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July 30th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

Naaalala mo pa ba ‘to? In fairness, kahit sa avid Eat Bulaga
viewers ang household namin, naconvert ko sila para maging SST viewers.
Mas nakakaaliw kase yung mga gaguhang kalokohan nina Dennis Padilla at
Smokey Manaloto, kesa sa walang kamatayang sexist jokes ng TVJ. Saka
talagang pinangarap ko na magkaroon ng SST sticker, para magkaroon ako
ng SST wallclock. Ahaha.

Naalala
ko pa, bad trip sina Aiai and Dennis nung lilipat na ang Bulaga,
naggagaguhan sila sa live show. Bigla nilang sasabihin na may special
guest sila. "Please welcome, Rio Diaz and Christine Jacob!", or "Hoy,
tumabi kayo dyan, sasayaw na si Ruby…". Ahahaha!

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From wikipedia.com——

Salo-Salo Together (SST) (Partying Together) is a defunct Philippine noontime variety show aired over GMA Network. It first aired on March 1993 as a replacement for "Lunch Date". It was headlined by Randy Santiago and Dennis Padilla, with Liezl Martinez, Smokey Manaloto, Anjanette Abayari, Joy Ortega and Giselle Sanchez as co-hosts.

 

In less than six months after it aired, SST started to take over its archrival, ABS-CBN’s "Eat Bulaga" in the ratings by providing fresh interactive segments like "Grabe!" (a contest where live studio audience join the hosts of SST in a dare), "Knock Knock Hello!" (where SST wall clocks were given out to a lucky household member whose home was posted with an SST sticker), "Sari-Sari Stories" (a weekly comedy skit where SST hosts spoof a certain movie or Pinoy pop culture) and "Ano ka Hello?"
(where SST hosts call out a lucky viewer and ask them questions about
what they just saw in a particular episode). Moreover, SST hosts like
Dennis, Smokey, Anjanette, Joy and Giselle became contract stars of
Viva Films, where they have appeared separately in numerous movies.

Shortly
before SST celebrated its first year on television, co-host Joy Ortega
left the show because she could not take the intrigues thrown at her.
She was subsequently replaced by Ai-ai delas Alas
who immediately blended beautifully with the other co-hosts, despite
the fact that during the show’s "Sari-Sari Stories" segment she always
plays the oppressed character. Soon after, SST gave a break to other
newcomers in showbiz like Bayani Agbayani (who, like Ai-ai was always oppressed during the "Sari-Sari" segment), and Bernadette Allyson (who was introduced as VJ Berna).

However,
in December 1994, sad news broke out that "SST" was going to go off the
air to give way to its rival noontime show "Eat Bulaga" at the 12 pm
slot, after "Bulaga" had decided to move to GMA Network after contract
renegotiations with its previous home network ABS-CBN bogged down. The
GMA management’s decision to accommodate "Eat Bulaga" was met with
mixed emotions among the hosts and talents of "SST". They were sad
because they felt the management did not give them a chance to prove
that they could carry the noontime show to new heights. But at the same
time, they felt happy because the GMA management decided to keep the
show after they decided to move "SST" to an earlier time slot, as a
pre-programming to "Eat Bulaga".

On January 24, 1995, "SST" had
its last episode aired on the noontime slot and reformatted as a
morning talk show on January 27, 1995, with its timeslot at 10:30 am
before "Eat Bulaga". Entertainment writer Giovanni Calvo joined the
"SST" gang as the segment host for "Katok mga Misis", dishing out the latest rumors in show business. However, "SST" was not able to dislodge ABS-CBN’s "Teysi ng Tahanan" from the top spot, and its ratings suffered.

On
July 1995, "SST" finally bade farewell after GMA executives decided to
make the segment "Katok mga Misis" into a full-length program. The late
Giovanni Calvo hosted the show along with his co-host Ali Sotto.

 

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Shared Secrets

July 30th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

ThinkFrom PostSecret.blogspot.com.

Don’t we all wish that it’d be more for ourselves.

Heart_2

Talaga lang…

Hive_1

What we do just to avoid others, without hurting them.

Love

Baligtad naman…

Rewarded_1

Such a comfort.

