Plurk: No holds barred

September 22, 2008 by reyna13
Filed under: Blog Awards, Computers & Internet, Culture & Society, Golf, La vida loca, Plurk 

I have so many straight friends all over the place. The golf course is one of those. And so my friends would jokingly introduce me that goes something like this: “I’m Marc and I’m straight. This is my friend Reynz and he is controversial.” Why do I always end up controversial? Don’t ask me. Review my blog entries. So, coming back from one beautiful sunny afternoon and a few whacks of golf balls at the driving range, I was surprised to find out that I was invaded by Plurkers. Of course, I was aware that even though I did not submit 5 entries on that awards, some creepy link walked into my dashboard.

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Find out who these Plurk Invaders are and who/what they’re dishing about!

Ok, what happened? I thought some confirmation email sent to me was about being on the Personal Category. Did they moved me to please me? I’d rather check what’s going on, and this is what I saw.

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I honestly don’t know what to make of this Blog Awards. I don’t know how I ended up as a finalist. Bloody mary, Kotsengkuba’s Blog is one of the best OFW blog I frequent. I wish I could help them someday instead of being so very USER “friendly” in a different way.

But, one thing that really pissed me off today was when I clicked one link and discovered the reason why I am being inundated by Plurkers. Plurkers conversation are public and so I am posting their conversation with no holds barred. Now, I don’t know what this blogger is talking about bait. Gosh! If could just plaster my traffic for the world to see, I bet you it’s more that her blogspot site. So, who’s baiting who? Now, prepare your blog because I will give you a lot of traffic.

To you it’s dishing me, dishing you, but believe you me, those were some pretty constructive criticisms for that blog awards. Maybe I need a disclaimer on my site, that if anyone can’t handle my opinion, komiks certainly could be a better read.

But, what particularly irked me was the exchange of conversation between Jehzlau and BrodFitz. It was bloody worst than condescending. What could it be? Is it because I’m a member of the 3rd kind? I’d like to find out! At least I don’t block people who disagree with my opinion and still allow them to post their comments even if those were against my opinion.

Here’s the conversation

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It now occurred to me that when I was in Manila last May 2008, we were to have a grand EB in Makati and now I can connect that one of these bloggers sent that nasty Twitter message against me. Now, I see the connection.

I’m WORLD PISSED!

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Here are the other controversial bloggers they’re talking about:
1.) Twitter, Plurk, Awards and Chismisan Blues
2.) Some people are just not that hungry for awards

To read the previous entries I made about the PBA, here they are:
1.) Philippine Blog Awards Chorva
2.) The Philippines Best Five Blog Entries

NOTE: I know the commenters here who do not have blogs. If you are a new commenter, make sure your email is working and you have a blog, otherwise I will disapprove, cancel and delete your comment because, I see no reason for you to join the conversation unless you can convince me that you’re a stakeholder in this issue.

Here’s the thumbnail of the plurk conversation:
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Comments

135 Comments on Plurk: No holds barred

  1. Colegiala girl on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 12:51 am

    2. At times being controversial makes you popular. Popularity coupled with courage and talents bring you tremendous advantage in pursuing your goals and objectives in life. Congratulations po for landing as the best Pinoy OFW Blog. LOL.

    Colegiala girl’s last blog post..Magbabayad ka rin! (The last Kiss)

  2. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 1:02 am

    3. These people are just envious. They don’t know your caliber. If you will just lay down your card, I’m sure these people would bow on their knees.

    Ms. Reynz, you?re not a typical Pinoy guy who got the chance to go to the US, went to George Washington Univ, finished an MBA at Temple U and landed a really cool corporate job although you?re currently unemployed. I?m sure, knowing that Fitz is from UP, that could be one source of envy: he is stuck there, while here, you go places. I could be wrong. And yet I’m always right!

    I mean I’m not against that Fitz guy since I don’t even know him. Darn I don’t even heard of him because I go around the whole blogosphere very often. You are famous and these people wants a piece of your popularity. Salve just linked your blog on Inquirer Blogs and that I think is one of the reason why you should be considered famous, hence this smear campaign. OMG, even Hilary Clinton Blogs linked your post. I mean what more can you ask for?

    In the same vein, in defense of bluepanjeet and Cat, they just wrote a very scholarly take on awards which I think should not be taken personally. After all blogs are personal opinions. If they have quoted that Fitz guy some way, he should be happy and grateful instead because they have noticed a non-existent and unknown blogger like him… and yes I’m talking about fitz.

    You see the backlash of these awards is that they make people humble and at the same time they make others bloated. Paradoxically those who are humbled are those people who really deserve to win the awards. The bloated people are just those who continue to convince themselves that they deserve the award even though the whole world knows that they don’t.

    But the total irony is this: You rose from the ashes of a typical provincial Barrio, while they grew up in Urban Manila. Talking about breeding eh? It’s their minus not yours.

  3. Mahalia on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:05 am

    4. ay sikat ka day! paano ba makasali sa plurk, makasali pala. hehehe

    Mahalia’s last blog post..[Jason] A Hunting Experience

  4. The Ca t on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:23 am

    5. Pissed be with you. I come in FISH. May nagbait daw kasi. hehehe.

    I do not know these people except for karla redor who was our youngest buddy then in our community of bloggers.

