Apparently, the Jedi Bloggers decided to get the services of an American blogger as their Spinmaster of the 2009 Emerging Influential Blog Awards by Janette Toral. Here’s a short (real email – not the full contents) conversation:
“As long as nothing in the encouragement of these students to vote for the Jedi Bloggers was against any of the contest rules, then what’s the worry? I’d just ignore it. It’s sad that RE wants to put a taint on the winners.”
“Reynz voted for my blog. I did not reciprocate his gesture. Maybe that still rankles? But he’s not saying any displeasure about Barrio Siete’s non-inclusion in my post of top 10.”
“The last minute rush of the Clin Chem bloggers to all vote the same lists doesn’t look good..”
“Please advise, I’m getting all riled up because of this accusation and it’s very, very tempting to be foolish and reckless and face this nincompoop head on.”
“You’re a veteran. Can you give me the best way to handle this?”
And so, let’s welcome Holly Jahangiri to Barrio Siete:
Dear Holly,
I read your very sarcastic comments. It was on a personal level attack instead of responding to the issues we raised including that of bluepanjeet. I was told to ignore you. I can’t resist. You are very influential gurl!
Reading your response made me believe that you have no clue at all. That’s either by choice on your part, or simply full of scorn with the facts that we have presented and is unable to defend and/or explain. I’m sure it’s a tough read to other people who cannot accept the truth about what we have uncovered. But the presentation was made such that it would be an easy read and easily understandable to an ordinary reader/blogger with the right intellect. I hope this full blog entry will give you all the time in the world to ask me, let us know what points you did not understand and I will clarify. And yes, I will respond to your personal attacks.
Reynz, considering the obvious scorn you feel for the contest, I’m surprised you and your friends would waste so much energy in protesting the results. It seems immature, to me. Sour grapes, perhaps? Of course you’ll say no, but the energy and time you’ve put into building this into a scandalous blog drama indicate otherwise.
Typically, when people are caught with their pants down, who could not respond to questions raised, they resort to personal attacks. We all know this. And this is what happened to you and Jan Geronimo. And given for the sake of argument that I was immature, I must be one heck of a talented and genius immature guy to come up with such an analysis and a presentation that could be understood by a regular reader.
This is a true scandalous drama and I believe that based on our own investigation, my opinion is that:
(1.) This involves an organizer of an award who chose to be blurry with the rules such that it could be tweaked at any given point in time and even to the extent of “Ah, ok, we’ll improve it next year”. An organizer who is not interested in what is the generally accepted norms in blogging but is more interested in linking or link farming. That’s the bottom line.
As a matter of fact, according to Janette, Influential means — influencing people to support you … Pray tell me Holly, shall we now call this, “Emerging Influential People”? It’s very apt to the second scandalous point. Read on.
(2.) This involves a teacher herding her students into this awards and doing unethical behavior. I will not re-hash what has been eloquently explained and presented by Bluepanjeet and Cat in this second entry as well as on the comments left on first entry.
(3.)This involves bloggers who obviously wants to win an award that they can use for whatever purpose it may serve them, and go to the extent of pushing block voting far beyond the boundaries of what’s the generally accepted norms of decency in the blogosphere, be silent about it as if everything is ok. It’s called irresponsibility. Any decent-minded Filipino will not subscribe to this unfair voting tactics that we have seen being used during the Marcos regime and Hello Garci! Are you aware of what I am talking about Holly?
(4.) This involves ethics and morality in our society for which you Holly Jarangiri is the very wrong person to lecture on what is right and what is wrong for us. We as Filipinos can manage, thank you.
Sure, of course it was a popularity contest. In my opinion, the winners won because they’re genuine human beings who are good at reaching out and connecting with the blogging community.
Have you ever experienced a school Holly? Because I don’t know much about you. Do you understand and/or have a feel of how it is to be a student? Then read again this entry by Bluepanjeet. It should give you a clear idea of what usurpation of power is. Don’t miss out on the comments by Cat in this entry as well.
They aren’t just a bunch of “crowd pleasers,” but they don’t go out of their way to alienate others. And in a sense, the ability to reach out and get other bloggers to participate and nominate a blog indicates a certain degree of influence.
Two of your Jedi friends, I campaigned heavily. Roy and Jan. I liked them both, up until they swallowed the obvious questionable block voting scam. I expected them to question those questionable block voting scam as I expect from reasonably minded people instead of swallowing them blindly. You see, I expect the same standards from bloggers who prefer to socialize and/or be friends with me. After all, they were reyna regulars, except for Jan who came in later.
Now, what degree of influence are we talking about? GET OTHER BLOGGERS? Right? The Chem Bloggers? The Chem Bloggers who have a blog who have three (3) entries. 1st entry – hello world? 2nd entry – a PhD entry written by them? 3rd entry – Vote for Jedi? And you want to convince me that they’re for real? Not a chance Holly. Not a chance. Let’s move on to your next attack.
Did anyone break any of Janette’s rules? I’m not seeing it, and apparently she didn’t, either, when she determined the winners.
This is Janette’s game. She’s the contest dictator. Whatever she dictates, she rules. She can even over-rule. Correct? That doesn’t need any further elaboration. Have they violated any rules? Maybe not. Because Janette can always re-write the rules to fit her needs and her plans and her ultimate goal and to avoid attacks to a point of even accommodating the newest blogs that yeah – that was part of the rule. Correct? But you’d ask, why would she do that? Because given what we have uncovered, we believed that the organizer is only interested in links and so therefore, she ignored and chose not to adhere to the generally accepted norms. Ask Payperpost or Review Me on what they require for a blog. In Janette Toral’s EIB, you are judging a blog that started in May 2008, and could be voted by a blog that sprouted in May 2009? Essentially created to be a voting machine? To the extent of INFLUENCING err using student blogs? As an educational tool? Was it Chem 101 or Blogging 101? That’s not very decent is it?! This is our education system that we worry about and should it not be our responsibility to care for what we have? Do you care about what’s going on in our education system Holly? Is this something that you’d die for? I doubt it. You just want to be popular in the blogosphere.
The reaction here, from you and many of your loyal readers, reminds me of the reaction I see among artists and writers when they lose or are disqualified from a contest that essentially turns out to be a “people’s choice award” instead of a prestigious, juried competition. On the one hand, they’re righteously indignant about not being in the running, but on the other hand, they swear the whole competition is beneath their dignity and they wouldn’t enter it if you PAID them to.
What I know is this: the person who kept on talking about not being in the running or is not interested at all with the EIB was Jan Geronimo, your friend. He just stuck into my mind because I campaigned for him and I was suprised to find out that he seemed not interested. That’s why when Jan left that comment on Janet’s entry, GUESS WHAT! It started my curiousity that led me to several discoveries!!! Can you imagine?! Think about that!!! What a ploy! Now, an immature guy would not have that 6th sense, would he?
When you first dropped by my blog, Reynz, I thought you seemed like a good person.
And what’s this got to do with the issue? Because I dropped by in your blog and so I should just be blind with the anomalies that I see? If you are living in New Orleans, will you just be quiet and happy with the corruptions in the city if you know it is happening?! I dropped by in your blog (to link you on the Yellow Brigade I guess and that’s all) because YOU WERE INFLUENCED BY ME TO LINK OUR YELLOW RIBBON IN YOUR BLOG. Aren’t we influential Holly? That project by Barrio Siete went all over the world and we were picked up by local MSM and by you too! Nice, ain’t it? Mentor your Jedi friends about it.
Now, I think you’re grandstanding, hurting people you don’t even know, just to get more hits for your blog. Controversy and flames never fail to bring in the rubberneckers, eh? It’s not as if this were the Nobel Prize or a Pulitzer.
Eat this Holly. I don’t need to grandstand. Benigno and Atheista will tell you that I am more popular than the Jedi Bloggers plus you combined. Now, what you think is wrong. Ask your friends who reyna elena is and what reyna elena has endured for all his years of blogging. Where I am now, is I earned. I did not herd any Chem Bloggers nor concocted some dubious tactics for me to be in a position at what I have right now. I don’t have to grandstand. Sorry, gurl, when I say, I’m prettier than you, I’m prettier than you and Jan Geronimo.
The result of my investigation was here. It is what it is. If it’s not, then present your explanation instead of attacking me personally. Did it hurt people? Maybe it did, but that was not the purpose. You know better than that to reduce this to a personal attack.
Frankly, I cannot imagine any uni student being unduly influenced to play along with this – aren’t the college years the time in life when you are supposed to be learning to think for yourself, to question everything, and to stand up for what you believe in? I’ve argued with professors in front of seventy or more students, and still earned an A from them. I haven’t known Jen that long, but the concern she feels for her students is absolutely undeniable. There is educational value in blogging: the Internet is a tool for research, for sharing information, and for communicating with peers and experts. It is a chance to practice language and writing skills.
You really want me to believe you that blogging is such a great tool for Chem Bloggers? Holly, let me just leave this piece to Bluepanjeet and Cat. Both of these people are in the academe. Again, it has been eloquently presented in this entry as well as Cat’s comments in the 1st entry.
Interacting online is an experience in dealing with difficult people (perhaps you fancy yourself a teacher, Reynz?) I think they’re lucky to have Jen as their mentor, and I’m 100% certain every one of them knows they could have voted for any blog on the planet without jeopardizing their grades.
Very sarcastic, indeed and quite insulting, but I will still respond. Modesty aside Holly, I have all the credentials in the world to be an excellent professor. I also have many years of experience and accomplishments in my field. I am well-credentialed. I went to two (2) of the best universities in the United States, the George Washington University in DC and Temple University in Philadelphia. Believe it or not Holly, I actually have a standing offer to teach at a university in Manila should I decide to go home. Forget about fancy’ing about it. I do plan to take on that offer when that time comes. You can come with me to Manila and be my student.
If in your opinion Janette is a good mentor to them, that’s your opinion. Understand that it was Janette who asked me to support her contest against the will of my Barrio Siete comrades. Why? Apparently, there was already an incident that happened in the past with them and Janette and they warned me about it. I did not listen and I gave Janette a chance. I have fully explained this in the first entry that you did not read. My opinion on Janette being a good mentor to them changed 360 degree turn for the worst. She’ll have to earn my respect beginning today.
To suggest that these young adults (hardly children) were intimidated by their professor to participate or vote a particular way is ludicrous.
As I have said, If you only cared to read this entry by Bluepanjeet and Cat’s responses, you would have been enlightened.
It’s not as if there was a fortune at stake, either. A plaque? A raffle for $100 (not an award, but a raffle). It doesn’t matter to me – I never expected to win (and would have felt a bit sorry if I did, because I’m not new to blogging even if I’ve only recently returned to “active duty”). I stand by my votes and the reasoning behind them. I’m glad to have made new friends, these people who call themselves the Jedi Bloggers, and their silence on this matter can only be interpreted as dignity. Should they just add fuel to your auto-da-fé?
Do I really care what matters to you?! I don’t even know you. I only visited your blog because you linked my Yellow Ribbon and that’s all there is to it! THAT’S IT GURL! Oh, I deleted your links including all the Jedi Bloggers. One of your friends, linked all of his money making sites, it was pathetic.
You’ve gleefully pronounced them guilty of all manner of nefarious things and you aren’t likely to back down no matter what they say, so what would be the point, beyond boosting your own Alexa rating?
Incidentally, I believe it’s the other way around. There have been two occasions that Janette approached me and asked me for my support. The SEO Contest asking me to link Gary Viray’s entry and this EIB. Now, Barrio Siete’s blog performance is spectacular. Tell me one Manila blogger who has a blog that could beat Barrio Siete’s performance in 2.5 months, because up until now, I don’t know of no one. Even before this EIB, our Alexa ranking has been whizzing like lightning. Barrio Siete has some great writers and I know that this is one big reason for our success. However, Reyna Elena has a following that also contributed very much to Barrio Siete’s success and we don’t need Janette to boost our Alexa. We’re fine, thank you.
Now, gleefully pronouncing guilty? Why not respond to what we have presented Holly and prove us wrong instead of all this spin that’s really nothing more than personal attack? What is there for me to back down? That indeed there was no nefarious activity going on when even a blind person could see the activity going on?
Looks to me like you’re intent on making mountains out of molehills, and I respectfully suggest that there are actual mountains to be moved – real political and social causes to which your writing efforts could be put to worthier use.
What looks to you is not what looks to me. That’s why I agree with bluepanjeet that it was better for you to stay away from this issue because of the social implications of this to us, Filipinos and not Americans.
The bottom line of this in so far as WE FILIPINOS ARE CONCERNED AND NOT YOU HOLLY AS AN AMERICAN, IS THE BIGGER PICTURE. THE BIGGER PICTURE OF GOVERNANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES, ETHICS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND MORALITY. We (Filipinos) always cry about our government’s nefarious activities, yet here we are online blasting our government obvious anomalies, corruptioni and misrepresentations, yet here are bloggers who can start to change mentality in my country yet are the ones who nurture wrong and twisted standards. This is like a prelude to our upcoming 2010 Elections. AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS BUT YOUR TRYING TO GRANDSTAND.
Your very shallow reason of joining in the discussion because you said, you were nominated in the EIB was a blatant lie! YOU’RE A LIAR, HOLLY! You fit into the scandal! This is very conniving! The true reason why you joined the discussion was the conversation you had with Jan Geronimo, which I pasted above! SHAME ON YOU!
Oh – by the way, doesn’t Reynz live here in the States? I could’ve sworn I read that, and that we’re practically neighbors.
Yes. I am American. I live in the States. And if you are insinuating that I should scamper and hide because you are my neighbor, it’s not going to work. I am in New Orleans.
So, Reynz, how ’bout it? Shall we sit down on Bourbon street and chat about this in a civilized manner over mudbugs and Hurricanes? Tell you what, next time a hurricane’s roaring up the Gulf, we’ll toss a coin and head to whichever of our cities ISN’T getting clobbered.
And what gave you the idea that I have an interest to even sit down with you for a drink after your personal attack? I don’t even know you! I don’t even know who you are as a blogger. I’d probably just smack and slap the shit out of you for all your rants! I have no intent whatsoever to social climb with Jedi Winners and supporters like YOU who would blatant espouse this out of this world manipulations. That’s not so me. And by the way, Bourbon is not the “in” place. It’s the Warehouse District. So stop pretending you know the city.
