Posts Tagged ‘facebook’

Doppelgänger Week

February 3rd, 2010 by Manda | 11 Comments | Filed in Online

It’s Doppelgänger Week on Facebook (well, more like Doppelgänger Now That It’s Popular It Won’t Go Away on Facebook). Even though I’m not one to have defaults that feature photos of people/objects other than myself, I was curious to see who my celebrity doppelgänger was.

According to MyHeritage’s face recognition software, my doppelgänger is…

Zhang Ziyi, the Chinese actress best known for her roles in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; House of Flying Daggers; and Memoirs of a Geisha!1

I don’t think I look that much like her, but apparently MyHeritage does. The biggest difference between me and Ziyi is that she’s 100% Asian while I’m only half. Most people think I don’t even look half-Asian, maybe a quarter, so I’m not sure how accurate MyHeritage’s 97% similarity rating is. I’d absolutely love to have her complexion, though. The girl’s skin is flawless!

  1. Photo source: here. []

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Odds and Ends

May 29th, 2009 by Manda | 4 Comments | Filed in Life

There are a few loose ends to some personal topics I’ve mentioned in passing on some of my posts, so I thought I would take the time to address them and wrap them up before the topics got too outdated!

  • I registered for my fall 2009 classes successfully. I ended up opting for the three classes on Monday, one class on Tuesday option. I figure that it will be easier for me to juggle my workload with my schedule spaced out like that rather than have four classes back to back on a Monday, especially as my one class on Tuesday is a morning class so I will still have the rest of my Tuesday free for study and/or work.
  • I am now in an official relationship. Well, according to Facebook, anyway. I’m listed as married one of my good male friends, and as any relationship isn’t official till it’s on Facebook, I guess that means I’m now officially off the market!
  • I finished up my first year of college with my good academic record intact. I joined a National Honor Society, made Dean’s List1 both semesters, and am looking forward to the next school year to start classes that are more into the “core” of my major.
  • Living at home has been an interesting adjustment. I get bored easily (as expected) and miss dorm life more than I thought I would, but I’m making the best of it. It’s not bad or anything, I just miss having my friends living with me and now we are all in our separate places scattered throughout the country for the summer!
  • My summer reading mission is going well. I’m halfway through the Harry Potter series, and plan on tackling Sarah Dessen’s books next. I’ll probably get sidetracked as I get through my self-assigned summer reading with some new books that I want to read this summer, but I’m determined to get through that list!
  1. An academic honor for students who maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher. []

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Funny Facebook Groups

March 27th, 2009 by Manda | 6 Comments | Filed in Online

Like most typical students, I waste a lot of my time surfing on Facebook. From writing on my friends’ walls, updating my status, or looking at photos, Facebook is the perfect way to procrastinate for hours on end. There are also a plethora of amusing Facebook groups to join, many of which amuse me to no end. Here are a few of my favorites!

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