    I have always maintained my independence of mind, never patronizing anybody, not beholden to any gods or celebrities in the internet because I think I should be objective when I express an observation . When I blog, I see to it that I have basis. Force of habit of being an auditor…there should be supporting papers/ evidences to back up statements.

    As you will agree with me reynz, auditors will always look for conformity with standards. And this is what I have been meowing about… conformance with the set rules/criteria or eligibility requirements or whatever they may call it.

    These are not preconceived opinions.

    It is not being smart. It is showing them how to make awards credible.

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Twitter, Plurk, Awards and Chismisan Blues

  5. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:11 am

    6. Thanks CG, but I don’t think I am “A” winner because I did not even join them because I did not follow “THEIR” requirements, I think these people are just using me and my blogsite by putting my blog name in there. My position has been very clear, i refused to be associated with some blog awards that are lacking credibility and are more seen as “may the best friends win” types.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  6. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:12 am

    7. thank you for the super words super, mahuhulog ako sa bangko ko! hahaha!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  7. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:13 am

    8. mahalia,

    there’s plurk on my sidebar, click it and then register. un lang. now don’t ask me the hows kasi engot pa ako dun hahaha!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  8. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:17 am

    9. well, i’m really pissed at that conversation between Jehzlau and that BrodFitz na para bang nang-iismol and I don’t know why they have to do that. I am more than willing to exchange academic credentials if that is what they’re trying to insinuate. and yes, as in haller! preconceived opinions? ano to? de latang opinions? hello! barrio siete lang ako pero i think mas marunong naman ata akong mag-reasoning sa mga to! pissed be to them!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  9. empress maruja on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:31 am

    10. I remember I nominated you for Best OFW Blog as well as Best Personal Blog. Pero kung hiningan ka lang ng entry for Best Personal and not for Best OFW, pero nominated ka sa Best OFW… ay nalitu ako.

    Anyway, Marse, deadma na sa mga inggiterang iyan. Ikaw pa rin ang Reyna, ako pa rin ang Empress. (At huwag kalimutang jumoin sa ating bagong gay blog community na hindi isang directory, OH MY GOD STATEMENT ITETCH!)

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  10. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:35 am

    11. hahaha maraming salamat ateng! i knew ikaw nga yata ang naiwan dun sa TY email ko hahaha! ewan ko ba! leche sila! yaan mo, saan pa ba jo-join - you know, burds of the same feathers are not just chickens! hahaha! (tulog na ako!)

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  11. empress maruja on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:36 am

    12. At oo nga pala, Mare. Nagkatruliley ang iyong hinalang “the best friends” win.

    Naku, parang Star Awards for TV ba ito?

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  12. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:39 am

    13. any naku ateng, as a matter of fack, i was not the one who coined that phrase (o ayan ha! kasi me magagalet saken hahaha) someone else coined that i was laughihg kasi i think it pretty much sums up this whole festival!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  13. antuken on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 5:01 am

    14. asus. my SIL got nominated also. pero dahil busy-busyhan, hindi tuloy ako nakapag-post to show my support. kse when i went to their site eh parang nalito ako. andaming categories. dapat ba isa lang ang iboto? eniwei, yun namang mga nagp-plurk jan, sus, nakikisakay lang yun sa popularity mo. nagt-try mag-social climb. hahaha. (wagi ba sila? i don’t think so)

    antuken’s last blog post..daily dose of laughter

  14. chuvaness on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 5:17 am

    15. oh shooot hahaha history repeats itself…this time PLURK naman. kaloka ang mga tsismosa sa blogosphere akala ko kami lang ni jojitah ang mahilig sa chismax LOL

    diba ang mga mayayaman pag nag-chismax…discreet? hinde pala hahahaha

    ganyang-ganyan ang mga tsismosa sa min eh. kala mo laging may piyesta hahhahahah at least may pa-consuelo….daiii…aminado naman sila na SMART daw kayo hahahha

    seriously, rather than than money, than glory, than fame…give me truth, justice and change!

    chuvaness’s last blog post..Wanted: Perfect Date

  15. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 5:19 am

    16. i would assume so antuken! it does really looks more like it!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  16. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 5:21 am

    17. leche! hahaha! sabi nga dun sa isang requirements nila USER FRIENDLY, ganun and some of them are truly ganun tingnan pati ako ginamet hahaha!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  17. The Ca t on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 7:58 am

    18. These people are justifying cliques.

    TO clique or not to clique. True, there is no problem with clique. Cliques are everywhere. But when you change the rules of the game like expanding/changing categories to accommodate or assure the victory of some friends in the clique, then that
    is another issue. Assuming that it is expected from cliques to be working for the advantage/promotion of their members, then don’t flaunt it in social networks clandestinely and at the expense of other bloggers.

    They should bring it to the open like what you do and what I do.

    I hate it when people say that ” says try kaya nila sila mag-organize kung di sila maloka :-D.

    Why, do these people know us personally? Did they ever entertain the idea that we’ve been there that is why we have the guts to criticize them. Did they ever wonder that it may be the reason why we can afford to criticize. Do they know the word TEAM SPIRIT and not the I am the best so follow me culture?

    Did they ever wonder that we are shaking that Filipino culture na makaraos lang pwede na. That pwede na attitude makes them come up with lists of blogs that are not even eligible to join as long as they can boast that there are several participants.

    It is different when you sponsor awards to promote your own blog as in social climbing because that is one strategy in drawing traffic. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE blogger-SPONSOR SHOULDERS THE PRIZE MONEY. That is a popular strategy recommended by some expert bloggers.

