tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85527234902274635292024-03-12T19:54:16.686-07:00UnfictionLochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199911389343024653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552723490227463529.post-24589870889388347442010-04-25T05:20:00.000-07:002010-04-25T05:29:44.076-07:00How to...<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">First of all, I realized my first post might have sounded a bit too preachy. Sorry about the rant mode. Here:<br /></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9QjsNAPinI/AAAAAAAAABE/BwJf3e37SmM/s1600/shake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9QjsNAPinI/AAAAAAAAABE/BwJf3e37SmM/s200/shake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464031490219149938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> Let us shake and be friends.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Now, on to business! As you can see the title of my blog today is "how to.." which means.. I'll be giving tips on How To do something....<br /><br />...Yeah.<br /><br /><br />And today's topic is...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >How to Survive Your Paneling Day!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9Qkvtg37II/AAAAAAAAABM/n4c8req8WQo/s1600/the+panel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9Qkvtg37II/AAAAAAAAABM/n4c8req8WQo/s400/the+panel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464032649997184130" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">You don't wanna bore these guys. Especially Santa.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It all started one day when my friend had her own panel presentation. They were presenting their animations. There were a total of six groups there and I found certain flaws in how they presented their stuff. Now, I wasn't there to really judge them or what, but they need some help. You'll see what I mean.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">So I'm gonna give 5 tips which would </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >really</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> help anyone in their panel presentations! Yay. Now, let's get started.<br /></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >5. Avoid Acting Like a Know-It-All</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9QmQzgJ3OI/AAAAAAAAABU/IQyNiV766OA/s1600/physics.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9QmQzgJ3OI/AAAAAAAAABU/IQyNiV766OA/s320/physics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464034318052089058" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Yeah. Sure. Okay.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It's nice to have confidence up there, but not arrogance. Remember, your panelists are people who have been in the business probably when you were not even born yet. Most likely, they're the experts and you should be learning from them.<br /><br />A panel presentation isn't the chance to teach the teachers about what you know. It's a chance to </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >show</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> what you know. There's a very big difference to that.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Slip-Up:</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">There's a chance that you end up talking way too much if you become a know-it-all and if you talk too much, you either have the judges expect</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > too</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> much..or you talk about stuff they don't even want to hear about.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />By being a know-it-all, you are basically digging your own grave. Remember, you're at </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >their</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> mercy.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >4. Get to the Point.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Now this was</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span><span> a common mistake in the panels. The guys either talk way too much about the little details of their designs (<span style="font-style: italic;">probably because they have nothing else to show?</span>) or they put so much effort into their powerpoint presentations which isn't even what the panelists came for!</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9QoLBNWZ5I/AAAAAAAAABc/RAYZxmxyE-c/s1600/slide+70.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9QoLBNWZ5I/AAAAAAAAABc/RAYZxmxyE-c/s320/slide+70.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464036417675356050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Slide 70!? This was sort of true.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Slip-up:</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">This is pretty much the same mistake that the Know-it-alls make. With such a long presentation, you had <span style="font-style: italic;">better</span> show them what it's worth. If you fail to please, you fail miserably.<br /><br />Also, not getting to the point will frustrate your panelists. (<span style="font-style: italic;">uh-oh</span>.) Imagine explaining every single frame in a storyboard even if it's obvious. You make your audience feel stupid, they'll hate you for it. Oh, this actually <span style="font-style: italic;">did</span> happen. And he's the poor guy who got told off to shut up. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Sad.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br />3. <span style="font-size:130%;">Talk. Audibly.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9Qp7RnwwaI/AAAAAAAAABk/5JCx0qgvkSY/s1600/vinegar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9Qp7RnwwaI/AAAAAAAAABk/5JCx0qgvkSY/s320/vinegar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464038346226450850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Not a good scenario. Happened though.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This applies most especially to Asian countries where a lot of people are very soft-spoken. Especially the ladies. I admit, I was once a victim to this. (<span style="font-style: italic;">still am actually) </span>My friend just really can't speak up and speak loud. She talks and then sounds like the wind. Wait. A breeze. Even still, she thinks she's loud already.