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Some people are just not that hungry for awards
Awards are actual recognition of a certain feat, skill or talent by a person, institution or group which spells excellence in their field. Awards may come in different forms, shapes and sizes. Usually awards take the form of trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins or ribbons, and sometimes a monetary prize. Some prominent and famous awards that we know today are the Academy Awards, which recognizes the excellence in the film genre, the American Music Awards, which recognizes the excellence of musicians, the Nobel Prize, which are given to people who have contributed a greater good to humanity and of course the Olympics, which recognizes the best of the best in all types of sports. But even these well established awards are not exempted from scrutiny and controversy. The Academy Awards has gained notoriety every year for different controversies. The Olympics on the other hand has gained the reputation for being the consistent center of political and social issues. But does these awards really matter?
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David Guterson, a multi-awarded author of the book Snow Falling on Cedars, which sold over 4 Million copies said ?It doesn’t matter who you are, how many awards you’ve won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you’ve had?.
Minnie Driver, an Oscar Nominee also said in her interview, ?you can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award?, which is so true. People are so blinded by these awards that they often forget that it has no bearing of whatsoever in terms of performance and skill. How many times we?ve been disappointed by such awards, giving the trophy to the less deserved nominee.
In 2001 and 2002 alone, the Oscars failed to fall on the lap of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy’s Fellowship of the Ring and the Two Towers installment just because it was a fantasy fiction adventure, yet it was obvious that the film was really a phenomenon, a milestone in cinematographic history and an achievement of an independent film. But in 2003, the Academy was pressured by the worldwide fans of the Trilogy that they can?t help but overcome the tradition and gave the Oscars to the last installment of the movie called ?The Return of the King?. To date, the said film is the only Fantasy Adventure to have won as Best Picture, thanks to the clamoring public and Internet forums.
Sometimes we thought that awards are the beginning of a bright future, raking fame and glory on that 5 minute speech on stage will get us to the top. But most of the multi-awarded performers think otherwise. Chantal Kreviazuk, a multi-awarded singer song writer has this to say, ?The flattery is nice, but awards don’t add up to writing quality songs, awards don’t spark sales as much as you’d think?.
While Natalie Portman, an actor who made it to Harvard and has been the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury said ?Awards are so unnecessary, because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.?
Though we have seen a number of awardee who truly deserve to win but the undeserved actually over weighs the former. Here in the Philippines alone, awards are a laughing stock in the Film Industry. The Manila Film Festival has often awarded the best Picture the highest earning movie regardless whether the film is totally ostentatious or just plain unrealistic. While in awards for television are given to the network that has a majority of press jury who are affiliated to the network resulting to network biases and wars.
Like what five-time Golden Globe nominee Tony Randall said, ?Awards are only a publicity gimmick?.
We can?t help but think that these awards are sometimes rip-offs or are acquired in a very disgusting manner just to prove that the awardees are indeed outstanding albeit others don?t think so. Who can forget the ?Take it take it? incident of Ms. Mauritius Vivica Babajee in the Metro Manila Film Fest of 1994 where she played as an accomplice in naming Ruffa Gutierrez as the winner for the Best Actor and Actress category, perpetuated of course by the amusing Lolit Solis.
You thought that it was an isolated incident and doesn?t happen in most awards? We?ll you?re totally misinformed. As what Barbara Streisand once said ?most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging?. This is coming from a multi-awarded Singer-songwriter-actress who won multiple Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Golden Globe Awards.
Just last year when the Philippine Blog Awards was held, most of the winners associated with the organizers won, yet for all we know, that your contents might be more worth reading than their shallow posts (don?t dare me, I?ve read some of them, and I?m not impressed). I?m not accusing of irregularities of sort because I?m not an FBI for crying out loud, its just that, as what Fitz has mentioned in Reyna Elena?s blog, that ?any award-giving body will always be subject to criticism because it is made up of people. These people can have faults, principles, beliefs and reputations that others may find unworthy of their support.?
Exactly my point! If an award is therefore plagued with so many mistakes and faults caused by human nature, then better not give awards at all less it will just harbor tons of criticisms and will just turn into a carnival of empty fame and glory.
Malen of MyNosebleed.com wrote a satire of the recent blog awards saying, ?I heard kase na sa Phil Blog Awards chuva ek ek daw, if you?re a nominee, you?ll have to send them your 5 best blog posts?.for what purpose? Will they base their judgement on that? I am not sure pero para saan nga ba ang 5 entries na yun? I don?t get it. Kase kung yun nga, eh i-no-nominate ko ang sarili ko. Heck, I have 6 best blog entries HAHAHAH!!!! (I heard that in the PBA chuva eke k, that if you?re a nominee, you?ll have to send them your 5 best blog posts?.for what purpose? Will they base their judgment on that? I am not sure but for what purpose is those 5 entries? I don?t get it. Because if that?s the case I will nominate myself, Heck, I have 6 best blog entries HAHAHAH!!!!).
Actually, Malen?s ?award winning post? stemmed as a follow up of Reyna Elena?s blog post which questions the credibility of the blog awards after her blog was nominated and was asked to submit 5 entries of her best post, ?I don?t know about you, but The 2008 Philippine Blog Awards Organizing Committee has just made me a judge!?. It’s nice that the Philippines has its own blog awards, but it turns out that the only people recognized are the ones who are popular, well known and established. Yet there are tons of blogs out there who truly deserves to be nominated.
In my point of view, there are so many blogs out there that are worth recognizing which apparently has few readers and few exposures, but that is the reason why it is called the PHILIPPINE blog awards, in order to recognize existing blogs in the Philippines. Heck they can just change the name to “Philippine Traffic/Popularity Blog Awards? if everything is based on fame.
Not all blogs that speaks English fluently and uses high-falooting words are sensible and deep. One may have great vocabulary, which can easily be coughed from the MSN Encarta in a click of a finger, or a flawless grammar that is ironed in MS Word. But one can never ever question a blog that consists wisdom and depth, even if it uses languages that are colloquial in nature or speaks our native tongue Tagalog. The point is, they blog, express themselves and make a difference in the blogosphere by their words that can often change lives and not just ride on the SEO driven topics in search engines.
As what George W. Bush said in a certain event, ?To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States?.
Glory is not equated to trophy! There are more priorities in blogs than those stupid awards, which some ?newbies? in the blogosphere fail to realize. It is saddening that such award, to the point of compromising their contents, blind many of the new bloggers. Passion should be preferred rather than awards. One may have their 5 minute fame on the stage, but you will immediately sink in oblivion just because not one of your post have been engraved in the minds of the readers.
Yet for those who write because they continue to touch lives, make a difference by their analytical and stimulating entries will be forever recognized by readers as one of the best blogs they have ever read, because every word that they write sinks into the heart— as what I have been rooting for ReynaElena.com, which doesn?t need any award because the blog itself is already a such to numerous people who read it as far away as Jamaica, The South Americas and Africa.
Yet who am I to question the nature of the blog awards? I?m not even interested in it. But I have the right to solely say my piece in virtue of democracy and freedom of speech which are often stifled by the few, because if everything you read is just made up of oranges, heck we will all suffer from Vitamin C excess which causes nausea and diarrhea. I?m here to offer apple and grapes, to at least have a different taste of what fruits are all about, hence a different perspective of the blog awards..
Of course, if anyone is antagonistic about certain awards, people will start to label them as sourgrapes. But the truth is I?m not.
In 2004, a nursing student who has been a consistent Deans? lister and an academic full scholar, because he has no grades lower than 1.5, has been eliminated from the race of being the first Magna Cum Laude of the College of Nursing of that school. Just because he was stricken out of the list and vetoed by two lazy Clinical Instructors who happen to be angry with him, for the reason that he always question them on their manner of teaching and questionable professional conduct as college professors. The student was stunned of the decision. But majority of his clinical instructors told him after the Graduation that the real battle was not in the bowels of transcripts but on the ratings of the board exam. So the student gave his all in reviewing for the boards. After three months, the results were released and he garnered a board rating above 80%, a board rating that to this day, has never been surpassed in the history on that college. The College offered him a job and a testimonial dinner but he refused. What for?