    It is also different when a group promotes awards giving as prestigious with all the sponsorships and media coverage and with Philippine in tbe awards title. It has to strictly observe the criteria and not the my-best-friends-win kind of award.

    With the “my-best-friends-win” scheme, it encourages ass kissing, patronage of people, emergence of
    powerful gods worshipped by new bloggers para sila rin manalo in the future. The results become predictable.SO VERY PREDICTABLE.

    Kinukumpetensiya ka nga nila pagkareyna and at the end of the day, mas maganda raw sila saiyo? hekhekhek.

    So the failure of coming up with the list of the official winners hours after the awarding does not indicate trouble within the organizers for being disorganized?

    Again, may you have WORLD PIECE.

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Fine Friends, Fine Prints

  18. kengkay on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 8:31 am

    19. aywan ko… wala na akong masabi sa mga ganitong isyus. kakalungkot, hayyyy. ayoko mag plurk at kung ganyan lang din naman, lilinya na lang ako sa mga naghihingutuhan sa kanto at makikitiris ng kuto, world peace talaga yon sa mga batang nangangati.

    kengkay’s last blog post..Saranggola ni Pepe

  19. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 12:35 pm

    20. a microcosm of same shit hahaha! we all fight to have one responsible governance sa Flippines, yet we see all of these bloggers na yung iba galing pa nang UP, matatlino, guwapo daw and claims to be good at this and all that, yet it’s really nothing more than a picture of the same, kaya di ako masusurprise na indi pa rin magbabago ang palakad saten in general kahit na wala kang kinikilingang dyos.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  20. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 12:53 pm

    21. i won’t disagree with what Prudence said about it. it’s as old as any oldest culture that we know, yet i don’t understand when she says “It’s just that their notion of clique and what’s cliqueish is a bit frustrating” - my point and I will always slam it wherever entry i go was that, it now seemed to me that the rules were made to make it easier on their friends, their clique and not the rest of the “cliques”. what’s my notion? what their notion? i have no idea what she’s talking about. i’ve been commenting on the selection process the very bottom of their awarding chorva. had they worked out that issue maybe their awarding would have been more believeable.

    alas even me? moved to OFW??? halller!!! what gives???

    they can’t gain any credibility on their awards by convincing people when from the very start the selection was riddled with ??? and for as long as the bloggers perception is “May the best friend wins” why do they insist that “it’s either our way of the hi-way?” coz the winners have already been decided the comelec way??? any sane “BEST SCHOOLS MIND” would have worked on some risk management measures already to preempt exactly what they’re going through right now. Hallerrr!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  21. Brenda Mage on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 1:03 pm

    22. truly….nakakain ba ang award??? Pwede ko ba syang ma i-partake sa aking mga blogger acquaintances? Na magkakapera ako ng limpak limpak na ginto, at bibigyan ko ng ginhawa ang lahat kong kakilala dahil ang blog ko ay supersikatliscious and kilala sa buong mundong filifins? Worth aggravating ba talaga?
    Lord, sana matanggal na ang mga shitheads sa mundo! Amen! mwahahahahahahahaah

    “PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER”.” I guess sinabi to ni Marx….di ko lang alam kung sino sa kanilang dalawa..

    Brenda Mage’s last blog post..Craving for this….

  22. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 1:32 pm

    23. hahaha they are sooo magnetized by this award chorva ever, one airhead blogger is having his fancy celebrity status being diluted hahaha

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  23. Brenda Mage on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 1:38 pm

    24. May I respond ka agad. Wag ka namang mag pa obvious na nasa harap lang kita.
    Kung ikaw ba nag pakababad sa Golf Course, eh di sana….marami kang bolang nakuha na maibabato pa sa kanila. Di ba….very bad!

  24. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 1:55 pm

    25. leche ka hahaha! me mga binabasa ako kasi meron akong “debate” bukas hahahaha ayokong magbabad dun sa golf coure, social climbing ko lang yon, ateng! utang na loob noh, mga kasama ko dung maglaro puro kami otsenta anyos! kairita and scoring puro 911 hahaha

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  25. Brenda Mage on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:02 pm

    26. My doggie needs walking.
    “Ayyyyyyyyy willllllllllll beeh baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”
    Arnold Schwarzenegger

  26. kotsengkuba on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:04 pm

    27. which Hillary Clinton blog is that? bakit ako hindi ni-link? may dimple din naman ako a

    kotsengkuba’s last blog post..PinoyAmbisyoso.com meets PBA2

  27. kotsengkuba on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:10 pm

    28. gusto kong basahin yung karina montefalcon kaso blocked dito and empressmaruja. wala lang, may barkada kase kong montefalcon.

    kotsengkuba’s last blog post..PinoyAmbisyoso.com meets PBA2

  28. Brenda Mage on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:26 pm

    29. eto ba ang tinatanong mo madamoiselle ?

  29. empress maruja on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:27 pm

    30. Weird, hindi ko nabasa ang award na ito sa site nila before.

    http://arpeelazaro.com/2008/09/22/its-the-blogger-not-the-blog/

    May magic?

