Unoriginality: Truths and Lies

I got this idea from ajaw and fallencritic. Basically, I’ll list down 15 statements and you’ll have to guess which five statements are purely made up. Ready? Good luck.

Let’s begin.

1. I made this template and used it for my personal site. Back in the day, I was more drawn into layout and images rather than the written content. You got to admit it has more aesthetic value than my current blog. I called this design Gust and it was the third among my creations.

2. I’ve had my 15 seconds of fame on television. I have been shown on Channels 2, 5 and 13.

3. Pinakbet is my favorite dish. I’m a vegetarian.

4. I’ve been feeling real down lately. Six patients have died under my watch within the last two weeks.

5. I interviewed Slapshock back in high school. I did it for the school paper and called the article Headtrippin’.

6. I don’t drink alcoholic beverages. I have taken less than 10 bottles of beer my entire life, but before I quit the habit, my tolerance for hard liquor was above average. I [used] to drink tequila and vodka a lot.

7 . I have never been to a strip joint. All my friends are decent and clean cut.

8. I have met and shook hands with the Sultan of Brunei. I got 20 Bruneian Dollars after doing so.

9. I have saved a friend’s life from drowning. He jumped off the high diving board into the 10-feet deep pool without telling us that he didn’t know how to swim. We were in first year high school then.

1 0. That very same friend from #9 is now one of better friends. That experience just sealed our bond and he’s definitely the best friend I’ve ever had.

11. I was not on the honor roll when I graduated from high school. I’m probably the only student in INTARMED history to have been accepted into the program without being an honor student.

12. I had a tug of war match against my algebra teacher in high school. A bitch of an instructor confiscated my state of the art Nokia 5110 from the paws of a classmate who was playing with it. She quickly said that I should ask my parents to claim the phone from her. Naturally, in Benj form, I JAWED at her until she asked the entire class to leave the room. When we were the only two left, she left the phone on top of the table [more jawing: epistaxis-inducing prose... haha] and I made a grab for it. She had lightning quick reflexes so we ended up having both hand on the phone…

I let go and she hit the chalkboard hard. I laughed my ass off.

13. I LOVE MATH. Physics is my first love and I would’ve taken it if it were not for the Intarmed program.

14. I have joined two rallies in my entire life. I was in EDSA DOS and the Anti-ROTC rally of 2001.

15. I am for the death penalty. Death to those scoundrels!

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Â Most Believable
The following statements has only received one vote so far:

Â I have saved a friend’s life from drowning. He jumped off the high diving board into the 10-feet deep pool without telling us that he didn’t know how to swim. We were in first year high school then. *Statement #9 (Person who said it’s a lie: Jhed)

Â I was not on the honor roll when I graduated from high school. I’m probably the only student in INTARMED history to have been accepted into the program without being an honor student.Â *Statement #11(Person who said it’s a lie: Kevin)

Least BelievableÂ

I have met and shook hands with the Sultan of Brunei. I got 20 Bruneian Dollars after doing so. *Statement #8 (7 votes)

Â I made this template and used it for my personal site. Back in the day, I was more drawn into layout and images rather than the written content. You got to admit it has more aesthetic value than my current blog. I called this design Gust and it was the third among my creations. *Statement #1 (6 votes)

Â I LOVE MATH. Physics is my first love and I would’ve taken it if it were not for the Intarmed program. *Statement #13 (6 votes)

October 16th, 2006 in Uncategorized

61 Comments

At 2006.10.16 09:37, bleue said:

lemme be the first one to guess:

I bet items no: 3,5,8,10 and 13 are hoax?

may tumama ba? hehehe!

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At 2006.10.16 09:38, bleue said:

ang kewl ng idea na ganito, pagaya din minsan ha! hakhak!

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At 2006.10.16 14:17, Gee said:

1, 6,7, 8, 13

hmmm? may nahulaan ba ako? haha!

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At 2006.10.16 16:38, cyberpunk said:

hmm how about 1, 3, 7, 8, 12?

