I’m just about done with this
Thanks Alex for the $20 bucks… It truly helped not to mention you were the only person to send anything. The rest of you, thanks for taking the time and leaving your comments. I know we don’t all make 120k a year and your moral support of wanting to making things happen isn’t always enough.
Honestly speaking, (this is just my personal opinion…) between the time I was in Dominican Republic and the time I’ve been back… which has been about what… 3 weeks? I can’t say I’m impressed with the support that the Dominican Blogosphere has to offer. Particularly those living in Dominican Republic.
I think that those of us living outside of the country have contributed more in many other ways and have come to share and express true love to a culture that we desire to be in more so then those that are already there. That’s just my personal opinion and I hope no one gets offended as many people may.
On my arrival back home I was faced with the most oddest request with from one person that helped me organize the visits. I mean, not only did I take time off from work, make dozens of phone calls from my company cell phone, travel from Jarabacoa to St. Domingo the three days I was there, treat those that I was with, donate the things I donated… but the person had the audacity to ask for a favor in return… As compensation for organizing our visits, that they were depending on $50-$100 towards a new piece of equipment they needed for personal use. WTF!?
I’m not being fesicious when i say that NY Dominican Bloggers have contributed more then those living in the country, but I think we have.
Como que le quieren sacar aprovecho a algo que es tan sencillo y tan “que se yo”… sin mente diria yo… talking about having a blog radio show that is broadcasted nationally, using blogs as a spin off to new television shows, it’s hilarious. I mean how much about blogs can you really talk about and how much about blogs do you really know!? what is there to know?! All you can do is invite publicists and journalists that already have blogs onto a show and ask the same questions over and over… No originality whats so ever.
Peridismo ciudadano ok… ta bien… eh… eso de estar dando “Talleres”… pero ven aca… and you get paid for it!? hahaha… I don’t know. Showing someone how to turn a computer on is bad enough but they need a computer before they know how to surf the web, never the less post a picture on a blog.
And what ever happen to an interview they supposedly recorded? I certainly didn’t recieve any email regarding its broadcast… not like I was talkative… but it’s the principle… personally I didn’t make it much of an interview because it was lame to ask me the same questions to which the answers were quite clear… For example…
How did BlogsDominicanos.com start?
Did you want a 5 second reference to the url blog post or do you want me to start from the begnining?
All I can ask is that you take it with a grain of salt and forgive me for my honesty.
Soo… with that being said I’m ready for my mouth lashing from so many of you that have never commented on my blog before. Tell me it’s a lie and that I have no idea of what the fuck I’m talking about.
“As compensation for organizing our visits, that they were depending on $50-$100 towards a new piece of equipment they needed for personal use. WTF!?”
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA….no way?!!…are you for real?
Bueno Edwin, aunque no estoy 100% de acuerdo con lo que acabas de escribir, te doy 100% de razón en lo que acabas de expresar……
Los blogs han sido overrated….una pregunta…en la mente del dominicano común, que usa internet para mandarse correos de cadenas…tiene en la cabeza este señor entrar a un blog????
Creo que esto y los grupos de MIRC no se llevan mucho, dejennos tranquilos con nuestro hobby
Bueno Ed, le diste a mucha gente por el pelao’, y con mucha razon. Creo que esta es una de las pocas veces o tal vez la unica que te he visto diciendo cosas sin importar lo que piensen los demas.
Lastima que muchos aprovecharon la oportunidad de hacer un bien a muchas personas necesitadas para traer merito a ellos mismos.
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Hablando $$ para blogsdominicanos.com, creo que hay muchas compañias que le gustaria tener un pequeño banner en la pagina por algunos $50 al mes, lo suficiente para mantener la pagina corriendo.
Mandame un email o llamame, que tal vez yo pueda ayudarte en este asunto.
Querido Edwin,
La pregunta es cómo esperaste tanto para explotar. Todos somos seres humanos, y a veces nos llenamos de rabia e impotencia. Te entiendo.
El hecho no es si tú ganas o no ganas x cantidad de dinero. Eso es irrelevante. La verdad es que todos deberíamos contribuir, de una manera u otra, yo acepto mi culpa. Tenía la intención de contribuir y se me olvidó, se que la intención no basta pero se me paso con todos los pendientes.
Los bloggers dominicanos, aunque no todos, de bloggers tienen poco, están más preocupado por caer bien que en escribir su postura sobre las cosas que importann en la vida -que quede claro que muchas de ellas no las podemos cambiar, pero por lo menos podemos crear una cultura con consciencia, y no que vive en la luna; pero ni modo, todos somos libres de elegir como vivimos, y que ponemos en un blog.