You see, not all people are hungry for awards and recognitions. There are some people who have different priorities in mind aside from those shining brass of false glory. As the award-winning singer Toni Braxton puts it, ?Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I’d pick my kids any day over any of it.?
In the 1972 Academy Awards, the Oscars for Best Actor was given to Marlon Brando for his performance in ?The Godfather?. He did not attend the awards night but instead sent Sacheen Littlefeather, an actor pretending to be Apache. She said in the speech in behalf of Marlon Brando that the reason why he wouldn’t accept his Oscar, is due to the poor treatment of American Indians by the film industry.
The whole point of this entire post is that, not all people are hungry for awards. Not all bloggers are envious and jealous of those shining glass statuesque. And not all blogs are written, driven and motivated by such awards. Because there are more sensible things to blog about than waste precious time in recognizing and promoting one self as the best of all the rest. When in fact, anyone could just be a victim of false glory and empty recognition that not even ten people would remember him or her for their feat.
I agree with what Fitz said ?All these is (are) just a matter of choice. A conscious decision on who you want to be associated with or not?.
That is so true because ever since I got my self-hosted blog, I never wanted to be associated with such awards that is from the very start, questionable in essence and in purpose. I have been recommended by at least three bloggers in the past, which I will not name, to be entered in the nominee?s list, but I declined early on before they have the guts to nominate me. Not for any reason except that, they are asking for my real name and address needed for the nomination process? My identity and location is more precious than the awards itself, so I declined
There are two kinds of bloggers here in the blogosphere:
The ones who write for the purpose of gaining an award and the ones who write for passion.
I want to be the latter. Because seriously, mas may mapapala pa ako sa Ka Pepe kesa sa kanilang Trophy! And in case you were wondering, I was the Nursing Student above.
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waaaaahaaaaw. consistent dean’s lister!!! hinde ko man lang naranasan nun college yun bwahahahaha
congrats on the board exam! LOL
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Hahaha! Kudos to that Nursing student! 2004 ka? 2004 grad ako ng business school nagkasalisi tayo hehe! Well, kk nilang blue! That?s what happens when people realized their stupid mistakes. Babalikan ka and will offer you one banana achaka dalwang patola.
Grad nga ako nang Dominican university with 21 units of Theology, koyah! Wez ko knowing mag-rosaryo nung nag-gradweyt ang lola hehehe! Hahaha! Pero ?ok? naman yong grades ko, “hik!” Opppss, sori.
Anyway, don?t get me wrong. Kahit i-blag pa nila ang comment ko. I want to win ALL OF THEIR AWARDS! Hahahaha! I am pretty, I know it all, I am the bestest of them all. Me konting konting katiting na little problem lang. I?m not user-friendly like most of them. Hehehe! Andun yan sa rules nila ha? You must be user-friendly. Ganun. Mali ba intindi ko? Hehehe!
I agree with some of what my readers have been telling me. Truth is, typical Pinoy landscape pa rin naman sila. Walang pinag-bago. Parang political landscape ni Gloria. Pag ass licker ka nila, win ka. Look at all the political appointments. Ganyan din yang mga awards awards na yan. I don?t think they have the guts to recognize yong mga critics nila (*tinuro sarili), worse mga kaaway nila who are actually good bloggers. To them, the best bloggers are the ones who are ?yes nanay? to them. Kelangan pa bang imemorize yan? Hahaha!
sabi ko nga, i blog according to my rules at mga kapritso ko. sila ang tumugma saken at indi ako. hahaha! mataray pakinggan but its the trulala.
they should give us an award for making them more popular hahaha
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huwaw! isang henyo ang lolo ko!!!!
ako gusto ko ng award… gusto ko ng award from goole PR 10 LOL
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Ang galing naman, muntik ng maging Magna Cum Laude!
At totoo ang sinabi mo na mas may mapapala ka pa kay Ka Pepe kesa sa kanilang Trophy
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huwaw! ang taray naman nung nursing student na’yon. hahaha, astig
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Nakarelate naman ako sa experience mo bro. It was in HS nakasagutan ko yun teacher kong bading… ang ginawa niya tinira yung conduct ko at di ako binigyan ng final exam… in short bumaba yung ranking ko 5 steps down… at nagkaroon ako ng grades na nuon ko lang natanggap sa buong buhay ko.
Kudos bro… sana dito ka naman mag practice ng profession mo.
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hehehehe! talagang nag research ang lolo ko!
kaya pala di ako manalo nalo sa mga awards awards na yan kasi bukod sa di ako gumagamit ng mga hi-falooting words e bali balikwa pa ang ingles ko lol!!
dibale gawa tayo ng ibang award giving bodies…yung walang kailangang isend na 5 post…daanin natin sa palakpakan katulad sa eat bulaga…yung palakpakan na hindi kailangang daanin sa freebies lol!
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wow, isa kang record breaker kuya bluep!
Kuya bluep hindi naman nakakaiyak itong entry mo pero naiyak ako. Noong grade school ako hindi ako pinasok sa final listing ng klase kasi galing ako probensiya kahit top ko all my subject. Noong high school naman nilaglag ako sa final tally kasi my all time favorite ang mga teacher ko at ang committee. Hayz, pero ok lang. circumstance can mold you to be a better you. Medals, trophies or other form of recognition are all temporary but respect is lifetime. May malapad po akong noo na tinitingala lalo na sa mga taong nakasama ko. Hindi na mababago yun at isang kayaman na po yun.
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Hi bluep! Miss na kita ha. Absent ka rin sa Usapang Pinoy!
Hay naku, sinabi mo pa. Ang awards para sa akin eh may meaning if I feel I deserve it because I worked hard AND if the judges are qualified to critique my work.
You forgot the other type of bloggers – the ones who write passionately and want to earn a few dollars, too
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But one can never ever question a blog that consists wisdom and depth, even if it uses languages that are colloquial in nature or speaks our native tongue Tagalog.
- agree ako jan. huwaw naman hindi lang siguro kilay ang sinunog mo pati bahay nio noh? jk lang ho
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I think having an award is important because it simplifies your work. It’s not a actually a prize but it is to show recognition of what you have done and that all field will recognize. On the other hand, it’s just a matter of how whether we human beings can perceive things objectively, do things because we like doing it and not because we are after into some competition.
Nice post BPJ
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Mabuhay! Ihalal si Blue!
Talaga naman, everytime and2 ako sa site mo, I must myself to be glued sa screen to read your post.
I know you are blogging for passion and not for link popularity or any ekeks…
kaya naman saludo ako sa iyo.
Keep your solid principles bro kahit saan ka nandun.
Pax et Bonum!
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erratum…
\”I must prepare myself to be glued…\” kakamadali ko, naiwan yun word…baka ibagsak ako lalo ni Prof Bluep
Cheers!
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Well, always be aware that everyone has an ego. For some, awards truly does matter but occasionally, blogging is just a hobby with lots of linking and commenting.
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nun nga lang ako nakaranas eh haha. Nung elementary ako best in uniform lang ako haha
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haha ganun ba? nasa mababang paaralan ako noon, samantalang nasa HS ka na haha
“I want to win ALL OF THEIR AWARDS! Hahahaha! I am pretty, I know it all, I am the bestest of them all.”
haha panalo to! haha
Ganyan din sinabi ng mga barkada at pinsan ko sa tate eh. Ang hirap daw sa Pinoy dito “kaibigan” system pa rin ang pinapairal kahit saan hehe. Minsan nga napapagsabihan ako ng mga pinsan ko at mga kapatid ko kasi pag dating daw dyan iba na dapat ang frame of Mind. I mean you are stiull pinoy with all the qualities pero syempre daw kung ano mga nakaugalian sa systema dito dapat hindi na daw dun ganun haha.
I thinks that’s true. I still remember what Ross told me when i was still new to blogging here, she said: i should not mind what my readers want or my critics laments, my blog should be according to what I want o erlse i will end up as a burn out blogger, something to that effect
LOL hahaha, loko ka talaga haha
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Ikasa mo kapatid, pusang gala, ang hirap makaisnats ng Pee-ar 5 man lang haha. Sino kaya maglilink sa akin na Pee-ar 5. tagal na ako tigang sa Pee-ar ko eh haha
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hehe oo kasi magkano lang trophy kapatid. sa ka pepe kaya nating magpagawa kahit dalawampu. Pagawa nga akayo ako? haha
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Pangsindak lang yun sa maaring mang hack uli ng blog ko haha
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haha dapat pinasampal mo kay Reynz at Chuva yung bading haha.
