Diskurso sa Ateneo

CEBU, Philippines - Naukay sa makadiyot ning milabay’ng semana ang natad sa patigayon ug ingon man sa paugnat sa kusog (sports) dihang mapaubsanon kaayong mi-angkon sa iyang sayop ang prominenteng magpapatigayon ang telecommunication mogul nga si Manuel V. Pangilinan ug tawgon sa iyang mga suod nga higala isip MVP tungod kay mao kana ang initials sa iyang ngalan.

Si MVP maoy chairman sa board of trustees sa Ateneo de Manila University ug chairman sab sa Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) ang kontra partido sa karaang Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) ilabi na sa ilang secretary-general nga si Graham C. Lim.

Sa akong bahin, nakadayeg ako kang MVP sa iyang kaisog sa pag-angkon sa sayop kay dili malalim sa usa ka milyonaryo nga magpa-ubos ilabi na kay napamatud-an nga ang iyang diskurso atol sa graduation sa Ateneo dili diay iyang orihinal nga pulong kun dili usa ka “plagiarized” o sinundog ug kinopya lang.

Mahimong misipyat si MVP ug wala na makahuna-huna og suhid sa kaapeke sa oras apan sayo kini sa iyang speech writer nganong wala niya hatagi og kredito ang original nga nagsulti sa maong mensahe.

Napamatud-an nga usa sa kabahin sa iyang diskurso gikan diay kadto sa usa ka inilang television host ug milyonaryang si Ms. Oprah Winfrey.

Sa maong bulilyaso, nagpista ug nagmaya dayon ang mga karibal ni MVP ug daw mga uhong ang mga emails nga misulpot sa atong computer.

Atong kutloon ang tipik lang sa email ni Lim isip unedited portion:

Here are excerpts from Pangilinan’s Ateneo de Manila University graduation speech: “But having a lot of money does not totally make you a successful person. What you want is both money and meaning. You want your life and career to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings real richness to your life, to be surrounded by people you can truly work with – because you trust and treasure them, and they cherish you in return. That’s when you’re really rich, that’s when you really successful.”

It was later found out these words were lifted from Miss Oprah Winfrey’s commencement address at Stanford University in June 2008: “But having a lot of money does not automatically makes you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life! What you really want is to be surrounded by people you trust and treasure and by people who cherish you. That’s when you’re really rich.”

Thank you very much and my sincerely,

Graham C. Lim

Secretary-General Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP)

Member-National Press Club (NPC) since 1989.

Tele-Fax +632 5242522

Si Lim anaa karon nagtingkagol sulod sa selda sa Camp Bagong Diwa sa Bicutan, Taguig sa kasong deportation gikan pa sa Disyembre 7 sa miaging tuig.

Ang maog email dili lang kay gipadala niya dire kanako apan iya kining gi-email ngadto mismo kang Ms. Winfrey ning duha ka mga addresses... [email protected] ug sa [email protected].

Miscellaneous. Talisay derby organizer Lorenzo “Chao” Sy thanked all participants who made the April 9 event successful. The 32 entries were all members of the Central Visayas Breeders Association (CVBA). Congrats to April C. Cal, daughter of Romy Cal who just graduated at the Cebu Doctors University in her nursing course. Belated birthday to Braulio Ybanez, father ship captain Glenn Ybanez who turned 75 years old yesterday. Condolence to the family of Romualda Cal Satina who died   recently at 92. – BANAT NEWS