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Farewell FRIENDSTER!

March 4, 2011

I am tired of receiving Friendster updates every so often. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S STILL ALIVE. So one last time I logged on to this relic of a social networking site and discovered that some people actually STILL update this site. Not to be trendy or anything, but SERIOUSLY?? 

In my beauty queen costume one halloween (2003 or 04?)

I can barely keep up with having a blog, Twitter, a personal FB account and a DiploWife FB page – how and why do some people still hold on to their Friendster accounts? I can understand Multiply since it’s being used for e-commerce  and uploading photos without reducing the quality (which FB does) but… Friendster??

Anyway I saved the remaining 3 photos I had on it and checked my profile one last time. For posterity’s sake I posted the photos and the profile in this post.

How I’ve changed…

  • I wish I still surfed but I figure it’s just the location – one day I will live in a place wherein we live by the beach and I will wake up early in the morning to surf
  • I don’t get to go to the beach us much because I don’t have anyone to go with. =( TD is not a beach bum like me. In an alternative life I would have been a bohemian hippie chick who surfed and drank beer by the beach every weekend. (I used to do this!)
  • I can’t believe I liked spicy BBQ popcorn! EW.
  • I must go back to starting my day “with some coffee, solitude and silence” (with some journaling) as I used to!
  • I still love the same movies and music though I would add more updated ones. And to music I would add alternative as well.
  • I am now a TV ADDICT!! LOL! Can you believe I didn’t even use my TV before and never even had a cable subscription?
  • My interests are more or less the same BUT I might not be doing it as much and I have LOTS of new ones as you can tell from this.
  • From the 3 pictures I can tell that I’ve mellowed out a lot. I used to be super adventurous and sort of wild-child of sorts… but my time of crazy self-reinvention is over and I am now more comfortable in my own skin. Not as restless. Though I am still growing and changing… long gone are the days of every-changing styles, fads and going out-of-town in a moments notice. I’ve grown and matured so much in the past 6-8 years!

In Derek Ramsey’s (yes you heard me!) sweater & cap which he was nice enough to lend me when we were hanging out with friends in Baguio. He’s the nicest!

Good-bye Friendster!

I finally deleted my Friendster account! How about you? Have you finally cancelled your Friendster account? Why or why not?

Based on your old Friendster profile how much have you changed?

Thanks to everyone who has ever commented on my blog. I love hearing from you. It always inspires me to blog some more. Can’t wait to hear your answers!

4 Comments · The Diplomatic Wife

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  1. Chuzai Living says

    March 5, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    I didn’t even know about Friendster! I can’t keep up with all these social networking sites! There are so many! I didn’t know that you surfed! How cool! 6 years is a long time. It sounds like you have changed a lot. Taste for movies and music stays the same for me all these years, too. Now you love TV? 🙂 I love watching TV when I go home to Japan. xo Kaho

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    • diplomaticwife says

      March 5, 2011 at 6:53 PM

      Hi Kaho, Friendster was the first ever networking site I joined! It was the biggest thing before… until Multiply came along… then now it’s Facebook! Crazy right? So many new ones have come a long after FB but I don’t wanna transfer photos etc. anymore hehe so I don’t join them anymore!

      I surfed loads before – every other weekend! I actually still have my short board (it’s white with pink polkadots of different sizes!) I should really take a picture! It’s super cute in a hot pink board bag! It was specially designed and shaped for me in Australia and brought to the Philippines by the Aussie shaper. =)

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  2. Jenn says

    March 15, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    I absolutely DREAD logging into Friendster… the ads were just SUCH A HASSLE. Thank god they never send me updates via email. Unfortunately (and this is really mean, I’m warning you) all the people I couldn’t avoid on friendster are now on facebook, but at least I can block them out by putting them all in a group named “NOT MY FRIENDS” hahaha!

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    • diplomaticwife says

      March 16, 2011 at 5:20 AM

      Wahahaha! So you accept the request but block their access to all your info/pics by putting them in a special group?? Ingenious!!! I usually just ignore or block =P Privacy is soooo important! Thanks for the idea!

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I love Halloween because it’s super fun for @dip I love Halloween because it’s super fun for @diplobaby. I love how his eyes light up. Before I was a parent, there was no reason to decorate.

Glad there is now a @gifi.ch near us with affordable HALLOWEEN DECOR & COSTUMES. 🧛‍♂️ 

I hope you enjoy seeing what they have in this short video! 👻 

It’s not lost on me how much plastic is used during Halloween, from the polyester costumes to the decor elements. 

ECO TIPS:

🎃 I usually slowly built up my Halloween decor. I buy 2-4 pieces each year

🎃 I take good care of them & store properly so I can reuse for years to come. It’s never singe use!

🎃 I also don’t throw away as much as possible. If there is damage, I repair.

🎃 If i dont use something anymore, I pass them on to others by selling it for a fraction of the price on Marketplace.

🎃 If it doesn’t sell, I pass them on the Pay it Forward Nyon group or place them in the donation pile in our dechetterie where others can take them.

🎃 if it’s not repairable, I take it apart so that the materials can be recycled.

🍭 As for TREATS, I hate the PLASTIC wrapped candy 🍬 so we usually give PAPER wrapped mini chocolate bars.

