ivani.rm: unpatched ... really ?
ARTEo: hey
ARTEo: how are you dude
ARTEo: miss you la
ARTEo: (april is the time to get soppy)
ivani.rm: haha
ivani.rm: I am missing you also l ah !!!
ivani.rm): so how's things ....
ARTEo: okay la
ivani.rm: I just got back to Malaysia
ARTEo: still in a limbo
ARTEo: Malaysia?
ivani.rm: from africa
ARTEo: but decided that i need to pick myself up
ivani.rm: to USA I mean...
ARTEo: so i figured
ivani.rm: you doing ok ?
ivani.rm: wassup man
ARTEo : so how're the lions and giraffes and all...
ivani.rm: they're beautiful
ivani.rm: really ... I really like .
ivani.rm: you're not on facebook huh ?
ARTEo: you'd better have taken some GOOD PHOTOS
ARTEo: i am on facebook
ARTEo: gave in to the ways of the commoners
ivani.rm: haha
ivani.rm: are you on my list?
ivani.rm: I added some photos ...
ARTEo: dont think so... i rarely check also... but i get notified if anyone found me
ARTEo: hahha
ARTEo: friendster's getting crappy
ivani.rm: yeah ... agree
ARTEo: my friends list are full of people i dont know
ivani.rm: facebook more solid
ivani.rm: ahahha
ivani.rm: hey re you on skype ?
ARTEo: so i'll properly filter this in facebook
ARTEo: yea.. but i cant do it on this computer
ARTEo: i need to get to the other one
ivani.rm: really ?
ARTEo: yea
ivani.rm: icic
ivani.rm: let me see ... I can add you
ARTEo: apparently my vista doesnt agree with skype
ivani.rm: vista sucks big time
ARTEo: dont know why
ARTEo: yea
ivani.rm: because it has all these security crap
ARTEo: ...hey... the unpatching is just an april fool thingy
ARTEo: started yesterday with a sappy poem abt heartbrokenness
ivani.rm: do you remember your nick for skype
ARTEo: and all kinda shit to make it real
ivani.rm: poem huh ?
ARTEo: arteo
ARTEo: as usual
ivani.rm: really ...
ARTEo: not poem la... more like free-writing
ARTEo: then i "close" it yesterday
ARTEo: hahha
ARTEo: going to post the bluff later
ivani.rm: really ?
ivani.rm: huh ...
ARTEo (1/4/2008 11:08:15 AM): my hands are itching to break the news
ivani.rm (1/4/2008 11:08:17 AM): you melodramatic
Those of you who bought the story:
And to those who are still wondering what April Fool's day is all about, here's a little article taken from Wikipedia hopefully will bore you to death... choke on it!
The origins of this custom are complex and a matter of much debate. It is likely a relic of the once common festivities held on the vernal equinox, which began on the 25th of March, old New Year's Day, and ended on the 2nd of April.
Though the 1st of April appears to have been observed as a general festival in Great Britain in antiquity, it was apparently not until the beginning of the 18th century that the making of April-fools was a common custom. In Scotland the custom was known as "hunting the gowk," i.e. the cuckoo, and April-fools were "April-gowks," the cuckoo being a term of contempt, as it is in many countries.
One of the earliest connections of the day with fools is Chaucer's story the Nun's Priest's Tale (c.1400), which concerns two fools and takes place "thritty dayes and two" from the beginning of March, which is April 1. The significance of this is difficult to determine.
Europe may have derived its April-fooling from the French. French and Dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe April Fools' Day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of April. France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of Charles IX. This was in 1564, even before the 1582 adoption of the Gregorian calendar (See Julian start of the year). Thus the New Year's gifts and visits of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of April became associated with the first day of January, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of April. In France the person fooled is known as poisson d'avril (April fish). This has been explained as arising from the fact that in April the sun quits the zodiacal sign of the fish. The French traditionally celebrated this holiday by placing dead fish on the backs of friends. Today, real fish have been replaced with sticky, fish-shaped paper cut-outs that children try to sneak onto the back of their friends' shirts. Candy shops and bakeries also offer fish-shaped sweets for the holiday.
Some Dutch also celebrate the 1st of April for other reasons. In 1572, the Netherlands were ruled by Spain's King Philip II. Roaming the region were Dutch rebels who called themselves Geuzen, after the French "gueux," meaning beggars. On April 1, 1572, the Geuzen seized the small coastal town of Den Briel. This event was also the start of the general civil rising against the Spanish in other cities in the Netherlands. The Duke of Alba, commander of the Spanish army could not prevent the uprising. Bril is the Dutch word for glasses, so on April 1, 1572, "Alba lost his glasses." The Dutch commemorate this with humor on the first of April.
ARTEo: hey
ARTEo: how are you dude
ARTEo: miss you la
ARTEo: (april is the time to get soppy)
ivani.rm: haha
ivani.rm: I am missing you also l ah !!!
ivani.rm): so how's things ....