Otra cosa, yo no creo en las organizaciones ni da de esa vaina; lo que cuenta son los individuos que quieren hacer algo, el que quiera que coopere; la decisión de cada uno de nosotros como individuos es lo que puede cambiarle el mundo a otro… Uno sólo necesitas la decisión -que ya la tienes-, y que te siga quien quiera….creeme, hay varios que te seguirán. Algún día, pensé que Coroblog podría ser más que bonches, pero esa idea se me quitó un día de invierno mientra me tomaba un café en Gran Central con los bloggers; me di cuenta de que todos querían cosas diferentes, y que nunca nos pondríamos de acuerdo, y por eso no hemos avanzado ni un paso.
Saludos y lo siento
Es bastante malo que te hayan pedido dinero de una manera tan descarada, y en cierto modo se puede decir que los dominicanos que viven fuera de RD se procupan un poco más por su país, pero en todas partes pasa algo similar. Si a los blogs se les diera el uso adecuado pueden ser una herramienta bastante poderosa, pero siempre hay intereses de por medio. Es bastante malo también aprovechar la popularidad de un blog para desinformar a los lectores, emitir opiniones sesgadas o ridiculizar gente para lograr ciertos efectos y favores (no me refiero a tu blog)
Y es en serio? Como es posible que una persona pida recompensa monetaria por este tipo de cosas, increible.
Por eso es que las cosas es mejor hacerlas uno personal, y no estar contando con todo mundo, que yo si estoy segura, que muchisimas instutuciones asi como las que visitamos ese domingo, desearian que fueramos, y sin ningun intermediario.
Pero nada, estas cosas es mejor unos reirse de ellas, y que nos den fuerzas, para lo que se quiere preparar en diciembre!
Cuidate Edwin
Un Beso!
me has dejado sin palabras Edwin, que triste esto. supongo que ahi entro la cultura del Dominicano de buscarsela,, la busqueda es lo que tiene jodio este paism de todas manera un honor mano haber compartido contigo
Man, that’s wrong, you should expose that person that is trying to profit from this kindhearted labor. I wouldn’t say that the bloggers outside of the Republic care more, what i would say is that many dominicans on the other side are accostumed to the extorsion, chantage, and they love to take de pendejos the people who travels. They had the image in their head that the dominican that lives in the States is swimming in pools of money.
The solution to blogsdominicanos problem i don’t think that it would be asking for contributions. That’s something we should discuss. Blogsdominicanos it’s such an important tool, that many companies will be willing to pay some advertisement for it. Talk to Gus about that, and also i think that Remo, should help you promote your site, by highlighting how vital and important is blogsdominicanos to the public and the Dominicans bloggers.
Take care
Lamentablemente es la realidad..Y lo tenis no te lo pidieron?NO te dijo..oye pana pero esa camisa se parece a mi?
Ay, Mi Hijo, que otra cosa se puede decir ademas de: “Ese es nuestro Pais”? LOL. That’s the same thing all of us have to go through when we visit DR, being a blogger or, not… es una pena! Pero imajinate tu, con la Olla k hay en Dr you’re lucky que las mismas personas de la organizacion no te mandaron a jolopear!
Que pena que haigas tenido esa experiencia.
Pero no es para que usted ni algunos de los que opinan aqui se burlen de esa persona que tiene mas necesidad de dinero que nosotros que vivimos en el extranjero.
Estuvo mal de su parte en pedirle pero mucho peor de la suya senor por exponerlo de la manera que lo expone en su articulo. piense que usted tiene todas las herramientas para hacer su trabajo gracias a su trabajo que le paga bien. Mas en nuestro pais hay que ser malabarista, mago y no se cuantos prestamos y sacrificios para comprar una computadora yo lo digo por experiencia alla tube que costruir una computadora de piesas que me mandaban los primos que viven en NY. y sin embargo ahora me compre una laptop vacanisima y ahora pienso en mis amigos de alla cada ves que veo un monitor o otra piesa “bota” por ahi.
disculpeme pero no se burle de la necesidad del pobre y piense que usted si le hiciera falta algo y cree que cierta persona lo puede ayudar, usted cordialmente se lo pide. y si usted no quiso o no pudo darselo no es para que lo ponga por el suelo con sus palabras.
