the presidential series, part 1
Jan. 27th, 2010 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
levityWhen you have a talk at any other school, they tell you how honored they are to have you. When you have a talk at UP, they expect you to tell them how honored you are they invited you. And then they tell you how brave you are for accepting their invitation.
No wonder everyone thinks we're arrogant.
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Gilbert Teodoro could have been a politician. Okay, fine, he is a politician. He could have been a TV show host. He has the ability to say things that sound nice without saying anything concrete.
Because it's easy to say that we're a long way away from being a First World country. It's easy to say that you want health care to be available to every Filipino citizen, that you disapprove of overpopulation, that we need long-term solutions to the tens of thousands of problems we have. It's easy to say that to get anywhere close to the ideal Philippines takes time. It's easy to say that, because it's stuff that everyone knows.
It's like being a doctor who sees a patient suffering from fatigue, dehydration, lack of appetite, on and off fevers, and itchy feet. Which is the most pressing problem? None of the above, the patient has dengue. All right, I can buy that. But while you're trying to get rid of the virus you could hook your patient up to an IV and tell him to scratch his feet.
If he weren't a Gloria Boy he'd be okay. Not fantastic, but okay. I wonder what that says about us.
If only I'd had the chance to ask my question I wouldn't be here rambling. XD
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I'm glad my family isn't like a soap opera. It means much less work, at least in terms of genogram.
Also today we have the legend of Karate Kid. Wala lang.
No wonder everyone thinks we're arrogant.
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Gilbert Teodoro could have been a politician. Okay, fine, he is a politician. He could have been a TV show host. He has the ability to say things that sound nice without saying anything concrete.
Because it's easy to say that we're a long way away from being a First World country. It's easy to say that you want health care to be available to every Filipino citizen, that you disapprove of overpopulation, that we need long-term solutions to the tens of thousands of problems we have. It's easy to say that to get anywhere close to the ideal Philippines takes time. It's easy to say that, because it's stuff that everyone knows.
It's like being a doctor who sees a patient suffering from fatigue, dehydration, lack of appetite, on and off fevers, and itchy feet. Which is the most pressing problem? None of the above, the patient has dengue. All right, I can buy that. But while you're trying to get rid of the virus you could hook your patient up to an IV and tell him to scratch his feet.
If he weren't a Gloria Boy he'd be okay. Not fantastic, but okay. I wonder what that says about us.
If only I'd had the chance to ask my question I wouldn't be here rambling. XD
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I'm glad my family isn't like a soap opera. It means much less work, at least in terms of genogram.
Also today we have the legend of Karate Kid. Wala lang.
