glory and gloria

tonight, i discovered that i am not after glory for the sake of glory. i do not wish to reach the top too quickly and without effort. tonight, i realized that i do what i do because i'm willing to learn. and progress. at a good pace. and to take appropriate credit for what i produce. good or bad. to sulk briefly in failure. or to bask magnificently in victory.

this makes me both a proud person and a noble one (and doubly proud because i say i am noble). but really, it's an ego that wants its reward in the purest form. snooty for assistance. yet sincere in trying to achieve perfection--elusive as it may be. no plagiarizing. no lip-synching. no knock-offs.

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i read in the inquirer today this distasteful caption (read the paragraph below the photo: "WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?")


you see, it's comments like this that further make us lose our dignity as a people. the inquirer is one of the top 3 newsprints in the country, and yet what you read on the front page today is someone's own and personal opinon about gloria's attire--using a figure of speech too! how fancy! for an institution that's supposed to report unbiased news based purely on facts!

while most will probably agree that the dress is indeed abhoring for a president, bringing the spotlight to it does not exactly make it look better. in fact it does the opposite, as such a mockery of our already trampled and tarnished institutions is printed on millions of copies nationwide. and we wonder why the rest of the world harldy respects us.

the media has a huge responsibility in nation building. and we've seen it serve as instruments of societal decay. example: bad english as popularized by jimmy santos, stupidity in noontime game shows, tasteless song and dance numbers. add to that all the government cover-ups OR destructive allegations that further divide the country reported in the news.

i wrote them and gave them a piece of my mind. how shallow, irresponsible and unnecessary.