For my parting line: Since it was Jan Geronimo who approached you to attack me, why did Jan Geronimo chatted with me and twitted the world in search of Snow? Here’s the chat he was trying to make to me that I ignored (but saved and captured):
To the consternation of Snow, he even twitted it. I wonder what’s so important?
P.S. I will try my best to translate Tagalog comments in fairness to Holly, Jedi Bloggers Spinmaster.
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base! eto na ang bomba. basa muna. basa!
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ayan, kasi dada ng dada. nabuking tuloy. hahaha
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The BOMB really explodes within 10 hectares perimeter. it;s a huge bomb really i enjoy reading on it.
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Mel!
Asan na ang chips mo? HAHAHHAHA.
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mali pa ang na-tweet ko kanina, THOUGH SHALL not kako, ayun tuloy. wrong spelling wrong. hahaha
ang hirap kase jan kay acheng e sobrang ipokrito, nag-iiwan naman ng bakas kung saan-saan. ayan tuloy.
taka lang ako kung anong napaka-importante ang gustong sabihin ni janet kay snow at kailangan pang maging garapalan ang paghahanap ni acheng ng kung sino man ang may number ni snow.
sobrang unethical lang talaga dahil personal phone number na’yun. ibigay man sa kanya ni snow e hindi nya pwedeng ibigay kay janet nang walang pahintulot ni snow.
para talagang fairy tale ano?
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reynz, yung bang email nya e jbgeronimo@gmail.com o ibgeronimo@gmail.com
what if i-twitt ko ‘yang tanong ko na’yan? may mag-reply kaya via twitter din?
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Mel,
nakakahiya talaga ang pangyayari.. bwa ha ha ha.!
Bilib talaga ako ke kapitana Mel, swak lahat ang sagot nya sa bawat linya ni Holly..
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@Mel – taratitat ba? haha
sandali lang mahal na reyna magsesryoso na ako haha.
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Oh, Holly? Look who’s tainting the competition? Isnt that encouraging block-voting for the jedi bloggers, unfair for the other bloggers like Snow? Who tried to win the competition FAIR AND SQUARE?
TALK ABOUT HYPOCRISY.
If I were you Holly, dont preach something that you cant do. Nor try to grandstand among us, the Barrio people while in fact, you are the one doing all these crap.
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wow I was appalled.
This is a real bomb.
To think we never hit on Jan purposely and the Jedi Bloggers for that matter, yet they were conniving against us?
I was even very careful in hurting them, I was trying to be objective and yet it seem he is a backstabber?
Why Jedi Bloggers?
I know that Jedis are not traitors? unless of course they were on the dark side of the force… now it all make sense tsk tsk.
Congrats to the Barrio Investigation Team
this is really a shocking revelation
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Bluepan.. umpisahan mo na.. wag ka tatawa seryoso ang usapan na ito.
tandaan mo, nasa likod mo lang ako.. bawat tumba mo ibabangon kita. ok? sige,, sugod na.
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Holly,
Do you have any idea on the socio-political issues here in the Philippines? Do you have any idea what we are doing here in Barrio Siete? If you care to look, most of our entries are reflecting on the plight of our countrymen and we are daring to speak out against the anomalies and injustices we see in our country.
Why not try to make a research about our country and try to know Barrio Siete a little bit more before making nasty comments like the ones in the previous posts?
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its so saddening that we are trying to focus on the issue yet this spin doctor is attacking on our behaviro. Is it a diversion on the real issue? that instead of focuising on the questions we threw they actually resorted to personal attacks?
and now this woman is crying foul on the other post. She obviously doesnt know Filipinos that well.
And why is she even meddling on this issue. she’s not even a filipino.
Granted that she was also nominated, but would she even have the time to go here and fetch a piece of paper placed in a $2 worth of National Bookstore Frame?
I would understand if she lives here and know the Filipino culture that long. But knowing only the Jedi Bloggers online? wow they must really have a strong connection with this spin doctor
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And if these Jedi Bloggers could only wish that this issue will go away in the midst of their silence, I dont think so. This issue went as far as rudely unfair for the other bloggers.
May I say that THEY DIDNT WIN THAT COMPETITION FAIR AND SQUARE?
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…e kasi mga frustrated!
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Me too Bluepan, i was really shock for this output of Investigation of barrio, they are more intelligent than NBI or CIS to gather all these facts in just a couple of days. (or hours?).
This revelations are more credible than their allegations, Holly is barking on the wrong tree, she really does’t have any idea of what she’s talking about, and finally she appears as a great LIAR..
And now, my mind was enlightened about JAN’s personality, i thought he’s a nice person, but unfortunately i’m wrong. Mas mabaho pala siya sa nabubulok na basura.
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it seems that I am being convinced that thess guys are guilty.
It is a well orchestrated act.. from the perpetrators to the spin doctor
Given it’s not on the rules, but isnt a contest should have standards as well? Or at least ethical considerations?
the accusation of elitism is misplaced. Even using these uni students as their shield to gain sympathy. Its pathetic.
If Holly (Holly is it?) is trying to say that this is indeed a blog drama, well as far as I know we are not the actors in this hoolabaloo…
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this is getting worst. naalala ko noon ang pelikula ni jean garcia – IMPAKTITA. dumadami pala talaga sila habang tumatagal naglilitawan ang totoo.
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wala na..wala na talaga ako matapos na trabaho. tutok ako sa mga kaganapan dito sa sunod na mangyayari…mabuhay po amg mga taga barrio ko tunay!
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You got it silver… obviously they cheated the competition. base from all the research and facts that has been posted here in barrio, i’m really convinced they never won the competition fairly.
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boss jeri ako naman ang sasalo sayo kapag natumba ka din..
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The worry is usurpation of power my dear. These students were used to participate in a non-academic endeavor for the benefit of the group of the teacher concerned.
The claim that the blogs are meant to serve as a learning management technique using the web is proven to be false when these blogs were used to vote for a group of bloggers.
Tell me Holly, if your children are asked by their teachers to do something beyond their academic requirements, would you not question the teacher’s conduct?
That is one concern that we in the academe would condemn and university officials would not condone.
Whenever someone is doubted in terms of how she or he was able to garner the votes, the winner in the popularity contest is always tainted with doubt.
I wonder about your use of the word, the winners are “too terrified” in your comment in the other blog entry. Why are they too terrified?
Why do they have to ask a non-Filipino to speak for them?
Do you have superiority complex to dress us down?
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Bloop and Jeri,
This is not just a rant. OBVIOUSLY. A rant is not based on evidences. A rant is always based on heresy.
But what Reyna and Bloop wrote is an expose to the scam that happened during the EIB. (which really irritated me because of the injustice that happened to Snow)
Now, the post challenges this so-called Jedi Bloggers and Holly. If you are upholding the virtues of a TRUE JEDI, why you come to the front and explain the crap that has been going on here? Or maybe all of you are Sith Lords hiding in a Jedi’s cloak? Which is which?
I bet the Jedi is not unfair to their people around them nor engage in this crap.
And take note, JANET TORAL has no excuse, not to answer this. She should speak up about this.
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when someone starts attacking the person and NOT what the person is saying…that makes one unfair and utterly stupid!
that’s all i can say on this matter.
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I’m not sure what other issues had sprung from this specific blog awards, I haven’t even followed the rest of the commentaries. But this is my point anyway, regardless of what others had said.
Less than a year ago, in a similar but bigger blog event in the Philippines, I nominated and voted for bloggers whom I had been following. Though I was pre-warned about certain anomalies that happened the year before that, I continued. Only to find out that what had been said were all true.
So I thought I’d never again join in this kind of blog awards.
But then, Reynz campaigned for this Emerging Influential Blog Awards. Reynz thought that this was different from all the others, so I (and most of the Barrio Siete people) joined. Only to find out again that this is not what Reynz had thought about.
In the OTHER blog awards anomalies, Reynz, and the whole of the Iglesia ni Reyna Elena bombarded the organizers with questions. The blogger who won the awards, together with their minions, responded negatively. But the organizers didn’t (maybe one or two did, I’m not sure) made a response.
This time with Janet, she’s also being asked but I’m not sure whether she already had her response (maybe written in her personal diary) but we’re not finding any.
And then a professor came, teaching his students to plagiarize, yes PLAGIARIZE (search for the term’s definition, and see bluep’s copyscape screen caps) the internet for THE GOOD OF ALL MANKIND! And I’m not even questioning whether she really had manipulated anyone for whatever purpose it may serve.
Then this particular Jan (who sprung forth from who knows where?) started HIS search for Snow’s number because Janet have asked HIM to for whatever IMPORTANT THING Janet had to say to Snow.
And then there was you, HOLLY. Do you even know what kind of issue Jan Geronimo is dragging you into?
I know I haven’t completely this whole issue but at least, I was part of what has been happening. BUT YOU?
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Bloop,
Truth hurts really. And if you are the person not prepared to accept the truth (especially to what you have done to your fellows), then prepare for the truth to be smacked in your face.
Aplomb.
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Ilang taon ka na nun nung napanood mo yun Dencios?
YUn ba yung ” Ganda babae, pero impaktitaaaaaa”.. yun ba yun?
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as expected, they will play as the underdog, the victim, the oppressed, the ostracized etc… it’s their tactic and we respect that
but they havent answered even a single issue on the evidences we presented.
Jan’s questions over the FAQ page of Janette Toral is short of credibility. It sounds so much like a talk show where in all the questions are prepared. Instead of coming up with a valid explanation, he uses other to shield his shortcomings. This is actually a characteristic and psyche of a coward.
I think bloggers are intelligent enough to undertand who is grandstanding here and who isnt. . As I see it, jan is passively trying to convince the readers that their award is valid contrary to popular opinion. Plurking and twitting articles related to his feelings is an obvious projection of a repressed and guilty individual.
He wanted to say something on his blog still he cant. Why? what’s stopping him?
is it because even he. cant answer the questions we raised? or is he afraid of something? True Jedis have no fear that can bring them to the dark side of the force
he may go as far as convincing others on emails but he knows in his heart that legitimacy is not always moral. You just have to look at our congress and there is already a good example.
Legitimate, but immoral
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Ms. Cat,
These people thought that we, the Barriotics are just ranting provinciano indios who dont know anything in this world. THEY WERE WRONG ON THAT ASSUMPTION.
And I hate people who use superiority complex to dress us down.
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You got it right. Don’t you question why these 29 bloggers voted without hesitation and without complaint?
Are they afraid of repercussions if they don’t accede to the teacher’s instruction. Does the teacher has to spell out…look you got to be cooperative or else…? You are too naive to believe that.
The teacher does not have to articulate the threat. It goes with her position.
And this is my concern. It is not making a mountain of a molehill. I rather think that a small drop of rain from a leaking roof can bring the house down if not fixed on time.
The teacher should be teaching good moral values and influencing them to act collectively for the benefit of a group of friends in the blogging world (not even in the academic world) is introducing them to surely a misconduct of a mentor.
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@Ma Cat – Holly is not a Filipino therefore she doesnt know the “Kalakaran” and dynamics of the Philippine Education.
She is questioning our take on the matter, yet she herself is not a filipino.
for arguments sake mam cat, who among Holly and both of us have been there, done that as an academician?
thats why her takes are so biased. Not even worth my time.
now she’s crying foul when I said she’s stupid. Is it a mortal sin to state the obvious?
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Gusto ninyo bang malaman kung nasaan ako nung hinahanap nila ako?
First and foremost, I just want to honestly tell you guys na later ko lang nalaman na this person is searching for my number via twitter or any other means…
Here’s my story…
August 5
I was in the hospital as I was diagnosed with heartburn (if you want proof puede ko i-scan yung medical records email ko sa inyo). Tanghali noon, I received a phone call saying that he was Jan Geronimo.
Jan: Hi Snow, si Jan ito! Janet wants to talk to you kasi may problema daw sa votes mo.
Snow: Huh? Puede bang ipagpaliban na lang. (I didn’t tell him and the rest of the callers that day na nasa hospital ako. Hindi naman kasi relevant that day and I was hesitant to give my number. I was not feeling well also that day eh)
After that call, I also received several text messages from Fatherlyours and Roy. They are all looking from me. Take note, hindi ko pa nasasagot yung mga text messages nakatanggap na ako ng call kay Janette. Mahaba usapan namin pero in summary ganito ang takbo ng conversation:
Janette personally touched based with me to know that my vote might be invalid because it was not linked appropriately. She also told me that she doesn’t have any problems on the top 3 but the 8-9-10 were crucial daw. Should someone, raised
Janette: Hi Snow, may problema sa submission ng vote mo.
Snow: Bakit naman? Tama naman yung procedure.
Janette: Hindi Snow. You did not link it properly.
Snow: Ah ganun po ba? Alam ko po tama kasi. Baka nalito kayo dun sa posts ko na nomination at thank you note ko sa blog ko. So ano mangyayari?
Janette: Baka hindi siya ma-count. Ok lang ba sa iyo? Ayoko kasing magka-problema in the future. Marami na rin kasing nagtatanong sa akin eh.
Snow: How did you find my number? (Hindi niya sinagot). Tsaka mahaba na rin itong calls mo eh. Thank you sa tawag mo. I was surprised you phoned me!
Janette: Kasi Snow, alam mo naman di ba? Medyo hindi ako naga-update nung spreadsheet nung botohan. Pero I want you to know na walang problema yung number 1, 2 and 3. However, yung 8-9-10 stiff ang labanan. Puedeng matalo by 1 point. Baka may magtanong bakit ganun submission mo. Given so, puede bang kapag may nag-reklamo, hindi ko i-consider ang boto mo.
Snow: Naku ok lang Janet. Para matapos na yung counting ninyo. Tsaka, if you calling me is your concern okay lang. Sige, I won’t tell anybody.
Janette: Alright, since we have an utmost respect naman for each other. I want you to know that may technicality dun sa boto mo. Actually, I can’t understand nga why some people get too serious with this eh writing project lang naman ito…
Snow: Alright. Sige, no problem with me. Kung yung boto ko ang kinatatagal ng counting you have the option not to count it if you want. Bye, nice talking to you.
