Wazzup w/ Woods?

Being the #1 paid athlete for many survey, I think its just right to say that Tiger Woods is one of the most successful man…

But since he got involved in this scandal, I think that Its just right for companies to pull out their supports and sponsorships on him…I really feel sorry for the man, I used to look up on him…

How long before Facebook becomes old?

Published by: yuga under: Web 2.0.

Social networks come and go. It took about 3 or 4 years after Friendster first became a craze in the Philippines to wither and be almost forgotten. MySpace had a number of years to its credit in the US as well.

Even Google’s own homegrown social networking site, Orkut, saw its traffic dwindled into half in Brazil (where it’s still the huge there), according to Alexa data.

All good things must come to an end. So while everyone is still going gaga over FB statuses and FarmVille, I’d like to look forward and predict how many years Facebook still has before it becomes old. How long does it have before Filipinos look at it and remind them of Friendster.

When that happens, I don’t even think it will be Facebook’s mistake but because people just grew tired of the site or a new hip and cool one is invented.

So, tell me what you think — how many years does Facebook still have? My bet is 2 or 3 years, tops.

Via: http://www.yugatech.com/

Annoying Things to do at School

organize a bunch of people in one class to emit a low humming noise, keeping straight faces.
organize a whole bunch of people to fall off their chairs at the same time.
organize a whole bunch of people to drop their pencils/pens at a preset time.
superglue quarters to the floor, count how many people try to pick them up.
write fake love notes and slip them into people’s lockers
if someone near you falls asleep in class, tie their shoelaces to the desk/chair.
lay a paper towel roll on the floor at the top of the steps and give it a kick, making sure you’ve taped the loose end to the floor already.
place chalk inside the erasers so the teachers end up putting big ‘ol lines across the blackboard.
when you use the bathroom, get a LOT of soap on your hands (If it’s the slimy kind), but don’t wash it off, just leave goo all over doorknobs, railings, etc.
screaming gibberish in crowded hallways is always good for a laugh.
leave a Snickers bar in the toilet.
ask people to hold your hand when going down the stairs
Type every word in a different font. Alternate really big fonts with really small fonts.
Bring candles and incense to class. Before handing in the paper, perform an elaborate ceremony, entreating the gods to bless the paper and correct all your typos.
Carve your paper on the bathroom wall.
Cite issues of Spiderman and Batman as resources in your bibliography.
Come to class leading a horse or camel. When asked to turn in the paper, take it out of one of the saddlebags, then shoot the horse/camel/whatever away. Refuse to discuss it.
Compare and contrast the characters of James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard. Claim that one is actually Hamlet, and the other is King Lear. Say that Worf is Ophelia.
Draw obscure connections between totally unrelated things. For example, claim that abnormal amounts of neutrino activity in Germany caused Hitler to invade France, or that the Roman empire collapsed because of a shortage of qualified botanists.
Draw pictures of your professor in the margins.
End the paper with “This paper will self-destruct in 10 seconds”.
Get a large piece of paper or canvas. Smear paint all over it and hand it in as your paper. Explain that the topic was such an emotional one for you, and that mere words couldn’t possibly express what you had to say.
Hand your paper in in a sealed envelope with postmarks from several different countries on it. Say that you wanted several different perspectives on your work.
If assigned a 2000-word paper, draw two pictures of what the paper was supposed to be about. After all, a picture is worth 1000 words, right?
If assigned a paper in philosophy class, explain that you can’t do the paper because you’re not sure if the class really exists, or if it and the professor are just illusions created by your subconscious. If you do end up writing the paper, write about whether or not the paper actually exists.
Make a footprint on the back of one of the pages. When questioned by the professor, act like it’s nothing unusual. After all, he did tell you to include footnotes.
Make a tape of you singing the contents of your paper, opera- style, and hand that in.
Make your paper one long, neverending sentence that goes on for pages and pages and pages; use alot of semi-colons, commas, and other interesting, rarely-used punctuation marks [(for example), an interesting one: the colon_] but never ever end the sentence {[_-|/??!]}.