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Tama o Dapat?

July 30th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

YM Status: Nalulungkot ako-san.

kausap: bat ka nalolongkot?

Dengue boi: eh kase

Dengue boi: ang hirap mamili

Dengue boi: kung ano ang pipiliin

Dengue boi: ang tama

Dengue boi: o ang dapat

kausap: ang dapat shempre

kausap: ang tama dapat

kausap: ang dapat tama

Dengue boi: hindi naman sila iisang bagay

Dengue boi: minsan tama ang isang bagay, pero hindi sya ang nararapat

Dengue boi: may mga bagay na dapat gawin, kahit na hindi tama

kausap: paano naging dapat kung hindi tama? paano naging tama kung hindi dapat?

Dengue boi: dapat. kailangan.

Dengue boi: tama. mas maluwag sa kalooban. sinisigaw ng puso. binubulong ng damdamin.

kausap: no contest: dapat tama.

Dengue boi: you think?

Dengue boi: pero paano na ang dapat.

kausap: i’m sure.

Dengue boi: hindi naman ibig sabihin na porke dapat eh hindi tama.

kausap: dapat nga,

mali

naman. wag na.

Dengue boi: paano kung hindi

mali

ang dapat?

kausap: eh di tama dapat

kausap: ang golo

Dengue boi: onga ang golo

Dengue boi: mas nalolongkot toloy ako

kausap: bakit ayaw mo ba gawin ang tama?

Dengue boi: gusto ko. Kaya lang may mas dapat gawin.

Dengue boi: halimbawa: mahal mo si Titik A. Pero hindi ka sigurado kung mahal ka din nya. Sasabihin mo ba sa kanya na mahal mo sya?

Dengue boi: Anlabo.

kausap: Hinde!

Dengue boi: Bakit hindi mo sasabihin? Kase yun ang dapat gawin, di ba?

kausap: bucket mo sasabihing mahal mo sya eh hindi naman? tama ba yun? dapat ba yun?

Dengue boi: Nyek. Mahal mo sya. Sya ang hindi mo sigurado kung mahal ka nya.

Dengue boi: Tama na sabihin mong mahal mo sya. Kase yun ang nararamdaman mo. Yun ang totoo. Pero hindi ibig sabihin yon ang nararapat mong gawin.

Dengue boi: Lalo na kung sa pagsasabi mo, may mga bagay na maaaring masira.

kausap: AH OKI SORI PO

kausap: i miss understood

kausap: ano mapapala mo pag sinabi mo? ano gusto mo ma-atsib?

Dengue boi: Yun mismo. Yung masabi mo.

Dengue boi: Pero mababaw pa lang yan na halimbawa. Mas madaling pagdesisyunan.

kausap: gusto mo lang sabihin for no other reason but to say so? malabu yun. i don’t believe you.

kausap: gusto mo may mangyari. pero di ka nga sigurado kung may feelings nga sya sa yo.

Dengue boi: Ah okay. I get your point. May nagsabi na din sakin nyan dati. Kilala mo sya. ahaha.

kausap: zo it’s a a rizk

Dengue boi: pag daw nagsabi ka, may hinihintay kang kapalit. Na sabihin sayong may nararamdaman din sya para sayo.

Dengue boi: Kaya wag na lang daw magsabi

kausap: exactly, i think so too.

Dengue boi: Yun nga ang ginawa ko.

kausap: pero i don’t agree with the conclusion.

kausap: risk nga e dibaz.

kausap: what if your saying it could change things pala.

Dengue boi: well, it could for the better, or for the worse

Dengue boi: Yun yung rizk.

Dengue boi: eh kung ganito, mawawala ka at paparoon sa malayong lugar…

kausap: ano mawawala sa yo if you say it? is the person a friend who will start feeling akward around you if you profess?

kausap: MAWAWALA KA?

Dengue boi: I guess, ganon

kausap: SAN KA PUPUNTA?!

Dengue boi: Paano nga papalaot ka sa uncertain waters.

Dengue boi: di alam kung kelan babalik

Dengue boi: sasabihin mo ba?

kausap: are you planning to go abroad?

kausap: LALONG HINDI!

kausap: bucket mo pa sasabihin e aalis ka rin pala.

