If you have been following me since 2005 (or if you could recall), you would have known that I have participated in Blogathon twice since then. I can’t remember when it was that I first read about Blogathon, it must have been from Edrei since he was one of those bloggers I first followed when I started blogging in 2005. Plus, I really liked the idea of blogging for a charity (since I can’t really run a marathon).

My first Blogathon experience in 2006 was, for lack of better words, mild. Five of us — John, Charmaine, Jesicca, Yvonne and myself — teamed up and blogged non-stop for Eden Handicap Service Centre in Penang, Malaysia. I think we collectively raised close to USD 400 within 24 hours!

Then in 2007, I went solo because the others either weren’t free or wouldn’t be around (can’t remember exactly why) on the day of the Blogathon. Now that I think back, all I could say about that solo Blogathon experience is that it was challenging, really challenging. I didn’t have anybody to cook for me at home, so I had to rely on instant food and snacks and coffee and chocolate bars. And I only realized afterwards that I was awake for 36-straight-hours without a proper meal! But at the end of it, I managed to raise USD 800, also for Eden Handicap Service Centre (and it was totally worth it).

I didn’t participate in Blogathon in 2008 because I was in the US.

This year, Edrei and I had actually discussed a joint-effort but because he wanted to write about cancer and I wanted to write about turtles, the joint-effort didn’t happen, LOL. But now, we at the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) will be running a Turtle Blogathon to raise funds for the newly-established turtle conservation organization :)

We will be publishing one post per hour beginning at 9pm on Oct 25th, for 24 hours. And for doing this, we collect donations. No amount is too little or too much and your donation will be used to support the turtle conservation projects that the TCC carries out. So if you are interested, this is how you can participate in the Turtle Blogathon. We are inviting the public to send us turtle-related questions, so if there are things that you’d like to know about marine and freshwater turtles but never knew who to ask, THIS is your chance :)