I showed you mine, you show me yours
As you might have known by now, I returned the credentials favor and turned the tables around to some of these Sintunado Voices bloggers and writers to show me their credentials. Since then, there has been a lot of iterations on the issue. Alibis after alibis after alibis, because they have nothing to show. DJB even crumbled in front of my eyes in my blog with all his ad homonem attacks. Homo not homi.
Not all blog readers are intelligent
Then, you have momblogger who joined the heated credentials discussion and said:
Of course, sablay ang comment na to when Rom made a powerful argument than Momblogger. Hindi lahat nang nag-babasa nang blogs matalino, there are dimwitz too, remember. That’s why, if you want to buy Gerber, you wanna make sure na me label sya nang FDA. Getz? It’s as simple as that. Ask benigno. Here’s what Rom said:
Baratillo’s claim: Education does not really matter
Another iteration of this issue was written by Baratillo who essentially claimed that those consonants on your last name does not really matter, to wit:
Baratillo’s proof
To prove his point, Baratillo presented the famous Nick Joaquin, self-taught and a drop-out. Another American drop-out, who I should know very well was Benjamin Franklin, whose statue sits on top of the Philadelphia’s City Hall. Finally, he presented George Orwell. It’s great. If such is the case, then we are now on our way to solving the dreaded education problem in the Philippines. Or is it?
Baratillo’s malabnaw agreement on the importance of credentials
Interestingly, Baratillo agreed with me about the importance of credentials, but it was one malabnaw response by saying “are fine”. Yet, we all know that indeed, there are instances when you don’t need credentials to be successful. And when you become one? That essentially becomes your credentials. Mention the word Trump, it is such a valued credential that even if he’s bankrupt as his critics love to say that on him, his name remains expensive. Mention the name Bill Gates. His name is his credentials in itself. Understand, his accomplishments moved mankind.
Education is almost a religion to Filipinos
No one can convince me, that education is irrelevant and is not important to Filipinos anymore, given the Nick Joaquin’s, the Benjamin Franklin’s and the George Orwell’s of the world. It’s in our culture imbedded in our minds, at a very tender age – as young as we are, that if we don’t pursue our education, everything else attached to it won’t move. Baratillo’s argument rans counter to the revered Filipino tradition of getting formal education. To me it’s just another set of alibi and make comfort of the fact that one did not listen to their parents basic teaching, “Mag-aral kang mabuti, anak!”
Are you ready to tell your kids to quit school?!
And so I ask Baratillo – what’s the statistics of dropouts and those who are self-taught that became successful?! Is it somewhere in the range of 51% to 99% such that we could argue that indeed education is no longer important and/or a non-contributing factor to success and so therefore, those consonants after your name or lack of it doesn’t matter such that your kids can now tell you – “Mommy, Daddy: ayoko na pong mag-aral!”
CPA, MBA, GAY
(They’re not all consonant’s Baratillo.)
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re:Bill Gates
so many are made to believe that Bill Gates was a school drop-out. no siree.
He was enrolled in Harvard when his project was realized so he asked the permission of the father to stop scholing for awhile. He went back to harvard only a few years ago.
how many bill gates shall we have, with a nIq of 170 and a father who was president of a national bank.
News several days ago said that there will be no bill gates in the next decade.
if the credentials are not important, why does e have 20 honorary doctorates recognizing his achievement.
People still insist that credentials only refer to paper credentials, aren’t they not morons…with an IQ equivalent to the pulse rate?
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reynz Reply:
April 19th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
That’s true Cat. That’s what I noticed from all of these bloggers from Manila who rode on the issue. Most of them or all of them were simply referring to education and all the letters after your name. None of them referred to corporate accomplishments. Not accomplishments na mag-open ka nang business and then voila, President ka.
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thesis and dissertation versus blogs.
when i read his blog, i read his credential. yep because i saw that he does not konw what he is talking about comparing essay, blogs and articles to theses and dissertations and calling dissertation advisers as consultant. see the importance of an authority in some specialization.
Masteral theses and disserations can not be compared with articles, blog entries and essays as to form and content.
Masteral theses and dissertations are products of several revisions and editing to incorporate suggestions/ recommendations/ observations of advisers which include statisticians, English editors and the advisers as per the candidate’s specialization. You would not get a doctorate in literature for a post graduate business degree even though he has the title of a doctor.
Dissertations and theses are not done in one sitting. They take months or years of developing.
I should know I served as advisers for finance and business focused theses and dissertations.
To compare them with literary works show the ignorance of the blogger. Theses and dissertations in whatever disciplines do not use literary form.
They are focused on the presentation, interpretation and analysis of the topic researched with the discussion of the methodology so as to validate whatever
data were used from surveys in whatever types.
You ca not compare them to fiction, poems and prose written by people mentioned in the blog.
You can not conclude using the words, normally used in the essay, article which expressed opinions of the writers as per their observation because it is not a mere opinion that is expressed but a conclusion based on verifiable data.
I rofl whenever I read this type of blog. It just makes me conclude that this people still writes about something they know little and yet pretends to be an authority.
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 19th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Aruroy…
Nakakatakot maging panel sa MA thesis si Ms. Cat…
Kinakabog na akong mag-MA….
Hahaha…
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reynz Reply:
April 19th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Hahaha! I’m not sure if you this alread Silver, but si Cat ang TUNAY NA “DEAN” at hindi ang pretentious na si “Dean Jorge Bocobo” hahahaha that’s the big – wayyy big difference.
