The Gerald Anderson of Pinoy Blogosphere: Elmot Lumot

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

By bloggista

Elmot Lumot might not sound just like a problogger to somebody, but it sounds interesting enough – especially once you get to hop around his blogs.

With a number of blogs under his sleeve, you might end up wondering how he manages to find time updating all those blogs regularly. He writes for his socio-political blog at PinoySoundingBoard.com and still has the time to write for his online news blog over at animotivation.blogspot.com.

Of course, there’s his Filipino poetry blog at gaudenciodiaz.blogspot.com, and a blog to post cool videos that he occasionally finds at onlinevideohub.blogspot.com. For those who want the latest showbiz gossips, head on over to showbizrenegade.com, also maintained by this young blogger.

Yeah, that’s quite a lot.

Known in the blogosphere as Elmot Lumot, Gerson Garcia aka Gerald Anderson (don’t blame me for this – he actually wrote it down) was born in Malabon and eventually moved to her mother’s hometown in Bacolod City due to the frequent flooding in their place.

He graduated as the class valedictorian in elementary, and the ‘cutest in class’ from St. Joseph’s High School. (Again, Elmot wrote this so I cannot really be 100% sure of this cute remark…)

He then moved on to Accountancy in the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod. Then one day he saw a miracle in the sky – as if the voices were telling him to enter the seminary and become a priest. Well it turned out he was just hallucinating that time. There were no voices – just a grumbling hungry stomach.

He entered the La Salette Seminary in Silang, Cavite, and finished his collegiate studies. But he was kicked out after three years for being a renegade who seems to love voicing out his opinions.

The renegade Elmot started as a lurker around Bloggista.com and Bloggista.net, as well as Jaypeeonline.net. Around 2007, he then started Ani-Mo! under Blogspot which was pretty much a repository of just about anything he could think of.

He went back to revive his blog in 2009 when he had a ‘commenting contest’ with Jan Geronimo in JaypeeOnline.net. The two became good blogging friends, and his list of buddies through blogs just eventually grew.

Jaypee was then so generous to help him create a self-hosted Wordpress blog, so pinoysoundingboard.com was born.

He currently doesn’t have any exact blogging plans but he would certainly love to increase his blogs’ popularity, rankings, daily visits and active communities. And of course, to earn some damn cash!

When asked about some words that he would love to give to newbie and pro bloggers, he gave this:

Advice? Don’t be twitter noob, that is first. Second, if you want to be an uber blogger, more so a blogging magnate, read bloggista.com and hunt its elusive, secretive and chick-magnet author; and third, just blog man! You will not become a bloggista overnight, persistence, community and humor is the key.

Bloggista.com note: Would have wanted to edit this advice from Elmot, however it will be tantamount to censureship. So I just left it there as-is. LOL…

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Our 8th featured blogger is Bloggista’s stalker in my early days of blogging and at one time sent me a dangerous email and note “warning” me that he’s the cutest bloggista.com fan ever. He went on doing the thing he loves to do – giving politicians and public figures some nightmares with his razor-sharp ala ninja shuriken commentaries and opinions.

Now he’s moved on, showed everyone his writing prowess and realized that everything posted at bloggista.com is a waste of his time and have established his blog-dom well enough he’s getting more and more fans each day. Now I am a fan as well and is planning to run for President of his Elmot Lumot fans club. May god help us. ^evil-grin^.

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theveteransbenefit.org

February 3, 2010 at 8:36 am

wow… nice person

StrayArrow Replies:
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:28 am

Yup…. I also think so…

#12850

yatot

February 3, 2010 at 8:53 am

taga-malabon pala ang elmot! eh kababayan ko pala ito eh… pareho kami ng birthplace.. wahehhehe.. pero hindi ko matatanggap na siya ay si gerald anderson ng blogosphere… whahahhaa.. kahit itanong mo pa kay elmot kung bakit… siguro matt evans lang sya… wahahahhaha! nagcomment din ako sa facebook note mo! haahhaha!

Gem Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 7:38 am

Hehehe. Napansin ko maraming kumokontra ah! Hehe

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 3:40 pm

Oo nga gem, mukang daming nagalit ah…si Roel nagsabi nun ng Gerald Anderson…

Hat, could this become the next biggest online scandal? LOL

Gem Replies:
February 6th, 2010 at 9:41 am

Hehe dalawa ang nagalit? LOL.

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:26 pm

pati ikaw Gem kumontra ka rin ba? Heheh. Kulang nalang Kim Chiu para complete Kimerald bloggers na. Hahah

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 3:39 pm

Grabe namanm talagang sobra ang pag tutol mo Bro ah! whahahha! Anyone for Kim Chiu? LOL

Baka Matt Ewan, LOL!

