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True Award
Given the chance to choose between an Emmy over a meme award, I will choose the latter. There are things in life that are more meaningful compared to some gold-covered statuesque. Over the years, in my academic struggle to be the best among the rest, I strived hard to get to the top without pulling others down. I played fair and square. I Never cheated (except in math during High School LOL — I?m talking about college if you?ll excuse me), never stepped on others nor pushed myself on things that I never deserved.
When I studied nursing, I promised myself that I would get that ?Magna Cum Laude? (modesty aside po?) which my former Dean promised me when I first inquired for enrollment. I never asked her about that award, but she brainwashed me into thinking that I could get it if I enrolled in that school. There was no proposal, just a nudge from her, seeing from my previous transcripts that my grades in the seminary are with flying colors, she convinced me that if I studied there, I just might notch the hole in one. So I did. enroll in that academe and worked hard for that award. Only to tell me later during my fourth year in Nursing proper that I was not qualified because most of my minor subjects were not taken in that school.
I cannot help but judge her today that she tricked me into enrolling in that school so as to get high rate of enrollees. She lied to me big time. That was my feeling back then. In retrospect, I was so angry with her that up to now I still do not trust her. However, the anger has subsided, but the trust can never ever be regained.
Since then I learned my lessons: never put your trust on awards or grades for that matter. Grades and awards are relative. Lesson in life is the real thing that matters.
That experience humbled me so much that when I became a professor myself, I always tell my students to ?study for life and not for grades?. It made me realize that students need to be inspired in order to extract their full potential. They need to be affirmed in order to have a motivation to better themselves.
At this point in my life, I never give a damn on awards, not because of my bitter experience, but because of the realization that medals, honors and awards do not belong on your neck. You do not go to work with all your trophies, sashes and medals hanged on your neck, pinned on your uniform and tied on the hems of your pants and clothes. They belong to the walls of offices, living rooms, corridors and institutions. The real award is on the people?s confidence in you and the belief that with or without those metal and glass statues, you can still become an inspiration to all.
Awards just make a person delusional. Like what I have experienced, I was so delusional in getting the award, that I never recognized reality from mere fantasy. We are given the chance to fly on the sky, not to dominate it, but to be with others who journey with us, especially those who are learning how to fly. To be alone above is pure loneliness, pure alienation and isolation. It is happier when you reap something not for yourself, but for others and with others who also aspires to be like you.
You may have all the awards in the world, but to whom will you share it? It?s much nicer to become nameless and yet you know that in some way or another, you touch people?s lives.
So with all of the rants that I laid above, my only point is this: from the bottom of my heart, thank you for always making me feel that I touched your lives no matter how imperfect and unworthy I am to be considered as such. Thank you for the times wherein you give me such inspiration to go on with this self-proclaimed mission even though sometimes I am caught between my seminary upbringing and my activist?s nature. Thank you also for all of you who gave me a reason to smile everyday in my little window to the world every time I log on to the cyberspace.
For the record. I would like to thank Dom for giving me the ?Blogging Community Involving Award?, to Rebecca and Ems for the ?You Make Me Smile Award? and to Laketress for the ?Blogging Star Award? and the ?Awesome Guy Award?. They are really awesome. I will never give them up for an Emmy, Tony, Famas, Urian or for an Oscar, because like I said, they are more meaningful because they came from the heart and not from some bunch of high profile judges.
And with this recognition (and not an award – I dare make a difference between the two) I won’t tag anyone, I wont give them to any particular person. I?m giving all this award to all of you, my dear friends and blog mates. This is actually a gesture of gratitude for making this dream-project (OTWOMD) a success for only 4 months of official and technical existence. And I do hope with you, we can reach more people, to let them know that Dreams are free? you only have to make them happen? today or tomorrow.
My mission here remains the same like what I wrote in my TAPSILOG page, including the mission to help other new and low profile bloggers to be known in the blogosphere and to actually help them make a niche of their own. Blogging is for evryone. regardless of religion, belief and social standing. I’m proud that I belong with all of you who will always remain nameless yet full of meaning and content of our daily struggles to be human.
