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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?
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.
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
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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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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.
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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!
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Analyze mo na lang ang meaning ng nakakabit sa pangalan ko Dr Benj kwak kwak
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Hay naku. Naalala ko tuloy ang aking kauna-unahang “INCOMPLETE” na grado noong kolehiyo. Buwisit na prof ‘yan.
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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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