Luis
Creo que como dominicanos no deberia de sorprendernos ese tipo de accion..siempre pasa…como an mencionado antes…y kisas no lo hicieron por “pedir”….kisas fue por que en verdad no tenian…nose quisas los estoy defendiendo…pero creo k no deberia de sorprenderte tanto.
me gustaria saber mas de esos encuentros que hacen para ayudar a otras personas, me gustaria participar pero no tengo informacion….asi k si alguien tiene algo por favor mandeme lo a Yoky_06@hotmail.com.
gracias, cuidense
P.S. …..me llamo Yocasta
el dominicano no deja de ser sorprendete… 
da risa… y pena sobre todo.
Alguien que profavor me diga que disparate es que anda hablando Luis? Pana..si usted no sabe de lo se esta hablando, mejor no comente para que n ose vea como un ridiculo. Enterate bien primero antes de hablar plepla que aqui nadie se ha burlado de las situaciones de los demas.
“All I can ask is that you take it with a grain of salt and forgive me for my honesty.”
It’s not actually honesty, son. It’s the tone of your arrogance that bothers me, that, and the improper grammar in both languages that made me read your post like three time so I could grasp or have a faint idea of whatever it was you were talking about. (with that being said, I do not know all the details of your trip, I’m just commenting on what you wrote here)
So here is your “mouth lashing”, yes, the one that’s going to tell you, you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.
So you decide to go to D.R. because you were invited to a “taller”. The experience wasn’t what you expected because you (as the creator of blogs Dominicanos) didn’t do a proper check on the person who was inviting you, knowing my fellow Dominicans he probably sweet talked you into being “on the radio” and all that shit, he asks you for a “little” donation (I didn’t miss the part where you donated some stuff and your precious time) for some equipment for personal use and then you come back and you go “APE SHIT” on your blog about this poor infeliz. Cool, but come the fuck on, aren’t you a programmer or something, if you can’t afford that, “then tell the poor bastard you don’t have any money”. You don’t have to hang him out to dry like that. If money was what bothered you, then I suggest you learn another language that’s not “Java” and it’s pretty obvious that you need help in writing English and the Spanish language too (I hear the money is in Python or Ruby but what do I know, I’m a different type of designer) (sorry but you wanted a mouth lashing kid).
Yo entiendo que te bufiaron pana y lo penoso es que la culpa es suya solamente. Como el creador de “blogsdominicanos” usted lo minimo que deberia de estar pensando es en un ‘Power point presentation” o una charla que enseñe tu preparacion y conocimiento para cuando te enfrentes a gente que no sepa lo que van a preguntar que “TU DES CATEDRA”, no te me vengas a hacer la victima que tu mismo te pusiste alante, o se te olvido que esto de ser blogger es publico?
Edwin your heart is in the right place, I understand you want to help and shit, but this is not how you do it. This is part of globalization, helping undeveloped nations with better technology and that also means helping yourself along the way son (we all have to make that bread). People all over the world are making a difference too by making more than a dozen calls from their company phone, now Instead of D.R. imagine doing what you just did in Bangladesh or in Nigeria but instead of helping with just technology, you’re also doing humanitarian work of all kinds. Did it ever crossed your mind that your interview or your visit probably helped somebody somehow.
Educate yourself so I don’t have to hear that crybaby shit over and over by Dominicans who think they’re the shit. Bring some humility to the table and you won’t hear shit from people like me.
Globalisation still an experiment, we don’t need arrogance to fuck it up so come down…
http://globalpolicy.igc.org/globaliz/define/index.htm
Vas a publicar este mouth lashing verdad?
WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Oh god… o sea, yo no puedo creer que esa vaina haya pasado. De verdad, this is f*kn crazy!
Gus callese esa cloaca de boca que usted tiene y deje a luis tranquilo ‘RATON”
Kaws,
You said…”I do not know all the details of your trip” and that you are only commenting on his reaction. Dude, for future reference…and this might be helpful on your everyday life…when you don’t know what’s happening when someone is running his/her mouth in a livid kind of way, you should keep quiet, research his motives…and then comment. That would save lots of people from non-sense reading and you my friend, would not run on the risk of looking like a jerk.
Just a thought…
Bueno… before someone gets offended in here I need to speak my part… afterall this is my blog…
Me being arrogant… I think that’s an overstatement. Sure enough you don’t have all the details and nor do I need to share them if I choose not to…
Creator of Blogs Dominicanos… I wouldn’t go that far… I give the credit right back to the Dominican bloggers that created the need for a home. 81 of them to be exact.
