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Date Posted: 08:02:54 03/05/05 Sat
You know guys I have an acquaintance who is a very famous, multi-awarded Hollywood movie star who has a big number of very avid fans and fanatics worldwide. She's a very good, very talented singer-actress. But what I really don't like about her is her character. In her movies and concerts, she has a very nice and charming personality. But off-camera/stage, when you meet her in person and talk with her face-to-face, 'god, she's so proud, conceited, contemptuous, pretentious and haughty!!! She acts as if she's a deity, as if she's the center of the universe who should be exalted and extolled, and thinks she deserves all the glory and accolades of this world!! In one occasion she said to me, “Hey, you must bow down and look up to me! I'm a STAR!!!” (She wasn't kidding. She said it in a serious and arrogant manner!). I told her, "Hey, why should I? YOU ARE JUST a STAR, JUST A VERY TINY DOT IN THE WHOLE, IMMENSELY INFINITE UNIVERSE!!!”
The English language is so rich. A single word could mean so many different things. Take for example the word STAR, which means an actor or actress playing the leading the role, or an outstanding performer, especially a leading actor or actress. STARS ARE ONLY PUBLIC ENTERTAINERS/PERFORMERS/ARTIST (LOCAL OR FOREIGN MOVIE/TV, STAGE/THEATER ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, SINGERS AND DANCERS). They are likened to the stars for many of them are brilliant performers and they have avid fans (fanatics) who look up to them. Millions of people GO GAGA for or about entertainers! Maybe because STARS are so well-known because of their countless build ups (widely favorable or controversial, sensationalized, FABRICATED publicities) and exposures through print & broadcast media.
But definitely they are NOT the STARS, the LIFELESS & UNRESPONSIVE but shining, tiny dots that we see up in the sky, which are visible ONLY at night time (in DARKNESS!) and ONLY when the night sky is not cloudy! At DAYTIME (when there is light), STARS CAN NEVER SHINE! WE CAN NEVER SEE ANY STAR! There are NO STARS!
STARS ARE DECEIVERS!!!
From Earth (extremely distant--millions & millions of miles away!) we can see the radiance and charm of STARS, but behind their alluring luster (BEWARE!), in reality, just like our Sun, STARS EMIT SUPER, SUPER INTENSE & DESTRUCTIVE HEAT AND THEY ARE SUPER, SUPER INTENSELY & EXTREMELY HOT!!! (with super, super high temperature--millions of degree Celsius!!!). That's why SHOW BUSINESS or SHOWBIZ (where the STARS are), just like SOCIETY or HIGH SOCIETY (the rich & FASHIONABLE social class), THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (the wealthy and famous people whose lifestyles are expensive or extravagant & WELL-PUBLICIZED), THE JET SET (an international social set of wealthy people who travel from one FASHIONABLE place to another), are regarded as and synonymous to HYPOCRISY, PRETENTION, GOSSIP/INTRIGUE, OVERBEARING PRIDE, SNOB/SNOBBERY (rebuffing or ignoring people or things that the rich regard as inferior, as in social status/culture, or seeking association with persons of higher social position and looking down on those considered inferior, or an offensive air of superiority, as in matters of taste or intellect), HAUTEUR (HAUGHTINESS & ARROGANCE), SUPERFICIALITY, VANITY & CONCEIT, FRIVOLITY & THE LIKES.
STARS ARE ONLY PUBLIC ENTERTAINERS/ARTISTS/PERFORMERS (ACTORS/ACTRESSES, SINGERS/DANCERS). THEY EXIST TO PLEASE AND ENTERTAIN THE PEOPLE. THEY ARE PAID TO REGALE THE PUBLIC. I admire and appreciate an entertainer if he/she is talented. But I AM NEVER AN AVID FAN OR A FANATIC OF ANY STAR/ENTERTAINER (actor/actress or singer)!
I WATCH SOME STARS ‘COZ I JUST WANT THEM TO ENTERTAIN ME. I WANT THE STARS TO GIVE ME THEIR BEST PERFORMANCES THAT ARE WORTH THE MONEY I PAID FOR THEIR MOVIES, SHOWS OR CONCERTS. I NEVER IDOLIZE ANY STAR!
Speaking of HIGH SOCIETY, it really exists. But how would you classify a person who is super rich (a hundreds-multimillionaire or a multibillionaire) like Microsoft's founder, BILL GATES, the richest man on Earth whose GREAT FORTUNE is NOT QUESTIONABLE, NOT ILL-GOTTEN! (unlike the world’s NOTORIOUS RICH!) but who is just simple/modest in his ways, low-keyed/low-profiled, not that fashionable or fashion-conscious & not pretentious?
