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PLDT Home BRO/Ultera Review

<p>I have been a subscriber of PLDT Home Bro for several months now and thinking to upgrade my plan or change my ISP right after my contract with them end, but before I do that let me have a review for this ISP.<br />
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Home BRO was previously known as Smart Bro, it is a wireless canopy-based broadband by PLDT and Smart. For 990/Month with free installation you can have a 2mbps wireless connection at your home.<br />
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If you will visit PLDT website today, you will notice that once you click the Home bro link it will just redirect you to their new product, the Ultera. It is because <b>PLDT started killing off its Canopy and expanding its new wireless service using LTE</b>, which is currenltly the most advance wireless technology today.<br />
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If you're also a home bro subscribers like me, I guess you too have received some phone calls from their representatives offering you a free upgrade to their Ultera. The first time they call, I said that I will think about it, when I surf the net for reviews about their experience with ultera I haven't read anything positive. Their main complain is the maximum data usage per month, you can have a 30gb per month at their plan 990 and once you reach the maximum usage per day, <b>your speed will drop to 256kbps.</b><br />
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My cousin is been a subscriber of Ultera for quite some time now. He said that the data usage allowance is not only the problem, but also the speed reliability. Ultera is offering 3 plans. 3mbps for 990, 5mbps for 1599 and 10mbps for 1999. Yes, you cannot expect that you can always have the speed you ask and they offered for, but at least the 50 percent of the speed you paid for? My cousin said that speed he experiencing right now is like he's already reach the maximum usage per day.<br />
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And what if he reach the maximum usage per day? His facebook loads like forever, He get always disconnected on Clash of clans and in some online game. Youtube automatically set its video quality to 144p. Ouch.<br />
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Base on my research on some reviews, some people also get reliable speed fom their Ultera. For the first 2 months or less and after that the speed drops and some are close or within the LTE coverage in their areas. But I will not risk my 36 months lock-in period because a very few people experience a 'reliable' speed.<br />
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So when they called again, I decline for upgrade and said that I'm planning to upgrade for a DSL broadband.<br />
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My first month as a Home BRO user was just like hell. websites are just keep loading. Images and links are always broken. But when I called their customer service and fix my canopy everything turn fine. <b>I get an average speed of 0.7 mbps to 1.3 mbps for my plan 990</b>. The only thing I notice that every time the month is about to end my speed always drops at 0.22 Mbps, this is when I found out that they also have a maximum data usage per month. I ask them what is their monthly allowance for canopy user but they told me that they don't have the information regarding the maximum data allowance on Home Bro, I read on some website that it's 30gb to 50gb per month.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home Bro Speed Test - 2015</td></tr>
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Another thing that I hate about PLDT is their customer care, I'm also a subscriber of Globe postpaid and Sky Cable but I don't experience any problem with them. Yes they do respond on my Facebook messages but it will took days for them to respond. When I'm calling their customer hotlines, my average waiting time for just to connect me to one of they're agents is 15 minutes. Unlike with Sky Cable, I even have a long conversation with one of their agents in Facebook about my inquiry about their broadband.<br />
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That's it, And my final words are that before you subscribes to any internet plan available in our country research for some reviews first, we cannot trust their advertisements anymore. It is best to ask your neighbor or anyone near your location what is their ISP and their experience with it. Because yes, location matters, even if the Globe is the worst internet provider here in the Philippines, there are still some place experience a reliable speed from them. It's still up to you and your knowledge where you will invest your money.<br />
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PLDT Home BRO/Ultera Review

I have been a subscriber of PLDT Home Bro for several months now and thinking to upgrade my plan or change my ISP right after my contract with them end, but before I do that let me have a review for t…

