And for the umpteenth time...

[ach_soo]

A pair of middle-aged women in our office got to talk at our table during lunch about their kids. One woman's kid was matriculating in college and said, "sa Ateneo ko na sya paaaralin. Baka kasi maging rebelde sa UP eh." She really sounded weak and stupid as she said those.

They made the mistake of dragging me into their conversation. "Ikaw, _____, dih ba UP ka? Delikado ba talaga doon?"

I said, "delikado kapag hindi ka marunong mag-ingat."

And she said, "Eh yung anak ko hindi sanay sa lansangan eh."

"Hanggang Ateneo na lang talaga yang anak mo."

At least she was smart enough to get the point. She quickly turned away and continued talking to her equally witless companion.

"...kasi sabi nila sa UP, como..., que...., otro.....blah...blah..."

UP ought to give me a medal. I do my part in keeping dull entrants to a minimum.

[ubermensch]

^ Nakakatawa nung sinabi niyang hindi sanay sa lansangan ang anak niya ha. Ganun na lang ba yun, hahayaan na lang niya?

Not from UP, but I've also heard that kind of reasoning before.

Kapag ganyan ang naririnig ko, heto ang mga nai-imagine kong gusto kong itanong tungkol sa college-bound niyang anak:
* Kapag umuulan ba, hindi mo na ba siya pinapayagan pang lumabas ng bahay?
* Hinahawakan mo pa ba ang kamay niya kapag tatawid siya ng kalsada?
* Kapag kakain siya sa labas, tinitikman mo ba muna nung isusubo niya dahil baka panis?

Kung HINDI ang sagot sa lahat, bakit mo naman hindi papayagan ang anak mo sa UP?

What gets my goat is when they make Ateneo as an alternative, na para bang ginawa kaming bagsakan ng mga di marunong mag-ingat. :glee:

[st3a7th]

ah, di ba sanay sa lansangan yung anak niya? sabihin mo dun siya sa USTe, magbabangka siya every once in a while, lalo na sa panahon ng galit na galit na intertropical convergence zone.. (diba ka ernie, noh?) pag-sasagwan ko pa kamo siya!

:rotflmao:

[KuyaDanny]

Aba, bagay sila dito sa The Academe.

"Simplify your life - use stereotypes!"

[math_techie]

I've heard so many stories of supposedly smart people who has the brains to go to UP, pero hindi sila tumutuloy sa takot na maging NPA siya, o sa takot na masali sa FRat, o takot maging Atheist, o takot sa magnanakaw, o takot na maulanan o takot kumain ng fishball....haayy, andaming gustong pumasok sa UP, kaya lang hindi sila ganon katalino, tapos yung iba matalino nga, ayaw namang pumasok kasi takot.

[SUX2BÜ]

No offense to those middle-aged women, but don't they have things that are way more important to talk about?

:laugh:

[GR8_GUY]

A pair of middle-aged women in our office got to talk at our table during lunch about their kids. One woman's kid was matriculating in college and said, "sa Ateneo ko na sya paaaralin. Baka kasi maging rebelde sa UP eh." She really sounded weak and stupid as she said those.

They made the mistake of dragging me into their conversation. "Ikaw, _____, dih ba UP ka? Delikado ba talaga doon?"

I said, "delikado kapag hindi ka marunong mag-ingat."

And she said, "Eh yung anak ko hindi sanay sa lansangan eh."

"Hanggang Ateneo na lang talaga yang anak mo."

At least she was smart enough to get the point. She quickly turned away and continued talking to her equally witless companion.

"...kasi sabi nila sa UP, como..., que...., otro.....blah...blah..."

UP ought to give me a medal. I do my part in keeping dull entrants to a minimum.

"Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is more unjust to youth". ~ Thomas Edison

[ach_soo]

What really got me was her delivery. She really sounded weak and stupid. Not someone I can respect.

[Kris_Aquinoo]

Dapat mag-UST nalang anak nila para naman maging well-behaved *** noh! sosyal dba?