Alam mo ganyan din sentiments ko sa catholic school. Ginagawa nilang excuse ang conduct. Pag di ka gusto ng teacher, conduct agad ang dinadale. Yan ang dahilan kaya hindi ako magka award award nung elem at HS eh haha gawa nyang conduct na yan. Ilang beses ako kinausap ng principal nung elem dahil sayang daw at conduct lang prob ko sa awards. Sabi ko dun sa principal naming madre “Sister, napapaginitan lang po ako”, sabi nung sister “gaman naman na since Grade 3 hangang Grade 6 pinagiinitan ka” hahaha pero totoo nun, palasagot ako sa teacher pero in a nice way, kaya lang syempre old school pa rin sila. Pag nagrason ka, haha, conduct agad! lol
Kaya naman nung mag college hataw na ako kasi wala na ngang conduct, pusa, nung announcement na ng awards hindi ako kasali haha, gawa na naman nyang conduct na yan, na nagpangap na “attitude”. Ayun kalaunan naawa ako sa nanay at tatay ko na nag expect na aakyat “at last” na ako sa entablado at magiispeech, pero naunsyami. Alam kasi ng mga number 1 enemies ko sa faculty na pag nag ispeech ako di ko talaga sila palalampasin sa commento ko haha
Naku, crossing my fingers and toes.
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Ate Bebe!!!
Oo naman haha. Alam mo naman, thesis uli. Baka kasi sabihin buta lang ako ng buta wala naman ako ibidens haha
Naku pareho lang naman tayo na de pihit ang dila sa ingles haha.
LOL pwede yan. Record bawat isa ng palakpak. kung sino marami makatangap sa mp3 na palakpak, panalo Haha
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MELAI! hahaha
daanin natin sa palakpakan katulad sa eat bulaga – NALOKA ako sa lintek na comment mo! hahaha! me ipopost ako, idi-dedicate ko seyo hahaha
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hehehe like ko yong sinabi ni Mumu sa Kanto, exactly ganun di ba? you blog according to your rules, kung tumugma sa rules nang awards body kung sino man sila eh di swak! hahaha
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I think having an award is important because it simplifies your work. – I AGREE and normally we rely on those listings to make it easier for people to find us = authoritative or not yang mga listings na yan. Which is nakakainis because even if you don\’t join, its misleading, very political and unfair.
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Ilang beses nangyari sa akin yan Kamoots. I understand your sentiments.
Just to share.
When I was in nursing, we have this subject called logic. Supposed to be the professor should be a Philosophy Graduate ofr a BS Psycho, but because the school lack qualified professor, ang pinagturo lang ay isang AB Psycho na Guidance Counselor namin.
every class it’s not my style to volunteer in class in answering the teachers question. Usually tahimik lang ako and i let my classmates answer the questions. I am an interrogator. Mas mahilig ako magtanong kesa sumagot sa teacher. Pero everytime no one can answer the questions, that prof always call me. And I answered all of her questions according what she wants to hear. So timano ako panakip butas pag di na nya masagot sarili nya tanong sa mga estudyante.
after the sem, nagulat ako because she gave me a 1.75 grade while the HRM guy who is running for cum laude cannot even answer questions and top the exams. So I went to her and demanded that she give me a higher grade plus I dared her to give me another final exam and I will perfect it again (I was on a full scholar mode noon kaya naghahabol ako sa grades). haha kapal ko ano? and because she saw that I am not that easy to give up on my rights, she gave me a 1.25.
Alam ko sasabihin ng iba garapal at mataas ang ego ko, pero the truth is, at that time I was already tired of being pushed over by teachers like that. All my life I have been taken for granted kaya nung time na yun talagang palaban na ako. Kalalabas ko pa lang non sa seminary, and it is in the seminary where I experience the joy of education. Ibang iba ang traning sa seminary kasi di madamot sa grades ang mga prof sa loob. Mas gusto nila mas magaling ang seminarians kesa sa kanila, mas natutuwa sila doon. And walang issue noon samin sa grades kasi you are given what you have sowed. Kaya nung lumabas ako at nag nursing, sabi ko, enough is enough with the academic bullying and favoritism. I have to fight back.. ayun napala ko, di tuloy ako inawardan haha. Pero later I realized its all bull-sheet. Awards are vainglory. Its really on the job interview that one can really show what he is made of.
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can’t say much sa sinabi ni K. we all do have ego (mas malaki lang ang akin hehehe) kaya when we all feel down and everything parating “build up your confidence” and you know what that means – ego building. but we all know it’s not just ego that drives this (PBA) awards, it’s also trying to be the so called “first mover” it its field and quite possibly the $$$ attached to the obvious marketing and promotions to their personal businesses keri if their judging is balikwa, which is obvious me malaking demarcation line versus those kayo kayo kami kami hehehe peace!
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oo nga doc. Ilang buwan na rin hehe
I am not absolutely against all awards because there are handful out there that are credible enough, yet my only point is let the awards be given to the deserving. Sayang naman kung sa iba lang mapupunta. dami magagaling dyan. One blog im rooting for is Reynz and Jaypee’s blog. Pero yun nga, most of the time it is given to the wrong hands and winners. Tsk Tsk.
hehe oo nga sayang ang ka pepe doc haha
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@Mumu – LOL di naman, may naka antabay lang 24/7 na bumbero dito haha
@Reynz – tumpak!
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do things because we like doing it and not because we are after into some competition.
tumpak Uli kapatid!
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LOL
Musta ka na sis? Long time no blog. Buti naman nakakapag regodon ka pa sa blog namin pag may time ka. Kelan ka kaya uli magbabalik ng regular hehe. Namimiss ka na namin ni Chuvaka hehe
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haha eto nga at mali mali din type ko sa kamamadali sa comment. di ko na ineedit haha tinatamad na ako sa dmi na nang naisulat ko sa taas. LOL
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blogging is just a hobby with lots of linking and commenting.
I agree. I think this was also my reaction last year when someone attacked “Carlo Ocab” when he won the influential blog last 2007… If my memory is correct sabi ko:
“we are just blogging for crying out loud, we are not running for president, so stop picking on the 12 year old kid”.
nun kasi the poor boy was blogged and pinned down by the same people who is running the PBA
but in a different light, yeah that is also true, sometimes award does matter because it justifies and confirms what the people have been voting and rooting for. Sana lang maplantsa lahat ng rules like what reynz said.
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this is not to push you up or anything but i do agree with you the awards. ever since a kid medyo competitive na ako having been thrown to join numerous activities involving sports. although there are awards for that, i think we were most focus with the rigid training we had to go through. meaning, we were more on the effort than the award itself. i think hanggang ngayon dalang dala pa rin naman yan.
anyway, awards are easily forgotten. sige nga… don’t search on it in the internet… who’s the oscar’s best actress in the year 1995? di ba you don’t know? they are just another thing that can add up dust in our homes.
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hehe, kapag bago kang blogger, sempre masarap magkaron ng ganyang recognition pero ang nakakaiyak dyan e kailangan mong ipasa minsan yung award para maging sikat yung gumawa ng award, parang, teka lang muna, e parang para sa yo talaga yung award na yon kasi ikaw ang sisikat, di ba? paikot ikot ba. saludo din ako sa mga gumagawa ng mga awards kasi dapat creative ka para pumatok, pero sana, sana…hay sana
off topic, nanood kami ng concert sa isang simbahan nung linggo, ex seminarians na galing sa pinas ang bumuo ng choir, ang galing!
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O kaya naman kapated na panjeeeeeeeeeeettt at lola Reynz e bunutan ng tutpik…pinakamahabang mabunot panalo ..o diba walang lamangan.
Naku Ateng, excited ako dyan sa ipopost mo..gawa na ba? lol!
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depende kasi sa purpose yan eh. if you write or do things because you wanna be recognized it’s a bit shallow. but if you write and do things because you LOVE IT and passion mo…. that’s something and rewards/awards are not necessary anymore… kasi ginagawa mo gusto mo. parang icing on the cake na lang yung awards. what matters is the motivation/drive/ and the purpose. hehe.