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  30. Brenda Mage on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:27 pm

    31. http://i27.tinypic.com/120hwrl.jpg

    Brenda Mage’s last blog post..Fogo de Chao (yummylisciousness)

  31. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:30 pm

    32. leche! hahaha! ano yan? ayoko ngang puntahan yan! hahaha! baka bait! bait! hahaha!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  32. Brenda Mage on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:30 pm

    33. my nose is really bleeding na….sa email…di kami mag kaintindihan…sabi ko ayusin mo ang ating prenup…..mwahahahhahahaha…i want 20 million dulars….nde 20 million pesowses. =))

  33. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:35 pm

    34. hahaha i don’t know ateng! i can’t comment! i only saw my blog moved from personal chorva to ofw hahaha and i don’t even have any slightest idea how i got to be a finalist ever other than they were probably playing on me! if my site could magically move from one category to the other, chances are…. wag na lang hahahahaha!!!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  34. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 2:37 pm

    35. hahaha mababaliw ako seyo! sya tingnan ko nga tong link sa email mo! sana wag to sa homland security ever kundi gagawin kitang lalaki! hahahaha

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  35. Brenda Mage on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 3:10 pm

    36. letche naman oh! Mukasim da peys! letch! pinag aksayahan ko syang basahin! walang wenta..walang wenta….walang wenta…mag we welga ako! CLERK pa lang. fakin clerk! LALAMUNIN KO SYANG BUHAY pag naging mang kukulam na sya! amen!

  36. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 3:17 pm

    37. anong binabasa mo ‘ineng??? speech ni McCain??? hahaha!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  37. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 3:19 pm

    38. forward ko sayo by email KK!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  38. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 3:24 pm

    39. kk, lemme see if i could send it by email as well!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  39. Eugene on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 3:25 pm

    40. Hi, Cath. I sure hope you’re not generalizing with your sweeping statements. Not all bloggers who organize, volunteered, or participated in the Blog Awards have the mentality that you think of.

    And I am irked that you think that the organizers are out to award their best friends. I don’t actually know who the majority of the winners are and have not read their blogs, and I personally know most of the volunteers and organizers. I think the judges (and they are composed of respectable people, like MLQ3) have done quite a good job this year.

  40. empress maruja on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 3:36 pm

    41. Kaya kong magbigay ng example, pero ayokong makuyog. hihihi…

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  41. The Ca t on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 3:54 pm

    42. Is Manolo back from abroad? If he is the judge, why did he endorse Filipino Voices to win? Do you visit his blog?

    http://www.quezon.ph/1965/my-choice/#comment-948386

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Peace Ambassadors -What is in the title

  42. The Ca t on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:06 pm

    43. Why are those people not commenting on the issues raised?
    Why was the list of winners incomplete?

    Then all of a sudden, another partial list was released with some more awards which are not listed in the Philippine Bloggers Award.

    Now who is resorting to ad hominems? Why can’t they answer the issues raised as to the non-conformance to the eligibility requirement?

    Is someone listening or reading to answer the issue or are just brave enough only in plurk and twitter.

    To Eugene,
    Do I have to enumerate the best friends who got the awards?
    Mas nakakahiya di ba?

    Honey, it is not denial which will vindicate you, it is answering the issues on hand that will bring peace to the pissed people who are accused of fishing. Get it?

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Peace Ambassadors -What is in the title

  43. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:11 pm

    44. Q: Why are those people not commenting on the issues raised?

    A: These people (and i mean, the cliquesh group) has turned my 2 blog entries about the PBA into a personal fight and I refuse to stoop to that level. My arguments as well as yours were essentially directed at the selection process. A dozen bling-bling does not justify the “it’s our way or the highway” attitude. For as long as they call themselves the “Philippines” chorvaloo ever, I have as much right as a stakeholder as the next airhead in their group. If they can’t answer our issues, I could only surmise that indeed “May the best friends win” was right after all because they have no interest of making them fair. That my opinion Cat.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  44. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:21 pm

    45. @Eugene:

    Thanks for visiting.

    I know your comment is directed to Cat. I was just reminded of the lipstick (political joke here in the US) which goes, if you put a lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig. Hahaha! No offense to anyone. That’s for political consumption here in the US.

    And no offense whatsoever to MLQ3. I’m sure HIS GOOD NAME is needed to be attached to that awards to make it brighter and cleaner and shine with floorwax. For one, I don’t think he even visited blogs (even mine) to review but put that aside, because I don’t think the issue is about the judges ergo: the MLQ’s.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  45. The Ca t on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:32 pm

    46. The best-friends-win scheme is so shallow that last minute of judging they move the blogs in the categories where no one among the members of the clique will be competing head on.

    Spare me with the software glitch that missed some blogs in the list. Hohum. Very kindergarten with an assumption that all bloggers can be fooled.

    Let’s say not best friends…let’s say blogroll buddies. Have you out the common denominators of these blog winners? Somewhere, somehow, their links are almost the same. Ho ho ho, they are plurk and twitter buddies too.

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Peace Ambassadors -What is in the title

  46. empress maruja on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:34 pm

    47. Kumulo ang dugo ko dito.

    http://www.plurk.com/p/4dayx

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  47. Eugene on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 4:41 pm

    48. Hi Cath, I agree with the eligibility issues and I am not going to contest that. I’d also like for the organizers to explain the problems that were pointed out by people like you.

    As for the best friends, well, name them. The non-involved people can then be the judge whether those best friends do indeed deserve their awards or not.