Ol, switch alound arr the l’s and r’s in youl papel, rike Monty Python did in Queen Erizabeth the Thild.
On the day the paper is due, skip into class, waving the paper and screaming, “I have a paper! I have a paper!”. Run around the class a few times, then joyfully throw it out the window. Laugh and yell, “There’s my paper!”, then run outside to get it. Repeat this all through the period, or until the prof throws you out.
Paint a large white stripe down the front of your paper. Say that on the way to class, your dropped it in the street and it got run over by one of those trucks that paint lines on the road.
Perfume the paper with catnip. Explain that it was to keep your dog from eating it.
Poke several holes in the paper. Say that you were mobbed by crows on the way to class.
Print all the pages on one sheet of paper, with the text overlapping. Say that that was all the paper you had.
Put nonsense words down as quotes. Say that you are quoting the words of a well-known Zen master who was speaking in tongues at the time.
Pwetend you have a speech impediment and awways type w’s whenevew you weawwy want to type r’s ow l’s.
Refer to all prominant historical figures by nicknames. For example, call George Washington “Georgie”. Call Ben Franklin “Sparky”.
Refuse to do the paper on account of the fact that you are a member of Greenpeace and strongly object to the gratuitous slaughter of trees caused by the massive amount of paper used in writing assignments.
Spill a martini on your sociology paper. Say that you wrote it in a bar so that you could see “sociology in action.”
Staple a picture of an academic building to the paper. Cite the picture as a resource.
Support your thesis with quotes from your VCR manual.
Switch the names of prominent history figures with the names of your friends, classmates, etc. Claim that your roommate led the Spanish Armada.
TTyyppee eevveerryy lleetttteerr ttwwiiccee..
Tell the professor that you need an extension because one of your primary sources is an old wise man in Tibet and he won’t see you until the next full moon.
The night before the paper is due, call the professor and explain that you can’t turn your paper in because it contains sensitive military information and is only available on a “need to know” basis. Insist that General Schwarzkopf says you should get an ‘A’.
Turn in a letter you wrote to your cousin. When the teacher confronts you about it, say that you must have gotten the letter and the paper mixed up. Say that you’ll turn the paper in as soon as you get it back, but your cousin lives in Siberia, so it might take a while.(This is a nifty way to get an extension.)
Turn the paper in by making paper airplanes out of the pages of the paper and attempting to fly them onto the professor’s desk.
Type gibberish. When you hand it in, claim that your computer crashed while you were printing it, and you couldn’t retrieve the original.
Use a forklift to bring your paper to class, even if it’s only a few pages. Explain that it involved some very heavy reading.
When writing an especially long paper, put a recipe for chocolate cake in the middle and see if the professor notices.
When your prof asks for an outline of your paper, draw the outline of the piece of paper you typed it on and hand it in.
Write a paper discussing why Michelangelo got to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but Van Gogh didn’t. Discuss whether Van Gogh would have used nunchakus or katanas.
Write about whether Plato would have said that Miller Light is “less filling” or that it “tastes great”. Also explain why Aristotle would have taken the opposite view. Try to predict both philosphers’ reactions to Spuds McKensie.
Write the entire paper on Post-it notes and turn it in by sticking them all over the professor’s door.
Write your history paper on parchment, using a quill. Say that you were trying to get the feel for the period.
Write your paper by cutting out words from magazines and sticking them on the page, ransom-note style.
Write your psychology paper on possible genetic anomalies that might cause a person to prefer anchovies.

The World’s Funniest Real Ads

Believe it or not, these ads actually found their way into newspapers all over the world:

Braille dictionary for sale. Must see to appreciate.

FOR SALE BY OWNER: Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica. 45 volumes. Excellent condition. $1,000.00 or best offer. No longer needed. Got married last weekend. Wife knows everything.

Help wanted, singer for rock band. Must be female or male.

For sale, Hope Chest, brand new, half off, long story.

Help wanted, adult or mature teenager to baby-sit. One dollar an hour.

Lost: small brown poodle. Reward. Neutered. Like one of the family.

For sale: a quilted high chair that can be made into a table, potty chair, rocking horse, refrigerator, spring coat, size 8 and fur collar.