The next day, August 6 at around 10-11pm.Medyo nahimasmasan na rin kasi ako sa medication ko, I phoned two bloggers: Jan and Roy.
It was a long conversation too, madaldal ako eh. Kasama na rin dun ang usual ‘hi’ and ‘hellos’. Then, in between the conversation – I both asked them.
“Ano ba agenda bakit ako tinawagan ni Janet talaga? I don’t see any problem with my entry submission…”
Uniformed lang ang sabi nilang pareho: ‘Talaga daw nagtatawag-tawag si Janet kasi gusto lang nitong iwasan ang mga magiging future problem kapag na-declare na yung mga winners ng writing project. Kahit daw last year ganun…
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Silver,
ayoko talagang dinedress down ako. Ang ganda pa naman ng balahibo ko.
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If i were the father of anyone of these Students, i will not allow and tolerate the stupidity of their mentor to joint and participate for the said blog awards.. see what they had done?.. instead of giving their full time with their studies they rather to choose to put their selves in this mess. Blogging has never included in any subject that was implement by the DepEd. not even single unit will be counted in every school semister. This is just a personal matter which their teacher wanted to do for these young guys.
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bluep,
kahit wala siya sa academe, as a parent, will she allow her children to be used by their teachers for their own personal benefits (aka to help their blogging friends)? Ang alam ko, sila pa ang mareklamo because they believe in freedom of speech. Their children demand for freedom of privacy. lahat freedom.
So why is she calling us stupid if we express our thoughts about something that we believe is not fair. this is freedom of speech. Wala pa ngang murahan yan. LECHE. (mumog bigla ng holy water).
kala ba niya porke blonde siya matatakot ako. eh blonde din ako. hair color nga lang. TSEH niya.
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Oh, oo nga pala Ms. Cat.
Mahirap makakita ng pusang hubad err na-dress down.
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“I’m glad to have made new friends, these people who call themselves the Jedi Bloggers, and their silence on this matter can only be interpreted as dignity.”
It’s not dignity noh! They’re just afraid that they’ll prove us to be right with Reynz’ investigation. In fact, they’ve answered indirectly in their respective ‘homes’with dramatic entries. Enough of the drama already noh! Dramas are for teleseryes and soap operas.
Silence is only effective when having a quickie. Charing!
You answered in behalf of them Jedi bloggers by defending the manipulation they did that obviously alam mo but instead of helping you just made it worst.
Obviously, they hired the wrong person. Ikaw yun.
And with that conversation with Jan, shame on you!
You just made a mess out of everything you said.
Kunsintidora!
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So this means from the very start she already knew na magkaka problema? why ask if she knows that her “writing project” is credible enough?
another one, eh wrting project lang naman pala, bakit ang dami nya sponsor? obviously she’s making money out of this. Writing project lang pala eh di dapat walang sponsor? confusing yung mga pinagsasabi nya.
and the most striking is she’s not updating the spreadsheet! this is disturbing kasi para na ding naconfirm na kaya di nya mailabas ang spreadsheet dahil kulang ang mga boto? ganun ba yun? Someone please correct me if my assumption is wrong
may niluluto nga!
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i once saw a woman with her kid acting suspiciously, using facilities of the place i used to work with for seemingly illegal purposes.. since she does not belong there i quietly asked her to leave.
she raised hell, call me a racist and names and said i was discriminating her and her child and was being rude to her child. i got madder and called the cops.
you know why?
‘coz if she somehow LOOKED before personally calling me names she would see clearly that my skin is BROWN. and i have kids too, and i hate when parents use their kids as shields and excuse for issues that these kids have no way of knowing or even had the faculty yet to understand.
here is the case of Holly who should came waaaay too early for Christmas, who already had a presumptuous idea on an issue that she didn’t even bother reading bluep’s entry and began to rant indiscriminately without saying hi hello whatever i-just-wanna-say-my peace-bring-it-on mode. and yet she wonders why peeps in the house were in combative mode.
and they use the kids as an excuse and a shield for their twisted ideas of the world with god on their side as if they were crusaders trying bring down a whole house of turks.
the truth shall set you free? tell the truth and it will. it’s liberating believe me.
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Jezuz….
They went as far as that???
OMG.
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manay cat, remember nung nag-color ako sa hair ng balinese brown? nakuuuuu blonde na ngayon! kinakati na akong kulayan naman ng burgundy. hehehe.
exactly…people in the US of A are more concerned about their rights, their freedom, etc. a university professor of clin chem will never be able to drag her students into blogging. how much more telling them to vote her blog friends in a certain blog award?
grabe. only in the philippines!
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haha kala nga nya masisindak nya ako porket amerikana sya. lakas nga ng loob mam na magcomment dun only to find out that she didnt read my post.
thats why when I confronted her, she realized that her comment was full of S*** and then retaliated by accusing me of tearing down people, labeling etc. Its like the pot saying to the kettle, you are black!
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“Actually, I can’t understand nga why some people get too serious with this eh writing project lang naman ito…”
…ang panget pakinggan ng “lang naman ito”..
i hope ok ka na snow
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Snow, Sinabi ni janet yun? na “Baka” hindi ma count at ayaw niyang magka problema in the future?…
My observation is, may mga taong nag pre-pressure sa kanya and to drop you to be a winner and isasalaksak yung taong gusto nila… wow! HOLY COW and HOLY sheeet!!!… what a really mess.
Ayaw niya magka problema huh! Now,look what she has done.. mas MALAKING PROBLEMA…
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Hindi pa ako ok, I still have a checkup with my doc tomorrow. Nakapag-comment lang naman ako kasi hindi ko akalaing hinanap pala ako sa world wide web dahil lang sa boto ko.
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I was surprised actually upon reading her comment. everything that she said was all in contrast to what I wrote. As a serious blogger who took the time and effort to write a lengthy post and hold an objective view, for me her comment is insulting. its like she’s pulling a rabbit out of a magic hat. kahit sino siguro maiinsulto pag ang commentor ay binabaligtad ang sinulat mo worst, out of context
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Very good advice for yourself. Why waste time writing Reyna to tell him he’s grandstanding?
You need a mirror?
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Yes.
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Mel, American daw siya baka hindi nya maintindihan kasi hinaluan mo ng tagalog.. pero bisaya daw maintindihan nya.. nya ha ha ha
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hey snow, take care and get well soon.
may ganung drama pala si JT at ang EIB…ginapang by phone ang mga potential winners?! grabe talaga.
anyways…sinabi ni bluep somewhere here that JT musy be earning something out of her “writing project lang naman”.
-of course she is earning something out of it! except link farming that will boast her blog’s page rank.
else why do a writing project like that?!
hahahaha! we aren’t stupid. though some bloggers are making us one. 
ambot!
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hahaha witch queen istatue? hahaha
miror mirror on the all, who is the bitchiest of them all
hahahaha
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e nag-explain naman pala si janet e, even before everything started. pero nasabi ba kung ano mismo yung technicality?
tsaka kung “writing project lang naman” pala yan e bakit may issue pa ng technicalities.
at sana lang, kung may time bracket para sa nominees, sana meron din sa mga magnonominate.
buti pa sa pakulo ni buraot before, sinabi kung sinong time frame ang pwede at hindi pwedeng sumali.
at marami pa, ayoko nalang magsalita.
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Speaking of mirror..here is the witch;
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL… WHO’S THE GREATEST LIAR OF THEM ALL?.
Suddenly, smoke puff up… then the mirror answered:
IT’S Holly Jahangiri.!!!!
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“You’ve gleefully pronounced them guilty of all manner of nefarious things and you aren’t likely to back down no matter what they say, so what would be the point, beyond boosting your own Alexa rating?”
Eh gaga ka pala eh. It’s just surprising that someone like you would butt in in the middle of an issue that clearly you weren’t substantially briefed. Perhaps it is you who needed a little boost in Alexa. Noh? Bruha. Sabunutan kita diyan eh.
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Sabunutan ko siya eh! Mahirap mag-ingles. Leche oo! nyahahaha!
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hi mel, remember me rod from dubai. sarap magbasa ng kwento hindi tapusan. itutuloy…wow pare adik na yata ako dito.
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bluep,
she did not read the article. she came already with prejudice. She is one the Jedibloggers. Right or wrong she defended them with blinders. She did not even know that you are the author of the article. Isn’t that embarrassing. Does that remind you of a dog barking up at a wrong tree? Whoops.
I for one can not be accused of sourgraping or defending the barrio writers because I have never joined the contest, I have never believed in the contest and yet I did not stop the other colleagues from joining the contest. I believe also that there is no group thinking in this blog because if there is so then I would not be absent for a long time.
What I can not tolerate is the involvement of the students by their teacher, the suspicious emergence of these blogs which are timely for the contest and the coincidence that the teacher is also a part of the group where most of the winners come from. In blogspot, you can always antedate the entry or the creation of the blog.
With regards the promoter of the contest, I honestly do not have respect to people who can twist the definition of terms to suit their purpose.
It just reflects the persons’ shadowy character primarily motivated by money and recognition that in their desperate attempt to make their project sound legitimate, they ask the colleagues for testimonial blogs to talk about the writing project (I still do not know what the project is all about) or write a certification of good moral character.
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You’ve gleefully pronounced them guilty of all manner of nefarious things and you aren’t likely to back down no matter what they say, so what would be the point, beyond boosting your own Alexa rating?
Eh gaga ka pala eh! We don’t need to do that kind of kacheapan noh! Isn’t it surprising that out of nowhere you are suddenly here and ‘taking part’ in our little conversation. Clearly, you were not briefed substantially by your so-called friends. Maybe, you thought your participation in this ‘drama’ might boost your own Alexa rating. That is so bongga ‘di ba? In less than 6 hours you are already a star! Thanks to us. Congratulations!
Sasabunutan ko talaga ‘to pag nakita ko in person. Yan ay kung hindi ako matakot sa fez niya. LOL
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Mel,
Inom ka ng English pills Mel.
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Oh hi Rod. Buti naman at napadalaw ka ulet. Enjoy ka lang. hihi
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the problem is they are all crying for truth yet they cannot even produce truth itself.
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no need. she already set up an FAQ page remember? LOL
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Mel,
Bigyan mo na din siya ng cheapangga na sertipiko de notaryo na naka-frame.
O di ba, sabi nga ng dyusang si EKLAT: THAT IS SO SHUSHAL…..
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FAQ page na iisa lang ang Q. when i asked her, she said now there were two. another “work in progress”.
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true. questions on issues were never answered. critiques were dismissed as sourgrapers. very convenient.
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Thats why i never had any inclination to at least ask a question. she never answered the question voluntarily. and it takes a certain Jan to execute the orchestration LOL
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oh dear! hope you’re ok now snow.
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Mam Cat, that’s why she’s insulting. Commenting on an issue she doesnt even know LOL
In my case, why would I sourgrape? I never been nominated nor I have nominated someone.
If only they can see the dynamics inside the barrio, there are lots of consulting and argumentation just to reach a definitive decision. If we have group thinking, i’d probably did not took the effort in having an investigation myself, since it can also be interpreted as doubting the other’s judgment. But Barrio is really democratic. If they only knew
These HOLLY woman is not a good blogger. She lets her emotions and bias cloud her judgment. Sorry mam, but i really cant find any more fitting words except stupidity.
its should have been called a Popularity project and not a writing project. There not even an essay involved. Just a bunch of enumeration of links, sponsors and links
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thats what we get when we discover something irrefutable LOL
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And now HOLLY’s rant backfired…
Jan, if you are reading this, better share the link you posted on plurk. let HOLLY read it LOL
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EAT THIS HOLLY, EAT YOUR HEART OUT WITH THIS KIND OF BARRIO SIETE’S GRANDSTANDING AND HUNGER FOR HITS
http://barriosiete.com/unexpected-media-coverage-of-barrio-siete-during-cory-aquinos-historic-event/
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To fully comprehend the issue at hand, requires a lifetime immersion in the culture and lifestyle of the Filipino, in the Philippines, in the lower-average classification. An outsider looking in could only make observations based on the context of his/her own lifetime experience. You can read about a person’s culture but you won’t understand unless you’ve lived in its underbelly and spoke the language and felt the pulse of the Tao. But then again, foreigners who have lived in a foreign land even for years can still feel a slight disconnection. (Americans in the Philipines or Filipinos in America)
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“The last minute rush of the Clin Chem bloggers to all vote the same lists doesn’t look good..”
Buti alam mo!
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reesie, engrish, hindi maiintindihan hahahah
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@Mahalia, maganda to sinabi mo… this is not just by having a filipino friend. but also spending “real time” with them.. like what you said, even a lifetime would not suffice
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hahaha dito na lang ako sa medyo tabi bka ako masabugan! naku! kulang isang paketeng tortilla chips dito a! who again is this Holly???? american who??? we’ll the jedi seeked for her services, fine! then give them your services! but as far as I’m concerned she don’t have the right to personnaly attack anybody and for gudnez sake! she said this is not over a nobel prize, I MUST AGREE, indeed! so what’s the bother in meddling with this problem ei if that’s the case? WE ONLY WANT TRANSPARENCY AND THE TRUTH! DAMI NAMAN DADA E. YAN NADADAAN KA TULOY. pag nasagot na yan di tapos!
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bluep, english-irish ba? hihi
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@Chi – haha umilag ka na lang, baka mamaya may jedi light saber na lumilipad sa hangin hahaha
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silver me english pills ka pa? penge! hahaha.
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O eto Chi! Saluhin mo!
~hinagis ang limang banig na english pills~
Hehehhe.
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hahaha. sambutin ko na lang!
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Maybe you should try to take a look on this:
Here’s Why I Don’t Need to be an Influential Blogger
by Jan Geronimo on May 27, 2009
YodaImage via Wikipedia
Read my lips: I don’t need to be an influential blogger.
That’s all there is to it, guys. You can go home now. Nothing new here.
You want to stay a while? Suit yourself. Nobody is stopping you.
About me and influential blogging. Here are a few quick points though -
1. I don’t need to be an influential blogger. I know myself, I know what I want, and I know where to go. In the grand scheme of things, at least I know that striving to be an influential blogger is the least of my priorities.