  48. Jehzeel Laurente on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 9:09 pm

    49. Please don’t over react… I just said na si “Reyna Elena LANG pala” ~__~ Pwede mo din sabihin sa plurk na “Ay, si jehzlau lang pala” and I promise I’ll never react like the way you did… nyok :)
    Jehzeel Laurente’s last blog post..Super Tears of Joy

  49. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 9:37 pm

    50. You belong to a cliquesh group who are bunch of arrogant people who look down on bloggers like me who just happen not to click with your group. The great Filipino divide? Just look at the way you respond. I was not born yesterday Jehzlau and believe you me, if I could throw you what Benj threw Bluep, you?re nowhere near my metrics. Kaya wag kang mang-iismol bata.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  50. Jehzeel Laurente on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 9:45 pm

    51. Di naman po ako nang-iismol.. sinabi ko lang ang gusto kong sabihin.. alangan namang sabihin ko “Wow, kakatakot ang binlog ni Reyna Elena, all hail Reyna Elena, Mabuhay si Reyna Elena dahil sikat siya sa buong mundo! Ang lahat ng sinabi ni Reyna Elena ay dapat sundin at totoo kasi siya si Reyna Elena!”

    hehehe.. peace po :)
    ~___~

    Jehzeel Laurente’s last blog post..Super Tears of Joy

  51. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 9:53 pm

    52. PISSED be with you too, Jehzeel. BTW, I have not forgotten the trick that you did to me last May 2008.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  52. empress maruja on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 9:54 pm

    53. Pansin ko lang huh, pansin lang pero ayokong mag-generalize, ‘yung mga ad hominem kung mag-react galing sila sa isang paaralang nagyayabang na nasa kanila raw ang monopolyo ng katalinuhan.

    Of course I could be wrong, pero mukhang ganoon ang pattern.

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  53. empress maruja on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 9:59 pm

    54. We live in a democracy, boy. Reyna’s opinion is just as important as that of the Queen Bee.

    At ang nakakaloka, heto na’t nakalatag na ang mga butas sa pagpili ng mga nominee, ang mga awards na nagmagic na lang bigla sa mismong event, ang maisasagot lang niyo lang ay “Si Reyna Elena LANG pala ang nagsabi nun eh”.

    Reyna, ibato mo nga sa kanya ang Technorati rank mo!

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  54. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 10:04 pm

    55. GOSH JEHZLAU!

    You’re one pathetic bastard! I just saw your twit! You wanted to be popular at my own expense???!!! WHAT GIVES DUDE! WHAT GIVES?!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  55. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 10:06 pm

    56. I know what you mean ateng. I hope not all of those coming from that school are all like them otherwise dagukan ko yong mga pangkin ko hahahaha! letche! gym muna ako! balik ako later bago maubos oras ko here!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  56. reynz on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 10:20 pm

    57. At ang nakakaloka, heto na?t nakalatag na ang mga butas sa pagpili ng mga nominee, ang mga awards na nagmagic na lang bigla sa mismong event, ang maisasagot lang niyo lang ay ?Si Reyna Elena LANG pala ang nagsabi nun eh?.

    @EMPRESS: I second the motion ateng. Kaya ako ini-ismol nang mga yan. Kesyo irrelevant.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  57. The Ca t on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 11:27 pm

    58. Eugene wrote:
    As for the best friends, well, name them. The non-involved people can then be the judge whether those best friends do indeed deserve their awards or not.
    ==========

    This is a bait that this Cat is going to bite.
    Heard about the winner for network blogger?

    Last time I check his website, his name and jv, one of the organizers of the PBA are writing the same topic for a media network.

    How’s that? Do I have to spell it out?

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Peace Ambassadors -What is in the title

  58. The Ca t on Mon, 22nd Sep 2008 11:34 pm

    59. jeshlau wrote:
    Please don?t over react? I just said na si ?Reyna Elena LANG pala? ~__~ Pwede mo din sabihin sa plurk na ?Ay, si jehzlau lang pala?
    ===========

    deep in your conscience you know what that statement means, given the transcript of the conversations among the plurkers.

    palusot pa. huli na. humans,

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Peace Ambassadors -What is in the title

  59. The Ca t on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 12:01 am

    60. as to the best network blogger, someone has to explain to me the rationale of giving this award.

    One, the network for which the blogger is writing for is owned not by the blogger but by the media.

    Remember eligibility rule: it should be owned by a blogger and not by a media or organization.

    Two, if ever there is one body that should award this, it is the meadia network itself but it won’t since the network bloggers are being compensated monthly for specified number of posts a week.

    Should the award be based on the number of the networks they write for?

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Peace Ambassadors -What is in the title

  60. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 12:28 am

    61. Cat:

    just look at the OFW category where they move me. That’s exactly what it says - for bloggers who work for network. I don’t work for any network! Just show you these people have no clue what their doing.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  61. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 12:31 am

    62. can you imagine these kinds of lousy alibis? i mean where did this kid learn how to lie like this? i wonder if he learned this in his school? he’s even out there in twitter land bragging to everybody that he is getting popular! he just put one over me! Uses me so he could be popular! Well, am glad i was able to help in his popularity!

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  62. bluepanjeet on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 12:43 am

    63. I don’t want to ruin my day with these people. They are non-existent to me. As you can see I never bothered visiting their blogs. What’s important is I’m having a great time in blogging. It’s not my fault that they are sensationalizing everything. They have the choice to ignore us, but instead they made a big deal out of this. Sino ngayon ang hayok sa Pansin? Di ko man lang ata nababangit o napapansin yang mga yan.