I may not have thousands of comments in a single post, I may not have the most celebrated bloggers on my platform, and I may not have a google-qualified traffic, but I definitely have the best of both worlds defined, aggregated and personified by the people who visit OTWOMD. And the people who are listed on my footer blog roll, who share their life?s everyday journey with me here in the blogosphere, in making a difference in the world
You are all the reason why I smile everyday: bloggers, readers, lurkers, posers and yes-even spammers.
“It is always the LOVE of our God (whatever name we call Him) that compels us to make possible what is impossible”
From a fellow nameless blogger, Thanks to all of you?
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A man of integrity! Way to go. Thanks for visiting Your Love Coach.
joy
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Oist may pahabol daw jan sa mga awards mo…
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD daw
don’t like? c’mon…DON’T SHY, DON’T SHY
you also deserve it. Fave ko yun soundtrack nitong entry na to. Thank you din bluep for your kindness. You have a very good heart. Stay happy and blessed. mwah!
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Pareng Bluepanj, naiyak ako sa kwento mo.
Very inspiring talaga. Wow i never thought na ganun ka kalalim na tao. You’re making sense. Btw, natawa ako dito pero totoo, di ko lang ma imagine kung sasakay ka sa mga jeep, tryk, lrt at mrt. ano kayang sasabihin ng mga tao sayo? lols
“You do not go to work with all your trophies, sashes and medals hanged on your neck, pinned on your uniform and tied on the hems of your pants and clothes.”
Pero tol, alam mo, you’re an inspiration to all. Great entry! Kitipap!
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*throws tissuepaper in the air*
Blue, I like every kind of awards. Awards that surprises me. It is already an honor being included in your blogroll, for me that’s the best one I’ve ever received, it makes me feel like a rockstar. And I think that best speech that I can give is simply, “THANK YOU”.
Two thumbs up with your blog awards.
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clap, clap, clap
you deserve those awards!
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“I may not have the most celebrated bloggers on my platform” – eh anong tawag mo sa akin? wehehehehh…
“You are all the reason why I smile everyday bloggers:readers:lurkers:posers and yes even spammers” – woot-woot akismet hanao ka ata nito, baka miss ka na… nakalimutan mo isali stokers!
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ey — fair enough huh!…. i knew it –nasabi mo na yan sa akin di ba?….pero mas sobra pa sa fair enough ang mga blog awards mo tsong hehehehe–as in congrats talaga sau kapatid ko….:)
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ang haba ng acceptance speech mo manong lol!! heniways..congrats sa award ….. may award ka rin sa akin…..ANG MATYAGANG TAGAPAKINIG AWARD!! tanggapin mo mula sa stickam ko lol!
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bravo!!
I?m giving all this award to all of you, my dear friends and blog mates. This is actually a gesture of gratitude for making this dream-project (OTWOMD) a success for only 4 months of official and technical existence. And I do hope with you, we can reach more people, to let them know that Dreams are free? you only have to make them happen? today or tomorrow.
Humble naman – - parang si KC Concepcion!!
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@Joy – just living the way i ought to live my life in the service of fellow humans hehe
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@Malen – hehe di mo binasa kapatid ng buo ang post ko hahaha… sabi ko sobrang thankful ako sa awards na to compared sa kahit ano pang blog awards kasi these all came from the senders heart. kahit pa tag lang sya it means so much to me.
Thank you din. you also have a big heart. thanks for the friendship and for always making me smile everyday kahit minsan naglalaitan tayo nina ambo hahaha
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@Ambo -salamat bro. actually kayo lahat inspiration ko. minsan talaga walang pumasok sa isip ko kaya matagal ang interval ng entries pero God always inspires me to write something coming from the heart kahit minsan korni na ang dating haha. Lahat tayo inspirasyon dito.
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@K, kapatid ako nga dapat magpasalamat sayo kasi you were one of my first readers here and up tonow anjan ka pa rin. words are not enough to really express my gratitude to you and to all of you.
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@kengkay – (*bows down in august humility).