2. This blog writing project is just a game for me. I will not lose sleep over it if I don’t win. I will not even obsess about making a good showing. Whatever happens, you will find the same Jan even after the contest. Win or lose. You wanna bet? I’m up for that, too.
3. But I will be going out of my comfort zone to push for the nominations of my Top 10 List of Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009. I owe them that. I’ve shoved them into this without seeking their permissions. I feel responsible on their behalf.
4. To this extent, I can be relied upon to be scheming and devious and active supporter. If there were only ghost bloggers I’d round up people on behalf of those dead bloggers to vote for my candidates. You know what I’m saying? You got it. I am a loyal friend. At least that part you got right.
5. Beyond helping my candidates get their fancy titles, I will ask nothing more. So don’t worry if I visit you. I can put on a big show in your blog but I’m just doing this for my kids. I’m not there to charm your pants off. I hope that’s clear enough.
What do I want
I just want my friends to have fun. To make them push themselves and test the limits of possibilities in the blogosphere. And for them to stay friends while being competitive. That’s one way of making them understand themselves and the needs of their fellow bloggers.
I don’t need fancy titles to keep myself happy. I am quite happy with the little I have in this world. If that means no Kindle2 e-reader for me – fine. If that means I’d be forever in a hunt for secondhand computers and laptops – so be it. If that means I don’t get to hobnob with and call the Movers and Shakers of the blogosphere by their first names – well, it’s no skin off my nose. I have simple needs and I am fine with that.
I just want to write
And write.
And write some more.
Because doing so will make me understand myself more. Writing as a daily discipline gives me a chance to do that and thus become a better person in the process. Perhaps.
Here’s Michael Martine’s superb blog post on how blogging can make you become a better person.
What can be more priceless than becoming a better person, pray tell me?
In my book – nothing. And please -
I’m Yoda for crying out loud
So don’t wave that box of tissues in my face. I’m a bit peeved, and yes, a little teary-eyed writing this – that I admit. But hey, Jedi knights don’t cry. Do remember that.
Besides, I’m armed to the teeth. I have my own box of tissues here, thank you.
Over to you, guys. So what happened in the blogosphere today? Feeling particularly influential today? Please share us your stories. I’m listening.
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naku! e hindi ito american english e! mali! queen’s english too! Silvs di pd, they hate bloody americns daw! hahaha. pero ok na rin mgamin dito sa lupaing aking tinatapakan. hahaha. ano ba yan! dumarami ang itatranslate ni kapitana! hahaha.
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THis is the very reason why we had issue with a non-Filipino butting in without even reading bluep’s post. American students are way too different compared to Filipino students. We Filipinos had high respect to our teachers thus we adhere to their rules. While American students don’t care about grades, we do. We do everything that our teachers require inorder for us to pass. Passing means graduating. Graduating means we can get a job. Getting a job means we will be able to feed our family. As what I observed here, American students don’t treat their teachers with high respect…they can say whatever they want to say to them because they don’t care about grades. They don’t care because they don’t have brothers and sisters depending on them. Most Filipinos don’t question the authority of their teachers because we are too busy fulfilling our dreams for a better life. If it won’t kill us, we will do it. Lols.
I believe that the teacher was using her authority to “influenced” clin chem “bloggers” to vote for her jedi friends.
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Hmmm… What I know is there’s a good number of ghost bloggers who voted for the so called jedi bloggers. No, I am not insinuating at all. I am just stating a fact. ~Evil Grin~
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insan, kung number ko nalang sana ang hiningi sana walang scandal na nangyari..hi hi hi…discreet kasi ako kung mag…..ha ha ha..
ang tindi ng labanan na to..bawat araw may lumalabas na bidang-kontrabida….gawin kayang film to?teka..nakikiepal lang.ha haha
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kailangan ko nang makakausap…yung nagsasalita ng TAGALOG….parang awa…sakit pala sa cornea ang sobrang pagbabasa ng english rants…
hoy holly kung sino ka man!!next time na magcomment ka dito, siguraduhin mo magbasa ka…at favor, mag tagalog ka nalang.Pa english english ang ipokrita na to! Tanim kaya kita sa farmville ko? ha ha ha..
masasabi ko lang, dahil nanahimik ang tao doesnt mean na humility na yan….tawag dyan, guilt at wala silang mahanap na rason sa isang kasalanan na harap-harapan na ginawa.
o siya, my 2 cents ka epalan. bl;eh!
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@Malditz – hahaha dramablog hahahaha
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SEE?! I told you! I swear to OMFG that I read this entry that’s why I was a bit dumbfounded but I still campaigned for Jan. Now, I have not called this blogger a name yet just like how he labeled me nimcoompoop. So, I guess am justified to call this bast[x]d some name too, right?
Well, there’s you WRITING TO EXHALE, one bas[xxx] who’s such a f[x]ck[]ng fake!
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I’ve been trying to be in silent mode with this issue and been doing my own digging if indeed someone did a David Copperfield. Some of the winners, I try to build a relationship with them and participate in their conversations.
“Janette: Alright, since we have an utmost respect naman for each other. I want you to know that may technicality dun sa boto mo. Actually, I can’t understand nga why some people get too serious with this eh writing project lang naman ito…”
Janette, the title of the project is Emerging Influential yada yada. When you become a winner, does that make you emerging and influential? If not, you’re right, people shouldn’t take this seriously.
“Janette: Kasi Snow, alam mo naman di ba? Medyo hindi ako naga-update nung spreadsheet nung botohan. Pero I want you to know na walang problema yung number 1, 2 and 3. However, yung 8-9-10 stiff ang labanan. Puedeng matalo by 1 point. Baka may magtanong bakit ganun submission mo. Given so, puede bang kapag may nag-reklamo, hindi ko i-consider ang boto mo.”
Hmmmmm..Professionally, I have so much respect to you. Being one of the pioneers in our local blogosphere. But these words above…Ang sakit sa tenga nung hindi ko i-consider and boto mo.
“Alright, since we have an utmost respect naman for each other.”. Ms Janet, this is not respect. This is taking advantage of whatever relationship or connection you have with Snow.
I’m not saying that your contest is wrong. If you believe that this will be an annual thing, why not set standards that will just be followed every year. Get a site up an running for people can just vote and on the fly, show results.
If this is how all blogging awards in the Philippines will be runned, God help us all. With this kind of rules and directions, raising the bar in Philippine blogging will be like raising hell.
I want the world to know..That this is how we do our blogging awards..
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ser rob kuha ko ang point mo,
ang masasabi ko lang: NAKAKAHIYA.
di na ko sasali sa mga ganito kahit maging 10k USD pa yan. Ugh.
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Maldito, nagkaubusan na ng English d2 parekoy, pati yung reserba kong english carabao ubos na rin.. he he he Pautangin mo muna ako dyan para me pambato ke Holly cow.
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nako ser blupan pag nagkaton madadagdagan na naman ang mga chef sa buladasperyo.
sana i clarify iyan.
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Dencios, ilabas mo nga yung nakatago mong English sa iyong baul. dali… naubusan nako ng bala d2.
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boss jeri… you know…
yun lang nasa baol ko hahahaha
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My gulay naman, this is easy to solve if they are really transparent and there are questions as to the result.
meron bang statistics kung ilan ang nakuhang boto ng mga nananalo?
All she has to do is to present the votes as tallied. Then compare it with the votes tallied by the participant.
The participants did not even reach to thousands. Did it? The votes counted every week did not even number to thousands. How come a contest that is being promoted as high profile is still using jurassic method of counting votes?
How come two winners have been solicitously trying to reach another blogger before the winners are announced.
There are so many questions left unanswered.
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nakakawalang gana nga yan mam cat. buti na lang at na expose at warning na para sa aming mga baguhang blogger kung sino ang dapat gawing inspiration
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Kk,
the designated organizer of that blogging awards did not respond but the noise made did not result to nothing.
The new organizers changed the rules and made it a lot simpler. I hope they will stick to it to the last period, comma and hyphen.
I believe that every one of us has the right to express our opinion on things that we think is wrong. If the allegation is wrong, then it has to be refuted. In the polite and decent world, that is how it is done.
You just don’t barge in the privacy of e-mail and blog post labeling all people with names such as nimcompoop, stupid and petty.
Some Filipinos tend to keep quiet on issues because they are harassed by a group when they speak out their minds.
They should be reminded that all bloggers are equal, no veteran bloggers, no pioneer bloggers and no semi-god bloggers. Credibility and respect are not earned by winning popularity contests.
It is how you conduct yourself online and offline. When you try to teach a virtue, it does not need one blog entry to convey the message.
Offline, you do not send someone an e-mail to reprimand him for things that you have not thouroughly researched.
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@irej, wala na rin akong extra..tara punta tayu SM…grocery tayu ng english..ha ha ha.
wag tayung mag english para lang kay holly..siya yung mag adjust sa atin..ano siya sinuswete? tignan natin kung sino ang mag wiwiish na sana tangayin nalang siya ng hurricane..aha ha ha
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HOnga hayaan na natin silang mag ubusan ng English. Basta tayong dalawa dine mag Bisayahan na lang tayo.. di dung? dili man?
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Wowow… what has happened here? Parang hours lang ang binilang eh may more than 50 comments na. This is one hot topic!
so, let me share my little take on this (aba?! may take daw?)
@Snow I hope you’re ok. really, i may not know you pero knowing na may sakit ka, it doesnt suit any of us well na ginulo ka pa para sa VOTE mo na di valid. ano ba yun?!
@ Bluep and Reynz, super commendable what you did. Making people understand what happened to EIB thing of Janette Toral. Again, I didn’t vote not because I did not want to, but because I thought I don’t know a lot of people who blog beyond my friends in my very own barrio… Barrio Siete lang yata ang isang blog na pwede kong iboto at that time… I am slowly lurking other ka-barrio’s sites… pero too early to tell.. next year boboto ako! lol! hahaha.
@Ms Holly, by golly, before you make those comments, please make sure you understand everything. You should have noticed that most of the people nominated in EIB are Filipinos. Those who commented on the previous entry, they are all Filipinos. You must have missed reading all the comments. Yes, it will take a lifetime to understand why we are raising hell because of this issue.
My 2 centavos worth. … teka, kuha muna ako ng tissue dahil tumutulo na yata dugo sa ilong at tenga ko… puro ingles eh! grabe ka reynz, kano ka pala?! lol!
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right on reesie! one time i was asked by an iranian officemate, why do filipinos work and work so hard and then send more money home? at bakit di daw tulad nila na para sa sarili lang… ang hirap i-explain, pahiram ng isang phrase dito, “it will take a lifetime for you to understand our culture.”
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Where is Holly Jahangiri now? is she hiding? mukhang natauhan na yata ayaw na nyang sumagot.
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Snow, Sorry ha kung nakadagdag ako sa problema. Actually, I receive two text messages that day. One from Roy and one from Doc Z. Urgent daw and need ka macontact ni JT. Sabi ko wala akong number mo. Naalala ko si Father Blogger so I texted him thinking na urgent talaga at makakatulong sa iyo ang bagay na yun. At yan na nga siguro ang nangyari. Dito lang po ako sa tabi-tabi. Sorry again Snow for giving thme your number.
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Hi Holly,
Why do you “waste your time” defending the Jedis? Can’t they defend themselves? That is soooooo not Jedi.
What Jena Isle did – using her powers to gain 29 votes from her students so the Jedis could win – was unfair, unacceptable and an INSULT to every single blogger who supported the contest.
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ay bakit ano nangyari? natulog lang ako may bago na uli away? LOL
Tama sabi ni Maldito kagabi, araw araw may bago characters hahaha
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@mel,
I was going to translate but you might be pissed at me hahaha! But here is the translation:
“You talkative bitch! Look what you’ve done! You spilled the shit!”
Ok, not quite but close! Hahaha!
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i don’t even know why out of the blue biglang china-chat ako?! and when i looked, he was looking for snows number on me?! desperado talagang malaman na di magagale si snow if they bump her out?!
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Reynz – i’m dumbfounded by the strong flow of your arguments! Very issue-focused, very civil! Holly is truly in a hot seat to respond even with a minimum sense, and if possible, take off for a while her Jedi cloak and get into the civil table.
In fernes, pinanood ko pa rin yung mga YT clips at photos ng EIB, mga thank you speeches, at post-award posts. Hehe – parang Jedi party lang talaga ang dating sa akin. Roy i guess was the hungriest of them all to grab the award based on his post…
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Jeri,
eto ang type nang mga taong nakikita naten sa pulitika – double faced. they will do whatever it takes even indulging in dirty tricks. at yong organizer mistulang comelec ni marcos, rubber stamp.
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HOLLY has no freaking right to do that to us Filipinos. Where she lives, there’s freakin’ poverty, there’s freakin’ drugs and all that shit. She should be writing all these garbage in her blog instead of telling us what WE need to do. We know what needs to be corrected in our society. I just happen to have the privilege of living in here and I know the problems here! WHY CAN’T THIS CONNIVING BITCH DEAL WITH THOSE? THERE’S A HOST OF STUPID PROBLEMS HERE IN AMERICA! HALLER!
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I could guarantee you Blue, this Holly is such a hypocrite of even telling us this when right around her neighborhood she’s got problems to deal with. She can never convince me that she lives in paradise! I’ve been here in the US long enough!
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it’s possible that they did a well-orchestrated act, but stupidly enough, they plastered it to be known. they think readers are that stupid not to find out.
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Kuya bluep..im looking forward kung sino namang character ang lalabas..gusto ko yung much funnier keysa kay holly..ha ha ha…
anyway, kahit na sabihin na masama man ito, there is a part of me that wish this war will never end..sobrang enjoy ako. hi hi hi…basing on the scoring, lamang ang team B7; wala pang may nagsalita mula sa mga spamblogs…im waiting..im waiting..
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hahaha they can FAQ themselves up in there, even that FAQ seemed like an Informercial. Very well rehearsed and edited!
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trust me! if HOLLY thinks that we are stupid? there are a lot more stupid people here in America. that is not an exclusivity. just look at HOLLY herself! who in the world is this woman to undress us??? and just like what you said bluep, does she have any clue of the dynamics in the Philippines? she thinks that just because she’s from America, she’s SUPERIOR to us!