[hacksaw]

Here's my all-time favorite:

Sa Ateneo na lang magaaral yung anak ko because his fathers annual income is too high for admission sa UP.

[cretinous00]

A pair of middle-aged women in our office got to talk at our table during lunch about their kids. One woman's kid was matriculating in college and said, "sa Ateneo ko na sya paaaralin. Baka kasi maging rebelde sa UP eh." She really sounded weak and stupid as she said those.

They made the mistake of dragging me into their conversation. "Ikaw, _____, dih ba UP ka? Delikado ba talaga doon?"

I said, "delikado kapag hindi ka marunong mag-ingat."

And she said, "Eh yung anak ko hindi sanay sa lansangan eh."

"Hanggang Ateneo na lang talaga yang anak mo."

At least she was smart enough to get the point. She quickly turned away and continued talking to her equally witless companion.

"...kasi sabi nila sa UP, como..., que...., otro.....blah...blah..."

UP ought to give me a medal. I do my part in keeping dull entrants to a minimum.

Pare naman. You shouldn't get angry at people because their comments about UP are born out of ignorance. Plain and simple. Sige ka, nakakapa-pangit ang nagagalit. May papalit na sa yo bilang "SEB King"!

[tOTt]

natatawa ako sa mga taong ganun ang tingin sa up. ang babaw ng reasoning. kung tutuusin, exaggerated masyado yung mga ganung perceptions about up

[cretinous00]

Pare naman. You shouldn't get angry at people because their comments about UP are born out of ignorance.
Having said this, I think it's time UP got an image consultant, preferably one from Lasalle (or maybe CSB).

[GR8_GUY]

What really got me was her delivery. She really sounded weak and stupid. Not someone I can respect.

There is nothing more dangerous in all the world than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

[ach_soo]

There is nothing more dangerous in all the world than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Sorry, I have to pull back a bit. Maybe what I thought to be weakness and stupidity was actually mothering instinct. [sniff]

[HARE]

I'm always caught in a situation like this..having a lot of friends, friend's friends coming from different schools, meeting young and old people who always drag other school names no matter what...

What I do is I just keep quiet and try to examine how much their life's insecurities carving in their bare faces....hehe

and ach_soo is right...it's a mothering instict for god sake!u

what an issue!

[muchomuchacho]

UP ought to give me a medal. I do my part in keeping dull entrants to a minimum.

…by helping them ensure that its alumni end up working as subordinates to ateneans and la sallites like the way it is in the bank you work for. :rolleyes:

[cla_cbe_d_best]

sanay nga ba sa lansangan ang mga taga UP? if oo, then ano bang masama dun... la lang... im just aking....

[zacharaiolsen]

ahaha.. katuwa naman tong thread na to. napaka laking issue! ahihi.. e anu namn ba kasing paki nyo kung dun nya paaralin anak nya, may sarili syang mga rason, baka d nyo pa alam *** iba.

kung yun ang pananaw nya sa school, *** kayong mggwa, kasi yun ang nageneralize nya based on what she sees, hears, and probably experienced.

at saka hindi naman kahangalan yun, syempre nanay yun hindi nyo masisisi kung gusto nya lang laging malayo sa kapahamakan at masasamang loob ang anak nya.

kunsabagay, marami namang mas ok na school kesa sa sinasabi nyang 'folback', ang di ko maintindihan, bakit sa ateneo pa?? :rolleyes:

[math_techie]

^ saan pa ba ang mas OK na alternative sa UP aside from Ateneo?

[ach_soo]

A university as old as Duncan Macleod.

"I was born 400 yeas ago in the highlands of Scotland. I am immortal..."

[Kopibun]

AMA siguro.

[math_techie]

A university as old as Duncan Macleod.

"I was born 400 yeas ago in the highlands of Scotland. I am immortal..."

The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas?

[ach_soo]

The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas?

SACRILEGE! It's the Royal Pontifical Catholic University of Santo Thomas.

[SUX2BÜ]

Tomás not Thomas.

