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Business, International, Tourism, Travel

MASSIVE FLIGHT DELAYS AT MANILA’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LEAVE THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS STRANDED

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imageManila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Manila’s main international airport has repeatedly been named among the worst airports in the world. This weekend, that reputation became even worse as thousands upon thousands of passengers were stranded and hundreds of incoming and outgoing flights were delayed or cancelled at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The reason? Ground personnel of Cathay Pacific Airlines, still in their official uniforms, left their posts, counters and stations to put up a show in the middle of the busy and crowded main airport terminal.

It was meant as a ‘flash mob’ performance to welcome incoming passengers from Asia, Europe, America and other continents. The singing and dancing ground personnel delighted many onlookers who subsequently missed their flights and connections. Incoming flights were stranded at the runways because there was not a single ground staff person to assist the flight crew and passengers.

While the flash mob involved only Cathay Pacific employees, other airlines were affected  because their respective ground crew also left their stations to watch and videotape the impromptu dance performance.

Did we already mention that “It’s More Fun in the Philippines?”

International, Politics, The Media

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO NAMED TIME MAGAZINE’S 2014 PERSON OF THE YEAR

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imageNew York, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – For his constant pronouncements that the Filipino people are his “bosses,” Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino was named this year’s ‘Person of the Year’ by TIME magazine.

Aquino duplicates the feat achieved by his mother, Corazon Aquino, who was TIME’s Person of the Year in 1986.

While TIME has yet to officially announce Aquino’s selection, The Adobo Chronicles was able to obtain this embargoed information from inside sources at WikiLeaks. The information also revealed that Pope Francis was a close second among TIME’s short list for the honor.

“No other world politician has withstood  the kind of criticism and opposition as Aquino,” the information stated, “and he has remained strong and relevant amidst the pork barrel scandal that has rocked his government as well as the natural disasters that have plagued his country in the past year.”  TIME also said that Aquino has maintained his ground despite criticism he suffered by refusing to name multi-awarded actress Nora Aunor to this year’s list of National Artists.

Critics have questioned TIME’s selection, arguing that Aquino is by far the most hated and unpopular of Philippine presidents.

But in a call received today by The Adobo Chronicles, TIME magazine’s managing editor Nancy Gibbs said that WikiLeaks got it all wrong. She said that TIME has not named Aquino ‘Person of the Year.’ Instead, the Philippine president has been named the year’s ‘Persona non grata.’

Well, we’re glad we were able to clear that up. We sincerely regret our error.

Arts, International, Language, The Media

OXFORD OFFICIALLY ADDS THE WORD ‘SELFITIS’ TO THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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o0xOxford, England (The Adobo Chronicles) – Each year, new words are added to the Oxford Dictionary — which describes itself as “the definite record of the English language” and published by the Oxford University Press.

Among the new words added this year is “Selfitis.”

In March this year, The Adobo Chronicles  broke the story that the American Psychiatric Association (APA)officially classified ‘selfies’ as a mental disorder, calling it “Selfitis.”image45

The disorder is defined as the obsessive-compulsive desire to take photos of one’s self  and post them on social media as a way to make up for the lack of self-esteem and to fill a gap in intimacy. APA said there are three levels of the disorder: borderline, acute and chronic selfitis.

In deciding to add “Selfitis” to their dictionary, Oxford said that “no other word in the history of the English language has caught the attention of millions of people worldwide within a short period of time, dominating news stories, songs, television shows, Facebook posts and Tweets, as has “Selfitis.”

In  responding to criticism that “itis” means “inflammation” and that the disorder as defined by the APA is more of an addiction, Oxford decided to add a second definition in its dictionary entry, as follows:

Selfitis (self-i’tis) n. inflammation of the ego

However, the word “Selfitis” failed to be named Oxford Dictionaries’ “Word of the Year.”  The 2014 Word of the Year is “Vape,”  used to describe the process of inhaling and exhaling the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette (or “vape pen”).

Last year’s word of the year was “Selfies.”