Google Hot Search - Of Missing Planes, Soccer, Bar exams, Jennifer Lawrence and Saint Patricks Day

Google Hot Search - Malaysia & Philippines

Google Hot Search

If' you haven't read my 1st post on Google Hot Search, let me fill you in here. You could say Google Hot Search is a spin-off from Google Zeitgeist project that gives snapshot of the world based on Google's search results. Google Hot Search is the accessible statistical tool available to users that show the latest trends based on Google's search results. You check it out here Google Trends.

It's All About The Selfie

I prefer group selfies

Did you know the word "Selfie" is not in the dictionary? Well, it's not in the Oxford English Dictionary, not yet anyway. But it is in the Oxford Dictionaries Online. The word "selfie" was also the Word of the Year 2013 and interestingly was not in the dictionary before this.

Now according to the dictionary, a selfie is a photograph that one has taken of oneself, usually with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media site. Now, if you've got any photos of yourself still somewhere and you haven't uploaded it to site like Facebook or Twitter, it's technically not a selfie. So go ahead and upload those selfies now.

According to the leading authority for the English language, Oxford Dictionaries, the word can be credited to the Australians. The earliest mention it seems, was in 2002 in a Australian online forum.
2002 ABC Online (forum posting) 13 Sept.

“Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer [sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.”. Referenced from http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/11/word-of-the-year-2013-winner/

Movie Review: Need For Speed (2014)

Need for Speed 2014

Like many Malaysians, especially those living abroad, the MH370 incident has been a hot topic to follow closely these few days. From hearing reports of stolen passports used by passengers on board, revelations of families still being able to ring the passengers, to seeing shamans (witch doctor) performing rituals in KLIA to locate the missing plane, I was thinking, I probably needed a short break from the MH370 incident.So just to clear my mind a little, I decided to watch the racing game franchise inspired, "Need for Speed".