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@Diwa – hahaha honga pala: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, INCLUDING THE THIRD KIND, MAY NALIGAW PO NA SILIBRITY DITO SA BLOG KO NA SI DIWATA. HANEP PO ALINDOG NYAN AYON SA KANYA HAHA. ITS OTWOMD’S PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE (*hagalpak na sa katatawa)
stalkers? hindi ko na binanggit kasi si Chuvaness lang naman ang stalker ko dito sa net eh haha
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@Dom – aside po from Kuya Noizki, brother Dom, Skippy, Kuya Rino, Reynz and Ronnie are my first ever chatmates sa blog sa first month ko dito. Si Dom po special sa akin (as in special child) kasi sobrang bait po ng taong ito. nameet na sya ni Ironnie, Sasha at Jeprocks and they all testified that this guy is really an awesome guy. Im proud to have him as a friend and brother Bro. Thumbs up.
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@Manilenya – Haha salamat po sa bagong award from you. Uy willing ako magbayad sa “Radio Station” mo sa blog hahaha. kakatuwa mga kanta don. astig. Mga kapatid dayuhin nyo po blog ni manilenya kasi astig po ang sounds nya dun. non-stop.
PS. tawa ako tawa sa tag entry mo about Kuya Rino hahaha, Kapatid ko yun sa Seminary hehehe Bait yun (intriga hahaha)
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@Chuva – alas dose na yata ako umalis sa blog mo kagabi kasi pinanood ko yung kay KC hehe ang tagal kasi magload nung youtube. mukhang dami nanonood. sabi ko naman sayo close kami ni KC hehe. mag cia ka sa blog nya dated last may or april, I have a comment there haha. Tsaka di ako magkaka GF nang ganun.. sa swangit kong ito sa personal hahaha. kung alamnyo lang. nabubulag lang kayo ng mga larawan haha. wait nyo ika 100th post ko at sigurado masosorpresa kayo. I’m on my 86th hehehe. 14 more to go LOL
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panjet,
pwedeng magrequest pramis hahanapin ko kahit saang sulok ng mundo kung ano request mong kanta lol!
me dagdag na bayad nga lang hehehehehe!!!
uy kinukulet ko lang si Brother (pala) Rino..naks hehehehe seminarian pala yun e di ko na pala makukulet lol!! baka mamaya mapikon sa kin
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eeeeeeekkkk…mag-hunos dili kaaaa bluep
a-awardan na talaga kita
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@Manilenya – may kanta talaga ako na di makita kita eh… yung “All IN THE HEART” ng after image. napakaganda nun kaya lang wala dito sa limewire. pag nahanap mo kapatid naku sobra kita pasasalamatan talaga hehehe.
Di mabait si Kuya Rino. He’s one of kindest person dito sa blogosphere. ayus yun hehe. palabiro din yun
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@Chuvaness – (*having nosebleed right now while reading your comment) hahaha. Joke lang yun. kala ko ba naka “joke” mode tayo.
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o siya siya…stalker na kung stalker, lurker, #1 fan, subscriber, aficionado, supporter
nyaahahahahaaaaaaaa..naniniwala, kakahinis!
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can’t wait for your 100th post bluep!!
alam ko marami kang tinatago riyan. aba, eh kailangang ilabas na yan ng malaman kung anong mga sorpresa ang darating. Para ka namang si KC. marami daw surprises pero ayaw magbigay ng hint. he-he!
thanks for visiting my site pala.. tuwang tuwa nga ako dahl marami talagang nanood ng video ni KC na From Paris to Pinas. it was very inspiring actually…lalu na nung nagpunta siya sa Chameleon Foundation.. ka-inspire.
I-ci-CIA ko nga yung entry mo sa blog ni Kooki… hmmm hanu kaya makita don… *kamot ulo*
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what a nice post. very inspiring! it’s true it’s not the award that counts… it’s what you learned in achieving it and how many people you inspired because of it as well…..
rock on! 
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Yes very inspiring.
I love all your choice of pictures
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Wow, you’ve won a lot of meme awards. Good stuff, congratulations. Well deserved.
Recently, I won something too. I advanced to the Top 10 Semi-finalists round in the 10th annual Philippine Web Awards (in the Blogs category)… The next round is Top 5 Finalists round.
I also qualified for the People’s Choice Awards category in the above contest. (Online voting is now up)
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