Dengue boi: eh ano naman kung aalis ako

Dengue boi: pag sinabi mo ba, dapat hindi aalis?

kausap: e di kahit may feelings pala sya sa yo wala rin pala pwedeng mangyari

kausap: kasi aalis ka

kausap: pinahirapan mo lang sarili nyo.

Dengue boi: eh wala namang feelings eh

Dengue boi: i think

kausap: unless gusto mo mag-pa chase effects

Dengue boi: well…naisip ko din yang chase effects.

Dengue boi: pero hindi naman ganon

kausap: so sasabihin mo lang para may iwan ka?

Dengue boi: siguro parang ganon

Dengue boi: para lang it’s not one more baggage

kausap: and what will that achieve?

Dengue boi: kaluwagan ng kalooban?

Dengue boi: pero sabi ko nga, mababaw na isyu pa yan

kausap: luluwag ba talaga kalooban mo? hindi.

Dengue boi: luluwag sya.

Dengue boi: pero kikipot ang mundo

kausap: yung feelings, hindi yan hangin na paghininga mo na mawawala na

kausap: choz!

Dengue boi: nice

Dengue boi: oo nga naman

Dengue boi: vuhala na.

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My dog just died

July 27th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

Just got a message from my sister sa Nueva Ecija. Out pet dog just died. Ticks killed her.

She’s just a mongrel, but I got her when she was still a puppy. Elementary pa lang yata ako non. Provincial mongrels are the hardy types. You feed them just table scraps, and that will do. A few ticks, they scratch and brush it off, and they survive.

Ang hindi kayang tiisin ng aso namin, ay yung hindi ko sya pansinin. Whenever I go home to Nueva, she’ll be barking like hell pababa pa lang ako sa tricycle. She wouldn’t stop until I come to her rub her head and neck and let her lick my hands. Yun yung soooobrang miss na miss ka nya.

I guess wala nang sasalubong na ganon sakin the next time I go home. She was with us for more than ten years. The funny thing is, she never had a name. My folks call her Whitey (wow, how unique), though she’s far from being white. I was supposed to give her a name, but was quite undecided which one. Kaya wala na lang.

Now she rests. Nameless. Lifeless. The one being that misses me, loves me unconditionally.

And this is my 100th entry. Pretty sad for a 100th entry.

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Criminal Friends

July 26th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

Ang taong pinakamakapangyarihan para masaktan ka, ay ang iyong kaibigan.

I call it “friendship crimes“, mga bagay na nagagawa mo sa kaibigan mo, na sobra syang masasaktan. Dahil kaibigan mo ang isang tao, may premise na agad na hindi mo sya dapat masaktan. Or alam mo kung ano ang makakasakit sa kanya. At mahal mo sya kaya hindi mo sya sasaktan. But if everybody hurts, everybody can hurt. Sometimes.

Suspect No. 1 - Lumang kwento na ‘to. But this should top the list. I confessed to the entire world (or, in my fourth grade class recitation) that he is my best friend. But when he was asked if we are best friends, he denied it. To my surprise, he denied it. I never thought that it’s possible for the feeling to not be mutual.

Suspect No. 2 - Lumiligaw ako noon. Syempre you’d expect your friends to be the first to back you up. Supportive man lang. But she was the first one to tease my girl (Yes, my girl. I was the first one to notice her charm) sa ibang lalaki. Not that she’s not allowed to do it. But being my friend, she should’ve known that it was painful. Kahit grade 5 pa lang kami non.

Suspect No. 3 - It was my father’s 65th birthday party(retirement/farewell from his job party na din for him), at kinailangan kong magtantrums at magpatiuna na umalis just to catch the rehearsal for our high school prom’s cotillon. Nagmamadali pa ako, only to find out that my very good friend, who was suppposed to be my partner (we’ve agreed that we’ll be partners), dumped me for another guy. I eventually quit the entourage.