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Hello! Hahaha, I was offline (again) for almost two days – right after publishing this post.

Good thing Elmot doesn’t have any violent reactions at all. Hahaha. I just can’t help but laugh at the way Yatot objected to the Gerald Anderson tag line. LOL. Teka, cno nga ba un?

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 5:09 pm

Anyone who wants to apply for a Kim Chui? wahhaha!

Si Yatot lang ang may super mega ultra violent reactions whahaha!

#12851

Novz

February 3, 2010 at 3:32 pm

i think i heard from somewhere about the “male version of pops fernandez”. look closely at the pic.

Gem Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 7:39 am

HAHAHA! Pwede!

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 3:42 pm

Wahhaha! Pops Fernandez???? Who said that????

Naku, patay, si ReyJr eh type pa naman ang mga ala-Pops Fernadez na looks LOL

Aba etong si Gem, nag agree din wahaha!

reyjr Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 10:56 pm

hoy hoy hoy wala akong kinalaman dyan. :p heh heh heh…

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:28 pm

hahaha, mukhang kilala ko cno nagsabi nyan. Si Martin Nuebera este si Roy pala.

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 5:07 pm

Aba si Kuya Roy pala ang salarin ah…ehehe

#12855

Bendz Gerona

February 4, 2010 at 12:52 am

Wahaha. Kala ko kung ano na. Nice headline, bossing. Wahahah. It’s onsite optimization at it’s finest. I’m into my 5th blog too and, well, his advice kinda makes sense

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 3:44 pm

Thanks for appreciating my advice, actually si Roel din lang nag advice sakin nyan wahahah!

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:31 pm

Nya! Ako ba naman daw nagturo. hehehe.

@bendz, tama ba namang mag resign ka sa work at mag full time blogger. Hehehe, sabagay, tama nga yan!

Tambay tambay ka din dito. Baka sakali sunod dito un mga fans ni angel. hehe

Send mko uli invite dun sa maasinsii mo.

bendz Replies:
February 7th, 2010 at 3:27 pm

Wahaha I’m so over her fans now. looking for another dumbass to make epal with ehehehe.

Wag ka na mag joing nung maasinsii.com. eheh ta3 yun eheheh. di ko na nga maupdate. Enjoying my freedom while it lasts. eheh

#12864

February 4, 2010 at 1:50 am

ay moderated ang comment. Batet?

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:32 pm

pare, na rescue ko sa spam folder comments mo. Hehehe, mukhang pinag initan ni akismet at ni spambee. LOL.

#12865

Gem

February 4, 2010 at 7:35 am

I met this guy “Gerald” through Jaypee’s blog too. He was such an active commenter in that blog because he wanted to win that contest! Eventually we became friends through that commenting contest and he found my blogs.

I wish to meet this guy for real. Sayang ang pagkakataon last time.

This is such a nice funny write-up about him. Enough to make my me smile and laugh this morning! This made my day. I love his advice too. LOL.

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 3:47 pm

Oo nga eh, sayang talaga…inuubo kasi ako nun Gem eh, ahem, ahem…ayan bumalik tuloy LOL! Lamig kasi dito wahahha!

May next time pa naman…

Galing talagang gumawa ng kwento ni Roel wahahhaha! *wink*

Gem Replies:
February 6th, 2010 at 9:42 am

Mas malamig dito sa amin. Hehe. Oo nga sana me pagkakataon uli magkita.

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:35 pm

Naku Gem! The truth is, I sent “Gerald” the usual questionnaire (same stuff that i sent you). Then it came back a totally different document – actually he wrote the whole thing. I was just providing notes/footnotes/editor’s notes so at least I put some of my own words.

Hahaha. Peace mr. Anderson.

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 5:05 pm

Whahaha! I just wanted your readers to have some fun Bro whahaha!

Hindi naman whole thing, kalahati lang ng mga sinulat mo whahahah!

Coprighted yan ah…LOL!

Gem Replies:
February 6th, 2010 at 9:52 am

Which actually ended up sooo interesting and funny.

Now anyone searching via Google using Gerald Anderson keywords might actually end up on this post! Nyahahaha!

#12872

jan geronimo

February 4, 2010 at 10:31 am

I think we’ve irreparably shot down Jaypee Online monthly top commentator contest. Thanks to Elmot and me. If left to our own devices, we’d win that till hell freezes over. February for you, March for me, April for you, May for me. Not good for blogging, eh?

