Is it better to be Physically Attractive or Intelligent?

[franc1sgmp]

very well said..
about the last paragraph, pag guy pala ang gumagastos dapat walang say ang girl..

syempre. No questions asked.  except of course kung binubugbog etc, or yung tipong palambing na sinasabi sa guy "ayoko nyan daddy" or "gusto ko nun baby!" ok lang yung mga ganun.

pero kung mejo nagmamarunong na tipong akala nya mas marami pa syang alam sa taga-gastos maski mataas ang pinag aralan, aba, sumali nalang sya sa GABRIELA. walang lugar yan sa mundo ng lalake. 

[Girltalker2]

^maybe sis. that's just my opinion, i mean i feel more confident now than i was before.

Good for you sis!!!!

I think kapag extremely attractive ka at hindi intelligent, bihira na ma-engganyo ka to pursue further studies or gustuhin mo maging matalino. Bihira.  Beauty, most of the time, won't make you want to be intelligent.  Most of the time lang naman, hindi on all times.

Pero, on the other hand, if you are smart/intelligent, parang it is automatic that he/she would want be beautiful?  Parang sinong nilalang ba ang ayaw maging maganda?  I believe that smart/intelligent women na hindi kagandahan, can always be beautiful.  Kasi they would know that our society currently is influenced by beauty, somehow. And if they want to get ahead, they can easily pursue beauty and can ALWAYS think of a way how to be beautiful. 

 

[iwannabeasupermodel]

^true sis. that is applicable if the subject has very low levels of intelligence. why bother to undergo the torture of studying if you make lots of bucks with your looks di ba? those who know more understands that beauty will fade in time and that they cannot count on it on later so some will study, or maybe invest.

about those smart/intelligent women who are lacking in the beauty department can be beautiful as well, if they have accumulated enough wealth to undergo drastic procedures to be beautiful.  can the "not-yet-at-the-peak-of-career" intelligent women who are earning just the normal salary be beautiful as well in the context i'm saying? i dont think so.

maybe sis, we need to give operational definitions on beautiful and intelligent. what do you mean by "pursue beauty" and what's on your mind with the phrase "way how to be beautiful"? since i'm kikay the first thing i thought is discovering and perfecting the art of make up. hahaha!

[Girltalker2]

since i'm kikay the first thing i thought is discovering and perfecting the art of make up. hahaha!

sis, appear tayo dyan!  kikay din ako. but the first thing I did when I wanted transformation was the skin. Makeup has been there since I started working. But I made skin care my priority (up until now) sa pagkakikay ko.

when I was still in school, I would say I wasn't as confident, tama si sis iwannabeasupermodel. I cannot say I was happy with myself. But one thing for sure, I always wanted to study, kasi in that environment, mas objective ang grading, mas controlado ko - all I need to do is study hard and have good grades.  Hindi masyado kelangan ng politika. but it definitely involved hardwork, walang shortcuts in getting ahead.

my mom never supported me in my kakikayan. ultimo JS prom, sabi lang nya - sarili ka nalang mag-ayos. no need to go to the parlor etc. that was then. because all along ang sinasabi nya, mag-aral ka mabuti, once you are able - at may career ka, it's a lifetime security and you can do all the kakikayan you want. kesa naman nasa college ka palang eh panay manicure mo na, pag-graduate mo, kung maka graduate ka, how can you sustain your kakikayan kung wala kang trabaho?

sabi nga ng iba, beauty can be a curse.  this is true especially kung hindi mo ginamit ang utak mo and you allow yourself to be tempted to the immediate pleasures in life - money, power, lust and fame. if you happen to mix with the wrong crowd at hindi ka naging discerning early on in life, puede masira buhay mo. 

isa pa, kung beautiful ka, tapos may guys na lumalapit sayo, all the more you need your intelligence to be able to sift through the ones who dont have good intentions. hirap masabi kung talagang serious sila kasi they all have their best foot forward.
on the other hand, if you are not that beautiful, puedeng konting guys lang ang lumalapit sayo, but I think it is easier to tell if they are serious or not. 



 






 

[Romina]

Intelligent. Pag matalino ka, most likely magiging successful ka, so in the end, maganda posisyon mo. Pwede ka na paretoke ng kung ano ano. Hehe. Sakin lang to ha. Di bale ng hindi attractive basta may laman ang utak.

[iwannabeasupermodel]

^^sis ampangit naman nun if as in puro aral ka na lang nun? I bet may social life ka naman nuh? Ang maganda is a balance of good grades and good times. Di yung major nerdy, laging asa lib. I'm very amazed with people who can balance both social and academic life. Pero of course, if you're aiming for something better *ahem* medschool *ahem* kelangan isacrifice a bit of social. Mag-rant lang ako a bit ng OT: i know this very good looking classmate of mine. He's handsome so maganda social life niya. Nairita ako once na sinabi niya sa akin (we talked things like this) na is it worth sacrificing my social life for this. And i was like wtf?! Just because of that very very petty pathetic thing you're having second thoughts about this? You paid this much amount and dahil lang dun feel na niya magquit? Nawawalan na siya ng drive? If that alone makes him question his being in medschool then he should freaking dropout na kasi that (social life) is nothing to what he'll be sacrificing in the future.

