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Want to get some new friends on WeChat but don’t know where to start? Shake your phone and see who are also shaking too at the moment around the world. “Shake” is an interesting way to discover new users by just shaking your smartphone. Just be careful not to reveal any of your personal information.

Here’s a short story shared by Tristan, a WeChat user, on how he “shaked” his way to a new friendship/relationship.

I would be graduating high school in a few months and I honestly didn’t know what to do next. My friends were applying to different colleges but I wasn’t sure if that option was something I wanted for myself. I had no goal or target afterwards and everywhere I Iooked, I only felt lost and confused.

I decided to go to Starbucks near my house. It was my favorite go-to place whenever I wanted to chill out with a hot cup of coffee to keep me company. I pushed the glass doors of the shop and went inside when I noticed her sitting alone on one of the tables. I’ve seen her a couple of times already and always thought she was pretty; she wore a red dress that complemented her fair complexion and it only made her more radiant. I head to the counter and ordered my usual drink, she was on my back so I sneaked a look pretending to scan the place for a spot to settle in. She giggled and started tapping on her phone when I noticed her using Wechat.

I opened my Wechat app and selected the “Look Around” function; this enabled me to look for nearby users who were using Wechat as well, after a few seconds, her avatar popped up: Trisha Rivera was her name.

Maybe it was the rush from the 5 packets of sugar I put in my coffee and the fact that I had nothing to lose so I went towards her table and looked at her for a prolonged moment of seconds. Trisha looked at me weirdly.

“Trisha? Is that you?” I said trying to sound confident. She looked puzzled that I knew her name but I continued with my act. I pretended that we were classmates from elementary but that I moved in high school. It was a lame and very weak excuse but she nodded and told me that it had been a long time. Call it dumb luck but after that awkward introduction, we started talking and before we knew it, we had spent the whole day exchanging stories and laughing with each other.

Trisha and I started dating soon after and I was really happy. We shared our hobbies and dreams; I opened up about wanting to travel to Italy after graduation so I could study the art of drawing, turns out she had plans of studying architecture in France by the end of the year. We made plans to meet up in Europe and realizing how supportive and encouraging she was to pursue what I wanted; I decided to tell her the truth about our fateful meeting that day in the coffee shop.

We were at the airport when I told her the truth. She laughed and admitted that she already knew my reason was completely made up because she studied elementary in another country. She confessed that she had also seen me in the coffee shop as well and actually used Wechat hoping to find my name. We ended up bonding over our common coincidence and felt thankful meeting each other. I promised her that we would see each other next year, no matter what happens, it was a “target” that we would “look around” for and fulfill.

How to use Shake in WeChat
1. Select Discover then tap on Shake.
2. Shake your phone.
WeChat will look for people shaking their phones at the same time and will display a list of people found. You may send them a greeting to start making your new connection!

With WeChat Shake, you can meet new friends from different parts of the world even if you are far away from them. You too can shake, discover and make new connections. Try it Now! For more details and WeChat application download, please visit www.wechat.com.

The year’s Christmas countdown reads that there are about ten days left before everyone brings out sparklers for Noche Buena, attends the last of Simbang Gabi, and huddles around trees for gift-giving. New Year, too, is not far behind as there are barely two weeks left before we ring in 2014 with painted skies. To help you ride along with the holiday rush, count on WeChat to be your digital buddy with features that let you tick your to-dos for the season in just a matter of taps and swipes.

Send out holiday greeting cards
It’s that time of the year again when postcard stands are all decked out with advanced well wishes for Christmas and New Year. Usher in the season with digital versions of these written notes by claiming your WeChat holiday gift rolling out this December 19. To start, download WeChat by visiting www.wechat.com. Then, find WeChat team in your contacts list and simply send a holiday photo followed by a festive voice message using the Hold to Talk feature to the WeChat Team and you’ll receive custom Christmas e-cards to share with your friends and family via WeChat Moments.

Come December 26, these greeting cards will shift to New Year templates which you can again send out to your loved ones. These templates are WeChat’s holiday treats for its community which will be up until January 8, 2014. Don’t forget to claim these WeChat holiday gifts before January 8, 2014 and start sharing some holiday cheer with your friends!

Organize Christmas parties
For a season that bursts with all kinds of celebration at the seams, planning Christmas and New Year’s parties can turn anyone into a real Grinch. Get back into the organizing scene minus the hassle with WeChat’s Group Messaging that maintains communications with up to 40 friends in one group whether via text, voice, or video.

A plus point: Have your friends remember party venues using WeChat’s location-based feature which allows you to send location maps in seconds.

Complete shopping lists
Remember when picking out Christmas gifts seemed like a guessing game? Win at shopping for what your family and friends truly want by inviting them to post their Christmas wishlists via WeChat’s Moments feature.

Compressed in one timeline, you can share and receive photos, videos, links, and comments from your gifts’ recipients even while on the go.

Call relatives abroad
Christmas and New Year are those times of the year when merriment instantly brings family and friends together.

With WeChat, you can also have your loved ones from different points of the globe virtually join in the fun with one quick Video Call integrated in the application.

One of the best parts of the season is sharing occasions with special people who have marked or are bound to mark your life. So you never have to miss out on the details, WeChat pins down your stories for you with Storycam, which is developed by Tencent solely for WeChat.

StoryCam allows everyone to share their stories through themed photos including Featured, Place, Weather, Food, and Lifestyle. To do this, users can start by capturing a photo, enhancing it using up to 15 free filters, applying real-time location, weather, and date updates, and even placing watermarks wherever you want on the photo.

WeChat is an innovative mobile social communications application designed for smartphone users. WeChat is free for download from app stores running on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian and Windows Phone operating systems*. It is the most downloaded mobile social app in many markets with more than 100 million registered accounts in international markets.

WeChat users can add friends via a wide range of innovative actions and methods, including scanning QR codes, connecting users’ phone books and activating location-based functions such as “People Nearby” and “Shake”. The platform enhances social interaction by supporting exchanging of text, voice and video, stickers, and photos with their friends over data networks or under Wi-Fi environments. Users can choose to communicate one-on-one, or within their closed social network through “Moments”.

WeChat also comes with comprehensive privacy setting functions, which enables user to tailor their security level as needed

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