A newly launched Wordpress blog, Memecaptor.com, features an interesting article about a particular Filipino meme, #TagaAsaKa Challenge. It's that new video trend now online that features people asking, "Taga-asa ka?" ("From where are you"). Then, the one being asked answered where she/he/they is/are from with a flaunting dance step. If you are interested to read the whole article, please read, #TagaAsaKa? Challenged Explained. The author explains that the whole trend is a social construct of the dance culture different historical time periods in the Philippines. These cultural elements are the Discoral, Budots, and Smartphones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIBNnEcx-TY Discoral is a play of words coming from "Disco" and "koral" (fence in English). It's a form of Filipino entertainment during major town fiestas when people dance in the dark, usually on the open space. Here, party-goers ask a stranger where they are from as a question that breaks the ice. Budots is the … [Read more...] about #TagaAsaKa Challenge: Filipino Social Media Trend
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Cool Video of the Day: Gold Slime
Remember those cool science experiments way back elementary? Slimes never fail to fascinate us. This YouTube video features slime, but the gold ones. The sound it makes every time a finger pokes it sounds oddly satisfying and relieves stress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXhCU9UKUCU The video already reached more than 3 million views in YouTube since Feb 17, 2017. You might also like to watch: Cool Video of the Day: Upward Lightning Cool Video of the Day: 5 Amazing Lighter Tricks Cool Video of the Day: Amazing Knife Skills Cool Video of the Day: Wubble Bubble Helium Experiment Cool Video of the Day: Bullet Hole 3D Art … [Read more...] about Cool Video of the Day: Gold Slime
Tear-jerking Thai Commercial Strikes Again
If there is something that the Thai online community is good at, that would be making terk-jerking commercials that touch the hearts of people across countries and cultures. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) of Thailand has launched a campaign video of asking for hair donations to be donated as wigs for cancer patients. The video upload by NTD.tv's Facebook pages has gathered more than 17 million views, 63 thousand likes and reactions, 355 thousand shares, and 5.6 thousand comments within 21 hours. https://www.facebook.com/NTDLifeOfficial/videos/186199078558228/ The story talks about two orphaned sisters who had a cold relationship with each other. The older one hated her younger sibling for being too rebellious and hard-headed. She hated her that she wanted her to die. However, in the turn of events, she was diagnosed with cancer. On the moment her younger sister found out, there was a change of heart. For a almost 4-minute video, the campaign definitely has an effective … [Read more...] about Tear-jerking Thai Commercial Strikes Again
Cool Video of the Day: Upward Lightning
The best thing about YouTube is that it hold a large amount of data of cool scientific videos. One of them is this video of upward lightning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDDfkKEa2ls The video was uploaded by Storm and generated more than 3.3 million views since 2010. You might also like to watch: Cool Video of the Day: 5 Amazing Lighter Tricks Cool Video of the Day: Amazing Knife Skills Cool Video of the Day: Wubble Bubble Helium Experiment Cool Video of the Day: Bullet Hole 3D Art Cool Video of the Day: Dry Ice on a Giant Pool … [Read more...] about Cool Video of the Day: Upward Lightning
Bizarre Animal Video of the Day: Crab Eating Frozen Methane
Scientist, particularly marine biologists, constantly wonder about the life on the deep sea. Explorers found out a strange phenomenon of a crab eating methane gas on the ocean floor. Gas deposits sometimes are located deep the sea bed and bubbles comes out as the gas leaks. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), the uploaded of the video, recorded an interesting feat of methane gas becoming frozen underwater upon the encounter of the crab. Watch video to know more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq7MFJGTnX0 The educational video generated more than 300,000 views in YouTube since 2013. You might also like to watch: Bizarre Animal Video of the Day: Sea Snake Vs. Electric Eel Bizarre Animal Video of the Day: Electrocuted Baby Chimpanzee Bizarre Animal Video of the Day: Tamed Polar Bear Bizarre Animal Video of the Day: Hatching Cockroach Eggs Bizarre Animal Video of the day: Clarion Nightsnake Rainbow Colors … [Read more...] about Bizarre Animal Video of the Day: Crab Eating Frozen Methane