Got this from "jewyoutube" ;)
Can't wait for season 2!!!
I've also sent an sms to my family: "Ma, baka mag-back out ako sa exam. Di na ako mageexam ngayon. Me dalawa ng nag-back out hehe." (Ma, I might back out of the exam. I won't be taking the exam now. Two have already backed out)
I received a reply from my father: "I'm disappointed when you show fear. So what if you fail. Trust yourself you can."
Hny also pep talked me about taking it once and for all ("we should be like the Spartans, hawoo hawoo! hawoo!), [I was pumped from the much-thought battle cry and] I realized that I really don't have anything to lose. If I fail then I failed trying which is more honourable than just quitting without giving a fight. Life is not always about certainties, you're not always on the winning end. You take the risk, stand your ground and when you lose and hurt your pride, you move on, you learn your lesson and try again. Sometimes we get so hung up with other people's perception about ourselves, we often get muddled with "what will people say?" and "what if" thoughts, we tend to miss the uncertainties and take risks which make life more exciting and fulfilling. There is a more beautiful life outside the box, beyond the norms, the gossips and the judgments. Live it.
And we do. That's why the day right after the exam we decided to fly to Palawan. :)
In the middle of our review (read: cramming) sessions for the exam next week, I can't help but take a quick break and share my thoughts about this issue that had taken the globe(oh yeah!) by storm. I won't add to the myriad of expletives and insults that had been said to her, she deserved each and every one of those and maybe more. Hny and I were talking and I told him that her President should do something about this, maybe declare her as persona non-grata and boot her out of the Philippines. If the government truly sees the OFWs as modern-day heroes, it shouldn't go easy on imbeciles trying to be cool by defaming its heroes. Obviously, she wasn't thinking when she wrote that crap. Didn't she know that the Philippines would have been long wiped out of the map without the OFWs remittances? Ignorance is a total bitch, isn't it Malu?
Maybe it's true that all Malu Fernandez wanted was to show off her "acerbic wit," and in doing so, incidentally ended her career and worse, got forever branded as "walang kapwa-tao" which if I remember my Psychology 108 (Sikolohiyang Pilipino/Filipino Psychology) class right, is the worst kind of label one could ever get in the Filipino society. Which leads me to the final point I want to drive at courtesy of the fine movie hny and I had finished watching just now (V for Vendetta): "You can kill a wo/man, but you can never kill an idea." And Malu's story just shows how potent and life-changing an idea really is, however brilliant or sickeningly stupid it is.
Got this from peyups.com, it's Malu's friendster profile, her friends names and photos blurred/covered up for the sake of saving them from further humiliation.
Guess who has 11 friends in friendster?
Sometimes, we have to learn our lessons the hard way.
I'm taking a short break from my hiatus to thank all the wonderful people who have made my 26 years simply amazing. Thank you so much. We may not communicate often but believe me I think of you not only on your birthday ;) Have fun, laugh a lot, travel some more, spend time with loved ones, change the world, save the cheerleader.
Much love to everyone!!
K