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Hahah….
Korak mudra…
Kaya mas takot ako pag si Ms. Cat ang prof ko sa MA ko..
~nginig~
Hahhaha…
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bluep Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 1:46 am
I very well agree to what Ca T had just said above. I was also a Thesis adviser in Nursing and a consultant in the Graduate school (MS Nursing). Advisers and consultants are two different things. Advisers are your headmaster when it comes to the entirety of your thesis. Consultants just focus on certain areas that you have no expertise in the thesis like Grammar, statistics, nutrition, psychology etc..
The Literary tone and flowery words on thesis and dissertations are a no-no. You have to be straight to the point. Its a scientific work not a literary work. Kaya nga when you pertain to yourself in the thesis you use the third person “the researcher” and not I or we. Its a formal study with evidences and feasibility graphs not just a story telling of what happened on your experimentation and sojourns haha
That’s why in the interpretation of data, the sentence and grammar used is so repetitive if you will read it. Nakakasakit ng ulo its because if you have an IQ of a pulse rate like what CaT said, malilito ka given all the percentages, the variables and the means. even the overview of the thesis on the front section is just copy pasted then some results are removed to make it like a summarization of all your conclusions, interpretation of data. Of course you are entitled to give variation to the sentence construction pero you only have few options unlike in iterary works that has tons of idiomatic expression and embellishments you can use to sugarcoat the sentence.
A person who knows much about thesis and dissertations will actually notice that the whole enchilada of the research is actually just a cycle of repetition, from the problem itself to the data presentation to the interpretation of data, to the conclusion and to the recommendation. Ulit ulit lang yan, but with a twist of variation according to the format of each section.
Kaya huling huli mo sa defense kung yung student ba talaga ang gumawa nung thesis kasi if you will compare all of the chapters, dapat lahat yun ay cohesive, coherent, intertwined at interconnected.
example: If the presentation of data says that 50% of bloggers are morons then after that, you go to the interpretation of data then it says its already 60%. tapos pagdating sa recommendation naging 70% na. hahaha ayun huli. Ipinagawa sa recto. chop chop ang chapters.
Though thesis and dissertations vary from course to course and college to college yet general concept and format is somewhat the same. Like in the baby thesis, there are no conceptual framework, theoretical framework and analysis. pero the concept is the same– prove your result with data and stats
my two cents- just giving added strength to what CaT just said
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vinci Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Wow!
Reading CaT and bluep feels like one is in the classroom listening to the lecture of the professor. I’ll admit that it’s only here that I learned that there’s a difference between a consultant and an adviser.This really is the intelligent blog site with real intellectuals and no pretensions. As with reyna, me too was misled by that “dean” thing.
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 3:37 am
juice ko hi-skul nga lang nangangamote nako lalo pa kung nag college akot si mam cat ang naging teacher ko? dipa kaya mamulot ako ng scattered na utak pag nagkataon
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Lee,
Di lang scattered…sabog sabog pa…
Hahaha…
Ako din, mamumulot na aketch ng brain cells ko…gosh..
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 8:55 am
naku ateng silver maniwala kat sa hindi 2 ang dating tao ko gradweyt ng UP mas scattered pa sakin ang utak sabi ko nga kala ko nung araw lahat ng taga UP matalino,yukod ulo ko pag nakaharap ko kasi nga UP yun pala pwede ka ring mag UP pag janitor tatay mo, librarian nanay mo, teacher lola mo so diko naman pwede sabihin sa kanila na hi-skul grad lang akot dina nila ko gagalangin kaya nagpagawa ako ng diploma sa recto university na graduate ako ng FEU at pag nagtanong kung sinong prof ko sabi ko ayusin nyo trabaho nyo at di puro chizmiz ang inaalam hmp!
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Leche…
Ayokong maniwala na high school grad ka Lee…
E paano ba naman, mas matino ka pang mag-isp kesa sa ibang intellectual chorva dyan..
Binabasa ko kaya ang comments mo dito sa RE at kay Cat…kenkay ka lang magcomment pero may laman! Hahaha…
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 10:16 am
he wag mo na kong pakiligin totoo yun hi-skul grad sa kasawiang palad after nag gradweyt ako ng hi-skul giniba yung skul namin dahil napaka un-human daw(oha anu kala nila samin mga animal?) kasi nga lahat ng students dun ay mga kicked out from others hexclusives skuls kunu at sabi ni meyor di tama na pagsama samahin ang mga sabog ang utak kasi magkakaron ng delubyo sa malabon ala nuclear,pero ang malungkot eto hinahanap ko pati sa google wala katabi yun ng pinakamalaking sementeryo sa sangandaan e waaa nawawala wala nakong pwedeng ipagmalaki na alma-mater waaaaa
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nina Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 5:27 am
“To compare them with literary works show the ignorance of the blogger. Theses and dissertations in whatever disciplines do not use literary form.”
Theses and dissertations are results of scientific research, may scientific basis at ginamitan ng methodology para mabuo. Di siya pwede i-compare sa literary work na result naman ng creativity. The Cat already said it all. Kaya lang hindi ako move on. Kung marinig ito noong mga teachers ko noong college malulukring din ang mga yon. Yan pa naman a ng lagi nilang sinasabi kapag sa mga research, journals, theses – dapat lahat ng sasabihin mo (analysis or conclusion) may basis – hindi pwedeng speculation lang.
