Philippine online shopping as we know today could not have been possible without Multiply. Thousands of Filipinos post photos of tops, jewelries, car parts, health products, etc. daily, and these posts reach hundreds of Filipino multiply users. It doesn’t come as a shock, therefore, that 39% of Multiply traffic comes from the Philippines. Of the 9 million registered users, a whopping 2.2 million are Filipinos, outnumbering the more largely populated countries like the US.

What made Multiply click, amongst 450 other social networking sites? I can only speculate. Being a Multiply user myself, I believe that the media-centric structure of Multiply makes it the easiest way to organize photos, and we know how much we Filipinos love kodakan. For sellers, the structure is also an easy way to catalog their items.

The budding entrepreneurial spirit of the Filipinos and our camera-hungry culture are probably the two major driving factors that have contributed to the incredible traffic Multiply is enjoying from us.

Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080622-144061/Filipinos-are-prolific-go-and-Multiply

Posted: July 6th, 2008 under Computers / Internet, Buzz in the Philippines.
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This just in. In an episode of “Desperate Housewives“, Teri Hatcher’s character (Susan) is at a hospital, being told by her gynecologist that she might be hitting menopause. Susan replies, “Can I just check those diplomas because I just want to make sure that they are not from some med school in the Philippines.” If you go to abc.com, you watch the full episode and witness the scene at about 18:50 minutes into the episode.

How could this have possibly passed the producers anyway? People make a big deal about Isaiah Washington’s supposed derogatory remarks against the sexual orientation of his co-star (which, to this day, I am still unsure as to its validity), but this comment - which, clearly, is more obviously discriminatory, is not given enough attention.

If you are insulted by this, please sign: http://www.petitiononline.com/FilABC/

This is clearly a bad move from the producers since a good majority of Filipinos tune into this TV series. Then again, maybe they feel that they don’t need to bother with their ratings in a “backwater country” like us.

Posted: October 3rd, 2007 under Buzz in the Philippines.
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Past 8:30 am every day, I receive a text from 2350. The text of temptation.

TAWAD NA! FREE ALERT! May makakabili na ng yesterday’s <insert shiny object here like a MotorolaRAZR or WEGA flat screen TV> for only <insert ridiculously small price ranging from a mere 5 pesos to 30 pesos>!

Bid for a <insert another shiny object> today! Send TAWAD <amt> to 2350. You may send an amount w/ centavos!

And my fingers start to itch. Who wouldn’t get tempted at the prospect of getting a shiny object for that price?! Of course, when you rethink the odds of winning, it’s ridiculous! Just imagine this: 5 minutes after I receive that text promo, I immediately text my amounts, and they’re already taken!

Sadly though, I don’t learn. I get another TAWAD NA update and I text again. Bravo Globe for this very clever text promo. This is certainly going to garner Globe a hefty amount of texts.

Posted: September 14th, 2007 under Buzz in the Philippines.
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American Idol finalist Elliott Yamin is scheduled to come to the Philippines for a mall tour. He is scheduled to have a concert in Metro Manila and Cebu in the Ayala malls. The following are his tour schedules:

TriNoma (Conceirge # 901 3000)
-Activity Center
-September 21, 2007 at 7:00pm

Glorietta -Activity Center
-September 22, 2007 at 7:00pm

Market! Market! -Activity Center
-September 23, 2007 at 6:00pm

Ayala Center Cebu -OnStage
-September 26, 2007 at 6:00pm

Alabang Town Center -Activity Center
-September 28, 2007 at 6:30pm

Posted: September 14th, 2007 under Buzz in the Philippines.
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The D.O.H. warns the Filipinos against catching W.I.L.D.

WILD is short for Waterbourne Diarrhea, Influenza, Leptospirosis, and Dengue.

Some important pointers:

1. Boil your water.

2. Stay away from crowds.

3. Wear boots and avoid wading in the water. Rat urine, when it comes in contact to humans, can cause fever and severe muscle pain.

4. Dispose of potential breeding grounds of mosquitoes (any container with water)

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=81610 explains more comprehensively.

Posted: August 10th, 2007 under Buzz in the Philippines.
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