This goes out to all my "homegrown" pinoy friends:
Do you remember watching Magmaman and Ultraman in the afternoon (or was it weekends?) on TV during your childhood?
Do you remember the X-Men and Ewoks cartoon shows on Fridays in the early to mid '90s?
Do you remember Marimar and Maria Mercedes (and the subsequent spawn of telenovelas) in the mid '90s?
Do you remember those dubbed anime shows in the late '90s? Do you remember T.G.I.F. and Gimik?
Do you remember FREAKING F4 and Meteor Garden in the early '00s? Do you remember F4 songs virtually taking all the top spots in the MYX daily countdown? Oh, and that hairstyle craze that they spawned in straight (and not-so-straight) men???
I remember thinking I was too "cool" for these trends back then. As "pop" as I am, I never really got into telenovelas, anime shows and F4/J-Pop/K-Pop.
I also remember feeling a little embarrassed for secretly feeling "kilig" when watching the loveteam movies of yore. Nowadays, that's all I rent whenever I get a chance to go back to the Philippines.
My OPM knowledge is now extremely lacking as well. The last popular OPM act I was keenly aware of was still Kitchie Nadal and MYMP.
Are there still Kapuso vs. Kapamilya network wars?
Ano na ba ang uso sa 'pinas nowadays? Ano na ang jologs?
Do people still use the word jologs? I MISS PINOY POP CULTURE!!!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
on a personal note...
I sometimes find it hard to acknowledge a friend's weaknesses to myself because I feel like I'm somehow betraying my friend by allowing myself to entertain negative thoughts about him/her.
I think it stems from my "fear" that if a friend notices a weakness of mine, I might be criticized about it behind my back and that person will think less of me.
Over the past year, I think I have finally learned that nothing is wrong with acknowledging a weakness of a good friend because that doesn't mean that you think less of him/her.
In fact, that is a good sign of your friendship because you embrace that person for who he/she really is, instead of just embracing the positive traits and trying to ignore the weaknesses. It strenghtens your bond because you are still fond of them, in spite of their faults. It means you love them, flaws and all.
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It's a lot similar with my past refusal to acknowledge my "doubts", when I give someone or something the benefit of the doubt.
I used to think that entertaining those doubts means that you're already casting your judgment, when actually that is why the word 'doubt' was in the phrase in the first place. You are giving the benefit of the doubt because there was something that made you doubt what you have perceived.
I guess this was also because I wanted people to give me the benefit of the doubt in less than ideal situations. I'm still learning to finetune my BS detector because of this.
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I think these tendencies of mine are based on that golden rule. They are based on good intentions but I guess I just took it a little too far.
I'm still learning a thing or two about moderation in some aspects of how I think and there should be a balance.
Yeah, this just occurred to me today... maybe it's my little nugget of wisdom that I have acquired before I turn 25... =)
[Yes, this realization of mine might seem obvious to you, but it took me a long time to be "enlightened", hehehe]
I think it stems from my "fear" that if a friend notices a weakness of mine, I might be criticized about it behind my back and that person will think less of me.
Over the past year, I think I have finally learned that nothing is wrong with acknowledging a weakness of a good friend because that doesn't mean that you think less of him/her.
In fact, that is a good sign of your friendship because you embrace that person for who he/she really is, instead of just embracing the positive traits and trying to ignore the weaknesses. It strenghtens your bond because you are still fond of them, in spite of their faults. It means you love them, flaws and all.
---
It's a lot similar with my past refusal to acknowledge my "doubts", when I give someone or something the benefit of the doubt.
I used to think that entertaining those doubts means that you're already casting your judgment, when actually that is why the word 'doubt' was in the phrase in the first place. You are giving the benefit of the doubt because there was something that made you doubt what you have perceived.
I guess this was also because I wanted people to give me the benefit of the doubt in less than ideal situations. I'm still learning to finetune my BS detector because of this.
---
I think these tendencies of mine are based on that golden rule. They are based on good intentions but I guess I just took it a little too far.
I'm still learning a thing or two about moderation in some aspects of how I think and there should be a balance.
Yeah, this just occurred to me today... maybe it's my little nugget of wisdom that I have acquired before I turn 25... =)
[Yes, this realization of mine might seem obvious to you, but it took me a long time to be "enlightened", hehehe]
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