<br /><br />Our other friends were in the second row, and still couldn't hear her. Even the panelists couldn't hear her. And since we're on the issue of talking, it also pays to know how to do some </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >impromptu!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Slip-Up:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The panelists won't really hate you for this, but they'd lose respect for you and end up explaining <span style="font-style: italic;">your</span> work in your place. Or they'd take what they thought they heard you say and put it in a whole different perspective. Which is, not really what you'd want to happen.<br /><br />Or worse, the dead stare of awkward silence. Thankfully, the former was what happened to my friend which is much better in my opinion. But her voice was so soft, that she couldn't even butt in to correct a mistake they said about her work. They ended up explaining to the class about </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >their</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> views of her work which was pretty much off.<br /><br />Remember, you're defending </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >your</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> blood, sweat and tears. It might be a good idea to actually show them it's yours. Do it politely, and they'll respect that. Hey, they might even find you cool for it.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >2. Listen.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Now, we tend to take this for granted. People these days have a hard time listening on a casual basis even. But listening is so valuable. Sure, your panelist might just end up rambling about his past works and past experiences. Or listening to him shoot a fiery rain of arrows on you </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >would </span><span style="font-size:85%;">be painful. But, no pain, no gain.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">The Slip-Up:</span><br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Remember those days you didn't listen to your mom about not running on the slippery road? You fell. And then, you fell again. The truth is the more we don't listen, the more we tend to repeat our mistakes. Listening is not just about hearing the words, it's about considering how it can help you.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">This is so important because two of the groups in that panel were guys who didn't listen to sound advice and didn't seem to care. They'd push for what they thought was right even if people told them it was crap.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Sure, it's great to have so much faith in what you can do. It's great to have faith, period. But if a lot of people are saying your work isn't good or things aren't just working out for you for a long time (three years is rather long) then it might be a good idea to rethink your strategy.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">It's great to learn from experience, but sometimes, advice can be golden.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9Qt-gVNsFI/AAAAAAAAABs/HkqbRQtcEpU/s1600/Smg_powerstar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9Qt-gVNsFI/AAAAAAAAABs/HkqbRQtcEpU/s320/Smg_powerstar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464042799761305682" border="0" /></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Advice in the Mario World.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></div></div> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Confidence!</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Once you're all set with all of those, all you need is a healthy dose of confidence!</span><br /></div><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9QuiigY15I/AAAAAAAAAB0/s-FANdI_rNg/s1600/98883.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9QuiigY15I/AAAAAAAAAB0/s-FANdI_rNg/s200/98883.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464043418820335506" border="0" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Like Pixie Dust!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">You need to own your work and show that it's your world. You need to take the panelists for a ride whatever you're presenting. It </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >has</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> to blow them away! Or at least, if you're not so sure about what you're showing, it pays to be assertive about the work you've done!<br /><br />I remember when I first started gaining more confidence in presenting my stuff, I could actually think much better. I didn't get those memory blocks we all hate in front of them. I was just brimming with words that actually made sense.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Slip-Up:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm not saying that it's actually easy to gain confidence, no. But, the way to get it is to take more risks and be brave. To calm down and give yourself a shot of reality. These panelists aren't Death, God or..Santa.<br /><br />Yes, your gifts are safe.<br /><br />These are just people who want to teach you and who you can 'teach' as well by showing your works. They'd actually like it much better if you </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >did</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> talk. If you </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >did</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">explain.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you did</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> get to the point.<br /><br />I emphasize this because it was the main thing my friend lacked. She had a great presentation. A great set of artworks. A nice story. But she couldn't fight for it or explain it well. Why?<br /><br />"Uhmstipation."<br /><br /><br />What is that?<br /><br />You know, when you're frozen and constipated except it's your mouth, and all you can say is</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> uhm?