Suspect No. 4 - Galit sya sa pinsan nya. Twisting the little information that she got from me (which were plain, no malice facts), she made up a scandalous issue about her cousin using me as guarantee that she’s telling the truth. (That b*tch.) Sinapak lang naman ako ng boyprend ng pinsan nya (who happens to be my orgmate in college). When i told her about what happened, she seemed uninterested (knowing full well na first time ko masapak sa tanang buhay ko). She asked me to meet her. Kala ko she’ll comfort me and apologize. But no. Again, she used me as a license so she could go out and meet up with her boyfriend. (pareho silang a**hole ng jowa nya. Magsama sila!)

Suspect No. 5 - This friend got hold of her crush’s hanky. Inagaw ko ito sa kanya, teasing her that I won’t give it back to her. Sa kaaagaw nya sa akin, she managed to rip open my cute nintendo bag (yes, it was gray, with a red lining and a big logo of Nintendo). Wasak. This happened in front of my crush. Double murder ito.

Suspects No. 6 & 7 - I ran as student council president in high school. Knowing the capabilities of these two friends, I offered them the two most important positions in the slate. They accepted it. But later on, I found out that they thought twice about accepting it (ergo, giving their support to my candidacy), because they thought the other guy had better chances. You may say na, that’s classic partisan politics there. But really, it hurt that they did not have that instant confidence in me (matapos ko silang ipaggawa ng kung anu-anong book reports!)

Suspect No. 8 - We had this musical play in college. The producer, who was my thesis adviser and favorite professor (naks), offered me this bit role. I accepted, naturalmente. Even for that bit role, i was required to attend all rehearsals (which was every single day prior to the playdates). It was tiring and time consuming (plus the fact that I know I don’t need to be there all the time). Whining about it to a friend, here’s what she told me “Eh ikaw naman kasi, pinipilit mo don yung sarili mo…” Quite below the belt, don’t you think?

Suspect No. 9 - Coming from a heart-wrenching experience, I decided to sport withdrawal. Not be my normal self, and stay away from the normal routine of being around some people. Noticing this, my friend told me “Wag ka ngang ganyan. Ang arte mo naman eh…” Maarte na sa maarte. But I think she never tried to put herself in my shoes…to know how REALLY painful it was back then. (It’s still painful now)

Suspect No. 10 & 11 - Pipikit na lang at tulog na ako sa bahay, when these friends invited me to join them to hang out. Ako naman, effort. Nagbihis talaga, nagtaxi papunta, just to spend time with them. I got there, they were looking at something and they were giggling. Ako na naman, si epal, came closer to them para makisilip. At that instance, they immediately told me to stay away. “Wag ka nga!” As if wala akong karapatang sumali. Wow. Thanks to Milan Kundera, he kept me company and helped me to hold back the tears, until i got home.

Suspect No. 12 - Nagdadamoves ako sa taong itago na lang natin sa pangalang “Angel Locsin”. I think nandon na kami ni Angel sa pasteady na level. This friend, wanting to help me speed up things, snatched my phone from me and texted Angel an invitation to join me and some friends to spend the weekend sa Galera. (Despite my firm objection) As if ako yung nagtext. After that, naglaho na si Angel Locin (lumipat sa dos). Guess that text didn’t help after all.

Suspect No. 13 - Alam naman na napipikon na ko sa panunukso sa akin at sa isang taong di ko man lang sinusulyapan, etong si friend eh tuluy-tuloy pa din. Kahit pahiyang-pahiya na ko. Walkoutan ko nga sa kalagitnaan ng highway sa Laguna.

Suspect No. 14 - A friend who has been really really really nice to me. Sobrang bait. Sa sobrang bait, di nya napansin na nasaktan na nya ko.

Suspect No. 15 - Katulad ni number 14. Only worse. (Or better.)

Not that I keep grudges. Nakakaaliw lang na balikan how these people have managed to “hurt” me, and yet we never lost the friendship. (Except suspect no. 4 who is a real b*tch). Actually, the friendship only grew stronger.

I believe that knowing how someone can hurt you, is also knowing how you can shield yourself from getting hurt. Alam mo na makakaya nilang gawin sa’yo ‘to. Pero alam mo rin na mas matimbang ang pagmamahal nila sa’yo.