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At 2006.10.17 00:05, Jhed said:

Haha! Nakaka-aliw itong post na ito ah. Minsan nga magaya, okay lang? Haha.

1, 6, 8, 9, 12

Tama?

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At 2006.10.17 01:26, bleue said:

hakhak! ang tagal naman bago malaman kung may tama ako! oist benj, pagaya nito ha…. ang kewl eh!

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At 2006.10.17 01:27, bleue said:

i tag mo na lang kami with this post para may excuse sa paggaya namin! lolz

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At 2006.10.17 02:33, Roanne said:

This is fun. Too bad you already revealed some of the answers. Everything is believable (because I’m very gullible like that), except maybe 8. OK, the first part I could believe, but the $20 part, haha.

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At 2006.10.17 02:53, benj said:

Roanne, I havent revealed any of the answers. There’s actually a conscious effort on my part to confuse readers further.

Bleue, ang kulit mo ha. Matuto kang maghintay. hehe

Jhed, syempre, no problem.

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At 2006.10.17 05:41, bleue said:

hakhak!
don’t confuse us, ang daya mo! i have serious reasons to believe in some items that you specified, saka ko na ide-divulge kapag nireveal mo na din sagot mo, i just hope na may tumama sa mga sagot ko! lolz

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At 2006.10.17 05:55, billycoy said:

truths or lies, it doesn’t matter… as long we read your blogs.

napadaan lang, sorry for the intrusion!

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At 2006.10.17 05:55, ianuarius said:

Let’s see 1 is possible 2 but I doubt all three channels unless you’re in showbiz, I think 7 is a hoax so is 12 add 13 to that, why take up med when you love math? I’ve never been to strip joint also so I believe in 7.
9 and 10 i believe

do we get a prize if we get it right lol

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At 2006.10.17 07:28, benj said:

in the spirit of billycoy’s post, yes, ianuarius, you will get a prize… the prize of uninhibited honesty. *gushing tears*

so ianuarius: you think 7, 12, [maybe 2] and 13 are hoax? Ok. hehe

bleue: SERIOUS reasons? wahaha

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At 2006.10.17 08:33, bleue said:

oh come on! hahaha! basta!
anyways, i like the prize! lolz!

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At 2006.10.17 13:09, benj said:

you have to applaud people who are creative.

it sure sounds better than - ‘just tagged you! visit my blog please!’

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At 2006.10.17 22:44, Jhed said:

Okay, I take back #8. It’s possible.

I think #14 is a hoax. I just can’t picture you as an activist. Haha!
So that’s 1, 6, 9, 12 and 14. Haha!

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At 2006.10.17 23:17, Jhed said:

Freakin’ crappolas!

I’m having doubts with #6, so I’ll freakin’ change it. Haha! Sorry if I’m spamming in your comments box. Haha!

This is my FINAL (as in FINAL) answer. I will not change it anymore.
1, 4, 9, 12 and 14.

That’s it, I’m done. Haha!

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At 2006.10.18 01:17, bleue said:

hahaha! you were successful in confusing Jhed! I stand by my first guess! lolz!

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At 2006.10.18 03:49, benj said:

Ok. To recap the votes

Statement 1: 3 [Gee, Kaide and Jhed]
Statement 2: 0 [though ianuarius is on the fence on this one]
Statement 3: 2 [Bleue and Kaide]
Statement 4: 1 [ Jhed]
Statement 5: 1 [Bleue]
Statement 6: 1 [Gee]
Statement 7: 2 [ianurius and kaide]
Statement 8: 4 [Gee, kaide, roanne and bleue]
Statement 9: 1 [Jhed]
Statement 10: 1 [bleue]
Statement 11: 0!
Statement 12: 3 [Kaide, Ianuarius and Jhed]
Statement 13: 3 [bleue, gee and ianuarius]
Statement 14: 1 [jhed]
Statement 15: 0!

After 6 respondents, no one has voted that I was lying about my academic performance in highschool - ditto for my support for the death penalty.

The most unbelievable statement so far is my alleged encounter with the sultan of brunei.

Jhed has 3 unique answers.