Four-posted bed, 101 years old. Perfect for antique lover.

Wanted: Part-time married girls for soda fountain in sandwich shop.

Man wanted to work in dynamite factory. Must be willing to travel.

Christmas sale. Handmade gifts for the hard-to- find person.

Wanted, man to take care of cows that does not smoke or drink.

Three-year old teacher needed for pre-school. Experience preferred.

Wanted. Widower with school-age children requires person to assume general housekeeping duties. Must be capable of contributing to growth of family.

Tired of working for only $9.75 per hour? We offer profit sharing and flexible hours. Starting pay: $7 — $9 per hour.

Our sofa seats the whole mob and it’s made of 100% Italian leather.

Full sized mattress. 20 year warranty. Like New. Slight urine smell.

Nordic Track $300 hardly used, call Chubby.

Joining nudist colony! Must sell washer and dryer $300.

Open house body shapers toning salon free coffee and donuts

Found: dirty white dog. Looks like a rat… been out while. Better be reward.

Exercise equipment: Queen Size Mattress & Box Springs – $175.

ALZHEIMER’S CENTER PREPARES FOR AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER.

Free Yorkshire Terrier: 8 years old. Hateful little dog.

Free puppies: ½ cocker spaniel, ½ sneaky neighbor’s dog.

Free puppies: part German Shepherd, part stupid dog.

German Shepherd, 85 lbs. Neutered. Speaks German. Free.

Snow Blower for sale…only used on snowy days.

Bill’s Septic Cleaning: “We Haul American-Made Products.”

Cows, calves never bred…also 1 gay bull for sale.

Nice Parachute – Never opened. Used once.

Hummels – Largest selection ever. “If it’s in stock, then we have it!”

1 man, 7 women hot tub. $850/offer.

Shakespeare’s Pizza. Free chopsticks.

Harrisburg Postal Employee Gun Club.

Tickle-Me-Elmo, still in box, comes with its own 1988 Ford Mustang, 5L, Auto, Excellent condition $6800.

Via: http://www.onlyfunnystories.com/the%20worlds%20funniest%20ads.asp

The Tiger Woods brand will bounce back

By CHRIS LEHOURITES, AP Sports Writer

LONDON (AP)—Tiger Woods can still salvage his tarnished image around the world despite the scandal that has forced him to take an indefinite break from golf, according to several global brand experts.

In Europe, where people are traditionally more liberal when it comes to social attitudes, the scandal has hurt the American, but his power to sell is not beyond repair. In countries where cultural taboos about infidelity are greater, it may take a little longer for the world’s No. 1 golfer to recover, but the consensus is that it will happen.

“He may never achieve those peaks again that he’s done, but he will be a significant sportsman and a significant figure in the world of golf in a few years’ time. I have no doubt about it,” said Simon Middleton, a British brand consultant. “Nobody just writes people off like that.”

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In the last two weeks, Woods was involved in a minor car accident, acknowledged adultery, announced an indefinite leave from his sport and was dropped by a major sponsor. All of that, the experts say, will have an effect on what he can persuade the public to buy.

“People will struggle to look at him as a role model to represent good business decisions,” said Julian Stubbs, a global branding expert in Stockholm. “His marketability will definitely change.”

Woods’ squeaky clean image from continent to continent has been tarnished since he crashed his car outside his Florida home late last month. That came shortly after an American tabloid published a report saying Woods was having an affair with New York nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel.

Since then, the number of reports of alleged infidelities has increased significantly, and Woods—who has yet to speak publicly—finally admitted to cheating on his Swedish wife of five years, Elin Nordegren. The couple have two young children.

Zeng Zhaohui, a Chinese branding expert, said people in China will likely get over the negative publicity and again focus on his ability as an athlete.

“Chinese people are becoming more open toward this kind of scandal,” Zeng said. “People will like him again if he plays well.”

Stubbs, who said Woods’ wife has become the “shining star” of the saga in Sweden, added that Swedes, too, will eventually move on and accept Woods again.