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very well-written mahalia:
and this HOLLY’s only knowledge of the Philippines was her association with the Jedi Bloggers who darn shit, do not even know how to play fair game. Pray tell me, what does that make of Holly???
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and Glo, they have no clue on how to answer to what we’ve uncovered!
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@dencios,
that contest is teaching Filipinos on how to cheat, on how to be unfair and then OK lang. that’s what it was teaching us. and that’s what wrong with the contest.
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hahahahaha wag na itranslate masasaktan lalo si Holly hahahahahahaah
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exactly Jeri. there were a group of people who pressured her to do whatever magic they have to do. eh “writing project” nga lang eh. ano kayang “writing project” yun? these people have no clue na ang tinuturo nila eh pandaraya!
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So really, ALL THE JEDI BLOGGERS were interested that Janette Toral “negotiate” something with Snow! That’s what this boils down to!
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See that Holly? Pretty simple explanation here. Let me hightlight just in case you missed it:
And YES, this is very TRUE in America. I went to school here Holly.
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T\Janette Toral’s call was actually confusing.
I mean, in the transcript that Snow wrote above, I cant see any logic why that call has to be so important as to be broadcasted by Jan even on twitter, plurk or wherever he dwells
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DFish,
All of them were truly hungry for the award. It might not show just like how Roy showed it but I bet you, Jan is as hungry of that award as Roy given the ploy that Jan played as if he was “not really interested” eklat ba.
You don’t respect and credibility by that certificate, much more so now that we know what happened behind the scenes, very very typical of old and dirty politics!
I can’t believe they could stomach it! Unbelievable!
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Ang tindi na ng awayan dito. I suggest that Ma’m Janette should allow us to see the tally of votes so that we would know and someone should do a manual checking of votes for check and balance. In this way, we would know who are the real winners of the contest and we would find out who are really the emerging influential bloggers.
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Teka lang mga ka-barriotic, gusto ko lang linawin ang sinulat ko – dumbfounded ako sa arguments ni Reynz pero hindi ibig sabihin, FOUNDER ako ng mga DUMBS ha, not at all (defensive ba?).
Haha, naalala ko isang post ni Jan na kelangan i-decipher kasi may mga codes. But the gist was he was actually asking for a FAVOR from his fellow Jedi kasama na si Holly hehe. Kung ano man yung favor na yun, kayo na mag-decode (nahawa ako pasensya na…)
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Tyrone, it would be nice. But its too late. her credibility has already been tainted. and some trolls have already entered barrio — yan nga si Holly – which hindi naman kasali eh nakikisawsaw.
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haha malditz, puro nga characters ang pumapasok sa barrio. sila ang nangaaway sa amin. we only just presented what we discovered.
indeed this is endless. whatever the outcome will be, im sure that the Jedi Bloggers (with the aide of their HOLLY JarJar binks)and Janette Toral’s credibility are already marred by scandal.
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@Monique – me too I didn’t vote. kakatamad pag angdaming links ng sponsors eh di rin naman papakinabang google wise.
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@Jeri – andun sa post ko, nagpre-preach ng etymology ng word na FEISTY
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oo with a bloody twang LOL
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a recount is not a recount if she includes the spam blogs. but why would she exclude them when she’s only interested in the links? di ba? that defeats the purpose
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what bothers me was that those legit blogs were excluded and instead all the spam blogs were counted – no high school diploma needed to understand the anomalous tactics
what bothers me was that the teacher was unethical for dragging her students into blogging pretending this was a study of chemistry when the students were made as a voting machine
what bothers me was that, we all fight for righteousness in the government and here you have some bloggers and organizers blatantly suffocating us with some twisted practices and standards. role model for newcomers?
what bothers me was all the double-faced, a bunch of users and will go to extremes to circumvent what is decent and generally acceptable blogging ethics
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@maldito,
we must follow kung ano ang sampol na iniwan nit Tita Cory, otherwise, kawawa ang new generation with the same shit na nadaanan natin. how can we make life better sa mga bagong henerasyon nang mga pinoy kung mga siraulo tong mga dapat maging role model nang lipunan?
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i read his post not regularly dahil busy nga ako but i do read them BEFORE this shit happened! and I swear nabasa ko yong drama nya na he was not interested! ang gagong matandang yan! kung kelan tumanda kung ano anong mga kaeklavuhan hahahaha yon pala mas masahol pa sa impakto!
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The Jena Isle must be held accountable for dragging her poor students into this voting manipulations! Such a very unethical teacher!
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biglang nawala, baka gagawa rin nang post? imbitahan ko kayang i-post dito sa Barrio? hahaha!
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pangong amerkano ako monique! pangong pango! ipapatukod ko na sana, nagbago isip ko hehehe
anyway, yeah salamat, pero hindi ko lahat trabaho yon, me mga tumulong saken, alam mo naman sa barrio – kapit kame hahaha
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HAHAHAHA
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wala! kahit ako, pagod na akong mag-engrish! ayoko na! litsing pakealamerang amerkanang yan! kala mo kung sinong matalino hahaha ambaba siguro nang tingin nyan sateng mga Pinoy, tiga-Texas pa naman! karamihan mga racista ang mga nakatira dyan
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Your “Majesty,”
I have not “attacked” anyone here, despite the venomous insults of some of your readers. Realizing that they seek only your approval and encouragement, I will address my remarks to you.
You wrote,
“I was told to ignore you. I can’t resist. You are very influential gurl!”
Apparently so, since I’m the one who initially advised the Jedi Bloggers to ignore the fuss you were making of this. When I saw that their restraint was being interpreted as proof of your charges, I felt an obligation to speak up. Apparently, though, you and your followers are the only ones permitted to express an opinion here – all others will be flayed and have salt rubbed in their wounds for your personal amusement.
“Welcome,” you say? Now who’s offering sarcasm?
Your analysis was, indeed, detailed. Long-winded, but detailed. I disagree with the allegations made, but going through every post and every comment would require more time than I’m willing to devote to this soul-sucking exercise. The bottom line, as I see it, is this: Most blogging contests are popularity contests that encourage contenders to campaign for votes. Nothing in the rules of this contest prohibited it; it was, in fact, set up to encourage it. That’s the bottom line. That anyone understood it to be otherwise – that was naïve. The contest was open to bloggers all over the world, not just to Filipinos. I did not ask to be included, and anyone who knows me at all knows that the nominations I put forth were not based purely on friendship. I think that gives me as much right to an opinion as anyone here – but if you want to turn this into some sort of nationalistic, ethnic, or racist thing, you go right ahead. Count me out.
With regard to your points:
(1.) This involves an organizer of an award who chose to be blurry with the rules such that it could be tweaked at any given point in time and even to the extent of “Ah, ok, we’ll improve it next year”. An organizer who is not interested in what is the generally accepted norms in blogging but is more interested in linking or link farming. That’s the bottom line.
The contest is run by Ms. Janette Toral. Her contest, her rules. Period. That’s the “generally accepted norms in blogging.” I don’t know who you think died and appointed you the almighty rulemaker and judge of truth and justice among bloggers, but you don’t have that much influence. You are the leader of a clique, nothing more.
(2.) This involves a teacher herding her students into this awards and doing unethical behavior. I will not re-hash what has been eloquently explained and presented by Bluepanjeet and Cat in this second entry as well as on the comments left on first entry.
The appearance of impropriety does not prove impropriety in fact. It is fair to raise the question of whether a teacher – merely by virtue of her position of authority – unintentionally puts pressure and the implied threat of a bad grade on her students if they fail to do what she’s encouraged them to do. In my opinion, the stakes involved here are not high enough for bright young university students to be that easily cowed. This isn’t about who gets a job, a political appointment, or a promotion, and I simply don’t find it a credible argument that any of these students feared a bad grade or lack of promotion if they didn’t participate in this. Obviously, you disagree.
Again, some would drag our cultural differences into the argument (isn’t that getting old yet?) but I don’t see this as an issue of “respect” for authority. Attending a university is a time for intellectual and emotional growth. The ability to respectfully question and challenge authority is exactly what makes good graduates – people who can think logically and critically and independently. In high school, we are taught to please the teacher, to regurgitate the teacher’s lecture, and to get the grade. By the time we attend college, the game changes – we’re expected to have livelier discussions. Yes, even to the point of challenging our professors. Not to the point of being rude and argumentative about it, certainly; however, I earned the highest marks from professors who could clearly see I was reading and thinking and debating my own views – not merely regurgitating their opinions like a little automaton, just to earn their approval and a passing grade.
(3.)This involves bloggers who obviously wants to win an award that they can use for whatever purpose it may serve them, and go to the extent of pushing block voting far beyond the boundaries of what’s the generally accepted norms of decency in the blogosphere, be silent about it as if everything is ok. It’s called irresponsibility. Any decent-minded Filipino will not subscribe to this unfair voting tactics that we have seen being used during the Marcos regime and Hello Garci! Are you aware of what I am talking about Holly?
Of course I’m aware of what you’re talking about, Reynz, but your likening this relatively insignificant contest to the election of government officials who have real-life power over people and the laws they live under is just plain silly. This is more on a par with the election of a high school homecoming king and queen. Can you not see that?
(4.) This involves ethics and morality in our society for which you Holly Jarangiri (sic) is the very wrong person to lecture on what is right and what is wrong for us. We as Filipinos can manage, thank you.
Goodness, Reynz, I’m not telling you how to run the Philippines, for crying out loud.
Have I ever experienced a school? Many years of it, yes. Elementary, secondary, college, and graduate school. I have a doctorate. I don’t recall ever feeling as intimidated by any teacher or professor as you imply these students must have felt. I don’t buy it, but only they are in a position to say whether they felt pressured. If they did, then surely they could go to the department head and express their own concerns without your making a nasty scandal of things.
You say, “Two of your Jedi friends, I campaigned heavily. Roy and Jan. I liked them both, up until they swallowed the obvious questionable block voting scam.”
You campaigned heavily for them – why? Because you liked them? In what way did you feel they were influential? Or was this just “liked” as in friendship? Because that would be tantamount to voting for…friends. Campaigning would imply that you were trying to influence others to vote for them, wouldn’t it? Is a “questionable block voting scam” anything like voting straight party ticket?
Anyway, you have two separate issues here:
The first is a non-issue, because no matter what you think of the contest, its organizer, its sponsors, or its participants, you don’t make the rules; Janette Toral does. So long as no one broke those rules – not guidelines, not suggestions, not standards of decency as you define them – then there is no issue. It’s OVER.
The second is an issue that primarily concerns the student bloggers and their professor. I’ve stated my opinion, and I will concede that I have not attended a university in the Philippines, so you may do things differently there. You would know best, being the product of both educational systems. But I cannot imagine you, Reynz, docilely leaving your professors at Temple U. and George Washington U. unchallenged. And yet there you are, with your illustrious credentials. So which is it? Were you uncharacteristically sycophantic during your years in our prestigious universities, afraid that if you did not do exactly as your professors said, you’d fail?
You write, “This is our education system that we worry about and should it not be our responsibility to care for what we have? Do you care about what’s going on in our education system Holly? Is this something that you’d die for? I doubt it. You just want to be popular in the blogosphere.”
If I believed educational reform were the point of this, I would agree with you wholeheartedly – it’s everyone’s responsibility. Something I’d die for? Interesting question. I haven’t yet seen any issues arise from the educational system that would demand that level of self-sacrifice, but with two children in school (one in college) I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of feeling that strongly about it.
As for your charge that I “just want to be popular in the blogosphere,” how should I answer that? I have never sought popularity. Connections with readers and friends, sure. But popularity? You really believe that? What about you, the self-proclaimed “social climber”? You do realize, surely, what a contemptible connotation the term “social climber” has, no matter what kind of “spin” you want to put on it, Reynz.
You have proven me a bad judge of your character – throwing my assumptions about your being a good person in my face: “Because I dropped by in your blog and so I should just be blind with the anomalies that I see? If you are living in New Orleans, will you just be quiet and happy with the corruptions in the city if you know it is happening?! I dropped by in your blog (to link you on the Yellow Brigade I guess and that’s all) because YOU WERE INFLUENCED BY ME TO LINK OUR YELLOW RIBBON IN YOUR BLOG. Aren’t we influential Holly? That project by Barrio Siete went all over the world and we were picked up by local MSM and by you too! Nice, ain’t it? Mentor your Jedi friends about it.”
Actually, my assumptions weren’t based on your visit to my blog, but on the article that was linked to your first comment on my blog. So…what I hear you saying here is that your yellow ribbon campaign WAS all about the blog traffic for you, wasn’t it? I would mentor my friends to be sincere, and not to post tributes and memorials only to tout it as fine publicity for the blog. No fleeting surge in blog traffic is worth that.
You say, “Eat this Holly. I don’t need to grandstand. Benigno and Atheista will tell you that I am more popular than the Jedi Bloggers plus you combined.”
Oh, hell, Reynz, you’ve watched “Mean Girls” one too many times. Or was it “Heathers”? No offense to Benigno or Atheista, but I don’t even know who they are, so name-dropping in your appeal to authority is just laughable.
“Sorry, gurl, when I say, I’m prettier than you, I’m prettier than you and Jan Geronimo.”
I concede, arak, you are a pretty boy.
“…present your explanation instead of attacking me personally. Did it hurt people? Maybe it did, but that was not the purpose.”
And you call me a liar? Don’t make me laugh. That is your only purpose in all this – you throw blood in the water and laugh while the sharks beg for more.
“You know better than that to reduce this to a personal attack.”
I know better than to dignify any of this with a reply, but yet here I am.
“Very sarcastic, indeed and quite insulting, but I will still respond.”
Of course you will. It must be strangely refreshing to find someone who’s not afraid to stand up to you and call you out on being a bully.
“Modesty aside Holly, I have all the credentials in the world to be an excellent professor. I also have many years of experience and accomplishments in my field. I am well-credentialed. I went to two (2) of the best universities in the United States, the George Washington University in DC and Temple University in Philadelphia. Believe it or not Holly, I actually have a standing offer to teach at a university in Manila should I decide to go home. Forget about fancy’ing about it. I do plan to take on that offer when that time comes. You can come with me to Manila and be my student.”