Ironically, none of you have met me personally. I only know two people whom I know in real life who actually visit my blog. hehehe.

You have varying degrees of inaccuracy.

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At 2006.10.18 04:21, bleue said:

hakhak! nameet ko na to si benj in person pero di nya ako nameet! that was during the freezone…

wah, magbabago ba ako ng hula o hindi? wel.. di na lang!

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At 2006.10.18 12:08, utakGAGO said:

10 because.. i think hindi na kayo close nung survivor na yun. ahehe. wala lang. i’m really thinking about it.

11. because i know your IQ so much and i’ve known you na isa ka sa toppers ng upcat. so i disagree with this one.

15. i don’t think you’re against life. after all - you feel bad with sick and dying people - RIGHT? *smugs*

And with my weird observation, knowing the ‘adventure-type’ of you - sa tingin ko’y nakapunta ka na talagang brunei and shook the sultan’s hands.
5. i don’t think slapshock exists back then. (no offense meant)

lastly… gaad, this one would be a tough decision.

2. wala lang. HAHAHA!! feel ko lang kasi - yung yung hindi kapani-paniwala sa 15 na yan.

just please inform me with the results. pano? bahala na nga. hahaha.

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At 2006.10.18 12:09, utakGAGO said:

so! ANG WEIRD pala ng mga sagot ko! waa!!

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At 2006.10.18 14:41, benj said:

vinkz: 2, 10, 11, 15 and 5.

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I’ll be nice, people

kindly check out this site.

http://benjimed.tripod.com and tell me what you see.

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At 2006.10.18 15:26, estelle said:

3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13 are lies. i think.

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At 2006.10.18 17:37, Gee said:

“Statement 7: Two people think Iâ€™m far to indecent to have not been to a strip club. Dammit, good thing one person thinks this is true! Thank you Gee.”

ako ba yun? whatta? lokohan ba ito? lolz!

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At 2006.10.18 17:52, NeilTG said:

definitely more mind stimulating than the fpbb game. hehehe. this i give a rating of “G” for gullibility…. err… i always give the benefit of my doubt to people. i consider every person’s statments TRUE unless i come up with evidence they’re FALSE….go forensic pathology.hehehe

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At 2006.10.18 21:06, faith said:

3, 6, 8, 10, 13

haha!

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At 2006.10.19 00:39, Xtina said:

amazingly amusing. but i wouldnt know either.

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At 2006.10.19 06:44, mitch said:

1,3,7,8 and 15.

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At 2006.10.19 07:05, benj said:

Xtina and Jod are the new breed of ummm… commenters. I wish I was that creative when I was still doing what they’re doing. hehe. thanks thanks thanks.

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At 2006.10.19 08:14, pau said:

just because you forced me to:

3, 8, 13, and 2. and 4 and 15 because i’d like to believe that they’re not true. hehe.

oops, that’s six up there, not five. but oh well.

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At 2006.10.19 15:52, Alvin said:

I’d say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are all made up

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At 2006.10.19 16:39, bleue said:

whoa! ang dami nang guess’! yung iba recruits ko yan! lolz! tagal naman kasi ireveal, atat na kami! hakhak!

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At 2006.10.19 18:24, Xtina said:

hmm, your closest of your closest friends can only attest.

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At 2006.10.20 01:51, aajao said:

some of your statements may be half truth and half lie but nonetheless, they are to be considered lies if that will be the case. i’m casting my 5 wild (but good) guesses.

Lie Statements: #s 1, 2, 4, 6, 13

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At 2006.10.20 03:24, benj said:

im assuring you, the lies are LIES. The truths may have been phrased differently to confuse readers.

Alvin: were you on a rush? hehe

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At 2006.10.20 12:41, phia said:

bloghop!

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At 2006.10.21 17:48, mats said:

i dunno… but till lemme know if may tumama…
i think, 2,4,6,7 and 11

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At 2006.10.22 02:00, utakGAGO said:

c’mon, i’m excited with this thing! HAHAHA.