ARTEo: okay la
ivani.rm: I just got back to Malaysia
ARTEo: still in a limbo
ARTEo: Malaysia?
ivani.rm: from africa
ARTEo: but decided that i need to pick myself up
ivani.rm: to USA I mean...
ARTEo: so i figured
ivani.rm: you doing ok ?
ivani.rm: wassup man
ARTEo : so how're the lions and giraffes and all...
ivani.rm: they're beautiful
ivani.rm: really ... I really like .
ivani.rm: you're not on facebook huh ?
ARTEo: you'd better have taken some GOOD PHOTOS
ARTEo: i am on facebook
ARTEo: gave in to the ways of the commoners
ivani.rm: haha
ivani.rm: are you on my list?
ivani.rm: I added some photos ...
ARTEo: dont think so... i rarely check also... but i get notified if anyone found me
ARTEo: hahha
ARTEo: friendster's getting crappy
ivani.rm: yeah ... agree
ARTEo: my friends list are full of people i dont know
ivani.rm: facebook more solid
ivani.rm: ahahha
ivani.rm: hey re you on skype ?
ARTEo: so i'll properly filter this in facebook
ARTEo: yea.. but i cant do it on this computer
ARTEo: i need to get to the other one
ivani.rm: really ?
ARTEo: yea
ivani.rm: icic
ivani.rm: let me see ... I can add you
ARTEo: apparently my vista doesnt agree with skype
ivani.rm: vista sucks big time
ARTEo: dont know why
ARTEo: yea
ivani.rm: because it has all these security crap
ARTEo: ...hey... the unpatching is just an april fool thingy
ARTEo: started yesterday with a sappy poem abt heartbrokenness
ivani.rm: do you remember your nick for skype
ARTEo: and all kinda shit to make it real
ivani.rm: poem huh ?
ARTEo: arteo
ARTEo: as usual
ivani.rm: really ...
ARTEo: not poem la... more like free-writing
ARTEo: then i "close" it yesterday
ARTEo: hahha
ARTEo: going to post the bluff later
ivani.rm: really ?
ivani.rm: huh ...
ARTEo (1/4/2008 11:08:15 AM): my hands are itching to break the news
ivani.rm (1/4/2008 11:08:17 AM): you melodramatic
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Those of you who bought the story:
a.p.r.i.l f.o.o.l...!!!
But hey, I'd like to sincerely thank those who dropped in to ask if I am okay and all... especially our Celebrity Blogger himself, BobBy for being so concerned with the closing of PATCH, that he even brought it up over lunch today... ha ha ha... Bob you're an angel...****************************************************************
And to those who are still wondering what April Fool's day is all about, here's a little article taken from Wikipedia hopefully will bore you to death... choke on it!
The origins of this custom are complex and a matter of much debate. It is likely a relic of the once common festivities held on the vernal equinox, which began on the 25th of March, old New Year's Day, and ended on the 2nd of April.
Though the 1st of April appears to have been observed as a general festival in Great Britain in antiquity, it was apparently not until the beginning of the 18th century that the making of April-fools was a common custom. In Scotland the custom was known as "hunting the gowk," i.e. the cuckoo, and April-fools were "April-gowks," the cuckoo being a term of contempt, as it is in many countries.
One of the earliest connections of the day with fools is Chaucer's story the Nun's Priest's Tale (c.1400), which concerns two fools and takes place "thritty dayes and two" from the beginning of March, which is April 1. The significance of this is difficult to determine.
Europe may have derived its April-fooling from the French. French and Dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe April Fools' Day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of April. France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of Charles IX. This was in 1564, even before the 1582 adoption of the Gregorian calendar (See Julian start of the year). Thus the New Year's gifts and visits of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of April became associated with the first day of January, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of April. In France the person fooled is known as poisson d'avril (April fish). This has been explained as arising from the fact that in April the sun quits the zodiacal sign of the fish. The French traditionally celebrated this holiday by placing dead fish on the backs of friends. Today, real fish have been replaced with sticky, fish-shaped paper cut-outs that children try to sneak onto the back of their friends' shirts. Candy shops and bakeries also offer fish-shaped sweets for the holiday.
Some Dutch also celebrate the 1st of April for other reasons. In 1572, the Netherlands were ruled by Spain's King Philip II. Roaming the region were Dutch rebels who called themselves Geuzen, after the French "gueux," meaning beggars. On April 1, 1572, the Geuzen seized the small coastal town of Den Briel. This event was also the start of the general civil rising against the Spanish in other cities in the Netherlands. The Duke of Alba, commander of the Spanish army could not prevent the uprising. Bril is the Dutch word for glasses, so on April 1, 1572, "Alba lost his glasses." The Dutch commemorate this with humor on the first of April.
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