    I don’t want to stoop down to their level because I know what my parents and mentors have taught me. My values are higher than theirs. My chosen responsibility in the blogosphere is to be a critic. If people are bashing me or plurking behind my back and thinks I’m haughty, well it just shows that I’m an effective critic. Kung hindi, they won’t even mind what im writing about– if I’m really nothing to them (basic logic). The mere fact that they are pissed, its because maybe there is a truth in what I have written. So will this hoopla stop me from writing and criticizing what I see is wrong? hell no! I’m more motivated now than before, see the traffic surge?

    my blog will go on as usual. One of the best lessons I learned in life is to ignore charlatans who doesn’t give a damn to change for the benefit of the greater good.

    Ako, Im not affected by all of these people. Haha goodluck na lang senyo. May karma din yan. believers or non believers alike. Life is mysterious and sometimes Divine Justice comes the least you expect it.

    God Bless to all those who hate us. My prayers are for you. I assure you that all of my priest, seminarians, and nun friends are praying for you right this very moment.

    I forgive you hahahaha. May Satan depart from all of you!

    Pax et Bonum

    PS. This is my first and last statement for this issue. If you want to ridicule me, talk to my hand because I wont give a single second of my time just for you. Sagabal kayo sa pagyaman ko sa Ka Pepe. Ignore mode mga pare! unless hamunin nyo ako ng suntukan, ibang usapan yan haha

    Good Looking Kayo jan! Bulok naman ang nilalaman! LOl

    bluepanjeet’s last blog post..Survivor Philippines Episode 5: GOODBYE CHEV!!!

  63. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 12:51 am

    64. ano to ateng? ma-check nga! hahaha! leche baka nila-lait lait na naman ako dito at puno na nman nang mga kalechehan! hahaha

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  64. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 12:58 am

    65. what can i say - tumpak ka sa effective criticism, otherwise, i don’t think these people would not resort to character slinging and everything to a point of even treating you with irrelevancy in their plurks pero wala namang ma-ibanat to all the issues that we raised.

    i have some pretty valid issues with this ridiculous selection. yet, all i hear from the burds of the same feathers - magtayo na lang daw tayo nang blog awards.

    i am beginning to think maybe we should! we shall call it - THE PATATAS BLOG AWARDS.

    simply, the Great Filipino Divide. This is what I found out in all of these mudslinging. It’s real and it’s existing.

    reynz’s last blog post..Plurk: No holds barred

  65. Eugene on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 1:55 am

    66. Cath, I’m not saying Jayvee is innocent but I don’t think that just because Juan Mandaraog blogs for b5media and that Jayvee is the b5media Tech editor means that Jayvee unnecessarily used his influence to affect that particular award. Also, the nature of the award implies that it is exempt from the media-owned requirement, but I agree that the organizers should have spelled this out clearly.

    As for the rationale of having the award in the first place, Filipinos are making their mark in various blog networks such as b5media and Splashpress Media. Such a Special Award (not a Regular Award) recognizes those bloggers who wouldn’t be eligible for the regular awards because they don’t own the network blog that they write for.

  66. The Ca t on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 2:57 am

    67. Eugene wrote :
    “Cath, I?m not saying Jayvee is innocent but I don?t think that just because Juan Mandaraog blogs for b5media and that Jayvee is the b5media Tech editor means that Jayvee unnecessarily used his influence to affect that particular award.”
    —————–
    Thank you for the response but if I am going to follow your line of thinking, I will be believing in a miracle where one can walk in the rain without getting wet. Someone has to put his hand on the bible and honestly say, I am not guilty.
    In the American culture, it is “I will scratch your back if you scratch mine office culture. Quid pro quo. In Reyna’s language it is something for something. In a polite and hypocritical world, it does not even have to be articulated. A mere “bata ko yan to a judge is aready enough to get a yes vote”. I am talking about real world, my dear.
    ===============
    Eugene wrote:
    As for the rationale of having the award in the first place, Filipinos are making their mark in various blog networks such as b5media and Splashpress Media. Such a Special Award (not a Regular Award) recognizes those bloggers who wouldn?t be eligible for the regular awards because they don?t own the network blog that they write for.

    ===================

    These network bloggers have blogs of their own aside from the blogs owned by the network.

    So pray tell me, what’s the basis of choosing the best network blogger ? Is it the number of network that they write for, the product or topic that they write about…i.e. health issues against technology, parenting versus games…etc.or their closeness to the organizing committee members.

    The network blogger category is merely added to the special awards not the special awards created to accommodate this type of bloggers.

    These issues would not have arisen if the board members did not use one yardstick for all and make exemptions which are not properly spelled out for every category.

    I am disappointed that these people who pride themselves to be from the elite schools can not come up with mission, vision, rules, standards, procedures for one event that is held only once a year.

    Don’t include the judges here in the finals because many of them have not even visited the blog of the finalists. Reyna ELena can attest to that based on his visitors, page views and hits statistics for the period of screening up to the awards night.

    The judges merely relied on what were furnished to them on the belief that these are already the finalists, duly chosen, screened and verified by the committees. Are there even ad hoc committees to check the “About” and profile of the blogger-winner. The meat is in the screening.

