Schadenfreude : Behind Hayden's Camera

Ok ok ok, since everybody has something to say with this highly publicized Katrina Halili – Dr. Hayden Kho – Maricar Reyes scandal, here’s mine.

According to Psychology Today, Dec. 2008 issue – “We are eager to believe bad things about the people we envy.” – Yes, the people we envy.

“Ah what? I don’t fucking envy them!” you will say. But according to the book “Of Love and Lust - On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions by Theodor Reik, there is a theory called “unconscious envy.”

When we watched the scandal, we can be enthusiastic about how good they do it or how sexy they are and in our daydreams passionately wish to experience it or to have some of their characteristics or their life status. Nevertheless, we would not wish to be like Hayden Kho or Katrina or Maricar because we believe that what they did was immoral or incorrect – which is usually subjective. We would not wish to exchange our reputation for their tragic case. That is I guess, is called unconscious envy.

Aside from the presence of the angry moralists like the honorable Actor-Senator Bong Revilla, this is the other reason why Dr. Hayden, Katrina et. al., are the most ill judged personalities in the Philippines today, aside of course, from Pres. Gloria Arroyo.

But of course the real reason why they are the talk of the town now is because their tragedy is our entertainment.

And also because we sometimes have Schadenfreude (the pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others).

Is Dr. Hayden wrong and Katrina the real victim? I don’t fucking care! It’s their life.

But here is my confession: I unconsciously fantasized Maricar Reyes. I didn’t see her video as a scandal but an art. A real Kama-Sutra artist. Hmmm… cold water please!

Arrivederci!

Swine Flu: Ang Pakikibaka ng mga Baboy at wala lang.

Kawawa naman daw ang mga baboy, kaya ang swine flu pinalitan ng H1N1 sa Ingles,

sa kastila Huno Nuno,
sa Tagalog - Hisa Nisa.
Hmm, wala lang. He he he




Pero napag alaman na (daw) kung sino talaga ang salarin at nagkalat sa tao ng virus na ito, walang iba kundi ang batang ito.

Sa Pilipinas wala pa daw ang virus na ito, pero papalapit na ng papalapit, kaya ang mga taga Divisoria nag-sisimula ng mag design ng mga masks. Hmm, mukhang kikita ang business na to a.



Pero wag naman sana magka Hisa Nisa dito. Kakatakot kaya yun. Naisip ko, baka naghihiganti ang mga baboy kasi laging nakakaladkad ang pangalan nila tuwing may mga scandal ang mga tao tulad ng ka-Babuyan ni Dr. Hayden at Katrina, Ethel Booba at Alex Crisano at kung sino-sino pa. Napakarami na. Uso din kasi yun.


Pero dahil walang magawa ang mga baboy, napagbalingan nila ang mga baka.

Sabi ng baboy sa baka, “Bakit ikaw di nila sinisisi, samantalang pag namatay ako, ang dami kong naibibigay sa mga tao – bacon, sausage, ham at kung ano ano pa!!

Pero di nila kami na-aapreciate, samantalang ikaw! Gatas lang ang binibigay mo, pero mas appreciated ka nila!?”

Ang sabi naman ng baka sa baboy, “Nagbibigay ako sa kanila ng gatas habang buhay pa ko.

Alam ng mga tao na generous ako sa kanila kasi naibabahagi ko ang kung anong meron ako habang buhay pa ako.”

“Samantalang ikaw, nagbibigay ka lang ng bacon, sausage at kung ano ano pa pag patay ka na o kaya pag litson ka na!”

“Kung meron kang maibibigay habang buhay ka pa, mas ma-aapreciate ka. Hindi dapat palaging iniisip ang future. Mas importante pa rin palagi ang present.”

At biglang lumuha ang kawawang baboy. Sa kabila ng Dr. Haden-Katrina Scandal, Swine Flu at Economic recession, ito lang ang masasabi ko -

mag share ng blessing habang buhay ka pa.
He he he.
Yun lang Bow. Kalabaw.