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reynz Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
@nina and bluep,
iwanan ko kayo sa thesis and dissertation issue hahaha, compelling masyado yong presentation ni Blue and Cat kaya wala na akong masabi hahaha besides masarap syang basahin!
i could only remember my business school days especially presenting some business plans na dyusko hahaha pag wala kang properly charged battery in minds sasablay at sesemplang ang masters mo hahaha
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
@ Lee,
Delubyong nuclear…LOL…
panalo ka talaga kafatiiidddd….. hahahha!!
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i wanna ask a question to you since you’ve referenced Rom’s argument… she writes:
“… if as an individual you have reached that point where people actually care what you think, you can no longer hide behind the ‘anything-goes’ ethic of the blogosphere.”
the explicit (hindi lang implicit) assumption is that people “actually care” about what they write. or that they influence opinion.
do you believe that Filipino Voices is now important enough that people will believe what is written there no matter what?
who among these guys influence others? have any of them actually said, they want to shape opinions?
can you name anyone whose opinions were affected by any one of those guys? like anyone important who said ” you know, Mr X of FV said Y, so i now believe Y”
if this is a generic “anyone”, as in anyone who reads blogs, then is your recommendation that EVERYONE should reveal their histories, i.e. to ban anonymous blogging entirely?
thats a strong recommendation, and you haven’t made the case yet. (not to mention its unenforceable).
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reynz Reply:
April 19th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
GabbyD,
To me the better question is that, would you continue to allow Filipino Voices to not check the fake credentials of its bloggers and writers until such time that what they write starts to matter in public? It’s a matter of responsibility.
There’s a caveat GabbyD. Exactly as you quoted her.
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GabbyD Reply:
April 19th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
i’m sorry, whats the caveat? that we should impose the condition only on those blogs that might influence? or ALREADY influence (which is what Rom wrote, i think)?
if its ‘might influence’, then indeed, we should impose this condition on all people who publish on the web… after all, that a pretty loose condition… almost anything on the web might influence people, no?
if its ALREADY influence, then i’m not sure FV fits the bill.
u have an interesting argument:
“would you continue to allow Filipino Voices to not check the fake credentials of its bloggers and writers until such time that what they write starts to matter in public?”
i have an answer to that: what they write will start to matter to the public once they have 2 important conditions:
1)if the content is good
2) if they stop hiding behind anonymity.
clearly, sometimes they pass #1, and some fail on #2.
para sa iyo: since we both agree that FV is not at that stage yet so as to influence public opinion (like say MLQIII does, or ricky carandang), what conditions will make them opinion makers. specifically, if #2 is not complied with, do you think people will care?
in my first comment weeks ago, i said i agreed with u when it comes to MSM. all MSM columnists should share who they are, no questions asked, precisely coz of their being in MSM. we expect columnists to know what they are writing about, to live it. so there are NO anonymous columnists whom people respect.
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reynz Reply:
April 19th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
GabbyD,
Not sure about the content is good. There are those who do write good, but some of them are just blatantly hilarious like the Failon speculate – don not speculate entry by Patricio Mangubat – if that’s not one clear example enough of really lousy writing, i don’t know what is.
It’s really easy, it’s putting up their credentials and making sure they’re real. It’s as simple as that.
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Sabi nga ni Chuva sa kanyang podcast: you need bulletproof vest at baril dyan sa neighborhood mo…hahahha..
O siya, padalhan na kita ng kevlar vest at semi-automatic rifles para dito sa blogosphere..
LOL.
P.S.
Uber agree ako sa sinabi mo: Education is a religion to Filipinos.
Oo. Minsan nga to the point na sambahin na pati ang pangalan ng school. Hehe.
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reynz Reply:
April 19th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I believe Patricio Mangubat has already threatened me.
DJB also threatened me by invoking Opus Dei. Do you know that organization?
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 19th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Asus.
May Opus Dei pa siyang nalalaman. Dont worry, tawagin natin ang Illuminati para ma-freeze ang assets nyan. Hak hak hak.
Ang Opus Dei is a catholic organization yan sa Vatican. Ang misyon nila e himukin ang lahat ng tao na magpakabanal. You know, maging santo and everything,
Pero sa Da Vinci Code ni Dan Brown, nakakatawa ang Opus Dei dun: ginawang mga bossing ni Silas na mahilig mag-flagellate. Hehe.
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 10:27 am
silver,
as far as the education is concerned i think every family in Phil is religiously believes that education is highly important but unfortunately after hi-skul many of filipinos are not able to sent their children in universities and why is that? obviously lack of money and instead of sending them to college which is really impossible they are just being obliged to find any kind of job just to make money to have a food in the table.
that is the reason why i also want to believe that most of there intellectual bloggers are from the rich or even not from a reach family atleast middle class family or just feeling rich and mountain trekkers and gave them the benefits to believe that they are better than the people like us from the barrio using a gasera and using kusot to make our once a day food eherm.(subukang my lumait ngayon sa inglis na pinaghirapan kot pinagduguan ng ilong at mahahambalos ko talaga)
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reynz Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
@lee,
tell me about it! nakakalungkot and kung maririnig mo ang mga story nang mga kasamahan ko sa barrio, mapapa-emote ka to the max,
but to me that’s no reason para hadlang to whatever dreams you have,
mabuti ang mga mayayaman, me pera, but that is not an exemption also to pay their own dues, level playing field ang education, unless na nag-aral ka sa recto university, buy one take one, me phd ka pa
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nina Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Problem kasi with Pinoys ang definition nila ng education ay BS kaya ayun di ba minsan kahit nakapagsimula eh di nakakatapos kasi nga hindi kayang tustusan ang apat o limang taon. Lagi ko sinasabi sa iba, kung hindi nila kakayanin ang four years at ang gusto nila ay makatulong agad sa paghahanap buhay ang mga anak nila, vocational course ang ipakuha nila – yong in-demand locally at sa abroad din para kung gusto mag-abraod madali rin makakaalis.
