#christopher lao

HINDI NATIN mapagkakaila na namumuhay tayo sa mundo ng Internet kung saan naghahari ang mga social networking sites na ginagamit natin tulad ng Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube at marami pang iba. Kaya nga lang, kasabay ng pag-usbong ng social media ay ang pagdami ng mga taong nagiging...

- Christopher Lao.

Well, we've certainly been informed today. 

Something interesting happened at school today. Well, for Theology, we finally finished reporting that damn paper on Euthanasia. Sobrang stress reliever. Halatang kabado lang ako kasi yung group namin yung pinaka-unang nagreport.

Ako ang pinaka-unang nagsalita sa group. HAHAHA thanks, guys.

So anyways, our next class dapat was at 1pm. Photography yung next class. Eh we were so used to waiting for like, 15 minutes before our prof for that class would arrive, kasi yung prof namin sa class na yun, sya yung chairman ng department ng fine arts. So he's usually busy. So nakatambay lang kami sa labas ng studio. When he came, he asked us

"O, ano ginagawa nyo dyan?"

Parang gusto kong sabihin "ahhm, hinihintay ka lang naman po sir ng kalahating oras kasi naka-lock yung studio. no big deal."

yun pala, excused kami sa class. We were supposed to attend this forum on politics. Ininvite na ako ng friend ko kasi member sya ng Political Science Society and the forum was an event of their org. so ayun.

it talked about cyber bullying, I think? Well, I wasn't really sure. But it focused on cyber bullying, then how social networking could help the government. sobrang labo lang.

eh they showed us the video of Christopher Lao and his ever so famous line na "I should have been informed"

first time ko mapanuod yung video. Kaya tawang tawa talaga ako. Then afterwards, they showed a parody of someone imitating the said video. Benta talaga. Katabi ko pa naman si Jeff nun and he was like "Ang stupid talaga."

then all of a sudden, nung sinasabi ng announcer na we'd be talking about cyber bullying, biglang sinabi niya "and to talk about his experience, let us all please welcome, MR. CHRISTOPHER LAO!"

yes, Christopher Lao. in the flesh. Medyo embarrassing lang, and I admit I felt a bit ashamed na tumawa ako, not knowing he was there. It was an indirect awkward moment right there.

He's super kalog pala. To be honest, natatawa din naman sya sa sarili nya. Sabi nya when he got on stage "Nagtago ako dun sa likod kasi nakakahiya na makita nyo ako habang pinapanuod nyo video ko." Pero he made kwento naman about it and why it happened. At least now, nagegets ko na yung side nya. Sobrang mali lang pala sa part ng news reporter yung nangyari. a very unprofessional news reporter.

so, ayun. Nakakatuwa sya. Ewan ko ba. Kahit na natatawa parin ako sa linya nyang "I should have been informed!" may punto sya.

"Lahat na laitin nila, wag lang yung intellectual capacity ko."

Hindi sya tanga guys. Kung tutuusin, mas tanga parin tayo kahit na ipagsama sama yung alam natin kumpara sa kanya. Nag-aaral sa UP. Taking up Law.

San ka pa diba? Tama nga naman sya. Lahat na i-lait sa kanya, wag lang yung katalinuhan nya. Kaya sobra nga namang nakaka-down yun. Trending worldwide na bobo sya? saklap.

It's just an unprofessional decision ng madaming tao. Hindi sya pinagtake ng bar dahil lang dun? I find it very stupid and unprofessional kasi hindi nila dinecide ng maayos kung ipapag-take ba nila sya ng exam dahil namistulang bobo sya. eh kita naman siguro sa track record nya na matataas grado nya diba? ugh. ewan ko ba. unprofessional. hindi pinagisipan.

maslalo na yang news reporter. parang, naka-hanap lang ng 'scoop', ginitgit pa nya kasi kay Lao yung katangahang ginawa nya. Parang, imbis na intindihin sya, pinagmumukha pa nyang tanga lalo. Sabi nga niya kanina

"Galit na galit na ako nun. Kasi hello? Alam ko namang tanga yung ginawa ko. Wag mo nang idiin diba?"

so ayun. hindi nya na rin alam sinasabi nya that time. kaya siguro kung ano ano nasabi nya. 

hahahaha so yun. he talked about how it really made him depressed, he thought about suicide, he went abroad twice to find himself and to find peace. bla bla bla. and whoa. may daughter pala sya. :O

oh well. at least now we know.

Now, we are informed.

MEME UPDATE: Remember Christopher Lao? He's the Law student who became infamous when he was featured in a news report with his floating car. His attitude in his interview drew the ire of many Pinoy netizens, and he became the subject of public roasting. His words "I should have been informed" even became a certified meme.

Well, he's back, and happy.

He now stars in a commercial for BPI Family Auto Loan. The one-minute commercial spoofs the news report, down to the words he said that made people angry.

In an interview with GMA News Online, Lao admitted that he became depressed after he became an internet phenomenon. But the commercial is a signal that he is moving on.

"Some good finally came out of this crisis. It became an opportunity. I can now pay for the tuition of my daughter," he said.

Well, good for him. The best way to combat infamy is to embrace it and make something out of it. Just ask Kim Kardashian, whose sex tape led her to riches and real fame.

from the nation's laughing stock to commercial model. this is how everyone should bounce back..

Way to give Christopher Lao more airtime BPI.

Christopher Lao. Man. Not only were you stupid, you were arrogant and tried covering up your idiotic mistake by blaming other people in your pathetic squeaky voice and baluktot-conotic English. Now you have your own commercial. At least naperahan mo kabobohan mo.

On the other hand, brilliant marketing by the ad agency and BPI. This is the sort of thing that polarizes people - you either love it or hate it (100 internets if you can guess how I feel) - but either way it gets people talking about you.