Friday, March 5, 2010
{ 11:30 PM }
I know I'm probably gonna get a lot of flak for this, but I just want to be able to express myself here. I'm not trying to unleash any hate or disdain on anyone, I just feel like expressing my strong opinions towards some stuff.
I'm not hating on people from exclusive schools-- I believe they're greatly privileged to study in such, and that there's definitely no shame in coming from an upbringing greatly blessed. And by all means, they have the prerogative to take that in pride. But to clearly distinguish themselves from others, and worse, to diss on people who do not "belong", so to speak, is a completely different story.
Wala lang. I just hate it eh, lalo na when these people, galing sa provinces, tapos pagpunta sa Manila, ibang iba na. Ako, probinsyana ako, and I'm proud to be one. I try to make a difference in lifting the stereotype of people coming from the provinces na promdi, jologs, ganyan. Simply because I want to show that money does not necessarily equal class. Living in an urban environment doesn't make you any better. Decency does. A set of morals does. Nakakainis lang yung stereotype that when you're from the province, yung stereotype sayo is "jologs", "promdi". Maybe one thing I like about coming from the province is the innate simplicity. You feel so humbled. Not that people from the city aren't, but some people can get on my nerves.
Like my earlier example. Someone coming from the province-- from a decent family, a decent school, with utmost simplicity goes to an exclusive school for college, then suddenly when he comes back, he goes around thinking he's better than everyone else, and that he's cooler, so to speak. I definitely have nothing against people adapting to the ways of life once they go to a different place. Adapt their taste, fashion, by all means go ahead! But to come back and diss the people he once called friends, because he's "different" than them now, deserves a punch in the face. Para magtanda.
Then another thing is elitism. Friends of mine will know that I disdain elitism. Of course, it's human nature to put ourselves in societal classes, and to want the finer things in life, but at the end of the day, we're all equal aren't we? I don't want to be a hypocrite, of course I will have my share of likes and dislikes, and every now and then I will label my dislikes as "jologs", but I won't group people the way I group my interests. Like in Facebook, the groups that promote elitism. There's this group that disses on people that do sTiCkY cApS, and by all means I won't stop them. Actually I'm even a member of that group, because I dislike people who use that kind of style in typing or texting. It's tacky and hard to read. But then seeing some of the posts on there infuriated me. Like the expression "BV". Sure, it started in Manila, but even I have heard of it. But then, that's because I spend a lot of my time online talking to different people so I pick up a lot of phrases and expressions. But some people don't know what it means, when it's only a variation of the expression "badtrip". Tapos yung iba naman doon, "Puta, kung hindi alam yung expression na BV, alam na! Mga aJejE din yan, mga taga-probinsya!" I mean, WTF. :| Just because you don't know ONE FREAKING EXPRESSION doesn't give you the right to judge one's character. Syempre, may iba-ibang regions, just like there are different dialects, so chances are one's mannerisms and actions in one place won't be the same in another. And again, the stereotyping. LAHAT BA NG JOLOGS, MAHAHANAP SA PROBINSYA? Please naman, kahit sa Manila, meron din yan. Wag kayong hipokrito. And yes, I still dislike sTiCkY cApS. But I've learned not to judge people because of it. Dahil galing ako sa probinsya, marami akong kilalang ganyan. But once you get to know them outside of texting (aka in real life), you'll find out that they're just like you and me. Nagkakatalo lang sa texting style.
I have a lot to rant. Pero wag nalang. =)) Like I said, I'm totally NOT hating on exclusive schools, and I'm definitely not generalizing people here. I'm just talking about certain people who act that way. Nakaka-BV lang, how some people can be so narrow-minded. (uy wow, alam ko yung word. HAHA.) In fact, my heart belongs to a Lasallian. :">
Rant over.