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reynz Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
@nina,
that is very true. to this day, hindi pa na-aalis ang negative perception about going to a vocational school. eh dala kasi nang mga paninira nang mga iba dyan who were fortunate enough na makapasok in “prestigious” schools
nung sinabi nang mga tatay naten na “mag-aral kang mabuti anak” hindi nya sinabing BS lang parati yun, fact is, pressured ang mga yan NOT to take vocational school dahil sa negative chorva nang mga leche.
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nina Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Tip sa gustong magpagawa ng diploma sa Recto. Choose a school na walang website at nasa kasuluk-sulukan ng Pilipinas para para hindi ma-google. Madali na kasi i-google ang school at courses. Sa DLSU nga type mo lang name, course, year of graduation, maveverify mo online kung talagang nag-graduate sa DLSU. Or kung gusto nyo ang tunay na diploma pero ayaw nyo na bumalik sa school enrol kayo sa Harvardian. Basta nagbabayad kahit di pumapasok, papasa kayo. Four years din doon, may enrolment, may class card, etc. Heheheheheheh…
I’m not advocating this fraud or anomaly, nabanggit lang para sa mga lurkers na gusto magkaroon diploma. napapag-usapan kasi ang University of Recto. Heheheheheheheheheehehe
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reynz Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
HHAHAHAHA! tawa ako nang tawa sayo Nina! pero inferness, di ba nili-linis na yang Recto University na yan? O meron pa? Tipong mahirap ata linisin kung malakas ang demand! hahaha
ok yong disclaimer mo hahaha
at kung gusto nyo namang mag-karon nang US education, maraming websites dito na pwede ka rin mag-order nang diploma hahahaha – am not advocating it – pero pag wala kayong ma-i-present na credentials ki reyna, at least madali kayon maka-order delivered to you in PDF file pa hahahaha
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
@Lee
OO dont worry Lee…di ko laitin ang Engliths mo para di dumugo ang nosey ko day!!!hahahha..
Eto lang ang masasabi ko: Hindi hadlang ang kahirapan para di makapagtapos.
At true naman ang sinabi mo na may mga pamilya ngang hindi maipadala ang mga anak nila dahil sa hirap ng life.
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Snow Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
huy ako din ha, huwag niyong lalaitin ang english ko kasi madalas nagmamadali akong magblog at siyempre no one is perfect kasi hindi naman ako si perpekto. *lol*
grabe parang may debate na naman sa webby mo Reynz. pero i like it, mentally stimulating! hehehe….^_^
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nina Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Isa pang sakit ng pinoy yan, masyado tayong critical pagdating sa english tapos feel na feel pa natin american english kuno ang training natin. Kaya mahina ang pinoy sa spoken english. I’m not saying all, pero dito karamihan ng pInoy magaling magbasa magsulat pero hirap makipag communicate. Kasi nga sa atin pag may konting mali ka lang, pinupuna na so ang tendency ng Pinoy nahihiya magsalita kasi nga baka mali. Eh kahit nga sa US hindi naman pinapasin kung mali-mali eh.
Pati mga itik nagtatanong, bakit daw tayo ganun magsalita ng english, sabi naman namin kasi nag-iisip muna kami bago magsalita di kagaya nyo ang sing bilis ng bullet train pero mali-mali naman, tapos hindi nyo naman kaya spell pinagsasabi nyo.
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Ate Nina,
Wag mo na ako awayin….hehhehe…
Di naman ako spokening ng high falutin engrish….hahahha….masyadong vernacular at relaxed ako pagdating dyan…hahhahaha…
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Speaking of spelling Ate Nina,
Naalala ko ang sinabi ng amerikano kong bossing before na hindi nga masyadong pinapansin ang spellings sa english kung mali or hinde. They are actually relaxed when it comes to using it.
Nasabi nya pa nga na pang-3rd or 4th grade daw usually ang englits ng karamihan sa mga kano. Gulat ako. Some Pinoys are kinda obsessed with high falutin engrish. Hehe.
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nina Reply:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:00 pm
@silver,
general naman comment ko
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this is the only legacy of poor parents who struggled to send their children to school. it is just like giving them the needle to be able to sew; the plow to be able to farm; the
jimmy choo’s shoes to be able to walk….ehek.
why sourgrape by downplaying the importance of the consonants (not consonants). my titles have vowels that go with the consonant.
didn’t they know that these people for these titles..money, time and effort and humiliation. do they know how much it is to finish a masteral or a doctorate.
do they know how it is to be subjected to panel defense ? do they know what are involved in data gathering?
the blogger needs not use his birth name but the credentials or his background as to what is his K (karapatan) to write adds credibility to his article.
what is wrong is if someone with a very impressive credential ends up putting a business or pursuing a career without the need to finish such a degree.
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“the blogger needs not use his birth name but the credentials or his background as to what is his K (karapatan) to write adds credibility to his article.”
Hohoho…
I know this one. Not only birth name, yung historical sounding surname ng kanyang nuno. Hohoho…
Wala na akong masabi kasi nasabi na Ms. Cat lahat. Spot on ng spot on talaga.