20 Aug 2015

Dulaang UP Presents '#R< /3J': A Shakespear's Story in Modern Day Manila

<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Attention theater enthusiast, <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">After 39 years of staging exceptional plays spanning from the classics to the contemporary and producing renowned directors, actors, designers, production and stage managers and technical directors, </span><span style="line-height: normal;">Dulaang UP will celebrate it's 40th theater season  </span><span style="background-color: white;">with the theme “20/20 Vision: Clarity. Originality. Perspective.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Romeo and Juliet is set in the city of Verona, a </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">restless milieu of politics and glamour ruled by the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">These conditions pave the way for one of the most </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">enduring tragedies in all of literature. A Montague</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">fights for a chance to love a Capulet. Everybody </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">knows what happens next. We blame the system</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">and the oppressive circumstances that result from it. </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">We blame two lovers who only felt that they had no </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">other choice. But what if the story happened today?</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">In this adaptation, “#R</3J” (hashtag R broken-heart J) retells the star-crossed lovers’ narrative transforming Verona into a concrete jungle at the heart of Metro Manila teeming with corruption, revolt, advertisements, sex, social media, and condominium units. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">The play </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">captures the essence of the most enduring tragedy </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">juxtaposing the young lovers’ romance with our </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">present society’s many forms of commodified love. </span></span><span style="line-height: 16px;">Can genuine love exist in a world of alterations and foolery? Exploiting our hyper-real </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">contemporary moment – globalization, ultra-violence, internet foolishness, generation gap – </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">the theatrical project seeks to dramatize, through a psychedelic mix of all available art forms, </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">the postmodern tragedy of our generation. Destroy the city, the family, the government – even </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">Shakespeare – but never destroy the will to love.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">This is the world of #R</3J, a radical, multimedia hallucination on Shakespeare’ timeless </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">masterpiece.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ft08Za40-ocioUDHzyQ5OM1geUIrch6ZLHCL6o3W5o5YPZHJ2ztyHk38x8m2OfvvKnkih2H7_i1pV__puHjl4-QLHpsMQ2oujq15bVfcXJmL5VvgCJRpkuE_iRCgmr4488Bi2KiXFX61/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ft08Za40-ocioUDHzyQ5OM1geUIrch6ZLHCL6o3W5o5YPZHJ2ztyHk38x8m2OfvvKnkih2H7_i1pV__puHjl4-QLHpsMQ2oujq15bVfcXJmL5VvgCJRpkuE_iRCgmr4488Bi2KiXFX61/s400/3.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="line-height: 16px;">The production is a collaboration of professionals and up-and-coming artists. Dexter M. Santos </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">(direction) heads the artistic team together with Guelan Varela-Luarca (adaptation). Joining the </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">team are Krina Cayabyab (music composition and design), John Batalla (lights design), Ohm </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">David (set design), Winter David, (video design), and Darwin Desoacido (costume design). </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">This  </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">project features the Dulaang UP Ensemble and the works of young choreographers, video </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">#R</3J runs from August 26 to September 13, 2015 at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, 2nd</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">floor, Palma Hall, U.P. Diliman. For tickets, reservation, sponsorships, and show buying </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">inquiries, call Samanta Hannah Clarin or Camille Guevara at 926-1349, 433-7840, 981-8500 local </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">2449 or email dulaangupmarketing@gmail.com. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">Like their official Dulaang UP page at </span><span style="line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://facebook.com/DulaangUnibersidadNgPilipinas.">Dulaang Unibersidad Ng Pilipinas.</a></span></div>
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Dulaang UP Presents '#R< /3J': A Shakespear's Story in Modern Day Manila

Attention theater enthusiast, After 39 years of staging exceptional plays spanning from the classics to the contemporary and producing renowned directors, actors, designers, production and stage manag…

06 Aug 2015

Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Review

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<i><span lang="EN-PH" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 252); line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ahh, Ryan. I don't know anything about Ryan, I don't care.
The man means nothing to me; he's just a name. But if, you know, if going to
Rem"al, and finding him so he can go home, if that earns me the right to
get back to my wife, well then, then that's my mission.” – Captain Miller (Tom
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saving Private Ryan is a story of a
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a paratrooper whose other brothers have been killed in action. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The movie begins in the invasion of Omaha
Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), And that 25 minutes of opening
sequence detailing their landing on that beach is the Strength of the film.
That was really based on the situation in the beach during World War II and
allows us to see the horrors of War. The direction of Steven Spielberg and
cinematography of Janusz Kaminski allows the viewers to experience and to feel
what happen on that beach or describe as “the closest thing to hell on earth”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first 25 minutes of film is so
intense that you can’t even breathe, it will you leaving hanging until you
realized that it’s over. The film mainly concern on a rescue mission lead by
Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) with his men who had almost killed in Omaha, their
mission is to go beyond enemy lines and bring home a soldier whose other
brother is had already been killed in action. As their missions continues, the
movie shows different events in war, but mostly tragic, like in a scene they
see burned warplane with a man wearing a helmet with a star (High Rank), and
not far away is bunch of injured American soldier walking, this show a
graphically realistic depiction of the horror of wars. When some of their
fellow soldiers were being killed in action, some in the group begins to
question the logic of losing more lives to save a single soldier. There is also
a scene that Tom Hanks breaks down and Cry which is really a heartbreaking,
even though the film didn’t show much about the detail of the supporting cast
viewers can feel their and pain in the movie. The film shows that a real
soldier is just following orders. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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$481.8 million dollars worldwide making it the highest grossing film of the
year. The film was later nominated on for eleven academy awards and bagged
five, including Best Cinematography and Best Director. The film also won the
Golden Globe for Best Picture. It current rank #38 in Top 250 films of all
time. Saving Private Ryan was a critical success and credited for contributing
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Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Review