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Uulitin ko lang kasi di to ma-getz nung mga oppose sa views ko: hehehe (ninakaw ki Tina sa taas) =
“if you write or do things because you wanna be recognized it?s a bit shallow. but if you write and do things because you LOVE IT and passion mo?. that?s something and rewards/awards are not necessary anymore?”
*bow*
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hehe… before ko pa matapos basahin ang post, may kutob na ko na ikaw yung Nursing student
basta bluep, para saken, awardee ka ng puso ko kase ang dami mong post na deeply touched ako, in other words, malalim na nahipuan
and btw, sarap mo palang maging estudyante! matalinong palatanong. excellent teachers know how to handle the extremes, students who need inspiration to excel and those who are simply inspiration
Juless last blog post..Gradschool Brunch
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From a debater from Team Philippines during the 2008 World Universities Debate Championship — the examples you presented are non sequiturs.
re: last thoughts
does it have to be that simplistic? I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive.
I don’t think participating in an award-giving process diminishes any of your credibility as a blogger. To even suggest it is downright insulting. I have worked my way up and paid my dues and now, cable networks routinely ask me to guest on shows that require a blogger’s perspective on issues and national concerns. For somebody who claims to be holy, your post speaks of haughtiness.
I (along with the other winners) personify the new blogger. The new blogger is no longer a tech-bound geek confined to talking about things that only people in the industry would understand. Outside of blogging, I’m a medical student in the top medical school in the country. I’m one of the best collegiate debaters in the Philippines. On top of this, I have obligations to my basketball team and my heavy metal rock band. You have the nerve to trivialize us?
Get this, punk. YOU HAVE NOTHING ON ME.
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as if I care?
You come barging here, parading your achievements yet I never pinpointed you as the one… Have you seen any BENJ or ATHEISTA above?
What I blog about is a follow up on Reynz’ article. As you can see we both have disagreements here pero di kami bastos sa isat isa. I could have been convinced of your crap if you are even that close to courtesy.
another one is, bakit ka sa akin magagalit? eh follow up lang to. The original post is Reyna Elena dot com. Bakit takot ka ba dun kay Reynz kaya di mo madebate sya dun. Pare bibilib ako sayo kung dun kaya mong sabihin yung sinabi mo sa akin dito.
How guilty are you? Thats why its only called “most” and not all. and hey mind your manners because this is still my blog. I dont go to your blog and trash dirt on it.
And who says that Im holy? have you seen any explicit contents here that pertains to myself of my holiness? You are just pissed off that someone has the nerve to write something that others are afraid of. Many times I have read this entry and I am careful to even name those awardees… but im sorry, you have the guts to even admit in public that you are the one being pertained above even though you are not. Its not my fault that you are paranoid.
Dude, likewise here. I don’t give a shit on who you are. And who cares what you think about being a debater? being a medical student? or being an awardee? who really cares? will that feed me? will that make me a lesser person? will that diminish my achievements? This entry is not a debate! nor a venue for competition! NOR THE PLACE TO BRAG YOUR STUPID ACHIEVEMENTS.
Kahit makita ka pa sa Oprah pare, walang paki ang tao. Sa hirap ng buhay ngayon hindi na pinapansin yang koleretes mo sa katawan. If you will always brag about being a debater, then why not just wear all of them on yor neck wherever you go?
wag mo ako takutin, dahil wala akong takot. BASTOS KA ALAM MO BA YUN? wag mo ako igagaya sa mga blog na pag trip mo makipag debate kung ano anong nbasura ang sasabihin mo dito. So what if you are a medical student? DUH!
Be careful on your words pare, wag kang bastos. wala ako binabastos na kapwa ko blogger dito sa blog ko. as much as possible kahit di ako agree sa sinasabi nila eh very diplomatic ako. Kaya wag ka umasta na iyo tong blog ko, dun ka magpuputak sa blog mo!
Wag mo ako takutin dahil di ako takot sayo!
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jun-g Reply:
August 30th, 2009 at 8:07 am
wow! this is real boldness. this is real passion. cool blu!
wow galing sa pinas mommy kengs?
pihado on tour sila nyan. ngayon ko lang nabasa tong comment mo kungdi pa dun sa isang bastos sa baba na kung umasta kala mo kung sino.
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anong kaguluhan ito? bwahahahha! parang nagpapataasan ng ihi dito ah….. ba’t di na lang bigyan ng award yung mga taong nakakaraos sa isang araw na nakakain ng isang meal? ba’t di bigyan ng award ang mga taong sumagip ng kapwa nilang tao sa isang sitwasyon na karumaldumal? ba’t di bigyan ng award ang taong nagbagong buhay mula sa pagiging notorius na kriminal sa pagiging masunurin sa batas na citizen nitong bansa natin?
remember, honours are given by God, not installed by persons alone. remember also that achievements are gifts. you should be humbled by it, not brag. sige kayo, kukunin yan sa inyo ng Diyos, ewan ko na lang kung ano ang kalabasan ninyo.
ifoundmes last blog post..going crazy
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Wow!!! Mr. Worlds 2008 Chorvalais ever! You surprised me! You actually made me laugh! Dang! You should have been on the Comedy Category! This is like Category 2 Benj Hurricane ever! I guess this is how you debate —– ?I am Team Chorvalais Ever, Winner of Miss World Chorva so everyone should be afraid, be very afraid because I am also the World University eklavu ever and everyone better not say nutin? anymore because I am the Champion, I?m a medical student in the top medical chorvalais, so get out in here or I?ll castrate you and I?m one of the best dressed collegiate debaters in the Philippines ever ever and ON TOP OF THIS? I am just one bloody airhead!!!?
Whatever happened to your academics Benj? You?ve just lost it! Should we retreat in total darkness because the Lord of the Hurricanes is coming and all of his medal dangling? If indeed you were the best of the best, where was the best, Benj? I didn?t see it from what you wrote here.
I?m sure you must have done pretty good in that debate, wherever the hell that might be. If that gives you an authority to be superman, maybe there?s too much water boiling in your head. We don?t know what happened in that debate. So fuck it. But, I?ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you were the best in swimsuit competition. After all, you plurked that ?at the end of the day we all KNOW THAT WE ARE MUCH BETTER LOOKING THAN THEM! and in the end, that is all that matters.?, really??? I?ll be blunt, I?d like to compete with your doctor friend in swimsuit competition. Hahaha!
It?s an open secret that this blog awards continues to suffer a very negative perception of ?May the Best Friends Win?, even from last year. Given that you?re a very talented guy (as you claim), it was in your best interest and your group, to help the committee correct their ridiculous judging and selection process. You would have looked much bigger and brighter, debate awards not needed. Instead, you chose not to because you want the award. Selfish? All you have to do now, is protect that darn trophy no matter how crooked the selection was. Either for you or for anyone else. That was the reason why you were silent and is only reactionary now because you won. If you truly care about pinoy bloggers AS A WHOLE, not as a WHORE, and even your so called ? BETTER LOOKING GROUP? you would have stepped up. Why did you not step up as a leader? Because you don?t know what?s right from wrong? Or you?re comfortable enough to win because they are your friends?
If I were you Benj, I would have set aside my wanting to win that award and helped the committee made it right instead of making something right which was already wrong from the very beginning. That?s how to be classy instead of ?punk, YOU HAVE NOTHING ON ME?..No matter how many awards you have gotten from Timbukto debates, it will not erase the fact that this blog awards is saddled with dead serious credibility problems and you and your cliquesh group should have been wise enough to assure the pinoy blogging world about equal access and fairness. But no, your friends stuck to ?It?s either our way or the highway? and shown your exclusionary motives to all these pinoy bloggers.
So to you Benj (and quite possibly to your BETTER LOOKING FRIENDS), if there is anybody in there who is trying to dilute whatever celebrity fantasy status that you and think you might have, it?s just you and the blog awards to blame, sweetheart.