At the end of the day, you’ll learn to forgive.Forgive but never forget. Never forget that they were able to hurt you that way, so try not to do the same, or be victimized again. (Shame on me if you fool me twice). Wala namang perpektong pagkakaibigan o samahan. Kung krimen mang maituturing ang masaktan ang isang kaibigan, lahat tayo mabubulok na sa bilangguan. Pero mapapalaya din tayo, ng tunay at wagas na pagmamahal at kapatawaran ng isang tunay na kaibigan. (Nyaha!)

Except si no. 4. Mabulok sya bilangguan! Wahahaha!

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Rejection

July 17th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

Lagi kong sinasabi na ang greatest fear ko ay ang rejection. Feeling ko lang wala nang sasakit pa sa pakiramdam na malaman mo at sabihin sayo ng harapan how someone just doesn’t like you, that you’re not good enough, that you’re lacking, that you’re nothing.

I’ve always thought of this fear along the lines of romance. (The first time I professed love for someone really hurt. Trauma.) Pero meron palang mas mabigat at mas masakit na paraan para mareject. Para sakin, mas mahirap syang tanggapin kesa sa mabasted ka o ibreak ng syota mo.

Someone in our office got fired recently. She was given the notice. And when she did, inisa-isa nya ang mga tao para magpaalam. She came up to me and said, "Babay…" As if wala akong alam, padeadma pa ko na "Huh? Anong babay?". "Hanggang Friday na lang po kasi ako…" And she suddenly burst into crying. That painful cry na pinipigilan pa, pero dama mo kung gano kabigat yung feeling nya, but still trying to compose herself, only to burst again.

Ano ba kasi dapat ang sinasabi sa mga oras na ganito? Of course you can’t say na, "What? Bakit ka finire? Halika bugbugin natin sila!", lalo na if you think that she had it coming. Brutal naman kung "Eh kasi naman ikaw eh…". Talk about insult to injury. I just stared at her. Not knowing what to say. With an expression of pity, I tried to muster what could have been the best thing to say: "Okay lang yan. Hindi pa katapusan ng mundo."

Now, her replacement came in and she had to guide her through the work and turn over what needs to be. How painful can it get?

If you were dumped by your lover, at least you still have the thought na "hindi ako nagkulang…i loved him with all of me…", you still save that part for yourself. If you get fired, you’ll definitely think that you’ve done something wrong, that you lacked something, that you were incompetent in some way.

If your boyfriend/girlfriend breaks up with you, at least you don’t have to welcome your "replacement"…at least there’s hope that you’ll move on…that you’ll find another one, or someone may find you soon.

Not the same assurance if you get fired from a job. Your 201 file will tell it all. Sad. =(

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Friendship Intelligence

July 16th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

I suddenly remembered my Comm III speech back in college, and the research materials i used to back up my piece. Still with a hangover from high school, I was a bit of a nerd during my first two years in college, spending most of my time at UP Main Lib’s Filipiniana and Serials Section, where I got most of those research materials. Gulat ako to find out that more than feature articles, there is this philosophical paper written about friendship.

I lost my copy of that paper, and tried to find it through the web, just in case. Pero wala. But i stumbled upon something interesting too. An FQ test. Here are my answers and the analysis of each (and my comments too…ahahaha). Did the highlights too:

Your FQ score is 74 out of a possible 100

Well done. Perhaps what you can gather from doing the questionnaire, is that friendship is often a counterintuitive subject. Where it might be thought straightforward it is ambiguous. Friendship is a problem, though one worthy of a solution, Nietzsche said.

You may well want to read The Philosophy of Friendship (excuse the plug!). What philosophers have to say, surprised me in many ways, and that was after studying the subject for some time.

The following is a detailed analysis of your answers:

Question 1
(b) First, you said that you have between 4 and 8 very close friends. Aristotle would say that this is possible but unlikely because the amount of time any individual has in practice only allows them to get to know a few people well; probably less than a handful. ‘Host not many but host not none,’ was his formula.

Question 2
(c) When it comes to lesser but still good friends, you said that you try to speak to them at least once every 6 months in order to maintain the friendship. Clearly, this will vary from friend to friend, but on average speaking to your wider circle of friends at least once every 6 months is not often enough, according to the philosophers. Aristotle said, ‘Cut off the talk and many a time you cut off the friendship.’ He also thought that friends need to live with each other, in the broader sense of sharing in the events of each other’s lives. Perhaps some of your supposed friends do not quite qualify for the ascription now!