I’ve declared him a friend even before I met him in person. He’s funny and serious, incisive and yet forgiving. He wears his heart on his sleeves, but take note, this dude is tough. And he’s a poet, too. Where does he find the time!

He’s laid the initial building blocks to his own blogging empire. I wish him the best and pray that the cosmos conspires to make his dreams come true. He deserves it. Being bruited about as Gerald Anderson is just the appetizer.

Gem Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 10:38 am

“I wish him the best and pray that the cosmos conspires to make his dreams come true.”

That’s my hope too for him! LMAO!

jan geronimo Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 11:51 am

Nothing but the best will do for hot na hot Elmot. Gee, that sure rings a bell. I don’t trust my own memory. I suspect that description must have come from Elmot’s PR machine.

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 3:54 pm

I was glad that Jaypee was pissed off with our modus operandi during that time, wahahha!

Hey, now you are all starting to believe that I have twisted Roel’s arms into writing all these PR things here, ahahha! OK, I am not Gerald Anderson, maybe a Kim Chui will do? whahahah!

Naku, yan na si Yatot, gegerahin ulit ako nyan wwahhaha!

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:37 pm

that is why I am gunning for Elmot Lumot aka Mr. Anderson fans club president. Maambunan man lang. Naku bka ma showbiz renegade tayo nito.

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 5:03 pm

correction should have been “Jaypee did not get pissed off”

@roel: Sige, President ka ng Fans Club ko basta campaign manager ako ng Senatorial campaign mo LOL!!!

#12877

pinkdiaries

February 4, 2010 at 10:56 am

wow, u know a lot about great blogger huh?! nice!

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:40 pm

Hi PD! Nice to see you again, hehe.

Yeah, been spending some time to really discover bloggers who can inspire other bloggers, esp. the newbies like me.

Ikaw din ha, feature kita dito.

pinkdiaries Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:45 pm

wwaahhh, im not that great! so u dont have to! nakakahiya sa ibang na features muna ditu.. hehehhe..

#12880

elmot

February 4, 2010 at 3:57 pm

tindi mo talaga “sir” whahahah!

“Would have wanted to edit this advice from Elmot, however it will be tantamount to censureship. So I just left it there as-is. LOL…”

Sinungaling!!! LOL! May nalalaman ka pang censureship ah ehehhe! Parang kakahiya tuloy ako dito whahaha! Kapag nabasa ito ng dati kong formator sa seminaryo, siguradong sasabihin nun, “buti na lang pinalabas ko ito” wahaha!

Pero thanks “sir” (LOL!) sa pagfeature sa akin, maski I earned lots of enemies and the anger of the Kimeralds wahhaha!

bloggista Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:48 pm

LOL! Tindi naman talaga, that’s why I used the word “censureship” rather than censorship. hahaha.

But I sensed the “flow” of your thoughts and just connected to it that somehow, you will love to be featured this way – presenting Elmot at a different perspective.

Something totally different from the known outspoken, ‘razor-sharp ala ninja shuriken’ political blogger. Hehehe.

It’s my pleasure. I had fun.

elmot Replies:
February 4th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Wahahha! I had fun too reading it, and I am pretty sure so many of your fans left your blog laughing and smiling…ehehehe.

Kaya lang si Yatot, ayaw talagang pumayag na si Gerald Anderson ako eh wahhahaha!

#12901

reyjr

February 4, 2010 at 10:59 pm

claps claps!

Wala akong masabi except – Gerard ba o Gerald? Nakakalito naman!

#12923

Jaypee

February 6, 2010 at 2:23 am

I didn’t know Elmot was a celebrity in the Philippine blogosphere. Hehe

@Elmot – Pwedeng pa autograph?

@Bloggista – Thanks for the mention.

#12950

Jena Isle

February 6, 2010 at 6:57 am

Wonderful write-up for Elmot. I’d rather stick with Elmot, sino ba ang Gerald Anderson na iyan? Never heard..he he he..Elmot is one of the good guys. Would be glad to meet you soon.

#12963

paige

February 6, 2010 at 7:58 am

Sayang..Di ko po sya nameet last time. Wow! Gerald Anderson. Pwede

jan geronimo Replies:
February 6th, 2010 at 9:23 pm

He’s got lots of fans. Akala nga ng mga mandurugas sa knila sa Dasma celeb na si Elmot. Biruin mo pati un pamburol niyang shoes ninakaw. I won’t be surprised if that pair of shoes ends up in EBay. Ahehehe. It’s that or inaamoy-amoy pa nun salbaheng iyon un sapatos ni Elmot. Adik noh?