Que me bufiaron? Your words not mine… I went to St. Domingo with no expectations but with a detailed itinerary of the time and places I was going to visit. All of which were accomplished and executed with style and the cooperation of those that were there with me… Because of it, the trip turned out to be a great success…
The interview. I was asked on the second day of my visit to sit down and speak with a producer. I agreed. No biggie… and I was humbled by the opportunity. The questions on the other hand… Lame to say the least as I stated in my post.
“So you decide to go to D.R. because you were invited to a “taller”. The experience wasn’t what you expected because you (as the creator of blogs Dominicanos) didn’t do a proper check on the person who was inviting you, knowing my fellow Dominicans he probably sweet talked you into being “on the radio” and all that shit, he asks you for a “little” donation (I didn’t miss the part where you donated some stuff and your precious time) for some equipment for personal use and then you come back and you go “APE SHIT” on your blog about this poor infeliz.” – Kaw…
Nice… you really have no idea what your talking about… but I’ll help you and a few others that may be lost get back into the circle of information… Follow the iBlog Weekend posts… Perhaps from there you can gather more information and understand that I was not “invited to a taller”…
As far as the 1 line that everyone seems to be focused on beacuase of the interpretation on Remolcha.net. I never put anyone out to dry nor did I mention any names…
The person who has asked for a favor in return for the arrangements… and I quote…
SUBJECT: AHORA **** NECECITA AYUDA
In caps, as if they wanted me to make sure I noticed the importance of this email…
Look… If I would have personally gained any monetary funds from whatever it is that we did that weekend I would have made sure I gave them something… Furthermore, the individual that I am refering to is not poor, has an education and can work any job they want to work… World Wide as far as I’m concerned.
So I think you can understand that money is the least of their problems which is the reason it bothered me enough to write about it. Explaining that they were depending on 50-100 is irrelevant… their motives for expecting money in liu of their arrangements is my problem.
Finally, if I choose to express my thoughts on this blog whether it be with proper grammer, English or Spanish… You can go ahead and express yourself in the same fashion and I won’t try to correct you…
Gracias a todos por sus comentarios.
Harold, Harold.
“You said…”I do not know all the details of your trip” and that you are only commenting on his reaction. Dude, for future reference…and this might be helpful on your everyday life…when you don’t know what’s happening when someone is running his/her mouth in a livid kind of way, you should keep quiet, research his motives…and then comment.”
END QUOTE.
Do you really think I’m that stupid to run my mouth like that?
Oh I see, you’re defending a friend, I can respect that.
Medio problematico ese asunto, pero te deja vulnerable.
Ok aqui te va…
1) tu chequiaste Remolacha.net Hoy?
2) tu viste que este post fue publicado hoy en susodicho blog?
3) Se te olvida que a Remolacha la visitan miles de Dominicanos diariamente?
4) Oh fuck, esto nada mas fue para los cuatro mariconcitos que si sabian de esta historia y lo que paso, yo no lo sabia entonces. Y si uno por mano al diablo esta en la escuela, o en el trabajo y visitaste este link en remolacha y despues que lees que el mismo Edwin dijo “I’m ready for my mouth lashing from so many of you that have never commented on my blog before.” Te jodiste por que la “ELITE” de la bloggosphere Dominicana te van a atacar. FUCK YA’ll, really, fuck this clowns.
5) O tu pensaste que yo tengo mi RSS pegao’ pa este blog y de freco me meti en lo que no me importa? Trust me, este blog no es nada interesante, ahora vi el tuyo y si lo es. Pero hey… para el gusto los malditos colores. Asi que espera la tuya ahora.
I did the research, couldn’t find any more info on the story, “BECAUSE THE AUTHOR DID NOT PROVIDE ANY”
A jerk? shit, I’m the jerk? Oh no excuse me, I’ve been branded a jerk because I defended some poor dude who’s hungry for new tech, less fortunate than me or you. POR QUE PIDIO 50 MALDITOS PESOS? Ahora le tengo mas respeto a Edwin por no borrar mi comentario, pero menos respeto a ti “FOR MISSING THE FUCKING OBVIOUS” or you just wanted to attack me? This was posted on remolacha so guess what? everybody can fucking go at it, and impale Edwin for his ignorant post in every fucking way, typos and all.
“Harold Martinez, LIFE COACH, blogging advice and in his spare time, video editor”
Yo tengo un pana que hace letreros de neon, le digo que te haga uno pa’ que lo pongas en la puerta de tu casa?
