sorry for disappearing for almost a week.. i got so busy this past few days.. and so here i am, sharing some of Charles Tiu's(Chris Tiu's brother) notes posted on his Facebook account.. i'm inspired about the topics he posted.. Charles and his brother, Chris, are both good in writing.. so let me share you some of his post that really caught my attention.
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Charles Tiu: Politics?
I find myself at home with nothing left to do before sleeping (of course since i am quite lazy to study), so i might as well speak my mind again.
First of all, i am quite saddened by the news of that ship which sank in Zamboanga. I pray for all those who were not fortunate enough to be rescued.
I am also quite happy that I may finally have someone to vote for in the 2010 Presidential Elections. Should Noynoy Aquino run, i definitely will be giving him my vote. You see, it is going to be my first time ever to vote and i am quite excited already. I may not know much about politics and i do not even know if he will be capable enough to be in the shoes of the president. But i do know for a fact, that we here we have a genuine person, who has a good character and good values, and he is someone who really will put his country above his personal interests. I just want honest leaders for a change. We've tried leaders who may have had the capabilities to do something, but their greed and corruption has definitely destroyed this country even more. As a Filipino, i realize that life here is not that easy, especially when compared to the other first world countries who get a lot of different benefits. Realistically speaking, this won't change immediately, maybe not until another 15 more years or something. But i would rather live in a world like this for as long as i know i am not being cheated, especially by the own people whom we put our trust in, to guide our country supposedly. So anyway, i am just hoping that Aquino does run and just shows people what it means to be honest.
One thing i will not accept though, is if that former president wins the elections again. That will be like having your wife sleep around with your brother, bestfriend, barkada, and whoever, and yet, you still would take her back! That is totally absurd. I mean, come on! Here we have a guy who has been proven guilty of stealing from our country and all sorts of different stuff, a corrupt official who has been in jail already for it, and yet, we still would let him run for our country. Just the fact that we are even considering voting for him makes me want to puke. It just goes to show the things we value in our country are different nowadays. Fame can get you anywhere.
And to Mikee Arroyo, for once you made me feel ashamed to be an Atenean.
The American dream tells them that through hardwork, perseverance and determination, they can become successful in life. IT also tells them that all men are created equal.
I am quite saddened to know, that the "Filipino Dream", is to be able to work in America.
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Charles Tiu: to everybody belittling an athlete.
Charles Barkley, my favorite basketball player, once said that athletes are not role models.
I beg to differ in some way. First of all, i believe athletes can be role models, if you choose the right one. There also are a lot of athletes whom we people should not follow - at all! But what people tend to forget almost all the time, is that these athletes are just human beings like us! In no way are they perfect. Whenever people see athletes making mistakes in their lives, it gets so magnified and people make such a big deal out of it, when in reality, those are so common in the lives of everybody else.
I hear a lot of people complaining about athletes and their lifestyles. I know it's not good to live in excess when people are suffering, but i believe that we should cut them some slack. God gave them talents and they made the most out of it which is why they got to where they are. It's their way of making their living too. For college athletes on the other hand, people complain about how they get star treatment and all those things in school. But do the other students fail to recognize that these guys are representing the school, and in no way it is easy to be a student-athlete. While normal people spend at most 6-9 hours in school, these guys spend an extra four hours just practicing. It really is time consuming and draining. And you can't even have privacy wherever you go (tell me about it, first hand experience cause of brother!) But anyway, it just is quite sad how people love labeling athletes as dumb and all sorts of stereotypes they can come up with. It just happens that their talent is in sports, rather than brains. Can't have everything in life you know.
And the true value i see, of these athletes/celebrities, is that they have capability to change people's lives. Whether through simply devoting a little of their time, posing for pictures and smiling, you can see how many people are touched by these simple acts, especially their fans. Or through their charity work, visiting different less fortunate places, just out of their free will, these guys make a lot of other people happy (and yes, they really do, they just don't get any publicity for it, because it comes from the heart). I strongly believe that the way the athletes carry themselves on the court, is different from who they really are outside of it. These guys are really nice guys who are ordinary just like us, yet also extraordinary in that they make the most out of their god-given talents.
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i hope that we learn something from what Charles have said.. so that's it for now.. i have tons of school works to do.. i''ll update again soon.. bye.. :))
