The Ant and the Elephant

Disclaimer: This is fiction. If you think you are one of the people referred to in this post, then do not be too assuming. As Daria puts it, “I love having low self-esteem, it makes me feel special.”

And I thought I was the only one who assumed to have low self-esteem. There is Daria, who loves to have low self-esteem because it makes her special. And there are those who seem to have high self-esteem based on their social skills, or should I say, their ability to belong to a large group with ease.

When you are in high school and you are one of those they call “top students” of your batch, you tend to hope and strive to enter what they call a “reputable” school in college. Of course, “reputable” is ambiguous. It is understandable that every school considers itself “reputable”. Despite that, there are still people who are very vocal about how proud they are about their school, yet they have this notion (although they may not realize it) that their school is inferior to other schools.

Because they do not come from what they believe as a “reputable” school, they assume that people from the “reputable” school have way too high self-esteem. And, this is one of the curses that people from a “reputable” school have to deal with.

The truth is, however, people from a “reputable” school have damaged self-esteem. This means that people from a “reputable” school do not have way too high self-esteem. It is just that the people from what is considered as the “not-so-reputable” schools have low self-esteem, which is not entirely bad because it would make them feel special.

And, it is not about schools, which are the reputable ones, and which are not. After all, every school aims one thing, that is, education.

This is all about the ant not being too small but the elephant being too big.

Panic Attack (On Ace’s Exit)

Ace, together with Dan, was the latest Survivor to leave the game. When Ace joined Fang, I hoped that he got voted out as early as possible as he was a threat to the original Fang members, Matty, Ken, and Crsytal. But, with the way things are going, Ace’s exit is something that I should not be happy about.

 

In a previous episode, Matty and Ace formed an alliance, where Matty swore to his girlfriend’s name that he woud never betray Ace.Considering that Matty and Ace are the “power players” of Fang, the alliance may seem powerful. But, Matty’s alliance with Ace have worried me from the start. Ace is considered as the “snake”, and Matty’s alliance with Ace makes Matty an easy target.

 

When Jeff announced that each tribe was going to vote someone out, the game definitely took a turn. The immunity challenge was an individual challenge, where the winner, while he or she was safe from getting voted out, was going to assign another immunity to one of the members of the other tribe. In this case, Marcus of Kota won and strategically gave the immunity to Sugar, giving her two immunities all in all.

 

Matty and Ace decided to vote out Crystal, and expected Sugar to do the same. But, Ken got in the way and convinced Sugar to vote Ace instead. Unexpectedly, Sugar went with Ken and Crysal, making Ace the 7th person voted out of Survivor Gabon. As you might have known, Ace and Sugar have been allies since the beginning of the game. Sugar is considered as one of the weakest players, but with the way things are turning, she is on the contrary one of the strongest players in Survivor Gabon.

 

Going to back to my real issue, that is, Ace’s exit can mean that the moment Matty fails to secure an immunity for himself come merge, he is the most likely target. Sadly, what I can do as a fan is to keep my fingers crossed and hope that his being athletic, competitive, honest, and loyal will keep him longer in the game.