Alam mo naman ms. Cat, baka hindi nila alam kung paano magsumikap makamit lang ang consonants and vowels sa name nyo ni Mudra. Parang kaso ng HONORIS CAUSITIS.
Ehek.
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 3:35 am
gusto paba nila makita ang birth name ko?bakit pa wala din namang sense ang mga posts ko ah?gusto talaga nila malaman anu yung lee???? liwayway o e kung yun ang ginamit ko na name lalo lang walang ka class class ang dating e pilit ko na ngang pinapaganda kaya nga dawn…. bukang liwayway o di ba?
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Leche ka Lee…
Kaya pala DAWN ang name mo FV…nyahahahha!!!
Ang saya saya mo talaga!!! Hahahah!!!
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silver,
hindi lang kilay sinusunog, pati balahibo.
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 8:49 am
madam nung araw i thought the sunog kilay means yung mga subsub sa pagaaral na gasera ang gamit kasi nung araw pag brownout at gasera gamit ko habang gumagawa ng assignment sabi ng mader ko “anak baka masunog kilay mo”
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 9:51 am
E di Ms. Cat,
Halos mawalan na kayo ng inyong malasutlang balahibo dati??
Di ko lubos ma-imagine na ang isang magandang pusa
na tulad nyo e sunog ang kanyang malasutlang balahibo..
hahahah..
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 10:29 am
silver, hahahahaha
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How can one write about law or legal matters when he does not have that consonnant , atty before the name or esq after his name.
how can a person without MD writes about medical issues not unless he copies it from journals or from websites just what probloggers do.
How can one write about economics when he does not have any knowledge about the topic?
How can someone who has no music background talks about music except if it is merely about his preference for music.
so what comes first, the cart or the horse?
What can you give if you do not have it ?
Authority? i challenge these people to go to the non-medical practitioners for surgery anyway, they do not care about the consonants that come after the names of experts. Or instead of going to a psychiatrist, they should go to madame Auring.
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reynz Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:11 am
HAHAHA! i was reminded of the ASTRO-PHYSICIST hahaha di ba estudyante nya si DJB? hahahaha
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GabbyD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
i don’t think you mean to take this line of thinking too far. if you are correct, then only practitioners can talk about their profession. what about journalists, and scholars? can’t music critics write about music? movie critics– can one criticize a movie without having made one? i sure hope so. Historians can and should debate the law also. the list goes on and on
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Hello Reynz,
Ayaw ka talagang tigilan ng mga yan ano? Hay ako basta eto lang pamantayan ko:
‘Kapag ang isang blogger ay binabalik-balikan ng mga readers at maraming nagko-comment, ibig sabihin nun eh sensible ang siya at knowledgeable siya sa topic. Yun mga naghahanap ng away na tulad nila ay naghahanap lang ng kotrobersiya at website trapik!”
Naku Lord, pakikuha na nga po itong nag-aaway kay Reynz! *peace*
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Snow Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 3:26 am
ay sorry double post. pakibura na lang po ito…yung nasa baba na lang ang i-retain. soweee….
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 3:33 am
amen
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Hello Reynz,
Ayaw ka talagang tigilan ng mga yan ano? Hay ako basta eto lang pamantayan ko:
‘Kapag ang isang blogger ay binabalik-balikan ng mga readers at maraming nagko-comment, ibig sabihin nun eh sensible ang siya at knowledgeable siya sa topic. Yun mga naghahanap ng away na tulad nila ay naghahanap lang ng kotrobersiya at website trapik!”
Naku Lord, pakikuha na nga po itong nang-aaway kay Reynz! *peace*
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reynz Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
hahaha! it’s a valid issue kasi Snow, it’s about credentials, authority and credibility. And point ni Baratillo is that hindi mo na kelangan hahahaha if you read yong response ni Cat, matatawa ka – say a Lawyer – or a Doctor – basta hanapin mo sa taas hehehe
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sabi nga ng mader ko nung araw “mga anak magaral kayong mabuti at yan lang ang magiging daan para kayo umasenso” e kaso ayoko na ngang magaral e ok na sakin hi-skul grad kasi pangarap ko naman talaga sa buhay maging kundoktora ng love bus na AC so why need hi-educ? sabi ni mader anak taas taasan mo naman ambisyon mo aside from kundoktora wala nabang mas matayog kang pangarap? sabi ko ayokong aging driver ng love bus(mas matayog yun)wala ring nagawa ang madera pagka hi-skul gora ako kaya lang dina kundoktora,manunulsi nalang.
ngayon kandalawit ang tonsil ko kakasabi sa naka ko “anak magaral kang mabuti yan lang ang maipapamana ko sayo at para ka umasenso in future” banatan ba naman ako ng “mama kala ko ba kaya moko iniwan nung baby pako till now e dahil gusto mo ihanda future ko?dipa ba kasya yung naipon mo?” ngeeeek
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reynz Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
@lee,
hehehe eto ang sabi nang aking fadir: “Anak, mag-aral kang mabuti dahil yan lang ang maipa-pamana ko seyo.”
emote ako. eh kasi, naisanla na lahat nang bukid namen hahahaha
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Nyahaha…
Wala na pala kayong bukeedddd….
Hehehe…
Dont tell me e pati kalabaw e di nakaligtas sa pagsangla?
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re: journalists
are you talking about journalists as in the truest sense of the word? or the pekeng journalists?