Question 3
(c) Aristotle also said that a good friend is worth more than any other good thing a person might have – be that a fulfilling sexual relationship, complete financial security or right self-esteem. You ranked friendship as more important than them all. This, he would say, shows great friendship intelligence: ‘Who would choose to live without friends even if they had every other good thing,’ he said.

Question 4
(a) Finally in this section, we came to the matter of soulmates – the closest friend that anyone can hope to have. But although you said you do not have one, or at least not at the moment, do not worry! The philosophers of friendship all agree that soulmates are a rare thing and that even those who value friendship enormously, and gain much from their circle of friends, may have no soulmate. (WAAH! Should we be happy about this?) You are in good company: no less a person than Socrates confessed as much.

Question 5
(b) The next section asked you about friendship and other loves. You thought it most like family love. The truth of the matter is that friendship is both like and unlike family love. For example, it is like family love in caring for others. But it is unlike family love since in the family the feeling may not be equally or mutually felt. Incidentally, friendship is like and unlike erotic love and divine love too. In the former case, they are both focused on one other, but in erotic love the feeling is probably more possessive. In the latter case, they both make life possible in the richest possible sense, though since strictly speaking God is not a person, or even a being (but being itself), it is hard to know what to make of calling God a friend.

Question 6
(c) We next came squarely to the matter of friendship and sex. You said that a sexual relationship can be satisfying between people who share little or no sense of being friends but only for a limited time. The philosophers would partly agree with you. Sex is always to some degree an attempt to form a connection with another, so to insist it is only physical (‘just sex’) is like saying you can talk to someone only using a limited range of words; very quickly it becomes frustrating. (BATO BATO SA LANGIT…WAHAHA!) In other words, a sexual relationship always begs the possibility of a friendship: ‘Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty,’ was the way the Stoic philosophers put it. Where the philosophers would disagree with you is that a friendless sexual relationship was always doomed. So, it is not really satisfying even for a limited period of time.

Question 7
(a) Perhaps most of the philosophers of friendship lived in less permissive times; perhaps not. But they would still argue that a close friendship between two people who are not and never have been lovers might nonetheless occasionally feel a whiff of sexual energy, if only because the passion the friends share as friends is easy to confuse with the passion of lovers. (NO COMMENT) So when it comes to sexual frisson in friendships, they would disagree with you.

Question 8
(a) Speaking more personally, you confess to never having had an affair with a friend. The philosophers of friendship say you are probably wise! (OH YEH!)

 Question 9
(c) We move onto another sort of friendship – work friendship: perhaps the quintessential example of ambiguous friendship. Although people form friends at work, even good friends, they are readily dropped, dissolved or disregarded when the pressures or vicissitudes of working life take over. You mostly feel pragmatically when someone with whom you were friendly at work finds a new job and leaves: you have much in common with others.                                                                                                                                      

Question 10
(b) Another area full of ambiguity, even risk, in work friendships arises when someone works for a friend. The old adage has it about right: money and friendship do not readily mix. You are wise to say you would work for a friend only if really necessary.                                                                                                       

Question 11
(a) This also relates to the question of using friends and is often misunderstood. We feel that our intentions in friendship should be pure, so any sense of personal gain or convenience threatens to compromise them. But, if you think about it, all friends use each other from time to time; the trick is to ensure they do not feel merely used. So although it is perfectly understandable that you say true friends should never use each other, you are probably misunderstanding the nature of friendship in so doing.                                                             

Question 12
(c) The next question was which is the most important social virtue a society needs to exhibit in order for friendship to flourish in it? You said comradeship. Aristotle would agree with you. For friendship, a genuine sense of common life as citizens is require – or comradeship.                                                                       

Question 13
(b) Aristotle said that friendship is itself not a virtue, but that because good friends are likely to be virtuous people, it seems quite like one. So when it comes to judging friends, he thought that necessary, in order that people might become better. On the other hand, friendship never ‘puts the scales centre stage’, as he put it. Your answer – judge friends sometimes – is then about right.                                                              

Question 14
(b) Trust is often celebrated and admired in friendship, as you said. But all sorts of people can trust one another without it counting as friendship. So it is not the most important virtue that good friendship share. (SO WHAT IS?)                                                                                                                                 

Question 15
(a) When it comes to the individual virtues that someone needs in order to be a good friend, self-awareness is certainly number one. Without that, you will delude yourself, and delude others – and nothing poses more of a threat to any relationship than such misunderstandings. So you score highly on this question when it comes to friendship intelligence. Just do not think that self-awareness is as easily achieved!                                  