IF YOU ARE RICH--AND YOU ARE FASHIONABLE, STYLISH, FLAMBOYANT, SOPHISTICATED, HYPOCRITE, SNOBBISH, HAUGHTY, OSTENTATIOUS & SUPERFICIAL, THEN YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO JOIN “HIGH SOCIETY”! BUT IF YOU ARE JUST RICH--AND YOU HAVE THE OPPOSITE OF THE ABOVE TRAITS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BELONG TO “HIGH SOCIETY”!
As ENGLISH is the language of international business, science & technology, diplomacy, etc., it is the most widely spoken and understood language in the world. But ESPANOL or SPANISH is THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF CULTURE AND ROMANCE. SPANISH is considered as THE LOVELIEST, MOST ROMANTIC AND POETIC-SOUNDING LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD (being used as the medium of communication by LA MAJA INTERNACIONAL or MISS MAJA INTERNATIONAL, THE ONLY GLOBAL HISPANIC-INSPIRED PRESTIGIOUS BEAUTY PAGEANT).
In Central & South America & other parts of Europe, English is not spoken or hardly understood. That's why when we watch the live telecasts of the prestigious global pageants MISS UNIVERSE & MISS WORLD (both have a worldwide TV audience of more than 2 billion people), there are language translators for South Americans & Europeans (as what happened to MISS PERU, MARIA JULIA GARCIA, a Hispanic and the crowned 2004 MISS WORLD last December).
The 2004 Miss World Pageant added a new segment-the sports competition (A NOVELTY IN WORLD PAGEANTS!). It was amazing and amusing to see the lovely candidates showed their athletic prowess in different tough sports! The new MISS SPORT award went to MISS WALES.
Many people commented (& still debating) on the selection of the new Miss World queen via telephone, SMS text messages and internet worldwide voting (done for the first time) as unreliable and ineffective (not accurate). They said choosing the queen/winner of any global pageant should always be done by a panel of judges. Why?
Because WORLD OR GLOBAL (OR EVEN NATIONAL) BEAUTY QUEENS ARE NOT POLITICIANS! THE 2004 MISS WORLD QUEEN’S SELECTION HAD NO DIFFERENCE OR DISTINCTION FROM THE SYSTEMS NATIONS’ LEADERS/POLITICIANS (heads of states/countries, prime ministers, presidents, senators, solons, etc.) ARE CHOSEN OR ELECTED--THROUGH JUST VYING FOR THE HIGHEST/MOST NUMBER OF VOTES OR SIMPLY THRU POPULARITY (that’s why a famous, well-known showbiz person has always an advantage over other candidates). And there are UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICAL CANDIDATES who go up to the extent of massive VOTE BUYINGS and BALLOT SWITCHINGS resulting to the UNENDING PROTESTS of losers claiming they were cheated! Many also practice DOOR-TO-DOOR CAMPAIGNS locally/countrywide--being so nice & kind in wooing the voters--trying so hard to solicit & gain those votes (that are SO PRICELESS to them!) just to win the election (their aspired titles and positions)!! And when they won, driven by GREED and PERSONAL INTERESTS/AMBITIONS, many use their position and power to amass and acquire great wealth by graft and corruption!! Yes, there are sincere politicians who have genuine concerns for the welfare of their people and country but there are also MANY POLITICIANS WHO ALSO DO MANY GREAT THINGS (GREAT PROJECTS & GREAT PROGRAMS) for their respective nations & citizenry)--TO DISGUISE AND OFFSET THEIR GREAT, HIDDEN, FRAUDULENT DEEDS!! Well, that's the reality, guys!
Back to MISS WORLD, the world received replies from the SMS text voting that "you can vote as many as you can!"--meaning a single cellphone unit/user can send unlimited votes for a certain candidate. And if one is able to send a thousand votes, he can (REDUNDANT VOTES!). This is not fair if a country has a very huge population (such as China w/ almost 2 billion people)! But China didn’t win. The Miss World Organization said they had a “formula” to accurately compute for the global votes but they never explained the said “formula” during the coronation night.
Many people in the world say that, UNLIKE the BRITISH MONARCHY and other monarchies/royalties in the world wherein the queen’s and king’s crown and reign are JUST HANDED DOWN or HEREDITARY (INHERITED ONLY), the MISS WORLD and other global beauty queens' crowns, titles and reigns are EARNED!!! World or int’l (including national) beauty queens must always be judged and chosen through their ACTUAL PERFORMANCES--through their brains, physical and inner beauties (attitude & character), talents, abilities, totality of personality etc.--NOT just hereditary, NOT by just getting the MOST number of global votes and NOT by just popularity .
THE OFFICIAL SELECTON OF ALL WORLD/GLOBAL OR INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY QUEENS MUST ALWAYS BE DONE BY THE PANEL OF JUDGES (RENOWNED FIGURES)--NOT THROUGH REDUNDANT WORLDWIDE VOTING (VIA TELEPHONE, SMS TEXT MESSAGING AND INTERNET).
Bueno, my post is lengthy and extensive. Anyone of you who reads this, I do appreciate the time you spent!
MUCHAS GRACIAS!
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