Journalists do not use the first person in reporting. The lead paragraph already contained the gist of the news. They use several sources for information and not merely one source as in telephone.
That’s how they are trained. don’t you know that the press ID is one form of credential. ibig sabihin, hindi ka lang pinabili ng suka sa kanto, nagrereport ka na.
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GabbyD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 5:28 am
i’m merely responding to what you wrote earlier, cat.
You said, (among other things)
“how can a person without MD writes about medical issues not unless he copies it from journals or from websites just what probloggers do.”
But that’s exactly what journalists do. Take information down from sources of various kinds. None of them are MDs (or whatever degree).
In fact, your comment was in the form of “How can X write about Y when X doesn’t do Y for a living”
Journalists, scholars, critics do that all the time.
so this is what i said:
you don’t mean to take what you wrote too serioiusly as to encompass all kinds of writing by non-practitioners.
this kind of writing happens all the time.
movie critics criticize movies they have no idea how to make themselves. thats OK right?
music critics/music historians love writing about all sorts of ideas about music. but they don’t necessarily know how to perform or write music.
and yes, mistakes are made (arguably coz they are non-practitioners, but this is not necessarily the case!)
non-scientists can write about science too.
so the point is it doesn’t take a practitioner to write about a field.
one needs to :
1) write clearly and well
2) research
now, will they go to a non-surgeon for surgery (as you suggested) of course not. but that doesn’t mean, non-surgeons shouldn’t write about medicine. it doesn’t follow…
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movie critics– can one criticize a movie without having made one?
can you criticize the movie without seeing it? Can you criticize a movie by having just watched one movie?
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Scholars
the mere fact that they are scholars, they have credentials, don’t they.
Music appreciation is not necessarily critiquing a music composition.
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Ms. Cat,
Galing ako sa petshop, naghanap ako ng pang-hasa para sa iyong beautiful claws…hahaha..
Para next time kang mangalmot, sobrang sarap na, may gigil pa. Kasi manicured na, ang talas pa ng beautiful claws mo. Hahaha.
*Peace*
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The Ca t Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
silver,
bagong manicure ang The Ca t. hahaha
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minsan tuloy naiisip ko anu bang pagkakaiba namin ng mga taong to na…
sila nakatapos ng college – ako din naman ah,hi-skul nga lang
sila may blog – ako din naman ah copy n paste nga lang
sila matatalino – ako my topak
sila magagaling sa inglis – ako magaling magtagalog(bulakenia yata ini)
sila inglis ang blog – diko kaya yun lol
sila inglis ang reply nila sa blog – tagalog nalang ako siguro naman pango din sila.
sila maraming viewer (8.4M) – ako my 10 follower hihihi (yabang ko)
sabi nila kung wala ka daw masabing maganda manahimik ka nalang – so you mean mananahimik nalang ako for the rest of my life kasi nga wala naman ako masabing maganda?…yoko nga. ang pumatol daw sa sira ulo mas lalong sira so far naman si djb palang ang napatol sakin lol lol lol
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Kutz, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Hahahaha, langya tawa ako ng tawa sa pinagsusulat mo, Liwayway! Konting hirit na lang ipopromote na kitang manager ng mga iskul bus ng ‘PRE!
Okay ka ‘PRE! Pintawa mo ako, madaling araw na dine di pa ako tapos sa aking ginagawang dessert-teyshun, hahahaha!
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am
ssshhhh walang ganyanan tol walang banggitan ng bad words matagal ng namayapa yung lola ko na nagbigay sakin ng name na yan at ayoko na muling maalala pat luhuran nanaman ang kanyang larawan at sisihin sya kung bat yan ang pangalang binigay nya sakin huhuhu wehehe
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lee Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 8:22 am
aysus sowey nabanggit ko nga pala sa itaas yung namesung ko kaya mo alam shhh ewan ko ba para akong kinokoryente ng 10,000 voltz pag nababanggit yung pangalan ko hmp!
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Snow Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
“sabi nila kung wala ka daw masabing maganda manahimik ka nalang – so you mean mananahimik nalang ako for the rest of my life kasi nga wala naman ako masabing maganda?”
Dear Lee
Naku, ayoko ngang manahimik noh? kaya nga ako nag create ng blog kasi gusto kong ibahagi ang nararamdaman ko sa blogosphere. masama ba yun ha?
I mean, kailangan ba talaga ng credentials nun? Yung mga readers din naman naramramdaman ang sincerity ng tao. Like for example si RE, ikaw at yung iba pa – hindi naman babalik-balikan yung blog ng isang tao kung hindi nila nagugustuhan. Yun lang po, thank you… ^_^
Snow
BSA, MBA, Analyst, Working Mom and Wife
p.s. yun nga lang po, hindi 8.4 million readers ko… *lol* peaaceeee….hay ano ba yang sinasabi ko… ^_^
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Kutz, PhD Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Lee pwede ka ring gumamit ng “maggie” as your other pen name, hehehehe. Short for magazine, HAHAHAHAHA, jokjokbolanti!