:)

[cla_cbe_d_best]

^ saan pa ba ang mas OK na alternative sa UP aside from Ateneo?

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY. at hello?!?... 3rd choice na lang po ang ateneo ng mga high school graduates.... even surveys tell that. :)

[erap_arroyo99]

Sorry, I have to pull back a bit. Maybe what I thought to be weakness and stupidity was actually mothering instinct. [sniff]

perhaps the father is to blame? for not pushing the child towards self-sufficiency?

[erap_arroyo99]

…by helping them ensure that its alumni end up working as subordinates to ateneans and la sallites like the way it is in the bank you work for. :rolleyes:

yeah.. ateneans and lasallians who undeservedly get more money while performing less work.

[cla_cbe_d_best]

yeah.. ateneans and lasallians who undeservedly get more money while performing less work.


ewan ko lang ha... eh so what if lasallians are earning more money? no fuss about it... taga UP Ka nga... sanay sa lansangan... oopps

joke lang po. i was taken by my emotions.

[Kopibun]

Haha, kahit hindi tunay na lasallian si ***_cbe_d_best, natutuwa ako sayo. :)

[cla_cbe_d_best]

^^ hay nako.. ewan ko sayo.. wala ka ng ibang posts kundi iistalk ako. get over it... :rolleyes:

[ach_soo]

Here's a different situation.

A former officemate dropped by. He's a creep but this has little to do with his life-long love affair with Ateneo, and his disdain for UP. He's from Mapua by the way. A below-average Mapuan perhaps.

Again it's a case of parental love gone wrong. His boy is straight Atenean since grade 1. And bright. Graduated second in his high school batch and he passed all his college entrance tests (top-1, top 1-3, top 1-4 :rolleyes: ) Anyway, Mr. social climbing creep is now asking for my advice, "How can I convince my son to go to UP?" He's taking his premed, he wants to take medicine, and he wants to study at the Ateneo all thoughout. Obviously my friend was running low on funds to finance an Ateneo education all the way to med proper.

I spent several seconds in reflection. This was a bright kid. He loves his Ateneo, but the father has other worries. I said,

"You kid's bright and I would love to see him go to UP. But I think it'll be best if he stays with the Ateneo, taking a generic course like IS, or maybe some business program. Let his develop his talents and interests some more before both of you make the mistake of investing in a medical degree."

[erap_arroyo99]

eh so what if lasallians are earning more money?

exactly. lasallians "earn" too much money that it's stealing.

and i'm not yet taken by my emotions that time.

[SUX2BÜ]

ach_soo, does being around depressed and spineless people make you feel powerful? Where have you been hanging out?

:lol:

[cla_cbe_d_best]

off topic po.........

di ba sa bank nagwowork si ach_soo and mac_bolan00?...

la lang.. baka kase ganun talaga mga tao dun....

hmmm... di kaya sa UnionBank nagwowork si ach_soo? sya ata yung may elevator scandal eh...

[muchomuchacho]

yeah.. ateneans and lasallians who undeservedly get more money while performing less work.

it happens that they reach the top more often. if you don't like the process they go through to get promoted then don't get into the corporate world. go work in a laboratory. :rolleyes:

[Gising]

ach_soo, does being around depressed and spineless people make you feel powerful? Where have you been hanging out?

:lol:


Natawa naman ako dito. Feeling. :rotflmao:

Anong "The Best" naman ang pinupuntirya niyo matapos ang "The Best" looking campus? The best college publication?:rotflmao:

Susunod the best "Cheerdancers" naman siguro. :naughty:

[Gising]

it happens that they reach the top more often. if you don't like the process they go through to get promoted then don't get into the corporate world. go work in a laboratory. :rolleyes:


Yup yup. It's not the fault of many students from the "old boys club" if many of them can climb the corporate ladder despite their poor performance at work.

People are you blind? The academic world's "best and the brightest" do not always land at the top of the corporate ladder.

Let's pull some strings.:D

Check out the neo-crony corporations. Whose on top?:rotflmao: