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[LostCommand]

(High)schoolmate,

 

I read your note in our school forum the other day.

 

From a purely technical perspective.

 

The minds behind this in your-face-pardon are startlingly similar to the minds behind the in-you-ass explanations for the Glorietta blast (methane and diesel exploding together? Why don’t we ask the Shell/Petron boys, they live with methane and diesel by the billions of liters everyday of their lives?)

 

There is such a yawning lack of imagination here. The target audience, the Filipino people, is just too sophisticated nowadays. So why are they being shown 80’s style Voltes V cartoons when they expect no less than Star Wars episode III light and magic, at least? The lowest Cagayan-born masa himself demands LOTR level presentation these days, even for the (related) field of showbiz. How can anything less allow the audience to suspend their disbelief?

 

Don’t even think of what we must look like to the international community – who have such influence in our economic futures.

 

The smallness of imagination is so bad that the scheming minds can only be called military-grade, given the level stupidity.

 

And so we see one more reason why we are not going anywhere – the stifling Saharan aridity of those executive department minds (we already know the imagination of the legislative department – anyone see any of those guys’ education backgrounds and resumes recently?)

 

The above discussion sets aside the question of right and wrong, of course

 

If we were to talk about right, however, we should expect en masse resignations of senior executive officials. Considerations of personal honour aside, these officials should realize that they do a greater disservice to the country and the people by staying where they are and thus inadvertently lending their skills and credence to their present employer, instead of simply leaving and taking away their credibility with them, and thus hastening the rotting process of the present government, as well as saving themselves from further taint such that they might become unusable later on.

 

For there is much work to be done tomorrow yet. And much preparation.

 

And there is also such a thing as delicadeza. And sadly so very few, in senior and less senior levels administration levels, can understand this concept. They instead prefer to justify sitting where they are, all these years. Easier way out, perhaps?

 

The masa can always take more short term pain, (what have we been doing all these years?) with the total collapse of government credibility and temporary interruption of government services resulting from mass resignation, if they see that such pain leads to long term benefits. It is only 3 more years until change is forced upon all anyway.

 

It is time that the elite think long term. And I include here the economic elite. And I mean here you too, included. In 2010, I hope to high heavens the economic elite get their act together. I would rather take the case of the country run by modern multinationals than by such small minded men.

 

Trust we, we will then get somewhere, anywhere, faster.

 

Remember Pisay? Whose interests did you serve? Speak the hard truth.

 

LC

Edited October 26, 2007 by LostCommand

[chipmaker]

neither am i, sweetheart.

 

neither am i.

[gerryandrada]

...i can fathom that you're happy...

 

...be steady....

 

...am happy for you...

 

...never mind about me...

 

...masaya rin ako....

[mwah]

Hey, I've known you for more than decade.

I know how you think, how you act, and even how you feel.

I just know.

 

I'm okay about it, honestly.

I'm happy for you and I know you're also happy for me.

 

We just have to let things be.

[Guest freyja]

to you,

 

i still have my dreams... in them you were mine. and then i wake up. reality beckons and i have no choice but to shutdown.

 

-f

[LoveSpell]

I wish I could see through your eyes so I would know what you like to see. I wish I knew your wishes, so I could give you everything you want. I wish I dreamed the same dreams you do, and together we could make them come true. I wish I knew what makes you happy, so I could make you the happiest person in the whole world. And lastly, I wish I were a cell in your blood, so I would be sure I was somewhere in your heart

 

 

LS

[Wyld]

 

You.

 

I never thought id reach a point of such irritation with you that id actually write out how I saw you.

 

I know you have angst and issues and I tried to be there for you .... but for what its worth, you started this seeming "distance" between us - you and your "intelligent chatmates".

 

See there lies the difference. I may not be a genius compared to other people you chat with but ... I go beyond being a chatmate. Im a friend. Oh let me correct that I WAS a friend.

 

But you got busy with the intelligent ones... and forgot that you had a friend in the sidelines... and when you remembered, you wanted a grand reception? You wanted the fun and fanfare?

 

I may not be THAT intelligent but im also not a fake. The reaction you got is the reaction you deserved.

 

So. Quit your snide remarks about respect. YOU have to learn the meaning of the word respect before you can even use it in a sentence, much less expect it from other people.

 

The angst is getting old. Seriously.

 

-W

[mwah]

My dear friend,

 

I'm giving you all the time and space that you need.

I'm just around.

I'll always be.

