Anyone see this T-Mobile spoof yet? Can you imagine assembling 15 royal doppelgangers together in one shoot? Bet the real McCoys thought it was a hoot!
The internet was all abuzz this weekend with the news of our beloved social network's demise. Friends were posting warnings on their homepages to make copies of all personal albums before March 15th or suffer their disappearance into oblivion. Tweets were likewise of the same vein on Twitter. Ayayay! When will people ever learn to do a little research first before succumbing to that urge to repost/retweet? Fear not FB friends, here are the facts straight from the horses mouth:
Facebook and Twitter seem to be all the rage nowadays. When you chance upon long-lost friends and acquaintances or get to meet new ones, trust that the inevitable parting lines of "Do you have facebook? I'll invite you, ok?" will surely come out.
I have been an FB user since late 2007 and initially got hooked because of the novelty of having reconnected with some long-forgotten friends from grade school and high school and previously unknown relatives. Two years, a network that has expanded to 600+ and about a dozen reunions later, I find myself logging in not just to check up on buds and next of kin, but also to play the numerous applications which the creators so ingeniously embedded into the site to entice more and more people.
On weekends when I don't have plans to go out, I am usually online till dawn, playing either Fashion Wars, Sorority Life, Pet Society or Hangman, superpoking, receiving and giving gifts, smiles and hugs or answering some cheesy quiz like Which Foreign Guy Should You Date, etc.
If Facebook were around during the 18th century, how do you suppose we'd try to explain it?". Well, ponder no more. This was sent to me by a friend. Mi amigos and amigas, I hereby present to you Jose Rizal's FB page:
The FB phenomenon has enroached most of my friends' lives that I hardly know anyone who does not have an account. This has undoubtedly made Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire many times over!
Now does anyone else FB and also tweet like me? Haha! Yes, folks, I have likewise succumbed to Twitter. Although I don't really update or check in as much, I like to "stalk" the celebrities I follow through there - hehe. Check these out:
We live in an era where social networking has truly evolved, as this has made getting in touch faster and more convenient. Sometimes, though, don't you also get the hankering for good old fashioned hand-written letters and hours-long phone conversations?
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A friend forwarded this to me via email and I was so amused I just had to share...
These are Filipino words that are so unique and loaded in meaning that they will never find a direct translation in the English language. Forget traditional dictionaries. Keep this.
1. *Achuchu* (A-chu-chu). This refers to the pointless insincerities being said during long, involved conversations about nothing at all.
2. *Ano* (A-noh). The all-around, all-purpose word for everything. (1) Pronoun in interrogation: Ano? (What) (2) Noun: Where is your ano? (Where is your father/mother/ dead-uncle' s-second- cousin) (3) Verb: Anuhin this. (Paint/kill/maim/castrate this.) (4) Adjective: This is so ano. (This is so pretty/big/astounding.) (5) Interjection: Ano! (What the hell!) (6) Substitute for genitalia : Did you ano your ano? The use of ano is quite dangerous for the untrained ear, and must be put into the proper setting. "Honey, the ano is too long, we have to cut it," must be accompanied by the proper understanding of the context, as results may be critical to a couple's future.
3. *Booba* (boo-bah). A female blessed with larger than usual mammary glands which can be used as weapons of mass destruction.
4. *Checheboreche* (Che-che-boh- re-che) Same as achuchu. It is interesting to ponder on the reason why there are so many words in the Filipino language that beautifully describe meaningless chatter.
5. *Epal* (Eh-pal). An individual who believes he is God.
6. *Gigil* (gee-gil). An uncontrollable desire to bite something.
7. *Hipon* (Hee-pon). Literally "shrimp," whose body is eaten while its head is thrown away, this refers to a female/male whose body is to die for and whose face looks like it belongs to the dead.
8. *Kikay* (kee-kay). Refers to individuals who carry a brush, hand wash, moisturizer, lip-gloss and various other facial enhancements in a case (aptly called a kikay kit) inside her bag. Recent inspections of various backpacks have led to the conclusion it is not a purely female trait. This breed cannot resist checking themselves out on mirrors, glass windows, bread knives, sidewalk puddles and plastic-covered notebooks.
9. *Kaek-ekan* (Ka-ek-e-kahn) . Same as achuchu and chechebureche.
10. *Kilig* (keel-leg). A rush of excitement due to the actions, presence or even mention of he whom you see as the future father of your children.
11. *Laglag-brip* (lag-lag-brip) . The female counterpart of laglag-panti.
12. *Laglag-panti* (lag-lag-pan- tee). A man so incredibly hot, so heart-stoppingly gorgeous and oozing with masculinity that female underwear (whether worn by males or females) falls to the ground without effort whatsoever.
13. *Indyanero* (In-jan-neh- ro). An individual who fails to appear at an appointment without prior warning. Not to be confused with individuals who appear according to Filipino time (approximately 10 minutes before the meeting is to end).
14. *Japorms* (Jah-porms). Describes an individual dressed differently from the usual (typically involves clothes that have been laundered and pant legs of roughly the same length).
15. *Lagot* (Lah-got). A prophesy of evil things to come.
16. *Para* (Pah-rah) A term that informs the driver of a jeep to stop and pause (usually in the middle of the road) as the individual speaking intends to leave the vehicle. Dangerous for individuals as drivers seem to believe having one foot in the air is all that is necessary for descent.
17. *Takusa* (Ta-kuh-sa). Derived from takot sa asawa (afraid of wife), this is a term used to describe the silent (very silent) minority of males married to feminine reincarnations of Hitler.
18. *Torpe* (tore-peh). A gentleman who is desperately attracted to a female yet by some strange compulsion is reduced to a frozen mound of stuttering male whenever that female is near.
Armed with this list and a smile, you will be sure to make the proper impression not just on your new relations, but on your loved one as well.
Now let's practice:
"Honey, when I first saw you, I made laglag brip, and was almost torpe. When I finally got the nerve to date you, I almost became indyanero, because I didn't think I had the right japorms.
When you're around, I'm kilig. When you're not, I get gigil. You may think all this is achuchu, kaek-ekan, just checheboreche, but in truth, my love, I'm so ano with you."
We all saw how JT spoofed Beyonce's Single Ladies on SNL, right? I still can't get over how hilarious that was! Hot on the heels of Heyonce and the Big Girls comes news that the 44th US President couldn't resist doing his own version. Check out how this video gives a whole new meaning to "rockin' the vote". Two million hits and counting! Hahaha!
Interesting video. There's an effort to elect an random person as President...and it's someone we know! Check out this news website about the surprising new nominee.
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