrets! Much love. :)