[munchiehoneycake]

hello there.. :flowers:

 

thank you for your smile

your love

your sweet caresses

your kisses

your embraces

your thoughtfulness

thank you for you.. i love u so much

 

sorry kasi madalas maldita ako..

pero alam mo naman na mahal na mahal kita kahit inis ako sa pagiging manhid mo

pinakaswerte na ako sa lahat kasi akin ka

 

nagpost ako dito kasi alam kong di ka marunong magbackread ng posts hahaha!

di mo naman mababasa to eh.. kaya malakas loob ko.. hehehe..

 

i love u.. i love u..

i miss you sobra

 

:mtc: love natin mtc di ba? :mtc:

 

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huli ka! :boo:

Edited October 29, 2007 by munchiehoneycake

[chiquezee]

Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.

 

I owe you an explanation.

 

There was a time when I was in awe. I was captivated by what I thought was fantastically surreal. I took everything in even if I knew there was a degree of ambiguity that shall either hold me mesmerized for a longer time than usual, or tire me as I dig into the profoundness.

 

It was all a spectacular display of seeing myself in another and feigned lack of recognition in order to keep the narcissism under control. I went to the extent of denying my already established self in order to embrace the offering with such authentic appreciation of what I pretended was nouveau, and I took them in as if for the first time. I acted like a student to a maestro to feed your lust for affirmation, to stress your greatness. I gave you what you needed, all the while knowing that I had you entranced. I made real your fantasies. I supplied you with your cravings. I played weak to emphasize your strength. I went a notch low to elevate you a bit higher. To a certain level, I was mesmerized by my own craft. I allowed myself to deceive myself that I was enthralled by your charms. But like most spells, there is a form of magic that can spellbind only up to a certain length of time.

 

It is usually when the supply is short that scarcity is encountered. And much as I attempted to magnify the speck of potential that I saw, you simply lack the charisma to hold the power longer. I can only do so much. The amusement turned bland.

 

Looking at it now, it must have been boredom and I took the chance to play faerie with little Tinkerbell spells to help you help me get to Never Land. I snapped out of that boredom when you started to bore me.

 

More and more you began to appear to me like a commoner, and no more a knight to my lady. Your appeal waned when I saw that you were just like the rest of them. Crude. Un-seductive. Without sophistication. Prone to mediocrity.

 

So I went.

 

It was never about the heart, dear. My heart was never on the line. Affection or anything similar to it was never uttered at all. It was more of a mind game for me. Even a power-trip. To know that someone like you can be such an easy prey... You with your legion behind you. You, thinking you captivated me...

 

What can I say? I have my skills.

 

On the other hand, the deep truth is, beneath the masquerade and glitter, I really did see how undeserving you were of me. The lies got to me, first and foremost. Its such an easy trade, lying, that I have no idea how you could bungle even that one.

 

But then, I cannot completely blame you for I have woven a magical web for myself, to begin with. And midnight does turn golden coaches into pumpkins. So the clock struck a breath past the unholy hour and corrupted the enchantment.

 

To hold what is not is to hold what cannot hold.

 

In reality, Casanova must justify his existence. As Cleopatra will be justified by those who wish she exists. But neither will be who they are, if not for those who let them be who they are crafted to be.

 

Alas, serendipity, fanciful accidents and metaphorical sagacity, of stumbling upon things that we are not in quest of, are exactly what fairy tales are made of.

 

It is a lesson learned for me.

 

What can I say? It is just one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

 

 

- C

Edited October 29, 2007 by chiquezee

[LostCommand]

We are measured by the competition we survived and thrived in. Achievements with illiterates for competition and stupid natives for opposition are not exactly remembered in the history books.

 

That said, potah, I did not ask for too much competition either.

 

But too late.

 

I am now getting my money's worth, and with interest already.

 

And this is just the first 8 weeks of an 90 week deal.

 

How can I lose?

 

LC

[Barenaked-NoMre]

For you, J ... thanks! ;-)

 

If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen.

- Loretta Girzaitis

Edited October 30, 2007 by barenaked

[Guest jeyg]

you,

 

:hypocritesmiley:

Edited December 9, 2007 by Seph

[Guest Yavanna]

thank you for making that call...

you were funny as always...

that made my day...

you'll always be one of my favorite friends... :flowers: :flowers: :flowers:

Edited October 31, 2007 by Yavanna

[chipmaker]

huh?

 

potah. masyado ka namang bilib sa sarili mo...

 

<_<