Hay beautiful people, lucky you have an easier way out. Hahaha. Mag-artista na lang. Basta dapat wais sa pagmanage ng pera para pag tapos na ang time sa limelight eh may naipundar naman...

[krnmprl]

ako madalas naso short circuit pa din ang utak ko with beautiful people. yun tipong kahit mejo sabaw basta eye candy ayos na. but i prefer to be intelligent (i like the way i am, naaks!)

what i've observed is that with intelligence you have enough self awareness to make an effort to look and feel great and take care of yourself and be very charming/ funny - which is really what it comes down to. unless you're trying to hook up with someone who's really superficial and low IQ who could not see beyond the physical, in which case you're wasting your time.

also in terms of my preference. pansin ko lang i'm never attracted sa physical (siguro the attraction fades very quickly lang pag ganun ang basis) and hindi rin sa extreme intelligence. siguro i just need someone reasonably smart that can handle me. haha. what i get hooked into is yung physical attributes that serve as quirks (un sungki nya for instance, or yung cute sya kahit di ganong matangkad) and yung work ethic and drive and sense of humor and yung taste nya (with food/clothes/things). and all these things require some form of high IQ. just my 2 cents

[chocochips_31]

intelligent 

[lonelymiss28]

i'd choose smarts over beauty.

pag nanonood ako ng mga interview ng artista, politician, etc...makikita mo talaga kung sino yung matalino...and kahit na di sila looker parang pogi points sa knila pag may sense sinasabi nila...unlike sa mga beauty na walang sense sinasabi parang plangak!

[crazycoolchic19]

Ok lang na attractive wag lang chaka and i believe wala namang taong bobo tamad marami

[gypsiechick]

Both I think sa panahon ngayon di na mahirap maging matalino at maging maganda. Kailangan lang ng effort for us to look good and be matalino ^_^

We have to make a commitment to keep learning in small ways each day.  Daming opportunities para matuto tayo especially now with the use of the world wide web, lahat ng gusto matutunan or aralin mas madali na.

Everyday magpa-beauty tayo, magbasa, mag-explore, mag-obeserve, magresearch and be ready not just for love but for success. ^__^

[iwannabeasupermodel]

bigla kong naalala si hayden kho. both beautiful and smart. if you'll just remove the part where he taped women, he's very very intelligent. i never knew how intelligent he is until ininterview siya ni boy abunda, and talagang magaganda sagot niya. i was like, wow, based on his answers, you'd never believe he is the same guy as the one in the videos. sa ust din daw matalino talaga ata si hayden. btw, i'm not promoting hayden. just an example ng naisip ko na smart and beautiful.

[jhenpretty]

I think having both the physical attractiveness and intelligence is possible. Kailangan lang talaga maging masipag at matiyaga ka. Dapat kahit na very studious ka, you still have time to take care of yourself and still look presentable and attractive. Maraming mga Filipina ang nabiyayaan ng ganda at talino at the same time. Maraming magaganda ang hindi lang mahilig mag-ayos at pahalagahan ang sarili. Maraming matatalino pero hindi nagagamit at nahahasa.. Nasa sa atin kung paano natin madedevelop ang angking ganda at talino ng bawat isa.. ^_^

[Naughty^GuRu]

kung extremes pareho i'd go for physically attractive
by extremes:
- Good looking pero sobrang bobo (i don't think may taong bobo, t**** siguro) or Intelligent pero panget as in unacceptable panget (dito naniniwala ako na meron). Magiging bobo or t**** nalang ako basta attractive, i might sound shallow, pero yung society na we live in lalo na dito sa pilipinas, looks is very important. most of us judge people based on their looks (and i don't see anything wrong about it)

[romanticure]

Extremely Intelligent. di naman mahalaga ang gwapong lalake sa mga babae, filipino man ang mga babae or foreigner. 

[iwannabeasupermodel]

about the hayden kho thing, if di mo alam na he taped women, just listening to his answers and seeing how he looks. well... talagang wow.

[hot_chili]

If I really have to choose one, ill choose intelligence. Sa panahon ngayon utak na ang puhunan to succeed, ang beauty kasi pwede ng maachieve ngayon as long as you have $$$

[Purple_Power]

Kung ako lalake I would rather go for the looks na lang. Pwede ko naman siyang tulungan sa weaknesses niya diba?  Chances with intelligent na panget is mababa ang self esteem saka most of the time yan yung mga kapit tuko sa lalake eh! worst case mga insecure pa. They tend to be possessive na mahilig manakal ng lalake. 

[tabbru]

Kung tinanong ako nito when I was much younger, I would surely choose 'physically attractive.' Now that I am older, di ako magdadalawang isip piliin na maging matalino. Mas lasting kasi ang intelligence. Mas asset mo siya, mas magagamit sa buhay.

Ang maganda kasi, yeah pleasing to the eyes, pero sandali lang ang gamit. Fine, makapag-asawa ka ng mayaman... and then what? End. And later on, maraming susulpot na mas bata na mas maganda. Pero ang pagiging matalino, parang alak... habang tumatagal parang mas nagi-improve...

[JakeTheDog]

Depends on the age of the beholder. hahaha.