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8 July 2008 10 Comments

Internet or TV?

If you were to live with only one of the two media heavyweights that have reached staple status on most homes, what would it be and why?

I found that I have gotten used to having both. Can’t imagine how I’d get by without either one.

I do really like a couple of TV shows — especially those on Discovery Travel and Living, AXN, and a few select programs on all other channels. While I don’t consider my viewership of such as indispensables (I get through most of my week without any TV at all), I can’t deny the fact that I do look forward to weekends at home in Manila partially because of these shows on cable. Watching them gets me to actually slow down and unwind. Don’t really care what they say about TV not being good for the brain — I think it definitely won’t do wonders to the absolutely dull, but I don’t feel it’s detrimental for me.

The internet, on the other hand, is a key necessity of a tool at my work. How can I get stuff done without email? I feel invisible to the world when I’m not online at instant messaging, and I can’t imagine how a whole industry backed by the web could survive even just a few hours of total downtime. On a personal level, I have this blog.. I have my social networks.. and all the sites I visit on a regular basis (see related posts here and here). I have most of my friends on YM, and I get my regular fix of news and information online as well.

To that, I say — the net is the more indispensable one for me. Nonetheless, and fortunately, I can have them both anyway hehe.

How about you? What is your pick?

10 Comments »

  • posted on 8 July 2008
    wander girl said:

    Internet!!! can’t imagine life without online chat.. or blogs (especially the controversial ones hahaha)… or youtube!

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  • posted on 8 July 2008
    jaded said:

    TV! haha… addict ako sa TV eh. Pero sosyal kelangan may cable… otherwise, Internet ako! =)

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  • posted on 9 July 2008
    Bing said:

    Me too. Good thing may allanko.com and yung isa pang blog ni allan…pang de-stress when needed, like now. :)

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  • posted on 9 July 2008
    Cor said:

    ako internet…kasi di ako masyado nanonood ng TV pero yung internet i don’t think i can live without it…:)

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  • posted on 9 July 2008
    Javi said:

    almost everything good on tv can be watched on the internet anyway. minsan nga mga tv shows sa youtube pa kumukuha ng material. or minsan delayed sa local TV like behind sa episodes, or sa sobrang dami ng commercials hindi na live yung live coverage

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  • posted on 9 July 2008
    wander girl said:

    aba nabuhay ka ang. MIA ka for a while eh.

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  • posted on 9 July 2008
    wander girl said:

    haha Bing balik ka na… la na masyadong activity dun sa other blog hahaha. :)

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  • posted on 9 July 2008
    Bing said:

    naku i just read the exchanges there but i don’t really post comments.

    ehehehehe. ;)

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  • posted on 9 July 2008
    Bing said:

    Long live, Javi! Mabuhay ka!
    Hahaha! :D

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  • posted on 9 July 2008
    Javi said:

    yihee Mia, sister in law Mia!

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