Kaban ni D_BystandeR: LAKBIT SAYSAY

1. One of the biggest losers in the history of Las Vegas was Terrance Watanabe, who blew at least $127M during a gambling binge in 2007. Watanabe, an Omaha, Nebraska businessman whose family made its fortune in the party-trinket business, reportedly like to play three $50T-hands of blackjack at the same time. 

 2. In sports, losers are supposed to play their heart out until the game is over, regardless of how far behind they are. But in chess, it is considered poor form to keep playing if the position is hopelessly lost. 

 3. When Alf Landon lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential race, he managed to win just eight electoral votes, one of the worst showings in US history. The governor of Kansas even failed to carry his own state. Still, Landon was gracious in losing, sending a telegram to FDR that read, "The nation has spoken. Every American will accept the verdict, and work for the common cause and the good of the couintry." 

 4. One of the biggest winners in Hollywood is a good loser. When the Razzie Awards dishonored Halle Berry in 2005 as the year's worst actress "Catwoman," she actually showed up to accept the prize. Her sense of good humor might have been helped by the fact that she had won an Academy Award three years earlier for "Monster's Ball." At the Razzies, Berry said: "When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you can't be a good loser, you can't be a good winner. If you can't take the criticism, then you don't deserve the praise." 

 5. The Olympic stage doesn't always bring out the best in people. At the Seoul Olympics in 1988, South Korean boxer Byun Jong Il was penalized for head-butting and subsequently lost the match. Outraged South Korean coaches and officials jumped into the ring to yell at the referee. Somebody kidney-punched the New Zealander ref before he was rescued and escorted out of the arena. The poor sportsmanship didn't end there. Byun sat in the middle of the ring and refused to leave for more than an hour. Eventually, organizers just turned the lights out and let him sulk in the dark. 

 6. When it comes to U.S. presidential elections, winning can feel like losing. Four men have earned the most votes on Election Day only to win nothing but the honor of becoming the answer to a trivia question. Andrew Jackson, Samuel Tilden, Grover Cleveland and Al Gore won the popular vote but fell short in the Electoral College and thus lost the White House. No need to feel sorry for Jackson or Cleveland; each got revenge by defeating their former opponents four years later.




(Bug-os ang  pasalamat sa KAHAYAG ngadto sa nagsulat niining  artikulo  nga si JOHNNY LOVE. Nagtakuban siya sa pangalan, "D_BystandeR".  Natawo siya sa Sugbo apan anaa na karon manimuyo sa Illinois sa tinipong nasod sa Amerika. Ang kusog nga koneksyon sa kasayuran pinaagi sa internet kanunayng naghaling sa iyang kadasig  pagtuki sa mga nagbukalbukal nga hisgutanan dinhi sa atong nataran. Usa siya ka magsusulat nga gradwado sa kursong komersiyo padulong sa pagka accountant sa University of San Carlos kaniadtong tuig 1961.  Nahimo siyang miyembro sa usa ka hugpong sa mga batan-ong magsusulat nga gitawag ug STUDENT PRESS.  Nahimo usab siyang   Associate Editor sa basahon  USC-JPIAN sa tuig 1962-63. Magtatampo usab siya isip magsusulat sa nasudnong magasin,  "Philippines Free Press" ug sa mga nag-unang peryodiko dinhi sa dakbayan sa Sugbo sa lunhaw pa ang iyang pangedaron. Nahimo siyang mamumuo sa usa ka pribadong kompaniya sa dakbayan sa Sugbo, ESCANO LINES, sulod sa napulo ug duha (12) ka tuig  dayon niyang tapon  ngadto sa NAPOCOR  ug nahimong kawani sa kagamhanan  sulod sa bayente dos (22) ka tuig. Niadtong tunga-tungang bahin sa tuig 2000, nilalin siya ngadto sa tinipong nasod sa Amerika ug sulod sa napulo (10) ka tuig, nagtrabaho siya sa  buhatan sa kagamhanan sa nasod sama  sa  UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (USPS).  Karon sa pangedaron nga 67,  gihuptan gihapon niya ang walay pagkutat nga kadasig ug walay busganan nga kaikag sa pagpaambit sa iyang nahuptang abilidad  ug kabatid sa panulat.  Dili niya mapugngan ang kaugalingon sa pagpaambit sa iyang mga hunahuna labi na kon molambigit kini ug hisgotanan nga makadani sa iyang mga mata.)