Orkut

Managed to upload some photos to my Orkut photo album.
Its a potpourri of places, and mainly about life on the road, across hemispheres, countries, cities and altitudes.

http://www.orkut.com/AlbumList.aspx?uid=8863989011039374395

Talking of Orkut, its amazing how important it is to life in Brazil, especially for the young.
In many cases, it has replaced the phone as the means of contact. Appointments, social networking, gossip, bitching, Orkut is the forum for it all. No wonder, the maximum number of Orkut users come from India and Brazil.

It brings about its own peculiar termiology as well. A friend, who converted to Facebook, deleted her orkut profile. She subsequently sent an email to all her friends that she was commiting orkuticide.

I have no such plans, and i love my orkut acount. As for facebook, although i have a profile, i do not see a compelling enough reason to shift.