“What’s the most Atenean thing you’ve ever done?” A question by Belle (@littleboondock) has gone viral within the past few days, thanks to a simple question she posed on Twitter: “My ADMU friends, I love you all, but I need a good laugh – what’s the most Atenean thing you’ve ever done? (DM me if it’s too classist and/or embarrassing)”, she tweeted – and wow, did people tweet!
my ADMU friends, I love u all but I need a good laugh—what’s the most Atenean thing you’ve ever done (DM me if it’s too classist and/or embarrassing)
— Belle (@littleboondock) December 2, 2018
may friends ako na nagta-travel abroad kasi boring daw sa bahay
— Mark™️ (@markbalmestm) December 3, 2018
Kume Cheetos Salud (@KumeSalud) shares an anecdote about what happened during lunch time on his first day at work at his very first job. Apparently, the manager asked what to do with the rest of the food and he said, “Let’s give it to the poor!”
Another one — during office lunch, my first day at work, my very first job.
Manager: Guys ang dami pang food, ano gagawin natin dito?
Me: Bigay na lang po natin sa mahihirap!
***crickets***
— Kume Cheetos Salud (@KumeSalud) December 3, 2018
Alec Uy (@darealalecuy) shares that while he wasn’t close to the guy he’s tweeting about, that guy took out his phone during an actual earthquake and tweeted before running outside.
i wasnt really close to him but when there was an actual earthquake, he took out his phone and tweeted before he ran outside.
— Alec Uy (@darealalecuy) December 3, 2018
In another earthquake incident, Gail Mereria (@gailmereria) shares that Ateneans were holding up their Macbooks as shade.
earthquake drill rn and ateneans are holding up their macbooks as shade
— Gail Mereria (@gailmereria) November 8, 2018
Tata (@tatalizing) says that she had a batchmate who was sad one day and announced that he couldn’t go out with them after school because he had to go to Polo Club since his horse was sick.
In case you’re still reading this, my batchmate was real sad one day and announced he wouldn’t go out with us after school cos he had to go to Polo (Club). “Pare, guys, I need to check on my horse. He’s sick.”
— Tata ?? (@tatalizing) December 3, 2018
Mark Dimaisip (@dimaisipnasagot) shares that they once had an Ateneo OJT who asked while pointing to the computer desk table cable wire hole plastic cover, “Is this ikotable?”
We had an Ateneo OJT who once asked while pointing to the computer desk table cable wire hole plastic cover, “is this ikotable”?
— Mark Dimaisip (@dimaisipnasagot) December 3, 2018
Serjey (@sillysili) shares that some Ateneans were extremely shookt after going to the palengke because they had never been to one.
Sophomore year, nagkwento friend ko na pumunta sila sa palengke sa Marikina para mag-observe para sa isang subject. Manghang-mangha/shookt sila sa mga nakita nila.
Apparently first time nilang pumunta ng palengke. woot.
— Serjey (@sillysili) December 4, 2018
DILAWINNIE POOHDAWAN SUPERPOWERNAPPER (@YellowPadawan) shared this screenshot from an Atenean friend:
from an atenean friend: pic.twitter.com/T4U8IiUcXA
— DILAWINNIE POOHDAWAN SUPERPOWERNAPPER¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@YellowPadawan) December 3, 2018
I’ve got to admit that I could actually relate to some of the tweets that people sent in, so I found them quite amusing and entertaining. However, there were also quite a few people who seemed to think to set these tweets as a bar to where they want to be in life.
As such, Belle shares that she now feels awful about the thread going viral since she initially just wanted to highlight the absurdity of the posts – not to glorify or normalize the lifestyle. In another tweet, she says, “Yikes, I may have created a monster – this thread wasn’t meant to be aspirational.”
yikes, I may have created a monster—-this thread wasn’t meant to be aspirational. live simply, so that others may simply live. always.
for everyone thinking this is normal: magnilay-nilay tayo ha. multuhin kayo ni Edgar Jopson, sige
— Belle (@littleboondock) December 2, 2018
She adds, “Live simply, so that others may simply live. Always.” Let’s keep that line of hers in mind, shall we?
