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YOU’VE seen advertisements of almost everything our economy has to offer. Cars. Hair products. Food. Beeer. Clothing. You barely notice them as you go by, due to its sheer commodity and normality. As you’re driving in your car or walking down the street they seem to you as nothing more than background scenery, combined with the shadows of the trees and mountains of British Columba.

Nevertheless there are times when you are caught off guard by advertisements so unique; so explicit, that you stop to stare at it in wonder, intrigue, admiration and sometimes even shock. Nevertheless these are the type of advertisements that the public love.

All of what i’ve written so far however, isn’t what i want to fous on. What i do want to focus on aren’t advertisements you see in your daily lives, but those that you don’t see. Everybody knows that some products are funner to market than others. People would not normally want to create advertisements for products like toilet cleaners and dishwashing soap. These products admittedly do not offer much to work with.

Where creativity lies are in products  that, for example, promote safe sex. You know what i’m talking about.

Condoms are a really controversial product. They are banned in certain countries, and worshipped in others. But one thing’s clear; and that is that they’re responsible for a few of the most interesting, humorous and memorable advertisements today.

Unfortunately, many a times those advertisements never make it past paper.  But fortunately, thanks to a thing called the internet, we are able to find anything, anywhere and anytime. I found this list of ‘advertisements you’ll never see’ on the webiste http://2leep.com. Most of the advertisements are from the brand DUREX. Do not take them seriously, for that isn’t their purpose. Their purpose to the create entertainment and laughter for their audience, and likely for the creators themselves as well.

I saved my favorite for last.

Ever felt so bored at home that you decide to look up interesting facts on the internet that you think will perhaps make you a little more interesting too? maybe look up the ten most disgusting tatoos, or the ten most amazing architectural buildings. Lucky for me, i happen to feel bored all the time and those kind of interesting facts/images are not a much of a interest to me anymore. Therefore i decided to go for something more random; say for example, interesting facts about a banana.

Now i hope you realise that i didnt actuali think topic of this myself, i happened to chance across it when i was searching the net for other fun and interesting things to do. which at that time, all didnt appear as interesting as the banana website.

So here’s what i found out about bananas. I can’t gaurantee that some of it is true but that can be something you guys, if you’re ever feeling bored yourself and just not in the mood for studying, can find out yourself!!

FACT NO1

BANANA TREES ONLY GROW BANANAS ONCE. AFTER THAT THEY ARE JUST NORMAL BORING TREES.

FACT NO2

THE SMALL BANANAS YOU ALWAYS SEE ARENT REAL BANANAS. THEY ARE CHEMICALLY MODIFIED BANANAS.

FACT NO3

DUE TO FACT NO2, BANANAS ARE SLOWLY BECOMING EXTINCT. THEY ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.

FACT NO4

BANANAS ARE GREAT FOR HANGOVERS. (Now this would be a ‘try it yourself’ kinda thing)

FACT NO5

EVER WONDER WHY BANANAS DON’T HAVE SEEDS IN THEM? ALWAYS THOUGHT BANANAS NEVER HAD SEEDS? WONDER NO MORE! THEY REALLY DO! THEY ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY LOOK LIKE THIS!

THEY DONT LOOK SO APPETIZING NOW DO THEY?

Now here’s a fact i’ve added myself. Im sure a lot of you are already aware of it but for those that aren’t, here you go!!

p.s. i know it may not sound as interesting as the facts above but hey,

AMANDA’s FACT

BANANA MAKE EXCELLENT SMOOTHIES. THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ANY SMOOTHIE BECAUSE OF THEIR THICKENING QUALITIES. SMOOTHIES WITHOUT BANANAS TEND TO BE LESS CREAMY AND WHO IN THE WORLD DOESN’T LIKE THINGS THAT ARE CREAMY?

MAY I GET AN AMEN!!

That’s all of today!!

THANK FOR READING!

Well this is new to me. ive never had a blog, except for xanga but tat died n i didnt really do much on it aniways.

well i guess i should start by introducing myself!

HI! I’m Amanda Ng and im malaysian! ive lived in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, and of course now Canada! woot woot!

Im a second year sauder student, as you all probably already know since this blog is required for our Comm 296 Marketing course!

First of all, i would actually like to thank my teacher Ms. Tamar for making me do this blog!! and im not trying to be a suck up i sincerely mean it! i really appreciate it because i have thought of startin a blog for quite a while now. I read alot of blogs but I’ve neva actually had one of my own because, well, im a lazy person.

so this actually is a great oppurtunity for me to finally experience what it’s like blogging, and so far im liking it!

tats it for today!! now ive got some accounting reading to do! i usuali leave tat til nightime so i can sorta just… fall slowly asleep while im reading..

thanks for visiting!! i’ll make the next blog definately more interesting!