There is truth to this post and as I look back on my attitude towards work and career, I guess I have been guilty of some of the things that she enumerated. And I’ve met people who are worse - Atenean or otherwise. I’m glad that she wrote it. I’ve heard about this idea while talking with other people, at least she had the balls to write what others are just too polite to say to our faces. :)
I was having dinner with my boss and her husband (all three of us Ateneans) when we talked about the difference with how Gloria and Noynoy sees life. Gloria being the realistic one and Noynoy being the usual, ideal Atenean. Then her husband started narrating about how only few Ateneans become…