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At 2006.10.22 02:27, bleue said:

kaya nga ang tagal! hakhak

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At 2006.10.22 04:12, jaywalker said:

You’ve never been to a strip club? that has to be a lie

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At 2006.10.22 05:12, benj said:

my lips are sealed. hehehe

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At 2006.10.22 10:13, ianuarius said:

the excitement is killing me….

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At 2006.10.22 12:53, bleue said:

i’ve never been to a strip club either! lolz! amf! believe me…

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At 2006.10.22 14:42, benj said:

ianuarius, im sure you’re still on this page hitting the reload button as we speak.

bleue: you know what, i actually believe you. a strip club is too cheap for you.

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At 2006.10.22 15:54, Alvin said:

When’re you gonna reveal the answers btw?

Or are you ever gonna reveal the answers?

BTW, i really read through the whole thing and thought that it is the first 5 that are all untrue.

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At 2006.10.22 16:23, benj said:

Soon. Haha. I actually realized a few days back that I fucked up big time with the counting. I actually have SIX LIES in this list. At least that makes it more likely to get 5 things right.

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At 2006.10.22 18:05, jaywalker said:

Dude what the hell is a strip club. I am clueless as to the nature of such establishments

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At 2006.10.22 18:13, benj said:

Dude, that’s where people like you go instead of going to church.

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At 2006.10.22 19:12, benj said:

http://lateralus.wordpress.com/2006/10/22/unoriginality-truths-and-lies-part-ii/

Three true statements have been revealed in this update.

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At 2006.10.22 21:20, utakGAGO said:

Suspense pare.

I’m waiting for the truths and the lies! C’mon!!! (Haha, atat?)

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At 2006.10.23 01:17, bleue said:

since you already revealed three of the truths and i hit one of them, i’ll change my guess to:

2,3,8,10 and 13 are hoax?

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At 2006.10.23 04:49, Yano said:

7 . I have never been to a strip joint. All my friends are decent and clean cut.

Hahaha

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At 2006.10.23 20:01, benj said:

Yano, anong nakakatawa?

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At 2006.10.23 20:43, helga said:

5. I interviewed Slapshock back in high school. I did it for the school paper and called the article Headtrippinâ€™.

I know if I look hard enough, I’ll find our photo with them hahahaha.

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At 2006.10.23 20:46, helga said:

12. I had a tug of war match against my algebra teacher in high school…
I let go and she hit the chalkboard hard. I laughed my ass off.

Miss Zarate? Fuck, I can hardly remember their names now. We’re we ever in the same section, not counting Advanced English (which I got kicked out of hahahahahaha fuck)?

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At 2006.10.24 09:24, benj said:

helga: It’s Ms. L______ actually. I dealt enough emotional damage. I guess it was enough to make her resign and marry THAT guy. whehehe.

I don’t think you were ever a classmate. You weren’t from Guijo, right?

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At 2007.06.10 17:13, JM said:

actually you’re not the only INTARMED student who didn;t get any honors in HS. ako rin eh! haha. glad to hear that i’m not the only one. i kinda feel small and inadequate in class though kasi puro honor students nga classmates… it was also kinda hard to cope at first kasi super competitive nila! grabe! maybe bcoz i only came from the 2nd section when i was in HS! anyway.. med proper na naman ako… so ok lang.. INTARMED kids will stick together no matter what!

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At 2007.06.30 04:06, Lalon said:

sorry naligaw ata ako for i’m not good in guessing..

anyway.. INTARMED sa UP yun di ba? i wonder if you know Louie Mar.. well you prolly know him.

ingat-ingat.

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At 2007.08.17 23:59, ems said:

may sagot na ba dito? Anyway I was browsing this site when I decided to check on this entry. Quite funny, really (funny kasi ang sarap manghula, at hindi ko naisip na gumawa ng ganitong entry, and youre giving me an idea hehehe)

anyway here’s my answer:

3, 6, 7, 8, 11

May tama ba akong sagot dyan?

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At 2007.08.18 00:00, ems said:

Sorry, Im so stupid, asa baba na pala ang sagot!

Sorry …

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