“Swedes as a society are pretty good at forgiving and forgetting,” Stubbs said. “Golf is a significant sport here and I actually think depending on what he decides to do and how he handles it, I think he could recover.

“I don’t think he will ever be quite the same again as a brand, as a marketable brand, but I think he’s capable of recovering.”

Many big-name athletes and leading politicians have overcome the fallout from affairs or alleged affairs, including David Beckham. The former captain of England’s national football team was accused of cheating on pop star wife Victoria in 2004 but nothing was ever proven.

Comparing what has happened to Woods to what may have happened to Beckham in similar circumstances is a moot point, Middleton said.

“It will have probably had a similar impact, we’d have been similarly horrified,” Middleton said, but also noted that the 34-year-old Beckham is closer to the end of his career than the 33-year-old Woods. “The career of elite footballers is shorter inevitably … and I think therefore the recovery might have been more challenging were it Beckham.”

Stubbs compared the Woods scandal to the drug allegations that surrounded supermodel Kate Moss in 2005.

“The first six months was probably awful for her,” Stubbs said. “But she actually came back, in many respects, stronger, earning more money the following year because it actually added a little bit of an edge to her brand.”

Like Beckham and Moss, Woods is a huge name and a major personality around the world. But that can create other problems in more conservative countries, where adultery is treated as a major crime rather than mere “transgressions,” as Woods put it in one of his statements.

“The value difference is a factor, but it’s not a very big issue here,” Zeng said. “I believe the scandal won’t be a lethal blow.”

Stubbs said Japan may be the first place to embrace Woods when the scandal starts to ebb.

“They’ll still see him as a golfer first,” Stubbs said. “I don’t think the scandal will have quite had the edge it’s had in Western Europe, America, Sweden.”

But Risa Tanaka, the managing editor of branding magazine Senden Kaigi, said it would take Woods a long time to recover in Japan.

“Tiger’s value as a commercial icon has plunged, because companies don’t like scandals, especially one of that magnitude,” Tanaka said. “It would be very difficult for Tiger to recover from the negative image in Japan after the scandal that disturbed many women, who are the main consumption power in this country.”

Maybe Woods would be better off if he had been born in Europe instead of the United States.

“I think if he were a European golfer … the perspective would be different,” Middleton said. “He would be admonished, but I don’t think his brand would be in such dire straits as it is now.”

Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and AP researcher Xi Yue in Beijing contributed to this report.

Real 911 Calls

BELIEVE it or not , These are REAL 911 Calls!

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner. Dispatcher: Do you have an address? Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich . Dispatcher: Excuse me? Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it. Dispatcher: Was anything else taken? Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I’m sick and tired of it!

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is the nature of your emergency? Caller: I’m trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn’t have an eleven on it. Dispatcher: This is nine eleven. Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one Dispatcher: Yes, ma’am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing. Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I’m not stupid.

My Personal Favorite!!! Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What’s the nature of your emergency? Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart Dispatcher: Is this her first child? Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband!

And the winner is……….

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 Caller: Yeah, I’m having trouble breathing. I’m all out of breath. Darn….I think I’m going to pass out. Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from? Caller: I’m at a pay phone. North and Foster. Dispatcher: ! Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic? Caller: No Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing? Caller: Running from the Police.

Taylor Swift Goes Straight and We Like It

New York City, Dec 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The country singer Taylor Swift has undergone a complete makeover and has a new look. And this time, she had ditched her well-known curls for a straight hair look that is being the talk of the town since yesterday. It has become an Internet sensation too, with fans straining to see the pictures on the Internet.

Taylor was spotted at a restaurant in New York City on Wednesday with the new makeover of her straight hair look, while she was heading out for dinner in Greenwich Village with girl friend Emma Stone. She is presumably in New York City for performing in Friday’s Z100 Jingle Ball. All her fans are appreciating her new look, as it puts the singer in a new light.

For a long time, Taylor Swift had curly long hair and it made her look very young, feminine and cute too. However this new look with straight hair has changed her whole appearance and persona as she now looks like a different person, older, more mature.