</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9Qwibbn4XI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Py_x00AFOBM/s1600/uhmstipation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S9Qwibbn4XI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Py_x00AFOBM/s400/uhmstipation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464045615944556914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Oh, hey, this is a nice spot for my igloo!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">She really had to snap out of it or else her own work would be sabotaged. Confidence enables you to keep thinking even if you're in a fix. It also sells you. And if you sell yourself, then you've made the grade.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Mission Accomplished.</span><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199911389343024653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552723490227463529.post-13828175449795266092010-04-15T09:50:00.000-07:002010-04-15T10:49:36.997-07:00The Great Circle of...Stuff.<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S8dQSONQt3I/AAAAAAAAAA8/DMDYozfGnjA/s1600/blogpic_0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S8dQSONQt3I/AAAAAAAAAA8/DMDYozfGnjA/s400/blogpic_0001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460421347191601010" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Go figure.</span></span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">This is the reality of Manila. We always wonder why stuff around here never get done properly. It all boils down to one question:</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><span style="font-size:100%;">Who cares?</span></em><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The answer is: Not much. The ones that do usually don't say anything about it. We, Filipinos, tend to keep our mouths shut when the problem could probably hurt us. </span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The truth is that we hate inconvenience. We'd rather do without it. We hate lines. (All commuters and drivers know this well.) We hate to wait. We hate to put our 110% effort in the little things that that we don't get any credit for. (Unless we get paid to do it or something.) </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">We would rather sit back, enjoy the passing time, eat, talk about our miserable lives, eat again, and then smell the fresh bree- ..wait a minute. That is NOT fresh at all. Why is there trash here? Why do our roads look like the surface of the moon? (Except the moon is shiny.) Why are the simple services of this country so.. BLAH? Hmm..<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S8dIRxyJl4I/AAAAAAAAAAU/bdTrfWkiD2k/s200/her+fault.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460412543468672898" /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">It's all her fault!</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The common default answer of Filipinos would be, it's the government's fault. Sure, I can't say they're doing a squeaky clean job of running the country. (But then again, what government is squeaky clean?) There's a LOT of nasty things going on in there. One of which might be swimming in a sea of garbage. True, true, they aren't doing their jobs well enough </span><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">but </span></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">remember, the government was once a part of the people. Some have come from the masses as they proclaim.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">So what happened here?<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">We all know that there is a significant lack of love for the country and that counts a lot in a country's progress. But I would like to focus on accountability. People don't like to take responsibility for their own mess. We'd rather sweep it under the rug, run away from it OR hope someone else cleans it up.<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Basically, we tend to think that it's someone else's job. We can just sit back and wait for some miracle to happen. And then nothing happens and we blame it on someone not doing their job when it was ours in the first place. It creates this cycle of everyone hoping that the mess would just go away. <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">And then nothing happens.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S8dOvSfqmzI/AAAAAAAAAAs/j2kXfF5dCdw/s320/bend+spoon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460419647535487794" /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Aaaaany minute now...</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">There are a few who do their part but even they can't shoulder the weight of this country's indifference and lack of accountability. Because of this, the people who do their part are usually bitter and angry. <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In the end, we're a bunch of "free", whining kids sitting around and waiting for our </span><em><span style="font-size:100%;">yayas </span></em></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">to do something about the spilled milk on the kitchen floor. While there are a few overworked, bitter people yelling at us to grow up. Sad.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Let's think of it this way.<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Is it really the janitor's job to pick up every little mess you made when the trash can is near you? Is it really the government's job to sort out all your plans for the future? And, is it your job to flush my poop down the toilet?<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><br /></em></span></span></div><div align="center"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6Oh1xuc88c/S8dMoDz7f2I/AAAAAAAAAAk/Nxsv9vQja4c/s320/blogpic_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460417324311609186" /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Good luck, indeed.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><em><br /></em></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><br /></em></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div>Lochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199911389343024653noreply@blogger.com4