I never did admire FALSE modesty, but trotting out one’s credentials at every turn as if that is proof of anything at all is tiresome.
You wrote: “If in your opinion Janette is a good mentor to them, that’s your opinion. Understand that it was Janette who asked me to support her contest against the will of my Barrio Siete comrades. Why? Apparently, there was already an incident that happened in the past with them and Janette and they warned me about it. I did not listen and I gave Janette a chance. I have fully explained this in the first entry that you did not read. My opinion on Janette being a good mentor to them changed 360 degree turn for the worst. She’ll have to earn my respect beginning today.”
First, I wasn’t aware that Janette Toral was mentoring anyone. I thought she was merely organizing a blog contest. Second, I read your posts. My eyes glazed over, but I read them. I just didn’t see the point of picking posts and comments apart line by line just to add fuel to the fire and provide you and your followers more entertainment.
And for you to say “she’ll have to earn my respect beginning today” implies she should CARE? You set the tone, here – you hold court. You allow your followers to insult and defame anyone, and you do nothing to enforce your own “rules” and “standards” (i.e., “Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.” Hypocrite.
“Do I really care what matters to you?! I don’t even know you. I only visited your blog because you linked my Yellow Ribbon and that’s all there is to it! THAT’S IT GURL! Oh, I deleted your links including all the Jedi Bloggers. One of your friends, linked all of his money making sites, it was pathetic.”
Is that supposed to upset me? I wouldn’t care if you never linked to my blog, Reynz. BFD. You have one of the most stunningly overinflated egos I’ve ever seen on a human being. I don’t blame you, surrounded as you are by people who are so eager to reinflate it for you on a regular basis.
At the mention of “SEO” my eyes glazed over again and I completely lost track of what you were saying…sorry.
Oh, here we are: You say, “Yes. I am American. I live in the States. And if you are insinuating that I should scamper and hide because you are my neighbor, it’s not going to work. I am in New Orleans.”
Are you kidding? You twerp. I was offering to buy you a drink, not break your kneecaps.
“And what gave you the idea that I have an interest to even sit down with you for a drink after your personal attack? I don’t even know you! I don’t even know who you are as a blogger.
I’d probably just smack and slap the shit out of you for all your rants!”Nice threat, Reynz. More likely you’d pull my hair and scratch my face with your fingernails. Reminds me of middle school.
“I have no intent whatsoever to social climb with Jedi Winners and supporters like YOU who would blatant espouse this out of this world manipulations. That’s not so me.”
Aww, damn. I was so hoping to be a rung on your social ladder. Not. Really, do you not know what “social climbing” means? And by the way, I don’t give a rat’s patootie about what’s “in” these days in New Orleans. I don’t care what’s “trendy,” “fashionable,” “in,” or “cool.” I don’t claim to “know the city.” I’ve been there many times, over many years. I suspect it’s changed a lot in the last few; I haven’t been there since just before Katrina. I hope I make it back before your Formosan invaders eat the place to the ground. According to most of the people I know who live in Louisiana, if I did know the city, I wouldn’t want to go there.
As for your parting line, I don’t know. Should I care why Jan wants to talk to you or to Snow? Let me just say this: He asked for my advice about how to respond to your attacks and accusations; he did not ask anyone to “attack” you. And I have not “attacked” you or anyone else here. I have been attacked, but I’m not going to get in a mudslinging fight with people who are obviously professionals, so aside from saying that you are a hypocrite to insist that others follow your rules and standards when, in fact, you and your followers seem to be exempt from them, I’m not planning to respond further to the nonsense.
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bakit nila kailangan tumawag sa iyo? kung sa tingin nila na magkakaroon nga ng porblema, nakakapagtaka na hindi nila kaya i defend ito at umabot pa sila sa ganyang punto.. nakakapagtaka.. masarap kaya ang gawa nilang braso de mercedes?
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hmmm.. ayaw ko na magcomment.. pakibaba na lang ang kilay kong abot na sa bumbunan ko..
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HOLLYSHIT!! Can you just post this in your blog?! This is OUR blog! NOT YOURS! You TWERP! Hahahaha! LANDGRABBER ENRONITE! hahaha!
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hmm sounds contradicting to me
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“Landgrabber Enronite”?? Wha–? LOL
Seriously, though, thanks for editing my comment to add the blank lines. I don’t know what happened to them when I posted it. And don’t you call me a landgrabber – if people want me to respond point-by-point, they have no right to bitch when I do.
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It’s a very long entry blue about nothing. Hollyshit is in a catfight with me. can you imagine this? She’s a racist and Cat was right. This woman has a lot of prejudice towards Asians look at this:
No wonder this woman is a friend of that doubled faced bastard Jan. And this racist pig is a friend of the Jedi bloggers?! Hahah OMFG!
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Yes HOllyshit. You landgrabbed our blog with your very long comment about nothing but racist pigshots. Enronite because you’re from Houston, the land of Enron – unethically shit people who ransacked america’s coffers. Hahaha!
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GURL! I didn’t edit your damn shit comments hahaha! You have PhD, didnt; you know? It’s garbage in, garbage out. Just like Janette Toral’s Awards.
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Hahahahah…oh, NICE try at playing the “racist” card, Reynz.
The only “Asians” I’m referring to here are these:
The Formosan Termite A Formidable Foe!
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/oct98/term111098.htm
You see what I mean? Reynz knows this intimately if he’s involved in housing in New Orleans. But he assumes his readers will assume I’m making a racist remark because he says I am.
Get off it, already.
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Ho-hummm~~~
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How can anyone respond to your comment it almost took an entire post? Your points miss holly is not even valid. Why? all your comments are prejudices, racial slurs and biased opinion. if you were expecting an objective rebuttal then you must do your homework instead. We were basing our response on your first comment. They are in itself biased and subjective. what do you expect an objective response? please use your brain. If we ever called you a bitch its because you definitely personified the definition of the term… difficult, stubborn, egotistical and arrogant. I have so many american friends, online and offline. Yes I have. But you are the dumbest, most arrogant and moronic bitch I have ever encountered.
If you have masters and doctorate go use it properly. you have no manners dont you know that? For someone who flies the JEDI name, you give shit to its entire meaning.
this is what im telling you from the very start. Filipinos are hospitable but we will attack when we were attacked. You got what you want, attention right? now we have given it to you now you are crying foul? Ano ba talaga ate? haha
Your twist of the definition of feisty is an utter show of your perception about Filipinos. Well here is a fact: we are smarter than you! As if we dont know the true definition of feisty. you chose to post the etymology instead of the actual definition. I dont blame you if you consulted the word in the dictionary LOL
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You’re a liar. Look up at the very top of this entry please. I have the conversation you have with Jan Geronimo.
Nice try Holly. You were voted by this: “They are splogs because they were created just to vote for the contest to insure the win of jedi bloggers. Foul tactics and all that.”
You call Janette Toral’s rules as the generally accepted norms?! Not counting legitimate blogs and counting splogs? Negotiating with Snow about exclusion? You are sick and twisted Holly! No wonder there is a lot of problems in Houston just like New Orleans!
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Dragging students into a voting scam is not high of a stake?! You are truly insane and I could not find your PhD in your resume. The teacher was usurping her power and essentially teaching her students on how to scam votes? And you think this is good for our society? Nice try.
I wonder what’s this got to do with anythig. And who’s got the biggest ego now that could is the size of Texas?! No one in your household is praising you that’s why you’ll have to bring this over to Barrio Siete? I have a feeling your suffering from attention deficit.
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Yes, I know that you’re conveniently quoting portions of private emails that were forwarded to you. The least you can do is to quote from them properly:
Jan wrote, of “a blogger” who I assumed referred to you: “This is his allegation: They are splogs because they were created just to vote for the contest to insure the win of jedi bloggers. Foul tactics and all that.”
We do not agree that the student blogs are “splogs.” YOU made that accusation. Don’t try to misattribute that to suit your purposes.
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Don’t even try. You have no clue about the dynamics in the Philippines. The little that you know about the Philippines is the voting scam that you Jedi Bloggers concocted
They were my blogfriends gurl. I campaigned for them through my blogs, thinking that they have integrity and honest people. Little did I know that you people were into this dirty block voting splogs tactic of even dragging students into voting. Shame on you all.
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and how do you explain that three entries again Holly?
1st entry – Hello World
2nd entry – taken from Wikepedia or some video
3rd entry – Vote for Jedi Bloggers.
Not splogs?! Convince me with some PhD lecture. I’m listening.
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And how do you explain again that all these blog sprouted in May 2009 conveniently during and/or well within the contest?
And then all of them voted all at the same time in July 28, 2009 in time for all of you guys to win and or be on top?
And you even warned Jan Geronimo and I quote:
Explain this to me…
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And Holly,
How do you explain again the fact that the students were just pressured to blog because the teacher was giving them assignments and in fact we’ve located it. As a matter of fact, it was the teacher herself that gives the students topics to blog.
Explain that to me please? I thought blogging is passion according to your friend Janette. Well, I guess it must be the passion to listen to your teacher else you fail, correct?
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I guess at this point, it’s actually useless to engage in a civil conversation with Holly, who apparently does not understand the heart of the legit issues being raised here, claimed she has not actually taken the time to dissect nor even read the facts and evidences but nonetheless claim to know what’s going on, and more arrogantly and pretentiously understands Philippine culture and the subcultures of corruption. The convoluted arguments are mostly buried in jargons and mastery of the medium than in the clarity of reasoning. Besides, she is now attacking, again quite arrogantly, other readers and guests of Barrio Siete by reducing them, us, into mindless pawns. Her rebuttals are getting detestable her doctorate easily jumps into the pig sty…forgettable…tasteless…
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And Holly, don’t leave me, I have more questions:
How do you explain these?
# Cynthia (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion)
Started in May, all three entries were in May,
1st entry – glorious food
2nd entry – what she learned yesterday!
3rd entry – voted then disappeared
# Beatriz (entry – complete) (sponsor complete – raffle inclusion)
all Started in May, all three entries were in May,
1st entry – glorious food
2nd entry – what she learned yesterday!
3rd entry – voted then disappeared
Look at the 2nd entry. WHAT SHE LEARNED YESTERDAY. Was that the Teacher giving assignment?!
Nice blogs huh?
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I have more questions: Holly:
Why were legitimate blogs excluded including Snow, Mine, Pusa and Mel? They all happen to be from Barrio Siete. Instead, your friend Janette Toral counted all the splogs.
Why is that Holly? Was dropping legitimate blogs over splogs by Chembloggers the generally accepted blogging norms?
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Oh, my mistake. Pusa and Mel’s blogs were not counted by the way. I guess that’s anothe question. They’ll improve next year? Right?
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dFish, she’s not PhD. PhD don’t talk and/or write that way. Never. She’s using the diversionary tactic that’s why if you read the whole post within my blog, it’s really nothing more than telling us that she’s a racist pig.
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Now, let’s talk about the Teacher Gaces or Jena Isle. Opps! This is Cat’s and Bluep’s territory. Hahaha!
Sound off your questions while the PhD is around. And I could not find her darn shit PhD on her resume. Hahahaha!
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Spam blogs, are artificially created weblog sites which the author uses to promote affiliated websites or to increase the search engine rankings of associated sites.
The purpose of a splog can be to increase the PageRank or backlink portfolio of affiliate websites, to artificially inflate paid ad impressions from visitors, and/or use the blog as a link outlet to get new sites indexed.
Spam blogs are usually a type of scraper site, where content is often either inauthentic text or merely stolen (see blog scraping) from other websites. These blogs usually contain a high number of links to sites associated with the splog creator which are often disreputable or otherwise useless websites.
CHEMBLOGGERS BLOGS = artificially created weblog site
PURPOSE = to create link to Janette Toral’s Influential Bloggers thus increasing PageRank and artificially inflate impressions for visitors
ENTRIES OF CHEMBLOGGERS = merely stolen from other sites like wikipedia
That’s for you Holly! Explain
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for someone who has an “alleged” PhD, her arguments are absolutely infantile. The focus on her arguments are just petty defenses for the Jedi bloggers while ignoring the facts we uncovered.
The denial of these facts were in turn channeled into personal attacks, atatcks on both Reynz, the writers and the readers, dismissing them as stupid.
Yet the fact still remains:
1. the Jedi Bloggers won by a vote that were human splogs, void of authentic blog entries that can be surmised as lack of an original entry
2. The teacher delivered block votes at the expense of the students, usurping power and influence over the students
3. The organizer and Jedi bloggers kept on their mum on the valid issues raised, and have sent a spokesperson cum spin doctor in the person of a blog whore
4. Not only splogs were counted, but also non-bloggers happened to have a blog featured on their friendster, multiply etc
5. The invasion of snow’s privacy
6. The pre-empting of the impending exclusion of snow’s blog on the winners
7. the disqualification of votes by legitimate blogs like Agnes and Mel over the inclusion of the vote block of the chem blogs whioch are human splogs
8. there contest abide in a rule that was very vague and can be subjected to manipulation
9. and the obvious manipulation of truth
these are just some of the issues that was never answered, clarified nor addressed by the people concerned…
turning the tables, they have now labeled the barrio siete peeps, writers and readers as elitists, haters and cliques… of course, all of which are just moronic and infantile accusations of people who has nothing to objectively rebut, but only resort to ugly connivances and racial slurs
Indeed NOT ALL BLONDES ARE DUMB, HOLLY is an exemption…
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Blue,
I think we need to delete her very long nonsense comment. What do you think? She’s only here to divert the issue. I read it again and it’s pure crap.
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copy it first on the hard drive in case someone wants to see it, then delete it but place a note on the comment area explaing why you deleted the bitch’s personal attacks
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Ok, let’s do it then.
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@pehpot baka kailangan mong i-tape ang kilay mo habang binabasa itong entry and comments dito. lol! nakakatawa na nakakainis ang nangyaring ito. it reflects how our society is. nakakalunkot. pero cge lang, hindi naman ibig sabihin LAHAT ganun.
lets take this one barrio at a time for pagbabago.