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syeeeeeeet!!! a basketball hunk, med student, champion debater and heavy metal rock band dude!!! what are you? some kind of hurricane ike or katrina?
i am seriously laughing to death right now…i might die of massive heart failure. dude, bat kelangan i-mention na member ka ng HEAVY METAL ROCK BAND? HAHAHAHAHHA.
you know, i have a lot of ribbons and trophies and medals back in kinder, elementary and HS. I was a consistent first honor. I won several beauty pageants – bb. lakambini and ms. JS to name a few. I graduated college, high flying and adored. gusto ko lang i-share LOL
congrats on the trophy, btw. you just proved today that you deserve it more than anyone else
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best in conduct ako nung grade three, tuwang tuwa ako na may ribbon ako kahit na hindi ko alam kung ano ibig sabihin nung \’conduct\’. nung nalaman ko kung bakit, natawa ako kasi yung award na yon e hindi bagay sa akin, naging \’conductress\’ lang ako kasi super shy ako at hindi ko alam kung ano ang sasabihin ko pero dahil sa award na binigay sa akin, naging behave na talaga ako.
gets nyo yung point ko? minsan kung ano yung binigay sa atin, yun na ang nagiging tayo kahit minsan e hindi naman tayo talaga yun. kung maganda ang resulta, okay yun; pero papano kung hindi maganda?
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Tol tinext ako ng tropa, andito ako sa Total, wifi—
wag mo urungan pare, di ka nyan kilala. Puro dada lang yan. Suntukin mo pare ng isa para may trophy sa mata
O kaya paluin mo ng bakal sa mukha, heavy metal daw eh
Tagay na sunod ka dito, beer tayo. Antay ko dito si Bing ngayon.
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unfortunately its a typical UP mentality that if you study in this university you think everybody are small and irrelevant. its the sad reality of majority of UP students. who knows, isnt it that even de la salle and ateneo thinks this way? those who do not belong to “us” are irrelevant and so you should be scared of our “medals”? are you still expecting for some new political bloods to come out when even my comrades act like they are the “untouchables”?
on a second thought, Mr. Debater’s blog is a lousy one in his category.
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oweyno kung nag du duktor duktoran sya ngayon at sa UP pa!? Nyeta kahit duktor ka …lalamunin ko pa sya ng buhay. Subukan nya ring makipag debate sa akin….para makita nya kung nasaan ang border ng mexico kung balak nyang pumunta ng america!
Tomasino ako!
RN BSN CCT MSN CEN CCRN CRNA
Analyze mo na lang ang meaning ng nakakabit sa pangalan ko Dr Benj kwak kwak
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[...] Here are the controversial bloggers they’re talking about: 1.) Twitter, Plurk, Awards and Chismisan Blues 2.) Some people are just not that hungry for awards [...]
Hay naku. Naalala ko tuloy ang aking kauna-unahang “INCOMPLETE” na grado noong kolehiyo. Buwisit na prof ‘yan.
empress marujas last blog post..Mandaya Moore-Orlis, Revealed by Empress Maruja
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Malamang ‘yan ang nagagawa ng award.
Sigh, I miss the days when blogging used to be for fun.
empress marujas last blog post..Mandaya Moore-Orlis, Revealed by Empress Maruja
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Grabe – -from Reyna Elena, napunta ko ditetch.. ala una na no…hindi pa ko makaalis dito!!!!! grabe…
haaaayyyy – - ang dami ko pang babasahin para maka-catch up….
Kuya bluep – ikaw ang tunay na “ROCK STAR!!!”
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Natutuwa ako sa comment ni Rockstar. Masyadong dinibdib ang pagkapanalo niya. Ano ba?
Eh ako nga di nanalo. May PHD ako, tatlong undergrad degrees each from UP, Harvard and Stanford. Doctor pa ko at Lawyer din. Linguist din ako, and I speak 11 languages. Bakit hindi ako nagtatatalon? Eh pano singer kasi ako sa Japan at, teka teka, marunong din akong magbadminton.
Hoy Rockstar, CONGRATS! Tama na yabang dong!
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o e bat may nang-gagalaiti dito? tapos na ang PBA di ba. tinake-home na ang trophy ng mga deserving at not-so-deserving
dude, you sure you’re a rockstar? i bet you’re more emo hahaha “i love yah mom”
eh nanalo na nga’t lahat eh nanggagalaiti pa din, i bet kung natalo ka….mas lalo kang manggagalaiti. yah know, i have a lot of friends from UP who have achieved far greater things than what you have achieved in life. but unlike you, they don’t brag about them.
dude, no doubt, you are excellent in your field and all the stuff that you do but with the attitude you showed us here and over there at plurk, you are such a disgrace. yikes. what happened to your honor, dude?
hail to the 2008 Best Personal Blog Winner!!!!
and get this dude, punk’s not dead!!!! HAHAHAH
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May mga taong pumupunta sa blog ko para manlimos ng boto… “please vote me in the upcoming blog award” and komento nila ay deretso sa trash. Anong akala nila sa blog ko? pader? Kaya nga gusto kong lagyan ng malaking banner na POST NO BILL sa blog ko, para mawala na ang mga langaw na yan.
Matagal akong nawala sa sirkulasyon, sa totoo lang, ang utak ko ay piga na… tuyo na sa disyerto. But upon reading this post, the burning desire to write was again lit up.
Hindi ako kumakampi sayo Bluep dahil kaibigan kita. Sumasangayon ako sa post mong ito dahil ito rin ang tingin ko sa pangyayaring ito.
Magsusulat na ulit ako… inggit ako sa haba ng post mo eh… malay mo magka-award din ako! bwahaha!
Ingat palagi bluep! salamat sa prayers mo para kay Nicole!
Ang latest news eh wala nang nakitang Cancer cells sa kanya sa bone marrow test!
God bless!
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It won’t work on her IFM, he doesn’t believe in any God. All he believes in is his bloated ego. His God is himself. It will be futile to even argue with such twisted principles.
Remember my post about Narcissistic bloggers? well you don’t have to go the length of looking for an example, because in his comments above speaks for itself
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Hello po mommy Jules. I would like to ask for an apology of this travesty made by a gate crasher below. I know that you have received the replies of this post. Im so sorry if you are scandalized in any way. I have no control on people’s acts. I have no intention of turning my blog into a war blog. But let me assure you that this will not happen again. Nahihiya po ako sa inyo and to the rest of my unassuming blog friends who just happens to be caught in the middle of this issue.
Pagpasensyahan nyo na lang po yung batang nasa baba na parang inagawan ng lollipop. May delusions of Grandeur po yan. Let us just continue blogging na lang and ignore charlatans.
Thank you so much po for the compliment. Your esteem for me is already an award itself.
Matanong po talaga ako hehe. Pero I see to it that my questions are valid and that I would not look stupid in front of people once I make an argument. Hindi po kasi ako bumibira ng hindi muna ako nag BABASA ng lesson and at the same time I make sure na INAANALYZE ko muna ang context ng aking babasahin.
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Honestly reynz, I do not know why this guy is so pissed since I never mentioned any names nor did I generalized all of the winners. Its very clear above when I said “most”. I bet this guy just scanned the article and searched for any loopholes on it without even looking at the big picture, the true context of my post.
Need I say the true gist of this post? Ngayon pa pare eh sinabi na nya na sya ay World sumthing… he should have already understood the context
Actually I was not shocked with his attitude. Ganyan talaga naman sya ever since.
Just to give you a history.
Last year I was just a newbie here in the blogosphere. Though I’ve been blogging since 2005, but the thought of having your own self hosted blog is something new for me. Honestly I don’t know him from adam because I don’t really give a damn if someone is popular of not. Whats important is you came to my blog with respect, then I will also treat you with respect. Hindi naman ako mahirap kausap. ako yung tao na napaka daling kausap. Alam yan ni Mix, Mahalia at mga kaibigan ko yan.