⛑️ HEALTH TIP:

If a piece of decor or costume SMELLS STRONGLY OF PLASTIC, DO NOT BUY IT! That’s toxic VOCs leaching into the air. It’s not good for you!

What about you? How do you try to have a sustainable Healthy-ish Halloween?🤪

I usually go in the same costume every year. Change is overrated lol. What about you? Do you know what your wearing this year?

#UDWinGeneva #udwholidays #udwhalloween
HOW NEAR IS @geneveaeroport? We are very lucky th HOW NEAR IS @geneveaeroport?

We are very lucky that the Geneva Airport is very near because it is located 4 km northwest of the city centre. It takes us less than 15mins by car & is easier to get to than airports outside the city.

BUT also means that many of the Geneva residents suffer from AIRCRAFT NOISE POLLUTION. 

In some parts of Geneva, like Vernier, Meyrin, Bellevue, Versoix, etc will have the airplane pass on top of you or very near you. This is something to consider when you are MOVING TO GENEVA & looking for a home.

When we were in @bioparcgeneve recently, it felt like airplane after airplane was going overhead every few mins. The poor animals were screaming each time.

A  report by the European Environment Agency(EEA) in 2017 said that 12% or 73,500 Geneva residents have their hearing disturbed by aircraft noise. Probably the figures have risen with the natural increase population & travel?

“The EEA describes noise as a pervasive pollutant that directly affects the health and well-being of humans and wildlife. Populations exposed to high noise levels can exhibit stress reactions, sleep-stage changes, and clinical symptoms like hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. All of these can contribute to premature mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) reckons that humans exposed to noise levels above 40 decibels at night experience adverse health effects.

Across Europe it is estimated that noise contributed to at least 900,000 additional cases of hypertension in 2011.” - @le_news_ch 

DID YOU KNOW that owners of homes affected by the noise can request for soundproofing to be paid for by GVA? 

Check if your home meets the conditions for FREE SOUNDPROOFING c/o Genève Aéroport here:

https://www.gva.ch/en/Site/Geneve-Aeroport/Questions-Reponses-FAQ/Bruit#

SAVE or SHARE this now with someone you know who might be moving to Geneva or is already suffering from aircraft #noisepollution. 

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Whenever we go to Spain, we love to go to @mercadona. It might be small but has a good affordable selection. It’s my thrifty Spanish MIL’s favorite.

We were so lucky that we had a @mercadona right beside our hotel Marina Badalona. Very convenient.
Our favorite things to bring home are:

☕️ frozen porras (bigger than churros)

🐑 baby lamb chops (the only lamb I eat coz it’s not malangsa & all you need to do is fry till crispy in olive oil with S&P) it’s called Chuletas Cabrito but TD calls it lechal 

🐽 chicharon or crispy pork rinds

🥔 Homemade potato chips. The best potato chips for me are from Spain. I don’t know how it’s so much yummier! The olive oil???

🎣 canned Sardines & tuna for me and Yaya B

TIPS:

🧊 For frozen items, we usually ask the hotel before we buy if they can put it in their freezer until we fly.

✍️ I usually bring different sizes ZIPLOCK BAGS, MASKING TAPE & MARKER when we travel so we can put everything in, label with our name and room number.

📸 then I take a photo so we can just show it to the staff and they can easily find it in their freezer.

✈️ When it’s time to pack, I placed our beach towels around the frozen packages coz I know they will SWEAT & I don’t want our other things to get wet 💦 

What  grocery do you usually like to shop for when in Spain? Where do you buy them?

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📍Chem. des Tuileries 140, 1293 Bellevue

After the lovely BIOPARC we headed across to this chill park with ample PARKING that had so many things for kids & anyone who wants to move & work out:

⚽️ The kids wanted to kick around a football so we borrowed a ball from @boxup.app (they also have pumps, 🏓, 🏐, 🏀, etc) just download the app & turn on your Bluetooth & follow instructions! Return after 3hrs.

👟 Outdoor gym - this was a huge hit with the kids

⚽️ football - this too!

🏀 basketball court

🏓 Ping-pong 

🏐 Beach volleyball court

🤸🏻 Monkey bars

🛝 small playground

Thanks for the wonderful afternoon guys @lidia_otilia_botezatu! 
How lucky are we to have these beautiful, clean open spaces. And the free rental gear is AMAZING! so convenient.

This is in Geneva, about 15mins drive from where we live.

SAVE THIS on your list of PARKS to visit!

⚠️ WARNING

it’s in the airplane path so there will be loud noise from that. It’s not as close as the bioparc but bring earplugs/earphones if you are sensitive.

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We met with our friends @lidia_otilia_botezatu in @bioparcgeneve and had a lovely time in this volunteer run zoo.

TIPS💡

🆓 It’s free for families on your FIRST visit!

🦢 you walk inside animal enclosures so wear shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty/stepping on poop. We wore boots & happy we did

🅿️ there’s parking inside on wood chips, if it’s full there’s another pavement parking (free up to 4hrs) across the roundabout 

🦔 Do not feed or touch the animals no matter how cute they are

🗺️ There are 2 routes (purple & blue) and 1-1.5hrs #diplshould be enough 

❎ Park closes at 4pm

SAVE THIS NOW if your looking for a fun & not too you can do in well und2hrs. It’s nice that you can go inside unlike most zoos so it’s quite unique.

⚠️ WARNING

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