Several things have been called "the great equalizer". Education, they say, is the great equalizer. The Internet, they say, is the great equalizer. I'll add another one to the list: rain.
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11/22/2016
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Several things have been called "the great equalizer". Education, they say, is the great equalizer. The Internet, they say, is the great equalizer. I'll add another one to the list: rain.
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11/21/2016
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"I would like to check in, please," I say, as I hand over my passport and ticket.
"Have you paid your travel tax, sir?" she asks.
"Ah, yes," I answer, as I fiddle through my envelope for the receipt.
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"Have you paid your travel tax, sir?" she asks.
"Ah, yes," I answer, as I fiddle through my envelope for the receipt.
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11/17/2016
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11/08/2016
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A few months ago, SM decided to start an experiment in their malls. What if, I assume the buildings said to each other, we force people to form a queue while on escalators? Right side for those standing, left side for those who need to walk on the escalators. They do it in other countries, after all.
And so, they did. Overnight the signs went up on every mall. "Stand on the right side. Walk on the left side." An attempt to bring order.
Nobody followed.
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And so, they did. Overnight the signs went up on every mall. "Stand on the right side. Walk on the left side." An attempt to bring order.
Nobody followed.
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11/07/2016
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Okay, maybe not. Pinoy Big Brother is still on, and new housemates just went in, and they'll still have to speak about their innermost thoughts, or something, to a disembodied, distorted voice in some room.
Then again, that is the exception. They don't really have much of a choice but to speak about those innermost thoughts. It's the format. It's what powers the whole enterprise. It's what gives the overloads the material to edit all that footage one way or another. And besides, they get something from it, provided they play their cards right and the millions of people watching love them enough to want them to get ahead of them (further, in some cases) in life.
Set all that aside, and the confessional is dead.
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Then again, that is the exception. They don't really have much of a choice but to speak about those innermost thoughts. It's the format. It's what powers the whole enterprise. It's what gives the overloads the material to edit all that footage one way or another. And besides, they get something from it, provided they play their cards right and the millions of people watching love them enough to want them to get ahead of them (further, in some cases) in life.
Set all that aside, and the confessional is dead.
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11/06/2016
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I planned to stay awake until half past eleven, but I bought cola by mistake, and I drank it because I already opened it, so, hello, midnight, or close to it.
I'm writing for no particular reason.
I just had a thought, really.
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I'm writing for no particular reason.
I just had a thought, really.
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