When I was searching for a blogger’s prayer, I landed on Fr. Cuying’s blog. I was scandalized that a certain priest was being attacked by this same guy just because the priest fulfilled his duty in saying the blogger’s prayer last 2007 PBA. I do not know about the issue then, but it was clear to me that this guy was pissed at the prayer, saying he was offended. On Fr. Cuying’s defense, he was just asked by the committee to lead the prayer. So dahil pari sya, ang dinasal nya ay yung prayer na alam nya. Ganun lang kasimple pero pinalaki.
http://www.stephencuyos.com/archives/280
but the Priest said his piece because we who were trained in the seminary are also encouraged to rebut such accusations that are not true–It is covered on the Just War Doctrine of the Catholic church. Na if you are attacked, then you have all the right to defend your stance. Here is the defense of Fr. Cuying
http://www.stephencuyos.com/archives/282
And then one time I posted a topic here on my blog regarding the chocolate Jesus made by Cosimo Cavallero. He went to my blog and started asking questions. I really don’t know how he got my link since I dont visit his blog, but anyways, I accommodated him despite and inspite of what he did to Fr. Cuying because you see I don’t hold against people what they’ve done to others in the past. I have to see it for my self before I make a judgment. Our exchange of Ideas was very educational. In fact he even complimented me on that post which is very contradictory to what he is saying now, considering my style of writing for that post and in this post is the same. He could have told me from the very start that I’m HAUGHTY. Bakit ngayon lang? You can really see the insincerity of the guy. Here is the said post
http://bluepanjeet.net/375/morally-grotesque/
Having said, he gained my respect at that time, not because of his sugarcoated words, but because he proved to me that he can be a gentleman which is totally different from what I saw and read in Fr. Cuyos blog and in this entry.
I linked him and always thank him for his time in reading my blog (???) or entires that triggers him to provoke debate
During the time that he also guested on a cable show, as what he claimed above, I even congratulated him. In other words my respect is true and authentic. Never did I made a post here about his belief because one of my principles in life is to tolerate every kind of belief no matter how absurd it maybe because for me, respect cannot be gained, it is given freely.
When he barged in here and saying all those crap above. I was not shocked, because I already know in my heart the capacity of this guy to become arrogant. He has this insatiable desire to always provoke debates online even if the people around him are not into it and just expressing their freedom of speech.
I was shocked on the fact that of all the people who claimed that they are debaters, eh sya lang ang bukod tanging hindi nakakuha ng punto ko dito.
He maybe what he is claiming to be, but being a debater myself, though im not a world something, he forgot the most important strategy of the whole concept of debate which is what our coach at that time taught us: WAG NYO PAPATULAN ANG ISANG ARGUMENTO NA HINDI NYO BINABASA MABUTI ANG KONTEKSTO.
Context is everything in a debate. And what he claimed as non-sequiturs, I beg to disagree because what he has in his filthy mouth, he lacks in wisdom.
A good debater always considers the other side of the coin. The whole point of a debate is not to push your ideas to the opponent, because if that is the case, the debate would never end. On top of that, a debater is like a martial artist, don’t tell your enemy that you are a such for he can anticipate and predict your weaknesses. One primary ethics of being a good debater is, never flaunt it, play the psywar, that you are an underdog, so that during the debacle, when you attack, your opponent wouldn’t know what hit them, for they underestimated you.
Debates are not held just to remove the chaff from the grains, but to actually hail the one who makes sense in the general topic being argued.
and based on his comments above, I say its not a comment of a debater but a whiner.
Sayang, what he showed us here is his immaturity. He maybe be intelligent, but surely he lacks wisdom. And intelligence without wisdom is nothing but a memorized and stored data on your brain. The english language is just the medium, its the common sense, the idea and the contextual analysis which makes a debater great and not just highfalootin’ words
Truly I have nothing on him, because even humilty has nothing on him.
I can easily post an entry for this punk rock dude, but my mentors told me not to waste time on such unworthy opponent. He is 23, I’m on my 30’s, kung papatulan ko yan, ako lang magiging katawa tawa kasi isip bata. Wala pang alam sa buhay kungdi awards.
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul – Mark 8:36
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@Empress Maruja, Me too. It should be fun, but now its my achivement versus yours.
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Haha Ms. Anonymouse, can we have a date haha. Suki ka pala ng mga pageants haha. I bet you are one heck of a Beauty Queen LOL
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Pinagtyagaan kong basahin blue! Leche! Parang nobela! HAHAHA! but I have one word… it’s called … TRAITOR.
Incidentally, that’s my current entry.
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Mommy kengs, that is a nice analogy.
Medyo ganyan yung sinabi ng mentor ko sa seminary. Pag dami daw dapat ng award natin, pag dami din daw dapat ng positive virtues natin. Till now nakatatak sa utak ko ang salitang “Study for life and not for grades”. Kasi yan ang palagi sinasabi sa amin ng mga pari namin sa seminary.
Share ko lang mommy kengs, Mahalia of chocolateword.net and I (we are batchhmates) have this common friend in HS who happens to be our Class Valedictorian. She became a full scholar in Ateneo. She had her masters in Japan, and now she is having her PhD in Prague or somewhere in Europe. Her name is Rouselle. I used to tease her Kampanerang Kuba because truth is, nasisira na talaga dati posture nya ka-aaral. Yet eventhough she is so intelligent, she never once mentioned to us that she is worthy of the honors and achievemnts she received.
Yung isa pa namin kaibigan na salutatorian sa batch namin, also happened to be her best friend na n agaral naman sa UP diliman. Pero never nagway yung dalawa o nagpataasan ng award. Till now they are still our friends and never nila pinagmayabang sa amin ang achivements nila. Mababalitaan na lang namin through word of mouth na nandun na pala sila sa abroad, with full scholarship and all.
I also have a barkada in HS who was also a full scholar in Ateneo. He is Gerlon, the brother of one of our members in KABATAQ. Hanggang ngayon magkumpare pa kami at nakakasama ko sa mga birthdeyan. Pero never syang nagyabang na matalino sya kahit alam nung buong batch na nasosolve nya ang mathematical equations using his own series of solutions.
This I think is the best example that I can think of which is related to your experience. Habang dumadami ang blessings mo, bumabait at nagiging mapagkumbaba ka dapat at hindi yumayabang
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hehehehe! ako nga e binitawan ko yung tatlong librong binabasa ko ng sabay sabay..apat pala tutal di ko naman sila maintindihan e. Anong panama ng book ni Phil Koeghan na No Opportunity Wasted sa nobela ng PBA lol!
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haha at tinext ka pa talaga? LOl
alam mo ba pare na di na ako nagiinum? pero dahil sa nagyaya ka pinagbigyan kita haha.
Salamat. Buti tinawag nyo ako, nakapag unwind tuloy ako. First time ko uli mag inom since July ata o august. Tagal na ano?
anyhow I had a great time. Medyo nakapag unwind ako at lumamig ulo ko haha. Bawal paluin ng bakal haha. bata pa yan, wag na natin patulan haha
Bawasi!
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I don’t see any reason why people should intimidate others with their school. Learning is non-exclusive.
People who became billionaires and inventors were actually out of school youths or undergrads.
Its not the school that defines who you are, but the character that defines where you came from
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Bren, being a nurse myself, di biro yang nakakabit sa pangalan mo ha hahaha. Ilang taon kaya ang ginugol mo sa further education.
That guy should be afraid of you haha. Ako mismo nahumble sa achievements mo.
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Buti ka nga incomplete lang Ms. Maruja, ako nakaranas ako na nilayasan kami ng prof namin at nag estafa sa amin ng tone toneladang barya sa xerox at projects. ayun inulit namin yung buong subject nung summer at di maapuhaw kung nasan na yung prof namin, dala grades namin haha
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Hindi ako rockstar chuva haha, sabi nung bata-batuta sa taas, punkista daw ako haha
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JP, sabihin mo sa kanya wag dibdibin at may likod pa sya haha
Linguist ka? pwede ka ba mahire na translator kasi pag nagsasalita si malen, pusa at reynz eh di ko makuha ang lengwahe nila haha wala sa google translate ang dialect nila eh haha
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ako din, may mga kaibigan ako nung HS and from some organizations na graduate UPD, UPLB, UPB, Ateneo, UST at La salle. Pero never nila sinabi sa akin na wala akong karapatan mag bigay ng opinyon ko dahil sa graduate lang ako sa isang barrio haha. It comes with the breeding. I am glad my friends are not like that.
Isa instance ano naalala ko lang,
I have this Friend named Mariz, kilala din ito ni Mix kasi ito dati niligawan ng kuya nya haha.