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30 Jul 2015

Reasons to Fall in Love with Japan

<p>Most of my friends and relatives would always consider Japan
as one of the great destinations they want to visit. I had a chance to have a
“staycation” in Japan and these are the things that made me love about the life
in Land of the Rising Sun.<br />
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</span>The moment I stepped on the floor in Fukuoka
Japan, I was mesmerized seeing that I’m the aspiring person who attempts to live with
these people who have an own world. They have their own cartoons, sports, etc. Everything was in their own
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Drooling is apparently one of things that I saw on the people whom I
shared about how authentic Japanese food tastes like. First time to eat raw fish was never a regret
of mine. Here’s a list of photos from Kumamoto Japan’s dishes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rice is the core of dishes in every household in Japan and will always be
together with soup salad and main dishes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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3.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">    <b>  
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</span>Japanese always brings out the best in
everything. They always find convenience for their consumers. What
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Toilets are like computers to them. Their “washlets” have 3 to 6 buttons
that are varied to shower for bowel movement, shower for women, its water
pressure intensity, and even sound effects to avoid interruption or
embarrassment and a deodorizer too!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Japanese toilet facts, some have remotes too!: (http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/04/toto_washlet_s350e_the_incredible_japanese_wonder_toilet_that_will_change.html)</div>
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</span>When I say different, tissues of theirs are more
developed and differentiated from each other. In Japan, tissues in toilets are
to be disposed together with flushing! Tissues in toilets easily break down to
reduce trash and avoid clog. Whenever one would visit gas stations, piles of
soft tissues are given as an act of hospitality too. Tissues are almost free; I
could have a lot of tissues from “promodizers” just walking by the mall or the
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for Japanese to wipe their hands with wet tissue or towel as sanitation before
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<o:p>photo courtesy: (http://anything-from-japan.com/case-3776-mount-fuji-tissue-bag)</o:p></div>
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<o:p>fun facts about tissues as advertisements in Japan: http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/fun-facts-about-pocket-tissue-ads-in-japan</o:p></div>
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are taught to walk with their friends when going home. I see children who are
knowledgeable in basic street rules such as making signal when crossing on the
road. They become more responsible with themselves. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Reasons to Fall in Love with Japan

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24 Jan 2015

The "Most" on Youtube

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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">YouTube is the most popular video-sharing site on the internet, it
was created by by three former employees of Paypal in February 2005 and has
been owned by Google since 2006. According to YouTube, users worldwide upload
100 hours of video each minute and more than 6 billion hours of video are
watched each month. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Do you know that there are over billions videos on YouTube, and
about 200,000 is uploaded everyday. You need over 600 years to watched all the
videos uploaded by 300 thousand accounts on the website. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">But with all the million videos uploaded, there are some that
stand out, or what most <i>netizens </i>use to say, "gone
viral". Now let's see what are the "Most" on Youtube</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Most Viewed Music Video of All Time -</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"> This
title belong to no other than PSY's hit song "</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Gangnam Style</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">",
it is the first video on YouTube that hit over 2 billion views on May 2014, it
surpassed the old "Baby" of Justin Bieber in November 2012. It is also
the first YouTube video that hit 1 billion views. PSY's second hit song,
Gentleman also in the top ten of the most watched on YouTube with over 700 million views</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kP1lNXjBDLjG4D_ghqK__JBMRBvHY491BQH0r3BSBP74LzjDMzOsex9BII-RbREGXBBoI_h1DfVv6o5TKL8mjkhLRb9xAPkP5fpqZqts8CyCU1k5i4JOZ0nyF83bCCyy7Yx6lGFSt0S3/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kP1lNXjBDLjG4D_ghqK__JBMRBvHY491BQH0r3BSBP74LzjDMzOsex9BII-RbREGXBBoI_h1DfVv6o5TKL8mjkhLRb9xAPkP5fpqZqts8CyCU1k5i4JOZ0nyF83bCCyy7Yx6lGFSt0S3/s1600/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">Most Viewed Viral Video of All
     Time - </span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;">Time
     to bite your finger because it's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM">Charlie Bit my Finger</a>". The
     video is simply features two brother sitting in a chair, and when Charlie
     bit his brother’s finger, Harry repeatedly says ouch, and his brother
     begins to giggle, afterwards, Harry smiles and says “Charlie, bit me” <br /><br />The video ranks as the fourth most viewed video on YouTube with approximately 700 million views. The 56-second long video was uploaded on Youtube in May 2007 by Howard Davies-Carr, the father of the boys. According to the report, the family made over $500,000 off advertising revenue from the video, that is almost like winning a lottery.</span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Snapshot from the Video</span></td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Most Liked Video - </b>According to Buzzfeed, the title still belongs to PSY's Gangnam Style with over 8 millions likes followed Ylvis hit song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE">"The Fox" (What Does the Fox Say)</a> with over 3 million likes. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 24px;">Most Disliked Video - </b><span style="line-height: 24px;">The award belong to the song "</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0" style="line-height: 24px;">Friday</a><span style="line-height: 24px;">" by Rebecca Black with over 1 million dislikes, even though Justin Bieber's Baby have more dislikes with 2 million thumbs down, Friday was once had over 3 million negative votes but the video was later removed, and has been officially re-uploaded. </span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 24px;">The Song was written and produced by Los Angeles record producers Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson and released by ARK Music Factory on March 14, 2011. The song has receive universally negative reviews. Michael  Nelson called it Worst Video Ever Made on twitter and maybe The Worst Song Ever asked by Lyndsey parker on Yahoo! Music.</span></span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEc34Ip3HB5Z4B9Zvec62LZGfcfRWV2Gsf-e0qZgLWRacmjOYp51yC6UeSBzafr5xLDo6tsOi1y6HTo7qTV7o4cI6oFTrcdK5yjNpInHrALGj5d9bOLb0_I5mOEQK2CJ4LBIKfI0o5rWx/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEc34Ip3HB5Z4B9Zvec62LZGfcfRWV2Gsf-e0qZgLWRacmjOYp51yC6UeSBzafr5xLDo6tsOi1y6HTo7qTV7o4cI6oFTrcdK5yjNpInHrALGj5d9bOLb0_I5mOEQK2CJ4LBIKfI0o5rWx/s1600/3.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Snapshot from the Video</span></td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Most Subscribed Channel of All Time - </b>And maybe the richest vlogger in the internet today, with over 32 million subscribers and over 6.2 billion total video views. PewDiePie holds the position in the top 1 since August 2013.<br /><br />PewDiePie is popular of being a game commentator on Youtube. He is known of playing video games while recording it,  but not in the traditional video walkthroughs, He describe it as "sharing gaming experience with my bros". He also support Independent Game Developers, and according to a reliable source, games featured on PewDiePie Channel have experience increased in sales.<br /><br />According to CelebrityNetWorth[dot]Com, PewDiePie net worth as of 2014 is $10 million. <br /><br />In June 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported PewDiePie earning $4 million a year. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: YouTube, Wikipedia, Buzzfeed</span></div>
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The "Most" on Youtube

