I've also been viewing anti-Twilight rants on YouTube again. Strangely, I don't get tired of it. For some reason, it fuels not only my passion against nauseatingly horrid writing but also my desire for good literature not only from authors who have taken their place in culture and humanity but from myself.
Yeah, I write, too. I'm also not ashamed to admit I'm not bad at it. Upon watching a video on YouTube about how mean Bella Swan is to her friends (especially in New Moon and Eclipse), I noticed that Bella seems to love to use the word "evil" out of nowhere. I don't like how she uses the word. What is evil anyway? From how I look at it, Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanley never seemed to have done anything to be called "evil." As the YouTuber had said, anybody who disagrees with her is immediately cast as the bad guy. To me, that's just wrong.
(For reference, see this video. You can check out the rest of the playlist, if you like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBRT1GdG8kk&feature=PlayList&p=C889B504E14888E7&index=24)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
My Thoughts on Tsip Chao
While I was in the hospital getting ready for surgery, I watched the news with my mother. One night, we encountered this much hyped news about a Hong Kong based Chinese journalist named Tsip Chao who supposedly talked trash about Filipinos, calling us a “nation of servants,” incorrectly translated in the news as “bayan ng mga alipin” (alipin = “slave”).
Yeah, even I would say that was mean. But I wasn’t angry ‘coz it’s true, but it seems my people seem to be going on a rage about it for the same reason. The politician who was most passionate about it (I forgot his name) kept saying, “I want to see him come to Manila. Let’s see how he likes it.” I was like, “Dude, that’s like the stupidest thing ever!”
What pisses me off most about it was that my people, especially the OFWs were so mad that they threatened to boycott Hong Kong, as if to show “let’s see how you’ll do without us!” People, Hong Kong would survive pretty well without Filipinos. It’s us who need them to employ us.
Fortunately, I’m not the only one who thinks about the issue this way. Yesterday, on my way to an appointment with my surgeon, the radio was tuned in to DZMM, in which Korina Sanchez was speaking at the time. She was saying, “Are we angry because it’s rude, or are we angry because it’s true?” Apparently, she’s feeling the same way I do.
Open your eyes, people. There is such a thing as constructive criticism. If somebody says something mean about you, maybe you should look at yourself first before lashing out.
Yeah, even I would say that was mean. But I wasn’t angry ‘coz it’s true, but it seems my people seem to be going on a rage about it for the same reason. The politician who was most passionate about it (I forgot his name) kept saying, “I want to see him come to Manila. Let’s see how he likes it.” I was like, “Dude, that’s like the stupidest thing ever!”
What pisses me off most about it was that my people, especially the OFWs were so mad that they threatened to boycott Hong Kong, as if to show “let’s see how you’ll do without us!” People, Hong Kong would survive pretty well without Filipinos. It’s us who need them to employ us.
Fortunately, I’m not the only one who thinks about the issue this way. Yesterday, on my way to an appointment with my surgeon, the radio was tuned in to DZMM, in which Korina Sanchez was speaking at the time. She was saying, “Are we angry because it’s rude, or are we angry because it’s true?” Apparently, she’s feeling the same way I do.
Open your eyes, people. There is such a thing as constructive criticism. If somebody says something mean about you, maybe you should look at yourself first before lashing out.
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