    The Ca t’s last blog post..Peace Ambassadors -What is in the title

  67. Eugene on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 3:32 am

    68. I don’t see how the schooling has anything to do with this current issue. Nobody is pulling alma mater pride in this issue so I don’t see why you have to drag people’s backgrounds into this.

  68. Eugene on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 3:36 am

    69. It’s also presumptuous to say that the judges did not even visit the blogs. For instance, the 5 posts requirement (that Reyna is critiquing) is given via URL so the judges would definitely visit the blogs just to read those entries. It might be even safe to say that at least some of the judges even read other posts aside from those 5 submitted.

  69. Eugene on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 3:38 am

    70. Anyway, I agree that the criteria regarding the Best Network Blogger should’ve been spelled out more clearly instead of the descriptive prose written right now.

  70. mocs on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 3:51 am

    71. hai..the good old (bulok…system), kaka-inis, my bp went up when i read sa plurk “the nerve…ingit lang”. Me? i don’t need an award, hehehe. What I need are emails like this, na hindi ko kayang i noseblid lahat:

    Dear Blogger: You can post to the following campaigns in the next 24 hours:
    Review Beta People Search Engine - $19.53*

    mocs’s last blog post..Walk the Talk

  71. empress maruja on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 4:35 am

    72. So ikaw na rin mismo ang nagbisto ng example namin ng “best friends win”?

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  72. empress maruja on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 4:48 am

    73. Alam mo kung ano ‘yung nakakabuwisit? ‘Yung pinaparinggan ka (oh he was SO quoted), pero once you call them out, they suddenly turn nice and deny that it was you. May tawag diyan eh… *snap* *snap* *snap* Kris Aquino?… wait…. oh yeah, duwag.

    And I’m still waiting for an apology. Explaining “his” side of the issue is different from saying SORRY.

    Again, I’m criticizing how the award was suddenly created/ announced at the event night (not who received the award, it could be me for all I care). Even sponsor awards in pageants are announced to contestants during rehearsals.

    empress maruja’s last blog post..Karina Montefalcon (Part 8)

  73. Eugene on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 6:05 am

    74. @Empress, Arpee already apologized to you, hindi mo lang napansin yung apology niya sa dami ng comments sa plurk na iyon.

  74. Eugene on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 6:09 am

    75. @Empress, anong ako ang nagbisto? Sabi ni The Ca t tingnan ko daw ang nanalo sa Best Network Blog Award to prove her point that “best friends win”. So I looked and then made that comment; wala akong binisto. I just expounded on the relationship so that people can judge for themselves whether this was really a case of helping “best friends win”.

  75. umleo23 on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 7:01 am

    76. Hello Reynz… kamusta po… medyo nagiinit na tung blog post natoh ha! Medyo nakaka nernyus mag comment! baka marame magalit sa akin ehehehehehe eniwei medyo sanay na me kase kadalasan naman sa blog site na ito eh umaapoy lage ang mga topic…

    Pero sana po Reynz and other peeps… tama na po.. :( Awat na… Medyo nagiging personalan na po kase…

    But dont worry wala po akong pinapanigan… Kase these all started in two statements na medyo hindi nagkatugma kaya nagkaroon ng word war na…

    Reyna Elana… kalma ka na po… please :(
    eniwei Out of topic toh! Renyz watch out sa video presentation na hinanda namin ni badoodles for you guys na nominated sa Project Lafftrip… and Good luck po :)
    umleo23’s last blog post..WORD WAR sa Blogosphere?

  76. Jehzeel Laurente on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 7:19 am

    77. @reyna_elena - hindi po yun trick.. it’s a false prediction about a certain ebola virus ~__~

    Jehzeel Laurente’s last blog post..Super Tears of Joy

  77. anonymouse on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 8:04 am

    78. why can’t some people accept negative feedbacks as opportunities to improve? haller, even the nobel peace prize has its own sets of critics.

    personally, I have nothing personal against the bloggers who won the blog award chorvaley. i don’t question their winning because dang, in their own world, they deserve whatever it is that they have won as much as you, me and everybody else deserve them ahahahha

    isa lang naman ang point ng lahat ng ito…. the PBA standards and processes still has ’some’ glitches.

    now, yung mga supporters/winners who are deeply affected…goodness gracious…ano ‘to personalan? Pagandahan ng resume? Padamihan ng achievements in life? Pa-gwapuhan? Ano yun BEAUTY PAGEANT? Duh!! Focus on the issue - MAY GLITCH, I MEAN GLITCHES!!!

    kaloka.

    to mr. heavy metal chorvalais 2008 na andun sa blog ni bluep, noone is spoiling your glory. anobeh wala namang gustong umagaw ng trophy!!!!

    you people don’t have to justify your winning by putting others down…and that you are GOOD LOOKING!!!! waaaaah! gusto kong magmura sa miktinig!!!!!!!

    Akala ng IBA (hindi ko nilalahat!!!) sila lang ang may monopolyo sa lahat ng bagay porket graduate sila ng very well known university…at kesyo miyembro ng elite force. tseh!

    reyns, mamili ka…THE BEAUTY PAGEANT BLOG AWARDS o THE MONOPOLY BLOG AWARDS!!!! my creative juices are flowing like a river to the open seas..I promise you a very fair and transparent votation, walang sprikitik and best of all …may equal opportunity.