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03 Oct 2014

The Word of the Year is Selfie

<p>The word "Selfie" was declared Word of the Year among other 12 nominees at the recently held Sawikaan 2014.<br />
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Selfie was also the Oxford Word of the Year for 2013, the term means a self portrait photograph typically taken  with a hand-held digital camera or a smartphone. Selfies are often shared on different social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtS0lGsfV_W7KUVGiwMzyFP3Tx6GdcjObVjcEqoGkA2VAZqrq9CaHE4q4IGQD2inzQPGLZmYrhcUdqrrsI-lAb4vR6PTPptFX9AaV9mV0WakfRgiXqXuuegYTTSBDR3S2LpJDK36BL1QxE/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtS0lGsfV_W7KUVGiwMzyFP3Tx6GdcjObVjcEqoGkA2VAZqrq9CaHE4q4IGQD2inzQPGLZmYrhcUdqrrsI-lAb4vR6PTPptFX9AaV9mV0WakfRgiXqXuuegYTTSBDR3S2LpJDK36BL1QxE/s1600/2.JPG" width="243" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Known Selfie, taken by <br />
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According to CNN, the earliest usage of the word selfie was in 2002, in an Australian chat room to describe an undignified scene.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Selfie beat other 12 competitors including hastag, pdaf, imba and peg. For Full list of Word of the Year Nominees, click <a href="http://www.tdtrend.com/2014/09/here-are-nominees-for-2014-word-of-year.html">here </a>.</span></div>
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Earlier this year, Makati and Pasig was named as the <a href="http://www.tdtrend.com/2014/03/makati-and-pasig-named-as-selfie.html">Selfie Capital of the World</a> by the Time Magazine. With 258 selfie takers per 100,000 people.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The words that were chosen before were canvass (2004), jueteng (2005), lobat (2006), miskol (2007), jejemon (2010)  and wangwang (2012).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">According to Sawikaan, the nomination of the words is base on its popularity and have resulted a big influence in the political, socio-cultural, economic and other aspects that involves or influence Filipino life. Also, the word may be an old which developed a new </span><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD12" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(27, 142, 222) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">meaning</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"> or may be borrowed from foreign languages.</span></span></div>
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The Word of the Year is Selfie

The word "Selfie" was declared Word of the Year among other 12 nominees at the recently held Sawikaan 2014. Selfie was also the Oxford Word of the Year for 2013, the term means a self portrait photogr…

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