Question 16
(c) If the virtues that are positive to friendship are relatively obvious, the qualities that are detrimental to it can be as easily misunderstood. You highlighted dishonesty in this category. The philosophers of friendship would agree with you but actually with a qualification. In fact, strictly speaking friends are often dishonest with each other – hiding their real opinions or feelings – for the sake of the friendship: how many friendships would last if the individual really knew what their friends thought of them all the time, Nietzsche asked? (GUILTY AS CHARGED)                                                                                                      

Question 17
(b) Finally the friendship trivia. You are wrong: Aristotle wrote more about friendship than any of the other philosophers. His work still sets the agenda to this day. Kant wrote a lecture and some notes, but little more. Strange as it may seem, he was pretty typical of Enlightenment philosophers in this respect.                    

Question 18
(b) Second, Disraeli said that a nation has no permanent friends, only permanent interests.                      

Question 19
(c) Third, Montaigne indeed thought that people formed soul friendships only once every three centuries – and that he was one of the lucky ones! So if his estimation seems too low, there are grounds for doubting his pessimism.                                                                                                                                  

Question 20
(a) Finally, the FQ questionnaire asked whether you could come up with a robust definition of friendship. You wisely answered, ‘no’. Plato himself failed, and Aristotle tried but realised his formula was limited. On the other hand, that is not to say there is nothing to be said about friendship!                                                    

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Questions are at markvernon.com =D

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Use Norman in a Sentence

July 11th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

Wala lang magawa. Vanity ganyan. Quotate me.

Got these from http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi

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I find your lack of norman disturbing.

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
(the missing word was ‘faith’)

Norman! Why did it have to be norman?

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1987)
(the missing word was ‘Snakes’)

You can’t handle the norman!

A Few Good Men (1992)
(the missing word was ‘truth’)

My mama always said life was like a box of norman.

Forrest Gump (1994)
(the missing word was ‘chocolates’)

Nobody puts Norman in a corner.

Dirty Dancing (1987)
(the missing word was ‘Baby’)

No, Mr. Bond, I expect norman to die.

Goldfinger (1964)
(the missing word was ‘you’)

That norman is the pure, physical manifestation of Sadako’s hatred.

The Ring (1998)
(the missing word was ‘video’)

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to norman.

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
(the missing word was ’suffering’)

I ate his norman with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
(the missing word was ‘liver’)

Love means never having to say you’re norman.

Love Story (1970)
(the missing word was ’sorry’)

Yun na. Or Sloganize me.

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Sideways

July 9th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

My favorite part from the film SIDEWAYS.(Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Thomas Haden Church).  

The moment seemed perfect, dangling in front of him,

but Miles was such a loser, he didn't give in and let go of it.

  MAYA
 Why are you so into Pinot? It's like 
 a thing with you.

 

 Miles laughs at first, then smiles wistfully at the question. 
 He searches for the answer in his glass and begins slowly.

 

 MILES
 I don't know. It's a hard grape to 
 grow. As you know. It's thin-skinned, 
 temperamental, ripens early. It's 
  not a survivor like Cabernet that 
 can grow anywhere and thrive even 
 when neglected. Pinot needs constant 
 care and attention and in fact can 
  only grow in specific little tucked-
 away corners of the world. And only 
 the most patient and nurturing growers 
 can do it really, can tap into Pinot's 
  most fragile, delicate qualities. 
 Only when someone has taken the time 
 to truly understand its potential 
 can Pinot be coaxed into its fullest 
 expression. And when that happens, 
 its flavors are the most haunting 
 and brilliant and subtle and thrilling 
 and ancient on the planet.

 

 Maya has found this answer revealing and moving.

