i know a lot of you out there are very familiar with the successful show called “deal or no deal” (the philippine version), hosted by ever maarte kris aquino, i find the show quite absorbing…it’s interesting to watch how people go far and are willing to go to get to the case with the top moolah prize. so many try to climb those steps, and unfortunately a very very very few succeeded. the word “very” i used is even more i swear!
“deal or no deal” kind of reminds me of another show that ran during my college days, “who wants to be a millionaire” (pinoy version) hosted by that famous filipino actor….. i forgot the name. that show also tested the contestants to see how far they would go before they would take the money and walk away.
how about you? how much does it take for us to keep hiking up the ladder, letting it ride or say, “that’s as far as i want to go.”
in a recent tv time with my familia we had a chuckle or two about the game show.” surprisingly, both of me and my mom would quite easily walk away within the 100 to 150 thousand pesos offer. call us “scaredy cats,” but with each roll of the dice after that, the chances of money windfall greatly go slim and for the most part...diminish, that’s how gambling always ALWAYS works i tell ya….
here’s a retarded question i have for you readers….if someone showed up at your door with a million pesosesos check, and said to you, “you can have this check, if you agree to not do any more significant work in your life.” that means, all other goals are null and void….
you’ll be a bum in short!
would you take it?
a lot i know would take it…
sounds soooo good in theory yeah, but it’s surprising how fast a million pesos can go through some people’s hands. not to mention, does life get weird and uninteresting if there are no goals to strive for? just like the game itself when all the big amounts were already open, ultimate snoozeville di ba? change channel to kapuso…
i believe the reason game shows like this are successful is because it forces us to think and weigh things up on what we would do…how far we would go before we would be willing and content to cash out. it’s a great way to examine all our wants and needs. those everyday contestants (yes here in the philippines it’s everyday!), deep down, represent all of us, while the spotlight shines on their blessings and weaknesses. the people who seem to do the best on those type of shows are the ones who know what they want and need before the game begins.
higher banker higher!!!