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Teka, bakit nawala ang comment ni Holly? Pasensya na di ko nabasa masyado.
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Oh Yes most HOLLY-IEST of all BITCHES…
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@silver, Nagkaroon na yata ng decision ang Barrio Council. hehehe.
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Actually its true you are making a racist remark. You just looked for that link. Its a no brainer that instead of saying an obvious deregatory remark, you choose a double meaning word so that you can excuse your way out on your racial slurs. That if we ever cried foul, you will use that stupid link and divert the true intent.
You see ms. Holly Shit, words can have different meanings, you can interpret them as you like, but its the sentence and the flow of thought that gives the true usage of the word.
Wow for someone with a PhD, I can’t believe you don’t know these things. Its so obvious on the way you argue that your IQ is insignificant compared to that of the doorknobs’
If all PhD holders in the US think like you do, then expect for a lobnger recession
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Errr…
Ah ganun ba? Hehehhe. Natutulog na naman ako sa karinderia ni Aling Karing. Makapagkape na nga mamya. Hahhahha.
~punas muta~
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Reynz, mabuhay naman ang mga pango diba? lol!
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teka, parang may comment uli, backspace ulit… may nabasa akong comment ni Holly.
pengeng kape!
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I am a blogspot user myself.
Reading the profiles of the students,it struck me that they were bloggers since May 2009.
Who put up the blog? Someone who was blogging since May 2009.
Considering that the SY first semester of 2009 had started in June, how was the teacher able to make them put up the blogs in May when they have not met yet?
I was looking for the academic year of the College of Allied Medical Professions of the AUF, if the school year is on a trimestral basis. They’re not. I know I was involved in the school before.
Therefore it follows that the students have not met their lecturer before June.
One of the Jedi bloggers and the teacher herself said that they were responsible for introducing them to blogging.
I know I will not get answers for my questions but I just would like to convey the message that when you are in the academe, you know all these stuff.
And when you are involved in putting up academic programs in universities, you all have to cover, the course syllabi, the course descriptions (esp. in unversities where accreditation matters) the prerequisites and the arrangement of the subjects as to the semesters when they are offered.
And I hate to look like I am stupid to be conned by some people who justify the wrongdoing of a group of bloggers who merely want to be recognized as one strong team who support each other, good or bad,
And the lady from the United States can not also say that my involvement in the academe and learning institutions are confined only in the Philippines.
I happened to put up a school in the US where a business plan includes the roster of the faculty members, the course syllabi (which was evaluated by professionals from the academic disciplines), the instructional materials and the floor plan of the school.
What is the bottomline of my “short” comment.
AYOKO NG PINAGMUMUKHA AKONG TANGA NA PUWEDENG PALUSUTAN as if I do not understand what happened.
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Can i have a copy of the deleted comment?
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This was a good question! I missed this one!
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Since there are a number of people who are looking for the comments made, I am reposting…
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Aba good observation miss CaT.
Since usapan na collective thought at bullying system ang umiiral dito sa B7, I beg to differ, dahil marami sa atin ang careful to think through our personal plan of action with regards to detractors.
Dinadala pa nga sa pagtulog. Off Topic: may nabasa ako sa Joan Lowery Nixon book na kapag may problema ka raw, try to tell your mind to solve it while you sleep, when you wake up raw, you’ll have a clearer mind. At least, you won’t worry about it, let your mind go to work while you rest.
At any rate, your comment above stirred my thought again, kailangan ko uling matulog. Wahahaha. Sa ganitong eksena, lagi na akong tulog. Ang dami kasing pag-iisipan.
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Holly Jahangiri, Are you blind? don’t you see all those evidence posted here?… you know babe, i really don’t understand if you are acting only like a stupid, or You are really a stupid.
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Thank you for the copy of the lady’s comment.
Let me quote some:
If she does not have time to dissect the issue, mostly the cons because the pros are not talking (they’re terrified and I wonder why)she does not have the right to pass on judgement. Sabi nga ni melanie marquez, she is not a judge.
A horse is simply like that with a blinder, she only has a tunnel vision.
Not even her mention of a PhD can justify her biased opinion against the accusations which are adequately supported with evidence.
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for a PhD, is she too naive not to understand this post by the teacher addressed to the students.
Take note of the following reminders: Demerit points will be given for non-compliance.
1. Follow my blog and your classmates’ blogs. Log in first before you follow. No anonymous followers.
2. Subscribe to my blog and your classmates’ blogs.
3. Be certain all the CC blogs are in your blogroll.
4. Follow and subscribe also to Clin Chem Reviewer.
5. Post the latest assignment: “Answers to your questions”
6. Blog hop and read your classmates’ post.
7. Leave comments on your classmates’ post.
8. Encourage each other.
9. The laboratory test will be derived from your different posts.
FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND COMPLIANCE!
Does that apostrophe not say anything?
You do not have to be a rocket scientist not to know that this is tantamount to saying, Disobey and you’ll regret.
Laboratory test? Does that include the voting? I wonder what test they are going to conduct.
Do the brains of the people think the same? hahaha
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Holly,
Clearly, you haven’t realized what you put yourself into.
You came here armed with blind allegiance to your friends and with your prejudged notion about something you clearly have no full knowledge of. You didn’t bother reading our arguments and failed to notice supporting evidences in support of these as well.
Still, you don’t know why most people here seem to be ganging up on you? Your attitude as soon as you arrived, it alone nailed yourself into the coffin. And your counter-arguments took the rest of it all the way to the grave.
You see, our culture thought us to be nice when coming into somebody else’s home, for us to be treated with respect in return.
In all sincerity, i welcome you to the barrio. If you just started mingling and reading the articles first, instead of just barging in and started shooting, things could have been different. For all you know, you might see the things most of us already saw.
As a matter of policy, we don’t all agree here. That’s the mechanics here. We don’t blindedly follow our friends when we knew they were wrong. We tell them up front that they are wrong and let them take it on a face value, like the real Jedi that they are. Real friends tell the truth, not embellish lies with half-truths to make it look like one.
I commend you for your bravado in coming here defending your friends. But if you happen to know, the Jedi are our friends too. And we’re letting them know what we have other friends that have been blindsided by them on the process.
But you wouldn’t know that as well, would you?
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i recommend that it would be a separate entry as part 2 to accommodate the overflow of comments.
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Calculated masyado.. PR firm kaya ata un nirurun ni Janette Toral. Ayaw magkamali na. Everything reverberated to them kac. What a shame! Asar pa din ako dun sa Jena Isle. And who the hell gave her that idea? Was it just her? Or all the Jedi Bloggers? Or thanks to Holly?
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weeew whats this all about… looks like someone is in trouble???
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Well not only that, I found this entry in clinchemblog
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Anatomy and Physiology of the Hypothalamus
Whoever backdated this entry did not consider the start of the school year for 2009 which was June 11 or second week of June.
In the first meetings, there are allowances for students to get their books and go over the syllabus.
Are they using crystal ball to know what questions to expect?
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Eto nakukuha naten dun sa grammar 101, pati tong c HOLLY nakisawsaw na..haha funny.
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I believe we have valid questions to ask Jena Isle and the Jedi Bloggers – I mean, we’ve literally asked the questions already in the last two entries. I believe they should explain to us our findings.
Should we not give them the chance to explain on another blog entry?
Thoughts?
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We may be doing differently here since students are more passive than the American students but the values that shouls be inculcated are the same as evidenced by this guidelines included in the course syllabus of Clinical Chemistry in the US university together with the skills outcome,knowledge outcomes and values outcomes.
Don’t you think this is not universal in nature?
Why don’t you stop talking about personalities and talk about the issues?
Why use the team JediBloggers when may be only two or tree have conspired to create the blogs that could vote for the bloggers including yourself. If there is really unity among the team, they would not thrust you to us to defend themselves. They kpet quiet because they know what they did is wrong.
I can excahnge rebuttal with them if they will only answer all the issues raised, like the initial entry in the blogs vis-a-vis the opening of the school year.
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Tainted by the glamour of fame and money indeed. Very classic tong c Jan Geronimo. I heard good things about him before.haha so sad. Was it Holly or Jena Isle? Or your big dreams in the blogosphere Mr. Geronimo!
ang saya dito sa barrio siete naaliw ako. laging 200+ ang comments.
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JANETTE TORAL may have lost her right judgment during the counting of votes. Kaya wala ang spreadsheet and tinawagan pa si Snow to explain. Defensive naman masyado ung “we have outmost respect for each other”. What was that for? Ang interpretation ko– sorry snow, you will probably lose, is it ok? May respeto ka naman saken di ba?haha may heads up na na matatalo c Snow.
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WTH, HOLLY! Haven’t you seen how synchronize the votes of the 29 clinchem bloggers were? For you, were it all blogs and not splogs? Really? I mean really?! Or you are just the person who refuses to see things objectively just for the heck of the side of your argument? Come on, holly dearie. You should know better, eh? Can’t you just argue based on the facts? Why do you have to attack people personally? Umm.. and your denial of the racist thingy.. we FILIPINOS also understand context clues.. Don’t you dare make us look stupid! If you don’t want to be misinterpreted as you were claiming, please write in more clearly. No context clues if you may, so that you don’t have to defend yourself.
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Jena Isle obvious unethical conduct – that sounds real trouble to me.
Janette Torral – she has her rules/laws for EIB.. Pero St. Augustine said “An unjust law is no law at all.” In other words, anyone has the obligation even the right to resist unjust laws or rules. Barrio Siete peeps just took the action the whole scam so deserve.
Holly – she just dug a very deep grave for herself. So she’s in so much trouble. nakisawsaw kac..
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holly molly mentioned that there is no issue here.are you blind or just failed to read all of the evidence laid on this blog?THERE IS AN ISSUE.Not because someone is just a participant, he doesnt have the rights to complain the results. What kind of thinking is that? It is clear that you are taking side with the Jedi, you point on your long winding comment (which hindi ka na nahiya mag post ng ganyang kahabang comment!che!) that we dont have to rebuke the organizer. Why do you care anyway? Is it because our target here is your so called friends? You failed to see what we are fighting here….you failed miserably! You bloody susan boyle!Pun really intended.
Now, sit back, staple your mouth and watch us! I’m not seeing any point from you. And isn’t degrading for a person like you who has PhD chuvakerls commenting on this blog and fighting us back for this no issue thingy? You should be doing cross stitch you know or gardening. Grow some daisies in the backyard and drink your tea. Dont waste your energy for this issue.
As what manny pacquio said…..”Yes Mem”…
ha ha ha…
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OMG!!!im commenting in english..I cant believe it..this is my greatest accomplishment!!har har har
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Isa lang masasabi ko… “putung inuh may internet na ulit ako!”
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Peeps,
Andito lang ako sa tabi. Nagchichips. Monique, eto ang kape. Hehehe.
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attn:
hindi ako kasapi sa jedi bloggers. period. at di na ako magtitiwala sa mga taong may kinalaman pala sa kabalahuraang ito.
muntik pa akong masira sa B7!
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i can’t believe this! Hollys got Ph.D.? What did she do with her researches when she was at school? or was she just ignoring all the facts? or did she not understand? facts are all written in english what is there not to be understood? She should look in every angle before she makes a point. bludy ‘ell what accusations she made! Racist!
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takte! ubos na meryanda ko! penge dyan khit anong machichicha! LOL!
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LOL MalditZ!
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I’m quite new at blogging and I seem so amused at this brouhaha about this award-award thingy. To think it’s so cheap naman for people to resort to dirty tactics that just to gain a slot from an award-organizer who’s own sites are some sort of spam here and there too. For someone who’s a “seasoned” blogger (she has a book about it), it’s quite a wonder why she’s still on blogspot when all pros now are on WordPress. Check out her splogs … blogs:
http://philippineinternetreview.blogspot.com/
http://w3o.blogspot.com/
http://www.influentialblogger.net/
Even her personal site is ugly. As a golden rule girls, NEVER EVER trust someone who posts photos of herself wearing tackiest dresses and the cheesiest poses.
Ugh… See for yourself
http://www.google.com/s2/photos/public/AIbEiAIAAABECLbPlZ6QloK0mgEiC3ZjYXJkX3Bob3RvKig3NzcxYzg3MmEzYjNmOWM2YzJmY2M2MTllZjU2ZGQ3YjE3MmQ5ZDJiMAGxsW5ukKNSuxcK0UFT9wT63VGLzQ
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By the way, just ignore that Holly whatshername.. ignore who won… It’s really the contest owner who’s clearly at fault here. Di nya inayos ang parlor game na pakana nya. So next time ano pa ang K nya magbigay ng award kuning-kuning? Eh di Barrio Siete na ang magbigay noh. Tutal may council naman kayo. Mas maayos pa siguro kasi mas madami ang mag-iisip at di lang isang mala-matronang nagfi-feelingerang blog authority.
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meron ako dito chi, crispy alikabok..ha ha ha
hay..nanilim na rin nga paningin ko sa pagpatol ko kay holly gandanghari na yan…napa english pa tuloy ako ng wala sa oras…nirereserve ko pa sana english ko sa eulogy ng mga kaaway ko, ngaun wala na!har har har….
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Da gurls employment was terrible. She’s been hopping work in the wild, wild west! She spent:
3 years at Berlitz;
7 years at Citgo;
3 years at MPI;
1 year at American Airlines;
less than a year at US Videotel;
2 years at Elite and then settled for
12 years at HP.
For all 17 years, she was flying like a fly. There’s a good possibility that this person do not get along with everybody or, has some serious personality issues. Right? I mean, you cannot be laid off for 6 times in a row, could you? No wonder her comments in this blog were like that! Sarcastic!
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Now, her resume was public and you can get it on her website.
Yet, after almost 30 years of employment, she’s just a Manager. Yes, let me repeat – “JUST” a manager. Now, da gurl claims that she has a doctorate.
If you have a doctorate, you think you’d settle for a managerial position?! Nunca! Ever! Conclusion? Was she a classmate of Patricio Mangubat who has a doctorate in honoris causitis?!
Now, da gurl thinks she is all that. What about Reyna Elena? Compared to my record versus that of Holly, it’s lightning years.
I thought it was interesting. I got curious. So I looked at her at her accomplishments. She listed 23. WOW! 23!!!