Oist speaking of Liwayway magazine, meron akong sinusubaybayan na istorya dyan sa magazine na yan nung araw, yun bang blusang itim? Wahehehehe, naging pelikula pa nga ata yon eh pero shenpre di ko napanood kasi iisa lang ang may betamaks sa barrio nung araw… may bayad pa piso pag nanonood, hmpt! Di na ako makanood sa bintana nila kasi sinasara na pag naga pa salida sila. Dun kasi pumupuwesto ang mga walang pambayad eh naapakan ko ata yung mga pananim niyang san francisco, bali lahat ng sanga! Eh kung pinapasok na lang kasi ako ng libre eh di sana nabali ang mga halaman nya noh!
lee Reply:
April 21st, 2009 at 4:05 am
@Snow hahahaha oo nga naman,ala e naging tambayan na natin site ng kamahalan hahaha
@kutz maggie hahaha
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journalists are newspapermen who report on current events and issues in the most objective and unbiased way to serve the public good. they do not project expertise on the topics they report.
columnists are also journalists. many of them are writing on topics where they have a training or educational background.
The question of credibilitty is always relative to the athority of the writer to write about a certain topic. Bios are provided by the Huffington Post, so are many of the mainstream media.
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And an intelligent blogger like manuel viloria will point out why a blogger is not credible iof she revises her original blog. hahaha
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reynz Reply:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
NGAK! hahahaha! I remember that incident.
That’s very true – but that’s exactly my point – How many Manuel Viloria do we have who can do that? And when you don’t raise the issue, the whole context will be presumed korak by anyone else na mapadaan doon, so the question becomes hahayaan mo na lang ba? which is really similar to – will you just allow FIlipino Voices that they don’t check the credentials of their writers and presume they are real?! hahaha
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bluep Reply:
April 21st, 2009 at 9:42 am
Hahaha. When I read that comment weeks ago, natawa ako LOL
I have never forgotten maneul villoria’s take on credibility… especially the “delete Delete” incident. Classic LOL
To point out credibility is like putting salt in your own wounds LOL
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Ang lalim ng usapan dini. Parang virtual graduate school. Naalala ko tuloy ang pagsabon sa akin sa thesis topic presentation pa lang.
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reynz Reply:
April 21st, 2009 at 2:00 am
hahaha apat ata yang mga professor/teachers na nag-uusap usap dyan hahaha bayaan mo sila hahaha baka mamaya magkamali ako nang sagot bawiin diploma ko hahaha
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Nice topic reynz! In my case, I still believe that education is still important. However, the success of a person really depends on his will, drive and determination to succeed.
Even though you have the highest honors, or you have a lot of consonants and vowels after your name as initials of a lot of degrees you’ve finished, if you don’t possess the drive, attitude, and determination to succeed, you won’t go far.
What all these persons who did not finish school yet became so successful have in common? – They all have determination and will to succeed.
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reynz Reply:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:16 pm
that’s right bro!
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Kudos to our mentors in the blogosphere, kay Titser Cat and company. Dimwitz and intelligent readers could learn from this virtual classroom…And you decide who are the pirated and who are the down-to-earth authentic. Sige, discern lang. Kung gawing virtual graduate iskul biznes to ni Reynz eventually para sa personal stimulus package nya, saka pa siguro aalarma, hihi.
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reynz Reply:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:05 pm
hahahaha yes dimwits pala kami here hahaha
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Ahehehee. Kay tagal ko nawala. Ano na ito.
Buti nalang meron din ako consonants after my name. Two letter word – Jr. Wahaha. Musta na kamahalan.
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reynz Reply:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:00 pm
eto roel, me mga bago na naman akong nasty names hahaha walang tigil hahaha
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UPDATE: Response by Baratillo
I like critical talk and when I read Reyna Elena’s post: Baratillo’s argument runs counter to the revered Filipino tradition of getting formal education
I found it interesting but I disagree with interpretation of my post: Credentials and Consonants.
And this because of the following points
1. I do not believe my post argues against getting a formal education or runs counter the tradition of getting formal education. As I wrote:
Credentials are well and fine. These are proofs that we have been trained and drilled to be experts on a certain subject. For a medical practitioner it is important to have one’s credential – proof that you can operate on someone. It is also important for an accountant or a librarian because it is proof that you have been trained in that field.
Credentials and Authority does not stop nor is limited with an academic education. The credential and authority of a person is the sum total of what has been taught, learned and experienced.
And as we can see from Nick Joaquin, George Orwell, and Benjamin Franklin education is not confined to the Ivory Towers of Learning.
2. I do believe that there are other forms of education outside of the Academe. And this was proven by individuals mentioned in the beginning of the post like Benjamin Franklin, Nick Joaquin and George Orwell.
… Rather one’s education whether it came from the four corners of the class room or the vast expanse of books or unlimited expanse of the world shines through like the radiance of the Sun.
3. I do believe that the individual is the sum of all his learnings and this learning can be seen in what one writes or “In other words the manner and content of one’s writing gives substance to your credentials and authority. Not the consonants after your name or lack of it.”
4. And I really cannot answer Reyna Elena’s question:
what’s the statistics of dropouts and those who are self-taught that became successful?! Is it somewhere in the range of 51% to 99% such that we could argue that indeed education is no longer important and/or a non-contributing factor to success and so therefore, those consonants after your name or lack of it doesn’t matter such that your kids can now tell you – Reyna Elena, Baratillo’s argument runs counter to the revered Filipino tradition of getting formal education
And this is because I was never against formal education. What I was saying was that education is not limited to the classroom.
But then again yes I can answer it. We cannot argue against education but we must also realize that it comes from the classroom, from books and from the world.
On another matter:
Reyna Elena also asked for the credentials of FV writers. Now I am an ex-FV writer I do not know if it still pertains to me. Maybe not but here it is my CV..
http://baratillo.net/?page_id=1211
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My response to Baratillo
Baratillo,
Am not asking for your CV. The issue I have is very specific.