Taylor Swift was in the news recently for winning big at the Country Music Awards. She was perhaps the biggest winner in the evening as she got awards in all the categories she was nominated in. That’s quiet a clean sweep. She said that she would never forget this moment. “I’ll never forget this moment because in this moment, everything I ever wanted has just happened to me,” an emotional Taylor said before inviting the members of her band onstage to share the spotlight with her.

Taylor Swift Throws Do-Good 20th Birthday Bash

Mon., Dec. 14, 2009 11:54 AM PST by Cristina Gibson

Focus Pictures, PacificCoastNews.com

Aww, little Taylor Swift is growing up so fast!

The teen singing sensation turned 20 yesterday, meaning she can offically kiss the teenage title good-bye.

She celebrated with a big Christmas-themed birthday bash on Sunday, but not at some fancy club or bar. The party was at her Tennessee home!

The birthday girl spent the night before baking and cooking up a storm for her guests. “She and her mom did almost all of the food for the party,” a source tells E! News.

Except for the birthday cake, that is. She got a vanilla cake from Crumbs, as well as mini-cupcakes.

“There were more than 50 people,” says the insider. “It was fun!”

And not only does Tay-Tay get points for being so down-to-earth and such a darn cute cook, but she gave someone else a gift on her big day…

She’s donated $250,000 to schools around the country that she’s attended or worked with, which will go toward teachers’ salaries, buying books and educational programs.

“Something I wanted to do at the end of this amazing year and especially on my birthday was give back to something I really believe in, which is education,” says Swift. “The schools that I went to and the amazing people I got to learn from really turned me into who I am, and I wanted to give back.”

And we thought we couldn’t like her any more than we already did!

Our source stayed mum on whether similarly named boyfriend Taylor Lautner was able to make the party.

We do know that he defended her honor while hosting Saturday Night Live the day before, so perhaps he hopped on a flight after the show to make her Sunday night soiree?

—Additional reporting by Ashley Fultz

culled from:http://images.eonline.com/uberblog/b157919_Taylor_Swift_Throws_Do_Good_20th_Birthday_Bash.html

Im back!

-*whoa* Its been like what?? seven months since my last post?

Well I decided to go back to blogging, why? guess what?! I bored! I really don’t know why but I feel really exhausted in these past few days, Its really wierd, I didn’t do anything in school but everytime school is done I just spend around an hour hangging with some friends and when I arrive home I go straight to my bed and after a few second Im like ZzZZZzzzzZZzzz

Another wierd thing about me right now is- Im irrevocably and unconditionally inlove with Taylor Swift and Ashley Greene (A.k.A Alice Cullen) and yeah one thing more, whenever I hear the name Jacob Black or Taylor Lautner…I immediately go into a rage or some what like a frenzy, Know what I mean, Not that I hate him, its just that I really don’t like people talking about him when Im around

Thats all for know, expect for some postings from time to time.

-izzy

Typical day

I’ve been inactive for couple days and right now I think im again in the mood for posting a random blog entry that I think can kill time in a way that no one else tends to do. This morning our teacher asked as to write an essay about a particular topic, “Life is short”. Well what can I say? only a dash seperates life from death (got it? a dash?? for example 1993-2009, a dash in between birthyear and year of death) our teacher gave us an entire period in makin that essay but I wasted a quarter of that period listening to my iPod and staring at things that has nothing to do with my essay as a result I ended up passing a random yet sensible essay. I really don’t care what kind of essays do I end up writing on a sheet of paper. as long as its from me its fine with me, wether the teacher likes it or not, fine with me. on the other hand Im really struggling on my relationships towards teachers.  I don’t know why but one thing is for sure, I hate being controlled, c’mon stop telling me what to do I know what im doing, you may know whats better for me but I know whats best for me its my life so stop pretending to be someone that cares. Also,  a friend of mine just toled me that other people are not really pleased on my action. So what? I won’t give a damn on those people who are just hating me because they’re jealous. I do admit that Im an arogant insensitve jerk but tell you this, I aint interested on what you think bout me in fact Im not interested wheter you like me or not ‘cuz I assure that no matter what you do is none of my interest also and I got better things to do that care about what haters think about me….Thats it Im getting sleepy se yahh