    ~ from a defender of truth, justice and equality! :)

  78. The Ca t on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 10:50 am

    79. It?s also presumptuous to say that the judges did not even visit the blogs. For instance, the 5 posts requirement (that Reyna is critiquing) is given via URL so the judges would definitely visit the blogs just to read those entries. It might be even safe to say that at least some of the judges even read other posts aside from those 5 submitted.

    ==============

    1. Do you know why I use sitemeter in all my blogs instead of those hits measuring websites? I am not only after the number of visitors and the page views but most importantly, the referrers, where they are coming from and how long they stayed in my website. Even if someone use google reader, still they would be tracked. Reyna Elena as a finalist, I think was not visited by the judges.

    2. You want me to believe that these judges really visited
    all the finalists’ blogs?
    Not with Manolo who was abroad for two weeks, so busy with his MBA and his commitment that his website was turned into a forum of mish-mash issues for lack of updated entry.

    3. Have you ever sat as a judge in the finals? Have you ever feel the frustration why it is difficult to select the winner because you are pressed to choose from a bunch of finalists who just made it to the last leg of competition because the “screeners” screwed ups in their jobs?

    4. Can the busy judges, honestly tell the bloggers that they really sat down to visit each in every blog and tell me why they blunder in choosing as winners those who did not meet the requirements?

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  79. kotsengkuba on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 10:58 am

    80. aha! at ikaw pala ang kakuntsaba ni badoodles ha. pakitimbrehan ako para makapagbayad ng entrance fee sa mga intsik na gwardya ng internet.

    malapit na pala ang awarding kay badoodles ;-)
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  80. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 10:59 am

    81. @empress,

    Even sponsor awards in pageants are announced to contestants during rehearsals. - DI BA?! hahaha!

    Alam mo kung ano ?yung nakakabuwisit? ?Yung pinaparinggan ka (oh he was SO quoted), pero once you call them out, they suddenly turn nice and deny that it was you. May tawag diyan eh? *snap* *snap* *snap* Kris Aquino?? wait?. oh yeah, duwag. - TOINK! Hahaha! I love it! Hahaha!

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  81. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 11:03 am

    82. tsk! tsk! tsk! *sandali* ~flipping business notes~

    (ala empress)

    me tawag dyan eh…. AH! MARKETING!!! Yeap. MARKETING and PROMOTIONS ata yun para instant visibility.

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  82. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 11:08 am

    83. @Cat

    I am disappointed that these people who pride themselves to be from the elite schools can not come up with mission, vision, rules, standards, procedures for one event that is held only once a year..

    Agreedizzimo and exactly the very issue I wrote AND I REALLY HOPE this is what all the reyna readers gets from all these including the two other PBA blog entries i did.

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  83. The Ca t on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 11:10 am

    84. I don?t see how the schooling has anything to do with this current issue. Nobody is pulling alma mater pride in this issue so I don?t see why you have to drag people?s backgrounds into this.

    =============================
    Again in denial of Filipino culture of feeling superiority because they have attended the elite schools. So this is one
    reason for their bonding and whoever criticizes them is
    “Lang PAla ENTITY?”

    Just take a look at the comment of one blog winner in bluep’s blog about awards.

    http://bluepanjeet.net/1426/some-people-are-just-not-that-hungry-for-awards/

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  84. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 11:11 am

    85. AHA! HULI KA! hahaha! Well, pakiusapan si Badoodles na ibigay na lang saken ang trophy na yun at ang hirap kamong ibagsak ang lintek na Inday na yan ha? Di ko sya kaya! Daanin sa alak! At least and lecheng trophy ni Badoodles and talagang mas me credibility sa Patatas Blog Awards na to. O yan, pag di pa naman ako nanalo sa awards na yan umleo, nakuuu! kakalbuhin ko kayo! Grrr! hehehe!

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  85. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 11:26 am

    86. Eugene, how could you be lost with reality? How could you as a pinoy blogger be out of touch that in this whole discussion of PBA?s great blunder is the revelation that a Great Filipino Bloggers Divide exist and it?s a reality? I could plaster these so-called elite bloggers conversations to justify what i said about US and THEM. This whole notion that bloggers come from the THAT SCHOOL makes the rest of the bloggers as coming from ?OTHERS?. Isn?t this really one of the basic sick foundation as to why some pinoy bloggers are arrogant towards us? This is not dragging people?s background in here. It?s actually right smack in all of our conversation. It?s the very essence of some pinoy bloggers smirked upon others as irrelevant.

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  86. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 11:30 am

    87. yeah MOCS, i read that too. that was forwarded to me. i don’t know about inggit. kelangan ko pa bang magmayabang? just as i want good governance sa pasig, i also want fair and just judging. you know…

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  87. reynz on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 11:35 am

    88. Let me qoute that PBA winner:

    “From a debater from Team Philippines during the 2008 World Universities Debate Championship ? { REST WERE DELETED - PLEASE VISIT BLUEPANJEET’S LINK - I?m a medical student in the top medical school in the country. I?m one of the best collegiate debaters in the Philippines. On top of this, I have obligations to my basketball team and my heavy metal rock band. You have the nerve to trivialize us?

    Get this, punk. YOU HAVE NOTHING ON ME.

    —
    And on PLURK, this is what he had to say:

    ?at the end of the day we all KNOW THAT WE ARE MUCH BETTER LOOKING THAN THEM! and in the end, that is all that matters.?,
    —
    That’s coming from the PBA winner.

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