During her residency as an MD, ako naman nung time na yun ay graduating na sa BSN. Pareho pala kami ng ospital na pinagdudutihan. One time in the OR (operating Room) I was assisting in the Explore-lap (a surgical procedure). Itong resident na doctor na assist din sa handle na surgeon eh tingin ng tingin sa akin. Ako naman si tanga tingin din ako ng tingin sa mata nya. Hindi ako naimik kasi busy ako sa pagaassist, baka sapukin ako ng CI ko pag hindi makita ang sanitex sa tyan haha
naka mask kasi kami, so indi namin kita ang mukha, mata lang. So ang ginagawa ko nagtitinginan kami nung doctor. After the procedure, dinala ko na yung surgical equipments sa CSR at dun ko nilinis. Actually hindi dapat nurse ang gagawa nun, pero dahil ang setting ay sa pinas, kami ang gumagawa at naglilinis.
Nagulat ako ng pumasok yung doktor. anak ng tokwa, si Mariz pala, doktor na. Matagal kami di nagkita. Sya yung nagdebut dati sa westin nung college kami na pinost ko pa pictures namin dito sa blog.
Nalaman nya na ako yun kasi nakhalata nya ata sa mata ko kung sino ako. at sa height ko kasi halos mauntog na ako dun sa OR Lamp. Biruin mo pinuntahan pa nya ako sa CSR at nakipag kwentuhan sa akin at iniwan nya mga colleagues nya. Tingnan mo ha, doktor na yun, pero hindi mayabang, hindi bargas. Mapagkumbaba.
Hindi lahat ng doktor mayayabang. Marami pa rin akong kilalalang doctor na mapagkumbaba. Swerte ng mga pasyente pag nakakita sila ng doctor na tulad ni Mariz kasi since HS kami talagang maawain na yun sa mahihirap. Malas lang ng ibang pasyente pag ang natapatan nila ay isang Rockstar at world debater haha
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haha, ginulo ka ba ni kwan? haha wala ito pare. walang kwenta ito. Masaya nga at nabuking ang tunay na Psychological Incapacity haha
Madami sa blog ko na ganyan. Kaya nga tinangal ko ang CBOX ko dahil puro vote for me, vote for me na lang ang laman.
Gayahin kaya kita, lagyan ko kaya ng banner ito blog ko ng POST no BILL haha
I understand, dumadating din sa akin yang my young apprentice haha. Maybe you are just stressed with the country you are in. Iba syempre pare pag andito ka sa sariling bansa. Tsaka nalulungkot din ang kuya mo lalo na mga dabarkads mo at wla ka lagi sa gimik haha.
ayaw ko pare sabihin sayo na umuwi ka na kasi sayang naman, ang sa akin lang kung di ka na talaga makatiis, antayin mo lang till
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haha naputol..
(kadugsong) till christmas para sulit ang sweldo.
walang problema pare, naalarma nga ako sa post mo langya ka kala ko kung ano nangyari kay nicole. Magdodonate na sana ako ng blood.
Tumatawag nga ako sa bahay nyo pero wala ata si mareng Chrisel at Pareng Peter eh. Baka nasa mall na naman haha
Its good. Thank God the prognosis is good. Sige let us continue to pray all together for nicole and those who are suffering the same.
anatay ko bago mo entry at saka ano na ba nagyari sa niluluto nyo ni Gelibeans? nakakainip naman haha.
Pax et Bonum
bluepanjeets last blog post..Sa lilim ng puti at itim
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LOL, Ate Bebe, ang ganda ng nobela ano ahaha, may history LOL
dito lang ako sumagot kasi I feel I owe the people my response who took time to comment. After this wala na to haha. Sayang kaya ang Opps LOL
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Here’s an update from the Central Plurk News. One plurker ignited a conversation:
Plurker: “it?s ironic that X, who defended Y in an issue last year, is now attacking Y in a different issue this year”
Yes, they were referring to Bluepanjeet and that guy.
And that guy responded
“Greg Martin” aka Atheista =it just shows that my loyalty is not rooted to a person – but to an ideology.
And more?
im a fan of putting people in their proper places?. WITH THE GLOVES OFF.
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lol! pagkatapos ng intriga sa twit, plurk naman ngayon ha.
melais last blog post..Getting a man in my remaining six months?just a weird idea for a book.
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hi bluep, di ko naman na-receive yang reply na yan but thanks for taking time to write an apology kahit di naman kelangan.
ang totoo nyan.. kagabi eh iniisip pa naman kita dahil first time kong makanood ng survivor phil sa gma and I thought I should compliment you for your blog coverage.
tapos biglang pag open ko ng email kanina eh tada! buti na lang vacant ako, kaso di pa rin ako maka-arya kase kulang ang time.
i read your post again for the second time once more, sige repeat at sige repat plus the comment of the “one below”
isip ko lang… “debater from Team Philippines during the 2008 World Universities Debate Championship… “Get this, punk. YOU HAVE NOTHING ON ME.”
yun na ba yon????
at kahit bihira naman akong magblog-hopping, i visited pa rin his blog…
sana naman ang batang ito ay matuto ng isang mahalagang leksyon pagkatapos n’yang manalo sa PBA 2008 at mag-iwan ng ganyang comment sa blog mo…
basta saken, bluepanjeet is an awardee! tapos! kase nga, ulitin ko lang, deeply touched ako, malalim na nahipuan, sa mga pinagsasabi nya at itong blog na ‘to pa lang ang nagpa-iyak saken!!! haha!!
Juless last blog post..Finally, before I take a break..
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Naalala kong gumawa nga siya ng ingay last year, tapos ngayon ayan na… the best na ang blog niya sa buong Philippines (nga ba?).
Mukhang may patutunguhan ang pag-iingay niyo ni Reyna kung ganoon?
empress marujas last blog post..Ang Alamat ng Rainbow Bloggers Philippines
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sorry dude. i don’t date PUNKS. hahahah. mas type ko yata si ROCK EN ROLL dude. LOL
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sabi ko na sayo kuya bluep e mag asawa ka na.ahehehe! wala din ako hilig sa award. ang purpose pati ng pagbablog ko e para kumita at sambahin si ka pepe.ahehehe! makakilala ng mga bagong kaibigan at matuto ng bagong kaalaman. kung sa tingin natin na sila ay nagkamali e patawarin na lang natin. malay mo balang araw may mas maganda pang pagkakataon ang dadating satin. sa isang competition may nananalo at may natatalo. mas maganda kung tatanggapin mo na lang ang pagkatalo para walang gulo. kung may reklamo ka e dun mo iparating sa taong nag organisa nito. kung sakali man di kayo magkasundo e palipasin na lang ng di na magkasakitan. sa isang taon ko dito e mdami na din ako nasalihan at lagi nauuwi sa kamalasan. kaya panata ko sa sarili ko na sa susunod ay gagalingan ko pa para siguradong sure win na. di naman pati nasusukat sa isang award ang kagalingan o kahusayan ng isang tao. yun lang po. salamat!
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[...] winners with their sensitive skins are firing on us (reyna elena, bluepanjeet and moi) o me excluded pala. Don’t ask. I also do not know. They’re cursing na, . I am [...]
I (along with the other winners) personify the new blogger. The new blogger is no longer a tech-bound geek confined to talking about things that only people in the industry would understand. Outside of blogging, I?m a medical student in the top medical school in the country. I?m one of the best collegiate debaters in the Philippines. On top of this, I have obligations to my basketball team and my heavy metal rock band. You have the nerve to trivialize us?
Get this, punk. YOU HAVE NOTHING ON ME.
-totoo bato o delusions of grandeur lang? well you have one fact right- you can do several things at the same time but none of them are good have you tried reading your blog? its crap.
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Madugo tong post na to, well researched! Pero meron din ako experience related to this comment, Hindi ako ganun kagaling mag inggles, Tulad dun sa ISA kong post, tas me Visitor nagpost as site nya kung gaano daw ba kayo kagaling mag inggles? Then displayed all the awards on his site. Since then, Hindi na ako nangahas,cut and paste na lang ako ng gusto kong i-inform sa visitors E di ba world wide web nga Ito at Hindi Pinoy wide web? International community understands that. wala Lang, share ko Lang.
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This comment is uncalled for, in local terms. Bastos. Bastos sa blog owner and the “tech-bound geeks”
Kumbaga, bastos din saming “techie geeks” kasi pala mga sinusulat namin hindi naiintindihan ng lahat? Hehehe.