I am responding to your blog entry and took the courage to post my comment in your blog under the pretext that you and I will have a meaningful discussion and this discussion is limited to you and me and that Reyna Elena won’t be crowned with ad homonames and that you will maintain the high road.
I have truckloads of nasty and ugly names thrown at me already. Enough with pretentious intellectual political bloggers and fomenters who only have ad homonames on their sleeves against me and nothing else.
Having said that:
The reason why you don’t know the statistics is because there is not that many in that area. Whereas it’s true that there are people who succeed less any formal education but that’s not really the generally accepted standards. Education and formal training is still and will continue to be a main success ingredient factor. Now, since you now agree with that, the more I find you statement circuitously interesting.
To me, this is your statement:
Words + manners + writing style = credentials + authority
NOT
Education + training + license (or “MBA + CPA”) = credentials + authority
Cat has presented it very well in her response in my blog. Her mind twisting question was: which comes first? “Words + manners + writing style OR credentials and authority”
Given your agreement, the equation could actually be expanded to say:
Education + Training + Experience + Professional License = Words + manners + writing = credentials and authority
Of course, this is not a perfect equation given the presence of outliers. Besides, it’s still a choice on blogging style where one could be an MBA who decide to adapt a completely different blogging style. But it’s one that works. Take out one variable and you might be left with a different result.
Therefore, when you say:
“In other words the manner and content of one’s writing gives substance to your credentials and authority. Not the consonants after your name or lack of it.”
I suspect that what you actually meant was that – one could have an MBA, say in Ateneo and be quite lousy in her field with no credible and verifiable accomplishments, that even having an MBA, is not seen as an authority in her field and so therefore has no credibility. I believe that’s what you meant. Because this is a reality and in that equation you do have outliers. Another problem with that statement was you could have one MBA who has no accomplishments yet has the ability to write.
Thus, the statement you have is not only misleading but is also erroneous (not on opinion but in terms of pinoy educational standards) given the religiousness of education in the Philippines but is also now contradictory given that you are now accepting education as important.
So, ano ba talaga? Hindi kelangan pero kelangan?
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reynz,
I noticed that you posted his entire blog. I do not know if that is a precaution to avoid the practices of some bloggers of revising the original copies of their blogs when criticized then denied what they have written.
his original post WAS REVISED.
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Silver, PhD Reply:
April 21st, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Hala! Ano yan!
Revising and denying???
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reynz Reply:
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:18 am
sikweet! hahahaha!
of course me kopya ako nung original post nya noh? hahahah
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Reynz, can you not read between the lines what these people mean to say?
Because you write in gay lingo and use what they termed as “gutter language” they do not believe your credentials.
They are different from you reyna. they do not call a spade a spade, they rather call it a flower but in black color.
Actually, they just meant to say that they are good bloggers because they blog in straight English; they have content even though the thoughts do not agree because they have to craft it in such a way that it would not hurt their friends who are in the line of fire.
reynz, it is just chest-thumping exercise at your expense..
grammar-wise I also found several errors in his entries especially in his original.
I am not fond of being a grammar nazi because I do not flaunt that my blog is well crafted and grammar error free. No one can claim that their essays are perfect in form and substance. I am guilty of this too cuz I type as I think. However if you are the person who wrote that an article should be well-crafted, he overlooked some grammar error in his own essay.Do I have to give him a mirror?
Guys, look for the errors and win spell and grammar checker.
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reynz Reply:
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:19 am
hahahaha hinay Cat hahahha i think you are reading my mind, nag-uusap pa kami ni baratillo and it’s not over dahil i am travelling
ngayon post ako dun, watch! hahaha
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Update: Response to Baratillo
I’m not actually finished Baratillo. Since you’ve pretty much agreed with me, let’s focus on your conflicting statement. Because I will deliver my point.
This statement:
“In other words the manner and content of one’s writing gives substance to your credentials and authority.”
Conflicts with:
“Not the consonants after your name or lack of it.”
Now.
The big difference with Reyna and most Manila bloggers is that I am very direct to the point – not beating around the bush. For the most part, I have been on the defensive and Manila bloggers just love to hate me. So be it.
By that, you actually focused on my blogging style, as a “well-credentialed person” (using JCC’s words) as not balancing with the contents of my blog. Truth is, I was the person you were referring in your blog. Reyna adopted a blogging style that could be understood by my readers. In business school, it’s equivalent to the ETDBW concept (easy to do business with) – not high-flying English of which most Manila bloggers adapt. A strategy adopted by most of Manila bloggers to pretend and show intellectuality even with missing credentials. Yes, I used the word “pretend”. To put it succinctly – pretentious.
And so because Reyna has credentials with all the ABC on his last name, and adopted a badingerzie language, does not fit this statement:
“In other words the manner and content of one’s writing gives substance to your credentials and authority. Not the consonants after your name or lack of it.”
Now, isn’t it true that you actually wrote that entry to directly refer to Reyna me to second the motion by those FV bloggers?
Isn’t it that the biggest blunder by most Manila bloggers and FV bloggers had with Reyna Elena was because of the real barrio concept (totoong tiga-Barrio ako) I adopted coupled with my gay language? And so therefore you people pre-judged me as not fitting the “well-educated definition” of you guys because of my blogging style to the point of challenging my credentials that shocked the hell out of those people who bluffed me?
Your turn.
(P.S. I am traveling on business and I will respond when I get the chance.)
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