Friday, November 19, 2010

Pilipinas Kay Ganda - Own it!




To all my non-Filipino readers (if there's any @_@) do you know what "Kay Ganda" means? It means "So Beautiful"

Pilipinas Kay Ganda (Philippines So Beautiful) is the new slogan / ad campaign of my country. From WOW Philippines, they changed it to that. WOW! @_@

I don't like it. From the very beginning when I heard it, I immediately thought, "why is it in Tagalog?" (Filipino Language) "people from other country wouldn't understand it...."

Then came the news, the same question has popped into everyone's noodles, particularly the critics. Why is it not in English?


The slogan / ad campaign evidently has a lot of issues and controversy. From the choice of language, came  their choice website address/URL (now closed), which is almost close to being identical to that of a adult website, and now, their Logo's design (or the font) is like a copy from Poland Tourism Board.

Why not pay someone to design your own Font?! They do have the tax payers money, don't they?

Well, I guess there's nothing I can do but nag and whine about it. But someone, who has knowledge in internet and computer technology, have managed to design a FaceBook application that can mimic the Pilipinas Kay Ganda logo, to make it your own. Here is the link: (you need to have a FaceBook account, though)

Click "Start Over" 


http://apps.facebook.com/kayganda/c/?ampaign=YeahBoy

Enjoy! ^_^


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