 

 MILES
 I mean, Cabernets can be powerful 
 and exalting, but they seem prosaic 
 to me for some reason. By comparison. 
  How about you?

 

 MAYA
 What about me?

 

 MILES
 I don't know. Why are you into wine?

 

  MAYA
 I suppose I got really into wine 
 originally through my ex-husband. He 
 had a big, kind of show-off cellar. 
 But then I found out that I have a 
  really sharp palate, and the more I 
 drank, the more I liked what it made 
 me think about.

 

 MILES
 Yeah? Like what?

 

  MAYA
 Like what a fraud he was.

 

 Miles laughs.

 

 MAYA
 No, but I do like to think about the 
 life of wine, how it's a living thing. 
 I like to think about what was going 
 on the year the grapes were growing, 
 how the sun was shining that summer 
 or if it rained... what the weather 
 was like. I think about all those 
 people who tended and picked the 
 grapes, and if it's an old wine, how 
 many of them must be dead by now. I 
 love how wine continues to evolve, 
 how every time I open a bottle it's 
 going to taste different than if I 
 had opened it on any other day. 
  Because a bottle of wine is actually 
 alive -- it's constantly evolving 
 and gaining complexity. That is, 
 until it peaks -- like your '61 -- 
  and begins its steady, inevitable 
 decline. And it tastes so fucking 
 good.

 

 Now it is Miles's turn to be swept away. Maya's face tells 
 us the moment is right, but Miles remains frozen. He needs 
 another sign, and Maya is bold enough to offer it: reaches 
 out and places one hand atop his.

 

 MILES
 (pointing)
  Bathroom over there?
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Wanna know what happened to Cinderella?

July 6th, 2007 by kwentongbayan

Repost from Yvonne Cabezo. This is a nice one. Championing animal population control. Nyahaha.

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Cinderella was now 75 years old. After
a fulfilling life with the now dead
Prince, she happily sat upon her
rocking chair, watching the world go
by from her front porch, with a cat
called Alan for companionship.

One sunny afternoon, out of nowhere,
appeared the Fairy Godmother.
Cinderella said: ‘Fairy Godmother,
what are you doing here after all
these years?’
The Fairy Godmother replied: ‘Well
Cinderella, since you have lived a
good, wholesome life since we last
met, I have decided to grant you 3
wishes. Is there anything for which
your heart still yearns?’

Cinderella is taken aback, overjoyed
and after some thoughtful
consideration and almost under her
breath she uttered her first wish. ‘I
wish I was wealthy beyond
comprehension.’ Instantly her rocking
chair was turned into solid gold.
Cinderella was stunned.

Cinderella said ‘Oh thank you, Fairy
Godmother!’ The Fairy Godmother
replied ‘It is the least I can do.
What is your second wish?’ Cinderella
looked down at her frail body and
said: ‘I wish I was young and full of
the beauty of youth again.’

At once, her wish having been desired,
became reality, and her beautiful
youthful visage had returned.
Cinderella felt stirrings inside her
that had been dormant for years and
long forgotten vigour and vitality
began to course through her very soul.
Then the Fairy Godmother spoke
again: ‘You have one more wish, what
shall you have?’

Cinderella looked over to Alan, who
was now quivering in the corner with
fear. ‘I wish you to transform my old
cat, Alan, into a beautiful and
handsome young man.’ Magically, Alan
suddenly underwent so fundamental a
change in his biologicial make up,
that when he stoof before her, he was
a boy, so beautiful the like of which
she nor the world had ever seen, so
fair indeed that birds begun to fall
from the sky at his feet.

The Fairy Godmother
said: ‘Congratulations Cinderella!
Enjoy your new life.’ With a blazing
shock of bright blue electricity, she
was gone.

For a few moments, Alan and Cinderella
looked into each other’s eyes.
Cinderella sat, breathless, gazing at
the most stunningly perfect boy she
had ever seen. Then Alan walked over
to Cinderella, who sat transfixed in
her rocking chair, and held her close
in his muscular arms.

He leant close to her ear, and into
her ear breathed as much as whispered,
blowing her golden hair with his warm
breath, ‘I bet you regret having my
balls chopped off now, don’t you?’

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