Kpop Lessons: Handling Defamation Through Public Relations

November 19th, 2010 | Herwin Icasiano | 3 Comments

I’m a huge fan

of Kpop (Korean pop); I’ve been playing It Hurts – a new track by YG Entertainment’s girl group, 2NE1 – on repeat for some time now.

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Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs.

In August, fans of G-Dragon – a member of Korean hip hop group, Big Bang – fund-raised over $18,000 for Seoul University Children’s Hospital, in honor of his birthday.

The fan club of former 2PM member Jay Park donated baked goods to child leukemia patients; they also registered 514 individuals as blood donors.

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Facebook for Sanity

October 29th, 2010 | Herwin Icasiano | 7 Comments

Hype-a-million

The Social Network, the much-hyped film about Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook, debuted last month on October 1; it grossed more than USD 22 million during its opening weekend.

I still haven’t watched it, and I don’t think I plan on doing so, either.

However, some reporters and bloggers have used the film’s release as an opportunity to comment on Facebook as it is today.

While Shonali mentioned in an earlier post that some people don’t care about social media, there are others who care about social media, but vehemently think it’s EVIL.

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Blogging for Grasshoppers: The Most Numerous Steps To Do The Greatest Thing Ever

October 14th, 2010 | Herwin Icasiano | 8 Comments

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series

Do you want to know

how to do the greatest thing EVER in EASY, numerous steps?!

Image: jim crossley via Flickr, CC 2.0

Sorry, I won’t be telling you in this post.

Why, sometimes, steps are not OK

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