Harold, you sound like an educated dude. Fucking act like it or don’t swim in waters infected with sharks. You know, so it might be helpful on your everyday life too…
I’m sorry if I offended someone, The Owner of this blog, the readers, I got really fucking pissed with the tone of this post, I corrected the author and a metiche who got in the way, in an era of information you’re open to this kind of criticism especially when some readers and the very same author don’t apply the laws of critical thinking, Reason & logic before they put their fingers on their keyboard, let this fucking be a lesson to clumsy people who forget that they write a transcript that can be read back to them in a moments notice and then they twist it like it’s not 4 inches away if you scroll up.
A jerk indeed…
And I’m out
K.
Never hate on another Dominican.
Thanks for the extra info Edwin, I hope you understand my position
Heck…Thanks for liking my blog bro.
Best.
No sweat, I’ll keep checking it…
Position… I didn’t know you had one… jk… go ahead and fend for yourselves…
I know why I write what I write, even if you don’t like the way it looks or reads and even if I don’t offer details… I think you took it literally and a bit more seriously then intended partner.
Soo… with that being said I’m ready for my mouth lashing from so many of you that have never commented on my blog before. Tell me it’s a lie and that I have no idea of what the fuck I’m talking about.
Criticize but don’t condem… 
Moving right on down the list of commentators… believe it or not Kaw, you are not the only one that read the post on Remolacha.net and mosied on into this lovely blog that is soo eloquently written… however thank you for expressing your views…
Harold: Thanks for looking out… and yes way… it is what it is…
Alf: Gracias por estar de acuerdo con la expresión libre.
Gus: Gracias a ti también por estar a mi defensa. Me voy a poner en contacto esta semana para ver como podemos resolver lo del hosting.
Sonia: Gracias por tus palabras. El lio de Blogs Dominicanos lamentablemente caí en mis manos aunque yo les pida y les ruegue por su ayuda. No siempre pensamos iguales y por echo estamos adonde estamos.
Maryangela: Gracias por el comentario. Creo que son pocos los que hacen ese tipo de entrada en sus blogs… por echo, esta entrada no la publique con fines de perjudicar a nadie pero simplemente es algo que no debería de pasar después de un logro como el iBlog Weekend. Mas importante de la manera que me sentí después que todo quedo echo y me vienen a reclamar de tal manera. Espero que me entiendas. Gracias de nuevo.
Emely: Estoy de acuerdo… pero quedo como buena experiencia para muchos de nosotros. Aquellos que enfocan sus pensamientos a este caso y no a las cosas que ya esta echo se la pierde. Beso y abrazo.
Principe: Gracias por el comentario mano. Yo mismo seguiré buscando mela… no hay de otra. tenemos que echar para’lante.
Baakanit: Thanks for the comments. I am in total agreement with you. But I know that we all have our own bills and this is truly my bill one way or another. I ask from time to time and every time I ask it’s like I’m trying to twist someone arm off. It is what it is…
Mr 809: Eso lo regalo yo aunque no me lo pidan cuando vuelvo al campo. I’m not Peter Pan but humble I am with my own people. Thanks for the comment.
Sexyaira: lol… damn… “you’re lucky que las mismas personas de la organizacion no te mandaron a jolopear!”… Those are some serious issues… haha…
Luima: Gracias por el comentario. Lo llevare en mente.
Luis: Gracias por su mensaje. Espero que hayas leido mis respuestas en ingles y perdone la inconveniencia. Si todavia estas en duda o me falto algun detalle por favor dejeme saber.
Yokasta: Gracias por el apoyo. Estare en contacto. Un abrazo.
Yde: Gracias por el comentario. Risa mas que pena pero así es la vida…
Alexei: Espero que no te hayas ofendido y gracias por dejar tu comentario. Un abrazo.
Ecch… Stumbled upon this pretty late, but what ever. I know how you feel. I’ve been in that situation also, people taking advantage of a situation to profit personally. Unfortunately in my experience also in DR from a least expected individual, on the most casual manner…
It’s cool though. This is your blog, and your space, so you have all the right in the world to express yourself however the fuck you want. And if Remolacha quoted it, hey! what the hell.
About you not being humble.. They dont know what the hell they are talking about. Talk so much about research and quotes and facts, and still dont know. Of all the bloggers and people I hacve met via this, you are the least talkative, but the one most successful at making a point with your actions. An introvert at most, even shy, but still friendly and cool. No adulation, just a personal and factual observation, and many may agree with me on this.
Talk about being misunderstood and misquoted. Shit. It seems you’ve been a magnet for that kind of situation eh?? 
LOL!!!
Anyway, keep up the good work, and as soon as I can, I will contribute to your project as well.. You know I always try and contribute as much as I can, when I can.
Smooches!