Wala lang. Nakakatawa.
jepoys last blog post..My Turn – In Defense of My Friend Rocky
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Hehehe, Wait… what was I doing in year 2000 the year he started blogging? Hmmm.. Ahhh.. I was getting bored of my blog. Hahaha!
If I recall correctly, blogging was getting old during that time. My blog (if you can call that a blog) was still hosted on my dialup ISPs personal webspace and no CMS to update it. Hardcore HTML updates!
Blogger was still with Pyra and Greymatter is still the shiznit! Wordpress? What\’s that?
I\’m one of the few who have a residential broadband internet connection, DSL was still like, \”what\’s that?\” and cable internet was still king. I\’m also a consistent #1 in our class, I got the highest NEAT and NSAT grades in my school,
I am the…. huh?
OOops!
I thought this was a \”pahambugan\” post.
Sorrehhh!
Seriously, if you have \”personal\” problems, sort it out privately. There\’s this thing called respect. Sorry Benj, bastos na bastos dating ng post mo kahit san pa tignan.
jepoys last blog post..My Turn – In Defense of My Friend Rocky
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grabe ang haba ng post puro english pa, dumugo ilong ko
, basta ako I’m blogging for passion, passion para kumita ng pera 
…. kaya mas nanaisin ko pa na nasa isang sulok lang. Hayaan mo tol ipapa RAMBO natin sila sa Barangay LS 97.1 Ayos 
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wala ka sakin jepoy pagdating sa achievements.sa 10 years ko sa isang catholic school e nakakuha ako ng medalya.LOYALTY AWARD!lol.ahehehe!easy lang tayo mga kafriendster.hep hep hooray p
ka pepe!
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me too!apir!
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ha! meron din ako loyalty award kala mo! bleeehh! hahahaha
jepoys last blog post..My Turn – In Defense of My Friend Rocky
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sorri absent ako ng matagal. nasipa ako papuntang timbuktueh. nakita ko lang ang isyung ito kanina from reyna elena.
ewan ko ba, pero parang nalungkot ako sa sa post mo tol. i just don’t know why a lot of people, when responding to criticism, they get too defensive. when all we say is true, sa halip na i acknowledge na yes, houston, we have a problem, they get back at you like d&&*& you! wala kang karapatan”!
and will they do, kakatayin nila yung sinulat mo pati na lahat ng typo errors mo at personality mo, yayariin na, and unfortunately avoiding the issue. sinasadya man palayuin sa isyu or not, nagiging personal.
we all have our own reasons for blogging. pero kung ipinangangalandakan nila na they are for freedom of expression, kahit na anong ideology or anumang opinyon ninuman, dapat igalang mo. as someone claiming to be an advocate of justice and free speech, they should be the one to know that.
bakit ako nalungkot? aktibista kasi ako. and i have friends. and I have activist friends.
ideology is good. it is also the worst. it makes people good people, it also makes evil people.
if you dwell too much on the ideology without trust that you can only find and nurture in true friendships,not only are they (both friendship and ideology) destined to fail.
that belief would transform itself to a narcotic that would devour you body and soul, making you a slave to its “political correctness”. and anything that goes contrary to its dogma will be treated as an object of destruction.
that to say the least takes off humanity in people. and that is realy sad.
i had seen them. i had been them. gatdem.
BURAOTs last blog post..Forty Days and Forty Nights
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i\’m sure, presidente ka rin ng section nyo nung grade 1 ka.
get real dude. there is no such thing as altruism. nobody is accusing you of anyhting. but it is just the truth, kung naging volunteer din si bluepanjeet jan sa award giving body na yan at nanalo sya or sinuman na kaibigan nya, mababawasan din ang kredibilidad nya. di ko na kelangan i-explain sa you ang physics behind it.
i\’m sorry bluepanjeet, but i really hate hypocrites. they are the scams of the earth. i am not responding to these comment because his \”greatness\” ticked my ego. presidente din ako ng klase ko ung grade 1 ako. pero gradweyt na ako sa grade 1, kaya di ko na kelangang ipagyabang ang galing ko.
para malaman mo bluepanjeet, di lang ako basta blogger. tambay din ako sa kanto at palamunin ng nanay ko. isama mo pa dun yung mga anak ko na pinapalamon din ng nanay ko. kaya wala yan sa achievements ko.
for someone who claims to be an atheist and acts in such a way, is such a disgrace to the intelectuals who tries to persuade the world of its childishness in idolatry. atheists are known to be humanists. and part of that is to recognize the simple fact that in order for us to be treated humanely, we should act one ourselves.
by the way, i also hate atheists who are into medicine. they have this humongous tendency to be arrogant pricks.
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BURAOTs last blog post..Forty Days and Forty Nights
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–>Buraot, tama. that’s right brotha! minsan naaalis na ang “reality” sa isipan ng isang idealouge-tama kaya ang ispeling nito? Minsan sinasabi nilang free speech but is it really free if others have contradicting opinions on the matter and they can not respect it? Bukambibig lang ang freedom of expression ng ilan, dahil nag-umapaw na sa isipan nila na may superior intellect sila kaysa sa iba. Ang natutunan ko sa isyung ito ay maging masiyasat. Hindi para maging kritikal sa ibang tao kundi maging insightful sa mga pronouncements ng sariling prinsipyo. Maging higit na matanong kung ang idealogies na pinanghahawakan ko ay nilalakad ko, isinasabuhay at nakabatay sa isang mas mataas na katotohanan.
Mahalias last blog post..Hmmm Melamine
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[...] May I quote ako sa COMMENT OF THE YEAR ng ating airhead. This is his response to Bluep’s entry entitled: Some people are just not that hungry for awards [...]
[...] that I’m saying na The C at, Bluepanjeet and Reyna Elena had no point. This is another issue that they should clear out dahil valid din ang [...]
[...] Some people are just not that hungry for awards – 94 comments (*New Breaker. Published in 2008) [...]
[...] 1. Some People are not just that hungry for awards – And of course, who would ever forget the award-REMOVING post that I have written in September about my dislikes in awards. The post is about my personal experience regarding awards, until some dim witted elitistas from hell attacked me on my own blog. Stupidity wise, these people have an IQ range of a spoon haha. They were cursing me and telling me all sorts of their achievements where in fact I never even mentioned any names. How guilty were they? haha. The funny thing was not the comment itself made by a self proclaimed non-believer-slash-rockstar (laughing in my head), but the fact that he was so angry at my post that I began to to realized how immature he is, both in life and in the blogosphere. I could understand fully this airhead if he was attacking me on matters of life and death, or about rape victims and human rights or environmental causes. But NO! He attacked me just because he wanted to protect the validity of his award. A trophy that will soon rot in oblivion haha. Click the link and read the comments, ewan ko lang kungdi uminit pati bunbunan nyo haha. [...]
[...] it proves that those who are so engrossed to eradicate the belief in God from the face of the earth are bitter and proud robots who are so desperate in their life that they wanted to drag all people to their misery and [...]
Yep, some people are awards conscious while other doesn’t care.
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Mabuti pumayag magulang mo ng ganun ganun na lang? Magna cum laude na naging bato pa? Wow. Kung saan akin napunta ang talinong ganyan ewan ko rin lang. At the very least they will they never forget this face.
Iyon nga lang di siguro saklaw ng character ko ang ganyang ipinamalas mong decency and fortitude. Napakabuti mong tao. Kahangahanga ka, Bluep.
I like the part of the story when you confronted your teacher in college to demand the grade the you deserve. Tiklop ang loka. Ahahaha. Ganda, I can see it in my mind. Parang isang magandang teleserye. lol. At ginawa ka pang showbiz noh.
Love it, Bluep. You pack (that word again – ano bah) a lot of sense and humor in this post.
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I’m one of those who blog to feel my life and have fun. But recently, sumali ako sa bonggang WordCamp because I simply want to be a part of it. Isinali ko din yung Tourism website (http://www.visitmarinduque.com) na ginawa ko sa Philippine Blog Awards but it’s simply another way para magkalat ako ng link sa internet na ito para sa eco tourism ng marinduque hehe. Di ko akalain na may warlalu para sa mga awards na yan haha. Teka, may dollars ba pagnanalo? hehe ( Cenxa na promdi pa ako. Kakasalta lang sa Blogging City ) ^_^
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