Now, if you’re doctorate and just a Manager with 23 accomplishments in your career, you better be a CEO already! But where is she now after 30 years of employment again? Answer? Manager.
So, what’s wrong? Poor gurl have no clue what’s accomplishments and what’s responsibilities. She needs my help. I can re-write her resume. Opps! I’m not a writer. Grrr!
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haha its evident. even here she doesnt get along well with everybody.
does she have a book?
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UPDATE:
Holly Jahangiri is
now blocked from visiting this site. NAAAH! We changed our mind. Da bitch can come back and read our slap back to her.Her nasty personal attacks started in this entry here. And da bitch is not even Filipino to join our issues here but sure fire she did and it’s here: http://barriosiete.com/hello-garci-istatue-stench-and-all-in-the-2009-emerging-influential-blogs-awards/
With that nasty comments, logically was to respond. The response is here: http://barriosiete.com/holly-jahangiri-is-jedi-bloggers-spinmaster-of-the-2009-emerging-influential-blog-awards-by-janette-toral/
When I commented on Holly Jarangiri’s blog, da bitch did not approve the comments despite our approval of here comments here in the Barrio. Now, that was not nice, is it?! I mean, you allowed da bitch to insult us here, to dress us down here and would not approve my comments in her blog?! And the comment was that if I don’t stop that legal action will be taken against me. Wow. To think that Holly was the one who invaded us here in our blog.
Well, legal action is not exclusive to Holly Jahangiri. If she does not want to be criticized, then she should have not insulted and would come in this blog and be a racist to Filipinos.
As far as I am concerned, Holly Jarangiri is a fair game with what she started. And yes, if I could criticize George Bush, there is no reason in this world why I cannot criticize Holly Jangangiri.
We could only hope that Holly (THAT LAST NAME IS PISSING ME OFF I COULD NOT PROUNOUNCE THE SHIT hahaha) finally learned her lesson.
DO NOT EVER EVER INVADE A BLOG AND BE NASTY TO YOUR HOST. You gotta social climb.
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THIS WAS HOLLY JARANGIRI’S COMMENT:
I have ONE, UNO, SINGLE, ISA, SARO, single COMMENT in her blog and she calls is “unhealthy obsession”. And the very SINGLE COMMENT was not even APPROVED! HAHAHAHA
What do you call the dozen comments she left in our blog and five miles of comments in several posts?! THAT SHE HAS THIS INSANE OBSESSION WITH REYNA ELENA?!
Holly is fantasizing of me! Geeezz! TSE! hahaha
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. Wrote and developed comprehensive online and hardcopy user’s guides, administrator’s guides, and white papers for notebooks, desktops, workstations, thin clients, and blade PCs for Compaq and HP. Documentation was designed to add value, support customer purchasing decisions, provide highly technical information for network administrators,minimize customer support calls, and/or help novice computer users develop basic computer skills quickly.
· Wrote and developed? This is not an accomplishment. It’s part of your duties and responsibility.
2. Managed content of cross-platform, multidivisional warranty documentation and served as liaison between Legal, Marketing, Service, Contracts Administration, and Documentation departments.
· Managed? Sorry, gurl. This is neither. This is part of your responsibilities.
3. Implemented modular documentation strategy that resulted in localization/production cost savings of 56-70%.
· Bingo! Now you know. But don’t dance yet. That 56-70% range must be valued. You see, we’re not interested in percentage. We are interested in numbers. Why? Go figure. If your production cost is $1k, you saved 50%, what is $500? Nil. Not an accomplishment. That’s why still – this is not acceptable. Could be improved though!
4. Planned, coordinated, and implemented conversion of traditional printed documentation to online format for delivery on CD in 36 languages. Worked with software developers to design a single, easy-to-use, easy-to-modify interface supporting multiple languages and file formats for publications on CD.
· Planned? Coordinated? Clearly, our doctorate cannot distinguish what’s an accomplishment and responsibilities.
5. Developed and maintained project-level and departmental intranet Web sites.
· Developed? Maintained? See number 4. Geez! I am getting annoyed!
6. Managed and promoted over 100 online interactive services for NVN, a national commercial network. Worked with outside information providers to develop, manage, and market new services, enhancing the value of the network to its subscribers. Served as primary liason between the corporate office and outside information providers.
· Managed and promoted? What in the world does this woman knows! This is not an accomplishment!
7. Negotiated the packaging of network information and special promotional material in commercial software packages and other products.
· Negotiated? How can it be an accomplishment? So, meaning if you don’t negotiate, it’s ok?
8. Assisted with the development and testing of a suite of Windows-based “Quality Tools” developed by American Airlines and received commendations for the quality and timeliness of online user guide (Windows Help) developed for the package.
· Assisted? Naaah.
9. As part of a team effort, succeeded in completing technical documention (programmers’ reference material) for five critical financial systems more than three months ahead of schedule.
· It does not follow that just because you were 3 months ahead of schedule, it is already an accomplishment. Naah!
10. Demonstrated willingness to work overtime as required to complete several critical projects simultaneously, meeting established deadlines 26% under estimated hours and within budget.
· How in the world could you darn classify this as an accomplishment?! Demonstrated willingness to overtime? Filipinos don’t need to be coaxed to work overtime Holly. And a willingness to perform overtimes is so not an accomplishment at all! You should be ashamed of yourself.
11. For over three years, served as a Moderator for Writing.Com, an Internet-based community of writers. Responsibilities included mentoring and teaching aspiring writers, including teens and seniors; writing freelance articles on a variety of topics; and writing/revising site documentation.
· Again, you just mentioned it. Responsibilities.
12. Significantly contributed to the design, enhancement, and customer support of Gemstone III, an on-line, multi-player, interactive fantasy game recognized as one of the leaders in the computer gaming industry and featured in the August 1991 issue of “Omni” magazine.
· Significantly contributed is good. But where is the dollar sign to make it an accomplishment? This is no accomplishment. This is embellishment.
13. Promoted and contributed to “Writers’ Ink,” an international on-line message base for writers. Organized and moderated weekly on-line conferences for writers world-wide, including guest speaker conferences with well-known authors, agents, and publishers.
· Promoted and contributed? Naaaah.
14. Responsibilities included supervision of six assistant system operators (sysops), administrative management of several categories within the message base, revision of on-line, user help files, and editing/publication of a promotional and informative “Writers’ Ink Newsletter” for members.
· Responsibilities. Need I say more?
15. As a Contributing Editor for GEnie “LiveWire” magazine, wrote promotional and informational feature articles published in subscriber magazine for users of international on-line information services, including a bi-monthly column devoted to users of the IBM PC and another for users of Microsoft Windows.
· Wrote? Naaah!
16. Significantly contributed to Citgo Petroleum Corporation’s company-wide conversion from a manual to automated mainframe report distribution system by writing support documentation, converting reports, and training end-users; result was 60%+ reduction in distribution time and several thousand dollars saved in materials and equipment.
· Significantly contributed. This is good. But again, where is the dollar sign? Because 60% of $25 is different from 50% of $500,000,000. Get it? This is embellishment.
17. Successfully coordinated multi-departmental effort to design, develop, and produce comprehensive documentation to support automation of multiple-site petroleum product distribution terminals; met very tight schedule and received project manager’s commendation for excellent work.
· Wait a second! did you just said “received project manager’s”. I thought you were a Project Manager. So, what are you? A pion?!
18. Played a key role in planning, developing, writing, and evaluating MIS standards to meet management mandate, greatly increasing user understanding and consistency in application.
· This woman is so fond of embellishment. This is not an accomplishment.
19. Worked closely with programming, engineering, marketing, management, and various user groups to develop standards for document content and format; end product met goals for completeness, consistency, and ease of use.
· Worked closely? NOOOOOOOOOO!!! GRRRRR!
20. Consistently demonstrated effective communication skills by formulating management objectives, by gathering technical and operational data from specialists, and by writing clear, concise, easy-to-understand documentation.
· Consistently demonstrated effective communication skills???! WHATTTT! And so if you’re not so darn lousy in communication, it’s still ok?! NOOO! THIS IS NOT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT! GRRR!
21. Ten years’ experience designing, writing, and developing user-oriented online Help (hypertext/hypermedia) in a multiple formats, including Windows Help, PDF, and HTML, with or without the use of popular authoring tools such as RoboHelp and Homesite.
· How could ten years experience be an accomplishment?! Because your life experience is 9?
22. Highly proficient in the use of a variety of software applications, including Word for Windows and other Microsoft Office Products; FrameMaker; Epic; and Vasont. Mainframe skills include TSO, ISPF, JCL, and BookMaster. Quick learner with some programming skills, can easily make use of most software applications regardless of platform in minimal time.
· This is not an accomplishment. This should be moved to Skills.
23. Completed over twenty weeks of ongoing Quality training and participated on two Quality Improvement Teams. Highly committed to the “do it right the first time” philosophy.
· This is not an accomplishment. This should be moved to Trainings and seminars attended.
So let’s see, how many accomplishments have we counted again? Nada. Zero! Zip! Zit! Zilch. In other words, BOKYA.
She’s great in embellishment. So when she decided to come here in Barrio Siete, she did a hara-kiri and look at the Jedi Bloggers now?! They’re now in a worst situation from before. Will she list defending Jedi Bloggers as the 24th accomplishment?
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hahaha ang daya unfair haha
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Reyns,
She is really a doctorate.. at mahusay siyang mag Doctor sa nakaraang EIB awards.. nya ha ha ha ha
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Somebody should send that woman to a mental institution. She’s one crazy lady.
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Read her comment – “UNHEALTHY OBSESSION” hahaha!
And who invited her to the Barrio?
With 10 comments?
And as she said “ONLY FOR REYNZ” hahaha!
So WHO IS OBSESSED WITH WHO?!
This Holly Harangiri have no clue what she started! I will highlight what I have discovered about Holly Harangiri in my next entry.
Filipinos must know who this Jedi Bloggers spinmaster is!
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Pehpot,
Naiimagine ko ang kilay mong off the charts errr off your bumbunan.
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Bloop,
Kinda reminds me of my favorite blogger. You know him. He lives in the kavilang varrio.
Both bloggers are the same: THEY ARE BOTH ATTENTION SEEKING LYING SUCKERS.
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Nagbanta na kapitana? legal action daw.. naku! mauwi na yata ito sa COURT BATTLE. he he he.. sinong tinakot nya? namputsa oo! demonyita talaga.
Siya nga ito ang pasok ng pasok, tapos nung binanatan nya siya naman ang nainis.. ha ha ha ha anu ba yan.. holly cow the carabao de batuten. hambalusin ko ito ng dos por dos eh.
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Nice try to evade the racist slur you have HOLLY JARANGIRI! you can afford to have Filipino blogger friends and be racist behind your back?
As if “I” don’t know that racist line you just threw?!
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Hahah and I thought her resume was well written.
Pacheck din ng resume ko baka ako din delusional haha. wala pa mandin ka ako talent sa proper resume haha
napaisip tuloy ako sa sarili ko CV hahaha
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Jeri,
I think that was the intent of Jedi Bloggers to get Holly Jarangiri to be their spinmaster was to intimidate me. That is not going to work with me Jeri.
No worries. What Holly can do in America, Reynz can do. There is no exclusivity for her. This woman still thinks that we are stupid by dressing us down here.
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I’ll work on your CV bluep.
As far as Jedi Bloggers Spinmaster is concerned, I think she needs to work on her credentials first before attacking as here because I looked at her resume which was public on her blog, jeezzz! Hahaha! Pathetic!
If she is defending the Jedi Bloggers of their block voting scam tactic, you would think that you would be talking to one professional, right? Well, if you look at her resume, bloody ugly. Here’s a sample.
She listed her 23 “accomplishments” and Holly as a doctorate have got no clue and could no even distinguish what an accomplishment is and what are duties and responsibilities. I laughed at this “accomplishment” and it read:
10. Demonstrated willingness to work overtime as required to complete several critical projects simultaneously, meeting established deadlines 26% under estimated hours and within budget.
· How in the world could you darn classify this as an accomplishment?! Demonstrated willingness to overtime? Filipinos don’t need to be coaxed to work overtime Holly. And a willingness to perform overtimes is so not an accomplishment at all! You should be ashamed of yourself.
YOU SEE WHAT I’M SAYING?! This alone will tell you the quality of Jedi Bloggers spin doctor! Does this sound DOCTORATE?! This is soooooooooooo elementary flunking stage!!!
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hahahahaha no comment kasi baka yung CV ko ganyan din hahaha
Accomplishment pala ang willing to work at established deadlines? LOL
so pag pala halimbawa sa newspaper ako nagtatarabaho tapos kada deadlne ko is 12 pm in the evening, lahat pala yun ilalagay ko sa CV as accomplishment? hahahahahahaha
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OFF TOPIC BLUEP!
Na-ban na nga ba talaga si Willie??? Am I reading this right?!
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AHA! I could see that HOLLY JARANGIRI is in the house! So, who is obsessed with who?!
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he he he, bilib talaga ako sau kapitana.. walang maipagkakaila sau.. he he he
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hahaha. bokya!
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Oh crap. This is such an eye-opener. I voted for their list. Actually, I was supposed to vote for just one or two. But one of them requested that I vote their whole “party.” At first, I don’t want to entertain his request. I’m a juris doctor student in UP. I’m quite keen with my rights. I know it impairs my constitutional right to suffrage. But its just a contest anyway, so I obliged. Some of them I don’t even know. Thanks for the info Reynz.
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“Tell me one Manila blogger who has a blog that could beat Barrio Siete’s performance in 2.5 months, because up until now, I don’t know of no one.”
Natawa naman ako dito. True. Sana mapantayan ko rin na-achieve mo. I still have 8 days before my 2.5 months, I only have 35K unique visitors. Any tips on how to widen my readership?
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holly molly mucking birds on the hills sinung my bonamine dyan, kulang ang isang banig, isang botikang bonamine ang kelangan koh graveh, umikot ang paningin ko pramis kanina pa wala na kong nagawa sa tagal dito palang lol.
ok nahilo ako sa….
a) haba ng post
b) dami ng comment
c) puro inggles ang usapan
answer:
all of da above.
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